A Warlock Alone, Island Empire solo game
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J. Alexander
First Post
Chandar and the Officers
"Excellent, Excellent, just let me know what you will need, one you have more information and time to get acquainted with the ship and her design. Any suggestion you may have, will be more than welcome. Shall we plan on dinner then tonight around 7ish so we can discuss the plans for the next couple of days."
"Excellent, Excellent, just let me know what you will need, one you have more information and time to get acquainted with the ship and her design. Any suggestion you may have, will be more than welcome. Shall we plan on dinner then tonight around 7ish so we can discuss the plans for the next couple of days."
Scotley
Hero
Cigar Merchant
"I'm glad you like it. We've had some bad years what with the plague and limited travel and all and now we are trying to increase production and get out product back into the market. Selling is what I do, so I'm sure we can come to an accomdation." He directs your attention to the tray of cigars and tobacco, explaining the merits of each and giving you a chance to sample them. The quality is high based on your experience. "How much are you interested in buying? Given a week I think we can fill the hold of your ship."
"I'm glad you like it. We've had some bad years what with the plague and limited travel and all and now we are trying to increase production and get out product back into the market. Selling is what I do, so I'm sure we can come to an accomdation." He directs your attention to the tray of cigars and tobacco, explaining the merits of each and giving you a chance to sample them. The quality is high based on your experience. "How much are you interested in buying? Given a week I think we can fill the hold of your ship."
J. Alexander
First Post
Cigar's for the hold
Michael will allow himself to be educated in tobacco and the differences in the leafs and wrappers. He will ask intelligent questions, but will be honest and blunt about his lack of knowlege only stating he found the very agreeable. He will ask about the different types available and if it is in cigar or lose pipe form or a combination of both.
He will then offer to purchase 2500 pounds of the mans product at a price of 1000gp and will pay an advance fee of 250 gold pieces toward the purchase of the same amount from next years crop. Michael will then mention, that should they come to agreaeable terms then he would be willilng to enter into a long term purchase contract.
MIchael is hoping that is will porve to be a superior product and that he will be able to turn a very handsome profit on it when trading for other raw goods instead of just cash.
OCC: AT book price that equates to about a 25 percen saying over book price which lists tobacco at 5silver pieces per pound.
Michael will allow himself to be educated in tobacco and the differences in the leafs and wrappers. He will ask intelligent questions, but will be honest and blunt about his lack of knowlege only stating he found the very agreeable. He will ask about the different types available and if it is in cigar or lose pipe form or a combination of both.
He will then offer to purchase 2500 pounds of the mans product at a price of 1000gp and will pay an advance fee of 250 gold pieces toward the purchase of the same amount from next years crop. Michael will then mention, that should they come to agreaeable terms then he would be willilng to enter into a long term purchase contract.
MIchael is hoping that is will porve to be a superior product and that he will be able to turn a very handsome profit on it when trading for other raw goods instead of just cash.
OCC: AT book price that equates to about a 25 percen saying over book price which lists tobacco at 5silver pieces per pound.
Scotley
Hero
The Tobacco Merchant
Mr. Boudreau is justifiably proud of his wares and takes the time to educate you as to their preparation. He has 4 different cigars of which the Tregeren Grand Supremo that Gaston gave you is the best. The others are progressively smaller with the least being the Cherry Hill Sweets, a thin cigar the tobacco of which has been misted with a local cherry brandy then dried in a smoke house over a cherry wood fire. It is quite popular with Gnomes and Halflings who tend to like a lighter sweeter flavor. The loose tobacco comes in the standard blend and the cherry variety used to make the Cherry Hill Sweets. Mr. Boudreau pauses to take a sip of the punch while contemplating your offer. He makes an annoying clicking sound with his lips as he ponders, clearly not pleased. "Your offer is not without merit, but I must tell you that at that price you'll get mostly standard pipe and cheaper brown and gold wrapper cigars. I can aford to make perhaps 5% Tregeren Grand Supremos, and 10% each for the Cherry Hill pipe and cigars. The other 75% would have to be base product. From what little I know of you and your small ship I would guess you are a man of decerning tastes who factors special cargos for maximum profit rather than bulk hauling. Add another 200 gold and I'll give you 25% Tregeren Grand Supremos, and 20% each Cherry Hill Sweets and Cherry Hill pipe. The other 35% we'll split among the three base products. That is still is significant discount over my usual prices and you'll be selling better product and getting some name recognition for me as well. To sweeten the deal I'll throw in two boxes of Grand Supremo Select for your personal stock. Those we make by selecting out the very best leaves and the finest rolls. I make perhaps 2 dozen boxes a year and they all normally go to the most decerning customers among the nobility. Normally, they are all spoken for, but this year we had an especially good crop and I have a few extra boxes. What say you?"
