Wizards and Wyverns



Ragefast: *Looks up at you with intensity and in a gruff tone says* Is there something you need that requires my attention?

You: I was just stopping in to see if you had any work available.

Ragefast: *Leaning on his staff* I do have an uncommon errand, if you are willing to accept it.

You: What errand is that?

Ragefast: I require an exotic item for one of my experiments.

You: Please don’t tell me you want a dragon’s head.

Ragefast: *With a raised brow* Close, but no. My goal is to acquire the egg of a wyvern. Does this task befit you?

You: Depends. What else do I need to know?

Ragefast: Just south of the town of Beregost wyverns roam the land freely. Somewhere within those hills you’re sure to find at leasr one of their nests. I need you to retrieve one of their eggs and bring it here to me. Mind you, the journey is long and wyverns are dangerous creatures. I can give you 325 gold for your trouble. What say you?

You: That’s a lot of gold! Do you need more than one?

Ragefast: *Laughing* One wyvern egg will do, thank you.

You: I will return when I have what you need.

Ragefast: Very good then. Be watchful of wyvern tails on your journey. They are highly poisonous and sting badly.

You: Will do.

Journal Entry: I agreed to retrieve a wyvern egg from the hills south of Beregost for a wizard named Ragefast who lives in the Palace District of Baldur’s Gate. I was warned of the great danger I will face during this journey Rumor has it, wyvern’s poison can kill a man stone-dead in less than a minute.

Journal Entry: I have found the wyverns egg Ragefast requested. I should make my way back to Baldur’s Gate to return it to him.

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"">Ragefast: Ah, you have returned. Do you have the wyvern egg as I requested?

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"">1. Not yet. Remind me where I should be looking if you will.

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"">2. *Present the wyvern egg* That I do. Have a look for yourself.

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"">You: *Present the wyvern egg* That I do. Have a look for yourself.

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"">Ragefast: *Takes the large egg and examines it from many angles* It looks to be an excellent specimen. Good work. And now for that reward.

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"">1. *Bluff* I’ll have you know I had to fight off a band of brigands who wanted this wyvern egg. You’re lucky I got back alive.

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"">2. *Diplomacy* I have to say the journey proved to be extremely perilous indeed. So much so that currently the dangers I’ve faced outweigh the proposed compensation. Would you care to remedy that?

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"">You: Thanks very much.

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"">Ragefast: *Hands you a large coin purse* Here you are, traveller. I appreciate your efforts.

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"">You: *Take the coin purse* Thanks.

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"">Reward: 650 Experience, 600 Gold