Necroes

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Works for me! I'm actually really looking forward to this. Forum-style posting gives so much more freedom to interact with a world, and to interpret the outcomes of dice rolls. Can't wait to see what those wands have in store for me.

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@Mae Einkel seems to me to be very much the kind of person without any real goals in life. He's happy with the way things are. His work is interesting and he enjoys it. Some dwarves might be obsessed with things like becoming better at their trade, or completing their life's work. For Einkel, he's content being pleasantly surprised when he makes something wonderful.

That said, I would like to see one of two things occur. Either the quest twists his body, rousing his dwarven instincts and that ancient pride, and he feels compelled to master the command of his form. (I.E. he becomes a powerful moon circle druid)

Or, the influence of the magic changes his spirit. It opens his mind to the greater world around him, and that contentment to be what he is grows and blossoms. Instead of being a simple moonshiner, he becomes a part of the marsh. He joins the circle of the land, and will eventually become the arch-druid of Dreadmorasse. (Basically, he turns into Radagast the Brown).

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What kind of moonshine does Einkel make exactly? Is it of a good quality? Is it safe to drink? How exactly does its production and sales make him a criminal in a land where prohibition isn't a thing?

@rush99999

Strictly speaking, he doesn't make moonshine. Moonshine is produced using corn mash, and Einkel's recipes all use wild grains. In terms of quality; It varies. Since what he's able to produce depends on what he finds in the marsh, his recipes are constantly changing. However, he does know what he's doing, so he can consistently produce specific things of a certain type.

As for why he's a criminal; Prohibition isn't a thing, but guilds are. Some of them are more strongly tied to the government than others. Since alcohol is one of those things that can kill people if it's made wrong, the guilds that oversee its production would have a lot of power to enforce their monopoly. Einkel is not an active member of the guild, and the ingredients he uses are not approved by laws governing such things. Not because you can't/shouldn't make alcohol from them, but because there's no way to regulate production using them; Basically, his primary crime is that he doesn't pay the Very steep taxes imposed on non-guild craftsmen, and he isn't in the guild either.

What he makes

To clarify what he makes: This is a dice game, so the product of his crafting is subject to variables. As such, I'll provide a list based on dice-roll outcome;

• Fumble: When he fumbles, he burns the batch. This is the result that wastes ingredients in a way he can't fix. Nothing is actually produced.
• 4-6: Everclear; Anything he makes that's below a ten will be added to a large vat, which in turn will be used as raw materials later on. Alcohol happens to have the advantage that you can always burn out impurities to get a high ABV. He uses these to take a 10, and creates stuff that's 90%+ alcohol by volume. Doesn't taste very good, but you can add it to mixed drinks. This is also the stuff he caries in his XXXX ceramic jug.
• 7-9: Free samples; These result in new tastes or flavors that he's not really sure about. While they still end up in the everclear vat, he'll have taken them around town to let people try first. Some people might like it, but for the most part it's not worth writing down the recipe.
• 10-15: Fire Water; Gin, vodka, whiskey, and pretty well any other clear spirit. These come about from him using existing recipes to make stuff he knows people like, and that will sell. It's not great quality, but it tastes good to people who like it and they make a good base for mixed drinks.
• 16-20: Good stuff; This is where barrel aging comes in. Being a dwarf, Einkel has the advantage of time. These are batches he can only make at certain times of the year, but he knows what he's doing when the right conditions allow. He has to find specific plants, and enough of them, but the results are always good. After that, he stores them in barrels in his hidden tunnel until they're just right. The high end stuff sells for a lot of coin so no one needs to buy in bulk, but this is the stuff he sells to wealthy citizens and bribes government officials with.
• 21-22: Absinthe; These are the surprises. The interesting flavors that only Einkel can make, and only on his best days. He tries something new, mixing berries and herbs in with the grain, distilling it just enough, and making something amazing. They come in all colors of the rainbow, a cavalcade of smells, and they all have their own unique flavor. Very rarely can Einkel make these more than once, but when he can, it's a lot of effort that pays off. Einkel's stuff might not have a guild seal on it, but merchants are willing to take the risk for the chance at kegs of this stuff. Bottles of it can be found squirreled away with the highest quality stuff in the best collections, public and private use, all throughout the kingdom.

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@Mae Been meaning to ask; I've played 5e. before, but I've never done a 300 wands thing. So, how is that going to work, exactly? 'Cause, as far as I'm aware, most wands don't really have lasting effects. So, should we be expecting these wands to just cause lots of collateral damage, or are these not those kinds of wands?

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@rush99999 My questions are; What kind of booze do you sell? Is Einkel your provider, or your competition?

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@Mae No, you're right. Checked my book. I was thinking humans are Way better than they are. I'm just a poptart XD

Though, for the life of me, I can't figure out where that +2 initiative is coming from

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@rush99999Looks to me like you're missing a +2 in your stats.

Assuming you're using the alt. human traits to get the feat, you'd have a +2 in two different stats of your choice. If you've got an 8 in int., one of your base stats should be a 12. Which means you should have three stats that are base 12, or one stat that's base twelve and one stat that is base 14. (base being before your feat)

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Yea. I imagine he's probably fairly well liked around the town. Spending his free time roaming the town with a big ceramic jar with four X's on the side. Taking long pulls (I made int. his low stat because I figure he's at least a little drunk 24/7 XD), offering it to others. Passing out samples of his newest concoctions to see how people like it, then goes home and plans a full shipment of whatever's most popular to sell through the taverns. Probably keeps a few barrels hidden in his secret tunnel where he lets the good stuff age. Slip a few bottles of that stuff to whatever passes for law enforcement in Swampmuck and that probably keeps him in the clear legally.

As for his adventures; Well, I'm looking forward to having a drunk dwarf wander into town to pawn off his latest 'paint thinner' batch-an extra sheet or two to the wind from 'sampling' it-and going all in on the guy offering coin to wave some stick around!

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This is awesome, I imagine the rig is either on the side of his house or perhaps around back where no one can see it easily?...

All that being said, if you have a specific idea for your house - for example, maybe @Necroes wants his house to back out on a small hill - just let me know and I'll whack it on the map.

@Mae

Given what I now know of the map; Chances are his house would be a hut built into the side of a hill, located deep in the southern swamp/marsh. If you go into his hut, and go all the way through a very long tunnel-the entrance is hidden behind a liquor cabinet-you'll be lead to where the river opens up into the marsh.

Clean, fresh, running water is essential for making good grain alcohol. His rig is hidden there, in a shady grove hidden under a big willow tree. I imagine the river running into one side of the tree, and out through and between its roots flows the water that enters the marsh and makes it wet.

He probably gets most of his supplies for making the brew from around the marsh. You can find all kinds of wild grains in a marsh! Mix in the right herbs for aromatics and flavor, and you've got everything you need for some high-ABV moonshine liquor! Just don't ask where anyone in a shit-hole town like Swampmuck got ten year aged whiskey. They can probably guess where the everclear is coming from.

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So, it doesn't look like this will be an issue, but Just to be safe; Can we get a role-call on what everyone is shooting for, class wise?

I'm aimed at druid.