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Message: <blockquote data-quote="der_kluge" data-source="post: 1662551" data-attributes="member: 945">FWIW, here is the "stat" block from the Bluffside book for a place of interest:(incidentally, this was left out of the original Bluffside book)#24 Name: Curl up and DyeType of Establishment: BusinessDescription of Establishment: The Curl up and Dye is a gaudy hair salon, ran by an even more gaudy, and more flamboyant halfling hairdresser by the name of Oxford Brambles.  Oxford is a talkative, ostentatious, effeminite halfling and is a source for much information among Bluffside's elite and rich.  Not only can you get a professional quality haircut and style here, but you can learn all the latest gossip and rumors from the Curl Up's hair stylists.Owner/Prominent Resident: The Curl Up and Dye's proprietor is Oxford Brambles, a flamboyant halfling hairdresser who has owned the establishment for some 40 years.  Oxford employs only the cities finest hair stylists, manicurists, and massage experts in this establishment which caters to the wealthy and elite.  List of Regulars: Oxford employs 10 other hair stylists, and there are at least 3-4 manicurists and 2-3 masseuses working on any given day.  Oxford himself only cuts hair and is booked for months out at a time.  Besides the employees, a mixture of the city's elite and wealthy come to the Curl Up and Dye for the latest gossip and a hair cut.  A "who's who" of the city's wealthy can be found here on any given day.Hooks:1.    Oxford has noticed one customer, a wealthy entrepeneur, who has come in every other week or so for a haircut.  This wouldn't be so odd, except that the man's hair is always at least a foot and a half longer than his last haircut!  Oxford wants to hire some adventurers to investigate why this man's hair grows as fast as it does.2.    Oxford is always trying to find "the skinny" on some incomplete tidbit of gossip.  He'll provide discounted haircuts, massages, and manicures to anyone that can "close the book" on a few missing pages of Oxford's book of gossip.Oxford Brambles, male halfling Exp5: CR 4; Size S (3 ft., 3 in. tall); HD 5d6+5; hp 27; Init +5 (+5 Dex); Spd 20 ft.; AC 16 (+5 Dex, +1 Size); Attack +4 melee, or +9 ranged; SV Fort +3, Ref +7, Will +7; AL NG; Str 11, Dex 20, Con 13, Int 14, Wis 15, Cha 16.Languages Spoken: Common, Goblin, Halfling.Possessions: Ring of Mind ShieldingSkills and feats: Bluff +8, Diplomacy +8, Disguise +8, Gather Information +8, Heal +7, Knowledge (local) +12 (+2 skill focus), Listen +9, Perform +8, Profession (Grooming) +12 (+2 skill focus), Sense Motive +7; Skill focus (profession (grooming)), Skill focus (knowledge (local)).______Of course, if everyone followed this format, you'd get far fewer entries, because then it becomes actual *work*.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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