Session Six: The Return of the Old Ones...?
[2024/03/27 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me fishes out cards and notes
[2024/03/27 16:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: so... wandering the city... made it to a blacksmith and met a short guy in leather waving a hammer
[2024/03/27 16:11] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: likely a black smith
[2024/03/27 16:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: and, with the recap done... Ggggggggggggrrrrreeeeeeeeeeetttings, Adventurers, other players get to explore dragons caves, you get to explore the back alleys of a city
[2024/03/27 16:12] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Still plenty of stuff to find in those!
[2024/03/27 16:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: indeed there is! So, now you're in the blacksmith... over to you :)
[2024/03/27 16:14] Alicia Frakture: Leesha is going to look to see if the blacksmith has made a cooking pot for sale
[2024/03/27 16:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dina? Sapphire?
[2024/03/27 16:18] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): looks around the shop being nosey and looking at everything
[2024/03/27 16:18] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben will inquire with the blacksmith if he does custom comission work, while glancing around to see if his displayed wares favor tools, weapons, or something else.
[2024/03/27 16:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's a blacksmith, so there's fire and light and heat and noise and various things in various places. The dwarf in charge says "What sort of custom commission work? I can knock up what you want, for a price, of course.... (dwarvish) ...so tell me, friend, what are you doing here? Have you heard about the troubles going on?"
[2024/03/27 16:23] Alicia Frakture: I'm looking for a cooking pot, and my friend is looking for... wait trouble?"
[2024/03/27 16:23] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben answers, "Some of it's the basics, a few armor plates," she answers, then explaining in (dwarvish), "Plus a complicated design that a friend sent me. But no, I have not heard about the troubles. We've been out on the road for what feels like monthes."
[2024/03/27 16:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: (reiterates: DWARFISH)
[2024/03/27 16:23] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): listens to everything going on while looking to see if there is anything small enough to take interest in
[2024/03/27 16:24] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): doesnt understand the dwarf speak
[2024/03/27 16:24] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): :)
[2024/03/27 16:24] Alicia Frakture: *Okay.*
[2024/03/27 16:25] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( oh, sorry about the spelling error there ))
[2024/03/27 16:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dwarf: "I'm sure we got what you need, let me know what you're after... cookware? Yes, we got that... and armour... (dwarfish) ... Interesting. Let me see. And you must've been gone far away and for a long time, there's some nasty murders."
[2024/03/27 16:27] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben checks her inventory for the relevant diagrams, retreiving them from Leesha if needed. "In my case just a light helmet, some shoulder pads, bracers that don't block my motion," before continuing in (dwarfish), "More than the usual stabbings and muggers of a big city, I take it?"
[2024/03/27 16:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Pretty sure you can't wear armour. RAW.)
[2024/03/27 16:28] Alicia Frakture: Doesn't speak Dwarfish but smiles at the cookware comment."Sounds fantastic" Before just listening to the two.
[2024/03/27 16:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: The dwarf unrolls the plans and looks it over, muttering, mumbling, talking to himself for so long that you're sure he forgot about you. Then... "...this is a weapon of some kind? Interesting. I think I can make this. (dwarfish) More like the brutal slaying of children, friend. It's a nasty business."
[2024/03/27 16:29] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( That even includes the near-decorative bits?
[2024/03/27 16:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Eh, we can work with that. Just it can't have actual effects beyond looking awesome.)
[2024/03/27 16:31] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "From what I was told, the exactness of the measures was important to it working right," she adds, before sighing with a stony accent and continueing in (dwarfish), "Multiple kids? That's just wrong. They find the bodies, or?"
[2024/03/27 16:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dwarf: "This won't come cheap... five hunded gold, and you'll need to find an alchemist. (dwarfish) Five, so far. Quite brutally... it's caused quite a stir. But come, let's talk about this weapon of yours."
[2024/03/27 16:38] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Yeah, I suspected the alchemist would be needed. Are my associates welcome in the back too, or they should explore the front shelves some more?"
[2024/03/27 16:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Of course. Cookware? I can throw that in, it's only a trifle."
[2024/03/27 16:41] Alicia Frakture: I can look around see what I can find. Want to get something nice to cook for the group
[2024/03/27 16:42] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben blinks as she heads back. "Five hundred gold? Ah. That's... we could manage a down payment on that, but not the whole sum in one go." She rubs her chin. "Once we get paid for our other work in the city though..."
[2024/03/27 16:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: There is a quite sizeable pot, with a lid on a clever sort of hinge, making it useful to cook in a variety of ways. Three legs to keep it upright. It's a "dwarf oven", to the average commoner.
[2024/03/27 16:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dwarf: "How much DO you have...? I can't start anything without payment upfront..."
[2024/03/27 16:46] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "I've got about a hundred," she lowballs, glancing to Leesha. "Leesha, how much are you interested in chipping in to the Special Order?"
[2024/03/27 16:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: The dwarf winces noticeably.
[2024/03/27 16:47] Alicia Frakture: I can give another hundred
[2024/03/27 16:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dwarf: "That's... not even half...."
