Yeah, sounds like our future situation is uncertain so best load up. This does leave us with rather little cash on hand, of course. Still, as others have said better we be broke than dead.
Yeah, sounds like our future situation is uncertain so best load up. This does leave us with rather little cash on hand, of course. Still, as others have said better we be broke than dead.
We still have 560 rupees of the 1000 we decided to use at Beedles shop. Then there is the 3000 we need to buy weapons, armor, Shields, and a horse for Sheik. And we still have to sell off some of the stuff we Don't need so I am not worried.
We still have 560 rupees of the 1000 we decided to use at Beedles shop. Then there is the 3000 we need to buy weapons, armor, Shields, and a horse for Sheik. And we still have to sell off some of the stuff we Don't need so I am not worried.
You are not using the 3000 to buy armour and weapons. New bows yes, plus some broadheads and a shield but most of it is going into food, the horse, a saddle and saddlebags, pots, etc.
In case anyone is wondering the price list in update 1.9 lists costs for basic weapons.
A travellers sword (which I assume is the basic sword) costs 150 rupees and I assume that other weapons such as greatswords and hammers are even more expensive.
In my write in that leaves us with 410 rupees if you subtract the sword's cost which isn't much for armour and other weapons.
As much as I like my vote winning it's still a bandwagon and making sure we haven't over spent is wise especially in regards of potential future purchases.
Rusty Sword (some wear, should not be relied upon)
Boko Shield (Some wear, wooden)
Bow (Some wear, currently carried and used by Sheik, unknown arrow supply)
Epona (best horse)
1 Bokoblin Gut, "Handful of teeth and horns"
2 bottles from intro.
Sheik grabbed 2 gold rupees, so out of the diamond we've only got 3k left. A horse alone is something like 1250. (Running totals in parentheses)
A horse for Sheik (1250)
A bow for us, and enough arrows to keep us from running dry. [1 bow + 50 arrows] (1500)
Spare sword and shield (1700)
Winter clothing for the both of us (1820)...
Leaves us roughly 1000 to spend on medical supplies.
So, spitballing to help cut costs...
6 bottles (300)
20 willow bark (340),
20 restless cricket (380),
6 Chu Jelly (440)
740 spare rupees.
Assuming we can spread our handful of teeth and horns across a bunch of elixirs...and that storing large numbers of bark and crickets isn't a problem... that should be enough. If not, the chu jelly at least lets us fill our bottles to start.
Gm said it's a pain killer like what it was used for irl.
Crickets and jelly are more valuable.
@Barondoctor we only have a 1000 rupees to spend on items, weapons and armor. The 3000 was confirmed to be used up when we get the horse and basic supplies such as food.
*shrug* 4 bottles and 4 jelly. That'll drop 130 rupees off the count. The bark is useful and the crickets do potions. 310 (4/4/20/20) and 620 (everything from my plan except the horse which is apparently accounted for) stays under 1000.
You hand over the Rupees for your purchase, leaving you with 560 Rupees in spending cash. Luckily you brought a bag with you, so you just toss the items in. You could use the restless crickets to make Energizing elixirs, which could take you from the depths of exhaustion to perfectly awake, even make you feel like you had just eaten a meal.
Willow Tree Bark was an excellent painkiller, and the Hylian strain was especially well known for it and having few side effects. It isn't particularly tasty though, but you'll eat anything so it didn't bother you. For others, they'd probably want to shove an entire hives worth of courser bee honey into their tea.
Having made your purchases you say your goodbyes to Beedle and leave, heading off into the village proper. First stop was buying a horse and a quick run to one of the stables gets you a spotted mare named Abby, as well as a saddle and saddlebags. The mare wasn't a warhorse like Epona but she'd do fine on the road. After placing your purchases from Beedle into the Saddlebags you begin to make your way through town, stopping at stores or villagers who you knew had the items you'll need for your journey. Most of your supplies, therefore, were food.
Normally you would just scavenge for food but on the road and constantly on the move all you'd do is increase the time it'd take to reach your destination. While you would stop at stables to resupply before you reached Castletown all it'd do is increase your travel costs. You estimate that Sheik and yourself would need to eat two pounds of food a day each, with proper nutritional requirements needing to be met. With a long journey ahead of you without a wagon and only with what you could carry on your horses you have to carefully ration the food and even then you expect a few days of going hungry in between stops. You didn't have to worry about water too much, even near the city. Contrary to a book you read written by some sheltered scholar pretty much everyone knew the dangers of contaminated water. The plague that killed your mother was due to years of poor maintenance and lack of oversight leading to a catastrophic series of failures. It was only in Hyrule's more extreme environments (or areas with lots of standing water) that you'd pack a lot to drink.
Still, you ended up buying some beer. Wine was prohibitively expensive and beer on long journies or when faced with a lot of physical exertion (such as farmers did) beer served well when you didn't have access to Energizing elixirs. While you could probably hunt down some chuchu's and restless crickets you'd rather save the energizing elixirs you could make for combat situations. Also, it tasted much better. Loaded up with cured meat, cheese, bread and preserved fruit and soon other needed supplies you finally went to the fletcher for bows and arrows. While muskets were gaining popularity they're practically unusable in Lanayru due to how wet everything was. Nevermind the dangers of carrying around all that gunpowder if you ran into a Wizzrobe or a fire-breathing Lizalfos. You purchase some broadheads and two traveler's bows, they weren't as mighty as the bows given to knights or soldiers but they were durable and could ruin a Bokoblin's day. The fletcher even throws in a quiver as a gift, a good luck charm for your travels.
