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Evil Overlord (Civ Quest)

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[X] Eh. You changed your mind, you are here to sell that spider carcass!
-[X] The elf can have organs he wants, while the lady with the spear gets the rest; after we're finished dissecting it of course. *And if you're interested in spiders, we might have something else you'll want to look at...
--[X] By the way, I was looking for some adventurers to help take care of that "wolf problem" that's been cropping up lately, would either of you happen to know someone interested in that kind of work? *Perhaps someone talented at killing monsters whilst still leaving their precious carcasses intact?
 
[X] Eh. You changed your mind, you are here to sell that spider carcass!


Probably best to keep it simple. Don't want to have to reset that run out of town timer, and adventurers tend to have things sharper than pitchforks.
 
[X] Eh. You changed your mind, you are here to sell that spider carcass! But only after we finish studying it.
-[X] Ask if either of them would be interested in any future spider corpses you create.
 
Here ya go.

Vote tally:
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[x] Here to hire minions! but first the elf can have the rear venom sacs and spinneret once were done looking at it, the women can can have the remains once were done, ask how much are they willing to pay for it.
No. of votes: 1
ebolasos

[X] Eh. You changed your mind, you are here to sell that spider carcass!
No. of votes: 7
CircleTheSkies, Night_stalker, Carinthium, drake_azathoth, Derek58, Happerry, AzaggThoth

[X] Here to hire minions!
No. of votes: 3
jacobplm, Whumbly, modrony

[X] Eh. You changed your mind, you are here to sell that spider carcass!
-[X] Ask what each of them intends to do with it.
No. of votes: 1
Thozmp

[X] Here to see if anyone wanted to go hunt the wolves. I want to help hunters for a share of the loot.
No. of votes: 1
Robotninja

[X] Eh. You changed your mind, you are here to sell that spider carcass!
-[X] The elf can have organs he wants, while the lady with the spear gets the rest; after we're finished dissecting it of course. *And if you're interested in spiders, we might have something else you'll want to look at...
--[X] By the way, I was looking for some adventurers to help take care of that wolf problem that's been cropping up lately, would either of you happen to know someone interested in that kind of work? *Perhaps someone talented at killing monsters whilst still leaving their precious carcasses intact?
No. of votes: 10
paintedspear, ReaperofInterest, backgroundnoise, wdango, veekie, Wellhello, Quest, wingstrike96, Enjou, al103

[X] Eh. You changed your mind, you are here to sell that spider carcass!
[X] Ask if either of them would be interested in any future spider corpses you create.
No. of votes: 3
kinglugia, Skewfiend, Eurocorp

[X] Here to hire minions! but first the elf can have the rear venom sacs and spinneret once were done looking at it, the women can can have the remains once were done, ask how much are they willing to pay for it.
-[X] Ask if either of them would be interested in any future spider corpses you create.
No. of votes: 1
prince84

[X] Eh. You changed your mind, you are here to sell that spider carcass! But only after we finish studying it.
-[X] Ask if either of them would be interested in any future spider corpses you create.
No. of votes: 1
Elder Haman
 
--[X] By the way, I was looking for some adventurers to help take care of that wolf problem that's been cropping up lately, would either of you happen to know someone interested in that kind of work? *Perhaps someone talented at killing monsters whilst still leaving their precious carcasses intact?

So, the consensus is selling the carcass and trying to hire them to kill wolves? Interesting. Event continuation should be up later today whenever it is I have a free moment.
 
I'm sure that the necromancer would be interested in a direwolf corpse (after we've autopsied it of course) and there's got to be some kind of direwolf reagent for the elf as well.
 
Wait, the spear lady is a necromancer? When was that mentioned?
 
Ah, that makes sense now. I did wonder what use an apparent fighter had for a dead spider, if it wasn't alchemical.
 
[X] Eh. You changed your mind, you are here to sell that spider carcass!
-[X] The elf can have organs he wants, while the lady with the spear gets the rest; after we're finished dissecting it of course. *And if you're interested in spiders, we might have something else you'll want to look at...
--[X] By the way, I was looking for some adventurers to help take care of that wolf problem that's been cropping up lately, would either of you happen to know someone interested in that kind of work? *Perhaps someone talented at killing monsters whilst still leaving their precious carcasses intact?
 
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Event Jack'A'Napes Adventurers 2
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    • "...sell the carcass after all."

    "Perfect!" the woman says, her curiously braided hair swinging as she rubs her hands together excitedly. "Fifty gold pieces."

    "One hundred," the elf says immediately.

    "No less than one thousand," you say before the woman can up the ante.

    They gape at you. Even the elf is still for a moment.

    "You must be mad," the woman says explosively, standing up. She shakes her spear at you angrily, if not directly. "A thousand gold? For a barmy spider body?"

    Heads turn at her raised voice.

    "Who carries that much gold on them?"

