the guards you approach to claim the bounty are sleeping when you approach them. one of them trips over themselves when they see the dragon head in your arms. they lead you up through the workers district where a massive party is being had. people are in the streets, along with what must be half the mercenaries in the city. you happen to see 2 familiar and very tan faces. by which I mean the workers who got away from you at the riot, they were not tan previously. when they catch sight of you they run into an alleyway.
is anyone breaking off from your guard guide to go see whats up with them?
Hashik is wearing a new identity so he moves along like he has not seen anything.
"I should have said something earlier, but with the great dragon chasing us it didn't seem like the most opportune time. I suppose it would have been better to do this on my own or with a smaller group. Too late for that now."
"You think we should go after them? You think they are going to report us?"
wasps don't complain if they are stung. If they wanted to report us, why run away, even if they id'd us. They are up to something else, I'll wager
"It may cause us problems later, but we can hardly see everything that shall happen, I think the flaming one is correct, they seem separate to the guards." he says trying to be re-assuring
the guard leads you to the fortress on top of the city. you are saluted by all of the guards as you pass, and you are drunkenly cheered in the streets by the workers. your relative anonymity is thoroughly thrashed.
Carlos is a generic looking white guy in half plate and short brown hair when he greets you in the entryway. "hello there fine mercenaries. I can have the platinum coins ready in half an hour, and if you prefer I can sell you a handy haversack on the spot to help transport it."
will you take him up on the haversack? its 2,000 gp out of your 10,000 and still counts towards leveling up
Karla looks at the others. This is not a bad idea. What do you think?
"Can’t hurt. The extra cash won’t do us any good if we can’t carry it."
”That would be great fine sir.”
"Me not so strong, so extra carrying capability would be great". he says looking at his little self
"I'm sure we can all carry it among ourselves somehow."
well except for the somewhat unclear response from Draalush I would say that's enough for a purchase.
you are brought to a waiting room immediately in the fortress, it seems they are very security conscious concerning how much they are willing to let you see. the payment is all there for you to count and as soon as you are satisfied you are shown out the door.
is there anything in particular you all are pursuing after this?
the market in the main district still has anything under 8,000 gp. thats not a weapon
only minimum level scrolls and potions though
exceptions are rings of sustenance and magical sources of water, those are sold out. along with all food
you will have to find a food source kinda soon
Karla looks at the scroll on sale. She is interested in Shield, Sleep and Disguise self.
yeah clerical create food and water are all out. 5 disguise self scrolls, 10 sleep scrolls, and 20 shields. are you buying anything?
Karla will get x5 disguise self scrolls, x5 Sleep scrolls, and x10 shield scrolls
I take it that only minimum level potions means no Cure Moderate Wounds, so Jarek will buy some Cure Light Wounds potions if there are any.
all the potions normally available. what I mean by minimum level was no scrolls or potions that have been made with a higher than normal caster level. effectively infinite supply of magical healing stuff. you already have 2 clw wands though
as long as no one has any objections to major purchases I'll let you buy it. did you want a bag of holding along with the haversack?
Bag seems good .. no need for the hav r sack if we have a bag..
did you want the bag of holding, the haversack or both?
Yeah both. We have a lot of pp and not a lot of strong carrying capacity types.
Yeah both. We have a lot of pp and not a lot of strong carrying capacity types.
”Do you have any other bounties we can take advantage of? I mean with the dragon now gone, we should have food streaming in now, right?!”
both is no problem. bag of holding type 1 is an additional 2,500 gp
I'll assume you've asked that of a shopkeeper since you've already been shooed out of the keep and went shopping
"It'll take a week or 2 for a caravan to get here from Eleder. for bounties, Goldfingers went down to 5,000 gp and Ilina Iceheart went up to 15,000 gp. weird thing is, this happened immediately after the dragon circled the town. you all with the good news must've been still a mile out when this happened."
Odd
"Hey seems like an opportunity, anyone anything about Ilina Iceheart?" Raok asks while looking around the shops
”No, but we’ve better figure out where we are going to operate out of and how we are going to live in the meantime. We should try and gather some local rumors. Let’s see what people are talking about.”
all people are talking about now is the dragon. if you continue to ask around they continue to talk about the dragon a bit nervously. where do you want to be when you notice this?
so at the pub, everyone from town dodges questions more and more akwardly, until the barkeep announces
"THERE IS FOOD FOR SALE!!! We got a cartload come in today! Anyone who wants some is welcome to it, for the proper coin of course."
everyone is ignoring you and trying to buy as much food as they can now, but the barkeep wants everyone in the pub to have a chance to buy some before seconds are served out. anyone buying any?
Raok moves up "I'll buy food, how much can I get?"
"3 cooked chickens for your table sir!"
every other guest is scrambling for some now
"Sounds great Cost?" says Raok
"I concur"
”Yes, three and do you have any cheese or fruit sir?”
"only meat for now. 3 silver for you." a waitress comes over with a plate of chicken and a small saucer of gravy
I'm gonna need fortitude saves from everyone not wearing a ring of sustenance
Karla's stomach rumbles at the sight of the chicken.
Karla's stomach rumbles at the sight of the chicken
"Mmmmm Almost as good as crown moths.. I mean turkey,.."