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    I'll probably run an NPPC as a stop gap for a bit and then when I have time later this week post out a recruitment and see if we can get lucky.
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    @DrK
    Wasn't Amin's "lady friend" Cordelia his cousin Cassandra earlier in the IC thread?

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    Quote Originally Posted by rax View Post
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    Wasn't Amin's "lady friend" Cordelia his cousin Cassandra earlier in the IC thread?
    Damn, I'd jotted them down wrong in my notes, getting wires crossed between games
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    Quote Originally Posted by DrK View Post
    I'll probably run an NPPC as a stop gap for a bit and then when I have time later this week post out a recruitment and see if we can get lucky.
    If Winifred ends up going for Courtier she needs a Valet sometime...

    of course depends if she can afford one

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    Winifred's thinking is that she is in a position to allow one or two noble houses to gain the gratitude of the new monarch and that accordingly she's doing them a favour far more than the reverse (because this thing is basically worthless to her)

    Also by using the language of favour rather than monetary value she's implicitly trying to act in those sort of circles rather than as a mere hireling.

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    Common Lore vs. Int 53 (+20)
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    @wilphe
    Re the dagger, I interpreted the bishop as intending to take the dagger to consult his sages, but in retrospect it's not really clear. I'll edit my post if DrK confirms your understanding.

    Also, do you think you could stick to one post at a time? It's sometimes hard to follow what Winifred is doing or saying when there are multiple posts in a row.

    @all
    Rather than do an IC post about it, let's assume that Cassian has also given Winifred and Andrei 10 gc each from the money Amin gave to him.
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    The bishop didn’t take the dagger
    He was going to speak to team sage and ask for opinions /advice
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    Got it, thanks!

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    Current Loot

    An abalone shell holy symbol of Selyn
    = We should return this to the church
    Cannot find a value for holy symbols per se
    Could be treated as an Art Object?

    A narrow teak cigar case inlaid with jade Could be treated as an Art Object? or Best/Good quality Armoire 150-500gc
    - Containing
    A highly realisic carving of two entwined succubi
    A fist sized whale tooth scrimshaw carving of a kraken
    Could be treated as Sculptures

    A steel sceptre ~1 foot long with golden crown
    Art / Jewelry?

    Bunch of gems

    Winifred:

    Giggle's Bow and quiver

    3 vials of Alchemical Acid

    Knuckleduster

    Lamn's dagger that is exceptionally sharp and in a strange shape almost like a key with an inscription reading "For an inspiration of a father" (BC Dagger, +5% WS, gains fast quality)
    Just twigged that this implies Lamm is the Killer's father

    Cassian

    An oily flask that to Andrei smells coppery with the swirling winds of Chamon
    Oil of Keen Edge Magical oil, smear on a weapon = for 20 minutes that weapon gets Impact and Armour Piercing [1] qualities


    Andrei:

    Wand of Acid Splash
    Functions as a S2 magic missile (that always reduces AP by 1 on the location it hits)

    Power (1d10) CN 5 on a 1 it depletes for ~ 24 hours
    One can attune one self to a wand by making a WP test (or channelling if better). A critical failure on that test breaks the wand.


    ++++++++++++

    Cash:

    30gc from Amin = 10gc each

    A 1lb golden bar inlaid with the Devil of Cheliax (16 GC assuming coins are an ounce)

    100 gc each of new coins from the Queen

    Total: 115 1/3 each



    Other:

    A silver ring bearing the inscription "For Emmah, the light of my night"
    retained by the Marshall

    An elaborate brooch of a house drake and an imp (two pests that infest the roofs of the cities noble dsitricts) coiled like yin and yang in heavy gold with a large garnet and amethyst as eyes
    Returned to Queen


    Ultimate Want List:

    Winifred:

    Studded Leather Armour 90

    Helmet 30

    3 books at least 75 each (Dilettante Trappings)


    Cassian

    Going between Knight and Apprentice Wizard

    Knight
    Some weapons
    Full Plate 400
    Destrier 500


    Apprentice
    100gc for a printed book

    Andrei

    If going to Journeyman Wizard needs 500 gc for Grimoire
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    Quote Originally Posted by rax View Post
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    Also, do you think you could stick to one post at a time? It's sometimes hard to follow what Winifred is doing or saying when there are multiple posts in a row.
    Yeah I can do that.

    Its a habit I developed from having internet glitch / cat cause loss of long posts and messing up dice rolls

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    Quote Originally Posted by wilphe View Post

    Lamn's dagger that is exceptionally sharp and in a strange shape almost like a key with an inscription reading "For an inspiration of a father" (BC Dagger, +5% WS, gains fast quality)
    Just twigged that this implies Lamm is the Killer's father
    The killer who is definitely dead and won't be looking for revenge in that case.

    Do we need somewhere to stash all this loot?

    I'm hoping getting Andrei readmitted to the Academae at some point might make getting that book a little easier. Otherwise I suppose I'll be looking into getting it second hand.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Haval View Post
    T he killer who is definitely dead and won't be looking for revenge in that case.
    I haven't seen anything that says the LockKey Killer is dead only that the killings stopped and both Bishop and Marshall consider them still being alive to be a possiblity

    Quote Originally Posted by Haval View Post
    I'm hoping getting Andrei readmitted to the Academae at some point might make getting that book a little easier. Otherwise I suppose I'll be looking into getting it second hand.
    Clearly we need to find Crazy Steve's Emporium of Trading Random Art Objects for Books

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    Yeah, it seems likely. We may need to look at who exactly the victims were.

    On the book thing. I have no idea if that's possible but it's seems worth looking into. Maybe there's a magic item black market.

