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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 4035666" data-attributes="member: 2525">Encounter 1: Gain Invitation.  To gain entry, you must be either a known person of wealth (which they are presumably not, since they are not from that town), or get past the bureaucrat in charge of invitations.  The bureaucrat in charge will likely require proof that the party is of good moral character and has sufficient wealth, so he needs an established noble to vouch for them.Encounter 2: Get Vouching from Noble, or bypass.  To vouch for them, the noble might ask them to perform a small task for them, or to donate to the local temple, or to identify the difference between fine art and cheap art, or something of that nature.  Alternatively they could forge a letter from a noble, or bribe an underling, or attempt to bribe the bureaucrat in charge of invitations.  Once they have the invitation...Encounter 3: Discover Who will Bid Against Them.  While at the pre-auction event, the party hears a rumor that someone else is interested in bidding against them for the Clothing Item they need, and that person has the cash to outbid them.  They will need to discover who this person is (let's call them Countess X), and find out how to prevent Countess X from outbidding them.  Essentially, this means they need to find another item that Countess X is already interested (let's call it Diamond Necklace) that will come up for auction before the Clothing Item, and then the party will need to bid that Diamond Necklace up enough to insure that Countess X will not be able to outbid them anymore on the Clothing Item later.  However, they cannot overbid on Diamond Necklace, since they run the risk of winning it by accident, in which case they would alternatively need to try and trade the Diamond Necklace for the Clothing Item and persuade the Countess X to agree to that deal.Encounter 4: The Auction.  The party finds out that, in addition to the Clothing Item, another really useful magic item comes up for bid first.  But they might not have the cash to afford both, and need to make a decision on bidding for the Magic Item and running the risk of losing out on the Clothing Item.  If they move fast and made contacts earlier in the crowd, it's possible they could obtain a loan from someone there quickly and bid on both items, with the need to perform a task for the loaner later.</blockquote>

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