Session 9

Server started.

Meany has connected.

Liatai:Huzzah!

Ghostwish has connected.

Meany:Meany:»

TMG has connected.

Meany:Woo.

Ghostwish:SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Ghostwish:A tavern!

Liatai:Unfortunately, there are no chairs in this tavern yet. So, we'll just have to imagine. X3

Meany:Ooh.

Meany:Omg.

Meany:The bartender.

Meany:Is William Turner.

Meany:Liatai:… Are you serious? XD

Ghostwish:The bartender…

Liatai:…. o.o

Ghostwish:… is female.

Liatai:The bartender is female. o.o

Faerie has connected.

Meany:Yo.

Liatai:CURSE YOU, ANDROGYNOUS ELVES! XD

Ghostwish:That be cleavage. Leave it to a perv to properly identify it.

Liatai:I thought for SURE that was a male elf! XD

Ghostwish:Liatai could demonstrate.

Meany:Also, I stand by my assessment.

• Ghostwish scampers out of WHACKing range.

Meany:The Bartender is William Turner.

Ghostwish:New Official House Rule: William Turner is female.

Liatai:… yeah we'll go with that until I can find a male token. XD

TMG:Jeff gives you kudos for "cures you elves", liatai

Liatai:X3TMG:and here comes vargoth…

Vargoth has connected.

TMG:be sure to give him a vision token ^^

Meany:Yo.

VAE has connected.

Meany:Yo.

TMG:and there's danman…

VAE:0_0

TMG:okay! We've got everyone!

Vargoth:including me, the annoying person watching

VAE:h.. how long did this take?

Ghostwish:XDLiatai:Give me a few moments… It took… an hour? Hour and a half?

Ghostwish:I think everyone needs to sit down and taking Drawing in Maptools, 101

Liatai:OK, now he really is Willam Turner.

Meany:Last time on AkellonZ!

GM:A ton of stuff happened!

Meany:xDTMG:(by the way, being at friends house, I don't have my usual resources. I may be missing something at any time.)

GM:Goblins were dropped off, goods were distributed, a second dog was met, an apple was crushed, a meeting was called, and a challenge of gastronomical proportions was attempted.

VAE:ahahahh

GM:We join our party shortly after the conclusion of said challenge… and here we are, in the Bronze Boot. Take it away!

Liatai:Oh, and feel free to change your seating arrangements. Just imagine that there are chairs. X3

VAE:i thought we were around the bar

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt, glad that Sszeyl has already started to sober up, just leans back after Trofim finishes his attempt at the challenge.

Barshal:"How did you convince me to come here again?"

TMG:no, we were all at a table

TMG:(oh, by the way)

Derish:"My charming good lucks? They attract carts too."

TMG:(Barshal never showed up, and Derish wandered off during last session)

TMG:(So they could have found their way to the metting place, seen no one was there, and just started to look around)

TMG:*meeting

TMG:(and they could walk into this tavern and spot everyone else)

Derish:Derish and Barshal spot the group gathered at one table, and head over, drawing more than a few curious gazes. How often do you see a gnoll and a golem they aren't trying to destroy everything in sight? Well, not yet at least.

Trofim:Trofim, having just finished a considerable part of the challenge, just sits around, close to dozing off

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt sits up as he sees the other two arive. "Oh, there you are."

Derish:"Hello again. You're fairly easy to track."

Gnogglebolt:"I was wondering if you were going to find us again…"

Sszeyl:Sszeyl sees Trofim about to doze off. Promptly kicks him under the table to wake him up.

Papa:*wags his tail, then goes back to his bowl of stew. Nom nom nom :9*

Gnogglebolt:"Go ahead, sit down, there's actually some important things you need to hear about that you missed."

Trofim:Wha.. Where..who! *stands up promptly*

Halfling Barmaid:"Can I get you two newcomers anything?" the barmaid asks as the lizardfolk chef wanders back to the kitchen.

Sszeyl:Sszeyl resumes eating stew.

Trofim:Noticing nothingh has happened, Trofim rubs his kicked leg

Derish:"Have any lamb? I've taken a taste to this south land animal."

Faerie is disconnected.

Faerie is disconnected.

Barshal:"No, thank you."

Trofim:Who the *bleep* woke me up … i thought we were attacked!

Halfling Barmaid:"I'm sure Sstheric's got some somewhere in the back! Anything to drink for you while you wait?"

Faerie has connected.

Sszeyl:"I did, because I'm feeling in a kicking mood."

Faerie:There we go. »

Derish:"Just water, thanks." He says, and says quieter, "Southern spirits are always too weak."

Trofim:You *bleep* *bleep*ing at it once again!

Gnogglebolt:"Anyway…"

Trofim:Trofim kicks Sszeyl in retaliation

Sszeyl:Sszeyl blinks. "I'm sorry, was that a kick?"

Gnogglebolt:"Barshal and Derish? We were discussing several important things."

• Mama snuffs disapprovingly.

Sszeyl:"It felt like a summer breeze."

Barshal:"You were?"

Gnogglebolt:"First of which is our -possible collective future."

Gnogglebolt:*-posible-

Trofim:Summer breeze? That must have been your *bleep* at work!

Barshal:"An interesting prospect?"

Gnogglebolt:"In the course of a single afternoon, we have encountered each other an captured an entire goblin gang."

Terri:"What's a *bleep*, Mr. Trofim?"

Gnogglebolt:"This was impressive on everyone's part. but now we know that there are more sinister characters behind the gang."

Trofim:What? you know *bleep* … *bleep*! Why do i always say *bleep* when i want to say *bleep*?

Derish:"Necromancers, supposedly."

Gnogglebolt:"I have a vested interest in brining them down, and everyone else here wishes to do the same."

Sszeyl:"Trofim, stop poisoning the youth."

Gnogglebolt:"The only question now is if -you two- would also like to continue to accompany us in this endeavor."

Trofim:There's something *bleep*ing strange going on around here

Elros:Elros leans over to Terri. "Don't mid him. What he's saying is rather rude, and not something you ought to be repeating."

TMG:(wow, danman, you definitly read Erfworld xD )

Elros:"He oughtn't be repeating it, either."

Terri:"Oh! Okay."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks thankful to Elros.

Sszeyl:"From now on, ignore everything Mr. Trofim says unless Papa thinks its a good idea…on second thought, if Mama thinks is a good idea."

Gnogglebolt:He then looks back to Barshal and Derish. "So? Do either of you wish to continue this investigation?"

Trofim:*Notices Sszeyls's remark* Poisoning? Me? I'm not the one who lets "breeze" out of his *bleep* around here

Barshal:"I have no other mission beyond simply learning. And these necromancers are an affront to all the natural world. They shall be dealt with. Count me in."

VAE:tech, to be honest, i haven't even HEARD of Erfworld, though gonna google it now

Derish:"Why not? She's not going anywhere. I'll come."

TMG:…

TMG:are you serious?

VAE:Yes

TMG:You just quoted Erfworld wordfor-wrod o.o

TMG:*word-for-word

VAE:LOL

VAE:for me, Erf is the error function only

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt nods to the two others at the table. "Very well then."

Halfling Barmaid:The barmaid returns with Derish's cup of water, and a loaf of bread for the table. "Sstheric says he's got some lamb stew on the stove. Would that work for you?"

Gnogglebolt:"The other thing, after us all deciding we would want to continue to work together, is proper intorductions."

Faerie is disconnected.

TMG:aw darnit

• Sszeyl noms more stew.

Derish:"Absolutely. Thank you."

VAE:so.. it's a webcomic… i thought it be a book when you mentioned it

VAE:i think i am sure i haven't ever read it even by accident

Sszeyl:Sszeyl eyeballs the bread. "Why is that loaf so white?"

Faerie has connected.

Meany:Yo.

TMG:welcome back

GM:Because the GM is lazy, and that's the best-looking loaf she could find on short notice.

Liatai:Heyo!

Meany:I meant versus what the Drow use for bread.

Liatai:Ahhhh, I see. XD

Gnogglebolt:"Anyway…since you twi missed the introductions, I suppose they can be repeated." Gnogglebolt says to Barshal and Derish.

Gnogglebolt:"I am Gnogglebolt Sparkgear. I am a crafter of complex steam and clockwork devices, and I hail from Mazio. I am here in Akellon for two reasons;"

Gnogglebolt:"I wish to spread technology across this land as much as possible, as there are many benefits to them. And second, you may be aware therew as wa war approximately one hundred and twenty-fice years ago between the underground and the surface

Gnogglebolt:"During that war, nearly all my kinsmen in this land were wiped out. I am here to reuinite as many as possible, and establish a safe haven for them."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to the others so they may give their own proper introductions to the gnoll and the golem.

Derish:"Derish, of the Snowpaw clan. I come from the land you call the Nieva Mountains. I suppose that explains why I had never heard of a gnome before now."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks sad at Derish's words. '"Indeed. My kin are very rare, now…at least, in this land. We in Mazio were untouched."

Barshal:"Barshal. Just Barshal. The dwarves who crafted me were insist on some long, mythical name, but I beat them to the forge by taking the monikor of a unique breed of tree. I am not truely a golem, and fit the description of construct only very loosely. I am.. unique."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to barshal. "intriguing."

Sszeyl:« 1d20 = 19 »

Liatai:For…?

Sszeyl: (( Not sure what to roll for remembering stuff when drunk. For Barshal's introduction from a few sessions ago. ))

Liatai:X3 You remember.

Trofim:I thought so… golems are made of clay, not rocks or what

Sszeyl:"I remember you saying similarly when he introduced himself last time, Mr. Sparkgear."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt grins. "Well, he is. I love a good mystery."

• Sszeyl pokes bread with unused knife. "Now, why is this bread so pale?"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to Sszeyl. 'That..is the way bread is up here…"

Sszeyl:« 1d20+2 = 3 + 2 = 5 »

Trofim:Because it's fancy bread

Halfling Barmaid:The barmaid returns with a bowl of stew. "Here you go! That'll be three silver."

Trofim:Made of wheat

Sszeyl: (( General intelligence check on why pale bread is inferior to dark bread. ))

Trofim:If it was made of rye, it would be dark

Ghostwish:that for derish?

Liatai:Yep!

Derish:"Thank you." Derish says, handing over 3 silver.

Faerie:With that roll though, would you say plae is better?

Trofim:I thought i had explained this already

Halfling Barmaid:"Thank you kindly!" The barmaid bounces off… then swings back around to pick up Papa's empty tankard and stew bowl.

Papa:*Hey hey hey no wait, there might still be a crumb in there! Papa tries to lick at the bowl as it's taken away.*

Sszeyl:"Who's next on the wheel of introductions?"

Gnogglebolt:"Anyway…"

Gnogglebolt:"Oh, that would be you, I suppose, for Barshal and Derish's sake."

Sszeyl:"Rassfrassin' introductions…" Puts down stew, setting extra bowl down for Mama.

Mama:*noms daintily*

• Papa snuffs at Mama's stew bowl and creeps closer…

• Mama growls.

Sszeyl:The drow pinches the bridge of his nose, about to start when he remembers something. Points at Trofim. "You. You say nothing until I am finished introducing myself."

• Papa nudges Mama's head aside and licks up one piece of meat. With a canine grin, he steps back and tilts his head back proudly.

Trofim:*trofim is looking droop-eyed again*

• Mama huffs, then continues to eat.

Sszeyl:"I am Sszeyl of Orgolloyss, an order of Drow monks. I am here upon commission from the Chief Monstrosity of my order, to find a new system of government for my people."

Sszeyl:Sszeyl looks around at the table. "That's it. Move along the wheel, please."

Papa:*woof!*

• Papa looks at Trofim after barking.

VAE:have him bark closer

• Papa looks.. then snuffs at the drowsy Trofim.

Papa:…

Trofim:*wakes* Oh, Papa!

Papa:"WOOF!"

Trofim:*rubs the dog's head, then goes on*

Papa:*hee, I'm a good alarm clock, I am X3*

Trofim:I am Trofim Kabakian, from the marshes, and this *drags a skull out of a pouch* is my friend Beridze

Trofim:We, Szel , Letris, and Zairith are working to deal with the lie-mages, and spread the true magic among people

Sszeyl:Sszeyl, having started on his stew again, promptly spit-takes.

Trofim:and for any of you listening to me covertly, you can run straight to your lie-mage masters , because i ain't afraid of ya! Like the three you sent back then, who thought they could silence me!

Sszeyl:"I'm sorry, for the fifth time, I have my own agenda! Which does not include helping you overthrow magical dogma! …Yet."

Trofim:You are working under Letris and Zairith and me, so you wil do what is needed! *looks annoyed*

Gnogglebolt:"Yes Trofim, please try not to agitate your companion."

Sszeyl:"Lest he go out and find another cart."

Barshal:"The drow seek a new government?"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt then looks slightly openmouthed at trofims statement

Sszeyl:"Officially? No. I've been commishioned to find one, none the less."

Gnogglebolt:"Right then…that leaves you, elros."

Derish:Derish goes about busily eating his meal.

Faerie is disconnected.

Sszeyl:"I thought Terri was next on the wheel of introductions?"

Gnogglebolt:"Hmm. I was actually just about to ask her…"

Gnogglebolt:"You are quite the enigma, Miss Terri; would you mind saving your story for last?"

Liatai:Oops, sorry! Girl Scouts stopped by with cookies. XD

Meany:GET THE PEANUT BUTTER PATTIES!

TMG:xDTerri:"Mm?" Terri looks up from her stew. "Oh, sure!"

VAE:get the what?

Faerie has connected.

Liatai:They didn't have Peanut Butter Patties, but they did have Thin Mints. :3

Meany:Yo.

Liatai:Heyo!

• Faerie smacks his connection

Barshal:"This should be.. interesting." Barshal says, ominiously?

