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Ryssa w/Linene

She looks across at what Ryssa has selected. "A quiver of 20 arrows and the dagger would cost 3 gold." She replies.

Lingo w/Halia

She pauses again, peering intently at Lingo, then nods imperceptibly. "I belong to a group who has similar aims. They strive to gain wealth thru power and will do whatever it takes to get it. If that means helping old ladies cross the street in order to gain approval from a local community, then that is what they will do. If it means kicking the old lady to the curb because she is standing on a bag of gold, that works too. They are willing to support those who support them. Are you interested?"

Luminmorn

He nodded to Bern and said "thank you," to the woman.

Lingo
w/Halia Thornton @ the Phandalin Miner's Exchange

"Ummm, yeah. Of course. The ends justify the means and as long as I profit, I'll do what it takes. I've got lofty ambitions. I ain't never kicked an old lady. I like to look at things in a positive light. For example, if I saw an old lady that was burdened with a very heavy purse, I would help her out by removing the weight from her belt. Does that make sense? If she resisted such important help I know that she simply does not understand what's good for her and I feel it's my responsibility to take action."

He winks at the end because he was obviously telling some half-truths but the truth was evident. He had few scruples and was willing to do whatever it took to get rich and become powerful.

"So, tell me about this organization. I'm intrigued!"

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Lingo w/Halia

"Good." She replies, with a small quirk of the lip at Lingo's description. "The group is called The Zhentarim. Here is a sign we go by." She hands Lingo a pin with a symbol that looks like some sort of winged snake, or maybe a dragon or wyvern. "If you run into one and he asks you about rank, you would be called a Fang."

Ryssa with Linene


The cleric frowned for a moment, but then nodded and paid the woman what she had requested. Her price was dear, but her weapons were of a high quality and probably worth the price.

Lingo

He takes the pin and looks at it. "I've heard of you guys...I mean us."

With that he affixes the pin to the underside of his shirt collar and then extends his hand once more to shake Halia's hand.

"We're still on a mission to find the dwarves. I suppose you want any more info I can find about this Black Spider operation?"

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Halia nods her head to Lingo. "Yes. When your goal is to become a monopoly, competition is bad, unless it can be turned to your advantage. Information would be welcome, and naturally we will offer recompense for your time and effort."

The conversation, having reached it's end, Halia turns to speak to another miner who has just entered the shop and Lingo is free to return to meet his companions, bag of 100gp in hand.

...............................

The party re-gathers in front of the inn. Lingo has a bag of coins in one hand, Ryssa a quiver with newly purchased arrows. Balthazar has some ink and parchment (since you didn't post, Ken, I am assuming you purchased some ink, parchment, and a scroll tube for 12gp), and Luminmorn and Bern hold a nice artistic map of the area.

It is time to discuss travel, and then to leave.

(OOC - So I am presuming no one is purchasing better armor? At the moment it appears that Ryssa, Luminmorn, and Bern can all have better armor than what they are wearing. In fact if you trade amongst yourselves you can probably get by without having to all purchase new sets. You might want to discuss in the OOC thread......as I estimate things, you have gained a total of 1250gp so far. Balthazar needed 300gp to scribe his new spells and the new purchases by Ryssa and Balthazar cost another 15gp. Take off 35gp for room and board and that leaves you with 900gp as a party to spend.)

Well for Luminmorn to upgrade to Half plate it would take 1500gp. Way more than his share if the party has a total of 1250. It would only gain him a +1 to AC. So not a big deal given the situation.

I am fine with rhings as they are.

Lingo

He understood that business with Halia was complete and he didn't think twice about her not bidding him a farewell or deciding to just chit-chat. And he appreciated that.

Once outside he met up with the others and wondered if any of them had been recruited like he had. He had heard of the Zhentarim and the only thing he didn't like about them was that he was not running them...yet. That seemed like a decent long-term goal. There was a certain thrill he felt about being a part of something else like that.

"So, Halia gave us the gold she promised for the paperwork we found. What about you? Did you get paid? And what's our next opportunity."

<Bern>

"We have a decent map that will get is to our next destination", he told the group.

Luminmorn

He just gave a very human like nod of agreement to Bern's comments.

Luminmorn

"I am going to purchase some splint mail, which would make my chain mail available to any of you if it is needed."

Ryssa


The cleric looked at Luminmorn for a long moment and then shrugged.

"I had thought of purchasing a set of scale mail since we have acquired extra funds. I'm afraid chain mail would be a little to heavy for me."

<Bern>

He thanked those that offered him a free 'trade up'. "But I think I prefer to stay with lighter armor. I am going for studded leather. It will give me better protection without loading me down quite so much. Perhaps we can sell the old to recover some of the expense of the new."

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(OOC - I cleaned up the thread a bit.)

And so, having upgraded some armour, purchased some miscellaneous equipment, collected a reward, and received a map and directions to the next goal, the abandoned town of Thundertree, the group is back together, packed for the road and ready to leave. The initial question is what route to take.

Bern and Luminmorn have the map.................

Luminmorn

He shows the map and says "I am ready to head out," His new armor is still shinny.

Lingo

"So, where're we going? This place?"

He points a finger at Thundertree.

"Seems like a long walk. Let's get started."

<Bern>

"Shorter if we take the route less traveled", he said tracing the route on the map. "But you are correct that we have to start if we want to get there", he said with a grin.

Lingo

"So you're saying that when we get to the Triboar Trail that we cross it and go straight north? We could just stay east, outside Neverwinter Wood."

<Bern>

"We can scout the wood when we get there. If it looks like it would be slower going, we can", he said with a nod, "stay west of the wood. That wouldn't add much to the distance and if the woods would be slower, might even be faster. The appeal of the wood is that we are not as visible to others."

Ryssa


After her night's rest, the cleric felt much better and she leaned against a post alongside the wall of the inn as she waited for the tacticians to make up their mind.

Balthazar

He had little experience with the best routes of travel so he left the decision up to those who know.

Lingo

"Makes sense," he says to Bern. "You lead the way."

<Bern>

Satisfied that the decision had been reached, he headed down the road.