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<blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 6841101" data-attributes="member: 2093"><p>Mostly B, with a small amount of A. They will buy some things (mostly foodstuffs) that they can then find a ready buyer for. Sometimes they buy from folk who are just passing through and have something "interesting" to sell at a time when the market is not in full operation. But generally, they are just the providers of space and maintainers of the peace. </p><p></p><p>The real reason the market exists is because I will be providing the PCs a chance to get involved with a trade gone bad; the Urd who live nearby stole an item of importance from the troglodytes who live down "that tunnel"... and sold it to a group of adventurer NPCs who were passing through. The trogs have now shown up, and are demanding that the Pech return their treasure to them. The Pech and the Trogs regularly feud, as the trogs are not friendly neighbors... so there are already bad feelings between the two groups. The Pech deny having the item, and the trogs refuse to believe them, and are attacking the Pech gates when the PCs return to the area after their first trip by, a few days earlier. The market was ongoing when they first visit, and they will have a chance to explore it, get to know the Pech and some of the other groups, learn a bit about the quest they're on, etc... So when they come back, I'm hoping they'll get involved, in some way, with the dispute. Or not; it really is up to them.</p><p></p><p>A second reason for the market is to introduce to the PCs that there's a whole WORLD of races, of places, and of threats and possible rewards, that they know nothing about; if they want to explore further, they can, or they can retreat back to the surface and ignore the whole thing. But in some future campaign, they may choose to remember what they've learned now (the players, not the characters).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gilladian, post: 6841101, member: 2093"] Mostly B, with a small amount of A. They will buy some things (mostly foodstuffs) that they can then find a ready buyer for. Sometimes they buy from folk who are just passing through and have something "interesting" to sell at a time when the market is not in full operation. But generally, they are just the providers of space and maintainers of the peace. The real reason the market exists is because I will be providing the PCs a chance to get involved with a trade gone bad; the Urd who live nearby stole an item of importance from the troglodytes who live down "that tunnel"... and sold it to a group of adventurer NPCs who were passing through. The trogs have now shown up, and are demanding that the Pech return their treasure to them. The Pech and the Trogs regularly feud, as the trogs are not friendly neighbors... so there are already bad feelings between the two groups. The Pech deny having the item, and the trogs refuse to believe them, and are attacking the Pech gates when the PCs return to the area after their first trip by, a few days earlier. The market was ongoing when they first visit, and they will have a chance to explore it, get to know the Pech and some of the other groups, learn a bit about the quest they're on, etc... So when they come back, I'm hoping they'll get involved, in some way, with the dispute. Or not; it really is up to them. A second reason for the market is to introduce to the PCs that there's a whole WORLD of races, of places, and of threats and possible rewards, that they know nothing about; if they want to explore further, they can, or they can retreat back to the surface and ignore the whole thing. But in some future campaign, they may choose to remember what they've learned now (the players, not the characters). [/QUOTE]
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