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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CRGreathouse" data-source="post: 1183418" data-attributes="member: 474">"You are, of course, welcome to ask after the Lady upon her return -- and I assume she will see you in that case.  Regretfully, I don't know of the stone's creation; it is fine enough to be dwarf-craft, but the letters surely aren't sharp like Dwarven!"  [Speak Language (Dwarven) reveals that he's refering to dwarven runes, assuming that that's all that they use.]Diplomacy check 5 - 2 = 3."Of course, you'll have to show some proof that you've made progress before there would be even a portion of the reward -- and even then only on the good Lady's whim.""Certainly supplies will be provided.  I suppose I'll have to pay you."  He frowns in thought, grabs a scroll and glances through.  "What did I pay you last time?  Ah, 120 coins for 3 weeks, so five-and-six per day.*  That's quite high, higher than I remembered... but you did come highly recommended.  I'll offer you 200 gold coins for your time in the forest, assuming you need that much time and come back with something to make this worth my while.  That's fourteen-and-three a day, but it's in the forest -- I'd not want to stay with the sharp-toothed elves any longer than I had to in your place."* 5 gp, 6 sp per day.  5 gp 7 sp would be closer, but this kind of mental arithmetic (working from memorized doubling tables) is extremely difficult.  Clearly, this guy's good... or he had it written down.Taliz then explains his needs to the Mayor, who replies:"I'll have the swords and spear requisitioned, as well as the bow and arrows.  The best bow in the city won't be very good, at least compared to the elven bows -- perhaps for obvious reasons on both sides."Technological aside: Neither dwarves nor elves have the ability to produce alchemist's fire.  Humans have succeeded in stopping that technology from spreading by keeping the process a secret, and it's worked, at least so far.  This makes it even scarier."As for the Volden Fire, I can get you a few flasks, but I caution you to remember its primary purpose: to keep the elves off-guard.  It is more Fear than Fire."Final equipment count: 2 shortswords, 1 spear (spear, longspear, or shortspear), 1 bow (your choice -- shortbow or longbow; you'll not find a mighty or a masterwork here!), 40 arrows (and more as you need), and 3 flasks of alchemist's fire."Ah, then, so we agree on the Fire."You're welcome to insert pay haggling here, but the mayor spoke with a certain finality in his voice.The mayor gave Taliz a signed and 'signet-ringed' form for everything but the alchemist's fire, so he'll pick it up in Brightstone.  The mayor will deliver the Fire himself.</blockquote>

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