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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kyramus" data-source="post: 565461" data-attributes="member: 7072">side plots:1) ILA has been approached by one of the guests to do an actual hit outside of the contests.2) The thieves guild has been approached to help frame someone else for stealing an item, hence the distrust of the other lords.3) A Noble Guest is found dead and all the evidence points to a rival Noble who was seen in the company of other drunk nobles. (mystery, could be tied to other suggested side plots)4) One of the items in question is actually intelligent, and has possessed one of the bidders, problem is there are other bidders that have more money.  The possessed will now have to try and get it's "home" back from the richer and winning bidder.5) one of the items hold significant religious value to a church and their demand that it be donated/returned to the church is non negotiable. the auctioneer would have to make a choice of not giving it to them or putting it up on auction, in which case the religious fanatics will probably make a mess of things when the ILA does it's thing and all hell breaks loose.6) A bard comes to the games to watch and learn and write down the rules and descriptions of people.  the bard is known to the ILA and they have a price on his head because he's described accurately a few of it's higher echelon members.7) A paladin on a quest is brought to the island to retreive an item from the auction that is small enough to fit into his sword.  this gem will enable the sword to become a holy sword and is subject to the paladin's deepest desire and temptation (he could be one of the pcs)8) A would be lich needs one of the items to sacrifice it to his patron to finish his ritual to become an undead spell caster, problem a dragon that can shape change is out looking for it for the same reason.9) a gnome illusionist/rogue has been waiting for this auction for a long time. He's been waiting for the old lord to die so that he can sneak in and steal the stuff but the new lord moved in before he could do it.  He is going to try to replace the existing items with fake replicas and run away with the real ones.10) An orc mercenary captain joins the auction by bribing the auctioneer enough money to allow him to mix it up with the nobles.  He doesn't intend to actually bid on the expensive stuff he has a set limit to his spending (dm option here).  He wants to know the faces of each othe the nobles and leaders.  He may pass himself off as some orc noble or emperor.  (cosmopolitan bluff and diplomacy)  He plans to find the weakest link among the nobles, and send a search party to that noble's lands to see how well it is defended before putting his plan into effect.  Knowing what the noble looks like face to face will also help him identify the noble later.</blockquote>

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