Neutral: Arick Skyeforge: Information Arick’s shop is movable, and he sets up shop within one of the cities in Magesc. That is where you have found him today. His shop is just inside one of the main cities on either Serenia or Soudul (you choose).
You have found your way to Peddler’s Rock. A traveling shop for everything, including some things not quite legal. A tall and burly Dovaa greets you as you come in and asks if you have a moment to spare.
"Hey there little one, may I have a word with you? I'm in a bit of a bind. You see, got a spot of trouble that needs dealing with but I can’t leave my shop unattended. Could you lend me a hand, perhaps?"
If you agree, continue to read, otherwise RP your response and leave the adventure.
He smiles with relief upon your agreement, "Thanks a bunch, partner. I have a few tasks, mostly need some help restocking, but there is one that I’d like you to do first. Not really all that earth-shattering, just…finding something for me." he says, rubbing the back of his head a bit embarrassed.
Go to Task 1.
Task 1:
"I've lost a letter on my way here this morning. It’s extremely important to me and I’d prefer that no one read it." a small blush and awkward expression passes over his face. "But since I can’t leave the shop, you’ll have to go back along my path and try to find it for me."
The path to the shop is a rather winding one with many bushes, trees, and shrubs along it. So many places for a letter to hide.
Roll 1d100. 1-10: You find it but it’s been opened already! You return and may say you didn’t find it or you may give it to him. Have fun explaining why it’s open. Go to Opened Letter or Failure (if you decide to say you didn’t find it).
11-70: You find the letter and it’s closed. You may open it and read it, or you may return it to him unopened. Or you may not return it if you don’t want too. If you return it unopened go to Success. If you open it go to Opened Letter.
71-100: You can’t find it at all. Go to Failure.
Task 2:
This task is more important, his stock of pearly scales is running low and he needs you to go get three for him. He tells you that there are two ways to get them. One is to fight an Oralrik and the second is to search the banks of Serenia’s lakes for the scales.
You must RP your traveling and search/fighting.
Fight:
Treat this as a Dragon battle. Go to the Creature thread for more information on this creature.
The place he tells you to go fight an Oralrik is in a small stream leading to Lake Tyluafel. The Oralriks you see here are smaller than the ones you’ve normally seen.
Use these stats for them: Level 15, LUK > 10. They drop 3 Pearly Scales when you win and drop nothing should you lose.
Or you may go to the lake and try finding a larger Oralrik.
Level 20, LUK > 15. Gain 5 Pearly Scales from this creature for a win. Gain only 1 for a loss.
Should you win, you may give all three scales to Arick or give nothing to him at all. Go to Success if you give them to him and Failure if you decide keep them. Should you lose, Go to Failure.
Search
]Roll 1d100. 1-10: Failure, you find nothing. You may return to Arick with nothing or try to fight an Oralrik instead. Go to Fight or Failure.
11-99: Success! You find 3 of them. You may give all 3 to Arick or nothing at all. Go to Success if you give them to him or Failure if you decide to keep them.
100: Success! You find 6 scales! You may keep 3 and give 3 to Arick. Go to Success.
Task 3:
This time he needs Nocturnal Spikes, he’s out and a customer came by asking for some and he said that he would have some by tomorrow.
You may fight an Riistäjä for its Spikes or you may search the forest of Souldul for them.
You must RP your traveling and search/fighting.
Fight:
Treat as a Dragon battle and use the stats below. Go to the Creature thread for more information on this creature.
Roll 1d100. 1-10: Failure, you find nothing. You may return to Arick with nothing or try to fight a Riistäjä instead. Go to Fight or Failure if you decide to return with nothing.
11-99: Success! You find 2 of them. You may give all 2 to Arick or nothing at all. Go to Success if you give them to him or Failure if you decide to keep them.
100: Success! You find 4 spikes! You may keep 2 and give 2 to Arick. Go to Success
Opened Letter:
If you found the letter:
The letter is a love letter! With some really bad poetry too… Poor Arick, he may be good at selling stuff but poetry is not his strong suit. You notice that he is writing to an “Apicius”. Could this be the same Legendary Dovaa who makes the strongest Potions? Or is it a different person?
When you return to Arick and give him the letter what do you say? Do you try not to show that you read his terrible writing, or tease him about his bad poetry, or do you try to give him hints on how to write better poetry?
No matter what you say, Arick is very embarrassed! His face is bright red as he blushes and he buries his face in his hands. He doesn’t blame you for what happens, it’s not your fault the letter was open, right? Eventually he recovers and asks if you will do another task, this time dealing with his shop and nothing personal.
If you didn't or say you didn't find the letter:
"Blast. I truly hope no one else found it. Better that it gets lost and destroyed than someone reading it." he mutters under his breath. Shaking his head in disappointment he assigns you your next task.
Go to Task 2.
Failure:
After Task 2: Arick grumbles and sighs but acknowledges that perhaps the task was too difficult; but not too worry, he’ll give you another chance. How disappointing, you looked like you could handle the critter, but perhaps you only found the strong ones and not the weak Oralriks he mentioned. Go to Task 3
After Task 3: Arick sighs and shakes his head, oh well. The Riistäjä is a dangerous creature, maybe he had judged you to be stronger than you actually were. Go to Final
Success:
Arick grins, so he’d judged you right! You were good enough to do the tasks he needed done. So nice to know that there are dependable people out there.
Go to the next Task or Final if you have just finished Task 3.
