Temple of the Fiscally Irresponsible Elves: IC

[Prak]

"Yes, the Korbahl is unlikely to be competing in the same market as Lolthwyr, at least initially."

[flare22]

Hocus looks around for morb and meerza and starts tapping his foot

[Username17]

The Arrival of Glorg



Glorg comes about fifteen minutes late, and his left side is covered in heavy armor plates. He carries a large sword (literally game mechanically "Large" as in "made for an Ogre") that has some sort of antler attachments on the hilt. Everytime the blade comes between you and one of the covered flames, the light appears to be dimmed for several centimeters around the sword, so you assume it's magical somehow. Morb has the long nose and massive stature of a man who carries some giant blood. Possibly a Troll or Hag features in his ancestry.

Behind him trails in Meerza (who you recognize), a Dark Creeper (who you don't), and a Barbazu (who you also don't recognize.

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Introductions commence, the Dark Creeper is apparently named "Lo-Zoth" and the shirtless Bearded Devil goes by "Haiuk". All carry weapons, but Haiuk's glaive is considered too silly even for a fancy table and he sets it down with the front desk. They are apparently used to this sort of thing and have places for weapons too bulky for fine dining. Glorg's full title is "Glorg the Huge", and he keeps his slightly shadowy sword with him. It never seems to cross his body.

Boar is ordered all around. They have several kinds of ciders, with both the fruit base and the number of Xs being available in several options.

Glorg's pitch is relatively simple: he claims that Duraweb has considerable reserves of webbing and webbing based materials as well as significant productive capacity. What is needed is investment by merchants to open up new markets. The company's largest problem, he says, is that currently penetrated markets have low demand, so he wants to sell his goods elsewhere. He presents his vision of recruiting merchants to take Duraweb materials overseas kind of like this:



The concept, as he lays it out, is that merchants would buy up the silk at discounted prices and wander off to "Whocaresistan" and sell the goods there at a tidy profit. This could be repeated indefinitely, so long as other countries "still had money worth trading for".

Through this presentation, Lo-Zoth nods his head a lot and says "That's right!" and "You tell 'em!" when Glorg makes a big point or quotes a big number. Haiuk doesn't say a damn thing and even had Meerza tell you what his name was. [Highest Sense Motive (Alexander) == 21] Haiuk seems genuinely contemptuous of the entire proceedings, but remains polite. Meerza has a little book, in which she writes little notes with a piece of charcoal.

Glorg's presentation entails 5 fully functional (but currently understaffed) spider farms with extensive washing, salting, drying, and dying facilities. They also have warehouses which are currently at or near capacity, and he claims that he can have a ship's hold filled at the Thagport or Cannibal Bay docks before the sun next sets if he likes the look of the coins paying for it. He is [Highest Sense Motive (Alexander) == 25] holding something back. You believe that Duraweb has assets that for whatever reason are not for sale. At least, not to you.

[If you want to get any information about the "Phase Spiders" that Morb was thinking about, or any information about Glorg's relationship with Morb, go ahead and make a Diplomacy or Bluff check.]

[Do you wish to make your counter offer of investing in local markets to increase local demand?]

(sorry this took so long, stuff came up)

[Omegonthesane]

John nods along with the sales pitch, attempting to appear at least somewhat interested, privately wishing he'd remembered to prepare spells for interviews and diplomacy. Murder-hobo instincts might be a survival tool on the road, less so in the city.

"You seem to have a tight ship running here, and a good plan to keep it sailing. But I have to wonder - you're clearly the power behind the operation, so where does Morb the Blind come in?"

(( Diplomancy 1d20+12=24 ))

[Username17]

"Morb is the accounts man. He writes things down, and looks them up afterward. They called him "the Blind" because he couldn't see until he got those Gnomish lenses. He still can't see things far away very well. Does fine with his books though. He's important, don't get me wrong, but he's like the ship's quartermaster rather than its captain."

[Highest Sense Motive (Drovak) == 22] Both Meerza and Haiuk seem annoyed at Glorg the Huge for saying this, though seemingly for different reasons. Meerza seems to be slightly offended, Haiuk seems a little bit... scared? Lo-Zoth nods his head vigorously and says "That's how you do it!"