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    I was wondering if carrying that dagger around would make Winifred a target and whether doing so was worthwhile to draw him out

    Then I realised that is probably moot because if they are alive then they will find out that Lamm is dead and soon after that we killed him.

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    Or maybe Lamm had the dagger for the same reason he had all the other loot - he nicked it.

    Re loot
    I've written Cassian's family as being poor by the standards of nobility but they still have a townhouse in North Point. That should be a safe location to stash our loot until it can be sold off.

    According to the core rulebook, religious symbols are common items, usually made of wood, and worth 1 gc (table 5-11 Miscellanea). The abalone shell might be worth a bit more since Lamm decided to hang onto it.

    An armoire seems like a stretch when looking for an equivalent to a cigar case. An armoire is significantly bigger, so the wood alone would be worth more. A small wooden chest (2 gc in Old World Armoury) or a tube case (1 gc) are probably closer in size.

    The rest of the stuff is clearly art or jewellery in some form. Prices for jewellery can be found in Old World Armoury but I've no clue where to find the value of art objects specifically.

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    Its quite possible that he nicked it, but its also a valid line of enquiry.

    Also even the possibility of vengeful serial killer sounds worth considering

    ++++++++=

    An armoire is significantly bigger, so the wood alone would be worth more. A small wooden chest (2 gc in Old World Armoury) or a tube case (1 gc) are probably closer in size

    Fair I overlooked those, I knew it was too small to be an armoire but it is also teak with jade inserts rather than plain wood.

    Art, Sculpture and the like are table 10.4 below jewellery

    As the Holy Symbol is of Shelyn and its a special material I am presuming it is worth something as an art object - she is deity of art and beauty after all but again I think it might be more useful to us to return it to the church

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    Quote Originally Posted by wilphe View Post
    Art, Sculpture and the like are table 10.4 below jewellery

    As the Holy Symbol is of Shelyn and its a special material I am presuming it is worth something as an art object - she is deity of art and beauty after all but again I think it might be more useful to us to return it to the church
    Ah, right, there they are. Was looking at the name of the table, that's why I didn't notice the sub-headers.

    Sure, but abalone is basically a sea shell - not all that special a material. There's a religious relic entry that sets the cost at 5 gc IIRC, but certainly Cassian would want to return the symbol rather than sell it. Money isn't his prime motivator, after all.

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    On the topic of the loot
    An abalone shell holy symbol of Selyn
    = We should return this to the church
    Cannot find a value for holy symbols per se
    Could be treated as an Art Object?

    A narrow teak cigar case inlaid with jade Could be treated as an Art Object? or Best/Good quality Armoire 150-500gc
    - Containing
    A highly realisic carving of two entwined succubi
    A fist sized whale tooth scrimshaw carving of a kraken
    Could be treated as Sculptures

    A steel sceptre ~1 foot long with golden crown
    Art / Jewelry?

    Bunch of gems
    Feel free to make an Evaluate check here in the OOC thread to work out how much these things are worth. The other stuff (i.e. weapons/armour) you'd get 50% of value selling to a pawnshop or you can try and modify that with Haggle checks
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    (1d100)[15] Evaluate 41

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    Well she's keeping the bow and quiver anyway

    Whip will barter for knuckleduster

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    Keeping track of what individuals have as a matter of balance, in so far as that will ever matter

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    I've dropped a post recruiting some more adventuerers to help the three of you.
    Recruitment thread is here if you want to pop in and answer questions they may have
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    Winifred's check identtifies the woman as Lady Andasain, a refugee of sorts from Nidal (if the rumours are true) and a recent friend to the Queen.

    Unless you have more to discuss with the queen you can leave and will be escorted out by Sabina and back to the castle gates
    the chest contains 100 new GC each printed with Illoseia's smiling face
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    Quote Originally Posted by DrK View Post
    the chest contains 100 new GC each printed with Illoseia's smiling face
    We should probably be careful where we spend these...

    Also someone has worked really fast to prepare the dies and mint these - unless of course they were ready to go


    Oh wait, each.

    Never mind

    Well that's enough then to get armour and helmet Winifred wants, which are not trappings for anything in particular but I think a worthy investment in not dying.

    Do you want to abstract out shopping or is there some downtime coming?
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    Also:

    100 coins = 10 points of encumbrance

    And at 1oz per coin = 6 1/4 lb or 2,8 kilos

    It will ruin your pocket, but its not too much to carry around for a bit

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    Nearly three kilos is indeed quite a bit of weight to be putting in your pockets, assuming such a thing even exists in the clothing of our pseudo-medieval game.

    The volume of 100 coins is also likely to be considerable, so I'd suggest it's a difficult sum to carry about in anything but a backpack or a sack. If your characters have those, there should be no trouble transporting the coins, but it's likely to be a noisy business if they're just sliding around in the pack/sack.
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    Well we all have backpacks or bags


    You also get, regardless of career, the
    following:

    • Common clothing consisting of a shirt, breeches, and worn
    boots, a tattered cloak, a dagger tucked in a boot or belt, a sling
    bag or a backpack
    containing a blanket, a wooden tankard, a
    wooden cutlery set, a hand weapon (axe, club, sword, etc.) and
    a purse holding 2d10 Gold Crowns (gc).


    I agree we don't want to be carrying this around for long, that's why I want to get rid of the outstanding misc items.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wilphe View Post
    We should probably be careful where we spend these...

    Also someone has worked really fast to prepare the dies and mint these - unless of course they were ready to go
    As in it suggests we have ties to an unpopular Queen? Should be easy enough to test.

    And a quick google suggests pockets were a thing. Or I suppose I could claim that wizards developed them to hold spell ingredients and so forth.

    Having money is surprisingly inconvenient. Maybe I need to work out something expensive to spend it on.

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