He looks at you a second then says, "Five gold a night."
After you pay, he places a crystal disk on the counter, saying, "Put your hand on this."
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He looks at you a second then says, "Five gold a night."
After you pay, he places a crystal disk on the counter, saying, "Put your hand on this."
"Okay..." He says with a shrug and does so.
The crystal glows for a second.SpoilerYeah. That's fine.
The Sad Flint is expensive, because it's the big tourist attraction and has good enough fare to get the price.
One gold per day will cover all of your meals, assuming you eat cheap foods elsewhere and drink only water.
"You're on the second floor. Room 281."
He points to the stairs with one hand as he places the disk back underneath the counter.
He nods and says "Thank you." as he goes to his room.
He looks around the room... and leaves his psicrystal near the door as an improvised alarm. Just in case...
If nothing strange happens during the night, he sleeps till around 7.30 am, to get back to the Guild's tower at 8 am.
SpoilerAh, okay. I will know next time.
Is there enough time for one more gather information check, so he still gets 8h sleep?
If yes : Gather Info (Most Known Alchemists in the city) [roll0]
The door to the room has neither handle nor lock that you can recognize. In the center of the door, however, there is a single crystal disk like the one from the bar. Touching it causes your door to open.
It opens onto a 10 x 15 room. There is a bed, a chest of drawers, and a large wooden chest that doubles as a nightstand. There's a rug on the floor and a single small window that lets in light.
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SpoilerThat depends entirely on what time you intend to wake up.
SpoilerAs mentioned in previous post 7.30 am... although I don't think a result of 3 would bring anything anyway...
"Good enough." he says as he enters the room.
He sleeps till around 7.30 am. Cleans and wears fresh, elegant clothes. He stops to eat something on the way and walks back to the Guild's tower.
A man sits at the receptionist's desk this morning.
"Good morning! May I help you?"
"Good morning. I applied for a position in the guild yesterday and was told to come today to see the result."
"Alrighty then. What is your name, sir? I'll look it up right away to see if I've got anything."
After telling him, he looks through his paperwork.
"I'm sorry, I don't have anything here. They either haven't decided yet or haven't sent me a copy of the decision. You'll either have to wait until you're contacted or let me send a runner to inquire."
"I guess I will wait for now."
At least for some time.
Spoiler
Just in case
Sense motive (if he is lying) [roll0]
He seems to be telling the truth about not having it and about the higher ups not always sending him notes about their decisions.
In this case he waits for about an hour. If there still is no information by that time, he asks the receptionist to sent the runner.
The runner returns shortly after and says, "Yep, they say you're in. They're just waiting to get the records updated a membership card written out for you."
"Oh, good. Should I sign anything, or just wait?" he says a bit relieved.
"I don't know. That's all they told me..."
The runner seems genuinely clueless, and being only about 11, he didn't think to ask any questions other than what he was told to ask.
"Thanks."
He turns to the receptionist this time and says exactly the same thing as before, maybe more confused than relieved this time though.
Why the hell did I say that to the runner? he thinks for a second, before speaking to the receptionist.
"It seems that I am in, should I sign anything, or simply wait till this information reaches you?"
"Well, since you already know, there's not much left to do. We'll have a courier deliver your membership card to the address you provided on your application. You can sign it when you get it.
Oh! And they like to have a little ceremony for all the new members at the end of each month. So, you don't want to miss that."
He checks the calender.
"Yep, about two weeks from now."
"Hmm, since I have only temporary address in this city, would it be possible for me to just receive the card in person? For example later today?
I was also told that a small apartment would be available for guild members, who should I see to arrange that?"
"Ah, well, I'm afraid that's part of the paperwork they're working out. If you indicated that you needed one as a permanent residence, then that's probably the cause for the delay."
"Oh, that explains everything. Do you, perhaps know how long could it take? Hours... days?"
"They should know by this afternoon. I'll also make sure your card is held for you here, if you want to go take care of other business and pick it up later."
"Okay, thank you." he says with a nod and goes out.
He walks around the Old Town, trying to find some kind of Real Estate merchant, trying to find out what are the typical prices of small buildings in the city.
Two hours later, he finds just such a merchant. Unfortunately, he is informed that only registered citizens may own land.
He remembers the place just in case and tries to find out what would be an average price of a small shop, near the center of the city.
After that he asks around to see, who are the main alchemy merchants in the city and which guild (if any) do they belong to.
SpoilerI assume it would be Gather information check.
... it is around 11 am, by my calculations, so I have some time.
Gather information [roll0]
time [roll1]
He discovers that an average small shop that is only about a 20 ft x 20 ft store front with no other amenities near the center of town averages about 13,000.00 gp.
There is no centralized alchemy guild. Alchemists belong to either one of the magical guilds or a merchant guild, if they belong to a guild at all.
SpoilerI didn't mean alchemy guild.
I was looking for potential competition, checking for guilds to see which of them could be future allies (the same guild as me) or enemies (other guilds).
... and man, that's expensive! :smalltongue:
If I craft something and sell it through guild's merchants I get 50% of the market price, or some more? 100% - city tax and guild fee? ... around 80%-70%?
How common is the magic in this setting? If, for example I wanted to hire someone to Planar Bind a creature, would it be possible, or is it to high-level magic?
Sorry for the wall of questions, but I am thinking about other ways to spend time, other than crafting things and selling them...
Edit: Ah, for some reason I thought about it just now. How much for renting such building, instead of buying it?
SpoilerAh, sorry. I wasn't entirely clear on that. I'll have to wait until I get home and have better note access to give you the right information on that.
Yep.
It depends on the deal you work out. You'll have to RP it.
Common enough that you could find such a caster if you looked. Actually convincing them to do it might not be so easy.
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It depends on the deal you work out. You'll have to RP it.
After obtaining the basic information about the city, Lanakhad couldn't do much more for now. Everything in order, and the next thing in line, was getting the guild membership business done.
With these thoughts and the seeds of some devious plans for the future he walks back to the Guild Tower.
"Hello again, is my guild card ready?" he asks with a smile. (He says it in different way, if there is a different receptionist, explaining the case first.)
The moment you enter, you see the woman from the previous day. She sees you and smiles broadly.
"You made it! Welcome to the Guild. They left your card here for you. I was wondering when you'd come by."
"Thank you very much. Actually I've checked earlier, but it wasn't ready yet.
So, is there something like a tour for new members?"
He says smiling back.