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<blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 1849296" data-attributes="member: 9255"><p>EBERRON</p><p>09/11/04</p><p>SEGMENT 007</p><p>SECURITY MEASURES</p><p></p><p>This next min-adventure took place in Sharn as the group tried to sell their goods found below in Dorasharn. It was a clear reminder of tempting fate too often. It was also a day that several players could not arrive to play so I created this mini-adventure on the spot and on the fly. All in all- not too bad.</p><p></p><p>The next day, after a night of rest, the party splits in two. Bonds and Khora go to check on the local temples of the Sovereign Host and specifically Dol Dorn, the God of Strength of Arms. Cedious, Boddynoc and Temper go to the university areas hoping to sell goods for enormous amounts of money for historical trash (that is what Temper thinks of it anyway).</p><p></p><p>After a few “go away!” comments, the three sellers find themselves Upper Menthis where Morgrave University is. Cedious, being the character he is, begins to pickpocket the rich and inattentive on the way. He is doing very well as he collects nearly 25 gold and 50 silver within a few hours as the wander around and about. Boddynoc and Temper merely hold back and pretend not to know the halfling. Meanwhile, the gnome knows this money will go to him to create some magical goods. As he sees the profitability of this, he begins to magically aid the rogue. Temper merely hopes they are caught so that he can fight. He has not been in a fight in nearly 18 hours. “I wonder if there is a Freeball game near here?” he wonders to himself in utter boredom.</p><p></p><p>Speaking of boredom, Bonds is in a temple about goodness and peace and it irks him. Dol Dorn has boring god friends he mutters as goes outside to sit and think about the 101 ways to kill a goblin with a lock pick. Last he remembered, he was at 67. Khora finds a few priests of the temple whom are willing to listen to his stories of adventure deep under the settled city levels.</p><p></p><p>Cedious spots a very wealthy and arrogant man dressed in a fur coat with possible magical vestments. He is rude to other people on the street and becomes irritable, as he can not find an item he is searching for. Cedious moves in shadowing the man. Seeing what is happening, Boddynoc intercedes to create a distraction. The man curses as the gnome and makes a few racial comments about his short size while Cedious helps himself to a heavy money pouch.</p><p></p><p>The man goes on his way as Cedious and Boddynoc reunite a few buildings away. Temper tries not to care but leans over them to see what the halfling rogue just got. 50 gold, 2 platinum and 35 silver. Good. But what is this? Cedious finds a purple coin that is in mint condition. On one side is an eye with a picture of a bat-winged lion with a semi-human looking head on it. The flip side has a balance on it. Cedious tries to figure it out but can not. Fearing the worse, Boddynoc inspects it. It is magical. How it is magical he is uncertain. He pockets it to figure it out later.</p><p></p><p>During Cedious’ wanderings, Boddynoc and Temper had managed to sell some of the goblin treasures of old and for a very pretty coin. They traveled to the Mekdall Gallery and Window on the Past. The last stop they wish to go to is the Cloud Antiquities. He had heard this shop buys items based on beauty instead of importance or use. A gold goblet should do well here.</p><p></p><p>Once Cedious steps into this shop a floating red light begins to blink and a soft but obvious alarm goes off. The two owners immediately yell thief and chase him out. Boddynoc scratches his chin. He figures that the only possibility for an alarm to go would be this strange purple coin in his pocket. He feels around and finds …no coin. That darn thief!</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile ….Khora and Temper are interrupted at the temple by a rude and obnoxious man dressed in furs. “I was robbed and want someone to stop him!” he demands of the priests. The priests whom are more of attendants and custodians of the temple than spell casters only shrug their shoulders. Fearing what he knows is true, Khora asks about the possible thieves without giving his own name. The description fits Boddynoc and Cedious. Time to go.</p><p></p><p>In a few towers away, within a darkened stairway, the two confused short guys try to figure out this item. Temper grumbles “Security system.” Boddynoc winces at the obviousness of it. To test a theory (Cedious SWEARS he did not steal it even though it was found in HIS pocket) they give it to Temper. After a few minutes, Temper checks his pouch and it is gone. “Great- it’s cursed to return to the original thief’s hand also.” Frowns Cedious. Even with knowing what this means, Boddynoc is curious about the magic involved. He looks at the images again. The balance is now obvious. It is a symbol of fairness and justice. The eye is most likely a symbol of ever watching. But the monster…? Where has he seen this before? Part man, part dragon and part lion. </p><p></p><p>The man is now looking around for guards and anyone that will listen. He is even screaming at complete strangers in his frustration. This has been his third time pick pocketed in the month. Khora follows him to a large bank. Outside are a large robotic guard and several statues of Manticore. These creatures (part dragon, lion and human) are symbols of House Kundarak, the Dragon House of Warding.</p><p></p><p>As Khora can over hear, the arrogant man bought a security token from the dwarves. If this token is ever removed from this man’s pocket by anyone but himself a cursed spell is released. The coin will always return to the thief, not the originator. The token is then keyed in to security systems. If “activated” and brought into a store that has paid the dwarves enough money, an alarm is sounded. This man has not finished paying for his magic token and suggested not paying it when he picked it up. The dwarves are not in a hurry to track down the activated coin without the FULKL payment with interest is paid. The man has no money, the thief has it. </p><p></p><p>VERY angry now, the man storms out of the bank and nearly walks into Bonds whom is more than prepared to beat on this man. Khora informs the Warforged Barbarian of what is happening and they leave to find Cedious.</p><p></p><p>Within the hour, they catch up with each other. The only possible solution they can think of is to replace the token (and the token only of course) into the man’s pocket. Within the hour, they can hear the man bellowing with a hoarse voice. He told the police they were unprofessional which did little to encourage them into action. </p><p></p><p>Soon, Bonds and Temper distracts the man and Cedious places the token back into his jacket and runs for it. Even after an hour, the token has not returned.