*a startled sound*
I- I- oh- well- uh- uh-
*a silent pause*
Well, a-as most of you who have met me know, I care extremely little for loot. It is my experience that I gain more in friends and allies and goodwill than I ever have in coin from a loot split.
Actually, uh, a few people have come t-to me already asking about loot.
If we are, well, if we are being blunt and forthright about the situation and I am being placed in charge of it, I have a few rules. I will reiterate these rules at the gather as the hour grows upon us and not e-e-everyone may be dreaming.
Please keep and split whatever loot you find on individual missions with your own small groups as you please.
I have a f-few people who can help me conduct the loot split, chief among them Clerk Andrew the Bard. Please give loot you find during major battles to Clerks- they can be identified by large silver feather pins with a book in the center. A specific 'bag' person will be identified prior to large battles, but I trust any of the other Clerks to hand in loot as well. Clerks will also be named at the start of the gather, as t-they will be acting as information desks for our visitors.
Magic items and ritual scrolls found during large scale battles will be auctioned off. The t-times of the auctions will be announced, and they will begin at the time they are scheduled for in whatever we have that passes for a main gathering spot.
Myself and a-a-all the other Clerks and and people who help with loot are extremely busy and we don't have much time. Any u-u-unclaimed loot from splits will go into the Clerk's box to be used to buy supplies and food for the Maelstrom and it's populace. If you wish to donate your share, or part of your share, that will be absolutely acceptable and we very much appreciate it.
I c-c-an't stop anyone from stealing loot from the battlefield. Nobody can. I ask, then, plead even, if you are a person who tends- for whatever reason- to take from the field- please do not double dip as it were. Please do not put your name down for loot split if you are also taking things. There are enough people coming and enough people that leave their names off of loot lists- myself included- for other reasons that it won't "give you away." Even if you take something that seems small, leave yourself off the loot split list. I'm not interested in your justifications for stealing from the b-battlefield- just if you insist on stealing from your friends, allies and my homeland, well, please don't steal twice.
Obviously if individuals are caught taking from t-the battlefield, their peers will determine retribution for them. If people wish m-me to make decisions along the lines of punishment I will- but I would rather leave that as a bridge to cross when we (hopefully don't) come to it.
If you find items that seem to have an unusual relevance to Maelstrom- items heavily tied to it or which seem to resonate with it ((OOG Maelstrom specific plot items)), I implore you to turn them over to a Clerk. They may be key pieces needed to save my homeland. I don't know if any such items will appear, but if they do please at least come speak to me. We don't have much coin, but we can scrape a little together if you truly wish to be paid for the item. If you are one of the abovementioned people that takes from the battlefield and you find such an item I will not ask any questions if you bring it to me. My home means more to me than persecuting an individual.
Our land doesn't have much and faces times of great, great hardship and that grants a somewhat different perspective on things as small as coins- so I ask everyone to please keep in mind the needs of our friends, allies, kinsmen, and neighbors. We are all here to fight and save our homes, we're all risking our lives, and I will always trust all of you unless I am given a reason not to.
See everyone soon.
In service,
Clerk Terren
