3.5 The pact magic quest. (Solo campaign)

[Walkabout]

Roj gives the baker eight copper coins. "Thank you!" he says with a grin. "Another time, sir!" Roj adds as he leads Erina back to the street.

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I like the idea! Are they fig or grape leaves? I think either would work pretty well, and would even be edible with the food! Mmmm...Dolmas...

[zagan]

"Good day to you." The baker said as a parting shop. Erina wordlessly hand you your roll. On the street nothing much as change the two men you remark earlier are nowhere in sight perhaps still in the Map vendor shop or already gone.

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Wichever leaves that are big enough and abondant enough in the region, let's see what tree grow on the coast. ***Gone googling***
Yeah fig leaves, seem pefect.

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Roj takes a large bite of the pastry and savors the flavors, as it reminded him of the rolls his mother once made. He stops for a moment as his mind wanders briefly before walking once more. "Let's check out the map shop, hm?" he asks Erina.

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I had a figs & honey and peanutbutter sandwich earlier. Yay!
Sorry I'm so tardy today.

[zagan]

She nod absently while finnishing her roll. When you enter the shop you see the two men from earlier and coming from the back of the shop a dark haired Gnome who's probably the vendor. He's wearing an overall with lot of parchement and instrument in the various pocket. In his hand you can see four map case. He adresse the two men. "I found four map that could correspond to what you want. Please take a look." Leaving the case on the counter for them to look at he turn toward you. "Welcome to my shop I am Tendelow Bartin what can I do for you ?" Meanwhile the men open the case and began murmuring to each other.

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You're not late, one post a day is plenty.
If you want you can make a listen check to heard what the two are saying.

[Walkabout]

Roj nods and smiles at the gnome. "Good day! I was wondering if I could get a map or two of the area, an old one and a more recent one. I'm also looking for anything about Syfal."

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Thanks! I'm name-dropping! Woo-hoo!
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[zagan]

"A recent one about the area is easy but a little vague. I got a number of them that I can propose, for the land I suppose, I also have a number of seamap, what type of detail, how big an area should it cover ? As for old map the most important question will be how old ? As for Syfal, I'm sorry i don't know that name perhpas your thinking of Dimal a small island to the north of here." Waiting for your response he turn to regard the two men, one of them was looking at you curiously before turning back toward his companion and exchanging a few word.
Having finnished her roll Erina was looking around curiously.

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Ok, first of all did you just invent a name for me to place somewhere on my continent ?
As for your listen check a carriage pass with a lot of noise in the street drowing the murmur out. If you want you can try again but of course you will have miss a part of the conversation.

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"The more detail the better. I'd prefer land within a week or so's walking distance, though it'd be nice to see the coastline, too." Roj pauses. "Dimal, is it? My apologies!" he nods to the gnome.

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Syfal's like the First Binder. The guy who chronicled the first vestiges and how to form pacts, etc. Thought I should've mentioned that in that previous post. Sorry. He's the one that wrote my masterwork tool for Knowledge (the Planes) - Syfal's Treatise on the Beyond!
I name-dropped to see what kind of reaction would come from the guy bound to Aym and his companion. Do you need to slightly amend the last post?
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[zagan]

"Very well I will look at what I have." Tendelow return to the back of the shop. Of the two men one is looking distractly at the map and the other is looking in your direction discretly he place his hand on his side and turn to show his palm with Aym symbol.

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I was confused where did that name come from ? Did you just invent it or it is in ToM ? And yes next time if you could be clearer it would be great. On that note if you could list your equipment in detail in your character sheet it would help me a little, mostly for thing like cord, grappling hook, masterwork tool, alchemical item, caltrops that sort of thing. I know it's a bother, I don't like to do it myself but I think it's necessery.
So anyway i edit my previous post please edit your to reflect that.
Edit: And you don't hear anything because at the moment they aren't talking.

[Walkabout]

"My thanks!" he replies to the gnome.

He looks to the man with Aym's brand, then winks and nods slowly, still smiling.

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Tome of Magic. First thing about him is under Notables on pg16, though there are other references to him elsewhere. I'll let you know about those sorts of things in the future. Sorry.
I'll also finish filling out the character sheet. Sorry again.