Elros:Elros nods. "I'm Elros Saelian. My mother was a human, and my father was an elven ranger. I've lived with each of them for a time, but I decided I'd like to set out on my own."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt nods to Elros, short and simple. The half-elf seemed the most normal in the entire group… Gnogglebolt then turned to Terri. "Now, Miss Terri…who are you, exactly? Your family seems to be well-known, and there is that draconic pendant on Papa. What is the solution to your mystery?"

Terri:Terri slurps a little broth off her spoon. "Uhm… well, I'm not sure how much I can say…"

Elros:"It's often customary to say where you come from, or why you left, if that would help you to start."

Trofim:*bends to terri*

Terri:"Mm." Terri nods. "Well, I'm Terri Toris, an' this is Papa an' Mama. We used to live on the coast, but Granpa wanted to come live here for a while, so we moved."

Terri:She shuffles a little when Trofim whispers something to her.

Trofim:*trofim looks slightly phased out, with a happy expression*

Terri:"Granpa runs the Pearldust Pawn Shop in the arcane district, so, um… maybe that's how people know our family? An', um…"

Terri:She quickly turns and whispers something to Trofim.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt tilts his head ad the whispering right across the table. « 1d20+2 = 13 + 2 = 15 » (listen)

TMG:(I mean, it's not like he's trying really hard, but it =-is- right across the table.)

TMG:(Maybe I should have taken 10?)

Liatai:You can hear the last two whispered phrases.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to Terri and trofim. "You know, we're all looking aright at you."

Gnogglebolt:"Is there a problem?"

Terri:"Mm-mm!" She shakes her head, but her expression clearly says "darn, busted."

Barshal:« 1d20+5 = 11 + 5 = 16 » for a listen

Trofim:*Looks remarkably similar to Terri*

Derish:« 1d20 = 10 » for a listen.

Trofim:*Even Beridze in his hand seems to have taken on a nervous grin*

Elros:« 1d20+3 = 4 + 3 = 7 » for listen also

Barshal:"Tell what, Terri?" Barshal comments nonchalantly.

Faerie:…I should get my hearing checked.

Gnogglebolt:"Well, it certainly didn't sound like nothing." Gnogglebolt actually wiggles his ears for emphasis.

Liatai:Barshal can hear it, but Derish and Elros can't. ^^

• Terri shuffles uncomfortably.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt leans back.

Gnogglebolt:"This is something else we need to straighten out."

Gnogglebolt:"If we are to continue working together, we need to trust each other."

Meany:Back.

Meany:Sorry.

Terri:"… Can we tell them, Papa?"

Gnogglebolt:"But then again"

Gnogglebolt:"if what you speak of is a secret that is -not- you own"

Gnogglebolt:"Then you should indeed keep it."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt also looks oddly that terri is asking the dog a question. There absolutely must be more to that dog than it seems.

• Papa tilts his head. Derp?

VAE:Papa is of duck today?

VAE:or he cannot into space?

Terri:"Oh! Mm, it's Papa's secret. An' Granpa's."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt bows his head.

Gnogglebolt:"very well. I shal query you no further about it."

• Terri looks relieved.

Gnogglebolt:"But perhaps I may ask your 'grandpa' later."

Sszeyl:Sszeyl noms more stew.

Terri:"Oh, that's a good idea! Grandpa's really smart. He knows lots of secrets."

Gnogglebolt:"Anyway…"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt leans forward. "I suppose that is all for our introductions and our semi-long-term planned future."

Gnogglebolt:"Now, we should focus on what to do next."

Gnogglebolt:"I, for one, have several tasks to complete;"

Sszeyl:"I am in need of my cut of the spoils."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt starts. "Oh! Of course!"

Gnogglebolt:"dear me, I nrealy forgot about that." Gnogglebolt starts hefting sacks up on the table."

TMG:so, um…got the total list of everything we've collected so far, Liatai? ^^;

Liatai:Give me a while to compile a loot list… Is anyone else bringing out any loot from the dungeon?

Barshal:"Ah yes, the dividing of the spoils."

Derish:"You're weird. We call it looting."

VAE:all trofim had ended up at Lethriss

Sszeyl:Sszeyl sets aside the stew for a moment, then brings out the necklace he'd sneakily swiped.

Faerie:Liatai: Do you count the shield thing I picked up somewhere along the way?

TMG:Gnogglebolt gas the marked fingerbones, and he sets those on the table, but he doesn't really think anyone wants them

Liatai:If you want to count it, then sure.

TMG:alex;

TMG:ah, actually

TMG:Sszeyl made me change what I was writing

TMG:but one of Gnogglebolt's tasks is depositing all of Salishea's things

TMG:So don't count it ^^;

Faerie:Wait, are you saying I shouldn't count the shield?

TMG:no, don't count the shield

Liatai:Is Derish putting the three vials he found on the table? Same for Elros and the vials he found.

Faerie:Alright. It's still in my inventory. And yes, vials are on the table.

TMG:Gnogglebolt wants to store it with the other things from Salishea's cave, including the gold pieces

Ghostwish:Three? Odd, I only recorded two.

Derish:Dersih pulls a couple of odd vials of clear liquid out of his jacket, and puts them on the table.

Sszeyl:Sszeyl offers the necklace to Gnogglebolt. "Would this be a fair trade for the fan?"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks at the vials. "May I examine those? I might be able to determine their properties."

Liatai:There are 6 vials on the table… 3 flasks of viscous orange liquid, stoppered tight, and 3 vials of transparent light blue liquid.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to Sszeyl. "It's not a matter of 'trade', we are diving the entire pool of goods amongst each of us evenly."

Derish:"Go for it. I know better than to drink weird substances.

Gnogglebolt:"For unsual items and the like, it is whoever wants them."

Sszeyl:"In that case…"

• Sszeyl looks around the sacks for the fan.

Gnogglebolt:"if multiple people want the same unusual item, then I suppose a fair way to get it is to bid your share of the straight gold."

Gnogglebolt:"All agreed? Every item on the table, in view of all."

Gnogglebolt:"We dive gold first."

Gnogglebolt:*divide

Liatai:1220 GP, 890 GP + chest, a gold necklace, two tankards, six chips of black stone, 50 SP, deck of cards, 3 flasks of viscous orange liquid, stoppered tight, 3 vials of transparent light blue liquid A gold ring set with a star ruby, a chunk of black stone, another chunk of black stone, 20 GP

Liatai:Plus the finger bones.

Gnogglebolt:"Then, we begin choosing unsual items, and if more than one person wants the item, then they may bid for it. The gold goes back in the pool to be divided."

Gnogglebolt:"Reasonable?"

Derish:"Confusing, but sure."

Sszeyl:"Agreed."

Barshal:"Sounds good. I would prefer items imbued with druidic properties, but I shall take what I can get."

Liatai:I think that's all.. Double-checking the wiki to be sure.

Gnogglebolt:"Alright…" Gnogglebolt makes sure the entire bounty from the goblins is up on the table, along with all the gold pieces taken from the cave. 'Let us begin with the gold. Start counting out…"

Elros:"I'm quite sure I don't know what I'd do with any of it. But alright."

Meany:I assume the 20 GP is Sszeyl's other pilfiery?

TMG:shall we timeskip to all of us having sorted the gold evenly ^^;

TMG:?Liatai:Sure!

TMG:Okay. Calculating shares…

TMG:« 1220+890+5+20 = 1220 + 890 + 5 + 20 = 2135 »

TMG:and, um…

TMG:ohh.

TMG:is Terri getting a share?

Liatai:Are you asking her?

TMG:….if she hadn't said anything, then yes, Gnogglebolt would ask. One moment…

Meany:2135 divided seven ways.

Gnogglebolt:As they begin to count out the gold, Gnogglebolt suddenly stops."

Meany:305 gold.

Barshal:"A problem?"

Gnogglebolt:"Miss terri….you did aid us in this endeavor. Do you claim a share of these spoils?"

Sszeyl:Sszeyl noms a bit more of stew.

Terri:Terri's eyes light up. "I can?!"

Elros:"It would certainly be fair if you were to claim one. You did aide us, after all."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt nods. "If you so desire. It is only fair."

Trofim:After how Papa helped us?

Trofim:Sure you can!

Trofim:*rubs the dog's fur again*

Terri:Terri bounces happily. "You hear that, Papa?! Just like adenturers!"

Liatai:*adventurers

Sszeyl:Sszeyl points at Terri.

Sszeyl:"Don't you start going out on adventures by yourself now."

TMG:(GMPC! GMPCeeeeeee! She's taking the lewt! ;~;…naw, j/k )

Terri:"Aww." *pout*

Liatai:Hey, you were the one who asked… and I think I'm going to stop there. X3

TMG:yes, I know x3

TMG:Okay

TMG:so, as meany says… « 2135/7 = 2135 / 7 = 305 »

TMG:Alright, 305 gp for everyone.

Sszeyl:"If you want an adventure, you find us, and puppy-dog eye us into cooperating."

TMG:Now for the items

• Papa 's tail is wagging so fast it looks like a blur.

TMG:chest, a gold necklace, two tankards, six chips of black stone, deck of cards, 3 flasks of viscous orange liquid, stoppered tight, 3 vials of transparent light blue liquid A gold ring set with a star ruby, a chunk of black stone, another chunk of black stone,

TMG:wait, where's the fan on that list?

Liatai:Ah!

Liatai:Knew I was forgetting a few things.

Liatai:A set of lockpicks, probes, and tension wrenches… Eight canvas sacks… and the fan.

Faerie:What sort of probes?

Gnogglebolt:After a decent amount of time sorting the gold, Gnogglebolt finally leans back. "Okay…that was the hard part…must be a better way…anyway."

Liatai:Thieves' tools. Probes for disarming traps. :3

VAE:wait, what about the supposedly magic coal or chalk that trofim had

Gnogglebolt:Gnoggleboplt gestures to all the items left on the table. "I shall attempt to identify the vials and flasks. In the meantime, everyone make a claim to an item. If more than one person makes a claim to an item, bid for it. If no one claims it, then it will be sold and the gold divided between us."

VAE:or i am fantasising something up?

• Sszeyl looks at the pile of gold in front of him. "This should cover my rent nicely."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt also passes a sack to everyone

Liatai:Nope, you're not. ^^ I forgot who had that.

TMG:er…the charcoal stick?

TMG:That's one of Salishea's things

TMG:those aren't counted

Liatai:Yep, the "charcoal" stick.

Derish:"I'd prefer bidding on something after we know what it is."

Trofim:Spellcraft « 1d20+4 = 13 + 4 = 17 » to sense whether any item there is magical

Gnogglebolt:"Indeed, whihc is why I am attempting to identify these substances…" Gnogglebolt says, as he opens each carefully and attempts to dicsern what they are from all the senses he can get from them.

Liatai:Which vial is he opening first?

Sszeyl:"Unless someone objects to it, I lay claim to this fan here, and this necklace."

TMG:Doesn't matter, I suppose. Just what checks are appropriate?

Liatai:Spellcraft, for both… and, yes, it does matter. X3 Orange or blue?

TMG:(and by the way, alchemist's fire, if any of these things are such, contain two reactants that ust be smahed and mixed. Gnogglebolt is being careful not to do anything like that, he's just smelling them and mathing their colors with his memory)

TMG:Alright, blue first

Liatai:… Where does it say that? o.o

TMG:In the alchemists's fire descriotion.

TMG:That's how most liquid alchemical items work.

TMG:They aren't a single substance, but two or more reactants

Liatai:A sticky, adhesive substance that ignites when exposed to air,it says.

TMG:kept separated, and when thrown, they break and allow the reactants to mix..

Liatai:Nothing about two reactants.

TMG:ooh.

TMG:Okay then, ah

Liatai:The blue liquid smells sweet and faintly like raspberries.

TMG:wait, Gnogglebolt -has- craft alchemy, wouldn't he be familiar with such things?

Faerie:Essence of blue raspberry?

Liatai:Roll a check, then.

TMG:to tell what it is from what it looks like (and -possibly- smell without opening it)

TMG:and wait, spellcraft for the vials?

TMG:eer

TMG:blue ones?

Liatai:Blue ones, yes.

TMG:he doesn't have spellcraft

TMG:…appriase?

VAE:Trofim does

Liatai:Orange ones, I'll let you roll a Craft check.

TMG:okay, um

VAE:if you want you can ask him

TMG:….CRAP i don't have my sheet! getting it off the swap

VAE:BTW how did my check go?

Liatai:Unfortunately, you can't tell what's in the blue vials…

VAE:17 on spellcraft checking for magic vibes from itamz

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks funny at the blue vials.

Gnogglebolt:"I do not know what these are, unfotunately."

Barshal:"May I try? I know a bit of spellcraft."

Trofim:Lemme check

• Sszeyl snags the fan and necklace.

Gnogglebolt:and craft alchemy on the organe vials… « 1d20+12 = 4 + 12 = 16 »

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks sideways to Sszeyl.

Trofim:Trofim points Beridze to the vials, and « 1d20+4 = 5 + 4 = 9 »

Gnogglebolt:"Does anyone else make a claim on the fancy fan or the ornate necklace?

VAE:ouch

VAE:not too low to say something funny, but not too high to succeed either

Sszeyl:"I spoke a few minutes ago, no one has said anything."

Elros:"I can't say that I would have a use for either."

Derish:"The fan is an actual weapon?"

Gnogglebolt:After examining the orange vials, Gnogglebolt's eyes light up. "Ah! These vials contain a hazardous substance commonly known as alchemist's fire."

Gnogglebolt:"We will likely be using these. Who has a good throwing arm?"

Sszeyl:Sszeyl picks up the fan, and flips it open, angling it so the steel struts and points gleam in the light.

Derish:"Ah. And the necklace?"

Liatai:Not only is the fan a weapon, it's a masterwork weapon. :3 Add an additional +1 to any attack rolls you make with it.

