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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 6969216" data-attributes="member: 20323">Markets of Tajar<img src="http://i.imgur.com/SO9imG7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />With vows sworn and Sheikh Ali's blessing, you leave his court for the time being as the Sheikh retires to his family life. Threading through the marble pillars and past soldiers resting in the garden over games of chess and checkers, you feel the warm salt breeze of Tajar's night on your faces. Not only is Tajar Gateway to the High Desert, but also it is Gateway to the Golden Gulf. A seasoned trader's paradise and a novice's nightmare. It does not take long to reach the markets, which extend from the city center like a tangled spider web, giving you plenty of time to converse with one another...Local merchants, many only a few generations removed from their al-Badia roots, are the first you encounter, hawking fine metalwork and gem-studded scimitars, spices ranging from cloves to paprika, and fine horses and camels. Then goods from neighboring cities - pearls, coral, frankincense, and myrrh from Gana, flowing abas of crimson silk and silver thread from across the Golden Gulf. Even though it is night, merchants clamor and haggle while berating their competition. "If it is not available in Tajar," goes the saying, "it is not available."The names given to you by the Sheikh are well known and easy enough to track down by asking a few traders...Jina the Bold, who runs a firra (firm) dealing in antiquities with many tribes of the High Desert, can be found by the wharf-side auction house.Suelasta the Magnificent, who maintains a menagerie of wondrous creatures from across the land, can be found in his manor along Al-Abib River.Hamsar the Swift, who operates funerary caravans and mourners for the noble families of Tajar, can usually be found at the southern edge of the markets at his funerary parlor. Though he is spending this evening in prayer at the Mosque of Jisan.[GM]I decided to frame a new scene because I find it helps keep things moving, especially in PbP format. Since it seemed like you wanted to head to the markets, that's what I went for! Of course, if anyone objects, just let me know and I can tweak things.Also        [MENTION=6814006]Thateous[/MENTION] or        [MENTION=6866331]Foxbytes[/MENTION] the Sheikh will have given one of you a paper writ confirming that your party has 47,000 gp backed up by the Grand Caliph's throne. While it's likely you'll want to save some money for when/if you reach Qaybar (lots of cool stuff to trade for there!), the paper writ is good with any merchants in Tajar and allows you to purchase in Tajar tax-free (i.e. using the PHB / Basic Rules prices). This is intended to be "party gold", but the fact-of-the matter is that one of you (you'll need to choose or roll off for it) holds the writ in her name. Anything not spent in Tajar can be made available in bars of gold and silver before you leave on your caravan.EDIT: I added a "party treasure" section to the first post as well. Anything not claimed by PCs I'll try to put here.Also, spellcasters! Now is a good time to make sure you have priced/rare components for any of your spells that call for them.[/GM]</blockquote>

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