9.16.2005
A New Mayor Of Grito?
Being a zombie thief, Mike doesn't really want the Chain +1. He'd like some elven chain though, he lets you know. Okay Brogg, Chain +1 taken. Sure, you can trade your chain mail for a mule. Greetles is a little hesitant though, as the last farm animal they had, a sheep, didn't fare so well.
Brogg, you can train in Grito, so go right ahead with that. Marivhon, going to Durth? Special training, don't forget, nets you +2 hp and one NWP.
Cinder, you now have the key to the mayor's house.
Dave, yeah, it's tempting, but you decide that killing all of Grito probably would lead to your having to give up the title of 'Man of the People'. I guess you could then Animate some of them, and change the title to 'Man of the Undead People', but it just doesn't have the same ring, and zombies and skeletons don't make great drinking buddies.
As for the death of the mayor, well, people take it about as well as can be expected. Grito kind of runs itself anyway, the mayor didn't necessarily do too much besides take in taxes, redistribute tax money (e.g., buy 5 new suits of leather armor for the guards, buy two new guards to replace the ones the griffon flew off with, etc), and skim a bit off the top.
Everyone gets pretty excited though about holding an election! You guys will be here eight weeks, so that's enough time for election stuff to play out. We'll let it unfold over a few posts in case you guys want to do anything towards it.
Greetles seems a bit hesitant to accept your nomination, because he's pretty busy running the farm. Plus, there's the whole 'kobolds and owlbears killed our friends' thing that is still a sore point in Grito. However, owlbears take most of the blame- there weren't any Potions of Protection Vs. Kobolds, for instance. And Greetles guesses he could hire an assistant or two if he got the job. Sure, what the heck. Greetles throws in his hat.
Over the next two weeks, three new candidates emerge. The first obvious choice is the mayor's nephew, Kimber Broderick III. He's sort of a drunken lout but he's rich with lots of friends. Initially, it's just him vs. Greetles, until one of the townspeople steps up saying "A choice between two monsters is no choice at all," which is a pretty good point. His name is Blacksmith Tom and he's one of those generic NPC members of the community, well-liked, long-standing citizen of the town.
The last candidate is a late-comer to Grito. In fact, no one has seen him before the elections were announced. His name is Stanislaus the Illusionist. He's building a big tower right outside Grito called The Tower of Illusion. He's a tall, thin, 40-something guy with sort of a white-trash air of sleaze about him. You definitely get a Vrill, Potions-of-Friends thing off of this guy. But almost immediately, he makes a lot of friends in town, and injects some much needed money by bringing in a workforce of half-orcs and gnomes to build his tower.
What will you do?
Brogg, you can train in Grito, so go right ahead with that. Marivhon, going to Durth? Special training, don't forget, nets you +2 hp and one NWP.
Cinder, you now have the key to the mayor's house.
Dave, yeah, it's tempting, but you decide that killing all of Grito probably would lead to your having to give up the title of 'Man of the People'. I guess you could then Animate some of them, and change the title to 'Man of the Undead People', but it just doesn't have the same ring, and zombies and skeletons don't make great drinking buddies.
As for the death of the mayor, well, people take it about as well as can be expected. Grito kind of runs itself anyway, the mayor didn't necessarily do too much besides take in taxes, redistribute tax money (e.g., buy 5 new suits of leather armor for the guards, buy two new guards to replace the ones the griffon flew off with, etc), and skim a bit off the top.
Everyone gets pretty excited though about holding an election! You guys will be here eight weeks, so that's enough time for election stuff to play out. We'll let it unfold over a few posts in case you guys want to do anything towards it.
Greetles seems a bit hesitant to accept your nomination, because he's pretty busy running the farm. Plus, there's the whole 'kobolds and owlbears killed our friends' thing that is still a sore point in Grito. However, owlbears take most of the blame- there weren't any Potions of Protection Vs. Kobolds, for instance. And Greetles guesses he could hire an assistant or two if he got the job. Sure, what the heck. Greetles throws in his hat.
Over the next two weeks, three new candidates emerge. The first obvious choice is the mayor's nephew, Kimber Broderick III. He's sort of a drunken lout but he's rich with lots of friends. Initially, it's just him vs. Greetles, until one of the townspeople steps up saying "A choice between two monsters is no choice at all," which is a pretty good point. His name is Blacksmith Tom and he's one of those generic NPC members of the community, well-liked, long-standing citizen of the town.
The last candidate is a late-comer to Grito. In fact, no one has seen him before the elections were announced. His name is Stanislaus the Illusionist. He's building a big tower right outside Grito called The Tower of Illusion. He's a tall, thin, 40-something guy with sort of a white-trash air of sleaze about him. You definitely get a Vrill, Potions-of-Friends thing off of this guy. But almost immediately, he makes a lot of friends in town, and injects some much needed money by bringing in a workforce of half-orcs and gnomes to build his tower.
What will you do?
