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« Reply #1395 on: January 23, 2019, 08:13:07 pm »

The trip home was uneventful this time, save for a brilliant view of a passing comet for some ten minutes or so. Chevash d'Ghallanda extended a long pole and a net with a jug in it to chill in the comet's wake, pulling it back. He'd serve comet tail ice cream later that night, which wasn't exactly as good as normal, but it was somehow more interesting.

The descent towards Sharn was fairly ordinary, with the ship paused for an hour while a berth was cleared. It seemed you'd arrived at a busy enough time. Speculation about the strange alien civilization was, for now, largely confined to the house, though as tales of your adventure spread you had little doubt that Sharn would take notice of the discovery of a new ancient civilization beyond the stars.

Feel free to post your downtimes. In case you missed it, that's 8 days on the ship, then 30 days in Sharn.
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« Reply #1396 on: January 23, 2019, 08:26:59 pm »

Day ?
Detlas will make sure that he makes the time to go with Shredder to the museum whenever the hobgoblin says so. While he has very little experience with these things, he assumes that it can't be too different from official events and various ceremonies back in the army. So on this day, he'll wash up, and take some time to go to an actual barber to get a clean shave, and trimmed hair. By the end of it, he'll hopefully look proper. But he'll probably never shake that unmistakable military look.

Day 1
Just after landing, dropping his things off, and retrieving his cash, Detlas makes a beeline to the Tradefair Market. He spends the day searching for a good clothing merchant, and uses Shredder’s exact words as he tells them “I want to attend a fundraiser at the Brelish Museum.”

Day 2
The ex-officer is always haunted by the memories of war. But recently, they’ve been of a less terrible nature. Dreams of when he was a child around 15. When instead of fighting for life and limb on the front lines, he acted as a young assistant, shunted around to help where it was needed. Much of the time was at the smithies. He learned there, and saw tools of war made day in and day out. Fond memories. Maybe just because of how everything else was.
He goes to Lower Northedge, and rents out a forge. He spends the rest of the day working on his first project. A weapon that he’s quite fond of, something that’s saved his life countless times. A trench axe. It looks like a tool shed and armory had a bastard child. With the blade of a battleaxe, the head of a hoe, and a spearhead jutting out of the top, it's likely a unique thing for those who don't have some knowledge about such things. It was made during the war, and saw immense use and popularity, especially among the infantry in the trenches. The blade could be used for cutting and chopping, the hoe for digging, and the spike for fighting in confined areas where wide strikes aren’t viable.
Renting a day at the forge and buying the materials needed end up costing Jundar 7.95 Gallifars.
In spending his time out there, he also takes in the area. Lower class, certainly. But it appeals to him. Almost reminds him of home, the few times he went back.
He decides to move from the guildhouse down to one of the boarding houses in the district, and from one Gallifar a day, to one Gallifar a week, and from comfortable to modest. Not that it bothers him. To him, a “modest” lifestyle is luxurious compared to his life in the military and nearly a decade on that rock.

Days 3-29
With his memories and skills reignited by the flames of the forge, a certain sense of pride (or perhaps it's relief over having SOMETHING to do) comes over Detlas. It’s very brief. But knowing that this weapon will help him in his next fight is...good.
His dreams are now hounded by thoughts of death. An armored trooper like he had some of the best protection you could get on this plane. That was what saved him from the blast, no doubt. Now it’s gone. It’s like his skin is gone. And he’s only felt this defenselessness starting now, since there was nothing to fight on the rock.
The man quickly draws up a set of diagrams of his old specialist armor. Expensive, arduous, and so on. He spends most of his free money on this thing, and spends almost an entire month obsessively working on it at the Arcanoforges in the Middle Menthis Spire, hiring a full team to help him.
Between this and his brutal training regimen, the man falls asleep nearly the moment he gets home.
[Jundar’s old war armor - 27/54 days 348.47/1601 Gallifars]
« Last Edit: January 23, 2019, 08:28:47 pm by Bill Chompski »
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« Reply #1397 on: January 23, 2019, 08:44:55 pm »

Considering that work would not begin on the tazer until they return to Sharn, Stella would have spent most of her time working on her tinkers' tools. She hopes to invent new, better ranged weapons one day, perhaps based upon technology.

[Tinkers' tools: 24/56]
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« Reply #1398 on: January 23, 2019, 11:25:10 pm »

Atil makes his way through the area, deeper and farther down, ready to inact his plan to get what it is he truely wants, at the moment.
Atil’s 30 day plan:
Day 1-7: the Cogs Slum (stay at the flophouse [1.6 g]) fighting pits
Athletics = 17 (13+4)     Dexterity = 20 (18+2)    Wisdom = 3 (2+1)

Day 8-14: Lower Tavick’s Landing (stay at the Orien Express Inn [14 g]) Fighting pits
Athletics = 15 (11+4)     Dexterity = 18 (16+2)    Wisdom = 3 (2+1)

Day 15-21: Lower Dura (stay at the Cracked Mirror [21 g] and have everything moved out of the room, yet again, and replaced with warm hay and maybe a warm blanket for after the bath.) Fighting Pit.
Athletics = 7 (3+4)     Dexterity = 10 (8+2)    Wisdom = 20 (19+1)

Day 22-25/27: Talk with Kech and see if he needs muscle for a real fight.