[zagan]

The man nod to you and gesture toward the outside of the shop as an indication to talk after they finnished here. Tindelow come back with a few case. "Alright, I found three modern map that correpond to what you want. As for old one I have two one a hundred year old and one, a copy, for the area five hundred year ago. I didn't find anything on Dimal island itself but I have a sea map with the route to reach it. I let you take a look while I finnished with these gentlemen." Tindelow return toward the men.
The map all look in good condition, of the modern one the first one cover a 150 miles radius with Aloma and part of the coast at the botom, you can see the principal road and city. The second one is smaller but with more detail it cover on ly a 75 miles radius with at least 20 miles of sea indicating reef and beach, on the land the forest are named, a number of small village are indicated with the road leading to them. The third map is bigger than the first but without any scale making it harder to see the distance clearly it's also more decorate but with less inscription.
On the hundred year all map, when comparing with the first map you don't find much difference appart from a few difference in the size of Aloma and a few missing village.
The last map, the copy, is in perfect shape you can see a lot of difference for once Aloma was just a small village with no road leading inward and a lot more forest inland. A few named are written most in common indicating the name of the forest or the river but a few other name in language you can't read semmingly in the middle of nowhere.
Erina is looking at the map curiously, "You're searching for a place in particular ?"
Meanwhile the men add apprently come to a decision. "We take this one" Tindelow respond "It'll be a hundred gold for that one" The man didn't hesitate and take a bourse from his belt and give it to the gnome. He give a quick look inside before deposeting it on what appear to be a scale. He look attentively at it for a second before noding once. "A pleasure gentlemen, if you need anything else don't hesitate to come back. Have a good day." The second man respond with a smile "You too.". when they pass next to you the first one give you a quick nod indicating the door.

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You can make an int check to see if you remenber the language on the old map, but in any case you can't read it.
I'm not angry, it as just that when I try to look at it to see if you reference the name somewhere and I didn't see anything. On that note could you repost the link the one I have doesn't seem to be to date.
On Syfal, I did read that part when first reading the book but for me it was only flavor text so I forget it in favor of the detail on the mechanic.

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"How much are they?" Roj inquires of the gnome before turning back to Erina. "Not really. I just want to get the lay of the land and familiarize myself with things. Is there a library or lore-house in town that could give me some background and history?"

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Ugh. I had a horrible weekend. We basically worked on my son's homework ALL weekend! It was a completely wasted weekend.

[zagan]

Tindelow look at the map and indicated them in turn, "This one is fifty gold" he point the 150 miles map, "This one is forty gold," pointing at the 75 miles one "and this one is also forty gold" for the map without scale. "As for the older model, I can't part with the hundred year old map for less than eighty gold, while the last one is only a copy it's still very valuable I'll say a hundred. Ah and yes the map for Dimal island thirty gold." While he's waiting for your response Erina respond to your earlier question.
"We don't have any library in town you could perhaps find something at the town hall, but if your really interest in history the best place is the library in the capital, I heard it's huge."

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Already that much homework ? Harsh.

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Roj pales just a little before recovering himself. "That's a little steep for what I've got at the moment. I'll take this one," he says pointing at the modern one with the greater detail, "now and I'll have to earn some more gold before I can get more, but I definitely want that copy," he adds with a wide smile as he begins haggling over prices.

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Only because he kept forgetting to bring it home when it was given so it all stacked up on him. And he's still missing two other assignments. Ugh.
Do you allow Diplomacy for haggling or anything like that?
In case the answer is yes: Diplomacy - (1d20+10)[22]. If not, I'll strike the end of my last sentence.

[zagan]

Tindelow look at you for a moment before smilling. "Very well I can let you have it for thirty-five gold but no less, but only because it's not a rare exemplaire." Erina observe but didn't say anything.

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Yes, kid can easly forget thing like that.

Yes, you can haggle the price, I forget to mention it in my last post. Don't hesitate to roll for something even if I didn't ask, it speed thing up. After looking at the rule for haggling in complete adventure I decid to ignore them because you would have need to hit a 30 DC minimum and it's ridiculous (plus you would have need a full minute of talkink), you roll will definitively influence any npc you want to haggle with but I'l assign the DC depending on roleplay and the detail of the npc. If your curious in that case it's 20 because he is happy from a very good sell just now and the map isn't particulary rare. Just to be sure we're talking about the 75 miles one ? at forty gold ?

