In the Back
The sailor nods his greetings to Alnar. He is a short human with curly red hair, and bears a large scar across his forehead and left cheek from a wound that seems to have also taken a large chunk of his left ear off. He wears greasy breaches and a leather armor tunic over what looks to have once been a rather fine and expensive seal-skin coat. He is standing with an equally grisled group of several humans, one halfling, and an elf, who are all engrossed in a game of dagger-toss and don't pay any heed to Alnar as he crosses the room to speak with their comrade.
"Aye, a boat I can help ye with guv. Me names Cap'n Harge, and I be the cap'n of the Red Thunder. A fine vessel she is, and she'll see ye ta where yer going. As for my fee, that depends on when ye'd like ta set sail. If yer lookin' ta leave in this weather I reckon I'll have ta double me usual fee. Let's call it four gold coins a head, for a total of twenty. That'll take ye ta any of the Proximate Isles. You won't be findin a better deal than that anywhere I'll wager. Whaddaya say guv?"
[sblock="Alnar, Streetwise 10"]Cap'n Harge's purportedly "doubled" fee seems very low. Even in perfect weather conditions only the cheapest passanger ships offer berthing to the Proximate Isles for 4gp.[/sblock]
[sblock="Ferris - or Insight 22"]Though you are too far away to hear the conversation between Alnar and Cap'n harge, something about his body language is off-putting. You don't think he's very trustworthy.[/sblock]
At the Bar
The elderly halfling turns to face Raiko. He peers at the dragonborn, blinking several times as if he can't see him very well. "You're looking for a ship? Or maybe a boat? If it's a boat you're looking for, maybe I can help. You looking for a boat? Name's Lierdon, fisherman. Or at least I used to be. These eyes and hands are getting to old to pull the fishing nets these days, and I'm looking to get out of the business. My lout of a son, Herdon, fancies himself too good for fishing, became a money lender he did. Got no use for old Sea Princess, fine boat though she is."
"I'll sell her to you if you like. She'll carry you and your mates to wherever you're going. Her sails are good and she runs straight and true. I'd be willing to let her go for 200. I know it's a bit steep, but see I've got my retirement to think on, since that fool Herdon couldn't give a care for me and his mother."
At this point the barkeep, a portly man wearing an apron that looks like it hasn't seen soap and water in months, interjects, "Now come on Lierdon, I keep tellin you you're never gonna get that price for that old wreck," he then says to Raiko, "Listen friend, I might know a bloke who can help you. He's in a bit of a bind and might be willing to take you where you're going for free if you can do him a good turn. But, it's a touchy matter. How do I know I can trust you?"
[sblock=Raiko]The halfling's asking price for his ship is indeed steep, but he might be willing to come down a bit with some haggling. If you can make 3 successes before 2 failures on a Diplomacy check vs. DC 10, you can talk him down to 100gp.
You can also try to win the barkeep's trust by making a successful Dimplomacy check vs. DC 16, with a 2gp bribe earning you a +2 modifier.[/sblock]
[sblock=Jezebel]You can try to scare the info out of the barkeep with an intimidate check vs. DC 19.[/sblock]
[sblock="ooc Luinnar and Samursus, re: questions"]Luinnar, the way you've got your rolls formatted on invisible castle looks fine to me. You can title the link anything you want as long as I can see your results.
Samursus, sorry your power got nerfed. You should probably go ahead and update your sheet though, as the L4W charter states that official updates from wizards are approved immediately.[/sblock]