Mr. Boudreau is justifiably proud of his wares and takes the time to educate you as to their preparation. He has 4 different cigars of which the Tregeren Grand Supremo that Gaston gave you is the best. The others are progressively smaller with the least being the Cherry Hill Sweets, a thin cigar the tobacco of which has been misted with a local cherry brandy then dried in a smoke house over a cherry wood fire. It is quite popular with Gnomes and Halflings who tend to like a lighter sweeter flavor. The loose tobacco comes in the standard blend and the cherry variety used to make the Cherry Hill Sweets. Mr. Boudreau pauses to take a sip of the punch while contemplating your offer. He makes an annoying clicking sound with his lips as he ponders, clearly not pleased. "Your offer is not without merit, but I must tell you that at that price you'll get mostly standard pipe and cheaper brown and gold wrapper cigars. I can aford to make perhaps 5% Tregeren Grand Supremos, and 10% each for the Cherry Hill pipe and cigars. The other 75% would have to be base product. From what little I know of you and your small ship I would guess you are a man of decerning tastes who factors special cargos for maximum profit rather than bulk hauling. Add another 200 gold and I'll give you 25% Tregeren Grand Supremos, and 20% each Cherry Hill Sweets and Cherry Hill pipe. The other 35% we'll split among the three base products. That is still is significant discount over my usual prices and you'll be selling better product and getting some name recognition for me as well. To sweeten the deal I'll throw in two boxes of Grand Supremo Select for your personal stock. Those we make by selecting out the very best leaves and the finest rolls. I make perhaps 2 dozen boxes a year and they all normally go to the most decerning customers among the nobility. Normally, they are all spoken for, but this year we had an especially good crop and I have a few extra boxes. What say you?"
J. Alexander
First Post
A Proposition
Michael will ask the Plantaion Owner ( what is his name by the way) if he may have a few minutes to think the offer over, and if during that time he mite take a stroll as he tends to think better while walking stating that it will be no more than a ten or fifteen minute delay.
While walking, Michael will really think about the deal. He has no idea as to the proper storage and or pricing of tobacco products and is going on more a gut instict than anything. Further, if he takes advantage of the merchant now, it really may hamper further deals and get him a reputation he really does not want. While MIchael is a vengefull/ hardass sob/ he also has a sense of fairness in dealing with other people. Had it not been for his uncle taking him in and rescuing his fathers money and holding it in trust for Michael, he would not have been able to set forth as he has and prosperered. Michaels uncle could have easily taken the money etc and only given Michael a pittance but he did not, he did the right thing and this is a huge rolemodel in Michaels ethical world.
Walking back to the porch, Michael will ask the man if they may sit and discussa propostion that he hopes the man will agree to.
"I have thought about your offer sir and find it more than acceptable and upon first thought, I should take it and run having you at a somewhat disadvanated due to the plague etc. That would not be fair however and i am reminded on the old saying "You can sheer a sheep many times but eat him only once". So according to the saying "I wish to sheer you many times to the mutual profit of us both. As you know I have very little knowledge of your tobacco porducts except what you have told me so it goes without saying that I have no idea as to the proper pricing and more importanly I have no idea as to how to properly store them for an extended voyage. Thus my offer to you..
