The Ancient Paths (OOC)

[Legildur]

Guys, looking through the loot list above, I see that someone would have to be carrying an 'unidentified large wooden shield'. Dowkan happens to be carrying a 'large wooden shield', but I can assure you it is completely identified and not worth very much. If someone is using the shield you found (or intends to) just let me know here, otherwise throw something at me IC.

Hippocrachus, you didn't say what the gp limit of Silverdown is? My guess is that it isn't particularly high.

Edit: Okay, Majin can handle the axe swap on the morning of day 7 then.

 

[hippocrachus]

At the moment, there isn't a limit. That is to say, seeing is how there aren't any shops set up yet, buying and selling things will be handled on a case by case basis.
Syrriel is a Harper bard and you will probably be dealing with her the most. I'm going to throw in a dwarf smith from the mercenaries to help her get a shop set up. The clerics of Tyr will be able to provide you with small order divine gizmos and potions.
When buying and selling things, I'll give you guys the option of RPing your transactions or just sort of winging it. Either way, you might be able to buy or sell things for more or less than what the items are actually worth.
Your character's Charisma score will greatly effect the end result. I wouldn't recommend Dowkan or Hildor making your transactions
For example: in the case of the clerics of Tyr, Hrolf will probably be able to catch a better deal than Nae'talis, for obvious reasons.

 

[hippocrachus]

Morning of Day VII

Syrriel's place will end up being the magic shop.
The inn nextdoor currently being used as the headquarters for the Tyrran legion will become the command center for the guard of Silverdown.
The smithy across the street will be the smithy you'll want to go to for arms and armor.
The former Church of Helm is now the Temple of Tyr.
There are a few other buildings that haven't been completely destroyed. The largest will slowly grow into an inn where the party should look to stay in for now on while in Silverdown. Nothing fancy. Remember that the town was recently razed.
Commerce will trickle in slowly, so food and other goods will be hard to come by for the first few days.
There is a well in the middle of the street between the magic shop and smithy.

Anything I'm forgetting?
Don't feel rushed and be prepared to just wait a few days until things are better situated in Silverdown. I'll fast-forward the party a few days to when something important happens, but it shouldn't be long. The Tyrrans and mercenaries are very proactive.

 

[hippocrachus]

Day XV

~ Ancient Paths Loot List ~

- (2) Coin sized emeralds
- (2) Small rubies
- Fingernail sized sapphire
- Uncut diamond
- Ring set with gray onyx (Protection +1)
- Large wooden shield (+1)
- (3) Outer God Holy Symbols
- A gnarled orange wand (Magic Missile 32 charges 1st) (Gluhchux)
- A set of bracers (Armor +1)
- A Pearl of Power (1st Level)

Potions
- Cure Light Wounds

Platinum - 7
Gold - 1391
Silver - 868
Copper - 1047

 

[Legildur]

H, they can sweat it out for a day. Dowkan assumes that they are perfectly safe where they are and that they still have a bit of time before they leave. Besides, the wall needs building.

Guys, what about allocating the treasure identified by Syrriel?

 

[hippocrachus]

Sorry for the confusion guys.
Dowkan is following "Hrolf." I didn't in fact force Hrolf into doing anything Dhes didn't want him to do, because the "Hrolf" in question is not the Hrolf controlled by Dhes
The only character I've taken "control" of is Dowkan, and only because I think Dowkan would at least follow "Hrolf" to the edge of town to make sure "Hrolf" was actually leaving before raising an alarm. Dowkan doesn't have to follow "Hrolf" any further than that of course.
The "Dowkan" Nae'talis and Hildor are having the pleasure of dealing with is not the Dowkan controlled by Legildur.
Clear as mud? The rest of the adventure isn't any better

Again, I plan to move as fast as I can to have you guys back in the caves before the end of the week. I'm going on a camping trip this weekend, and I'd like to have everything wrapped-up in Silverdown by then.

 

[ae1vart0n]

Hildor isn't concerned with money at the moment. If Dowkan and Hrolf want to split up the armor/defense stuff that'd make sense. Nae'talis took the pearl earlier. Probably ought to pass the holy symbols around to those with charisma first. I can only image them being used to bluff our way through something.

I'm confused as to what happened to the scroll, key and dagger. Hildor would like to keep the dagger and key at least.

And Hildor stayed in his cell, so if Hrolf counts 3, there must be another imposter.

 

[hippocrachus]

Braggi took the scroll and key from his backpack to examine it and figure out what it does. When he discovers what the items do/were intended for, it will help clear-up Hildor's reputation. Because the key is not actually Ali'Shaun's *cough* I mean "Mars'" means of contacting Hildor, Braggi will have to place a sort of psychic block on Hildor to prevent Mars' magical sendings from bothering the unfortunate rogue. I'm not quite sure what is entailed in blocking that sort of thing, but there has to be some way, otherwise any old wizard could harass everybody he meets on the street

As to the purchases Hrolf made, what exactly were they?
The Temple of Tyr in Silverdown has a limited supply of 1st through 3rd level divine potions and scrolls. They might carry a few odds and ends above that, but it might depend on what you're looking for.
Hrolf can be sure that his purchases raised a few eyebrows. What would he need of all of those things if he wasn't leaving Silverdown anytime soon...

I'd just like to make it very clear to everyone that you are more than free to backtrack to a pervious post to better resolve it/act out how your character would react. Nothing is set in stone until you've had your say.
Dhes and Legildur both live in time-zones far different from the rest of ours, and often times lots of things happen to leave them in the dust. But it's just dust. Not stone

 

[Legildur]

I had to read through the IC thread twice, but I finally worked out what was going on. Probably unfortunately for Dowkan, he would simply continue to follow Hrolf rather than return to raise the alarm as he was hired to protect the cleric, and that would be tough to do if he were to return to Silverdown to raise the alarm.

 

[Legildur]

Dhes, let me know what of the gear Hrolf would like. Obviously Dowkan has a keen interest in the wooden shield, but as Dowkan came on the scene after that, then he has little claim to it. Similarly for the ring of protection, which anyone could use.