    You do, as a matter of fact. Well, roughly that number. Diamonds are more compact, easier to carry around. You must purchase an astounding quantity of metal today in preparation for your innumerable projects. Clockwork armies do not simply build themselves, after all. You will conquer Falcon's Hollow before the year is out, muhahahaha-

    People are looking at you funny. You calm yourself, put both hands on the table.

    "If it is less than the quoted number, it is simply not worth the inconvenience," you inform them.

    The spear lady's jaw drops.

    "What inconvenience? We'd be doing you a favor getting rid of the body," she snaps.

    "Disposal would be trivial," the elf agrees in his papery voice.

    For the sake of convenience, now that they have continued interacting with you for longer than a minute you decide to mentally label them 'Human Spear Warrior Two,' and 'Elf Alchemist Eighty-seven.'

    (You knew a lot more alchemists at the Academe than warriors)

    "Those are my terms," you repeat.

    The elf hesitates, then reaches to one of his innumerable bottles tied to his leather jerkin. Selecting one, he carefully removes it and sets it down in front of you. It bubbles with an inner, eldritch light.

    "A potion of my own creation," he says. "With it, you will not need to sleep for a month. Side-effects include-"

    You've stopped listening. No need to sleep? Why, you tried your hand at self-alteration before - anyone who was anyone at the Academe least tried it, but you had to admit that the limits of traditional alchemy in that regard are severe. Your eyes light up at the possibilities. Why, just last week you were thinking what a pity it was that you did not have four of yourselves, and with this potion there would be at least two of you! Or, to be more accurate, one and a bit. Hopefully that bit is your head. Still, marvelous.

    "-mania, heightened aggression-"

    Not to be outdone, the warrior snarls and takes out a ring, slamming it onto the countertop. It's made of copper wire, looped through the eye sockets of a tiny ebony skull.

    "This hain't no one-shot potion, it's a true ring of calling," she tells you in a low voice.

    "Ring of calling?" you asks.

    "-a craving for sweets, a fascination with the color purple, spontaneous growths along the inside of your neighbors' jaws-"

    She leans in and whispers: "It'll call upon the spirit of a mouse."

    You are intrigued. Necromancy? The raising of corpses is a well known practice - Cheliax employs them as laborers by the thousand -, that of ghosts is much less so. It is very similar to the binding of elemental spirits to power the greatest of golems. If you are to speak truthfully, you've always suspected that you weren't really binding the soul of a cat or a tree to your homunculi. This would, at least, give you some basis to start investigating the matter.

    "-the destruction of all articles of clothing containing buttons made out of lead, the spontaneous generation of orange toast-"

    Still, you are not certain what good a mouse will do for you right now.

    "If I were to hunt another spider," you ask, bringing up a nice little hypothetical, but the two of them shake their heads.

    "Gotta be this spider," the woman says.

    "Yes," the elf agrees.

    You tap your chin speculatively.

    "I may have something you might be interested in, however-"

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    From the elf you... (choose 1)

    [ ] accept 100 gold in payment.
    [ ] accept the Binary Rush Potion in payment.
    [ ] 1) ask for all of the above.
    [ ] ask the elf to hunt wolves for you in exchange for the carcass.
    [ ] refuse payment from the elf (moderately increase future diplomacy chances with elf).
    [ ] something else (write-in)

    From the human you... (choose 1)

    [ ] accept 50 gold in payment from the human.
    [ ] accept the Mouse Ring in Payment.
    [ ] 2) ask for all of the above.
    [ ] ask the human to hunt wolves for you in exchange for the carcass.
    [ ] refuse payment from the human (moderately increase future diplomacy chances with human).
    [ ] something else (write-in)
     
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    • [X] accept the Mouse Ring in Payment.
    [X] ask the human to hunt wolves for you in exchange for the carcass.

    Introduction to Necromancy, and someone to back us up on a Wolf Hunt.

    @FixerUpper

    Presumably we can't choose options from different people?
     
    I would really like to know the side effects of the potion, and the actual effects of the mouse ring first, but that prospect seems unlikely.

    One thing though: it was slightly unclear, are the needs of the human and elf mutually exclusive? Can we sell to both?
     
    Ack, wait. Let me re-word that. I was basing the vote off the fact you wanted to sell to both of them - you would ask for one thing from each (or lots of things from both).
     
    FixerUpper said:
    [ ] refuse payment from the elf (moderately increase future diplomacy chances with elf).
    [ ] refuse payment from the human (moderately increase future diplomacy chances with human).
    Click to expand...
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    Do these mean that the difficulty increases, the difficulty decreases, or that we'll encounter these characters more frequently?
     
    In that case

    [X] ask the elf to hunt wolves for you in exchange for the carcass.
    [X] accept the Mouse Ring in Payment.
     
    ...I'm just laughing at how utterly disparate the price they expected and the price they got is.
     
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