Next, you purchased a simple wooden shield. While you wouldn't describe it as very protective it'd last much longer than the Boko shield you had, which was essentially just a large piece of wood. Finally, you had completed all your purchases, all 3000 of those rupees having been spent just as the sun sank below the horizon. You were prepared for any danger on the road, even if one of your horses got injured you could treat them. Sheik's new horse was a bit overburdened, and you quickly make your way back to the town hall in order to split up all your purchases between Abby and Epona. Even splitting everything between them it was clear you wouldn't have room for skins or meat if you went hunting, or treasure if another shrine had riches in it that you couldn't just stuff into your pockets.
Having spent the entire day running around the village you were hungry, thirsty and looking forward to a nice long sleep. Stepping into the inn portion of the town hall you noticed it was full, full of chattering villagers enjoying a few drinks before they returned home. A few raised their drinks to you, wishing you luck on your journey as you passed. Or good luck with Sheik, to your embarrassment. Speaking of Sheik Ganondorf and her were at a table in a corner with some stews and tankards sitting in front of them. Sheik was clad in new clothes, a dark blue tunic over a white undershirt, a white scarf around her neck with dark coloured pants and traveling boots. Over her chair was a very light gray cloak that only went down to her waist. A leather belt went over her shoulder, along with the strap to a large bag that hung at her side and likely containing the Sheikah Slate. She had two belts around her waist, one for a belt laden with pouches and another for your old quiver, with two fingerless gloves stuffed poorly into one pouch.
Under Sheik's chair was some more clothes, wrapped up securely so they wouldn't get dirty or wet. You couldn't tell what they were but you suspected they were some more typical clothing, maybe even a dress or skirt along with her old clothing. You also notice some wrapped up items that you can't immediately identify underneath the clothing and you briefly wonder what they could be. That is until you see what else Sheik had bought.
"Oh Link!" Sheik suddenly calls out waving you over, "You took awhile, did you manage to buy everything?"
You nod, "Yeah, everything is purchased. We have 560 rupees left. But uh-"
"600 actually, still have 40 left over from all my purchases." She informs you as she hands the rupees over.
"Actually, about that, what are those?" You ask, pointing at her purchase.
Sheik frowns, and her eyes become downcast, even her ears droop, "Aw, you saw? I wanted it to be a surprise."
She then dives under the table, emerging with a wide, bright smile and a bundle of clothes in her hands. "Here, it's a gift for you!"
"A... gift?" You say as she practically shoves the clothes into your hands. It was a green tunic with a long, floppy green cap, white undershirt, light beige pants, leather bracers with fingerless gloves, traveling boots, and a rustic red cloak. Strangely, it all looked your size and it seemed Sheik had planned ahead a bit as well with it and intended for you to add armour to this outfit as time went on, as the tunic while a bit large looked like it could be worn over chainmail. She even included a scabbard for your rusty broadsword.
"Uhuh, you saved my life, fought bokoblins, a guardian, an assassin and you spent any earnings we had on traveling supplies for my expedition. As your friend, I felt indebted to you, but I knew you would never accept me trying to pay you back so instead, I give you this as a symbol of our newfound friendship! It's pretty amazing, isn't it? I chose everything myself and since the tailor knew your sizes she was happy to make everything perfectly fit!" Sheik happily explains, clapping her hands together while sounding both absolutely thrilled to be calling you a friend and like she was lecturing you.
You look down at the clothes, biting your tongue to stop you from commenting on it.
Given to you by Princess Zelda Sheik as a symbol of your friendship! They look like they might be a little warm for this weather...
"They're um..." You manage to say after a good few minutes of staring at the clothes.
"Subject is displaying hesitation at the outfit. May have a slight aversion to the colour green. However, subject has not rejected gift, indicating hypothesis that items given as gifts to friends provide increased endearment to them despite any perceived faults in an item from the friend is correct. Will need to conduct tests to make Link recognize the superiority of items chosen by me-" Sheik mutters quietly as the sound of her fingers tapping against her Sheikah Slate reach your ears.
"Sheik, is this an experiment," You ask, frowning.
"NO!" Sheik yelps, hiding her Sheikah Slate behind her back. Poorly.
You sigh, and glance over to Ganondorf. He was quietly eating his stew, apparently disinterested in the conversation. Yet occasionally you'd see his eyes go to the clothes in your hands and his brow would furrow slightly. When he noticed you looking at him however he grinned, "Well Link? Are you just going to stand there? Come, take a seat!"
"WAIT! I want to see how it looks on you!" Sheik interjects.
What do you do?
[] Try the outfit on.
[] You need a stiff drink.
[] Actually, maybe you should get some news.
[] Write-in.
[X] Put the outfit on, get a stiff drink, haul Ganondorf off the stool and go around making a legendary hangover story get some news from the other patorns
[X] Put the outfit on, get a stiff drink, haul Ganondorf off the stool and go around making a legendary hangover story get some news from the other patrons