TMG:(by that, I mean who has the highest dex )

Sszeyl:"I can throw decently, off and on."

Trofim:I know that much… though with the blue ones, beridze keeps telling me they have dragon broth in them

Meany:Ah.

Derish:"I am a swordsman."

Barshal:"I throw spells, not vials."

Elros:"I should say I'm not bad throwing, either."

Liatai:… makes me wonder if the tavern has a dart board… >.>

Trofim:I know! We should have a compartition!

VAE:Ahahah

VAE:i just thought of the same!

Liatai:I'll say it does, just for the heck of it. X3

Gnogglebolt:"Hmm. Then, shall we say, assuming there are no objectsions of course,"

Gnogglebolt:"One for you-" Gnoggleboptl slides one to Elros. "And one for you-" gnogglebot passes a second to Sszeyl. "And one left for either of you."

Sszeyl:"The necklace is just a necklace. I found it, and since no one else wants it, I claim it as mine."

Trofim:Can i take the last one?

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to Elros. "I suppose I care not for the fan, but the necklace…the necklace can be readily sold."

Sszeyl:Sszeyl looks at the vial, then picks it up, getting a feel for its weight.

Gnogglebolt:"And the result divided among us. I would like that, if you please."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt loosk to trofim. "Can you throw well?"

Elros:Elros nods to Gnogglebolt "Yes, I do wonder how much it might be worth."

Gnogglebolt:"These flasks are useful items, but only in the proper hands."

Trofim:Hmm, but throwing isn't the only way to use these

Derish:"Yes, let the necklace be sold for the rest of us."

Gnogglebolt:"True…and if so, then we can simply use them as such when needed. All right now is who has the last one on hand if it does need to be thrown."

Gnogglebolt:"The alchemists' fire is for the good of all of us."

Sszeyl:"Am I to interperet that as a challenge to my claim to it, Snowpaw?"

Liatai:… except for those who are dead~

VAE:ahahah

VAE:like Granch

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to Sszeyl. "Well..this is a slightly unsual situation. I think we all want it sold so that we all get a share of it, and not any one person."

Sszeyl:"By that logic, all these 'unusual items' ought to be sold so they can be divided between everyone else."

Gnogglebolt:"I belive I did not speak as clearly as I should have…I meant items as in useful items, not items that are better as currency. We -all- want the necklace to be "divided" amonst ourselves so we all get a share."

Gnogglebolt:"And yes, selling as many as possible that we do not need is indeed useful. It is only if there are particular items anyone wishes to keep."

Derish:"If you want. But then you don't get a share of it when I sell it and split the money between the rest of us."

Trofim:*speaks to Beridze*

Sszeyl:Sszeyl holds up the necklace. "Fine, but I vote Terri chooses the merchant to whom we sell it."

Sszeyl:And off it's slid across the table to the girl.

Trofim:Can i take the cards?

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt shugs. "I would have done it myself, but that works. Very well."

Terri:Terri, who had been looking through the deck of cards, looks up just in time to grab the necklace. "Oh! Sure!"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to Trofim. "One deck of cards for keeps, yes?"

Derish:"Actually, is anyone here skilled at appriasing items? We'd need them to do the selling."

Trofim:Well, there isn't any more of them

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt shuffles. "Ah…I am well versed in estimating item values. I come from Mazio, after all. I must ruotinely inspect devices and such things."

• Terri passes the cards to Trofim.

Gnogglebolt:*routinely

Trofim:*Trofim takes the cards, and begins flipping through them to see whether any cards are missing*

Liatai:There are no cards missing… in fact, there are extras. There are five queens. The deck is draconic-themed.

Barshal:"Sounds like you will make a fine merchant then."

Trofim:Nice… anyone up to a game?

Sszeyl:Sszeyl flicks the fan in front of his lower face, looking mischevious. "What do those black stones do?"

Papa:*woof!*

Trofim:Papa!

Trofim:You know to play cards?

Gnogglebolt:"Ah yes, the chunks and chips of black stone…"

Trofim:I know, and so does Beridze

Papa:*wuffs!*

TMG:Gnogglebolt looks at them closely. Any applicable check?

Trofim:In fact, he wins sometimes

Liatai:Appraise!

Trofim:Terri, you want to play too?

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt inspects the chunks and chips of black stones in minute detail. « 1d20+_8 = Invalid expression: 1d20+_8. »

Gnogglebolt:« 1d20+8 = 1 + 8 = 9 »

TMG:ohTerri:"Sure! What do you want to play?"

TMG:for the LOVE of

Liatai:…..

Liatai:XD!!

TMG:well, I got that big bonus

VAE:You identify the rocks as koprolites

TMG:Might not get the right ballpack, but hey, not too bad…

TMG:*park

VAE:it;s a natural one

VAE:you fail any check with that

TMG:checks don't have penalities for nat 1

TMG:Normally.

Liatai:… Since you're inspecting closely, do you want to try, maybe, taking 10 or 20? X3

TMG:er….well, unless it's straight fail >.>

TMG:yes, yes please. 10 ^^

TMG:(defintly can't take 20)

VAE:wait.. you can't repeat an appraise check

TMG:er, actually

TMG:yeah, can't repeat appriase

VAE:so you probably can't take 10, no?

Liatai:Aw. :TMG:and normally can't take 10 on it…

Liatai:>:TMG:I will if you let me, buuuuut…

Liatai:And here I was trying to give you a chance…

Ghostwish:That's illogical.

VAE:how so?

Ghostwish:It'd be the same as saying a gemcrafter couldn't tell the value of a gem accurately if he sat down and looked at it long enough.

VAE:if he has mistaken the sort of the gem it is…

TMG:^ that

TMG:failure for appriase

Ghostwish:That'd be if he took a 10.

TMG:is -mistaking- the value

TMG:not that "don't can't tell how much it;'s worth", but you actually say "this is how much it's worth", even if you're wrong because you don't know you're wrong

VAE:i mean.. on the math olympics finals i spent an hour checking over my solved calculation

TMG:Action: Appraising an item takes 1 minute (ten consecutive full-round actions). Try Again: No. You cannot try again on the same object, regardless of success.

VAE:and still there was a trivial multiplication error in the first line so i got no points

VAE:you could retry if the check was dealing with remembering something

VAE:but not this sort

TMG:so, I failed the appraise check, even though I was really looking for anything special

TMG:so, uh…secret DM roll time ^^;

TMG:(one moment, I'll tell you the command to hide a roll, Liatai)

Ghostwish:Secret nothing. You blew you chances of fudging the system.

VAE:tell me too

Liatai:Yes, please. Xd

Liatai:XDVAE:i can has use for it for my game

Ghostwish:I just whisper myself.

Liatai:I do that, and it says "Talking to yourself again?" X3

VAE:is there anything wrong with talking to yourself?

Liatai:Doo be doo… doing calculations…

Liatai:You can tell that the stones are shiny. X3

VAE:i know then!

VAE:just roll the dice on your table

VAE:that's what i did in fact

Gnogglebolt:"Well, ther does not seem anything particular notable about these stones…they seem just ordinary stones. In fact, I believe the goblins were using them as part of a card game."

Gnogglebolt:"As for how much they are worth…"

Liatai:Wait a sec…

Ghostwish:So how do ya do secret rolls?

VAE:i presume like i did - by hand

Liatai:OK, calculations done. ^^

Gnogglebolt:"I estimate that the chips are in the ballpark of thirty silver pieces. These stones are probably in the 60s and 40s, in gold pieces."

• Sszeyl wavers fan slightly, getting a breeze going.

Ghostwish:ho boy, my gf wants me over at 7. That's in a little less than 3 hours.

Liatai:Hopefully, we'll get loot divided by then. X3

VAE:hey. someone is boasting again!

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt puts the chips and stones aside. "Unless anyone has a particular use for them, these are to be sold and then distrubuted among us?"

TMG:wait

TMG:shew, can't say "ballpark", that's an anachronism >.-

Ghostwish:huh..?

Liatai:No, it's not.

VAE:especially not in mazio

Barshal:"Sell them."

Liatai:There are sports in Akellon that use a ball.

TMG:eh…okay ^^;

TMG:next up on the list…

Ghostwish:nevermind, she's got a study group. Damn lesbos…

TMG:o.O

Liatai:Lacrosse, for example, is played among elven youths. So, there are ballparks. :3

VAE:Pffft….

Liatai:… pfft. XD

TMG:chest, a gold necklace, two tankards, six chips of black stone, deck of cards, 3 flasks of viscous orange liquid, stoppered tight, 3 vials of transparent light blue liquid A gold ring set with a star ruby, a chunk of black stone, another chunk of black stone, A set of lockpicks, probes, and tension wrenches… Eight canvas sacks… and the fan.

TMG:scratch necklace, stones, fan

Liatai:And cards.

Derish:"What about the ring? Is it magical?"

TMG:chest, two tankards, A gold ring set with a star ruby, set of lockpicks, probes, and tension wrenches

TMG:the canvas sacks were given to everyone to hold their stuff in

TMG:"tension wrenches"?

VAE:*trofim turns back to Terri* What games do ya know?

VAE:erk

Trofim:*trofim turns back to Terri* What games do ya know?

Liatai:Tension wrenches are lockpicking tools.

TMG:ahh

VAE:nope

TMG:so the lockpicks/probes/wrenches are all in the same set

Liatai:Yep.

VAE:tension wrench is what you turn with while using a lockpicking tool

Meany is disconnected.

Liatai:VAE - Exactly!

TMG:Okay then, just call them "lockpicking tools"

VAE:liatai actually used some?

Liatai:I was trying to simplify. ^^

Liatai:No, I haven't, I've just written for many, MANY rogues. X3

VAE:oh… still impressive

Liatai:So, yes. They're a set of thieves' tools.

TMG:alrighty, waiting for meany to return…

Meany has connected.

Meany:Yo.

Liatai:Yo!

VAE:Yo!

VAE:Yo-Yo!

Faerie:Hey

Ghostwish:C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!

Terri:"I know lotsa games! Max likes to play cards with me." Terri bounces excitedly. "What do you wanna play?"

TMG:okay, so things left…

TMG:chest, two tankards, A gold ring set with a star ruby, set of lockpicks

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt glances at the lockpicks. I…am actually not well versed in picking locks, though I can jam them or simply take them apart."

Gnogglebolt:"Perhaps I should practice, though.

Sszeyl:Sszeyl picks up the chest in one hand. "Who wants this?"

Mama:*hey, watch it, you almost knocked my bowl of stew over. :/ *

Derish:"If it isn't magical, sell it."

Sszeyl:"Anyone else?"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt nods."Agreed, I don't think any of us have use for the chest itself. And the tankards…well, I don't think it's even worth it. The bartender could probably make use of them, if he can scrub the goblin alcohol from it…"

Derish:"Bleach. Works on their blood, works on their alcohol."

Gnogglebolt:"very well. Bartender?" Gnogglebolt calls over his shoulder.

Papa:*puts his paws up on the table and peers at the tankards*

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt quickly reacts. "No, not for you." Gnogglebolt says to papa sternly.

Trofim:*mixes the cards* ..Terri?

Half-Elven Bartender:"Yes sir!" The bartender leans over the bar to listen better. "What's your pleasure?"

Terri:"Yes?"

Trofim:What games do you and Papa know?

Elros:Elros wonders what use a dog would have for tankards, anyway.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt pusesh the two tankards over. "We got these surplus tankards from some goblins. Not even worth it to seel them, bgut you can make use of them, provided you can clean them out."

Terri:"Oh, we know lotsa games! Max likes to play cards, an' he taught me lots!" She bounces excitedly. "What do you wanna play?"

Gnogglebolt:*sell

Half-Elven Bartender:"Goblins, y'say? Sounds like there's a story there."

Trofim:Who is Max?

Gnogglebolt:"Quite a story, yes."

Terri:"My brother!"

Terri:"He's an adventurer!"

Trofim:*looks surprised*

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt's eals wiggle when he overhears Terri mention he has a brother, especially when she says he's an adventurer. More information…

Gnogglebolt:*ears

Half-Elven Bartender:"Well, let's see them. Bring 'em here."

Sszeyl:Sszeyl sets down the chest, and picks up the ring. "And this?"

TMG:er, wait…what's the bartender referring too? the story, or the tankards? o.o

Liatai:The tankards.

TMG:oh, gnogglebolt already pushed those over x3

Half-Elven Bartender:Appraise - « 1d20+2 = 18 + 2 = 20 »

Trofim:I will let you pick then - might be that i learn a new one

Half-Elven Bartender:"Hmm… You said you found these in a goblin cave?"

Trofim:Adventurers know lotsa stuff from strange places

Gnogglebolt:"Just surplus for you, go ahead and take them. They cann't be worth more than a few coppers."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt pauses. "…yes?"

Terri:"Hmm. Do you know Snaggletooth?"

Liatai:Note - Snaggletooth is an Attic-Filled-With-Hay thing. X3

Meany:Pause?

Liatai:It is not an actual card game. X3

Trofim:Hmm, i heard of it

TMG:alright, pause for meany

VAE:Better than me… the reason i was passing it around is that i have a solid grasp of two games, both played with hungarian cards

Liatai:XDLiatai:Not counting Go Fish or War… I only really know three card games. So, yeah. X3

VAE:They are bit different from what you folks in the west use - they have prettier pictures and there's 32 of them

Liatai:Wait, four. I forgot Slapjack.

VAE:War, that one i know too!

VAE:at least if the western one is the same as eastern

Liatai:Maybe… Does it involve flipping cards off the top of a deck, and trying to get all the cards?

VAE:also i faintly remember a little of poker what some guys taught me here, so make that 4

VAE:Yes it does of sorts

Liatai:War, Go Fish, Crazy Eights, 21 Blackjack, Pitch, and Slapjack… that's all I know solidly. X3

VAE:21? .. i think i know what you mean

VAE:in slovak it's called Ocko (eye)

Faerie:I know…go fish, blackjack, and 52 pickup. That's it.

