Valrik the Vile

I see you have ignored Medusa's godawful pun. Good. ;p

Some are just too wretched to respond to

Here's hoping Momma Toki isn't a pun wielding harridan!

Momma isn't but I AM mwahahahahahahaha

I forgot to ask, will I start with an established domicile of some sort? Or living out of an inn room?

This will be detailed later, but as a local you get a lot of stuff... and a lot of debt to counterbalance the stuff.

JCBarnes,

WW asked me to help develop a number of the local organizations and integrate local characters and characters with local connections.

Please give me a quick rundown on who you (character) are, where you've been and where you're going; I'll provide some suggestions including developing contacts and locations based on your input.

Thanks.

Valrik was from a moderately prosperous family that sacrificed a lot to train him as a wizard and alchemist in another city. To put it bluntly, he has let them down by his gambling, philandering and debaucheries. He was forced to flee his former city ten years ago and established himself in Fairhaven to get a fresh start. Old habits die hard though and he made himself acquainted with all the bad influences to be found here. Legitimate work as a law abiding alchemist never seemed to make enough money, so he quickly began to supplement his income with criminal activity. Much of it was done solo (i.e. graverobbing and some theft), but he did do "contract" work for various criminals over the years. This includes spell support for robberies, a little extortion work and of course providing acids, poisons and drugs under the counter for those who could pay. He finds all the law breaking exciting and probably wouldn't go completely legit now even if he could.

Today he maintains a somewhat "legit" front during daylight hours, providing mundane alchemical products like perfumes, cosmetics, some minor healing aids, jeweler's rouge and dyes. He has made a point of trying to befriend a low to mid level cleric able to cast healing spells in order to create cure wounds potions for sale as well, keeping him/her ignorant of the criminal side of the business.

The bulk of his income is now coming from "after hours" criminal activity. His goal is simply to enrich himself to the greatest degree possible so he can enjoy a life of leisure and hedonism.

Valrik would be most familiar with the working class areas of the city from running his legit business, but would also spend a lot of nocturnal hours in the seedier parts of town where the action is. He has some familiarity with the upper class (primarily through his legitimate perfume sales), but more often than not they have come to his shop rather than he visiting the wealthy areas.

1. Valrik's shop is an area neither wealthy nor seedy enough that the wealthy wouldn't be willing to go there.

2. Valrik belongs to an organization that deals with alchemical and poisonous substances, probably with ties to assassins and other organizations that use these substances.

JCBarnes, does Valrik have any official ties to the University?

Using Medusa's cost estimates for buildings, I think Valrik would do the 2000gp version (shop plus living quarters) for debt purposes.

Her estimates may be a bit low... but perhaps not for the sort of neighborhood you're looking at.

I'll make an official ruling on that ASAP.

Also, you'll need contents of your shop.