Mimic better hope a coin doesn’t touch a filling 😉
Always take the gems first, they’re smaller, lighter and worth the most except magic items
and maybe the odd object d’art some DM’s love to put in treasure for players to ignore.
Oh that old chair in the corner ? One of the last works of a Dwarven master, priceless.
Worth more than the rest of the hoard combined.
Yeah, that’s the problem with this whole ‘like’ thing. It’s like doing stand-up at a masked ninja convention: it’s impossible to read the audience (ed. until the throwing stars fly). Reminds me of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ a bit. I’d rather have ‘Dancing in the Bars’.
It is very odd… maybe you have a very small-minded person with a grudge against you, and an easily reset VPN? That’s the best conclusion I can draw from the committed downvotes on a totally innocuous comment.
Which leaves coins to touch fillings…
The rest was basic dungeoneering that our still-learning ‘adventurer’ might need to know, even if he is a Mimic and used to posing as treasure…illusionary treasure 😉
As for the object d’art, a small finely detailed cameo plaque might be worth even more than a stack of gems, if it’s by the right artist (preferably deceased so they can’t make any more)
Used to have fun with adventuring parties when they forgot to have the old chest they carried their treasure back in appraised and only found out much later that whoever they left it with sold it for more than the gold inside it was worth
Not sure about core D&D but there are typically reasons for people to actually stay dead in stories so not every dead artist can or will come back if revived, right?
On the other hand, if art is more valuable once the artist’s dead and the artist won’t stay dead, will value decrease? There’s probably a sweet spot there somewhere but it’s still a tough call to make, financially speaking.
One has to wonder if it factors into his ability to convince people he’s just an unassuming piece of furnature. Y’know, on top of actually turning into said furnature.
If you’re an trying to convince people you’re an inanimate chair, telling them you’re an inanimate chair is a rather poor way to go about it, regardless of how good your Bluff skill.
It occurs to me another possibility is that “too right” and “nuff said” are trigger phrases to cause others to follow orders; maybe Mimic realizes it, or maybe he’s just got lucky without realizing it.
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Mimic better hope a coin doesn’t touch a filling 😉
Always take the gems first, they’re smaller, lighter and worth the most except magic items
and maybe the odd object d’art some DM’s love to put in treasure for players to ignore.
Oh that old chair in the corner ? One of the last works of a Dwarven master, priceless.
Worth more than the rest of the hoard combined.
if you’re going to downvote a comment at least have the courtesy to say why.
Upvoting these to offset the anonymous downvotes.
Yeah, that’s the problem with this whole ‘like’ thing. It’s like doing stand-up at a masked ninja convention: it’s impossible to read the audience (ed. until the throwing stars fly). Reminds me of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ a bit. I’d rather have ‘Dancing in the Bars’.
It is very odd… maybe you have a very small-minded person with a grudge against you, and an easily reset VPN? That’s the best conclusion I can draw from the committed downvotes on a totally innocuous comment.
Half of the magic items ARE (or contains) gems anyway.
Which leaves coins to touch fillings…
The rest was basic dungeoneering that our still-learning ‘adventurer’ might need to know, even if he is a Mimic and used to posing as treasure…illusionary treasure 😉
As for the object d’art, a small finely detailed cameo plaque might be worth even more than a stack of gems, if it’s by the right artist (preferably deceased so they can’t make any more)
Used to have fun with adventuring parties when they forgot to have the old chest they carried their treasure back in appraised and only found out much later that whoever they left it with sold it for more than the gold inside it was worth
If they’re not deceased yet, it’s an easy fix.
Especially if it just so happens that you were robbing the artisan in question’s house.
On the other hand, remember that this is D&D. If the artists’s work is valued at more than 5000 gp, he’s not going to stay dead.
Not sure about core D&D but there are typically reasons for people to actually stay dead in stories so not every dead artist can or will come back if revived, right?
On the other hand, if art is more valuable once the artist’s dead and the artist won’t stay dead, will value decrease? There’s probably a sweet spot there somewhere but it’s still a tough call to make, financially speaking.
To answer Mimic’s question: Rusty rusts it first. He doesn’t eat metals that are still metals. Way too hard to chew.
As for jewels, he doesn’t even try.
Don’t worry, gang! That, too, shall pass. After all, excretion is the better part of valor.
But hey, at least Mimic has a heart of gold! He just likes to polish it with beer now and then…
What was he supposed to do? ‘Nuff was said.
Just how good IS Mimic’s bluff skill? He seems to be doing awfully well…
One has to wonder if it factors into his ability to convince people he’s just an unassuming piece of furnature. Y’know, on top of actually turning into said furnature.
If you’re an trying to convince people you’re an inanimate chair, telling them you’re an inanimate chair is a rather poor way to go about it, regardless of how good your Bluff skill.
It occurs to me another possibility is that “too right” and “nuff said” are trigger phrases to cause others to follow orders; maybe Mimic realizes it, or maybe he’s just got lucky without realizing it.