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Mind-bogglingly popular game series that you follow from early on and cannot stop, waiting for new installment like a drooling addict.

Long-runner soap opera you're too invested into to just stop watching it.

A fun little comic strip in the daily newspaper that's been around forever.

3/6

Who said it's fun? I didn't for sure.

I'm just waiting here for it to die horribly already so it will stop showing on my Unread Posts list.

[Weirdsound]

B

Lets hear them out. Depending on what land they want, and what they are offering in return, it could be a good deal.

[Hotfire90]

B

[dragonblaze007]

B No point in not hearing them out. And dwarves will be helpful if we help them.

[ANGRY_DEMON_NOISES]

B

[VoidSlayer]

B  We might be able to negotiate some taxes out of them, "lease" the land instead of selling it.

[Weirdsound]

B  We might be able to negotiate some taxes out of them, "lease" the land instead of selling it.

That might be tough. Dwarves like their money. We'd be better off asking for a Military Alliance. Damdamians don't like Dwarves, and they don't like us.

[mightymushroom]

B
I feel like these personages are too important to dismiss with a hand wave.
I'm also skeptical of what they're likely to offer.

[Haspen]

You decide to meet with the dwarven overseers.

The duo, wearing gold, purple and white, walk in the front of the lengthy procession of dwarves. They wear square hats adorned with ropes of silvery beads hanging down like curtains. They have thick beards, definitely dyed pitch-black, or otherwise oiled - no beard shines as much as Am's and Dobar's. Their guards and servants are plainly covered, the former in plate armor and the latter in softly-toned clothes and cloaks.

The one of the two Overseers, the slightly smaller and thinnier one, steps forward.

"Greetings, Emperor Houlandin III of Methiant-Cydwyl. I am Dobar. This is my colleague, Am." Am bows his head slightly. "We're here on behest of High King Varsaalath Katinarag, who wishes to see the might of Dwarven people spread further east, for we've heard that untapped mountains and unclaimed lands lie in that direction, with peoples of savagery and wealth that our King would like to get his beard on."

"Therefore," Am interjects,"High King Katinarag wishes to purchase some land in east of Methiant-Cydwyl. The area in question lies at the end of Tiftit Valley, the slopes of the mountains nearby rolling down toward the inhospitable, sandy deserts of Waterless Plains. Our prospectors and stonemasters already visited the area, and has decreed that the rockbed is good enough to support extensive mining and tunneling."

"As for the price," Now Dobar speaks again, "High King Kathinarag is willing to forego the current loan you have to repay to our bankers. Furthermore, he is ready to pay you in gold and silver, equal to what your gemstone mines produce in span of two years*. The payments would carry on for next thirty years, and would be delivered by dwarven caravans from Zasitost."

Am hides his palms in the sleeves of his robes before adding: "We've for long time experienced stubborness and brashness of Yoean dynasts, and while we have been given a leeway to negotiate with you on the purchase price, we propose that you accept the deal as is. It will be easier on all of us."

A) "No no no, a good trader never parts with his goodies without some barter beforehand. Let's negotiate!"
B) "First of all, you will tell me how some nondescript, barely inhabited lands on outskirts of fertile valley are worth so much."
C) "Fine, I accept the deal as is. Always a pleasure doing business with High King Katinarag and his envoys!"
D) "This deal is insulting to me, for I'm not a cheapskate selling away my domain parcel by parcel. Away with you!"

[ANGRY_DEMON_NOISES]

A

We do have a Charisma bonus from the blessing the spirit dude gave us

[Weirdsound]

D

2 Econ a year for 30 years? I'm sure we could do better, and I'm sure the Dwarves found something incredibly valuable under those hills, but I don't want to risk such a solid payment. If I recall correctly, even though we have CHA, dwarves are not the easiest of people to negotiate with.

[omada]

B first let's make this wise check to see if there is something fishy about this (besides dwarves doing prospector work in our lands without asking for permission), I see that they are willing to trade with rosamana, and they are probably creating extensive tunnels below our cities

then we take of the amulet of persuasion and negotiate, It doesn't need to be exactly money, just use the chance to make an extra addendun where both accept a secret alliance to protect each other against nations which religious authority is xenophobic like those damdamians

or a joint venture against those damdamians with promises of letting them building another fortress south on a pre-determined region or access to the orcworld

[Hotfire90]

B Their offer is generous, too generous.

[Weirdsound]

B first let's make this wise check to see if there is something fishy about this (besides dwarves doing prospector work in our lands without asking for permission), I see that they are willing to trade with rosamana, and they are probably creating extensive tunnels below our cities

then we take of the amulet of persuasion and negotiate, It doesn't need to be exactly money, just use the chance to make an extra addendun where both accept a secret alliance to protect each other against nations which religious authority is xenophobic like those damdamians

or a joint venture against those damdamians with promises of letting them building another fortress south on a pre-determined region or access to the orcworld

The way B is worded, I think it is more a CHA check against stuborn dwarves than it is a WIS check. I'd rather not offend them.

I'll switch to A though, with the understanding that we are bartering for military cooperation or a joint venture into Orc World rather than more money. Either one of those things benefit the dwarves as well, so we should get a bonus for good terms.

[ZBridges]

B

[Kashyyk]

B