[Avoraciopoctules]

Drovak nods slowly when the Duraweb representatives finish their pitch. "An intriguing proposal. It is not necessarily incompatible with our own goals, and has the potential to positively transform the economic system we are working in. Risky, though. There are all sorts of risks associated with shipping through uncharted areas, even disregarding more local potential backlash.

We'd want to see a working model first. Shipping large volumes blind is too risky. You need market scouts, the kind of people who can establish a new viable route and keep their traps shut until Duraweb can assume control of it.

But suitable market scouts might be a challenge to find... so, you need a ship to take your goods someplace far enough that demand would be profitable again, correct? My associates and I could see if we can persuade an appropriate captain or two.

Now for our own proposal. We represent an organization with local assets and an interest in keeping Korbahl... stable. Drovak catches Haiuk's eye and winks significantly. We foresee troublesome times, and Korbahl will need to diversify if it is to weather them. Alexander has prepared some visual aids."

{Yeah, I think it's pitch time.}

[Grek]

When the time comes, the gnome nods his head at Drovak and stands on his chair to present the group's pitch. With a gesture and a few whispered words, a silent image of a map appears on the table, showing most of Central Derpistan. Central to the figure is the Korbahl, with images of spider webs, trees and furs in the center. In other nations are little factories, with turning wheels and billowing smoke.

"Traditionally, the Korbahl has exported goods all throughout Derpistan. Materials come from Korbahl and go to factories elsewhere to be made into goods to sell."

Arrows from the silk spiders to Lolthwyr, from the wood and furs to dwarven lands and so forth appear briefly on the map in black as Alexander continues.

"The economy is weak because demand has fallen. Furloughs in Lolthwyr, inflation in Llanaden and Thorigram and outright poverty in Sweland have shrunk the market for unworked silk drastically."

Red Xs appear over the factories as the names of their countries are mentioned.

"Noone is buying the raw silk that Duraweb is selling, because noone can make it into anything. It is our intention to fix this issue, not looking for someone who still has the capital to use the silk, but by investing in that capital ourselves!"

A factory, noticeably larger than those in other nations, appears in the Korbahl.

"While other nations flounder, we will seize the opportunity to make the Korbahl self-sufficient, wealthy and strong once more. Silk rope, sails, armour, clothing, all of this will be made in Korbahl instead of in foreign factories. Eventually we will expand into wood, into ships, kerosene, all the goods produced in this rich land. The other kingdoms of the world will buy from Korbahl instead of Korbahl buying whatever it can from others."

New arrows replace the old, this time in gold and leading to Korbahl, instead of away.

"Originally our plans involved only central Derpistan, and only the local markets. But with enough backing, I see no reason why we cannot expand and sell even to distant lands. To the rest of Derpistan, or even beyond the seas."

1d20+9=15 Diplomacy check.

[flare22]

Hocus attempts to aid another on Alexanders diplomacy check by doing the same yes man routine Lo-Zoth pulled

[Prak]

Thane waits patiently for Alexander to finish his pitch and observe the others' reactions, including their thoughts (detect thoughts, spell like). At the end of the pitch he uses suggestion, saying "and of course, if it were discovered that a business had access tho something unusual, say, planar spider silk, they should make that available so that we could all reap the money which would come in from such rare material." (Thane will also make a diplomacy check. 14 die+16 mod=30)

[Avoraciopoctules]

{I sure hope Meerza hasn't prepared something to deal with more mind magic on our part. Charms and suggestions spells in a meeting might start a fight if they are perceived as attacks.}

[Username17]

Minds Present!
Four Minds!

[Will Saves:

• Glorg: 17
• Meerza: 17
• Lo-Zoth: 21
• Haiuk: 10]

Glorg says "What was that?"
Meerza says "This again?"
Lo-Zoth says "Things got real! We got Mindflayers up in this!"

Haiuk is thinking:
thesejerkscouldruineverythingwebetterputastoptothiswaitwhatmindflayers?

[Avoraciopoctules]

"Flayers? Fuck!"