VAE:you flip out cards or hold and try to get 21 of value

VAE:or close as possible

VAE:if you exceed you lose

Liatai:Yep, that sounds like Blackjack. ^^

VAE:heh, if apples count we might all get one more game counted

VAE:though that's non-standard

Faerie:What is apples?

Faerie:Apples to Apples?

VAE:yep

Faerie:That's a different deck though, innit?

VAE:we had about a dozen epic online sessions

VAE:it is

VAE:but then, half the games i know classify as "different deck"

VAE:lemme show ya

Ghostwish:We gonna keep going with the game or play cards?

VAE:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Huncards.jpg

VAE:that's how our cards look like

TMG:yeah, um, can we move on?

TMG:Last left off was the bartender saying something strange…

Half-Elven Bartender:"These tankards don't look like goblin work… I'll have to talk to Sstheric about putting them in circulation. What's the story behind them? Might be interesting to give customers a pint with a tale to it!"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt grins. "Ah, well, certainly!"

Meany:Back.

VAE:let's assume the three play and you might roll for who wins or so

Trofim:*deals*

Gnogglebolt:"You see, the group before you actually just met each other today, seveal hous ago in fact, by pure happenstance. We met because several of us were pickpocketed by the pparently infams gang of Grand Redmaw."

Terri:"Which card do you want to be the snaggletooth?" « 1d20 = 4 »

• Papa nudges the cards around with his paws. « 1d20 = 16 »

Gnogglebolt:"We tracked the pickpockets to their hideout, and began a clearing-out operation."

Liatai:And a 1d20 from you, Trofim? :3

Gnogglebolt:In fact, if gossip travels quickly, you may have heard of a large collumn of goblins being marched through the streets of castelton an hour ago?"

Gnogglebolt:*er, two hours

Trofim:Trofim examines his hand as well « 1d20 = 1 »

Trofim:*bleep*

Half-Elven Bartender:"That was you all? We had a group of traders coming in buzzing about it!"

Gnogglebolt:"Indeed it was us" Said Gnogglebolt, grinning widely. "In the course of a single afternoon, we captured the entire gang."

Gnogglebolt:"Afterwards, we of course went through their hideout for valuables and other assorted items."

Papa:*woof woof! wag wag wag*

Gnogglebolt:"Thus, you have the tankards before you."

Trofim:Yep, Papa, you win

Gnogglebolt:"I honestly don't know why any of us even grabbed them…"

Trofim:That means you have to deal now

Gnogglebolt:"So, surplus for you."

Half-Elven Bartender:"Hmm. I suspect there's more to this story."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt's head tilts. "How so?"

Derish:"You said there's something unusual about the mugs?"

Half-Elven Bartender:"It's not often you see Rescan tankards around here, even in other bars."

Ghostwish:(brb, startin' a fire)

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt's head furrows. "Rescan? What is that?"

Half-Elven Bartender:The bartender turns over the tankard and taps a mark on the bottom. "See that stamp? The ship's wheel with the five numbers? That's a way Rescan merchants mark the ceramics they make."

Gnogglebolt:"And who…or what, are the Rescan?"

Half-Elven Bartender:The bartender quirks an eyebrow. "Never been west?" Roll Knowledge (geography)!

Liatai:Or just an Int check.

Elros:Elros leans over to listen in on the conversation, wondering what's going on now. geography « 1d20+4 = 15 + 4 = 19 »

TMG:no knowledge geography…and this is, in fact, the farthest west gnogglebolt's ever been. It could be possible he's read about it, if it's part of Akellon

Liatai:It is part of Akellon. ^^

TMG:alright, basic int check then…

Gnogglebolt:« 1d20+4 = 14 + 4 = 18 »

Elros:Elros snaps his fingers. "Ah, yes, they're a group from far on the east coast. But what would their mugs be doing here?"

Gnogglebolt:"West… OH! That Rescan."

Elros:"It's possible they had been traded further inland, of course, and that the goblins had perhaps stolen or run across them."

Gnogglebolt:"The coastal city….well, these were pickpockets, and this city is a hub of travelers…"

Elros:"And yet, the bartender seemed surprised that these would be here."

Gnogglebolt:"Hmm. Well, is it anything else of consequence?" Gnogglebolt asks the bartender.

Half-Elven Bartender:"Not really. Your guess is as good as mine as to how these got there… well, gives me a chance to come up with an interesting piece of the story." He grins.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt chuckles. 'Well, have fun with that. And thank you."

• Sszeyl plays with the ring a bit. Obviously bored.

Terri:"You wanna play with us, Mr. Sszeyl?"

Gnogglebolt:Tunring back to the others, Gnogglebolt says "Now, lastly…the ring."

Ghostwish:backness

Gnogglebolt:"It certainly isn't a special contraption, so there is little I can say about it."

Sszeyl:"I'm afraid not. Wee bit drunk, not the best state to be tempting fate in."

Terri:"Aw, okay. You wanna play another round, Mr. Trofim?"

Sszeyl:"Aren't star rubies exceedingly valueable?"

Elros:"It's pretty, but unless someone can say it means something, I'd be inclined to see what it would sell for."

Trofim:of course!

Gnogglebolt:"I could estimate the value of it, so long as there are no mystical properties to it."

Trofim:Papa has to mix the card first

Papa:« 1d20 = 3 »

• Sszeyl rolls the ring over to Gnogglebolt.

Papa:He shuffles… rather poorly. Hope you don't mind some drool on a few cards. X3

Trofim:0_0

Faerie:Really, he's a dog shuffling cards. What do you expect? x3

Trofim:Able dog! Can shuffle cards!

Papa:Papa nudges some cards to Terri and Trofim… « 1d20 = 15 »

Terri:Terri looks at her hand. « 1d20 = 15 »

Trofim:Now, to see « 1d20 = 20 »

Liatai:Woohoo!

Trofim:This i like better!

Liatai:Not only did Trofim win, he won handily! XD

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks at the others. "Ah…not to interrupt your fun, but can anyone tell if there is anything special about this ring?"

Trofim:I'll look at it

• Terri shuffles the cards while Trofim looks.

Trofim:Spellcraft « 1d20+4 = 19 + 4 = 23 »

Trofim:*shows it in front of Beridze*

Liatai:Huzzah!

VAE:so.. what is it?

Liatai:You would have easily been able to tell if it was magic… if it was magic. X3

VAE:ahahah

Liatai:Perfectly normal, if well-made, ring. :3

Trofim:Beridze says there's no magic in this ring whatsoever

Derish:"Sell it."

Gnogglebolt:"Mm, very well. Another item for sale."

Elros:"Very well, sounds like a plan."

Trofim:and now, for another round!

Trofim:*shuffles and deals*

Gnogglebolt:"And…if there are no objectsion,s I guess I can handle the lockpicks."

Trofim:« 1d20 = 4 »

Terri:« 1d20 = 14 »

Papa:« 1d20 = 15 »

Papa:*woof woof!*

Trofim:And papa wins again…

Sszeyl:Sszeyl slides his gold into the sack.

Trofim:You seriously are good at this

Liatai:The dog is a cardsharp. X3

Sszeyl:"Unless there is more to discuss, I'm going to go pay my rent now."

Gnogglebolt:"yes, One last thing

Trofim:Hey, wait ! we have to play one more game!

• Terri shuffles and deals… « 1d20 = 13 »

Papa:« 1d20 = 8 »

Sszeyl:"You can travel under your own power, Trofim."

Gnogglebolt:"I have several errands to run myself, namley depositing the belongins of Salishea, and examining Castleton's law in preparastion for the goblin's trial, but-"

Gnogglebolt:"We know that there may be further "clients" heading to Granch's hideout within the next few days."

Trofim:« 1d20 = 1 »

Trofim:ack!

Trofim:*bleep*

Gnogglebolt:"I have no idea when they will aprroach, and it likely isn't even in daylight."

Gnogglebolt:So, after I attempt get get more help and information out of the goblins, perhaps we should begin a stakeout in Granch's cave?

Trofim:Am for! Besides, there are some more weapons and armor we left there

Trofim:we can pick and sell those, if nothing better happens

Barshal:"I concur with this idea. Let us ambush them."

Elros:"Agreed. We'll need to find somewhere for all of us to hide. And we do not know which entrance the clients may use, either."

TMG:and sszeyl?

Sszeyl:Sszeyl leans over to Gnogglebolt. "I have not forgotten the chat we have sheduled, just so you know." And straightens. "I propose we take shifts, then. One or two people can observe sneakily better than six. Particulalry without the human present."

• Terri tilts her head.

Trofim:Hey! Am not the one who tried to steal the fan under Elros's nose!

Elros:"I agree about taking shifts. But as we do not know the strength of these clients, perhaps it would be wise to not stray far."

Gnogglebolt:"Ah, yes, our chat. We should do that presently, in fact. And as for the plan, Indeed, shifts are what I was thinking, but with all of us on hand."

Gnogglebolt:"So the body of us hides in the center of the hideout, while one person guards each entrance. All agreed?"

Trofim:Hmm, i suggest we split into two groups

Sszeyl:"Agreed. I call dibs on one of the night shifts."

Trofim:one in each large cave

Terri:"How are we gonna alert each other if somethin' happens?"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to trofim. "Ah, we can figure out those details when we get there."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to terri. "I…I can think of something." He says, winking.

Trofim:It isn't so fast to climb the hole joining them

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt stands up.

Trofim:especially taking beridze around

Sszeyl:"If we're returning to the caves, I really ought to be getting that fish for the bear."

Gnogglebolt:"So, we should probably meet at sundown."

Gnogglebolt:"At the gates of the city."

Trofim:Allright!

Terri:"Which gates?"

Sszeyl:"Agreed."

Trofim:Uhm.. i guess the ones we came through

Gnogglebolt:"Everyone, take the time until then to prepare yourselves and gather supplies. Rations, sleeping implements, weapons, utilities. We may be out there for a few days."

Terri:"I should probably ask Grandpa for permission…"

Trofim:And i should ask Letris

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to Terri. "Oh, indeed…I almost forgot."

Gnogglebolt:"Miss Terri."

Gnogglebolt:"The people we are going after…are not simple theives."

Gnogglebolt:"These are very, very bad people we are about to confront."

Gnogglebolt:"It -will- get dangeous."

Trofim:They might be lie-mages, even!

Terri:"Of course they're very bad people! They took Mr. Henderson away!"

Trofim:But then, Papa could be of use!

Sszeyl:"Trofim, hush."

• Mama looks at Papa.

Gnogglebolt:"You have already given us a good deal of help, but I…I am not quite comfortable with you accompanying. I don't want you to get hurt."

• Papa looks proud.

Ghostwish:brb, again

• Terri looks disappointed… and then brightens.

Terri:"What if somebody came with me?"

Trofim:Well, she could always hold with the main group in the cave - besides, Papa can….*stops abruptly*

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt focuses one eye. "It would depend on who this person is."

Barshal:"Are they warriors, like us?"

Sszeyl:"So long as they can swing a cart around like a deadly weapon, I'm good with such an arrangement."

• Terri starts giggling at Sszeyl's words… and has some difficulty stopping.

Trofim:Who knows? Maybe they know true magic, like me , beridze and the goblin

• Terri starts hiccuping a little as she tries to quell her laughter… "It *hic* depends on who's *hic* home! *hic*"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks uneasy. "Well…I guess we will see at sundown. If we think this person can proctect you, then you both may come." gnogglebolt looks to everyone else. "Is this good?"

Trofim:I agree! Besides, Papa can be of a lot of use to us! Even Beridze likes him

Trofim:he's a smart dog, didn't even try to burrow him for a later snack

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt adds; "But only if we think this person can protect you."

Terri:"Okay! Don't worry!"

Sszeyl:"I do have a busy schedule today, can we hurry this along?"

• Sszeyl flicks fan in front of lower face again.

Derish:"Agreed."

Barshal:"Of course."

Ghostwish:brb, checking coals again

Gnogglebolt:"Yes, that will be all. Everyone, get whatever supplies you thingk we could use. Anything for an extended stay in the caves, as well as weapons and things we can use as traps."

Elros:"Sounds fair."

Gnogglebolt:"Gate at sundown. Good luck, everyone."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt picks his things up from the ground.

Liatai:And before I forget, let's give you guys some EXP. :3

Ghostwish:back

Ghostwish:how much did everyone get per split?

TMG:aaand yup!

TMG:EXP!

VAE:how come ghostwish is grilling meat every day?

Meany:Gold?

VAE:*jealous*

Meany:305

Liatai:This will take some fiddling… and some ad-hoc awards, since you engaged the goblins several times…

VAE:and none of them died…

VAE:though if it was on Barshal and Trofim we'd have one kill

TMG:but we did capture them, that counts

TMG:(at least, what counts is what the GM decides is a "ducessfuly overcome" challenge)

TMG:*sucessfully

Liatai:As far as I can figure… 750 EXP for all. ^^

VAE:ah …. lots of battling, no kills… crazy members…

TMG:darn, not quite enough for lvl 2 yet

VAE:we are the A-Team!

Liatai:XD!

TMG:ahahah xD

Faerie:Let's see, where's levels in the PHB?

VAE:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MVonyVSQoM

Meany:I pity the foo, what make that reference.

TMG:1000 for lvl 1

VAE:2nd is 1000XP

VAE:ninja'd

TMG:erTMG:2nd

TMG:>.-

Faerie:Ah, alright then.

Ghostwish:Recored.

VAE:also, might i mention Trofim was in jail too?

VAE:i guess Sszel can play B.A. Barracus

Faerie:But…he's at the table.

TMG:okay, so

Ghostwish:brb, getting the coals ready for dinner

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to Sszeyl. "We have a few hours. While I have a number of errands to run myself, we can have a brief conversation."

