Hurrah! Glad to hear and I hope your illness completely leaves you soon. :D
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I'm fine with this pace. I completely understand your position and I'm grateful that you're willing to continue this game even with so much else going on. =]
"Esmee, take a breath!" Eliam snapped, alarmed at the gnome's faith in him. "Calm down. There is no need for violence against a whole trade company. They are not slavers. You can still stay here; they won't force you. The town just needs to stop depending on the trade route." The wizard paused and considered the gnome's last statement, wondering if it would be worth it to avoid her panicking. "Though informing Babbles about the situation would be a good plan. He's more familiar with them."
Yup, that's all I wanted confirmation for if my suspicions are correct. :D
"...given adequate compensation for their land and holdings...." Eliam tries to look beyond the words and read between the lines. He very much doubts that the Trade Company is doing this out of the kindness of their heart for the rural communities--there's always a bottom line. Though one reason could be that they need supply stops and people to man them along the highway, and what better way to do that than to relocate the people who've been doing so for them, does compensation for land and holdings mean that, in effect, ownership is transferred to the Trade Company? ...And anything else that would be of use.
Eliam's left eye twitched and his hands tightened as his mind struggled to salvage his plans. Leave? He couldn't leave! He had finally found the perfect spot to conduct his research. It was only a stroke of luck that he happened upon this one and the chances of him finding another suitable location was close to non-existent. The wizard exhaled heavily and brought a hand to massage his forehead. No, not everything was lost yet. No matter the great influence the official use of the roads by the trade company were, there were still other ways to subsist. However, they wouldn't be able to do it alone. "Well, Old Brannet?" Eliam said in challenge, turning to face the head of the village council. "Are you going to take them up on their offer?"
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Glad ta hear from you! :D Hope you got a good vacation.
Sorry to hear that. Thanks for keeping us updated. =]
Eliam bristled at 'Young' but shoves away his irritation. "I hope it's something good; he looks like a pompous arse."
"Of course I know they're merchants!" Eliam hissed. "What I want to know is what they're doing here. The presence of one of the most prestigious trader's guilds in Speck could be the boost our business needs if played right." The wizard, impatient as his question remains unanswered for a scant few seconds, started looking around. "And someone get Boros over here. He'll have more experience with them. He may have traveled with one of their caravans."
Eliam took one look and then headed to someone who did have a clue as to what was going on. He walked towards the elders, pushing through other people and demanded, "What's going on?"
Excelleeeent.
Eliam, the only relatively tall person considering he's still shorter than Angela, frowned at Angela when she shoved him. "Don't do that." He nodded at Boros. "And you … you go do that." Turning to the others, he said, "Alright, let's go!" He led the way towards town, thinking of plans for the inn.
Eliam was the first to realize the discrepancy. "There shouldn't be any bell in Speck capable of reaching this far." Curiosity guiding him, Eliam said to the others, "We should see what that's about. There's little we can do here right now except to catalog everything, and that can wait until later when this place has aired out a bit." And this way I have more time to think of a plan....
"Perfect?" Eliam scoffed, making a very criticizing glance at the whole building. He eyed the old table that just crashed onto the floor then watched in revulsion when Esmee started touching the old furniture. "Do you have any idea where those've been and what's been on them?" When Angela directed her question at him, Eliam paused. Uhhhhhhh. "We'll have to make a plan first, of course!" the young wizard declared imperiously. "We need to know what we need to do so we can do it!" On a roll, Eliam continued speaking, "We can use some of our own money as initial capital. We should make our goal to start making this place earn for itself as soon as possible, but we may have to perform other activities to make up for it in the meantime."
No problem! Sounds cool. Some clarification: Is the whole speaking line bolded or just the speaking parts? That is: Boros said, "I wish I knew how he runs so fast for one of his stature." or Eliam replied, apparently having heard the dwarf, "Practice!"
No prob. And ooh, opening a play! Break a leg! :D
Sounds like a good place! And sneaking into the shop for research, with or without Esmee knowing, sounds like good incidents to vaguely refer to but never explain.
Hurrays! And should we keep track of our own houses and/or provide a description for them? And do we get to pick exactly where in Speck our houses are located? Not that I'm asking for a definite layout or description of the town, mind you, just that Eliam will probably want to live somewhere far away from most people so he doesn't get disturbed mid-research.
I agree with the above!
We definitely should fix the buildings in disrepair. Definitely need the lodgings. More important things: Bath/Sauna - communal place to wash up.
