The Dragon's Demand Continues Next Week

We accomplished enough last night for the characters to gain a level. You should be 4th level for our next session. Each character earned a share of the agreed 5000 gp payment - 714 gp, 2 sp and 8 cp.

The Wand of Lightning Bolt with 3 charges was not included in the auction lots. The party may keep this.

The cataloged items will be sold at auction in 1 month's time. I plan to assume that you have downtime until then unless you want to seek out further adventure while you wait. The PCs will able to bid on items. The baroness was so pleased with the party's work that she further agrees to pay up to half of the price of any items won up to a total of 7500 gp.

AUCTION LOTS

Lot 1  - Exotic birds (5 songbirds) - Starting Bid: 50 gp

Lot 2 - Kitchen lot (silverware and expensive dinnerware) - Starting Bid: 100 gp

Lot 3 - Parlor lot (globe of Golarion cradled in a polished mahogany stand, sextants, astrolabes, and paintings of unearthly landscapes) - Starting Bid: 300 gp

Lot 4 - Dining room lot (long oak table, ornately carved oak chairs. 4 large, framed painting of desert landscapes) - Starting Bid: 200 gp

Lot 5 - Library lot (600+ books) - Starting Bid: 400 gp

Lot 6 - Stuffed grizzly bear - Starting Bid: 60 gp

Lot 7 - Book of extended summoning - Starting Bid: 550 gp

Lot 8 - Flesh golem manual - Starting Bid: 2,000 gp

Lot 9 - Manual of war - Starting Bid: 1,500 gp

Lot 10 - Assorted potions (5 potions - oil of keen edge, potion of undetectable alignment, potion of protection from acid and potion of protection from fire) - Starting Bid: 660 gp

Lot 11 - Assorted scrolls (4 scrolls - a scroll of campfire wall, a scroll of excruciating deformation, a scroll of haunting mists, and a scroll of magic circle against chaos) - Starting Bid: 255 gp

Lot 12 - Hunclay’s spellbooks (6 spell books - All 0 level, 25 1st-level, 22 2nd-level, 17 3rd-level, 13 4th-level, and 11 5th-level spells) - Starting Bid: 4,000 gp

Lot 13 - Bedroom lot (Fine clothing) - Starting Bid: 440 gp

Lot 14 - Observatory lot (50 rare star charts, an exquisite platinum astrolabe, six rare astronomy tomes and two handheld telescopes) - Starting Bid: 1,000 gp

Lot 15 - Storage lot (wine and spell components) - Starting Bid: 500 gp

Lot 16 - Clockwork lab lot (tools and clockwork resources) - Starting Bid: 1,000 gp

Lot 17 - Summoning journal - Starting Bid: 1,000 gp

Lot 18 - Rare book lot (darkwood case, 4 astronomy tomes and a copy of Secrets of the Dreaming Dark) - Starting Bid: 1,100 gp

Lot 19 - Dust of Darkness (3 bags) - Starting Bid: 450 gp

Lot 20 - Mithral scroll tube (scroll of permanency) - Starting Bid: 300 gp

Lot 21 - Manor home and lands - Starting Bid: 2,500 gp

The auction will work as follows:

Step 1: The auctioneer names the relevant lot and states the opening bid.

Step 2: Determine which bidders other than the PCs are interested on the item.

Step 3: The interested PC gets to make the first bid. All bids must be made in multiples of the listed opening bid. The PC attempts a single Bluff or Intimidate check. For each multiple by which the PC exceeds the opening bid, the PC gains a +2 bonus on the check. Allies cannot aid another on this check. Any competing bidder whose outbid DC is equal to or lower than the result of this check is driven off. If the PC’s bid equals or exceeds the listed winning bid, all the NPC bidders immediately concede. If any NPC bidders remain, proceed to Step 4; if not, proceed to Step 5.

Step 4: The competing bidders place their bids, causing the current bid for the lot to increase by an amount equal to the lot’s starting bid. Control returns to the bidding PC—return to Step 3 if the PC wishes to make a new bid. If not, a remaining NPC bidder wins the lot.

Step 5: Once the PC has outbid the other bidders or bids above the lot’s winning bid, she wins the lot and must pay the final price. Proceed to the next lot.