1. I wish to purchase 3000gp worth of your product divided equally bewteen your four products. I am willing to pay pre-plauge prices for your products and will pass on the cost to the eventually end user.
2. I am proposing to set the base prices as follows;
Tregeren Grand Supremos - 2gp per cigar or 35 gp per box of 20.
Cherry Hill Sweets - 1 gp per cigar or 18 gp per box.
Cherry Hill pipe - 5 gp per pound.
Bae Product - 2gp per pound or 5 gp per box of 20 cigars
What I will need from you sir, is the average amount of product by weight used in the making of the itmes and if this is comparable to there pre-plague retail value.
It is my intent to use the plauge citing the increased labor costs.lack of labor, shortage of porduct as the reason for the increase in price.
3. Next I am proposing, that should I reeice anything over our established base price, then we shall split the differnece 50/50. For this I am asking that you send someone with us to oversee the storage and care of the cargo.
4. I would like to propose a three year distriubtion agreement to be formalized after this first venture once we see how profitable it may be to both of us. But regadless of you interest in that, I am still willing to put a deposit down towards the next three years product in the like amount of bulk that I am currently purchasin.
5. Should you need assistance or a pledge of good faith, I am prepared to place on deposit in a local bank a sum or money equale to my deposits paid now to you.
Does this sound acceptable ?
Michael will ask the Plantaion Owner ( what is his name by the way) if he may have a few minutes to think the offer over, and if during that time he mite take a stroll as he tends to think better while walking stating that it will be no more than a ten or fifteen minute delay.
While walking, Michael will really think about the deal. He has no idea as to the proper storage and or pricing of tobacco products and is going on more a gut instict than anything. Further, if he takes advantage of the merchant now, it really may hamper further deals and get him a reputation he really does not want. While MIchael is a vengefull/ hardass sob/ he also has a sense of fairness in dealing with other people. Had it not been for his uncle taking him in and rescuing his fathers money and holding it in trust for Michael, he would not have been able to set forth as he has and prosperered. Michaels uncle could have easily taken the money etc and only given Michael a pittance but he did not, he did the right thing and this is a huge rolemodel in Michaels ethical world.
Walking back to the porch, Michael will ask the man if they may sit and discussa propostion that he hopes the man will agree to.
"I have thought about your offer sir and find it more than acceptable and upon first thought, I should take it and run having you at a somewhat disadvanated due to the plague etc. That would not be fair however and i am reminded on the old saying "You can sheer a sheep many times but eat him only once". So according to the saying "I wish to sheer you many times to the mutual profit of us both. As you know I have very little knowledge of your tobacco porducts except what you have told me so it goes without saying that I have no idea as to the proper pricing and more importanly I have no idea as to how to properly store them for an extended voyage. Thus my offer to you..
1. I wish to purchase 3000gp worth of your product divided equally bewteen your four products. I am willing to pay pre-plauge prices for your products and will pass on the cost to the eventually end user.
2. I am proposing to set the base prices as follows;
Tregeren Grand Supremos - 2gp per cigar or 35 gp per box of 20.
Cherry Hill Sweets - 1 gp per cigar or 18 gp per box.
Cherry Hill pipe - 5 gp per pound.
Bae Product - 2gp per pound or 5 gp per box of 20 cigars
What I will need from you sir, is the average amount of product by weight used in the making of the itmes and if this is comparable to there pre-plague retail value.
It is my intent to use the plauge citing the increased labor costs.lack of labor, shortage of porduct as the reason for the increase in price.
3. Next I am proposing, that should I reeice anything over our established base price, then we shall split the differnece 50/50. For this I am asking that you send someone with us to oversee the storage and care of the cargo.
