Turn 2: Wheeling and Dealing
Iktaka Modri[Inquire after Crystals at Mages Guild: Moderate=8] The Mages Guild was definitely the place to make this sort of inquiry. A couple of younger looking sorts tried to sell her crystals cheap, but Modri was smart enough to ask to see the goods first, to which the would be scammer wandered off. Eventually she found a significantly more austere individual to ask after, and she was finally met with a sensible answer.
She was directed to a mage apparently in charge of a project to try and recombine shattered crystals. A circle of mages focused very intently on a single crystal in the center of the circle, seemingly composed of a number of shards. It wavered in the air, apparently stable. For a second Modri’s heart sank, as she suspected they were going to be successful in recombining the shard. That would make the price steep indeed. Then, suddenly, the crystal shook a little too violently and blew to pieces. The shards were suddenly flying towards the mages, who dove behind small wooden walls, apparently erected for this purpose. Soon the walls had clusters of shards embedded in them. One mage’s leg also caught a shard, eliciting a flurry of activity from medics taking the shard out, inspecting the wound. They even cut it deeper, taking extra flesh away to ensure extraction of the crystal. After this farce of an experiment, Modri suspected she would get the crystals for a low price indeed.
She approached the one she had originally had pointed out to her as the commotion died down, and inquired after shards. He looked beat down by the incident, and offered her a small crate for 30 iron shillings. The crate might have been small, but those shards were awfully small too…
130 iron shillings
Vast supply of scrapwood
Access to live trees
George was still stuck in negotiations with the mercenaries, who appeared to mostly dodge his questions through strange riddles.
Force crystal
200 iron shillings
[Find Adventurous Young Mages: Moderate=7] Believe it or not most people who signed up for the Mages Guild aren’t the overly adventurous type. At least at first they are usually recruited based off of intelligence and force of will. But after getting a number of quick refusals Bane did find a rather ambitious mage who was eager to get a part in the discovery of new crystals. He also looked physically fit enough to do well out at sea. The problem was his demand…
”Yeah, I can come with. 20 iron shillings now, 20 when we succeed. I’m missing my usual work you know. Oh, and I get insider prices on the new crystals, and first access to them, as soon as your selling them of course. If this works, I’ll shoot straight up the ranks.”3 Sea Silver Harpoons
100 iron shillings
[Plan: Simple=4] Herman had brilliant plans dancing around in his head. He could picture hammers pounding away regularly at metal, forming shields, swords, and tools with precision and efficiency. There would be springs, and cranks, and steam, and workers, and chains, and anvils… But the plans danced too quickly, and suddenly they’d lost the beat. How did all of those parts fit together again? It was hard to get the idea to stay together in his head…
Access to bronze for casting
160 iron shillings
Grandmaster Jorun looked tired, and far older than his 48 years. Wol felt a brief pang of sympathy for the man whose life had been hit so hard by the war.
”You know we don’t have many financial resources. Three months ago you would have had anything you could feasibly desire; this is a very practical project. Now I can give you access to the gardens here in Paludan, as well as the surrounding forest. Novice Alice should be able to direct you to the most relevant parts of the forest to the north of here. You’ll have a workbench in the Investigative Herbalism building. For now you’ll just have a mortar and pestle. You’ve also been allotted 40 iron shillings for purchases outside the Guild, and 50 credits good for purchases within the Guild. My apologies on the tight budget… It’s not my choice…”The Grandmaster looked briefly at Wol before walking off, his shoulders hunched from the weight of the knowledge that he was responsible for the Guild, and the fact that it couldn’t give researchers the funds it should be able to.
Access to gardens and forest
Workbench with mortar and pestle
50 Guild credits
40 iron shillings
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