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Old 04-22-2017, 02:42 AM   #38
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Question 24
Where can passing strangers find accommodation in Newbridge?
What is the name of a typical low-level, mid-level and high-level establishment?
Who runs them?
What's a secret each has?
Answer 24B
Grumblelox's Sour Batsmilk Taphuss & Gestruems

(I was aiming for a low-class establishment, but this turned out fairly firmly middle-class.)

Serrly Grumblelox wanted to break down the popular image of dwarves of being dour, insular and cantankerous by opening a tavern with a fun and lively atmosphere that celebrates dwarven culture, locating it in the human quarter of town. The tavern is a large room with rows of long wooden tables, and its decoration runs more toward dwarven kitsch, more a touristic presentation of dwarven culture than genuine, and actually it's rare to find real dwarves among the clientele unless they're out-of-towners dragged along by well-meaning friends. Clichéd tableaus of dwarven life are hung copiously around the walls, generally showing dwarves mining or hammering on anvils, but also a generous number showing dwarves violently smiting goblins.

Signs outside the taphouse read, "Awfentique Life Muzick," "Allfentick Real Brawlls, Twyse Nyghtlie" and "Reall Souwer Batsmilk Lauter, Brewd on Prymisses By Master Curdller." Despite the gimmicky interior, the bar is an entertaining place to hang out, with a dwarf and gnome house band, a raucous drunken crowd who get up and dance along, and indeed hired dwarven brawlers that start trouble nightly at 9 and 10.30. However, it's the brew available on tap that Grumblelox's is famous for and it's what he built his reputation on.

He's a certified master curdler of sour batsmilk lauter, a thin, carbonated, slightly milky white ale that will clear your sinuses out to your ear canals and into next week, and it can leave the novice with a bombastic hangover. It's mainly served straight, but a couple of flavoured variations are available on the menu, such as with persimmon or coriander seed. Grumblelox has a whey distillery and ageing cellar in the basement, but these are not open to the public as the warning signs on the stairway attest- "NO Enntrie- Bewhere Sally-manders," "OFF Limmyts- Toiletts Ovver Side of Barr," and, "GO Back- Danger! Sallymanderes!"

Minor Secret- A dwarf customer whose palate is accustomed to real batsmilk lauter might notice that what is served here is not as fresh as it should be if made on the premises, and it's true that Grumblelox is no longer making it himself.

Major Secret- Curious adventurers who venture down to the basement and fight off Grumblelox's pack of guard salamanders will find that the expected whey distillery equipment is missing and that his stock of barrels of lauter are all stamped with the Huss Magpie insignia (dun-dun-DUNNN!!) Unfortunately, in the Piebald Jarl's Underwar, the invaders broke into Grumblelox's cellar, stole his distillery, destroyed his curdling tanks and made off with his ageing stock. Since then, he had to resort to purchasing it from the only other producer available nearby, which was Huss Magpie themselves. He has to regularly smuggle shipments in via the sewers to avoid the embargo against Huss Magpie produce.

This knowledge might be useful for blackmail against Grumblelox, to get him to help a party infiltrate the Huss Magpie stronghold on his next smuggling run.

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Question 30
What monsters (real ones, not civilised peoples) are there around the city? Perhaps as guards, pets, captives, specimens, summonees or infestations?

Question 31
What dangerous, explorable adventure locations are there around the city?
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