Whirtlestaff's Wizards' Academy Revisited, IC01

[Leif]

Lord Kyle Continues

"You see, Gentlewizards, it was my original plan to construct the keep and station a force there to provide more security and protection for a great portion of Quail Valley. I even planned to expand the area of protection by adding more keeps throughout the valley later. However, this plan was undone! It so happened that the recruiting for the occupying force didn't reach completion as fast as the construction of the keep. I misjudged the willingness of the people of Quail Valley to give up their independence in favor of greater protection, and this is doubly unfortunate to me, because I have known the people here my entire life!

At any rate, the keep standing unoccupied was an open invitation to other creatures searching for homes. It wasn't long before the current occupants, and band of hobgoblins moved in and set up houskeeping. Needless to say, this is quite an embarassment for me, in particular, and a black eye for all of Quail Valley, in general. Please, I implore you, rid us of this menace? I can offer you some pay, but perhaps not what you are accustomed to receiving, since you are, after all, Wise Wizards and not common men at arms. Why don't you confer among yourselves (I shall leave you in peace for a moment to do this) and then tell me what your requirements are to accept this urgent errand."

With that, Lord Kyle excuses himself from the room, and on his way out he indicates a bell rope that you should pull when you are ready for him to return.

 

[rossrebailey]

Max waits until the Lord has left the room, and then confers with his colleagues: I think that if we are to, as Crus put it, establish this town as our base of operation in Quail Valley, we ought to be careful not to deplete the town coffers much. The main thing I would like to ask for is the right to keep whatever we find in the Keep. Beyond that, I don't have a good idea how much payment we should ask, if any.

 

[KerlanRayne]

Max waits until the Lord has left the room, and then confers with his colleagues: I think that if we are to, as Crus put it, establish this town as our base of operation in Quail Valley, we ought to be careful not to deplete the town coffers much. The main thing I would like to ask for is the right to keep whatever we find in the Keep. Beyond that, I don't have a good idea how much payment we should ask, if any.

"Yes, I agree with that. I would also ask for some work space. Boris has a fine establishment but I don't know if it's a good place for me to craft the magic items I have planned. Might be nice for making scrolls and scribing spells as well. He may have space in town, or maybe even at the keep itself. Any other payment from him may depend on how many hobgoblins there are."

 

[Scott DeWar]

What if we were to deal with the hobgoblins on a bounty per head basis? and when we take control of the keep, we can fly his standard from the highest tower to indicate that he has his place back. for payment of that we can ask to keep any and all treasure as has been mentioned, and a sum of monies in the form of a writ of credit, that is, the town does not have to pay us in direct coinage, but as a promise that is ,say...i don't know, perhaps when we need something we can have it deducted from what the town owes us. if we die befor the writ is payed off, then it could transfer to the acadamy or somthin' ?...

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Manny

"I may be setting my sights too high, but what if we were to ask for the keep? Silly, I know, to think we might get such a prize. And I don't know the first thing about keeping one up - we might be biting off more than we can chew. But wouldn't that be cool? Our own house . . ."

 

[renau1g]

"I may be setting my sights too high, but what if we were to ask for the keep? Silly, I know, to think we might get such a prize. And I don't know the first thing about keeping one up - we might be biting off more than we can chew. But wouldn't that be cool? Our own house . . ."

"Hmm..... that is tempting and maybe that can be our first salvo in negotiating our fee for this endeavour. I'm not sure if he'll go for it, but its worth a try. If not, we definitely need a place to be able to conduct any magical research, etc. in order to ensure our efforts are maximized. Xavier replies

 

[Leif]

OOC: Ok, that's everybody's thoughts but Tylara's. Hopefully, she'll drop in and grace us with her thoughts, too, and then you can decide among the several suggestions. I'd like to move the story ahead tonight, but that may be too ambitious of me, because you'll want to give this thing careful thought, for sure. We'll just see how it goes, I guess.

 

[Scotley]

OOC: Sorry, I continue to find it nearly impossible to get pages to load.

Tylara considers, "A keep will require considerable expense to maintain, and we'd need lands around it for revenue to meet that expense. I'd settle for decent pay and any interesting things the hobgoblins have aquired. Some workspace while we are in town might be nice as well. But don't count your spells before their cast. We still have a lot of hobgoblins between us and the keep."

 

[Leif]

OOC: Don't forget to ring the bell when you're ready for Lord Kyle to return. Hint: it might prove useful to include him in this discussion, too.

 

[Scott DeWar]

"before any one rings the bell, then , what is our decision? I would agree with tylara about the keep being a bit too aggressive, though it is still a nice thought."