TMG:(brb)

VAE:Gnogglebolt is definitely Hannibal

TMG:…wut? o.o

Sszeyl:"So be it."

VAE:Trofim is Murdoxk

VAE:*Murdock

VAE:A-Team

VAE:assigning the characters to our adventuring group

Gnogglebolt:After gathering up the shield from Salishea's cave that was left under the table, along with his own backpack and sack of things, Gnogglebolt heads over to the counter, not even trying to see up over the top of it and just accepting his short stature and these silly big people built big things.

Faerie:Wait, was that the shield I was holding?

Gnogglebolt:"Excuse me, bartender? Might my companion and I borrow a room for a few minutes, simply for a private conference? We won't be staying."

TMG:er…

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt asked for the shield from Elros

Ghostwish:back, buns on the grill.

Half-Elven Bartender:The bartender looks over the gnome… and the drow…

Elros:Elros hands the shield to Gnogglebolt. He didn't have a use for it anyway.

Barshal:Barshal is still and quiet.

Derish:Derish is, rather humbly, licking his plates clean.

Half-Elven Bartender:"… To each their own," he mutters to himself, shrugging. Then, to Gnogglebolt; "There are two rooms open, the one in the middle and the one on the end. The value of the tankards would cover your fee; just leave it in a decent condition, all right?"

VAE:ahahahah

Gnogglebolt:"Er…of course?" Gnogglebolt says,, not quite sure what the bartender was getting at.

Liatai:X3Derish:He cocks an ear when he hears the bartender, and grins, before (loudly) announcing to no one in particular, "I thought we were joking when we told them to get a room!"

Gnogglebolt:er, uhoh

Gnogglebolt:Liatai?

Gnogglebolt:"Players can autoreveal fog" IS turned on, right?

Liatai:I believe so.

Barshal:Barshal looks over. "What manner of madness has overtaken you, gnoll?"

TMG:it's uh…not working…

Liatai:… huh.

Derish:Derish is too busy laughing to answer.

Ghostwish:TESTING

Ghostwish:It's working.

TMG:but not for me…

Ghostwish:I, however, have nightvision. Be there light sources in the inn?

VAE:remember yesterday tech?

Liatai:Yes, it be a fairly well-lit inn. ^^

VAE:i couldn't reveal fog with Dee, but you could

Ghostwish:Hrm, barshal can see too

TMG:This is weird.

Liatai:I forgot to add lights. XD

Ghostwish:Oh, he has a torch. XD

TMG:eh, middle room is revealed, got it

Ghostwish:Silly liatai. ^_^

VAE:they are all coming to look whether gnogglebolt and Sszeyl will really converse in that way XD

Liatai:Move Silently check?

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt puts his things down again, and sits on the edge of one of the beds. "Well, anyway…what was it you wanted to talk about, Sszeyl?"

• Sszeyl plops on one of the beds. "I wanted to know how this Maizo I've heard tell about manages itself and its populace."

Liatai:Are you guys actually going to go eavesdrop, or…

Ghostwish:I say the whole party sneaks right outside the door.

Liatai:Move Silently checks for listeners. :3

VAE:bwah.. do you think they'd really want to see that?

VAE:also, i guess trofim stays on playing with Terri

Ghostwish:Isn't there some rule for moving veeerrry carefuly and slowly to keep from making noise? IE: Derish?

Trofim:So… another game?

Trofim:*deals, and « 1d20 = 16 »*

Terri:« 1d20 = 17 »

Papa:« 1d20 = 5 »

Elros:"Well, I think I'll go wander over to the armorer. I will meet you at sundown."

Liatai:Ghost - I'm not sure, lemme check. ^^

Elros:Elros stands, and walks towards the door.

TMG:hmm…so no one's listening in?

Ghostwish:Trying to see if we -can-, Tech.

TMG:oh >.>

Liatai:I don't see any rule in the PHB, but I can give you a +2 on the roll. :3

Ghostwish:*snrk* massive fail, incoming

Derish:« 1d20-3 = 3 - 3 = 0 »

Sszeyl:« 1d20+5 = 6 + 5 = 11 »

Liatai:…. PFFT. X3

TMG:….da-yum

Derish:*CLANK* *BANG* *CRUNCH*

Liatai:You weren't kidding. XD

VAE:ahahahaha

Barshal:"Did.. did.. did the gnoll just step on someone's head?"

Faerie:"Why, Thor, god of thunder is in our air ducts"

Liatai:XD!!

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt's brow furrows. "How Mazio manages it's populace? Well-" *CRASH* "What in garl's name?"

Faerie:From Mythbusters.

Sszeyl:"That would be the sound of failure."

Meany:The hiiiiilllls are aliiiiiive with the sound of FAIIIIIIIL!

Gnogglebolt:"Wha-Derish? Did you need something?"

VAE:s;a

TMG:AHTMG:Liatai!

VAE:saph says THIS is what happened

VAE:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Wj2yMuTIU

TMG:You have vision set to "Off"!

Liatai:VAE - Hahahahaha!

Liatai:Gotta love Pirates of Penzance X3

VAE:yep

Liatai:I do? o.o

Liatai:How do I fix it? ^^'

TMG:Turn it to "day"

TMG:there we-wait

TMG:fog of war is still not revealing for me…

TMG:oh, forget it

Gnogglebolt:Shaking his head at Derish, Gnogglebolt moves back into the room.

Ghostwish:Sorry, sorry, had to go get the burgers off the grill

Gnogglebolt:"So, how does it manage it's populace, you say? Hmm…I'm…not entirely sure I understand the question….perhaps if I knew "as opposed to" from your point of view?"

TMG:ohTMG:whups

Ghostwish:check the vision setting on your token, Tech?

TMG:Pc, Has Sight…

Ghostwish:Hrm. Give em a temporary light source?

TMG:AHTMG:Got it!

Ghostwish:Yup. No light, no vision.

TMG:no no

TMG:not light

TMG:It's a preferences thing

Ghostwish:?TMG:Everyone -individually- has to set 'Autoshow Fog" in preferances!

TMG:I'm on a new computer, over at a friends house

TMG:so this wasn't already checked when I downl;oaded the program

Liatai:Ahh, I see. X3

TMG:Danman, that must have been your problem last night

TMG:Anyway! Continuing on

TMG:Gnogglebolt and Sszeyl are talking'

TMG:everyone else can buy supplies

TMG:or prepare in other ways

TMG:do whatever they want until sundown

Sszeyl:"My order is the government is the government. We declare the rules. Those ranking less than the one who declares the rule must obey it, including the general populace. Those who do not do so, for whatever reason are…disciplined."

Ghostwish:Derish is (noisily) outside their door, apparently with a number of buckets, bells, and alarm systems on his person.

Terri:"My turn! Papa, what do you want the snaggletooth to be?"

Ghostwish:Sszeyl and Gnogglebolt have to scream at each other to be heard over the racket.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt narrows his eyes at Sszeyl. "Define 'disciplined'. "

TMG:er, oh wait

Sszeyl:"Beaten, usually."

Papa:*Woof woof woof!*

TMG:backing up a bit

Terri:"Threes it is!" « 1d20 = 2 »

Papa:« 1d20 = 15 »

Sszeyl:"Then there's time in the stockades. Followed by more beating."

TMG:oh, nevermind

Ghostwish:AND IF MORALE DOES NOT IMPROVE, THE BEATINGS CONTINUE.

• Sszeyl is counting these things off on his fingers, apparently non-affected by them.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt listens quietly as Sszeyl speaks. "Is this..for all crimes?"

Sszeyl:"That's the light stuff."

VAE:« 1d20 = 19 »

Gnogglebolt:One eyebrow raises.

VAE:that was trofim ^^'

VAE:Ghostwish, you are misquoting

VAE:it was

VAE:Employees will be leashed and branded in order to improve morale

VAE:XDGhostwish:Misquoting nothing, the original quote doesn't fit.

Sszeyl:"Walking across a busy street outside of the designated zones for that purpose, falsely advertising in the markets, public drunkeness, etcera."

Ghostwish:.. and that's the wrong one. XD

Sszeyl:etcetera?*

Ghostwish:It's 'The beatings shall continue until morale improves!"

Ghostwish:I forget from where.

Gnogglebolt:"Hoo, well…and you want to know how Mazio manages it's populace…"

VAE:yours's is probably from elsewhere, mine is from dilbert

Ghostwish:I almost want to say monty python?

Trofim:So, since i won this one *shuffles*

Gnogglebolt:"Well…you said 'your order' set the laws. Do your people agree with them?"

VAE:why shouldn't they? it's the law!

Sszeyl:"As long as they follow the rules, they are free to do as they wish, compared to the previous government, we're saints. So, by and large yes."

Terri:"Okay! I call nines as snaggletooth!" « 1d20 = 3 »

Gnogglebolt:"Hmm…well, in Mazio, we have a "representative monarchy". Our king does not actually dictate much, we have a body called parliament who sets the laws."

Gnogglebolt:"And the members of pariliament all represent a specific region, and they are chosen by the people in that region."

Papa:« 1d20 = 13 »

Trofim:« 1d20 = 9 »

Vargoth is disconnected.

Trofim:Not again…

Gnogglebolt:"The laws are usually based on preventing things that harm others."

Papa:*woof!*

Liatai:« 1d20 = 9 »

Trofim:Yeah, you win again, clever Papa!

Gnogglebolt:"There are varying levels of harm, with varying levels of punishment. This country of Akellon is similar in several ways."

• Papa shuffles… a little better than last time, but it still largely consists of nudging the cards around with his paws in a pile.

Sszeyl:Sszeyl listens, taking mental notes.

Gnogglebolt:"For example, the very pickpocketing we are faced with. In Mazio, the exact punishment varies with the region, but it is most typically hard labor."

Gnogglebolt:"The time varies as well, but it is rarely more than a few months."

Trofim:Allright… the acorns shall be snaggletooth! « 1d20 = 16 »

Sszeyl:"What of theft absolute?"

Barshal:"What a curious game."

Gnogglebolt:"Come again?"

Terri:« 1d20 = 1 »

Papa:« 1d20 = 1 »

Liatai:… ooh ouch. XD

Barshal:"Terri, I believe you are holding your cards backwards."

Sszeyl:"The theivery of livestock, of people's means of supporting themselves, not just their ownership. In my country, it is punishible by death via torture…to last no less than one month."

Terri:"Aww! Those darn acorns." She looks to the wildforged. "You wanna play?"

Gnogglebolt:"Ah. Well, in that case, the theif is made to compensate the injured party."

Sszeyl:possesions not ownership

Gnogglebolt:"If the theif is unable to compensate, then it is indentured servitude until the debt is paid."

Sszeyl: (( I is in need of tea. ))

Barshal:"I do not know this game."

Terri:"It's okay! We'll teach you!"

Trofim:I knew acorns were my lucky card!

TMG:oh, liatai

TMG:Alex is doing his shopping in Liatalk x3

Liatai:Now, disclaimer… I have no idea how to make a card game, so I'm just making this up. ^^

Ghostwish:*laff*

Terri:"See, you pick a card to be the snaggletooth, an' then you take turns picking cards out of each other's hands. If you run outta cards, you draw five from the deck… You wanna get as many pairs as you can, but if you get a pair of snaggletooths, you're out!"

Sszeyl:"…Hmm, I can see to obtain an in-depth understanding would require more than one sitting."

Sszeyl:"Let's move on to how your government manages itself."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt gives a grim smile. "I suppose so."

VAE:hmm, that could actually work as a game!

Gnogglebolt:"How it manages itself?"

Gnogglebolt:"Hmm. Again, what am I comparing against?"

Liatai:It's kind of a weird combination of go fish and old maid… ^^'

Terri:"Here, since you're new, you can pick the snaggletooth!" She deals out the cards to Papa, Trofim, Barshal, and herself.

Sszeyl:"In the Order, the Chief Monstrosity has the final say in all decisions, whether they are just or not. But any ranking Monster may challenge the descision of another Monster. They argue their case before the Chief Monstrosity, and he makes a ruling, the losing party is excecuted. And the victor's policy is enacted.

Sszeyl:+"VAE:haha… reminds me of Nhylamaran government

VAE:though, having them fight is better

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt winces at the terminology…then goes slightly openmouthed at the mention of execution.

VAE:it ensures that he who gets his policies implemented is strong enough to ensure them

Barshal:"Hrm. Allright. The acorns shall be snaggletooth." « 1d20 = 8 »

Sszeyl:Sszeyl stares slightly sadly at Gnogglebolt. "There can be no dissent in the Order."

Trofim:good « 1d20 = 7 »

Sszeyl:"Our voice must echo down all ranks. Those who stray from harmounious accord are either brought back or broken."

Gnogglebolt:"Well, ah…like said, the king is officially in charge, but he actually doesn't hold too much power beyond management of the resources of the whole country, including the military. Parliament, where the national laws are made, are debated in the parliament chamber. Like said, there's one representative from every region, so there are many members. They all reach decisions by majority vote."

Terri:« 1d20 = 14 »

Papa:« 1d20 = 6 »

Gnogglebolt:"And if sa, a particular representative acts in a manner that the region he represents do not like, they may recall him."

Gnogglebolt:*say

Meany:When an Orgolloyss Monk breaks you, you stay broken. For the five seconds it takes you to die.

VAE:yeah.. they are all chuck norriss

Terri:"Yay! The acorns like me now!"

• Mama falls asleep. Zzz.

Trofim:They do!

Gnogglebolt:"In short…it is managed simply because everyone agrees to manage it."

Sszeyl:"So they answer to those they administrate, and not a higher authority?"

Gnogglebolt:"Indeed."

Gnogglebolt:"In local matters, things are similar."

Terri:"Okay, it's your turn to deal, Mr. Barshal! Give seven cards to everybody."

Gnogglebolt:"The people of a settlement elect a mayor, who oversees and administrates. If he is found insufficient, the people may replace him. or her."

