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<blockquote data-quote="Parlan" data-source="post: 4311812" data-attributes="member: 16808">Really? Have you ever been to an American city? &lt;-- No snark intended, I can't tell where you're from.I'm one of the least streetwise people around, but even I know when you see these tells:-check cashing stores-pawn shops-abandoned buildings-sidewalks overgrown w/ weeds or covered in trash-bars on all windows and doors-bulletproof glass in front of the registers at the convenience store/liquor storeyou'll want to watch your butt. Slap a -2 on for PCs in an unfamiliar city, another -2 for an unfamiliar culture (I hear French balieues get pretty nasty, but maybe they don't use bullet proof glass?) and call it a day. Two points: If this is *a* ruby, for a minor spell component, I'd describe a montage of hours spent finding the gem merchants, talking to a couple to find one with the right price, and the purchase.&nbsp; My players wouldn't want more than this.&nbsp; YMMVIf this some special ruby, like one &quot;the size of a fist&quot; with a Balor Soul Trapped inside, then the same montage would result, but the PCs would only get a couple of leads for people who have/are rumored to have a &quot;large ruby&quot;.&nbsp; Presumably, no one would be able to tell the PCs that it has a Balor (poor Ruru!!) trapped inside b/c that info is just too secret.&nbsp; They'd have to find out that info some other way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Parlan, post: 4311812, member: 16808"] Really? Have you ever been to an American city? <-- No snark intended, I can't tell where you're from. I'm one of the least streetwise people around, but even I know when you see these tells: -check cashing stores -pawn shops -abandoned buildings -sidewalks overgrown w/ weeds or covered in trash -bars on all windows and doors -bulletproof glass in front of the registers at the convenience store/liquor store you'll want to watch your butt. Slap a -2 on for PCs in an unfamiliar city, another -2 for an unfamiliar culture (I hear French balieues get pretty nasty, but maybe they don't use bullet proof glass?) and call it a day. Two points: If this is *a* ruby, for a minor spell component, I'd describe a montage of hours spent finding the gem merchants, talking to a couple to find one with the right price, and the purchase. My players wouldn't want more than this. YMMV If this some special ruby, like one "the size of a fist" with a Balor Soul Trapped inside, then the same montage would result, but the PCs would only get a couple of leads for people who have/are rumored to have a "large ruby". Presumably, no one would be able to tell the PCs that it has a Balor (poor Ruru!!) trapped inside b/c that info is just too secret. They'd have to find out that info some other way. [/QUOTE]

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