Final:
If Arick receives all 3 you get the Gaili Orb and an Ayrala Dragon's Tear. He is happy and relieved. "Oh, thank you so very much, young one. You really did me good there! Here, take this orb and tear as thanks for a job well done!"
If Arick only receives 2 out of the 3 items, than you receive just a Peisio Orb instead. "Well, you didn’t get everything, but you certainly did me a favor, so here, take this orb as thanks."
If he gets only one item than you only get a Kiandri Orb. "Well, at least one task got done. Thanks for your time, little one, take this as thanks."
If he gets nothing he sighs and simply waves you away with a very disappointed look upon his face.
Quit:
You get tired of running errands for these lazy people, or you just can’t do what they have asked of you, or maybe you find something more interesting to do. Perhaps you just can’t stand the fact that you failed so many tasks. Whatever your reason for quitting, please RP it and leave the adventure.
If you do this than you may not try this adventure again!
On her free days, Esmeralda liked to go out shopping. She’d found a love for it after illegally buying the dragon orb, and now she roamed the sea of merchant stalls for either rare books or perhaps something with a little more… Pizazz. One such shop that had made the small Dovaa stop buy was Peddler’s Rock, though there was no time to look at the wares, or even find something that was eye catching. The merchant had walked right up to her, a burly Dovaa that quite frankly made Esmeralda just a tad uneasy. She didn’t like merchants coming right up to her, or heckling her to buy their wares, but this one seemed to be in some kind of need.
“Hello, and of course you can.” Did Esmeralda really want to help this random stranger? Maybe, it didn’t seem like a very hard task after all! It was just finding a letter in the middle of a forest. “Alright, I’ll help you out.” Turning around, Esmeralda starred out; she didn’t even know where to begin. Pouting softly, she went outside and began looking behind some bushes, up in the trees. Maybe she could demand something in return? Esme was sure there could be something interesting in his shop, something small of course, that he could offer her.
Esmeralda found the letter in the bushes not too far away from his shop, grabbed it up quickly and went running back to him. She didn’t feel the need to open the letter at all, after all it had looked pretty personal so she let it be and brought it back to him closed. As a scholar, her curiosity did spike for the briefest second. Even when she handed it back to him, her eyes lingered on the envelops seal just a bit longer than they should. Though, merchant seemed more than pleased that she had found it unopened and unharmed.
Success
Arick grins, so he’d judged you right! You were good enough to do the tasks he needed done. So nice to know that there are dependable people out there.
Go to the next Task or Final if you have just finished Task 3.
It was too good to be true; he had to ask her for another task. Esmeralda did not hide her pout this time, a second task was asking quite a bit from her especially considering she found herself to be above such things now that she had officially graduated. In the end she did convince herself to help him just one more time, because really now she was going to be able to ask for something a little more special. Perhaps a discount on something?
Task 2
This task is more important, his stock of pearly scales is running low and he needs you to go get three for him. He tells you that there are two ways to get them. One is to fight an Oralrik and the second is to search the banks of Serenia’s lakes for the scales.
You must RP your traveling and search/fighting.
The heck she was going out to fight something, so instead Esmeralda went out to search!
Finding the scales was easy, Esmeralda went out and fond everything she needed right away. Three she found close by, and upon further inspection Esme thought she might just keep them to inspect. However, the more she thought about it, the more it seemed silly to keep them. She could return to the banks whenever she wanted truthfully, and she was trying to get on his good graces so she ought to bring all of them back! Which she did, and once again he seemed quite pleased with her! This was good, now she could really ask him what she wanted!
Success
Arick grins, so he’d judged you right! You were good enough to do the tasks he needed done. So nice to know that there are dependable people out there.
Go to the next Task or Final if you have just finished Task 3.
Before Esmeralda could even ask him her question, he was cutting her off with yet another one of his tasks. He received a good glare this time, as she did not have time for this kind of shenanigans! He could close up his store and go out and get whatever it was himself! On top of it all, he was asking her to travel to Souldul and it wasn’t exactly Esme’s favorite place to go.
Task 3
This time he needs Nocturnal Spikes, he’s out and a customer came by asking for some and he said that he would have some by tomorrow.
You may fight an Riistäjä for its Spikes or you may search the forest of Souldul for them.
You must RP your traveling and search/fighting.
More fighting! Who did this guy think he was dealing with here?! Esmeralda sighed loudly, glared at the merchant and went on her way again. This was definitely the last task she was doing for this man!
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:49 pm
Completed Task 3, Final Completed
Bingo! Esmerlada put the spikes she found into her bag carefully and made her way back to the merchant. Now she was quite pleased with herself, especially when she once again handed to him everything he had asked for. This was most definitely the last task she was doing for him, now she wanted something in return! Thankfully, this time instead of giving her another task to do, he actually gave her items! It was beyond her expectations, but he could not have offered her anything else that would have pleased her more than these two items. If Esme could have she would have bounced and hugged the large man right there!
Success
Arick grins, so he’d judged you right! You were good enough to do the tasks he needed done. So nice to know that there are dependable people out there.
Go to the next Task or Final if you have just finished Task 3.
Final
If Arick receives all 3 you get the Gaili Orb and an Ayrala Dragon's Tear. He is happy and relieved. "Oh, thank you so very much, young one. You really did me good there! Here, take this orb and tear as thanks for a job well done!"
After thanking the man many more times, Esmeralda put the orb and tear into her bag and made her way back home. There was a smile plastered on her face, this was going to be perfect for her collection!
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