The Gossip Board

[Carthrat]

I would be interested in looking into sailing through the river styx. I'm not really a sailor, obviously, but if we can find someone who isn't going to screw us out of hand, a boat provides us with a lot of things (supplies and plenty of storage for the same, protection from the elements).

That proviso might be a trick, though.

[Dracos]

I'll second that sailing the river styx sounds really cool and different.  But yeah, not a sailor either.

[Dracos]

Also, sure, let's buy uh, 4 weeks of rations, party wide?

what's that cost like 5 gp or something?  maybe 25 gp?

I can look it up later.  We can evenly divide or Kam can just carry it all.  No real diff to me, just hammering out that we have plenty of travel food.

ah, looks to be 78 gp for rations/food for 5 people for 31 days.  I assume if we're there a month later, we probably have larger problems than starving to death.

[Carthrat]

Well presumably we can hire someone to help us? Maybe? I don't know, Dune? >_>

Also, I just realised Nikkolai *knows* Resist Energy so we don't need that wand.

[Carthrat]

Abyssal To-Do List

1) Get Phylactery
2) Rescue any Cards hanging around there
3) Get Blood War intelligence, or find demons willing to buddy up with us vs. Baator
4) Pry anarchic weapons from the cold, dead hands of the demons we kill

[Dracos]

How much raw gold do we have handy for bribes?

[Carthrat]

I have 600gp presently.

[VySaika]

I've got 2800gp if nessesary, and assuming we don't have anything else to buy.

[Anastasia]

Styx stuff: It's possible but finding a reliable ride is easier said than done. The 'best' ones are Yugoloths known as Marraenoloths if you can find one and pay it enough money to do so. Mortal captains, demons and even a few devils make trips into the Abyssal parts of the Styx too. There are various branches and meanderings of the Styx on Pazunia. K:P can get you more info here on specifics and captains and all that.

[Dracos]

<Dracos2> roll 1d20+6 Knowledge Styyyyx
<Hatbot>
ACTION --> "Dracos2 rolls 1d20+6 Knowledge Styyyyx and gets 22." [1d20=16]

Kam wonders about captains.  Routes.  And anyone that has actually legitimately held up the bargain to traffic in good aligned warriors down the river styx and had a tale told about doing so.

[Anastasia]

It happens every once in awhile if the heroes pay right and bribe  right. The Marraneloth Quinsalus is said to be unusually trustworthy for a Yugoloth, or at least hasn't betrayed anyone and gotten caught at it. Considering 'loths, it's probably the latter, but you work with what you have here.

[Dracos]

Any word on how much of a bribe they usually want?

[Carthrat]

Where can we even meet this brave, noble explorers?

[Anastasia]

Drac: Range varies, but at least 2k is a good starting place. It depends on the location, danger and the whims of the 'loth in question.

Rat: You aren't quiiite sure. If someone had a slightly higher check and rolled it...(Mari, Zeph)

[Dracos]

And any ideas on how to go find this guy to bribe him?  :)  He hang around a specific city?  Sail up and down the plane?  Has thirty seven tentacled cousins who each demand a task before he'll consider giving passage?