Clifford will walk the streets trying unsuccesfully to dream up business
Diplomacy 16
Clifford will walk the streets trying unsuccesfully to dream up business
Diplomacy 16
The second week is much better
Diplomacy 28
yep nat 20
Jagor will spend some time at the blackjack tables. He doesn't keep his winnings since he is the house, but the pretty dealer knows a good thing when she sees it. She flirts with the ugly half-orc and makes it obvious to observers that he's not the sharpest knife on the table, "If he can win, surely you can, sir!"
He realizes she's making fun of him, but she sure is pretty...
The girl, a tall half-elf whose family history must be some tale, since she clearly has some Shoanti blood as well, is named Annet. She seems to enjoy the half-orc's presence at her table, and most of her patter about him towards the other players is mostly teasing, rather than outright mockery. With her dark hair and olive skin (the Shoanti) and light green eyes (the elf), Annet is an unusual beauty, but her table is one of the most popular ones on the casino floor, and most of the players - who tend to be men - seem to lose just a bit more to her than to some of the others.
During one of his off-shifts, Jugger will go speak with a local metalsmith, and have some inexpensive 'starknife' and butterfly charms made that he can sell through the casino, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the shrine (minus a small percentage for the House).
The Gold Goblin's shrine to Desna is really just a small statue of a elven woman with butterfly wings, about 20 inches high, surrounded by incense. Nevertheless, it's one of the most popular stops on the casino floor, as gamblers throughout every night will approach it to whisper a prayer, touch the statue, and light a stick of incense in hopes that it will bring their dreams of riches to reality. Once word gets around that a priest of Desna has begun hanging around the Goblin, though, traffic at the shrine picks up, and Jugger finds himself stopped once or twice a night by a believer - most often a Varisian, but the cross-section of Riddleport society is broad - who asks him to pray with her, or to offer him a brief blessing. Sales of the charms he commissions are brisk, and Larur is careful to negotiate the percentage to the house down a bit from Jugger's initial offer.
Intimidate, using bonus (1d20+4=21)
Intimidate, using reroll (1d20+3=15)
Intimidate, using reroll (1d20+3=17)
Intimidate, using bonus (1d20+4=20)
profitability check, DC 20 (1d20+14=28)
It's clear by the end of the first week that the Gold Goblin is doing fairly well, and Saul is obviously pleased as he pays you all your first week's wages .
Profitability check, DC 20 (1d20+18=27)
Things are going even better by the end of the second week - Saul not only pays your wages, but there is actually some profit to split as well . Pretty much every time you see him, Saul is smiling broadly, and Larur's usual seriousness has lightened considerably.
DM:
DM: ** spoiler omitted **
The general attitude toward it among the cyphermages seems to be, "Eh. Strange things happen around the Cyphergate." More than a week's worth of research doesn't really produce any leads, but the fact that the mist drifted toward the Blot seems to suggest a link between them - which would imply a connection to the Cyphergate if (and only if) there is some link between the Cyphergate and the Blot...
Makoa will do as he's told, break up fights, and make sure people aren't cheating.
Boats are beached, sealife flops spastically in the streets for hours afterward, and half a dozen dockworkers are swept out to sea in the undertow that follows the surge.
Jugger will spend most of his off-hours after this tragedy consoling those who have lost loved ones and helping repair damaged vessels. He listens to the witness' stories for any details as to what may have caused the unusual surge.
Profession: Sailor (best of 2)Gather Information
You tell Mavrielle essentially the truth - you went to capture the Pauper, the gendarmes showed up as a result of the fracas and dragged him off - and she is disappointed, but still happy that he's off the streets. She attends the magistrate's hearing for him, offering her testimony about her mother's rape, which is enough to get him hung rather than flogged and deported. Whether this is enough to satisfy her is not clear, but the matter is, for the most part, resolved.
Boats are beached, sealife flops spastically in the streets for hours afterward, and half a dozen dockworkers are swept out to sea in the undertow that follows the surge.Jugger will spend most of his off-hours after this tragedy consoling those who have lost loved ones and helping repair damaged vessels. He listens to the witness' stories for any details as to what may have caused the unusual surge.
Profession: Sailor (best of 2)
Gather Information
The witnesses - most of them, obviously, sailors themselves, many of long years' standing - are universally at a loss to explain the surge. "Weren't no reason for't atall," one old salt tells Jugger flatly. "It's the Cyphergate, must be," says another, "either that or the Blot, or both of 'em. This sorta thing's gonna ruin the harbor if it keeps up, though. The Overlord had best be doing something about it!"
The charts are exceptionally detailed, covering most of the western Avistani coast, from the Lands of the Linnorm Kings to the north all the way south to Cheliax. In addition to a number of prominent trade routes having been carefully and thoroughly outlined, a number of less... prominent... routes, particularly involving coastal spots where a quiet rendevous might occur or a ship might shelter out of sight of passing military patrols, appear to be marked.
The charts are exceptionally detailed...
My total is 935.. apparently i'm missing something..
My total is 935.. apparently i'm missing something..
You tell Mavrielle essentially the truth - you went to capture the Pauper, the gendarmes showed up as a result of the fracas and dragged him off - and she is disappointed, but still happy that he's off the streets. She attends the magistrate's hearing for him, offering her testimony about her mother's rape, which is enough to get him hung rather than flogged and deported. Whether this is enough to satisfy her is not clear, but the matter is, for the most part, resolved.
(yep , sometimes , he is not all about money)
(yep , sometimes , he is not all about money)
The girl, a tall half-elf whose family history must be some tale, since she clearly has some Shoanti blood as well, is named Annet. She seems to enjoy the half-orc's presence at her table, and most of her patter about him towards the other players is mostly teasing, rather than outright mockery. With her dark hair and olive skin (the Shoanti) and light green eyes (the elf), Annet is an unusual beauty, but her table is one of the most popular ones on the casino floor, and most of the players - who tend to be men - seem to lose just a bit more to her than to some of the others.