Trofim:And you get to choose the snaggletooth

Sszeyl:((brb))

Barshal:Barshal deals out the cards, very methodically. "Right, hrm. What to name.."

Ghostwish:What do the cards look like again?

Sszeyl:Sszeyl pinches the bridge of his nose.

VAE:they are a standard deck (though i don't know whose) themed after dragons

Liatai:Well, since acorns were mentioned… let's make acorns aces, and then there are cards going from 2-9, a compass for 10, jacks, queens, and kings.

Liatai:The jokers are pseudodragons in this deck. :3

VAE:heh- acorns are one of the suits in our cards

Liatai:And there are five queens, athough we can assume one has been removed from circulation.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt tilts his head. "Something wrong?"

Sszeyl:"And what if these representitives, or these mayors object to being recalled?"

VAE:red (heart) green (leaves) acorns, and balls

VAE:(round bells)

Liatai:Ahhh, I see!

VAE:that are the names (pictures in brackets)

Sszeyl:"And by object, I of course mean use their influence to silence those that speak out?"

Liatai:We've got hearts, clubs, spades, and diamonds here… This deck probably has black, green, blue, and red as its suit colors, though.

Barshal:"Leaves." « 1d20 = 4 »

Gnogglebolt:"They cannot, and they know they cannot. It is against the system. The local guards and military will only support them so long as the people do. And in the rare case of of such an official actually maintainting control of the local forces, it is open rebellion, and the national forces are called in."

Gnogglebolt:"Oh-

Trofim:so, greens? well « 1d20 = 17 »

Terri:« 1d20 = 15 »

Papa:« 1d20 = 3 »

Gnogglebolt:"Well. It's hard to silence every single person in town if they think you should be replaced, because then there are no people left."

Gnogglebolt:"And the people can always call town council meetings."

VAE:that's where the breaking comes in

Trofim:Hah! i knew it!

Sszeyl:"You underestimate the power of fear."

Trofim:*mixes cards* This time, it's balls

Liatai:… Huh?

Liatai:Ah. X3

Trofim:« 1d20 = 8 »

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt shrugs. "That's not how things are done. It just doesn't work. The elected mayor, for instance, actually must maintain contanct with the central parliament and act in accordance with their edicts."

Liatai:Sorry, I should have been clearer with what I was trying to say. You pair up the cards based on value, and a certain value of card is chosen as the snaggletooth. Suit doesn't matter… although some people probably play a variant ruleset where suit does matter. ^^

Terri:« 1d20 = 19 »

Papa:« 1d20 = 18 »

VAE:that's another funny thing… balls isn't so wide used as synonym for testicles

VAE:in slovak it's usually "vajcia" - the word for eggs

Liatai:Hmm, though thinking of it, we should probably decide on suits for Kellon cards…

Faerie:Which, given the shape, would be more accurate, I guess.

VAE:so you canget a lot of double entendres told with a straight face since it doesn't ring the bell in our people

Liatai:X3VAE:like the newspaper article that was in one of the |Engrish| files

Barshal:« 1d20 = 14 »

Liatai:Suits… stars, leaves, squares, and drops?

Ghostwish:Gonna have to leave soon. :VAE:A photograph from a dancing ball, and the caption "Young men's balls in full swing"

Sszeyl:Sszeyl looks away from Gnogglebolt. "Say a man speaks out against the government. An official 'polietly' asks him to stop. When he doesn't. His children vanish. The official comes back, and asks again. He still refuses, but will hesitate. One day, he wakes up to find his children's heads in a sack on his front door. When the official, the same one, comes back. 'Oh, what a tragedy. There was nothing you could do.' …He stops, and his neighbors follow his example."

VAE:probably wouldn't be geometric

VAE:the first two are allright

Liatai:Stars, leaves… crooks and crowns, maybe?

VAE:stars, leaves..crowns hammers?

Meany:Seeya, Ghost.

VAE:see ya!

Liatai:See ya ^^

VAE:see, in some games you pick a suit as trump cards

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks at Sszeyl slightly openmounthed again. "Anything like that woudl immediately raise an alarm. Every citizen would be out on the streets and out for the "official's" blood."

Gnogglebolt:"It is an edict by the parliament."

Sszeyl:"How would they know the officer did anything?"

Gnogglebolt:"every citzen has a right to speak out."

Sszeyl:official*

Gnogglebolt:"Investigations would be called for. Parliament itself would be brought in to examine. As said, the officals must maintain contact with the parliament."

Liatai:VAE - Yep, I'm familiar with a few games like that. ^^

Sszeyl:"You have not answered my question."

Gnogglebolt:"As I said, investigations."

Sszeyl:"Very well, and who would be conducting those investigations?"

Gnogglebolt:"the central parliament, as I just said."

Trofim:So « 1d20 = 7 »

Sszeyl:Sszeyl pinches his nose again, "I'm sorry. I don't know how to properly ask this in Common."

Gnogglebolt:"Even then, audits are regularly performed to ensure that a local official is indeed acting in accordance with parliament's edits. Perhaps…perhaps the scenario you describe -could- happen, and I think there even have been instances as such. But it never lasts long."

Gnogglebolt:*edicts

Terri:« 1d20 = 3 »

Papa:« 1d20 = 14 »

Sszeyl:"Very well."

Sszeyl:"Ah!"

Gnogglebolt:"And besides, there's a term limit."

Gnogglebolt:"Most local official positions only last five years. When the fives years is up, they must be re-chosen."

Sszeyl:"On all offices?"

Gnogglebolt:"This is why, even though such a thing could happen, it can't last."

Gnogglebolt:"For the larest ones, yes."

Gnogglebolt:"Parliament members, regional governers, and local mayors all hyave term limits."

• Sszeyl sighs. "Your country sounds wonderful."

Gnogglebolt:"And the 'lower' you are, the shorter the term."

Sszeyl:"And of the military? What checks are placed on them?"

Ghostwish:allright, gotta go! Bye bye!

Sszeyl:Seeya, Ghost.

VAE:see ya!

Ghostwish is disconnected.

TMG:sorry for delay, meany

Meany:S'alright.

Gnogglebolt:"The military is nominally under control of the king."

Liatai:So, what do you say, Danman? Leaves, stars, crooks, and crowns, or leaves, stars, hammers, and crowns?

Gnogglebolt:"But again, the king must act within bounds set by parliament."

VAE:what's a crook?

Sszeyl:"In my country, the government and the military are one."

Gnogglebolt:"Put simply, the king decides who we fight and when."

Sszeyl:"It makes responding to emergancies very smoothly done."

Gnogglebolt:"…ah. That would be a kicker, yes."

VAE:hahahaha

VAE:did anyone else notice it?

Gnogglebolt:"Well…Mazio has been quiet for the last several centuries."

VAE:VAE: what's a crook? Sszeyl: "In my country, the government and the military are one."

Liatai:XD!

TMG:ahaha xD

TMG:It's true! XD

Meany:?Meany:Brb.

VAE:am getting a coughing fit from laughing so hard

Liatai:To answer your question, though, think of a shepherd's crook. :3

VAE:(well, the fact i was sick all the week contributes)

VAE:crowns leaves crooks hammers?

VAE:stars are rather hard to draw nicely i guess

Liatai:This is true. X3

VAE:or better, crowns maces crooks hammers

VAE:rulers, army, peasants, craftsmen

Liatai:Crowns, swords, crooks, hammers, in that case. ^^

VAE:gives a way how such deck might have evolced

VAE:oh well… in the east one of symbols of military might is the cossack ataman's mace

VAE:*is

TMG:man…everyone's supposed to be shopping for supplies and otherwise preparing for the stakeout, and they're all sitting around in the card game xD

Liatai:The Kellon infantryman's weapon of choice is a longsword, so…

Liatai:XDTMG:but no worries, Gnogglebolt's reaction will be funny

TMG:and making up this new card game is neat

VAE:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulawa

TMG:So, just to be clear; I'm not complaining, just commenting ^^;

Liatai:X3VAE:heh… did you expect "sensible" from trofim?

Liatai:Though, with that in mind… Danman, do you mind if I move the plot along a little? :3

VAE:np!

• Terri looks outside…

Terri:"— OH! I need to go see who's home!"

TMG:aww, I was already planning gnogglebolt's reaction…

TMG:>:Terri:"Do you wanna wait here, Mr. Trofim? I'll be right back!"

VAE:ack.. now this is unfortunate

Trofim:Allright!

Trofim:*mixes cards*

TMG:Hmm, wehre's Alex? I woudl've thought he'd be interested in the card game…

Meany:Back.

• Terri trots out the door, followed by Papa and Mama.

• Faerie wiggles o.o

Sszeyl:"'The judge of a society is not how it behaves in the verdant day, or the horrifying night, but how well it survives the dusk and dawn.' Old Orgolloyss proverb."

Faerie:I don't know, cards aren't my thing, and Elros is out shopping anyway.

Gnogglebolt:"Well, he -have- had emergencies every now and then…actually, there were raiders from the East a few decades ago."

Gnogglebolt:"The king merely ordered the military into action, and the raiders were driven away within a year."

VAE:brb, bathroom - there's nothing happening for trofim anyways

Gnogglebolt:"But several settlements were razed in the meantime."

Sszeyl:"Very well. I need to think on all this."

Gnogglebolt:"It was a sad thing, but reliefe and reconstruction efforts were organized neatly."

Sszeyl:"To think we haven't even skimmed the judicial system."

Gnogglebolt:"Everyone in the country pitched in."

Gnogglebolt:"Mm, yes."

Sszeyl:Sszeyl hefts up his bag, and starts for the door. "Thank you for the information. We'll have to do this again sometime." Preferably when I can think of more questions.

Gnogglebolt:"Indeed. We have tarried quite long enough, and I still have much work to do…"

TMG:hmm, one sec

TMG:Is Terri returning yet?

Elros:Elros walks into an armor's shop some distance away, and examines the wares on display.

TMG:hmm, nevermind

• Terri re-enters the Bronze Boot, with two young human men following. The two men are arguing in undertones to each other; one has brown hair, and looks more serious than the other, who is blonde and seems more laid-back. Both men wear swords; the blonde one has a rapier, the other has a longsword.

• Terri is beaming.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt heads into the main room again, and see Trofim and Barshal, and the cards along the table.

Smith:"Find what you're looking for, stranger?"

Gnogglebolt:"Wha—why are you still here? Playing cards? We need supplies! You need to get prepared, get your affairs in order! I mean, reall-"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt sees Terri re-entering the Bronze Boot.

VAE:back

TMG:what the—oh, you can't be serious XD

Sszeyl:Sszeyl re-enters the main room, nods to Terri, gestures rudely at Trofim in Drow sign language, and continues out.

Liatai:They're the best tokens I could find on short notice, now hush.

Liatai:Just wait until you see the one I found for Terri's grandpa. I will be amazed if people recognize him.

Gnogglebolt:"Ah, two people, Miss Terri?" Gnogglebolt says, walking in their direction. Obviously, he must be half the height of the two men.

Trofim:Um … We played a few rounds.. i had to get them played in!

VAE:AHAHAHHAHA

VAE:just seen the tokens

Terri:"They were BOTH home!" Terri looks very pleased with herself.

VAE:i had sight shifted up

Gnogglebolt:'pleased to meet you two."Gnogglebotl says, holding out a hand. "I am Gnogglebolt SParkgear, and you are…?"

Elros:Elros hmms, thinking. "Well, I suppose your opinion would be valid here. How do you rate your chain shirts, and how against studded leather armor?"

Brian Toris:The brown-haired one starts and stares a little at Gnogglebolt.

Trofim:Trofim pockets the pack of cards

Trofim:Who are these two?

Maximillian Toris:"… Don't mind him, he has no manners." The blonde-haired one shoots a pointed look at his brother before shaking Gnogglebolt's hand with a grin. "Maximillian Toris, and this is my brother Brian. I've heard you've already met our little sister."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks over to Trofim. "That is what I am finding out. Though, for starters, I would presume these are who we are to make sure can protect Terri if she is to accompany us on our escapade."

Gnogglebolt:"Oh yes, I have. She is a very sweet girl." Gnogglebolt says, smiling. "You are lucky to her as family."

Trofim:Oh, good then!

Trofim:But Papa's coming too, right/

Gnogglebolt:"So, you two are her brothers, it seems?"

Gnogglebolt:"Has she told you why you are here?"

Terri:"Of course!" she says to Trofim.

TMG:Hmm.

Maximillian Toris:"I only heard something about goblins and old Mr. Henderson at the potion shop going missing, and then some 'thief-catchers' who helped find him again."

TMG:Actually, should we leave off here and pick up with ghostwish next week? >.>

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt frowns. "Oh, dear."

Gnogglebolt:"Well, it seems terri has told you what has -already- happened, not what will happen>"

Smith:"I'm a bit biased, you understand, but chain mail is quite the excellent armor. It will stop a sword much better than leather, I can tell you that right now."

VAE:i agree, if Liatai does

TMG:well, Liatai and Alex can continue

Maximillian Toris:"Yes, well, our little sister does have a tendency to jump into things…"

TMG:but everyone in the tavern will need to be "frozen" in time…

Liatai:That's fine by me, if it's fine by you guys.

Elros:Elros nods. "Well, I can rightly say that I don't know what I'll be facing, but I imagine some improved protection is in order."

Meany:Oh very we;;/

TMG:oh, wait

Meany:well*

TMG:Sszeyl left the bronze boot?

Meany:Yup.

TMG:He can continue as well

Liatai:Yep!

Meany:o:TMG:Go do your errands ^^

Meany:TMG:it's just all the people still in the tavern engaged in the roleplay who have to wait

TMG:because -two- characers, both of who would elict quite some interesting dialogue, are missing >.>

TMG:so yeah. It's finally Alex and Meany's turn to have their own little mini-roleplays on the side!