[2024/03/27 16:48] Alicia Frakture: Can we do it bit by bit? how many pieces are there to this?
[2024/03/27 16:48] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Thanks for giving us a quote on it at least. We might keep to the smaller items and work on getting enough together."
[2024/03/27 16:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dwarf: "That's all you have? Two hundred gold? No one is going to do this work for you for that!"
[2024/03/27 16:50] Alicia Frakture: Well now we have a goal to get you enough gold for it.
[2024/03/27 16:51] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): "Sooo any ideas , how do big people earn gold in towns like this anyway ?"
[2024/03/27 16:51] Alicia Frakture: Wait do we have anything we can trade to make up the difference?
[2024/03/27 16:53] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): "If there is an alchemist nearby , I could try selling a bottle of pixie dust. It's kind of rare in human places and might get us gold that you need"
[2024/03/27 16:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: that's an interesting suggestion
[2024/03/27 16:54] Alicia Frakture: Leesha is gonna pull out her swirly glass orb that she got from the Necromancers tower."Maybe we can sell this too."
[2024/03/27 16:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: ....okay... these might be low value cards, so to speak... anything bigger?
[2024/03/27 16:56] Alicia Frakture: /me scratches her head
[2024/03/27 16:56] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "That I'd be willing to part with? Not a lot, unfortunately. Unless someone needs some cargo hauled or picked up, but I'd still need a few days to handle business in town anyhow."
[2024/03/27 16:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: You got a ruby :P
[2024/03/27 16:57] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Though, given recent events, I'm not that enthused about hanging around in town."
[2024/03/27 16:57] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( we do? It must be in Leesha's pockets or something.
[2024/03/27 16:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's right there on your sheet :P
[2024/03/27 17:01] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( I am control-f for it.... not showing in the 3.3 version of my sheet
[2024/03/27 17:01] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( apparently I have one though? Alright. I guess I would have done my own Appraise on it at some point?
[2024/03/27 17:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Ruby: worth ???gp
[2024/03/27 17:03] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Appraise is which roll?
[2024/03/27 17:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: let me check this.... didn't think you could appraise gems
[2024/03/27 17:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: fuck knows where I got that from
[2024/03/27 17:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Intelligence check.... d20.
[2024/03/27 17:06] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: 10!
[2024/03/27 17:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: You think you could get between 50 and 150gp for it.
[2024/03/27 17:07] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Gets us -close- to halfway.
[2024/03/27 17:07] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "So, you'd be looking for half the quote on it to get started with the work?" (How much had Wellmeet promised us? )
[2024/03/27 17:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Nada.)
[2024/03/27 17:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dwarf: sighs. "Have you more than two hundred gold?"
[2024/03/27 17:10] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "I have a gem that could make up a decent chunk of the difference," she answers, reaching to her pocket.
[2024/03/27 17:11] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( Huh, had we not actually negotiated a fee for the guys quest... right. It was a favor to the tinker we got the wagon from. ))
[2024/03/27 17:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Damn, I remember now, you tried to appraise a building.)
[2024/03/27 17:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: (And the agreement you made was: get things for him, he points you to items of interest for you)
[2024/03/27 17:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dwarf: "Okay... let's see?"
[2024/03/27 17:13] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: She pulls it out for presentation, setting it down on a bit of cloth.
[2024/03/27 17:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: The dwarf pulls out an eyeglass, sets it in place and examines the ruby closely, muttering and mumbling... "Alright... here's a deal for you. Two hundred gold, this gem, and I keep the plans to the thing, and I make one for you. Now, is that a fair deal?"
[2024/03/27 17:16] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben hems and ponders this. "Plus a few ancillaries like the cookware and nails, you've got a fair deal."
[2024/03/27 17:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dwarf: "Aye, as I said before." He spits in his palm and holds his hand out.
[2024/03/27 17:18] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: /me spits in hers and shakes as well!
[2024/03/27 17:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dwarf: "Aye, 'tis a deal. Come back.... oh, it'll be a week."
[2024/03/27 17:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Deducts 100gp from Mecha & Sapphire, deletes ruby).
[2024/03/27 17:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: So... now what?
[2024/03/27 17:23] Alicia Frakture: Still need to look at possible potions for healing
[2024/03/27 17:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: That might be problematic; you're rather low on funds, but, who knows what you might find and where?
[2024/03/27 17:24] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "oh, and keep this quiet, Leesha and Dahlia. Apparently the recent troubles are that someones been going after local children," she says this quietly, once the business is concluded. "Got a lot of the locals upset about it."
[2024/03/27 17:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana visibly flinches and splutters
[2024/03/27 17:25] Alicia Frakture: And the cops come looking at the half orc first.
[2024/03/27 17:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Actually, they noticed a party of a half orc, a dwarf, a stone statue and a pixie.
[2024/03/27 17:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: So, any suggestions where you go next?
[2024/03/27 17:27] Alicia Frakture: Yeah but they didn't want to take you into the alley.
[2024/03/27 17:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: took the lot of you to the alley
[2024/03/27 17:27] Alicia Frakture: Find an alchemist for potions
[2024/03/27 17:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Where are you going? Who are you going to ask?
