Guile chimes in, a little perturbed by how the treasure is getting randomly plucked by his companions.   

"Hold on now, don't grab whatever gems and coin that pleases you.  Let's agree on some terms here.  I don't care about the common equipment- take what is useful.  But let's do a proper accounting of the gems and coin and decide an appropriate compensation for those not walking away with magic items."

Guile takes out a piece of parchment and performs a tally of the gem and coins.  "I propose a magic item is worth a 2/3 share of the gold and gems.  9 party members, 6 magic items, and 5 shares of gems and gold."

Guile shares his calculations

"So 6 third shares of 166.5 gp & a magic item; 3 full shares of 499.5 gp.  What say you all to these terms?"  

"Wait, can we trade in magic items for more shares? Also some of these are rarer than others."

(I the player agree with your terms though)

Vanja looks unabashed but nevertheless tosses the items she's picked up back on the table. "Mmm. Fair's fair. Who chooses first though? We're missing two of our party - Bridgitte and Rog aren't here to choose their pickings."

"Ok with me", puts the cloak on the table.  "But I still think this is perfect for a pirate."

(OOC: I didn't see a Cap of Water Breathing to compare with the cloak)

Aegnor,

Puts his loot back up on the table as well..  "I've no problem with the shares being fair."

OOC - This will drag out the process over days or longer potentially as we wait for picks.

(OOC: What if we say for RP sake that we've divided it up, but save the actual dividing until we can all have a say.  Ravager has made clear what she wants, and the reason.)

(switched my version to OOC too, Valeskah)

( OOC: LOL I've been doing the same thing in the OOC thread :D )

Leaving Rog, Vanja and Aegnor behind, the group steps out on their chosen errands.  Bridgette, Kumiko, Guile spot Arnel disappearing down the north street towards the desecrated temple, clutching shreds of parchment, the same note that Agnir had torn up earlier.  

You then hear from the south, "You there! I wish to speak to you!" you turn to see a gnome and a lizardman, both wearing the red bands (higher rank) walking towards you with the small lizardman between them.  It spies Gema, and immediately rushes to her side.  The larger lizardman then walks to a couple of small water barrels and takes a seat, then points to Gema and says "We have much to discuss while my companion speaks with your comrades".

The gnome turns towards the rest of you and says "I am Reginald Ironcrag, my partner there is Secil Kz'zat and I have a couple of questions about what has occurred tonight."  He shuffles through his notes, finds the page that he was looking for then asks you, "Did any of you notice any nauseous odor among the creatures you fought tonight? (No, you did not, which makes you realize that there was something different about the troglodytes)" He then asks a couple more questions about the fighting styles of the creatures.  He'll then ask you where you are going and then give you more specific details of the locations you were interested in.

Gema's conversation basically is an interrogation about why the small lizardman is so attached to Gema.  The reason why makes the lizardman a chuckle, he then explains the situation to Gema.  The lizardman has basically Stockholm syndromed onto Gema since she is no longer has a clan to protect her. The small lizardman is a "Brood Daughter", basically an adolescent female of a clan of lizardmen that use social status to determine who breeds. He offers to take the female off your hands and is willing to share any information he is able to get out of her.  He will insist on interrogating the female if you decide to keep the small nuisance.   

In the meantime, Arnel has disappeared into the old temple.

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Gema's conversation basically is an interrogation about why the small lizardman is so attached to Gema.  The reason why makes the lizardman a chuckle, he then explains the situation to Gema.  The lizardman has basically Stockholm syndromed onto Gema since she is no longer has a clan to protect her. The small lizardman is a "Brood Daughter", basically an adolescent female of a clan of lizardmen that use social status to determine who breeds. He offers to take the female off your hands and is willing to share any information he is able to get out of her.  He will insist on interrogating the female if you decide to keep the small nuisance.   

 "I think I'll keep her, she could prove useful." Gema says with a smile "Shall we conduct an interrogation together? Me the brains you the..." She touches the lizardman's arm "Brawn" she'll break out in a venomous little chortle before heading toward the young she-lizard

(OOC: Bridgette wouldn't be too greedy as far as magic items are concerned; she's very confident in her patron's power to see her through whatever challenge she finds herself facing).

"I'm gonna go get myself some snacks. And a shower. You go deal with the lizard gal; Make sure she doesn't something nasty to you or she'll end up as our dinner or somethin' ok?"  She talks to Gema before leaving to go to the village to recharge her energy. 

"Whatever... guess I'll head off to train by myself before I grab something to eat." The black mutters as he shuts out his flashbacks and heads over to the village to find somewhere to do some friendly sparring. After all, this and fighting monsters are the reasons why he came here to improve himself for another major battle that he has to prepare for.

"Excuse me, sir/lady." He asks if there are any merchants or people willing to help him nearby. "Are there any training ground where I can perhaps hone my skills a little? If so, would you be kind to give me directions?"

