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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Rolling Man" data-source="post: 4663293" data-attributes="member: 24451">Introducing Saul VancaskerkinJust as Tolly settles for a game of Ghoulette and Voadam rejoins his 2 companions, members of the staff caring torches start putting the various straw 'heads' on fire. Some of the gathered crowd goes silent in expectation  while other laugh, applaud or cheer. A short man climbs to the central podium, accompanied by two gorgeous “succubi”, and stands before the gold, chain-shrouded chest there with a demoness on either side. He wears a formal suit, and his thinning black hair is slicked back. His left arm ends in a stump just above the wrist, and affixed to it is a bronze cap from which protrudes an oddly shaped key. He bows before the crowd and clears his throat before speaking. “Welcome, one and all, to the Gold Goblin Gambling Hall and your chance to cheat the Devil and win back not only your soul but all of his gold as well.” He says this last as he pats the large chest before which he stands. “I'm Saul Vancaskerkin proprietor of this fine establishment and your host for tonigh. I hope you found your reception by the Devil’s lovely temptresses suitably entertaining.”This is met by a general murmur of laughter and a few catcalls.“Let’s take this moment to thank Old Scratch himself for attending this event. Not only did he loan us these lovely, dark angels, but he also emptied the deepest vaults of Hell itself to provide the gold for this tournament.”With this, Saul directs the crowd’s attention up to the imp in the birdcage. At the sudden attention, Old Scratch flies into a flurry of rage, banging the cage bars, spitting, howling, and screaming vile epithets in Infernal at all assembled. His theatrics are received with guffaws and even a smattering of applause. As the crowd dies down, Vancaskerkin continues.“Of course, he plans on replacing what he loses in gold with the souls of those of you who don’t win. The tournament rules are quite simple—as you play, you’ll earn more chips. And with those chips, you’ll be able to bribe your way out of the current Hell you’re trapped in, working your way down deeper until you get to Old Scratch’s treasury. Currently, all of you are Old Scratch’s prisoners in the first of the Hells, Avernus. If you want to work your way down to the ninth circle, you need to win games and more chips. Golden eyes, a silver teeth or copper hearts, these bits of flesh and bone are what the devils use in Hell for currency, and they’re what you’ll need to pay in order to bribe your way into the next layer of hell. The first player to win a game after reaching Nessus not only keeps his winnings for that game, but also earns back his soul and the ten thousand silver coins that the Devil put up for this tournament. You can, of course, decide to cash out your winnings at any time you want, but if you do, or if you run out of money entirely… well, that means Old Scratch gets you.”Vancaskerkin grins evilly and the caged imp cuts loose with another profane tirade. “And that earns you the Devil’s Mark and an escort out of the game hall until the tournament is over. What, you ask, exactly is this Devil’s Mark? Well, it’s something too utterly horrible to even contemplate. The forfeiture of your very soul, it is. But I suppose I can show you what it is—gods know I more than deserve the Devil’s Mark. In fact, better make it two, girls!”With that, the two succubi accompanying him lean over and each firmly plants a kiss on Saul’s cheek with her ruby-red lips. When they pull away, their lip rouge has left clearly visible prints in the same shocking red on his cheeks. Saul beams as he cries out, “The Devil’s Mark, everyone!” which is greeted by a flurry of shouts, catcalls, and hoots. “Now, let’s cheat the Devil and take his gold!” which prompts one more rabid flurry from the imprisoned fiend above, and with that, the tournament begins.[ATTACH]39022[/ATTACH]At the Ghoulette TableTolly makes his first bet of the night on 'hygiene' as Chan Ti looks around for any threats. The only Ghoulette table seems pretty popular and Tolly find himself in close quarters with the nearest gamblers. He looks around but doesn't see the noble woman or the 2 foreigners at his table. Instead, he spots them elsewhere. The woman is at a starting Golem game, the Garundi at the gold skiff table and the Tian is playing dice. "No more bets ! Time to choose, Dungo." The croupier calls out before spinning the head that gives the game its name. The ghoulish head turns and turns before finally stopping in front of the section called "Your Bloodline". By some necromancy, it starts talking. "A Prince, you ? Money talks but your grandfather was the scurviest pirate on the seas, your grandmother was a poxy whore and your father was a noseless thief." It says above the mixed cries of deception and joy. The dealer is quick to press a button and all bets fall under the ghoul head. He then proceeds to pays the winners. Tolly isn't one of the lucky few, however.OOC : If you read the parchment again Dr. Simon, you'll see that you can cash the chips at any point but if you do that before reaching Nessus, you'll only get 50% of their value. Tell me if you want to change the amount you change.Ghostcat, you can roll a perception check with IC.[SBLOCK=Ambrus]Tosh barely listens to Saul's speech. He uses the distraction to cut the money pouch of a nearby dwarf. There's only 7 silver coins, 10 'copper' chips and 5 'silver' chip in it but the evening is still young and there are still plenty pigeons to be had.OOC: I rolled a 11+10=21 for this.[/SBLOCK]OOC : Most of this post is copyright Paizo publishing 2008. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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