[2024/03/27 17:29] Alicia Frakture: *Then I misunderstood that whole thing. I thought they took leesha and she stayed at the corner so the others could hear that things were on the up and up*
[2024/03/27 17:29] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Someone who doesn't glare at our passing or curse our existence.
[2024/03/27 17:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...maybe something a bit more specific for me?
[2024/03/27 17:31] Alicia Frakture: What is the nearest one?
[2024/03/27 17:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: the nearest one what?
[2024/03/27 17:31] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: I mean, I'd think the lack of blatent hostility would stand out, but maybe it's a fail to find.
[2024/03/27 17:31] Alicia Frakture: The nearest alchemist. Leesha is looking around
[2024/03/27 17:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... if you're looking around in the street... you see a lot of shop fronts, none appear to be what you're after, and a lot of passers by going in all directions.
[2024/03/27 17:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mostly you get curious stares, since, as previously mentioned... you are an odd group :P
[2024/03/27 17:33] Alicia Frakture: What shops do we see?
[2024/03/27 17:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Fruit shops, bakers, dress makers, tanners...
[2024/03/27 17:34] Alicia Frakture: Ooohh fruit shop. Would be nice to add to the apples
[2024/03/27 17:34] Alicia Frakture: Maybe some grapes or bananas
[2024/03/27 17:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: sadly these are tropical fruits
[2024/03/27 17:35] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: ....nanners are tropical
[2024/03/27 17:35] Alicia Frakture: grapes then?
[2024/03/27 17:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm sure you could get pears. Possibly even plums, peaches, but they are rather squishy
[2024/03/27 17:35] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: The dress-makers shop is also tempting, aside from having spent all their money on a weapon recently.
[2024/03/27 17:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: grapes would be a rarity
[2024/03/27 17:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me adds "pears" to Mechas' supplies list
[2024/03/27 17:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: And then....?
[2024/03/27 17:39] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: How big is this city? how much of it do we feel like we could reasonably check just wandering the main streets?
[2024/03/27 17:39] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): while wandering keeps looking for any signs of any fae whatsoever
[2024/03/27 17:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's the capital city, so... big!
[2024/03/27 17:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Random wandering? You'd see a fair bit, but, it would take probably a few weeks to wander it all
[2024/03/27 17:40] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: I'll let Leesha and Dahlia find someone to ask for directions, they seem to be better at it
[2024/03/27 17:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dahlia? Your turn to pipe up!
[2024/03/27 17:42] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): not sure what to say as i have been looking for fae signs to see if there are any in the large city
[2024/03/27 17:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Very few fae signs in a human city, sadly!
[2024/03/27 17:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: aaaaaaaaaand Mecha?
[2024/03/27 17:43] Alicia Frakture: Alchemist or magic shop whichever we come across first
[2024/03/27 17:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: you're asking someone that?
[2024/03/27 17:44] Alicia Frakture: Sure
[2024/03/27 17:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: Commoner: blinks, stares at Leesha. "Uhm. What? An alchemist? For what are you looking? Some sort of healing?"
[2024/03/27 17:46] Alicia Frakture: Yeah some kind of healing maybe a healing potion or two for while we're out there travelling
[2024/03/27 17:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Commoner: "Humm. I'm not sure the alchemist would be very helpful; there's one on Filigree Street, but he costs many hundreds of gold. Usually we go to the Old Mother, usually she's just near the square off Drum Street."
[2024/03/27 17:48] Alicia Frakture: Sounds good, can you point us to Drum Street?
[2024/03/27 17:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Commoner: "Sure. That way, turn left, and take the second right, goes straight to the square. Can't miss it. Everyone knows Old Mother Murderhobo."
[2024/03/27 17:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana is suddenly very alert. "Murderhobo! Excuse me... I must go." Quickly she strides in the direction given, practically ploughing aside various civilians, to their obvious annoyance.
[2024/03/27 17:51] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "....has that always been her name?"
[2024/03/27 17:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: (who...?)
[2024/03/27 17:52] Alicia Frakture: *I think murderhobo*
[2024/03/27 17:53] Alicia Frakture: Leesha looks at the commoner."Thank you very much. I appreciate it." Before following at a slower and more polite pace
[2024/03/27 17:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Ah!) Commoner: looking increasingly surprised and concerned. "Old Mother Murderhobo? Yes... ever since she married old Nick Murderhobo, may the gods bless his soul. Is... is everything alright...?"
[2024/03/27 17:54] Alicia Frakture: Honestly? No idea but.. thank you
[2024/03/27 17:54] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "It's a rare day in my life that things ever are," she comments, moving to follow Katana
[2024/03/27 17:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Commoner: "...oh dear..."
[2024/03/27 17:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dina/Dahlia?
[2024/03/27 17:57] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): is quietly actively trying to think of ways to help the party with money and also trying to find how to possibly find a roaming fae that might know how to help too :)
[2024/03/27 17:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Chances of a roaming fey in a human city: vanishingly small!
[2024/03/27 17:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: And, I think, this is a good cliffhanger to pause on, I should be in my bed dreaming up more devilment in D&D :)
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