4. I would like to propose a three year distriubtion agreement to be formalized after this first venture once we see how profitable it may be to both of us. But regadless of you interest in that, I am still willing to put a deposit down towards the next three years product in the like amount of bulk that I am currently purchasin.
5. Should you need assistance or a pledge of good faith, I am prepared to place on deposit in a local bank a sum or money equale to my deposits paid now to you.
Does this sound acceptable ?
Scotley
Hero
Cigar Merchant
The man's name is Andre Boudreau. He considers your offer. "You place a high premium on my product. You might get the prices you're asking if you find the right buyers. Your terms are most acceptable to me."
Well, there is only a little waste in the base product, so a pound of loose is about a pound of finished product. About two pounds goes into a box of base cigars. For the premium products we reject a higher percentage, so it takes about 5 pounds to make one box of the Grand Supremos, and 3 pounds for the Cherry Hill Sweets which are smaller.
The man's name is Andre Boudreau. He considers your offer. "You place a high premium on my product. You might get the prices you're asking if you find the right buyers. Your terms are most acceptable to me."
Well, there is only a little waste in the base product, so a pound of loose is about a pound of finished product. About two pounds goes into a box of base cigars. For the premium products we reject a higher percentage, so it takes about 5 pounds to make one box of the Grand Supremos, and 3 pounds for the Cherry Hill Sweets which are smaller.
J. Alexander
First Post
Tobacco Cargo
Michael will strecth out his hand and say "Then we have an agreement Mr. Boudreau, If you will give me the name of your bank, I will deposit the funds into your account tomorrow morning, pending our signing of a letter of intent outlining our agreement"
Cargo Breakdown;
Grand Supremes - 300 boxes (5pounds per box) but actually wieght is 1 pound
Cherry Hills - 500 boxes (3 pounds per box) but actually eight is 1 pound
Cherry HIll Pipe - 500 pounds dead weight
Base Product - 1000 poounds of dead weight tobacco
1000 boxes of cigars dead weight
Total Weight 2800 pounds
OCC : Arms and Equipment give the cargo capcity of a ship roughly the Retributions size as 150 tons as she is a tad bit smaller in length and width as well as draft I am figuring 100 tons of cargo space of which 25 tons will be devoted to actually cargo leaving some 50 tons for food and extra crew with 25 tons in reserve.......this means normally i can carry 50,000 pounds of cargo by weight..tell me if this is acceptable or what i should plan on for the configrations.
MIchael will seem visable please at the deal, and thank Mr. Boudreau for the opportuity to market his goods. He will then take his leave and head back to the ship. Before leaving, he will ask that the man he chooses to look after the product, be also able to read and write so as he can verify Mr. Boudreaus precentage of sales in excess of the base price.
Michael will strecth out his hand and say "Then we have an agreement Mr. Boudreau, If you will give me the name of your bank, I will deposit the funds into your account tomorrow morning, pending our signing of a letter of intent outlining our agreement"
Cargo Breakdown;
Grand Supremes - 300 boxes (5pounds per box) but actually wieght is 1 pound
Cherry Hills - 500 boxes (3 pounds per box) but actually eight is 1 pound
Cherry HIll Pipe - 500 pounds dead weight
Base Product - 1000 poounds of dead weight tobacco
1000 boxes of cigars dead weight
Total Weight 2800 pounds
OCC : Arms and Equipment give the cargo capcity of a ship roughly the Retributions size as 150 tons as she is a tad bit smaller in length and width as well as draft I am figuring 100 tons of cargo space of which 25 tons will be devoted to actually cargo leaving some 50 tons for food and extra crew with 25 tons in reserve.......this means normally i can carry 50,000 pounds of cargo by weight..tell me if this is acceptable or what i should plan on for the configrations.
MIchael will seem visable please at the deal, and thank Mr. Boudreau for the opportuity to market his goods. He will then take his leave and head back to the ship. Before leaving, he will ask that the man he chooses to look after the product, be also able to read and write so as he can verify Mr. Boudreaus precentage of sales in excess of the base price.
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