</p><p></p><p>And thus the pick pocketing has stopped …for now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megamania, post: 1849296, member: 9255"] EBERRON 09/11/04 SEGMENT 007 SECURITY MEASURES This next min-adventure took place in Sharn as the group tried to sell their goods found below in Dorasharn. It was a clear reminder of tempting fate too often. It was also a day that several players could not arrive to play so I created this mini-adventure on the spot and on the fly. All in all- not too bad. The next day, after a night of rest, the party splits in two. Bonds and Khora go to check on the local temples of the Sovereign Host and specifically Dol Dorn, the God of Strength of Arms. Cedious, Boddynoc and Temper go to the university areas hoping to sell goods for enormous amounts of money for historical trash (that is what Temper thinks of it anyway). After a few “go away!” comments, the three sellers find themselves Upper Menthis where Morgrave University is. Cedious, being the character he is, begins to pickpocket the rich and inattentive on the way. He is doing very well as he collects nearly 25 gold and 50 silver within a few hours as the wander around and about. Boddynoc and Temper merely hold back and pretend not to know the halfling. Meanwhile, the gnome knows this money will go to him to create some magical goods. As he sees the profitability of this, he begins to magically aid the rogue. Temper merely hopes they are caught so that he can fight. He has not been in a fight in nearly 18 hours. “I wonder if there is a Freeball game near here?” he wonders to himself in utter boredom. Speaking of boredom, Bonds is in a temple about goodness and peace and it irks him. Dol Dorn has boring god friends he mutters as goes outside to sit and think about the 101 ways to kill a goblin with a lock pick. Last he remembered, he was at 67. Khora finds a few priests of the temple whom are willing to listen to his stories of adventure deep under the settled city levels. Cedious spots a very wealthy and arrogant man dressed in a fur coat with possible magical vestments. He is rude to other people on the street and becomes irritable, as he can not find an item he is searching for. Cedious moves in shadowing the man. Seeing what is happening, Boddynoc intercedes to create a distraction. The man curses as the gnome and makes a few racial comments about his short size while Cedious helps himself to a heavy money pouch. The man goes on his way as Cedious and Boddynoc reunite a few buildings away. Temper tries not to care but leans over them to see what the halfling rogue just got. 50 gold, 2 platinum and 35 silver. Good. But what is this? Cedious finds a purple coin that is in mint condition. On one side is an eye with a picture of a bat-winged lion with a semi-human looking head on it. The flip side has a balance on it. Cedious tries to figure it out but can not. Fearing the worse, Boddynoc inspects it. It is magical. How it is magical he is uncertain. He pockets it to figure it out later. During Cedious’ wanderings, Boddynoc and Temper had managed to sell some of the goblin treasures of old and for a very pretty coin. They traveled to the Mekdall Gallery and Window on the Past. The last stop they wish to go to is the Cloud Antiquities. He had heard this shop buys items based on beauty instead of importance or use. A gold goblet should do well here. Once Cedious steps into this shop a floating red light begins to blink and a soft but obvious alarm goes off. The two owners immediately yell thief and chase him out. Boddynoc scratches his chin. He figures that the only possibility for an alarm to go would be this strange purple coin in his pocket. He feels around and finds …no coin. That darn thief! Meanwhile ….Khora and Temper are interrupted at the temple by a rude and obnoxious man dressed in furs. “I was robbed and want someone to stop him!” he demands of the priests. The priests whom are more of attendants and custodians of the temple than spell casters only shrug their shoulders. Fearing what he knows is true, Khora asks about the possible thieves without giving his own name. The description fits Boddynoc and Cedious. Time to go. In a few towers away, within a darkened stairway, the two confused short guys try to figure out this item. Temper grumbles “Security system.” Boddynoc winces at the obviousness of it. To test a theory (Cedious SWEARS he did not steal it even though it was found in HIS pocket) they give it to Temper. After a few minutes, Temper checks his pouch and it is gone. “Great- it’s cursed to return to the original thief’s hand also.” Frowns Cedious. Even with knowing what this means, Boddynoc is curious about the magic involved. He looks at the images again. The balance is now obvious. It is a symbol of fairness and justice. The eye is most likely a symbol of ever watching. But the monster…? Where has he seen this before? Part man, part dragon and part lion. The man is now looking around for guards and anyone that will listen. He is even screaming at complete strangers in his frustration. This has been his third time pick pocketed in the month. Khora follows him to a large bank. Outside are a large robotic guard and several statues of Manticore. These creatures (part dragon, lion and human) are symbols of House Kundarak, the Dragon House of Warding. As Khora can over hear, the arrogant man bought a security token from the dwarves. If this token is ever removed from this man’s pocket by anyone but himself a cursed spell is released. The coin will always return to the thief, not the originator. The token is then keyed in to security systems. If “activated” and brought into a store that has paid the dwarves enough money, an alarm is sounded. This man has not finished paying for his magic token and suggested not paying it when he picked it up. The dwarves are not in a hurry to track down the activated coin without the FULKL payment with interest is paid. The man has no money, the thief has it. VERY angry now, the man storms out of the bank and nearly walks into Bonds whom is more than prepared to beat on this man. Khora informs the Warforged Barbarian of what is happening and they leave to find Cedious. Within the hour, they catch up with each other. The only possible solution they can think of is to replace the token (and the token only of course) into the man’s pocket. Within the hour, they can hear the man bellowing with a hoarse voice. He told the police they were unprofessional which did little to encourage them into action. Soon, Bonds and Temper distracts the man and Cedious places the token back into his jacket and runs for it. Even after an hour, the token has not returned. And thus the pick pocketing has stopped …for now. [/QUOTE]
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