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<blockquote data-quote="covaithe" data-source="post: 5202682" data-attributes="member: 46559"><p>Lord Donnervale issues some quiet orders, and the nightshirted guardsmen set aside their swords and start the gristly task of clearing the room's corpses. Donnervale himself approaches you, still holding his daughter protectively. <span style="color: olive">"I am forever in your debt, strangers, for saving my daughter. She is... very precious to me."</span> He looks away for a moment, gets a grip on his emotions, then turns back to you. <span style="color: olive">"There is no way such an undertaking as this should have been able to take place right under my nose without my knowledge. Yet I swear to you, I knew nothing of it until tonight. I will get to the bottom of this. Of course, Lauto's church will have full access to my findings; I'm quite sure I will need the Temple's aid in understanding these matters. I'm just a businessman, not a theologian. But... In the meantime, it would be... I would be very grateful if you could, erm, keep these events in confidence, between yourselves and Lauto's church. I'm not asking you to lie, mind you; just... be discreet, if you would. There are a number of unscrupulous people in this city who would not hesitate to use a tale like this to tear down my family. Oh, it wouldn't sink us completely, but a word in the right ears could cost us contracts and friendships hard-won over a lifetime's work. Not to mention what it would do to poor Porphyria. She's such a gentle soul, bless her. As a small token of my thanks, I hope you'll take this small gift. You deserve more, but I'm afraid you catch me unprepared."</span> </p><p></p><p>The girl in question rolls her eyes in embarrassment at being discussed so, but you notice that she takes care to do it behind her father's back, as he unbuckles and hands to you a flat purse that jingles with the distinctive dull clink of platinum coins. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: olive">"May I offer you some of our guest rooms for the night? Perhaps fresh clothes and hot water for bathing?"</span> he goes on, eyeing Grakk in particular. <span style="color: olive">"I'm afraid my men and I will be hard at work cleaning up this night's messes for some time yet, but there's no reason for you not to take your ease, if you will."</span></p><p></p><p>Kamotz shakes his head regretfully. <span style="color: Magenta">"I must return these men to the Temple at once. The high priest has been anxiously awaiting word of them, and he will likely want to send someone to speak to you and your men, and particularly Miss Donnervale here. After she's rested, of course."</span> Vrrsk't nods and agrees, and between the two of them, they bundle the weary investigators homeward. </p><p></p><p>[sblock=XP]<u>Skill challenge: Questioning the dwarf</u> </p><p>complexity 2, level 3: 300 xp *2 = 600, or 100 each. </p><p></p><p><u>Encounter 2: gate-crashing </u></p><p>1625 xp *2 = 3250 / 6 = 542 each</p><p></p><p><u>Encounter 3: pool party</u></p><p>2073 xp * 2 = 4146 / 6 = 691 each</p><p></p><p><u>Minor quest: Grakk's revenge</u></p><p>level 3 minor quest = 150 xp * 2 = 300 = 50 xp each</p><p></p><p><u>Major quest: rescue the investigators of Lauto</u></p><p>4th level major quest = 1050 xp * 2 = 2100 / 6 = 350 each</p><p></p><p><u>DM's prerogative, for being creative and clever and, above all, patient</u>: </p><p>300 xp each</p><p></p><p><u>Time xp</u></p><p>Since 17th November 2009, so 6 and 17/30 months. </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> level 3: 821 xp and 835g</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> level 4: 943 xp and 1150g</li> </ul><p>All of you will have easily leveled without the time xp, so I'm going to award it as if you were one level higher than what it says on your sheet. So Vixo gets the level 4 amount and the others all get level 3 bits. </p><p></p><p><u><strong>Totals:</strong></u> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Grakk, Magnus, and Morvannon: 2854 xp and 835g each</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Vixo: 2976 xp and 1150g</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Kamotz: 1642 xp and 508g </li> </ul><p></p><p>Time gold is Lord Donnervale's hush money. More treasure is forthcoming after I do some counting. </p><p></p><p>(Numbers