Nodwin is a charitable sort.  He's grateful for what he gets, and much less concerned that he get every penny.  He's here to do Vejovis' work, after all.

In reply to Nodwin Zideqick (msg # 30):

Being a merchant with a business to run, Benito is happy to accept a full share and not keep any extra for himself. That still sounds like a good deal for all...

Okay, so we're getting the Snowglobe identified for $160, and then selling the following:

Gold Nuggets, liquid cash:  $11,475

Puissant Thrusting Bastard Sword, MSRP:  $5,750
Playbooks, MSRP:  $???
Magic Mirror, MSRP:  $???
Snowglobe (Magical), MSRP:  $???

And sending Nodwin back to the Hadereum to have them dispose of the Fleshlight.

In reply to Jareth Mooncalled (msg # 32):

Magic mirror was $5200 was it not?

Yup.  I forgot about msg #25.  So...

Gold Nuggets, liquid cash:  $11,475
Puissant Thrusting Bastard Sword, MSRP:  $5,750
Playbooks (3), MSRP:  $150
Magic Mirror, MSRP:  $5200
Fleshlight:  $5000
Snowglobe (Magical), MSRP:  $???
Identify:  -$125

We just need to know how much the Snowglobe goes for once Identified.

In reply to Jareth Mooncalled (msg # 34):

"How very curious. It has a sympathetic link to an otherworldly location, and can affect the weather there... it would appear to allow for casting without distance modifiers as well. Someone must have wanted to see it snoew in that place very badly... that is no sculpture,  and it is not inside the globe....alrhough I am sure a meticulous modrl was created in order to further the enchantment. "

In reply to Speilgud (msg # 35):

"Where is this place?"

In reply to Clarence Montague (msg # 36):

"It would appear to be somewhere in the southern mountain range, but might not bd in this world."

"Links to somewhere else?  Useful to ken where, but nothin for it.  What ya figure it go for as enchanted curio?"

Nodwin is untrained in the ways of magic.  However, he has just seen them use this bone gate to enter another realm via a magical door.  Being a more flexible thinker, he makes the next logical step in the progression.

"If someone with magical skill could affect the weather as if they were at that castle...  Well, someone owns that castle.  I expect they probably had the globe made so they could control the weather more easily.  Such an item would be very valuable to them.  I suspect they are going to want it back, and may come looking for it.  Who wants to have it rain if your daughter is going to have a wedding?

The converse might be true too.  Perhaps the globe was made by an enemy of the castle owner.  I can think of no better way to torture someone than to manipulate the weather over their home.  Crops could fail, or the owners could be isolated if the way up was always treacherous with snow and ice.  There are so many possibilities.  If this were the case, then perhaps both parties might come looking for the object."

Nodwin barely misses a beat as more possibilities come to his mind.

"It seems there must be some sort of magical connection to this castle in the globe.  Do you think we could travel to this castle as if it were right next to us?  Do you think the globe might house some sort of a door or portal, or could be used to connect one?

Or maybe the castle is some sort of magical sanctuary that doesn't even exist in the real world.  Maybe there are people in it right now, magically hiding out from their friends or enemies.

Oooh, what if it's someone's ancestral home that they want to carry along with them?  It might have all nature of undead haunting it from past generations...."

Nodwin continues to brainstorm for the next couple minutes, drawing increasingly odd or random connections.

OOC  He's a very flexible thinker, which is why he tolerates Jareth so well.  And...  Potential plot twists.  Lots of good ideas for the GM there.

Jareth just gently rubs his face.

"Ya, all good questions that we ask later... not here...  in t'e open..."
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In reply to Jareth Mooncalled (msg # 40):

"Right. So not selling that just yet then..."

In reply to Clarence Montague (msg # 41):

With the rest of your cash, you head home. At this point, dock yourselves basic cost of living.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 42):

Ok, so that is $27,450 / 6 shares = $4,575 (1 each for Clarence, Mario, Jareth, Jocelyn, Nodwin and Benito), minus cost of living for each, which I am assuming is $600 for most.

Did I miss anything or anyone?

Yes.  You missed Mellarill and the House Fund.

Also, CoL is $150 per week, and we're basically hitting the end of the first week we've been adventuring in town.


I'm almost tempted to make a 10th split*, Emergency Funds.  Almost.  If we want that, I'm willing to do it, to cover things like Sudden Death Insurance, or "Oops, the house fell in", or "And this adventure requires extra hands, let's hire a few Henchmen" without requiring individuals to maintain a discretionary fund.


* Mostly because 10 is easier to divide by than 9...

You Miss Brodak! I make you not forget Brodak ever again.
He cracks his knuckles and advances into the discussion.

In reply to Brodak (msg # 45):

What is the difference between House fund and CoL?

Melaric + House Fund + Brodak + 6 previously mentioned makes 9, right?

