You stand in the streets of Dunnold, tired, bandaged, filthy, and weighed down with treasure.

"I know we are all tired, but we may want to get rid of some of this stuff before we get a place to stay," Odhran said.  "Crunge's General Store may buy some of the items, Tor might buy some of the weapons, and it may be best if some of you start with a visit to Larkspur the Leech."

Slattery nods his agreement.

"Yes, let's sell as much as possible," he says.

"I agree," Melissa nods "Much as I'd love a glass of wine right now, we should probably fence the bulky, tracable items as soon as we can, then retire to a quiet tavern to split the spoils."
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Crunge bids you all a hearty hello and shakes each of your hands for having made it back to Dunnold in one piece, more or less. You show him the treasures you have found and he suggests taking them to Myla the Jeweler and Tovar's House of Finery to sell.

You make your way to Tovar's first to dispose of the heavier item.

Tovar's House of Finery is like a warehouse, packed with all manner of gold and silver items as well as carpets, intricate vases, and other fine sundries. You also note the presence of twelve heavily armed and armored guards.

Tovar inspects the items carefully. He frowns at the state of the gold and silver items from the exploding chest, but does find it hard to contain his admiration of the gold crown.

"I will pay 300 gold pieces for these items," he says pointing to the 14 items. "If only they had not been so roughly treated, they may have fetched more. For this crown, I offer...600 gold pieces."

Tovar motions to one of his guards who comes over with a small chest. Tovar counts out stacks of coins. Soon 900 gold pieces sit on the table, glinting, before you.

Tovar looks at you, expectantly, waiting for an answer.

Melissa casually flies over and alights on the crown, standing on its points.
"Oh come now Tovar, I don't begrudge a man making an honest profit, but we both know this crown is worth easliy twice that, even before you count it's provenance as an antique from the Wizard Fortress. Even melted down it's worth more than you're offering." She snaps her fingers and a tiny flame appears just above her hand, she looks thoughtfully at the crown for a moment before shrugging and blowing the flame out. "I won't argue your price on the other items, but you'll have to do better for the crown." She smiles pleasantly.

OOC Will-o-wisp spell, -1 WIZ
What level Saving Roll on CHR for bargaining?

OOC: Make a roll. Your total level of success with determine the reaction.

L2SR on CHR
22:35, Today: Melissa rolled 8 with the Tunnels & Trolls, Saving Throws system with rolls of 3 & 5.

Tovar looks at Melissa and smiles.

"You'd be surprised how few people are interested in acquiring items from that cursed place," he says. "Most things from the Wizards' fortress stink of dark magic. But...I can offer you 800 gold coins for the crown if you can provide a story to go with it."

Slattery considers chiming in with the story about the Orc and the ambush, but wisely keeps his mouth shut.  His stories usually end up with people leaving the room.

"Well," Melissa says slowly "The crown must be of great value for it was well guarded. To reach it we passed through a room containing naught but skeletons, then we bargained with a demon to secure passage, and we fought off the reanimated corpses of the last adventurers who failed to claim it, and then as a final challenge before we could claim the crown we faced a fearsome Orc cheiftain and his band; who pressed us hard but we prevailed. We only return now as our pockets are full but our bellies are empty."

OOC Some parts of that are even true :D

"Ok, 900 gold for the crown, but that's my final offer," Tovar says. "I suppose I could entice my buyers with tales of walking corpses and demons."

Tovar lays out 300 more gold coins on the table

"So that's 1200 gold pieces total for the crown and these other odds and ends. Deal?"

Melissa looks at her companions, seeking their assent.

OOC I'm happy to take the offer if everyone else is?

Odhran nods his consent.