VAE:fine by me… my grasp of trofim is going down a bit aas i am getting slightly sleepy

• VAE is a tired lynx

Smith:"We've got standard-issue military-grade chain mail right over here. Or, if you're interested, stranger… We have a selection of fine-link chainmail. Costs a pretty penny more, but much easier to move around in."

TMG:well, guess that's perfect then x3

Sszeyl:Should I be doing this normally, or via Whisper?

Liatai:Normally is fine. ^^

TMG:we did our private conversation normall

TMG:I was considering doing that in whispers, or even taking it to the IRC, but I decided against it

TMG:It wasn't "really" secret, anyway

TMG:for more important-secret things, I would suggest PMs

Elros:"Mmm, yes, that was my one concern with chainmail over leather. But now, how much do you call 'a penny' and what would that buy?"

• Sszeyl strode through the streets, stumbling occasionally, and weaving his way toward Lethiriss' house.

Liatai:And it saves me time if I don't have to keep typing /w (name). X3

Sszeyl:"Accursed acohol, accursed human, accursed self control…"

Smith:"The fine-weave? That's the master smith's work. You pay a lot for quality, though. 250 gold, versus 100 for the military-grade. But the military-grade's nothing to sneeze at, either!

• Sszeyl knocks on the door, when he arrives. Trying to put on his best 'I am not in any way drunk' face.

Smith:"Worked on that with my own two hands, stranger."

Liatai:Bluff check, Sszeyl.

Sszeyl:« 1d20 = 5 »

TMG:teehee

• Lethiriss opens the door.

TMG:wait, uh

TMG:…nnnnot that it would help, but as a monk, shouldn't he have a cha bonus?

Sszeyl:He isn't a monk yet.

Sszeyl:Still just a drow with some monk-ish abilities.

TMG:er, as a future monk

TMG:some of the monk's abilities work of cha, so at character cration, didn't you put something in cha that gives a bonus?

TMG:(or maybe…wait, i may be wrong.)

Lethiriss:"Sssssssszeyl? What bringsssss you here…" She tilts her head a little, and flicks out her tongue for a moment. "… Have you been drinking?"

TMG:(nevermind)

Sszeyl:"Not willingly, but yes."

VAE:ooh!

VAE:the smith looks like the one from Diablo!

• Sszeyl jingles sack. "I came by to drop off my rent money for Zairith."

Elros:"Ha, yes, that is quite the difference. And I am told that the military mail is only slightly heavier than this studded armor, yes?"

VAE:http://diablo.wikia.com/wiki/File:Griswold.gif

VAE:make him be called Griswold …

Faerie:Hang on, I'm gonna go wash a fork

Lethiriss:"I thought ssso, I knew I ssssmelled it." She looks at the sack. "What isss thisss? Oh, ssss, no, no, no. Thissss won't do." She pushes the sack back toward Sszeyl. "You do not need to pay! Ccccertainly not thissss much!"

VAE:ahahah

Smith:"You'd be right, stranger. The main thing you've got to be sure of is to wear something under it. People who switch from leather to chain aren't usually used to the pinching."

VAE:i expected her to make a bluff check that he *does*

Sszeyl:"I never intended to give this much, but since Zairith was never clear of the amount, I though a bit of wiggle room for next month might be in order. Which in turn leads me to another issue to be addressed."

Liatai:Good point. Sense Motive, Sszeyl.

VAE:since he seems to lack understanding of money value

Sszeyl:« 1d20+3 = 11 + 3 = 14 »

Lethiriss:"Another issssue?"

Sszeyl:Sszeyl takes a deep breath. "Trofim."

Sszeyl:"He led you to believe I was related to your husband, which is not in fact, true. I apologize for not making it clear sooner, but there were hungry bears floating around town at the time, and that simply would not do."

Elros:Elros nods. "Would a simple outfit handle that, or do you recommend a particular garment?"

• Lethiriss moves her foot as LiNeer tries to jump out the door, blocking the way.

Sszeyl:"Oh…hello, kitty."

TMG:afk, playing games with mah buddy vargoth ^^

Lethiriss:She pauses… and then gives a hissing laugh. "Hussssband? Oh, I only wissssh!"

VAE:i love how the two find every opportunity to complain at each other to Lethiriss and Zairith

Sszeyl:"Oh, right. See, that would be the ale talking, I apologize for that, too."

Smith:"Anything that's not to thin and won't snag too much. Linen, wool, cotton, anything as long as it doesn't pill or have holes in it."

Meany:He isn't complaining, he's apologizing for not nipping Trofim's ranting in the bud before now.

Liatai:XDLethiriss:"But, you are not related to Zairith?"

Sszeyl:"No, I'm a minion of his cousin's."

Lethiriss:"Well, that issss an interesssting way of putting it." Lethiriss frowns.

Sszeyl:"Yyyeah."

• Sszeyl jingles sack again to fill awkward silence.

Lethiriss:"Ssseemss Zairith and I will have to have a little talk regarding keeping sssecretsss…" Her tone is dark and positively venemous.

Elros:"Mmhmm. In that case, I think I'll take some of your military-grade mail. From the sound of i, it should certainly do."

Smith:"Excellent choice, stranger. Got your eye on anything else today? Got a lotta good things on sale, stranger."

Sszeyl:Makes me glad I'm not going to be around for the next few days to have my eyes clawed out.

Elros:"For now, just the shirt is all I need. However, I'm sure my travels will bring me here again."

Sszeyl:"So, should about a hundred gold work for this month?"

Lethiriss:"Oh, sss. Too much. Twenty-five issss plenty."

TMG:for rent? 100 gp is absudly extravagant o.o

Meany:He's never had so much money in his entire life.

Meany:Him going to be a bit loose with it.

Lethiriss:"It issss not your fault that there wasss a mix-up, and besssidesss, Trofim and LiNeer both ssseem to like you."

VAE:ahahahahahah

TMG:*snrk*

VAE:did she roll an insight of 1 ?

Sszeyl:"…I'm going to just give you the money now. Oh!" In an undertone. "How did that inspection of the chalice go?"

Liatai:She's only seeing part of the picture, and from what she's seen, they've always come to the house together… X3

Lethiriss:"The chaliccce? It issss clean! It isss quite the exxxxxquissssite piece, asss well."

Sszeyl:"What of the fruit-horn on its base?"

TMG:HolycrapithinkIcaughtSofox!

Sszeyl:O:Sszeyl:COMMENCE THE BEATINGS.

Lethiriss:"That issss a holy ssssymbol for the little folk. The ssssign of Yondalla. Beyond that, I do not know… I am ssssorry."

Liatai:TMG:I got him! I got him! Finiding out what's been going on…

Sszeyl:"That's alright. More than I would have been able to figure for myself."

Smith:"Come back anytime, stranger. We're open any day but Sei."

TMG:liata; what's the date of the last PM you sent Sofox?

TMG:on CMF?

• Liatai shrugs. o.o

• Sszeyl flicks fan in front of lower face again. "Twenty-five pieces, eh?"

• Sszeyl sets the sack down, and fishes for the money in groups of five coins.

TMG:(nevermind, got it)

• Faerie goes to update his character sheet.

TMG:Sofox is on the IRC!

TMG:He's in the main channel right now, but I just beeped him to go to liatalk

TMG:ohTMG:got explanation from him

Liatai:Oh?

VAE:oh?

TMG:6:05 Techmasterglitch: But yes. Anyway, the question is; do you still want to play in Liatai's game? Or are you dropping it?

TMG:6:07 Sofox: Tech: To be honest, I was finding the playing a bit exhausting, I'm just not used to RPGs and I find it hard to keep track of the text conversation.

Liatai:Ah, well, that's OK. ^^

VAE:well, he could have said…

Faerie:Is reflex save affected by the AC penalty?

Liatai:I kind of figured something like that was the case…

Liatai:Ah, no. Reflex save is not. ^^

Faerie:AC only applies to skills then?

VAE:(that's why it's called a reflex save and not attack.. though i myself had misused it during our game..)

Liatai:Just for the sake of clarity, would you mind calling it a check penalty? Having it called an AC penalty is a bit confusing. ^^'

Liatai:But yes, armor check penalty only applies to skills.

VAE:haha

VAE:when he first came with it

VAE:i was with eyes open … armor having AC penalty ? WTF?

VAE:then he explained

Faerie:Ah, sorry. I just realized AC conflicts with "armor class" ^^;

Liatai:Yeah. XD

Faerie:I was thinking "Why is everyone complaining, what else would it be in context?"

Faerie:"Air Conditioning? AnthroCon? …oh."

VAE:because of Pavlov

VAE:when we see AC , we think Armor Class… except for people like me where it doubly conflicts with Alternating Current

Faerie:Ah, that too.

Faerie:It's also my initials.

Liatai:X3VAE:though, i guess it wuld make sense

VAE:haha

Faerie:…if you leave out my middle name, anyway.

VAE:i just realised something

VAE:my initials are DM

Faerie:With my middle name, I kid you not, my initials are ABC.

Liatai:Mine make an unfortunate abbreviation without my middle name. ^^'

VAE:??Liatai:SS.

VAE:oh!

TMG:ouch >.-

Faerie:I mean, I know what you mean, but I don't think it's that unfortunate.

Faerie:There was a "Chevy Camaro SS" after all.

VAE:ouch? you folks are americans, it's not that big matter there

Liatai:It is if you hang out with WW2 geeks.

VAE:oh! you do?

VAE:awesome

Faerie:Yeah, I'm American though. And I saw right away the WWII meaning.

Liatai:At least three of my close friends in high school were WWII buffs. So, yeah. XD

VAE:not like you wouldn't see it, it's just that fascists never got to the USA

TMG:eh….danman?

VAE:?TMG:WWII is major in our histroy books

TMG:Sure, they never got over here, but even the parts of the war we weren't in are covered

VAE:i know that - that's what defines a world war

VAE:i am not talking that people don't *know* it

VAE:rather , that it probably isn't as big deal than in the countries where the bad shit happened mostly

Liatai:Shall we move away from WWII before this becomes a Godwin's Law situation? X3

Liatai:Do either of you, Sszeyl or Elros, want to do any more shopping?

VAE:nah.. godwin's law is used in a "well, you are wrong because Hitler" sort of way

Meany:I'm still waiting for Lethiriss to take the rent money.

Faerie:hitler!

Faerie:* Lethiriss takes the money. There, you happy now?

Faerie:Anyway, I think I'm done shopping.

TMG:danman; well, hitler is indeed a big deal over here.

TMG:He's practically the incarnation of evil to us

Meany:I haven't even started, but if that's a subtle hint that the GM is loosing steam, I don't know what is.

Liatai:TMG:and yea…seems like a good place to end ^^

Liatai:I'm actually still pretty energetic… but yeah, if you guys want to end it there, we can. ^^

Faerie:I need to call my parents anyway.

Liatai:I just assumed her taking the money was a given X3

VAE:actually that's nice to hear… with other peoples it was less pronounced

VAE:and i need to save the logs ^^'

• VAE is a tired, tired lynx

Liatai:Ah, yes!

Liatai:Danman needs to go to bed!

TMG:danman can go to bed, his scene is frozen anyway

Meany:I believe I told you to go to bed.

Meany:An hour ago.

TMG:it's just meany or alex who can continue on…

VAE:and i believe i told you i need to sort the logs out

VAE:have a copy saved

TMG:not right away, you can do that tomorrow :B

Meany:Logs are inconsequesntial.

TMG:^ that. Liatai's got a handle on it.

VAE:but in the morning i won't have time

Meany:Sleep deprivation leading to car wrecks, not so much.

Liatai:Yep. Sawing logs takes precedence over saving logs.

VAE:because i wake up just in time to dress myself and run to the department

TMG:who said morning?

TMG:Heck, we can have the logs fixed tuesday

TMG:there's no rush to do it tonight

Liatai:Yeah, no rush. ^^

Liatai:Now sleep.

TMG:seriously danman, don't worry. Go to bed. You won't be "missing" much anyway

VAE:nah.. see, Faerie_alex has a phonecall to make

TMG:Just let Liatai, meany, and Alex continue so I can watch them amusedly

VAE:this likely won't take long

TMG:but does that have anything to do with YOU?

TMG:Go to bed!

• Liatai pulls her best hypnotist impression… "You are getting sleeeeepy…."

Faerie:Is there anything you all need me for, or can I exit to conserve network resources? ^^;

VAE:i is… but i shall be so tired in the morning

Liatai:Nope, you can exit! ^^

Meany:Seeya.

VAE:see ya!

Faerie:Alright, thanks. See you on IRC.

Faerie is disconnected.

Meany:Danman, as your friend, I am not going to argue this point anymore. :3

Meany:Sleep. Nao.

VAE:hey! it sounds like you plan conducting shady business here!

VAE:all of ya trying to get rid of me

Liatai:Disconnecting the server in 5…

TMG:wait, is Meany still going to do anything?

TMG:He can still do stuff…

Liatai:4… Good point. Last chance, Meany!

VAE:true

Meany:Not if its keeping Danman awake.

Liatai:There is always IRC. ^^

TMG:…>.>

TMG:take to to private IRC

Meany:;PLiatai:3…

VAE:oh but..

Meany:No buts!

VAE:if they take the converation which up to now was public into IRC

VAE:it won't be saved!

VAE:OH NOES!

TMG:iyes it will.

TMG:They'll save it themselves.

Liatai:It will be. I keep IRC logs. :3

TMG:And append it.

VAE:but IRC has different format

Meany:iYes, Apple's answer to WindowsNo.

VAE:my programs won't work

TMG:It can be done.

Liatai:I will muddle with it. ^^

TMG:It can be fixzed manually by us if need be.

VAE:but… that's inefficient…

VAE:ah well

TMG:It's over danman, go to bed. You obsessive solvak xD

Liatai:2…

TMG:*slovak

Liatai:Good night. ^^

VAE:Obsessive is my middle name

Meany:Bye-bye.