"Jugger want pretty map? You keep - Jagor just want to look."
The girl, a tall half-elf whose family history must be some tale, since she clearly has some Shoanti blood as well, is named Annet. She seems to enjoy the half-orc's presence at her table, and most of her patter about him towards the other players is mostly teasing, rather than outright mockery. With her dark hair and olive skin (the Shoanti) and light green eyes (the elf), Annet is an unusual beauty, but her table is one of the most popular ones on the casino floor, and most of the players - who tend to be men - seem to lose just a bit more to her than to some of the others.
"Um. Cliff? How much munee me get? Me want better Koth." He says as he raises his Earth Breaker.
Hezekiah, do you need money for your spells ?
I believe that for the moment we should keep the magic dagger .
I`ll go and sell the rest unless anyone says differently .
Hezekiah, do you need money for your spells ?
I believe that for the moment we should keep the magic dagger .I`ll go and sell the rest unless anyone says differently .
Hezekiah, do you need money for your spells ?
I believe that for the moment we should keep the magic dagger .I`ll go and sell the rest unless anyone says differently .
No, I think we should hold on to the dagger. I'm good for the moment. Sell the rest, by all means.
DM
Clifford goes out and sells all the spoils but the dagger and the sailing charts. Dividing the profits equally among himself, Makoa, Jagor and Hezekiah - as Ghorum isn't around to claim a share and Jugger has disavowed any other profits from the expedition - results in 331 gp for each of them.
Makoa is able to take his share and his salary, put the two of them together, and end up with a masterwork Koth (which costs 340 gp).
On the Wealday of the third week of your employment with the Gold Goblin, you are each going through your morning rituals when Saul comes to find you. He looks fretful, and as he speaks, he waves the key-prosthetic on his left arm around anxiously.
"I've got a problem," he begins, pacing in front of the group of you. "I... Larur is missing. he didn't show up for work today, and when I sent Bojask to find him, he came back empty-handed. What's worse, he says that Larur's flat had been tossed, the front door hanging open and some of the stuff inside taken."
Saul sighs, looking around to see that no one else is listening. "This is my fault, though, I'm sure of it. You see... well... Getting this place going wasn't easy. After my... troubles... a few years ago, getting the capital to start up the Goblin again was difficult. I had to turn to some... unhealthy... sources of funding. One of which was a man named Lymas Smeed.
"I borrowed 2,000 gold from Smeed. Smeed's a loan shark who works for Clegg Zincher, but I didn't have any options - I had to do it, and I had to use the Gold Goblin itself as collateral. So far, I've only really been able to pay off the interest on the loan, which of course has been larcenous, but finally, last night, I put together 500 gold to pay Smeed, the biggest payment so far - and something I have only been able to manage with your help. I sent Larur over to Smeed's place last night with the payment."
Saul looks up at you all. "And now he's disappeared. I can't help thinking Smeed might have something to do with it. I know Zincher was looking forward to holding the loan over me - if I pay it off, his little game is up, and you've already seen the lengths he'd go to try to ruin this place." He produces the crude drawing of himself with two severed hands you found beneath the snake's basket in the kitchen two weeks ago.
"I'd like you to go check out Smeed's place and see if you can find Larur there; if not, see if you can track him down elsewhere."
"I'd like you to go check out Smeed's place and see if you can find Larur there; if not, see if you can track him down elsewhere."
"Can't say as yer method of getting this place goin' was the wisest of choices, but ye gotta deal with the coin as it falls, I guess. Larur's done alright by me thusfar, an'I see no reason t'leave him t'the likes o' Smeed - or Zincher, fer that matter." This last is said with a meaningful look at Saul's 'hand'.
"We get Lah-roar back and go break Smeed knees. Um.. Cliff, do me have enough to get new Koth?"
Makoa is able to take his share and his salary, put the two of them together, and end up with a masterwork Koth (which costs 340 gp).
The weaponsmith should just about have finished it . We can pick it op in passing.
'Ok guys , go equip yourselves . Reunion in the hall in 10 minutes !
Ok let's go check Larur's home first since it was tossed .
** spoiler omitted **
DM
Yes, i did, in fact, miss that. However, he did also mean that in character.
Edit:
The weaponsmith should just about have finished it . We can pick it op in passing.
"Thank you Cliff."
Saul gives you directions to Smeed's flat on Rat Street in the Leeward District, several blocks to the northeast from the Goblin.
Saul gives you directions to Smeed's flat on Rat Street in the Leeward District, several blocks to the northeast from the Goblin.
Yep Larur's place before
Larur's flat is in the Leeward tenements as well, a single floor of a large house that has been converted into separate housing for a number of tenants. The house is old and ramshackle, badly leaning and covered in grimy, flaking whitewash. When you enter the dilapidated front hall, you see the ground-level door, where Larur lives, closed.
When you enter the dilapidated front hall, you see the ground-level door, where Larur lives, closed.
"I'll see to speaking with th'other residents t'see if they seen or heard anything, while ye search Larur's flat," Jugger says as he starts looking for the way up.
Finding access to the upper floors, Jugger approaches the closest door and knocks, softly at first.
Finding access to the upper floors, Jugger approaches the closest door and knocks, softly at first.
There is no immediate answer.
Clifford approach the door and tries to open it
Clifford approach the door and tries to open it
Jagor's meaty hand reaches out to the halfling, "Cliffy - something wrong with Lah-roor door. Not on swingy parts, see?"Clifford approach the door and tries to open it