Alvar Thorne & Associates, Part 1 - orsal judging
Boddynock
First Post
Jendral calms the horses with Ciprinus' help, then dashes off to help Allistra recapture her mount. Meanwhile Milak joins Valdaris in stripping the bear's carcase. Despite his inability to cook it, it turns out that Milak is quite a dab hand at dressing meat.
All in all, it takes about two hours to finish stripping the carcase. Allistra and Jendral have returned, horse in tow, long before the job is complete. Finally, there's a pile of about 200 pounds of fresh bear meat loaded on the wagons, as well as a fine bearskin pelt for Valdaris.
Allistra looks at the bear steaks appraisingly and says, "Right, I should be able to get a reasonable price for this. I'll pay you a crown per pound - that's 200 gold, all up. Do we have a deal?"
"Now, we're behind schedule. Let's go!"
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All in all, it takes about two hours to finish stripping the carcase. Allistra and Jendral have returned, horse in tow, long before the job is complete. Finally, there's a pile of about 200 pounds of fresh bear meat loaded on the wagons, as well as a fine bearskin pelt for Valdaris.
Allistra looks at the bear steaks appraisingly and says, "Right, I should be able to get a reasonable price for this. I'll pay you a crown per pound - that's 200 gold, all up. Do we have a deal?"
"Now, we're behind schedule. Let's go!"
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Code:
XP award:
Bear, black 600 XP
Viper, medium 300 XP
Total 900 XP (225 XP per PC)
Treasure:
Bear meat 200 gp (50 gp per PC)
Bearskin 25 gp* (Valdaris only)
* Note: this is the price Allistra will give him if he wants to sell it.
Deus Ex Machina
First Post
Seeing that there’s very little the group could do with the meat, Valdaris agrees to the offer.
“Very well. You have a deal… though, for the moment, I should like to hold onto the pelt as a souvenir. It will serve as a reminder of the trip.”
“Very well. You have a deal… though, for the moment, I should like to hold onto the pelt as a souvenir. It will serve as a reminder of the trip.”
Trouvere
Explorer
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OOC: I'm now back, and ready to move on!
OOC: I'm now back, and ready to move on!
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Trouvere
Explorer
"I have no particular interest," the elf answers. "I have been thinking it is time to learn more about the world in which I live. I have seen nothing except parts of the city of my birth and parts of Orussus, and even a small settlement would hold some interest for me. Until now, my concerns have been more inward."
She begins musing half to herself. "There is perhaps one great difference between elves and the shorter lived races. Time moves differently for us, since we have so much of it. Or should. The promise is not always kept."
"We gain maturity of body almost as quickly as you do. But in our youth, we think nothing of devoting a decade to a skill - weaving, or knowledge of plants, or music, or magic. It is not the mastery that matters, but the path to gaining it. We might spend a week contemplating the patterns of leaves on a tree, or the words in a poem, or the angle of a swordstroke. Many of us continue like this for our entire lives."
"But there are some, a few, in whom a change takes place, when we pass our first century, or a little later. We see the accomplishments made by humans in their lives, which are to our own as dogs are to yours. I mean no insult - I refer to the comparative length. We grow impatient, by our own standards, and we leave off our slow lives, and some of us burn bright and accomplish great things in the space of only a few years, and others burn out in the attempt. Some say we must have distant human blood, but I do not believe this to be true."
"There, I have answered a question you did not ask. But such thoughts were in my head."
She begins musing half to herself. "There is perhaps one great difference between elves and the shorter lived races. Time moves differently for us, since we have so much of it. Or should. The promise is not always kept."
"We gain maturity of body almost as quickly as you do. But in our youth, we think nothing of devoting a decade to a skill - weaving, or knowledge of plants, or music, or magic. It is not the mastery that matters, but the path to gaining it. We might spend a week contemplating the patterns of leaves on a tree, or the words in a poem, or the angle of a swordstroke. Many of us continue like this for our entire lives."
"But there are some, a few, in whom a change takes place, when we pass our first century, or a little later. We see the accomplishments made by humans in their lives, which are to our own as dogs are to yours. I mean no insult - I refer to the comparative length. We grow impatient, by our own standards, and we leave off our slow lives, and some of us burn bright and accomplish great things in the space of only a few years, and others burn out in the attempt. Some say we must have distant human blood, but I do not believe this to be true."
"There, I have answered a question you did not ask. But such thoughts were in my head."
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