@Mae

Does owning an inn count as gainful employment?

@rush99999 I guess that would depend on how much business comes through Swampmuck

Which would usually be not very much at all. I imagine some times of the year get pretty close to the wire. Except, it's the time of the Harvest Festival, so at the start of IC your character probably has a bit more going for them then some others.

should of asked @Lugia the same question actually - do you close up the forge when you head out or do you have an NPC take care of it for you?

Well, since he doesn't really HAVE anyone, the forge is closed while he's out adventuring, though, it's likely that someone else will buy the place and make it their own while he's gone.

What kind of moonshine does Einkel make exactly? Is it of a good quality? Is it safe to drink? How exactly does its production and sales make him a criminal in a land where prohibition isn't a thing?

Strictly speaking, he doesn't make moonshine. Moonshine is produced using corn mash, and Einkel's recipes all use wild grains. In terms of quality; It varies. Since what he's able to produce depends on what he finds in the marsh, his recipes are constantly changing. However, he does know what he's doing, so he can consistently produce specific things of a certain type.

As for why he's a criminal; Prohibition isn't a thing, but guilds are. Some of them are more strongly tied to the government than others. Since alcohol is one of those things that can kill people if it's made wrong, the guilds that oversee its production would have a lot of power to enforce their monopoly. Einkel is not an active member of the guild, and the ingredients he uses are not approved by laws governing such things. Not because you can't/shouldn't make alcohol from them, but because there's no way to regulate production using them; Basically, his primary crime is that he doesn't pay the Very steep taxes imposed on non-guild craftsmen, and he isn't in the guild either.

Info on the Tankard has been added to the CS.

@rush99999 absolutely perfect, just what I needed, thankyou!

Also a warm welcome to @Cao the Exiled's character Dreeda Brom, just ironing out a few details in PM.

@Shovel you still in, friend?

Thank you! I'll be posting little Dreeda after I finished workshop/home!

Speaking of, I wonder if you guys have any personal quests or goals in mind? Or situations/developments you like the idea of for your character (though your character might not agree, lol)

I know, for example, that Bartholomew has a goal to meet lots of interesting people. But I'm wondering if there are any others - e.g. put <shop/town/buisness> on the map or become a famous <fishmonger> ect. Or solve a major undead problem, meet the king, ect.

Aye, Dreeda is an aspiring Artificer. They're goal is to move to the city and work with some of the greatest in the land. As we start, they had just received they're I introductory letter into the artificer guild.

What all does the village provide? There's my small shop, but what else? (farmers market, blacksmith, temple, so on)

@Mae I haven't really had time to think of any for Jhank, though, I suppose one goal would be to find something that he's not worthless at, after all, he got kicked out of his tribe at a young age, had to live among a completely different species for most of his life, and his life's work as a blacksmith is... average at best, and entirely unusable at the worst of times.

@Mae Einkel seems to me to be very much the kind of person without any real goals in life. He's happy with the way things are. His work is interesting and he enjoys it. Some dwarves might be obsessed with things like becoming better at their trade, or completing their life's work. For Einkel, he's content being pleasantly surprised when he makes something wonderful.

That said, I would like to see one of two things occur. Either the quest twists his body, rousing his dwarven instincts and that ancient pride, and he feels compelled to master the command of his form. (I.E. he becomes a powerful moon circle druid)

Or, the influence of the magic changes his spirit. It opens his mind to the greater world around him, and that contentment to be what he is grows and blossoms. Instead of being a simple moonshiner, he becomes a part of the marsh. He joins the circle of the land, and will eventually become the arch-druid of Dreadmorasse. (Basically, he turns into Radagast the Brown).

@Cao the Exiled So far, I'm mostly limiting Swampmuck to what players decide for their characters. Bear in mind Swampmuck is a very out the way place and quite a small village. But there will be a Harvest Festival on at the start of the game too.

We have:


@Lugia Poor Jhank :_: I hope this goes a bit better for him...

@Necroes that's... surprisingly deep, actually. I'm excited to see which path Einkil finds himself on.

Also, heads up folks. I might condense the first post down and include you guys already starting at the premise quest rather then having to go find it, just to save a few months or so of OOC time.

Works for me! I'm actually really looking forward to this. Forum-style posting gives so much more freedom to interact with a world, and to interpret the outcomes of dice rolls. Can't wait to see what those wands have in store for me.

While I'd kinda like to start a while before getting the quest and have a chance to enjoy the festivities first, I don't mind starting as we receive the quest if that makes things easier.

Posted Dreeda

@Cao the Exiled

Just so you know, the human language is called common, not human.

.... Did I seriously do that?! I'm so sorry, I know better then that.

Fixed it

@Cao the Exiled

No need to beat yourself up over it. Everyone makes mistakes.