Drovak slips on his mask and backs into a corner.

"Alright squidface, one whistle and my backup comes in to beat you to pulp. Psionics won't do shit against zombies. What's going on?"

[Grek]

Alexander gracefully dives off his chair and lands next to his suitcase, where he keeps his crossbow.

"Flayers? Where?"

[Prak]

Thane stands up swiftly, conjuring hellish flame around his hand and making a show of looking around for someone to unleash it upon (Bluff, roll 5+mod 16=21), while he uses Detect Thoughts again, this time only targeting Glorg.

[Omegonthesane]

John stands up, steps back, and makes a particular gesture with one hand while muttering, the other hand coming to rest firmly on his crossbow.

[[Casting Sign, target "me", +4 Initiative if combat happens within 40 minutes]]

[flare22]

Hocus gets and and looks around scared then laughs and sits back down "heh good one lo zoth mind flayers you realy got us nice joke hahahaha...... you were just joking right? heheh"

[Whipstitch]

"I don't see anything; pixies seem more likely."

[Username17]

Haiuk vanishes in a puff of sulfur.

[Avoraciopoctules]

When nobody answers his question, Drovak shakes his head and puts a hand on his club. "I don't sense any mindflayers. But if something like that's around, I don't want to have anything to do with it. You're on your own, Duraweb. None of my current assets have brains worth special interest, so I'm guessing it's after you or your creatures."

He heads for the exit.

[flare22]

"Wait lo-zoth wasn't joking?! Oh crap hang on drovak I'm coming with your good luck everybody else"

hocus throws a gold piece on the table grabs a shank of boar and ducks out the exit

[Prak]

Thane continues looking around a moment, before dispelling the flame around his fist, and sits back down. "I don't know what it was, but it seems that whatever assailed us has passed. Perhaps come cutpurse with more power than sense. Shall we continue?" (Bluff roll 12+mod 16=28)

[Username17]

[Perhaps unsurprisingly, none of the people here make a Sense Motive check of 28]

Glorg somewhat reluctantly returns to his seat while Meerza and Lo-Zoth proceed to put things back upright. Come to think of it, none of you remember even seeing Lo-Zoth between the point everything started going Reservoir Dogs and when everything calmed down.

Glorg admits to have somewhat lost the train of what was going on before... whatever that thing that happened... happened. Lo-Zoth reminds everyone that "We juss got mind-scanned by mind-flayers, yo! They's will use your face-skins for napkins. No joke, y'all."

You end up having to go back somewhat in your presentation, going over several points that were described earlier. Haiuk does not return.

After you explain your vertical monopolization plan for him for a third time, Glorg feels confident enough in his understanding to raise his primary objection: "There simply isn't enough gold. There wasn't enough money in all of The Korbahl to get everyone working in manufacturing even when we could use Ash Leaves as a trade good. People have to hunt and gather berries because there isn't enough money for them to handle everything through trade."

"We need to sell things abroad because that is the only way we can get the currency intermediaries necessary to have workers who do things for hire at all. Unless you intend to make an 'everything you could ever want' factory that can directly barter for the services of all the workers, I don't see how your plan could ever get off the ground."

Lo-Zoth adds "That's right!"

[Omegonthesane]

"The workers need food in their bellies and roofs over their heads," John interjects. "So long as we can give them the former, they will work for us for long enough. If we give the latter to those who lack it, well, they will serve us faithfully. So, really, unless there is some terrible secret I have missed, currency is only necessary at this stage for obtaining teachers where teachers are needed."

[Grek]

"Precisely. The workers out there right now are hunting and gathering for food. If you give them a chance for work that feeds them and gives them anything at all beyond that, they'll jump at the chance. And should this enterprise prove truly profitable, well, with my contacts in Zundun, we should have no trouble with monetization."

[flare22]

Hocus makes a poor attempt to sneak back inside and sit back down at the table like nothing happened, he retrieves his gold piece from the table and continues eating the boar. after he stops feeling embarrassed he says to Glorg

"that answers your question of how we plan to pay and train workers so here's a question for you guys in your opinions what caused your companies current predicament what was the first thing to go wrong?"