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Originally posted by Net Spinster:
Mary is considering ***barter*** with a dwarf, Ironfoot, who seems to be a resident of Cimenster. Is this possible? Assuming Clawdine is agreeable she can offer food (assuming there is a place to grow it) and possibly healing skill from Dorainen and Gunriana, again if they are agreeable.

BTW I assume the dwarf is one of the day guard not the driver who have been described as humans (not sure what species Hewer and Trepik are suppose to be) and that Clawdine, Ironfoot, and Mary are seated on the back of a wagon and might be able to see some of the others in the distance.

BTW I envisaging that the party is walking between the wagons except when trying to talk to someone on a wagon and that the dwarf guards are walking on the margin of a fairly wide road (a margin kept clear to try to lessen the surprise of attacks or maybe is abandoned farmland from some of the deserted villages).

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with P being the party other than those elsewhere (the party may also be behind the fortified wagon). : are a pair of oxen, == a wagon (+++ is the fortified wagon).

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Originally posted by Net Spinster:
Mary is considering ***barter*** with a dwarf, Ironfoot, who seems to be a resident of Cimenster. Is this possible? Assuming Clawdine is agreeable she can offer food (assuming there is a place to grow it) and possibly healing skill from Dorainen and Gunriana, again if they are agreeable.

BTW I assume the dwarf is one of the day guard not the driver who have been described as humans (not sure what species Hewer and Trepik are suppose to be) and that Clawdine, Ironfoot, and Mary are seated on the back of a wagon and might be able to see some of the others in the distance.

BTW I envisaging that the party is walking between the wagons except when trying to talk to someone on a wagon and that the dwarf guards are walking on the margin of a fairly wide road (a margin kept clear to try to lessen the surprise of attacks or maybe is abandoned farmland from some of the deserted villages).

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 d     d    d      d      d    d      d
==::  ==:: ==::  +++::: ==:: ==:: P ==:: ...
 d     d    d      d      d    d      d

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with P being the party other than those elsewhere (the party may also be behind the fortified wagon). : are a pair of oxen, == a wagon (+++ is the fortified wagon).

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Originally posted by Doublethink:
Mildly interesting salt facts.

And more.

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Originally posted by Ariston:
Alright, so here's what we know about the secure wagon:

1. There are six chests. Three of them contain salt. Three of them might not. The dwarves, on very scant evidence, think they contain gold. Given the paucity of the evidence, I'm guessing they might contain something else. Is there anything banned in Cimenster? Something worth smuggling? Weapons, drugs, dangerous magical items, political material, that sort of thing? I can't imagine that a caravan carrying only gold and salt (again, why is salt valuable in a seaside town? Scrape it off of things before you wash them!) would have to travel at night, but I can think of lots of reasons why one carrying something banned into a paranoid town with a new, harsh, and controlling government might want to.

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2. We're a party of superpowered adventurers, some of whom are strange and unsettling. Between the two witches (one of whom can become wet and naked at a moment's notice), the scary dude, the elf in the jester's hat, and the being that's slept with everything, I think we can create a pretty good distraction to get into the cart.

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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:

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Originally posted by Doublethink:
Mildly interesting salt facts.

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Our problem with salt being traded in coastal areas is that sea salt is readily available through saltings and panns - Panns Bank in Sunderland was the local salt extraction site (in iron panns) and there are saltings all over the south coast - so we can't see why rock salt is being traded unless it's some other salt with more value for some reason - eg saltpetre

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Originally posted by Doublethink:
Of course you are not actually in Sunderland, it would be fair to say that in normal circumstances you would expect a coastal town to be self-sufficient in salt.

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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Just because Jetse doesn't do friendliness there's no need for him to cast aspersions on those that do. Life is so much nicer when it can be enjoyed in company.

And how about Jetse hands over the dice, cards and cups when Er comes near?

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You can certainly barter with Ironfoot - but what are you bartering for ?

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Originally posted by Ariston:
Aspersions? Those were compliments!

Go ahead and pick Jetse's pockets.

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Originally posted by Doublethink:
OK roll is ***easy*** difficulty - 6-10 gets you one day, 10-15 gets you two days, 15-19 gets you three days.

Please outcome post.

(If you get 1 or 20, please post here and I will give you am outcome.)

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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Can I roll for sleight of hand? (I'd rather save the roll for something useful, like gaming with the dwarves but don't have anything to game with, yet)

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Originally posted by Doublethink:
You should have noticed I cocked up the numbers and told me

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Or I got 1.5 or 2.5 nights and we all had to leave at midnight.

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If noone pick's up Goode's character, I'll write him out in such a way that his special items are available to the party - it would probably most suit Er to keep the gambly stuff, the rest might be divied up as you think right.

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John Goode has now left the party, his special items are with Jetse, who has been asked to give the cantrips to Er. Jetse will give the light to whomever he sees fit, or keep it himself. The story post is here, but Er had been looking out for Dr Goode for some time in the hope of getting hold of those dice and gaming bits.

These are:

• Trick coin. When John tosses the coin it always lands his called side up - either heads or tails.
• Magic "three shells and a pea" set: Unless countered by other magic before starting to play, people will get sucked into this game and wager something valuable they own/have control over. No matter how perceptive they may be naturally, they will loose and hand over their stake - if grudgingly. (Can be used once a week. Player characters can not be forced to play or wager. NPCs can negotiate stake, but must wager something of value / importance.)

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You know, the alternative is that Er realises Jetse is asleep or otherwise unconscious and picks his pockets.

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Go ahead and pick Jetse's pockets.

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John Goode has now left the party, his special items are with Jetse, who has been asked to give the cantrips to Er. Jetse will give the light to whomever he sees fit, or keep it himself.

These are:

• Trick coin. When John tosses the coin it always lands his called side up - either heads or tails.
• Magic "three shells and a pea" set: Unless countered by other magic before starting to play, people will get sucked into this game and wager something valuable they own/have control over. No matter how perceptive they may be naturally, they will loose and hand over their stake - if grudgingly. (Can be used once a week. Player characters can not be forced to play or wager. NPCs can negotiate stake, but must wager something of value / importance.)

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