You know, there's a part of me that wishes for a duel where the odds are even - not necessarily to win, but one where I have the POSSIBILITY to win, since everybody else seems to either:
1) have more training (understandable in the first two instances to a degree, since he was attempting but failed to seize a tactical advantage the first time, and the second time made the mistake of hesitating, but this third time almost comes across as blatant power-gaming)
2) have access to something like cortosis
3) could be metagaming (if it isn't just handwaved as "The Force")
Seriously, I'm getting sick of my character being nothing but a punching bag for the whole campaign so far. I hate to whine like this, but it needs to be addressed. <_<
NOTE: I'm not asking anybody to throw a fight, quite the opposite in fact. What I'm asking for is a good duel that isn't quite as one-sided in favor of the other person - I'm fine with losing if it's a close match, but being on the receiving end of curbstomps every time is getting really old by now.