Day 26/28-28/30: Spend time with Thalia, making sure she hasn’t died, yet, and telling her stories of the past, during the war, and of my current exploits, as well as the stranger we met from the war. A small token of hope in finding her husband.

Day 28-30: Check on Bravejo and make sure he is still able to work. Offer him 100 g if it looks like he is doing well, as an investment for new and better tools.
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The Pilot and their cargo handlers paused when they saw that the entire camp is covered in eldritch runes coated in blood. And rotting monkey corpses everywhere..

They decide that they didn't get paid enough for this..

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« Reply #1399 on: January 23, 2019, 11:43:56 pm »

Mr. Shredder is taken aback by the sneaky inquisitor. Fyodor was, perhaps, the only member of the crew that he didn't intend to go out of his way to get along with, but at this point he wasn't going to say no to extra funds for the project. "Indeed. I believe you of all people don't need to be convinced of the weapon's effectiveness, do you? We were just discussing pooling funds to reverse engineer the thing. If we get 3-4 of us to put in one to two hundred gold now to buy the Alien weapon and other components, and another one to two hundred after our next successful voyage to fund time at an Arcaneoforge, we should have a good chance at getting it to work. What do you think?"

”A most worthy endeavor. I have knowledge of arcane devices and such. I believe I may be able to help.
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« Reply #1400 on: January 24, 2019, 04:06:22 am »

"I'm also familiar with the Arcane, but I'm not sure how useful that skill is going to prove in this project. Sorimas casted detect magic in the ruin, and couldn't see even a spark of the supernatural outside of that odd necromancy zone. The people who built that place seem to have accomplished everything without an understanding of the arcane sciences!"

The Hobgoblin scratches his chin. "We might need to use magic to simulate the weapon's power source, but aside from that, the project strikes me as a task for a Tinker like Stella. Regardless, if we were to each chip in 125gp now, that would cover the materials. I think we should each contribute at least 150 to start though, to at least cover the first few days at the Arcanoforge."
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« Reply #1401 on: January 24, 2019, 08:12:06 am »

"Do you plan on consulting the others that I have mentioned?" Stella asks.
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« Reply #1402 on: January 24, 2019, 03:33:20 pm »

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« Reply #1403 on: January 24, 2019, 03:47:42 pm »

"I suppose if either of you feel the need to drive the individual cost any lower, or get money for the Arcaneoforge faster, I could..." The Hobgoblin muses, "But the three of us should be enough, and if we have too many people claiming partial ownership of the device, it could get chaotic in deciding who gets to use it."
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« Reply #1404 on: January 24, 2019, 06:08:05 pm »

"Very well. How will it be resolved between the three of us, then?" Stella inquires.
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« Reply #1405 on: January 24, 2019, 06:41:02 pm »

"Well, we all have other weapons to use in battle..." Mr. Shredder muses, "so it will probably come down to who wants to use it on any given day. If one of us eventually puts in the time and effort to become proficient with the device, that person should be the primary wielder. Regardless of who is using it, we obviously should not sell it unless all three of us agree to do so, in which case..."

The Hobgoblin thinks for a moment before continuing, "we should split the payment 40-30-30, with you getting the larger share Stella, as you will likely be doing most of the labor. Does that sound fair to you two?"
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« Reply #1406 on: January 24, 2019, 06:42:41 pm »

"I wonder why I would be doing the larger portion of labor, as I am no smith, but I am not opposed to it. I do not spend time socializing."
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« Reply #1407 on: January 24, 2019, 06:44:21 pm »

"This is work for a Tinker, not a smith. You are not going to heat the expensive alien tech up and pound it on an anvil willy nilly! ...At least I hope not."
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« Reply #1408 on: January 24, 2019, 06:46:23 pm »

"Gemsmiths do not do so, but that is a digression. I am not a tinker yet, but I suppose I possess marginally more knowledge. Very well--how do you propose we divide the labor? Will it be done in a similar ratio?"
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« Reply #1409 on: January 25, 2019, 02:42:46 am »

"In an ideal world we will divide the labor in a similar ratio, but I somehow doubt that either the inquisitor or I will be of that much use without proper training. If you wind up doing most to all of the labor, we will either give you a larger cut of the potential sell price, or assume a larger share of the cost when it comes time to pay for the Arcaneoforge." The Hobgoblin decides after a moment of thought.

Mr. Shredder gives Stella 150gp to use towards the project.

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Upon arrival, Hel-Shredder notices that neither the house, nor any of his comrades, have shown any interest in claiming, or indeed even assigning a price to, the satellites that were found floating above the alien worlds. He claims them for himself. He'll pay 1GP to take out an extra room in the staffhouse for a night to store the large objects in while he shops for the supplies he needs to take them apart.

Day 1: Shopping
Mr. Shredder purchases the following items in The Middle Central Spire:
1 set of new noble clothes (15g)
1 set of tinker's tools (50g)
10 pints of oil (1g)

He also returns to the Artisan while out shopping, pays the remaining 35 gold owed on the mounted alien wand and rapier, and collects said item. While there, he inquires what the Artisan might do to display the both the broken cleaning robot and the 30gp of alien trinkets he claimed on his most recent adventure, and at what cost.
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