Post by venger on May 24, 2016 11:13:46 GMT -5
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Any fun ideas for things to do while in town? We have enough money that we should silver any weapons. It's 10x the cost, so a quiver of silver arrows is a great idea.
And yes, sure, he'd like to silver his dagger and his plain crossbow bolts (but not the ghostbusters ones). He doesn't use them much, but if he ever needed to, it's a relatively cheap upgrade.
To clarify, it costs a flat 100GP to silver a weapon. Which is in addition to the price of the weapon. I would consider allowing 2 daggers, a quiver of 20 arrows or some similarly reasonable quantity of other small weapons to be silvered for that price as well.
Eustace would like to use his alchemical skills to investigate the lime sample that he took from the pit. Can he determine whether this is just a natural deposit, or the product of some past event, or a load of lime brought in from elsewhere by someone?
He would guess it is a naturally occurring in the mountain.
Ginger knows dwarves use lime to make concrete among other things.
Eustace would also like to visit Selvaster, the wizard on the island. (1) To show him his notes on the encounter with the black pudding, and to ask if he knows anything more about black puddings.
(2) To say that we saw an underground area with some promising crystalline formations, but that we bypassed it because there was evidence of a creature nearby that turns victims to stone and then eats them. What does he know about such creatures? --- Unless (2) produces a very comprehensive answer, Eustace would also like to use his researching skills elsewhere in town to find out more about creatures that petrify-and-eat.
Selvaster offers three possible candidates for your mystery creature:
"The smallest scratch from a cockatrice's beak can spell doom as its victim slowly turns to stone from the injury. But these omnivores have a diet that consists of berries, nuts, flowers, and small animals such as insects, mice, and frogs- things they can swallow whole."
"A basilisk's supernatural gaze can be enough to affect a rapid transformation, transforming a victim into porous stone. Basilisks, with their strong jaws, are able to consume the stone. The stone returns to organic form in the basilisk's gullet. Some alchemists are said to know how to process
the basilisk's gullet and the fluids contained within. Properly handled, the gullet produces an oil that can return petrified creatures to flesh and life."
"The gorgon exhales a deadly vapor turning anything it touches to stone. When it grows hungry, it smashes its petrified prey to rubble and uses its strong teeth to grind the stone into a powder that provides nourishment."
(3) To offer him the specimens from the two phase spiders. Would Selvaster like to have these, and if so, what will he exchange for them?
In addition to the knowledge offered regarding petrifying creatures, he will give 50GP for the spider remains.
Can Wicked Pete and Ginger spar a bit to test out the diamond pick?
No, but I'll tell you what it does.
1d8+2 damage.
Can hit creatures immune to non-magical/adamantine weapons.
Increased critical range 19-20.
We should see if any of the temples have any interest in the necklaces that prevent turning. Either information about a particular evil cleric could have fashioned them, or interest in buying or trading for them.
They are not interested, insisting the cursed unholy items of the Bonelord be destroyed for your own safety.
Can a combination of Arcana checks, book research, and further identifications give us more info about the creature being created by the Iron cube? More powerful than the fire gem, equal or less?
It summons a metal warrior that fights until destroyed. That's all I can give you.
You could summon them both and have them duke it out to determine which is more powerful. That would be cool.
To clarify, it costs a flat 100GP to silver a weapon. Which is in addition to the price of the weapon. I would consider allowing 2 daggers, a quiver of 20 arrows or some similarly reasonable quantity of other small weapons to be silvered for that price as well.
He would guess it is a naturally occurring in the mountain.
Ginger knows dwarves use lime to make concrete among other things.
Selvaster offers three possible candidates for your mystery creature:
"The smallest scratch from a cockatrice's beak can spell doom as its victim slowly turns to stone from the injury. But these omnivores have a diet that consists of berries, nuts, flowers, and small animals such as insects, mice, and frogs- things they can swallow whole."
"A basilisk's supernatural gaze can be enough to affect a rapid transformation, transforming a victim into porous stone. Basilisks, with their strong jaws, are able to consume the stone. The stone returns to organic form in the basilisk's gullet. Some alchemists are said to know how to process
the basilisk's gullet and the fluids contained within. Properly handled, the gullet produces an oil that can return petrified creatures to flesh and life."
"The gorgon exhales a deadly vapor turning anything it touches to stone. When it grows hungry, it smashes its petrified prey to rubble and uses its strong teeth to grind the stone into a powder that provides nourishment."
In addition to the knowledge offered regarding petrifying creatures, he will give 50GP for the spider remains.
No, but I'll tell you what it does.
1d8+2 damage.
Can hit creatures immune to non-magical/adamantine weapons.
Increased critical range 19-20.
They are not interested, insisting the cursed unholy items of the Bonelord be destroyed for your own safety.
It summons a metal warrior that fights until destroyed. That's all I can give you.
You could summon them both and have them duke it out to determine which is more powerful. That would be cool.