DT's Old School Campaign- (Chapter 4: The Guild and The Girl)

Edvan took it upon himself to follow Erin, but lacked the stealth and tracking skills of Lola and quickly lost him. He could tell, however, that Erin seemed to be heading to the northwest part of the city.

Hilmdyn had a close look (and smell and taste) at the potions and believed that they were each a potion of cure serious wounds, also known locally as Neb's Mending. He estimated that each was worth 400gp if one was to sell his or hers. Each party member took one. Then Rovan and Quinn went to the waterside, wrapped and tied the chest along with some rocks in some cloth, then tossed it into the water.

Lola would end up visiting a surprised contact of hers, Hippotier the Kind in the bazaar. He took the sapphires from her and traded them for 3000gp, or 600gp for each party member. Hippotier looked at her once more in a disturbingly knowing way, and quickly made the exchange before gawking eyes could see too much.

The next day there was some talk in the town...

Lola
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You heard from a merchant in the bazaar that it is said the thieves guild had attacked the beggar's guild for some valuable cargo last night. The thieves guild in turn was ambushed by some unknown mercenaries.
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Edvan
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You went looking for Erin again the next day, but instead ran into a street urchin near the thieves guild. He heard a story that the assassin's guild attacked both the thieves guild and beggar's guild last night. It seems the beggars and thieves were allied, and the chief assassin decided to disrupt the alliance with an ambush.
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Rovan
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A drunk at the Tripping Trident tells you that the Overlord's men attacked a cart filled with trinkets from the beggar's guild. It's unknown why the Overlord had cared, but obviously the simple cart must have had some important treasure to catch his eye and risk the citizens' ire.

Also, he heard a rumor that a Cult to Set, the Serpent God, was attacked by the same Overlord's men and their priest put to the sword a week or so back. Seems that one of the Overlord's "men" is actually a female seductress.
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Quinn
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You heard from a fellow sailor down at the docks that several gangs fought one another for an odd gem called the Eye of the Serpent. Several casualties occured, and the gem has disappeared. Two of the gangs are quietly asking around for information on who did the deed and where the gem is. Rumor has it that they have a rough description of the culprits, one of which being a woman using skills that only males are allowed to practice under thieves' law.
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[sblock] What is the beggar's guild? This may seem like a dumb question but I needed to ask just in case I'm wrong. [/sblock]
 

Queenie
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Your character would not know all of this, but...

BEGGARS’ GUILD
Once no more than a collection of beggars staying together to avoid persecution, beatings, and robberies from others, the Beggars’ Guild has grown into a minor power in the City State. Beggars are almost completely ignored by most people traveling the streets, allowing them to overhear bits and pieces of various conversations. Eventually, several
of the beggars realized they could turn some of this information into power. Some of this information enabled them to force the nobles to acknowledge their right to existence in exchange for silence.

The Beggars’ Guild now controls several smuggling operations in and around the City State, and are thus considered rivals by the Thieves’ Guild. The much smaller Beggars’ Guild maintains its existence through careful dissemination of information about the actions
of the Thieves’ Guild to the Overlord and the Nobles. It is a dangerous balance, harming the Thieves’ Guild beyond a certain limit would certainly provoke an all-out attack despite the protection granted by the Overlord, and not providing enough information might
anger the Overlord or the Nobles enough for them to withdraw their protection. In
either case the Beggars’ Guild would almost certainly be destroyed.
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OOC: Thanks!

Lola returned to their meager apartment with some lunch for everyone.

"So, it seems we've gotten ourselves into a little mess. I heard some rumors that it was this... beggar's guild who did the original stealing and then the thieves guild attacked them... and then we know what happened next. We could be in some trouble if this gets around!" She quirked a smile. "We're now unknown mercenaries, it seems."
 

OOC: Thanks!

Lola returned to their meager apartment with some lunch for everyone.

"So, it seems we've gotten ourselves into a little mess. I heard some rumors that it was this... beggar's guild who did the original stealing and then the thieves guild attacked them... and then we know what happened next. We could be in some trouble if this gets around!" She quirked a smile. "We're now unknown mercenaries, it seems."


Rovan laughed. "Well, I heard it was the Overlord's men that hit the beggars guild. So there are several stories out there, that should buy us some cover for a while. But what is a little distrubing is that I heard that the same group of the Overlord's men hit a temple to the god Set, put the head preist to the sword, and one of the team was a woman. So our MO is known but our identities are safe. For now. The more we do these jobs, the more we get known."
ooc: Did we get the posion in Lola cured?
 



Edvan shrugs. "Don't rightly know. But I heards it was the Thieves and Beggars in bed together and the Assassin's didn't much like it and attacked them. Maybe we should keeps things a little low key, ya know?"
 

Hilmdyn
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Religion is free and open in the City-State except for one religion... Set's. It is said that the Overlord and Set's priests have been enemies ever since the Overlord's youth, when they attempted to take control of the city.
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through the talk,Quinn has been quite silent. not drinking, not evin smiling.finally he speaks in a break of the conversation, "Aye mateys, Thar be rough waters ahead. Me ears caught wind of two things.

Firstly, the matey of ye, Edvan. He took a Gem called the eye of the serpent, and second, thar be a witness that got a rough look at one female with the thivin skils only lawful to men, if ye git the meanin moppit."

Quinn is quite serious now as he looks at lola as a brother would when she might be in trouble with their parents.
 

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