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I've improved the vendor table so everything's more...readable. I'll get a picture in a bit, but for now, I'm buying The Compass of Perpetual Northerlies for 8g, leaving him with 5g. If you're curious as to how much gold you have, just ask or consult the serpentskin book.


Bundle of Herbs
1g per 5
A bundle of perpetually-smoldering herbs ripe for alchemy and spellcraft. Restores 40% health when used (60% when used by a healer). One-use only.

Mana Gem
1g per 5
A gem containing concentrated mana reserves. Once cracked, the mana seeps into your skin, restoring 100% of your maximum mana immediately. One-use only.

Lapis of the Blossoming Singularity
8g
An earring that bestows the spell “Blossoming Singularity” upon its wearer. Blossoming Singularity creates a mathematical anomaly in spacetime, collapsing the gravity around a group of enemies. This spell adapts naturally to your magic affinity for additional burns, snares, knockdowns, enfeeblement, or confusions. A-rank damage. 19% mana.

Compass of Perpetual Northerlies -- Bought by Valon
8g
This item begins the quest: “Skating on Frozen Silverlakes.” A compass that perpetually points north to the kingdom of Ashengale, once held by the Commander of the Fiery Knights. The irony is not lost on you.

Map of Dreadwood Zhaelle
8g
This item begins the quest: “Spooky Scary Chromomancers.” Whatever poor sod escaped with this map and lived to barter it off should play the lottery, though you’d quite well appreciate it if his blood would stop shifting across the landscape.

Astrid would certainly buy a bundle of herbs and a set of mana gems but while the lapis of blossoming singularity intrigues her, she's too skeptical to part with that much gold as she has already seen how magic has leaked out of all magical objects and herbs and will believe any such items to be a trick until proved otherwise.

Valon would probably buy the Lapis of the Blossoming Singularity in a heartbeat and damn the consequences. It reminds him of the strength and skill of his old powers, and he's desperate for that again, as you can tell.

Expect Astrid to tease him about his gullibility and then be very vexed when it works :p

Fox and I may have lost our minds at the thought of everyone buying that power and using it in a wombo-combo, essentially breaking all the floors in a dungeon at once.

So @Rydia, when Valon's lapis starts throwing fiery gravity around, Astrid will likely be hot on the train to getting her own. ;P Maybe the price will stay the same. . .

Also, I can't believe no one's interested in fighting the Chromomancer! I know we don't currently have a driver for Zoey but still those Fairy powers up for grabs would be delicious on anyone!

I nearly posted this question in the crew area if that gives you a clue about how much I love communicating with all of you.

WOULD YOU MIND if I split the next Valon gold count about 70/30 with Zoey to keep her afloat and moving? I think B-bear will be writing her with us but she's gon' need money for the vendor (unless she's like @Rydia and hoards her gold at the thought of all mana objects being fake YOU'LL SEE.)

ETA: Tynan now has 24 gold as of Jaeger's post.

Well then, I'd like to buy the lapis of the blossoming singularity for 8g, please.

You can share as much of Valon's gold as you like so long as Astrid's share doesn't go to her as well

I agree with Rydia. In fact, the opposite would have to be true. Didn't you say Valon owed both Astrid and Tynan money?

That's in-story!

...meta gold means nothing!

If meta-gold means nothing, does that mean we have to use in-game gold to make purchases? XD

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Okay, so the dice roll gave me the order for the next round in the chapter

The alchemist: ziafar (@TheSilverFox)
experiment 66-D: tynan (@astralhunter)
chimaera: zoey (@Lumi)

while the spell has already been rolled for since it's the main drop, the chimaera will also drop a Tailoring Needle, which will add 3 gold to every post you make, and the Map of Dreadwood Zhaelle, which opens a dungeon chapter.

If you wish to roll on those items, say so here and I will roll for you (we believe in 1d20 here, right captain?)

I say so here.

Always the 1d20