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<blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 7315980" data-attributes="member: 6777052">&quot;.........................waterslide?&quot; &quot;Don't be silly.&quot;&quot;You could be a quest-giver? Mortals love being given quests to do. It makes them feel useful.&quot;&quot;How does that work?&quot;&quot;You find a bunch of adventurers with no money, and you tell them 'Fetch me the biggest diamond in the world' and they go and get it for you and then you graciously accept the diamond and fob them off with a magic sword and a bag of gold and they go away feeling pleased with themselves.&quot;&quot;What's the catch?&quot;&quot;They don't always come back.&quot;&quot;But then I don't have to pay them?&quot;&quot;That's right. You can't lose.&quot;&quot;But where do I find a party of adventurers dumb enough to take all the risks and then hand over some fabulously valuable diamond in exchange for some worthless trinkets?&quot;&quot;They are on a ship right above you.&quot;&quot;This better not be one of your tricks to get me to go up to the surface.&quot;Meanwhile&quot;Well, which is it to be?&quot; demanded Jeli. &quot;Which god do you make your libations to every morning at sunrise, when you pray for fair weather and a calm sea? Poseidon or Neptune?&quot;&quot;Er, well, actually, we don't believe ... that is, we don't ... er ... now you come to mention it ...&quot;The thunder crackled a little louder and the lightning flashed a little ... flashier ... as Jeli rolled for Intimidation with advantage and scored a natural 20 on both dice. The giant skeleton suddenly realised it was scuppered. Jeli had completely taken the wind out of its sails. It had been used to sailors who gave in easily but the tide had turned. It was out of his normal compass. But that wasn't the worst of it. The worst of it was, a gigantic eye had just risen from the ocean and it was looking straight in its direction. Its morale failed. It threw down the club, cast aside its helmet, leapt over the side of his ship and began swimming away.&quot;Impressive,&quot; commented Skipper the gnome.Just then, a voice spoke in everyone's head. It was Penelope, communicating telepathically. She said ...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BoldItalic, post: 7315980, member: 6777052"] ".........................waterslide?" "Don't be silly." "You could be a quest-giver? Mortals love being given quests to do. It makes them feel useful." "How does that work?" "You find a bunch of adventurers with no money, and you tell them 'Fetch me the biggest diamond in the world' and they go and get it for you and then you graciously accept the diamond and fob them off with a magic sword and a bag of gold and they go away feeling pleased with themselves." "What's the catch?" "They don't always come back." "But then I don't have to pay them?" "That's right. You can't lose." "But where do I find a party of adventurers dumb enough to take all the risks and then hand over some fabulously valuable diamond in exchange for some worthless trinkets?" "They are on a ship right above you." "This better not be one of your tricks to get me to go up to the surface." [I]Meanwhile[/I] "Well, which is it to be?" demanded Jeli. "Which god do you make your libations to every morning at sunrise, when you pray for fair weather and a calm sea? Poseidon or Neptune?" "Er, well, actually, we don't believe ... that is, we don't ... er ... now you come to mention it ..." The thunder crackled a little louder and the lightning flashed a little ... flashier ... as Jeli rolled for [I]Intimidation[/I] with advantage and scored a natural 20 on [I]both dice[/I]. The giant skeleton suddenly realised it was scuppered. Jeli had completely taken the wind out of its sails. It had been used to sailors who gave in easily but the tide had turned. It was out of his normal compass. But that wasn't the worst of it. The worst of it was, [I]a gigantic eye had just risen from the ocean and it was looking straight in its direction[/I]. Its morale failed. It threw down the club, cast aside its helmet, leapt over the side of his ship and began swimming away. "Impressive," commented Skipper the gnome. Just then, a voice spoke in everyone's head. It was Penelope, communicating telepathically. She said ... [/QUOTE]

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