VAE:or it would be if it wasn't Stanislav

VAE:And one of you still has to tell me who i am paraphrasing, from where

Liatai:1…

VAE:It's from a TV Show

Meany:Now it's time to say good bye.

Liatai:Last commente before the counter hits 0, go!

VAE:LAST!

Meany:NO!

VAE:is the new First!

Meany:NO!

Meany: :P

You have disconnected.

Server started.

Meany has connected.

Meany:I see joo!

Liatai:Heyo!

Meany:Yo.

Liatai:Lemme just get some shopkeepers' tokens ready, and then we're good to go. :3

Meany:I need to load up the sheet to see what was bought, too.

Meany:Mkay, got it.

Liatai:Care to give me the list again, just so I can remember? :3

Liatai:Paint supplies, a journal, fixing the hole in his wrap… Anything else?

Meany:Rations for five days, inkpen and ink, Artisan's tools (masterwork), a water skin, thirty sling bullets, and fifty feet of silk rope. The rest of the gold goes toward fish.

Meany:Oh, and the fixing.

Liatai:All righty!

Liatai:I'm all set to start if you are.

Meany:Righto.

• Sszeyl hands the twenty five gold of to Lethiriss, and carts the bag off again. "Be warned! Trofim will be stopping by later and he might be drunk…er."

Lethiriss:"Sssss. I ssssee. Ssssee you later, Ssssszeyl?"

Sszeyl:"Indeed. Ta!"

Sszeyl:Yea did the drow go off in search of adventure, in the form of splurge shopping. First things first, a tailor!

• Lethiriss waves farewell, then closes the door. If you listen closely, you may hear her hissing several sibilant words to LiNeer.

Sszeyl:« 1d20+5 = 20 + 5 = 25 »

Sszeyl:…Typical.

Sszeyl:Absolutely typical.

Liatai:XDLiatai:I take it that was a Gather Information check to find a tailor? X3

Sszeyl:Well, if you minus the five sure. Was actually a listen check.

Liatai:Ahhh. XD

Sszeyl:Just to test my luck a bit.

Sszeyl:« 1d20 = 12 »

Liatai:It's not hard to find a tailor's shop, considering you're in the middle of the arcane district. People who wear robes snag their robes on a lot of things…

Liatai:People point you toward a shop called the Long Yarn, near the center of town.

Sszeyl:Sszeyl, feeling a bit cynical, jingles the sack of gold rather loudly, to see if the proprietor comes running.

Sszeyl:Ah, thought he'd already gone in.

Tailor:A blue hat appears over the counter, shortly followed by a halfling clambering up on a stool so he can see over the counter. "Ah, a customer? Sorry, I dropped a spool — What can I do for ya?"

Tailor:After he finishes speaking, he looks over Sszeyl, one eyebrow slightly arched. He looks slightly perplexed.

Sszeyl:"Sszeyl sets down the sack o' gold, and begins unwinding his body wrap, making sure to hand the punctured portions over first. "I require a patch job for this. Shall we do business?"

Meany:Sack o' gold should totally be an item.

Tailor:The halfling takes the wrap and looks it over with a professional eye, giving a low whistle. "What happened to it?"

Liatai:It should. XD

Sszeyl:"Long story short, goblins."

Tailor:"Say no more. I'll take care 'a the blood stains for you, too." He finishes looking it over and folds it up on the counter. "Looks like a simple job. When do you need it back by?"

Sszeyl:"Sunset at the latest, presuming you are not closed by that time."

Tailor:"Whoo." The halfling drums his fingers on the counter idly. "Rush job. Might need to use a bit of magic to get it clean for you by then; any enchantments I should know about? Cleaning spells are pretty harmless, but it's still no fun to have them bounce off magic-resistant cloth!"

Meany:Erk. What do the Drow use for cloth? xD

Meany:Spider-silk?

Liatai:Rathe wool, spider silk, anything they can raid from the surface world…

Sszeyl:"None that I am aware of. It's just simple wool to me."

Tailor:"Fantastic. Factoring in the cost of the spell, should be about a gold."

• Sszeyl fishes a coin from the sack o' gold. "About a gold meaning higher, or lower?"

Tailor:The halfling laughs heartily. "That's the base cost — although we sure wouldn't say no to a tip once the job's done!"

Tailor:"We'll have it ready for you in an hour."

Meany:I assume this is a pay-on-delivery sort of thing?

Liatai:Yep. Once the job is done to your satisfaction, you pay.

• Sszeyl slings the gold over his shoulder, carrying his equipment with him and exits. "See you in an hour."

Tailor:"Take care!"

Sszeyl:Next, the artsy stuff?

Liatai:Sounds good. Gather Information time?

Sszeyl:« 1d20 = 14 »

Liatai:A shop called Coralline's Crafts is mentioned as having good painting supplies. The building looks like an artist's studio, covered in canvasses with mostly-finished paintings.

Artist:An elf sits at an easel in the back of the shop, then looks up when the door opens… then stares.

Sszeyl:Sszeyl too, stares.

Sszeyl:"Well, this is awkward."

Artist:The elf stands, looking… not so friendly, holding her paintbrush firmly. "Who are you? What do you want?"

Sszeyl:Sszeyl holds up sack o' gold. "I'm just a colourful stranger looking to buy some things and then go peaceably on my way."

Artist:The elf still looks suspicious. "… What kind of things?" Diplomacy check time.

Sszeyl:« 1d20+2 = 2 + 2 = 4 »

Sszeyl:…Friggernaffy.

Liatai:…. ooooof. ^^'

Sszeyl:"The exorpiantly expensive sort?"

Artist:The elf raises her paintbrush, pointing it at Sszeyl. "Certainly, I expect. Looking to take the most expensive things from my store! I'll brook no Underdark trickery here! Get out!"

Liatai:(Unfortunately, that low roll pushed her from "unfriendly" to "hostile" on the NPC attitude scale. ^^' )

Sszeyl:"Finally, someone in this town with a spine. Very well."

Sszeyl:And out he goes!

Artist:The artist watches him as he goes, still holding the paintbrush in his direction and watching out the window until she's sure he's gone.

Sszeyl:Time for another Gather Info check? « 1d20 = 2 »

Sszeyl:D:Liatai:The luck of the dice are not with you today. ^^'

Sszeyl:Like I said earlier.

Sszeyl:Absolutely typical.

Liatai:Unfortunately for Sszeyl, that's the only shop with painting supplies he hears about.

• Sszeyl makes the FFFFFFUUUUU face when no one's looking.

Sszeyl:Onto rope rations and bullets?

Liatai:You know the drill!

Sszeyl:« 1d20 = 20 »

Sszeyl:Liatai:Not only do you find an adventurer's general store, you find one of the best in town!

• Sszeyl is of course warry of any stores called an Adventurer's Store, and thus proceedes in cautiously.

General Store Owner:"Welcome to the Shop and Chop! What're you looking for today? Looking to buy? Sell? Trade?"

Sszeyl:"Er…Buy?"

• Sszeyl approaches cautiously, and sets down the sack o' gold. "I need some rations for about five days, some rope, and do you carry bullets for this?" Holds up the sling.

General Store Owner:The shopkeeper, a giant, burly human with a huge beard, laughs and gestures to the racks of adventuring equipment along the walls. "Do we?! We've got enough sling bullets to fell ten tribes of kobolds! Looking for any special ammunition, or basic bullets?"

Sszeyl:"Just standard bullets right now. Finding aerodynamic rocks has been annoying of late."

General Store Owner:"Fair enough! Standard sling bullets are over there." He gestures to a basket containing several small linen sacks on the wall.

General Store Owner:"I'll go get your trail rations."

• Sszeyl goes and picks up three. "Surprisingly heavy."

General Store Owner:The shopkeeper returns with five packets wrapped in thick paper. "Aye, heavy enough to cave in a skull if you've got a steady hand!"

Sszeyl:"Ah, good."

Sszeyl:"Oh! Do you carry waterskins?"

General Store Owner:"We've got three types of rope; hempen, silk, and we recently got a shipment of some magic rope."

Sszeyl:"Magic rope?"

General Store Owner:"Moves by itself on command. It'll knot itself, move upwards, downwards, sideways, attach to sturdy places; handy stuff for a long climb!"

Sszeyl:"I assume it's one of those objects where if you have to aks how much it is, you can't afford it?"

General Store Owner:The shopkeeper laughs. "Well, it costs a good bit more than regular rope, I can tell you that much."

Sszeyl:"As tempting as it is, I'll have to pass. I just need something good and strong."

General Store Owner:"Both of our non-magical types of rope are plenty strong! Silk's easier to work with if you're doing knotwork, though. Lighter for those long journeys, too!"

Sszeyl:"Alright then, I'll go with that. And do you sell waterskins?"

General Store Owner:"By the score! Check that wall over there."

• Sszeyl checks the wall over there.

Sszeyl:"My my. Such a selection."

Liatai:There are plain waterskins, waterskins embroidered with decorations, beaded waterskins… and one particularly large one that looks like it was sized for an ogre.

• Sszeyl points to the large waterskin, turns and raises an eyebrow at the Store Owner.

General Store Owner:"Special order. Grumchik really likes his ale."

Sszeyl:"The sad part is I'm not even surprised." Snags one of the beaded skins. "How much?"

General Store Owner:"All told? Thirteen gold and eight silver."

Sszeyl:"So exorbiantly expensive. It must be mine." Adds it to the pile of stuff. "Do you also carry writing materials? Pens, inks, journals?"

Liatai:… Oh, you meant just for the waterskin. XD

Liatai:I was adding up a running total for you. 1 gold for the waterskin.

Sszeyl:XDSszeyl:Imms retcon the first two sentances then.

Sszeyl:imma*

General Store Owner:"Pens and ink we carry, but you'll want to check a bookstore for a journal. The only blank books we have here are for wizards, and they've been treated with so many strange things that who knows what would happen if you used one for non-magical writing?"

Sszeyl:"Knowing my luck? It'd turn me pink, and THEN kill me."

General Store Owner:The shopkeeper guffaws.

• Sszeyl cracks a smile and fetches the gold.

General Store Owner:"Did you want the ink and pen tacked on to all this?"

Sszeyl:"Yes, please."

• Sszeyl fetches more coins, just in case.

General Store Owner:"Twenty-two gold, if y'please!"

• Sszeyl hands over the twenty-two gold. "Pleasure doing business."

General Store Owner:The shopkeeper takes out a sack and begins to pack all of Sszeyl's purchases in it. "Haha, same!" He hands over the sack. "Good luck out there!"

Sszeyl:Now just for that journal, art stuff can wait until after the next dungeon.

Liatai:Or you could always convince someone in the party to come with you to help calm crazy elf lady… X3

Sszeyl:X3Liatai:Okay, I've got four minutes before I have to get ready to go! Let's do this thing! >:D

Sszeyl:« 1d20 = 2 »

Liatai:… ooof.

Sszeyl:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

Liatai:The twos of doooom!

Liatai:Want to try again in another district? ^^'

Sszeyl:« 1d20 = 16 »

Sszeyl:Liatai:Huzzah! You've found a place called Moloi's Books in the arcane district! But, when you enter, it seems empty.

Sszeyl:Moloi? x3

Liatai:Roll a Listen check. >:3

Sszeyl:Sszeyl, looks around. « 1d20+5 = 11 + 5 = 16 »

Liatai:You hear a faint rustling in the shelves.

Liatai:It seems to be moving toward the front of the shop.

Sszeyl:"Um, if anyone's here? I have money, and am in a hurry and thus willing to pay extra?"

Bookstore Owner:"What are you looking to buy?" says a whisper-like voice from behind you.

Sszeyl:"AAAAAH!"

Sszeyl:The drow screams like a little girl, and jumps into the air! « 1d20+4 = 14 + 4 = 18 »

Sszeyl:Jump check.

Bookstore Owner:A wizened old scholar stumbles back, nearly dropping the book he was carrying.

Liatai:You jumped high enough to hold on to one of the high-up bookshelves. X3

Sszeyl:The drow swings a bit. "Um. Empty journal?"

Bookstore Owner:"… Oh. Empty journal." The old man coughs and sways a little. "… Climb down?"

Liatai:Spot check while you climb.

Sszeyl:« 1d20+5 = 17 + 5 = 22 »

Bookstore Owner:The old man moves surprisingly quickly toward the back of the store and stands stock still, waiting for you.

• Sszeyl climbs down, careful to not break anything.

Sszeyl:And off to the old man he walks.

Bookstore Owner:"… This shelf," the old man says, inclining his head ever so slightly in the direction of a shelf. "… Come to the front when you're ready."

Sszeyl:"Thank you."

• Sszeyl inspects the different books.

Liatai:Spot check again?

Sszeyl:« 1d20+5 = 8 + 5 = 13 »

Liatai:Jeepers, can that old man move. As soon as your back was turned, he was shuffling off quickly toward the front of the store.

Sszeyl:"Okay that's just freaky."

Liatai:(There's a reason I called it Moloi's. X3)

Sszeyl:x3Sszeyl:Sszeyl picks one of the books with a greenish cover and heads to the front.

Sszeyl:Sorry, just speeding things along.

Liatai:The old man is at the front of the store, thumbing idly though a book.

Sszeyl:"How much for this?"

Bookstore Owner:"… Fifteen gold."

Sszeyl:Sszeyl gets the appropriate amount of coins.

Bookstore Owner:"… Thank you." The old man coughs again raspily after accepting the coins.

Sszeyl:"Thank you for such prompt service."

Sszeyl:And off the drow goes!

Bookstore Owner:The man nods, seeming to half-pay attention… but as soon as the drow turns his back, he's shuffling off at lightning speed toward the stacks.

Liatai:And now I have to go to choir. ^^'

Sszeyl:Seeya!

Liatai:Seeya! I'll save the log. ^^

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