Turn 5: Wax Molds Galore!
Iktaka ModriModri made a fairly small offer of twenty iron shillings to the mage, hoping his recent trauma would be enough to get him out of Varisport. [Hire for 20: Moderate=7] Her suspicions were confirmed, because while the mage did grumble a bit about the small amount of coin he also did join her.
With the mage’s leg still recovering from the mishap with the crystal shard, walking or riding was out of the question. Modri needed to hire a cart, costing her another 6 shillings. She arrived full of hope in Ferrarbor, knowing she had the resources to make a major discovery, if her luck held out.
- 26 shillings, + 1 Mage Helper74 iron shillings
Vast supply of scrapwood
Access to live trees
Small Crate of Shards
Mage Helper
George ThainGeorge was finally on the move towards a cave!!
Force crystal
200 iron shillings
Bane Willedhelm[Get the Guard to Assist: Moderate=11] The guard was a lightweight. Bane and his companions could wrack up huge bar tabs before being willing to make as stupid of decisions as this guard was prepared to. It didn’t take money, hell it didn’t even take any more alcohol. The mere suggestion of fame, and the slaying of great beasts, had the guard jumping up and almost proclaiming the plan to everyone, thinking he could recruit the entire alehouse. Almost. Bane and Podri managed to calm the overeager guard down and get him to come out of the alehouse, setting off towards the Mages Guild compound.
On their arrival they found the building that Podri had described. It had a fairly high wall but no roof. The entrance was guarded by two men who looked substantially more serious about their job than the drunken tag along, but there was a side by the garden where there were no guards, nor would there be tonight.
+ 1 drunken guard3 Sea Silver Harpoons
83 iron shillings
The services of a young mage named Podri
Herman TongsItem | Shaping (Simple) | Honing (Moderate) | Results |
Hammer | 9,7 | 4,5 | 1 Well-Made, 1 Fair |
Mechanism | 7,3,5,7 | 11,6,5 | 1 Great, 1 Rough, 1 Fair |
Frame | 3,11 | 10 | 1 Perfect |
Spring | 4,6 | 7 | 1 Fair |
Crank | 7,6 | 7,10 | 2 Well Made |
Herman got to work making duplicate molds for each part he would need, knowing many would fail, and each would only be used once. Three of his molds did fall apart as he formed them, but all of the others kept their shapes. He took these remaining nine and tried to hone them, perfecting their shape. The work was repetitive and demanded a lot of concentration, but Herman was experienced in casting, and the work came easily. He had a mold of a mechanism that he would have been disappointed to show another smith, and a number of decently made molds of most parts, but by far his happiest moment was when he stepped back from the mold for the frame. It was perfectly shaped and he felt confident that any shrinkage of the metal during the casting process would easily be compensated for by the precision of the mold. Whatever else happened to his machinery, he knew it would be structurally supported unless something disastrous happened during the pouring process.
Access to bronze for casting
160 iron shillings
Sketch of hand-crank hammer
- Hammer
- Two Mechanisms
- Metal Frame
- Spring
- Crank
Wax for Casting
Wol Fann[Give Poisoned Rat Sage: Simple= 5] It was sort of tough to get the rat to eat any of the sage, given its current state, however some did go down. It seemed to calm down the spasms. It seemed that the rat was incapable of responding to stimuli in any way, but its symptoms had calmed and it was still breathing.
[Get more rats: Simple=8] There wasn’t a single person in the guild who wouldn’t like a little more money than they had, such was the state of the Herbalists Guild. A couple of novices were willing to take a break from their studies to chase rats for Guild credits. 20 credits bought 7 rats, with two being rather fat and one clearly younger than the other specimens.
[Train rats: Moderate= 10, 8 ,4 ,12,8, 12, 5] One of the fat ones was too interested in sleeping to go after the food. Another one of intermediate size just didn’t seem to get it, no matter how hard Wol tried. This rat was just too stupid. The young rat was quick to pick up, but was so damn cute that Wol became rather attached. Little Jorun quickly became Wol’s favorite. Another rat was allergic to the food, or something, because it didn’t actually survive eating it.
Access to gardens and swamp
Workbench with mortar and pestle
50 Guild credits
40 iron shillings
Cowbane
Red Vine
Sage
White Crown
6 Dead Rat
Poisoned Rat