Guile will take a brief moment of respite and use his Arcane Recovery to regain 2 second-level spells slots.  He'll then look purchase scrolls to add to his conjuration repertoire, like fog cloud, grease, floating disk, unseen servant.

After this he heads to old temple, interested in chatting with Arnel about his relationship with Agnir and how he came to serve him.

The hostel has a small communal bath (Like what you would see in American westerns or French renaissance films.) Field rations are available with some fairly passable wine and grog, you'd have to go to the camp kitchens for a hot meal.   

Zelgius will be informed there isn't any official training grounds, but will be directed to the town's militia barracks, where beating on fights occurs nightly, ranging from fisticuffs to first blood contests... with the occasional deadly brawl breaking out.

Gema will spend a couple of hours interrogating the lizard child with the lizardman shaman.   Afterwards, in response to your advances, his face contorts into the equivalent of a smile (something you didn't think was possible for a reptilian).  He says to you, "Interesting... the one thing we didn't bring was females with us, much to our regret.  I and a few friends would like to have a long chat with you."   He then locks the lizard child in the room you were interrogating it in.  He will then throw you over his shoulder (of you don't struggle too much) and head off to the camp where the lizard folk are staying... If you chose to accept this "mission", don't expect to get much sleep tonight.  (OOC: Have you ever seen videos of snakes mating?)

For those of you going shopping, let me know what you are looking for it will take a couple of hours for you to determine if it is available for sale (and what prices) from the bazaar and amory.  Let me know what you are looking for.

Guile: three scrolls will be all that you find, Identify (100 gp), Tenser's Floating Disk (150 gp), and Alterself (100 gp, 2nd lvl spell, the seller doesn't know what is on the scroll but you do, so you can get it cheaper.)  plus 400 gp worth of supplies available for sale to scribe the spells (50 gp for each level of spell, so if you bought everything and used it you'd still have 200 gp worth left).

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Gema will spend a couple of hours interrogating the lizard child with the lizardman shaman.   Afterwards, in response to your advances, his face contorts into the equivalent of a smile (something you didn't think was possible for a reptilian).  He says to you, "Interesting... the one thing we didn't bring was females with us, much to our regret.  I and a few friends would like to have a long chat with you."   He then locks the lizard child in the room you were interrogating it in.  He will then throw you over his shoulder (of you don't struggle too much) and head off to the camp where the lizard folk are staying... If you chose to accept this "mission", don't expect to get much sleep tonight.  (OOC: Have you ever seen videos of snakes mating?).

 Unexpected, but not unwelcomed, Gema will go along

(Is this negating the possibility of a rest? I'm all for it, just want to make sure not to hit the button if she's not getting one)

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Guile: three scrolls will be all that you find, Identify (100 gp), Tenser's Floating Disk (150 gp), and Alterself (100 gp, 2nd lvl spell, the seller doesn't know what is on the scroll but you do, so you can get it cheaper.)  plus 400 gp worth of supplies available for sale to scribe the spells (50 gp for each level of spell, so if you bought everything and used it you'd still have 200 gp worth left).

Guile will purchase Floating Disk and Alter Self (250 gp) and 300 gp of scribing materials.  He looks briefly for Arnel, but is happy to grab some hot food in the kitchen and find a quiet place to study the Floating Disk scroll.  With his aptitude for conjuration, he scribes the scroll in an hour using 25 gp of scribing materials.

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Gema will spend a couple of hours interrogating the lizard child with the lizardman shaman.   Afterwards, in response to your advances, his face contorts into the equivalent of a smile (something you didn't think was possible for a reptilian).  He says to you, "Interesting... the one thing we didn't bring was females with us, much to our regret.  I and a few friends would like to have a long chat with you."   He then locks the lizard child in the room you were interrogating it in.  He will then throw you over his shoulder (of you don't struggle too much) and head off to the camp where the lizard folk are staying... If you chose to accept this "mission", don't expect to get much sleep tonight.  (OOC: Have you ever seen videos of snakes mating?).

 Unexpected, but not unwelcomed, Gema will go along

(Is this negating the possibility of a rest? I'm all for it, just want to make sure not to hit the button if she's not getting one)

 Bridgette would have been VERY interested if she had known about this lol

If Gema has any way to communicate it she'd invite whoever wanted to come along.

In the meantime, Vanja has been eating a hearty dinner of chunks of meat, veg and gravy at the camp kitchen, then settles in her quarters for some weapon/armour maintenance. After her dinner has settled, she goes through a stretching /training routine for an hour before bed. A woman of simple pleasures.

Aegnor

At dinner Aegnor makes sure to give Shadow a full meal of meats and is allowed to lick the plate.  Puts a bowl down for Shadow to get some water.  Plenty of shrubs outside to water Shadow.

Beast Speech, "Let's grabs some elven wine at the NCO club boy then we'll call it a night."