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Level 10: #28

Chapter: Level 10 — Speakeasies & Sea Monsters
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  1. Oldarmourer
    May 12, 2021, 11:14 am | # | Reply

    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.

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    • Oldarmourer
      May 12, 2021, 8:56 pm | # | Reply

      if you’re going to downvote a comment at least have the courtesy to say why.

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      • Pretzelcoatl
        May 16, 2021, 11:16 pm | # | Reply

        Upvoting these to offset the anonymous downvotes.

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      • TGY
        May 17, 2021, 1:42 pm | # | Reply

        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’.

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      • Ilmari
        December 22, 2022, 12:46 am | # | Reply

        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.

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    • HKMaly
      May 13, 2021, 12:41 pm | # | Reply

      Half of the magic items ARE (or contains) gems anyway.

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      • Oldarmourer
        May 13, 2021, 9:12 pm | # | Reply

        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

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        • A canny adventurer
          May 13, 2021, 11:22 pm | # | Reply

          If they’re not deceased yet, it’s an easy fix.

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          • Dreadaxe
            May 14, 2021, 1:48 am | # | Reply

            Especially if it just so happens that you were robbing the artisan in question’s house.

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          • Milo
            May 14, 2021, 6:03 am | # | Reply

            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.

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            • 627235
              November 18, 2023, 6:25 pm | # | Reply

              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.

  2. Milo
    May 12, 2021, 12:21 pm | # | Reply

    To answer Mimic’s question: Rusty rusts it first. He doesn’t eat metals that are still metals. Way too hard to chew.

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    • Mary Catelli
      May 12, 2021, 7:48 pm | # | Reply

      As for jewels, he doesn’t even try.

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  3. TGY
    May 12, 2021, 1:25 pm | # | Reply

    Don’t worry, gang! That, too, shall pass. After all, excretion is the better part of valor.

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  4. Brandon
    May 13, 2021, 12:27 pm | # | Reply

    But hey, at least Mimic has a heart of gold! He just likes to polish it with beer now and then…

  5. Dreadaxe
    May 13, 2021, 2:16 pm | # | Reply

    What was he supposed to do? ‘Nuff was said.

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  6. Click HERE to prove you are not a mimic
    May 15, 2021, 4:26 pm | # | Reply

    Just how good IS Mimic’s bluff skill? He seems to be doing awfully well…

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    • Scryer
      May 16, 2021, 1:46 am | # | Reply

      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.

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      • Milo
        May 16, 2021, 10:59 am | # | Reply

        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.

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  7. Another idea ...
    May 16, 2021, 3:00 pm | # | Reply

    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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