The House Fund is a discretionary fund to effect repairs or purchases for the 'house' or group as a whole.  For instance when Mario went shopping for material to repair the support walls in the sewer and food and goods for Ymid, because no single one of us had enough funds on hand to cover those things I gave him the House Funds.  The reason I'm considering an Emergency Fund is a fund only to be touched int he event something truly catastrophic happens (death, house collapse, etc), whereas the House Fund would continue to be used to repair locks, put in gates, and in general affect repairs and changes as benefit the whole group in regards to the Housing block, it's immediate basements, and the catchemtn worker housing area we're going to be squatting in.

Mental Note:  Bribe Hadereum scribe to lose those plans so the Sewer Maintenance Guild doesn't get orders to reclaim it.

Cost of Living is what the campaign rules say you pay every week in "rent, food, and equipment upkeep" to remain in good health and standing (and not be tossed in debtors prison).

Which is why I'm raising again (over in the Junior House Accounting Thread thread) exactly what Base is bringing us in the future, for those who might want to spend points in it (like me).


Exactly.  It's easier to remember if you make little groupings:  Jocelyn, Mell, and Brodak are one group (they came as a package from a prior mission); Jareth, Nodwin, and Mario another (3 original Juniors*); Clarence and Benito (the new guys); and the House.


* I used to mentally break it down like so:  Joc, Mell, Brody; Nodwin, Grimbo, Mario; Jareth and the House.  But Grimbo left and the new guys showed up, so the groups got shifted in mine mind...

OOC: Given how many us are on the squishy side (beyond the general deadliness of GURPS combat, most of us aren't strong enough to wear heavy armor without causing significant problems), I think an Emergency Fund would be a brilliant addition to the shares.  We should probably define more or less precisely what we mean by "catastrophic" -- would it include things like Mario's leg injury?  And to what extent of amelioration?

In the case, we couldn't afford a Greater Restoration, and Mario's a week into a month's recovery time to get his full move back -- and that could have been much worse without a major risk of dying (would have been; the GM cut Mario a break).  As things stand, only Mario's Dodge is much affected (there are others in the group no faster than Mario's limp).

I'd suggest we define "Catastrophic" to also include lasting injuries that cause a skill penalty to a primary combat skill.  Cheaper to fix than "dead", but slightly more likely.

What we really need is insurance: a means to pay out more than we've put in to date, under contract to continue paying in, with the risk spread over a larger population.  That's a concept a little newer than our setting, though; Lloyd's was originally a coffee shop/broker in 17th century London, and we're at more like 14th century overall.

Agreed.  However I'm also fine with leaving it vague and simply voting on whether or not the the Junior House Company absorbs the cost of repair/healing when such catastrophic events occur.  Let's hear from everyone else?


Technically that's exactly what I'm proposing, just we don't have a large body of members to draw from so our coverage is held a lot closer and for a while we won't be able to cover larger claims.

Basically we'd have a smaller indemnity and a larger premium.*  I mean some day, 60 years from now, the Junior House Company might be supplying 'insurance' to all the Guild's adventurers* but for now I'm fine with just setting aside a kitty for us.

Of course this basically requires buy-in from all of us.


* I did mention I'm training for my Insurance License right?  Yeah... who has two thumbs and will soon be working hard to bilk hapless old people out of money?  This guy.... (I kid, I'll be working hard to convince young people they aren't invulnerable and need insurance...)
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Speaking for myself and my team colleagues (Brodak & Mellarill), we will buy in on this...



As for selling insurance... eye opening. I had my 6 & 63 years ago and distinctly remember meeting with a Sergeant First Class (SFC) and his wife, who wanted Insurance. She had already decided to buy for herself and the children, but was trying to get her husband to buy in ... I explained, she pushed a little and he stood, obviously angry and stated loudly, "No way in hell I am paying for some other asshole to fuck my wife". and stormed out of the room.  I was stunned, to be honest and his wife was very embarrassed.   She bought insurance for herself and her kids ... I am not sure if the SFC ever got another piece of ass from his wife or not.

But she kept the insurance for the next 15 years or so ... I got the residuals, so I know.  Her name didn't change either, so maybe she did stay married to the twit.

It's situations like this that I wish I could grab the person and ask "Just what exactly do you think [SUBJECT] is?"  I mean either he had a real warped idea of what insurance was, or he believed his wife was cheating on him and he had a very hard time not crossing the streams.

OOC: Life insurance, I presume?  Yeah, warped idea.  He figured she wanted the policy so she could live like a princess if he kicked off, rather than so she could just keep the house and possibly put at least one of the kids through college without them graduating in a lifetime of student debt.

Yes, No consideration of "after I am gone" ... which for military is a greater chance that for most... all he was worried about was not paying for his replacement, assuming there was one.

In reply to Mario Crowfoot (msg # 52):

Or perhaps he was aware that most life insurance policies have clauses that do not cover people killed in war...so if he died as a soldier, it would be useless.