for Kamotz are based on 4 months time xp (a guess) and eyeballed (roughly half) awards for encounters and quests that he was partly present for. If anyone's bothered by this, I can go through more carefully, but I'm out of time for the moment. )</p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="covaithe, post: 5202682, member: 46559"] Lord Donnervale issues some quiet orders, and the nightshirted guardsmen set aside their swords and start the gristly task of clearing the room's corpses. Donnervale himself approaches you, still holding his daughter protectively. [color=olive]"I am forever in your debt, strangers, for saving my daughter. She is... very precious to me."[/color] He looks away for a moment, gets a grip on his emotions, then turns back to you. [color=olive]"There is no way such an undertaking as this should have been able to take place right under my nose without my knowledge. Yet I swear to you, I knew nothing of it until tonight. I will get to the bottom of this. Of course, Lauto's church will have full access to my findings; I'm quite sure I will need the Temple's aid in understanding these matters. I'm just a businessman, not a theologian. But... In the meantime, it would be... I would be very grateful if you could, erm, keep these events in confidence, between yourselves and Lauto's church. I'm not asking you to lie, mind you; just... be discreet, if you would. There are a number of unscrupulous people in this city who would not hesitate to use a tale like this to tear down my family. Oh, it wouldn't sink us completely, but a word in the right ears could cost us contracts and friendships hard-won over a lifetime's work. Not to mention what it would do to poor Porphyria. She's such a gentle soul, bless her. As a small token of my thanks, I hope you'll take this small gift. You deserve more, but I'm afraid you catch me unprepared."[/color] The girl in question rolls her eyes in embarrassment at being discussed so, but you notice that she takes care to do it behind her father's back, as he unbuckles and hands to you a flat purse that jingles with the distinctive dull clink of platinum coins. [color=olive]"May I offer you some of our guest rooms for the night? Perhaps fresh clothes and hot water for bathing?"[/color] he goes on, eyeing Grakk in particular. [color=olive]"I'm afraid my men and I will be hard at work cleaning up this night's messes for some time yet, but there's no reason for you not to take your ease, if you will."[/color] Kamotz shakes his head regretfully. [COLOR="Magenta"]"I must return these men to the Temple at once. The high priest has been anxiously awaiting word of them, and he will likely want to send someone to speak to you and your men, and particularly Miss Donnervale here. After she's rested, of course."[/COLOR] Vrrsk't nods and agrees, and between the two of them, they bundle the weary investigators homeward. [sblock=XP][U]Skill challenge: Questioning the dwarf[/U] complexity 2, level 3: 300 xp *2 = 600, or 100 each. [U]Encounter 2: gate-crashing [/U] 1625 xp *2 = 3250 / 6 = 542 each [U]Encounter 3: pool party[/U] 2073 xp * 2 = 4146 / 6 = 691 each [U]Minor quest: Grakk's revenge[/U] level 3 minor quest = 150 xp * 2 = 300 = 50 xp each [U]Major quest: rescue the investigators of Lauto[/U] 4th level major quest = 1050 xp * 2 = 2100 / 6 = 350 each [U]DM's prerogative, for being creative and clever and, above all, patient[/U]: 300 xp each [u]Time xp[/u] Since 17th November 2009, so 6 and 17/30 months. [list] [*] level 3: 821 xp and 835g [*] level 4: 943 xp and 1150g [/list] All of you will have easily leveled without the time xp, so I'm going to award it as if you were one level higher than what it says on your sheet. So Vixo gets the level 4 amount and the others all get level 3 bits. [U][B]Totals:[/B][/U][list] [*] Grakk, Magnus, and Morvannon: 2854 xp and 835g each [*] Vixo: 2976 xp and 1150g [*] Kamotz: 1642 xp and 508g [/list] Time gold is Lord Donnervale's hush money. More treasure is forthcoming after I do some counting. (Numbers for Kamotz are based on 4 months time xp (a guess) and eyeballed (roughly half) awards for encounters and quests that he was partly present for. If anyone's bothered by this, I can go through more carefully, but I'm out of time for the moment. ) [/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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