A few day ago a ask about a list of sourcebook, I know your busy and all but if you manage to post in the OC thread i'll give all the detail I decid upon about you original country in case someone ask you about it or you want to act differently depending on that.

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Roj holds out his hand. "Done if you throw in a scroll case!" he declares and pays the gnome. "And I'll be back for the others as soon as I'm able."

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Yeah, it's amazing what that kid chooses to remember, let alone what he forgets.
Yes, the 75 mile map.
I've posted the sourcebooks in the OOC. Sorry it took so long

[zagan]

Tindelow smiled "Deal" He take your gold once again use the weird scale to count it and give you the map case. "Good day to you sir"
Once outside you see the two men from before waiting for you, they look calm but vary.

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I post the detail for you in the OOC let me know what you think.

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"Great! I'll see you again about the others!" Roj says with a wave. "Excuse me a moment, Erina," he says to his guide as he steps towards the men. "Nice map, y'all got! Join me for dinner at the inn this evening?" he adds the latter under his breath.

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Thanks. Sorry. Looks good so far. I'll make specific comments tomorrow.

[zagan]

Erinina watch curiously as you approche the two men but don't interfer.
The men look at each other before apparently deciding to play allong "Yes, we have a hard time finding it. The one near the quay ?" While his comarade is talking the second men is looking at you attentively evidently trying to spot for any sign of vestige.

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Remember that you can suppres or revel the sign of binding at will as a swift action.

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Making sure to keep his face away from Erina, Roj allows Ronove's sign to take over his features for a brief moment, causing him to frown despite his generally positive demeanor. "Well, that worked out well then. Maybe we could compare maps sometime?" he nods to the subtle question.

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Good point. Thanks. Ronove's is a little subtle, but hopefully they'll pick it up.

[zagan]

Seing you change expression so suddenly surprise the man for an instant before nodding to himself and smilling to you. "Yes it could be very informative. We'll be there.. Good day to you.". With that they turn an began marching away. When they're gone Erina approch you. "What was that ? Did you know them ?"

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Yes, Ronove sign is subtle but for another binder it's clear enough.

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He nods to the men as they depart before suppressing Ronove's sign once more and turning back to Erina. "Nope, just makin' nice with folks with similar interests!" He turns on the charm fully and smiles at they young woman. "So where to next, hm?"

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Fair 'nuff.

[zagan]

Erina look at you curiously for a second before nodding "Oh, alright then. Well, if you have finnished shopping we can continue and we should arrive shortly to the grand place. With the town hall and the big temple." She began walking in that direction. After following the street a little more you you see less shop and more residential house, wealthier people live here. Finnaly you arrive in a big place surround big buillding. Contrary to the shopping district you don't see many people around here but the one you see are wearing fancier clothes. The town hall is an impossing looking building with a severe façade. Next to it you so another officila looking buiding. And finally you see three temple next to each other separate only by small street. The temple to neptune is easily recognizable it's the biggest one decorate with the Trident and a lot of marine motif. The temple of Kord is smaller and more open to public with various weapon decorating it. Finnaly the smlest one dedicated to Fharlanghn is still very interesting because he has more color and the people inside look more agitated.
Erina let you look around a little "Impresive isn't it ? Foreigner are always surprise to see such beautifull building in our small town."

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Don't hesitate to ask for clarification, i fear that my description is a little confusing even for me.

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Roj nods and smiles at Erina. "Indeed! What's that next to the town hall?"

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Actually, I think you did a good job here!
One clarification: you said the people in Fharlanghn's temple are agitated. Are they irritated or stirred-up for some reason or is there another definition you're intending?

[zagan]

"Oh, that's just the, hum, how could I explain it ? It's a sort of guildhall, but not for only one guild. Because we are a small town we nobody can afford to have a guildhall for each profession, so all the different guild have give money to build a big one that they all use one after the other. It's also use for encounter with represent from other town that sort of thing. I've never been inside personnaly." Erina breath a little after that speach before continuing. "So, earlier you mentionned something about history, if you want we can go to the town hall we have the time and they're not much else to see."


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No, they're not agitated in that sense of the word they just move faster or more often the other people on the other temple a more calm or simply discuss in low voice.
I need to remember one of the most important rule of DMing the player always focused on the wrong thing if he insist a little on any one point.
So no question about the detail I give on your country ?

