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The Doclopedia #3,360
Rare Potion Ingredients: Fresh Lava From Mount Satan
Gemma, a thief: So let me get this straight, Nemlox. You want us to go to the erupting caldera of 9,500 foot Mount Satan, put this portal device on the ground, then pour roughly 5 gallons of molten lava through it, which will land in that cauldron. And for our efforts, we get 5,000 gold coins, two rings of Haste, and a small manor house in Pothenia?
Nemlox, a wizard: Yes, quite the generous offer, I think.
Sart, a barbarian warrior: You think wrong, old man.
Relden, a priest of the Moon God: Let’s start with the fact that Mount Satan is 400 miles from here, on the other side of the Wastes of Lantil.
Gemma: Which is thick with desert raiders, sand dragons, scorpions the size of my fist,and about 1,000 other deadly creatures.
Artimas, an archer: And that’s if the heat and thirst don’t kill you first.
Nemlox: Oh, you’ve been in worse places.Why…
Sart: No,we have not.
Relden: Then after the desert, we must climb the mountain itself, which would be dangerous enough without the fire trolls, red dragons, and assorted elementals that live there.
Artimas: I hate fire trolls.
Nemlox: See here, I…
Gemma: No, YOU see here. 10,000 gold, the rings, 12 Arrows of Slaying, Amulets of Protection, all the stuff we will need for the trip, and your chateau on Lake Belannu. And whatever OUR wizard asks for when he gets back from his parent’s house. Take it or leave it.
Relden: And we will need the contract to contain a Seal of Life. Just in case you think of getting ideas once we deliver the lava.
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