Other things:
Eliam would suggest a mascot if the White Lion doesn't have one already. Something memorable and having to do with the inn's name. We can definitely make use of some of our party's merchant skills to sell things to patrons. While we may not be able to sell things like more rare things, we can do maps and other basic and traveling necessities. Though, darn, Eliam hasn't invested anything in Knowledge (geography) yet to make maps. Babbles has Craft (weapon) and Craft (armor) though so that might be something to sideline with, along with Esmee's Craft (blacksmith). Angela's Craft (Alchemy) can take care of making potions and such while Eliam can provide scrolls for those inclined. If the other inhabitants of the town want to sell things, we can function as some sort of in-between for most (selling homemade goods and such). Oh, and can Eliam just spend 10 gp from my personal money to upgrade the Sauna in his house to a Bath?
Book Repository for Knowledge (arcana) it is! Also a Sauna. And Storage. Breakdown:
Total: 700 gp I'd get a bath, but that brings me 10 gp above my allotment. :P
Not to worry, that's understandable. I'm more interested in business/town building at the moment! If we go into making a kingdom, I'm sure we'll pick up some of that from building a town first. Eliam doesn't really have any reason to make a kingdom when he only needs enough income for his research. If we happen on a reason along the way, well, kingdoms it is! (Now I'm imagining some hilarity when Eliam discovers an ancient spell that makes someone immortal. The catch is that the someone has to be royalty. The obvious solution is to start a kingdom and become royalty.)
Ooh, our own houses! Eliam will probably get something that provides enough comfort for him and then everything else is just meticulously organized books and research. I'll make do with what's given though.
Tavern: The White Lion I have the most interesting relationships! @Esmee: Considering Eliam follows no god and your faith is a rarer one, it's unlikely we'd have such a straightforward relationship. The closest thing I can think of is Eliam learning of your belief in Daikitsu and then badgering you about information about the Goddess because he didn't know anything about her. Which would annoy him. @Angela: Gaming/Gambling associates? I can see it in that Eliam would naturally gravitate to people with high intelligence in search of the occasional conversation (or, rather to be able to boast or talk about his achievements and what he's currently doing to people who would actually understand the significance of his work). This makes the 'former captor' relationship have sense, since you're a perfect captive audience with the fact that you don't speak much. And I guess he could have made a game out of trying to get a rise out of you for entertainment. Either that or you have some fondness for games and know that Eliam hates losing and cheats shamelessly. @Babbles: A master? An employer more like. We could have met each other before, perhaps in a caravan group that Eliam was tagging along with.
Huzzah! Hey there. :D Hope you had a great vacation. Eliam is ready and waiting. In response to the questions: 1) What's your best suggestion for a name for the tavern? Eliam's Tavern. *shameless* The Loose Wolf is a good one, taken from the Old West term 'cutting one's wolf loose' which means getting sloshed. 2) What's your best suggestion for a name for the town? Speck. Or a Ye Olde Englishe spelling of thereof like Spekk or Speche. 3) Do you have your own separate business/livelihood? What is it? Eliam's main business is as a merchant and appraiser. While he doesn't like spending much time on anything that isn't his research, he's honed the skill of paying attention to anything potentially valuable in his vicinity and then pawning it off to someone else for a sum of money. While he wouldn't be able to get as much money than if he went to the trouble of selling it himself, it takes much less of his time and effort. He's also able to be hired as a researcher, but only for good money or on interesting topics. He regards researching something boring as a waste of his time, not to mention beneath him, unless well-compensated. In desperate times, he can pickpocket, which was that he did when he first started out on his own.
Hiya all! Looking forward to this game and what sort of antics we'll get into! Interesting mix of characters we've got. Eliam has nothing but utmost confidence.
Contrary to popular belief, I know exactly what I'm doing.
I do believe it does. Also, Meticulous is fine by me. Roger that. Eliam will give up Merchant to take up the Oathbound faith trait (though it's less oath and more being extremely stubborn).
Regarding drawbacks, Eliam took the Meticulous drawback (-2 penalty on all untrained skills) to gain the Merchant trait (+1 appraise and +1 sense motive while bargaining). Of course, this ended up with him having two social traits (Merchant + Tireless Logic) but I'm not sure if the only-one-trait-for-each-category applies when one of those is an extra trait.
Woah, woah, woah, am I late? I'm not late am I? I really hope I'm... ahem. I would like to state my interest in joining this campaign. I present to you this character, whose details you can find in his profile. |