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"Interesting concept. And a very good one," he responds to Erina's description of the All-Guildhall. "Some history would be nice. Shall we?" he asks her with a smile, holding out his elbow to escort her.

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Okay, gotcha! Thanks for the clarification on Fharlanghn's temple-folk.
At the moment, the only thing I'm wondering about is The Eye's domains and portfolio. Has the god (and his church) always been tyrannical?

[zagan]

"No, problem." With that Erina guide you toward the hall, on the way you pass by a few people but they ignore you.
The inside of the hall is a severe as the exterior, past the door you enter a short hall with a desk and a woman is writting on some parchment.
Erina approche her. "Excuse-me, could you tell us where we can find historical record of the town ?"
The woman frow a little before responding curtly. "The public record are on the third room to the left in this corridor, ask for Fend." She gesture toward a corridor behind her before returning to her work.
Erina thank her, before signaling you to follow her. You found the room without any problem, on the way you pass by a number of office with or without people working inside.
On arriving you find a very big room with row after row of shelves civered with parchment and book. At the center of the room a big table is set and a Elf is busy sorting out a number of document. When hearing you he look up.
"Yes ?"
Without waiting for you Erina respond "Are you Fend ? We would like to look at the history of the town."
"Yes, I'm Fend, I'm a little busy as you can see but tell me what your searching for and I can at least tell you wherre to look."


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That was longuer than excpect.
As for Eyes his domain are Law, Nobility, Knowledge and Mind, if a cleric want he can also worship one of his subordinate at the same time they each have one domain.
The Right arm: War, The Left arm : Protection, The Legs: Travel, The Heart: Healing, The Mouth: Charm.
In effect they worship two deitie and gain one domain from each, but if so they are restrict to their specific branch of the church.
As for portfolio he has Human, Law, Secret knowledge and Control.

I hesitate a little before giving you that information, but after thinking about it i decid that it was only fair seeing that you could know about any other god in the setting.

The God himself doesn't care much about the policy of the church as long as he gain more faithful.
As I said ten year ago the chruch wasn't as this tyranicall but they always have been pretty controlling.

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Roj purses his lips in thought for a moment. "Settlers? Foundations of the society here? Precursors? Ancient civilizations?" He grins.

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Thanks for the Church info.

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"You wont find anything on ancient civilization or precursor here" He said with a grin. "But we do have a number of thing on the foundation of the city. Look at the last shelves on the right and you should be able to find what your searching for." With that he return to his work. Erina thank him before going toward the shelves in question. On this shelves you can see lot of parchment and a few book.

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Okay, now you can make Knowledge check of any type that you think migth be appropriate. You can take 10 or 20 if you have rank in it but it will take more time otherwise just an int check. Erina will do aid another for you once you post your roll and afterward I tell you what you find. Don't exept too much it's a small town.
You can also make a search check if you want.

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"It's a start," Roj says with a grin as he follows Erina and starts looking through the scrolls and books indicated.

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Rolling for Erina first before I post the result.
Aid another int check: (1d20)[16]
She rolled well.

After speding a little less than an hour searching in the shelves you and erina manage to assemble a basic story of the town.
Aloma was found six hundred year's ago by human fisherman in search of a good place to establish their familly. Three hundred year after that nothing much as change apart from a slow growing of the town, but it was at that point that a warlord decid to unite the various village and small town into a country not everyone was agreable to the change and a number of bloddy battle take place, finnaly after five year of campaign the Warlord Delm had subdued all the dissident and the country of Janeste was born. During these event Aloma surrender peacefully and was spared the worst of the figthing it also become a supply center for Delm. This is why after the end of the campaign and while the Capital was built that Aloma begin really develloping. After that nothing much else happened, of note we can mention the gradual acceptance of all sort of race all around the country and a failled attempted of conquest by Ogre clan from the far West.
After learning all that Erina comment "Wow, I was born here and I didn't know all that." After a short pause she continue, "I don't know how much time as passed but perhaps we can go now I must prepare for my shift at the Inn ?"

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Aloma history is not that exiting, but I hope you like it.
Your search check doesn't turn anything special apart from the scroll and book with the history of the town.