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[Tack]

Nobody has registered a company yet, no. You've all spent a bunch of time or called in a bunch of favors to make that switch over to freelance military work- but tomorrow's the big day.

They're +1's. You're welcome to leave them blank until your character does something worthy of you getting amateur status in that skill.

[Tack]

I can't keep skipping RPGeek, especially as leaving the bar now would make the story more interesting.
Or maybe just less bloody. I can't tell yet.

Hah, followed by RPGeek deciding not to go outside. Keep in mind guys you have absolutely no obligation to stick with the party, or stay in this city even. Not sure if Open world can be done on Forum, but I'm going for it.

[SOLDIER First]

someone's getting their throat slit before the night ends and there's a 10% chance it won't be larok

[Tack]

Hell yes!
I mean, at least 2%.

[SOLDIER First]

Fortunately, Pre-Plot Plot Armor protects him!
_{or not, and he gets what he deserves}

[edit] and thank you for pointing out they were guards at the moment it would be important for him to realize they were guards

[Tack]

Let's just say, in this game, humans act exactly like humans would.
Y'know, to the best of my ability.

Edit: I mean, would guards announce they were guards? I was gonna make the whispering a notice check V stealth, but then realized it would change nothing.
So yeah, guys, if you're going to PM a whisper, do the honourable thing and lemme know about it so I can make checks.

[SOLDIER First]

so, unnecessarily mean?

[Tack]

I'd say these ones are being pretty darn nice.

[Tack]

... Gods Help.

... Us All.

[SOLDIER First]

Someone's dying

[Tack]

??

Also, just mentioning again that they aren't goblins. Captain's just a tool.

Now I should probably leave the other three to their ten minutes of skipped conversation.

[SOLDIER First]

Someone's dying

[Tack]

So yeah RpGeek, if you're leading, feel free to make up the city as you go along. Civil buildings and the homes of nobles are on the cliff tops- everything else is free to be filled in by myself and players as the moment happens.

My general rule of thumb so far is that most bridges shift every five to ten minutes, and there's twice as many ladders as stairs, and twice as many stairs as ramps.

Edit: Little by little we are fleshing the rules. Next up, money!
I was planning on using the pathfinder system, as that has basically everything bought and sold, hired or serviced, whilst still being in a free srd.

My only problem so far is that it assumes giant wads of cash spewing from the wounds of monsters fought.
I attempted to fix that (and may have) by making everyone pretty poor. (so 10k gold is not normal, let alone entirely feasible).

So, I guess to start with- how well paid is Ghamina, and was she paid in advance, or has Nabih been handling her financing?
Let's say Corporal is paid 4 silver a day, no room or board. (Meaning Larok made 36 silver off his little wager).
However Larok would've earned about 81 silver from a season's work, which earned him 3 silver a day, minus rest days.

I assume Nabih would've borrowed a decent amount- maybe 500 silver, which has then dwindled a little over the journey.
Whilst the biggest issue would be Riskiss, who'd have made an absolute killing on liquidated jewellry (that stuff's expensive)- but considering time, and extravagant tastes, might be seeing that rainy day fund drying up.

Any thoughts or concerns on this stuff so far? 4600silver for simple house. 20 for sword

[GiglameshDespair]

I'd say making a week 10 days is needless complication.
Call it a tenday or something, but a week is a week.
It's like saying a minute is now 73 second.

As for Ghamina's pay... I imagine it's pretty decent, because she is a rather skilled bodyguard and servant.
But she's also not really someone who pends, since she'd have room and board provided by Nabih's family, and she's not really got many hobbies.

500 silver would mean that Nabih would be able to hire five men at 3 silver (assuming that'd be standard pay?) for a month, which isn't much of a mercenary band, never mind a company.

But really, it'd be nice to know how much a silver is worth comparatively.



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For average skills, Ghamina will also take Ride, Craft, Will and Decieve

[Caellath]

Nabih does come from a trading clan and besides his own funds as a trader/craftsman means he's even borrowed cash from his family to get a good headstart on the whole mercenary corp. Like Gigla has pointed out, the starting funds you've mentioned seem insufficient start a mercenary company as 450 silver would disappear if I paid five men for a month's work using Larok's remuneration as a guide. I don't want to start off rich, but I expected being able to start reasonably well if indebted.

Ghamina's been paid by Nabih's family so far, so we could keep it that way or shift the payments to Nabih's own pocket.

What do you think of my sheet as of its latest update?