(sorry for the delay- friday was my gaming night)
Ok, most of you have come up with some plans and ideas that all sound good.
Gathering Information....
PRISMATIC SPRAY:
Thane can recall some mention of a tavern frequented by mages- according to rumor you'd hgave to use magic to even get past the door. The place was supposed to be in an abandoned temple in a remote area of the slums. And the word on the street is "It only opens at the appointed hour".
Belok got something similar, including the sentence "it only opens at the appointed hour", and something about mages staying up late.
SHABU:
Belok hears a mention of Shabu being an eccentric mage who enoyed gambling, particularly unusual or high stakes games. He was also known to
POLIXARCHUS:
Thane (and possibly others who managed a roll over 15 or so) may gather the following. Polixarchus is very rich, and possibly related by marriage or through a distant cousin to someone in the sultanate. He is a figurative head to the guild and does not involve himself in the day to day workings so much, but lends his sizable financial backing. He is known to be a womanizer and has been spotted in some of the more.. questionable districts and locations in town. Phinea is usually nearby, along with bodyguards.
THE BAZAAR: Buying axebeaks won't be a problem and you can all ride them with a standard ride check. They cost around (did I say 100 gp or so?)
Buying magic items will be farily easy as well, up to about the 8,000-10,000 limit in the bazaar. Unfortunately there aren't any unlimited charges wands in this campaign. (sorry!)
Buying cloaks or carpets as a cover would be a great idea! The standard version will not be good enough as a cover, though! The kind of carpet that looks enchantable is at least a masterwork version which would run between 200-1000 gp. Cloaks would be cheaper- the very nicest cloaks you can get are specially made "royal desert cloaks" and cost 30 gp each.
BELOK'S UNDERWORLD CONTACTS:
Unfortunately, only one well connected person might be of help. There is an old lizardfolk woman named Madam Gecko who brews alchemical items and low-grade potions. She also fences stolen goods and brews poisons according to Belok, and knows a lot of the secret goings on of the bazaar.
DELMAR's TEMPLE CONTACTS:
Healing items (potions and wands) are half off if you go through the Pelorian temple. However, the notoriously nosy (and unrelaible blabbermouth) temple abbot (a half-elf named Bocephian) may ask questions.
Let me know what the exact plan is. Just to move the game along, your'e all gathered in the bazaar and you've bought what items you can. Update what you bought in the OOC thread.
IF I MISSED ANY OOC information/gather information or plan checks let me know! I'll update accordingly.