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by mushgnome » Sun Aug 11, 2019 11:57 pm
December 3
Carc is first to rise as dawn finds our Hobbet Heroes well-rested and healed of all wounds. Willie is disappointed that his missing teeth haven't magically grown back, but where he washed his face with the hot mushroom towel, his gums aren't bleeding and his jaw is no longer throbbing in pain.
Frederick emerges from the store room (where he lays his head at night) and clears his throat. With a clear veteran's voice he takes control of the situation:
Potty, you have a fine nose for quality ingredients, and the best palette of anyone here. Heat up the griddle and cook us some breakfast. The rest of you, follow me.
He leads our heroes to the back room.
Now that you have your own Chapter of Adventure Club, it is time to let you in on some Secrets. Will you Pinky-Swear? Okay, good. Now: Do you see these bins here, labeled flour, salt, sugar, pepper? Open them up, look. It's all honor system, I share this System with you. Throw your copper, silver, gold, gems in there and exchange it to more portable denominations. Like that 50 pound nugget you are carrying. Just drop it in the flour bin and change it to gold pieces. That crazy copper, heh, sometimes I swear it is like the dungeon just poops it out!. We load the farmers' wagons with sacks full of precious metal and transport it out of town with the agricultural products. It trickles back to each Hobbet village, and the blacksmiths forge it into the plates they eat from, the cups they drink from, the tools they use to earn their living. Even a humble goblin-dagger is worth 3gp so scavenge well, young ones! Whoops, listen to me breaking the rules--no spoilers!
As for the question of the pancakes, your running tab... The flapjacks are on the house! Consider this restaurant your Clubhouse, mi casa es su casa. The prices on the board are just for the occasional Human customers who come to try our cuisine. I am a comfortably Retired adventurer and this restaurant is just a side hustle for me. My role in the whole Plan is to keep the Humans stuffed so full of carbs they don't notice all the Hobbet-wagons carrying sacks of precious 'flour' out of town. If the cruel Men of Horpipe find out about the treasure beneath our feet, they will enslave us to mine the narrow tunnels where they are too big to fit. It has happened before and could happen again if we do not follow the Rules.
[f=59]
Stern (
Strong Hero, MV 9′′, AC 3, HD 4, hp 20, FC 4 men/hero, SV F4, L)[/f]