Loot Thread:

[Corwin]

I think you misunderstand, since no one's telling you to pay for it to own it. I'm saying (and Tai seems to support this part) that you can have the sword in your possession and try to redeem it if you'd like or destroy it if you can't. We can decide to either keep it or sell it afterwards, should you choose the former and succeed.

And might I add that a thematic quest done with a handicap against the odds and for an exalted cause to boot is the coolest thing since sliced bread?

[Ebiris]

It becomes a lot less cool when it turns into a cash dispenser.

I'm not doing this to make some easy cash, I'm doing it to take it out of circulation - whether it's good or evil, I have no intention of selling it. If it's irredeemable, I pay you guys and destroy it. If it's redeemable, I pay you guys and stash it. Either way, I'm not making a profit on this.

[Corwin]

Ah, I see where you misunderstand me. I should have been clear that I like the weapon's potential if redeemed (unhealable damage to fiends and trolls? SA? fun). It's not so much that I worry over pennies, but that _I_ want to buy it, and I don't want to cheat you guys out of whatever price it'll eventually have if you succeed.

[Ebiris]

If you want it afterwards you're entirely welcome to it - the idea was to keep it for an appropriate NPC if one showed up, since all I care about is not letting it get back into circulation (someone might easily buy it, stab a few babies, and have their evil vile damage sword back in action). Whether it gets used by hypothetical friendly NPC #X or one of the PCs, it's all good.

In this case, how about we forget about assigning any value to it for the moment, then after Alicia redeems it (if possible), it can be freely claimed by any of us for personal use if someone wants it, and if no one intends to use it, then it can get kept as treasure in the temple of Mystra until one of us recruits an NPC good enough to use it.

Theoretically if it's good enough but inappropriate for any of us, we could trade it to Donald for his current bastard sword and sell that to split the cash between us.

The important thing is just that it doesn't get sold randomly to disappear in the system and wind up getting grabbed by the same psychopaths that grabbed all the unholy glaives.

[Corwin]

I agree on pretty much all this. Quite a lot of posts could've been avoided if I'd been clear about liking the sword in a possible nonevil variant.

On the glaives, I'm more inclined to believe they disappeared into a plot hole.  >_>

[Anastasia]

Are you guys selling the armor? If so, have you divvied up the money amid yourselves?

[Ebiris]

Armour sold for 3,333gp each, giving whomever we're selling it to a 1gp discount, because I don't think any of us cares about divvying up silver and copper.

[Taishyr]

To do after wasteland trip: buy upgrade to cloak (+4/+4), check and see what Pollyanna's saving up for with the 5,000 from her old bracers.

[Anastasia]

From the Sword of Grief Quest:

Guardianil: Bastard Sword+2. This weapon grants a +2 perfection bonus to AC to the holder and all allies within a 10 ft radius. The wielder many invoke the Shining Defense ability three times per day.

Shining Defense:

When using the fighting defensively option, the user gains DR 5/- and 15 temporary HP until his next turn. Further, he may designate anyone within twenty feet. If a target is designated, any damage dealt to this target is instead dealt to the wielder. 

GP value:  28000 GP (18k +3 base plus 10,000 add on by fiat.)

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From the bag:

Alicia finds that the bag is full of pearls, beautiful coral carvings, gems that look like water molded into solid form and blue tinted silver.   The contents are worth 12,000 GP.

[Ebiris]

I'll give Donald Guardianil in exchange for Shad's sword, which I'll promptly sell and give 6k each to Seira and Deme.

[Anastasia]

Orb of Peace:

This orb is a converted evil artifact, suffused and cleansed of it's sin.

When placed in a building and allowed to attune for twenty four hours, the orb will then bestow a Hallowed spell that effects the entire grounds. While there is no normal secondary spell attached to it, it bestows the following benefits on the grounds:

+4 sacred bonus to hit and damage rolls non lethal strikes.
+4 sacred bonus to diplomacy.
+1 sacred bonus to attack rolls, damage, skill checks, caster level checks and saves versus devils. This stacks with other sacred bonuses from the orb. 

[Anastasia]

Last call for upgrades and purchases before the dungeon diving.

[Taishyr]

I have one small question, I'll ask it of you tonight (regarding finding diamond to buy in Balmuria since uh I'm not even considering dismantling the Orb right now.)

Regarding purchases, probably taking Mindarmor (MIC pg. 13), if feasible. Other than that... a wand of CLW and four potions of CSW. (750+3000)

[Anastasia]

I have one small question, I'll ask it of you tonight (regarding finding diamond to buy in Balmuria since uh I'm not even considering dismantling the Orb right now.)

Regarding purchases, probably taking Mindarmor (MIC pg. 13), if feasible. Other than that... a wand of CLW and four potions of CSW. (750+3000)

Bottom purchases are fine.

I'll chat with you regarding the diamond.

[Ebiris]

Alicia buys 4 scrolls of identify for 500gp