Shenanigans: Episode 020

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==Recap==
Kourie Silvertongue wants to guy a 2nd pet dog, but there is nowhere to get them in Bergshire. Desmond. Kourie is told to go to either Fen Den and Kurshwikk for the best dogs. Kourie plans to call the new dog Rex, his current dog is scrappers.
Kourie considers heading to Fen Den. As he sits at the bar Kourie meets Gimpin the goblin who is dressed up like a pimp. Gimpin invites Kourie to his secret underground strip club. Kourie goes with Gimpin. Gimpin insists that Kourie be blindfolded so he doesn't know the location of the club.
After 10 minutes they arrive at the underground strip club. All the dancers are male. Gimpin needs new slaves from Wikkthronrarenta, but he needs a middle man to go to the capital to deal with the human slave markets. Gimpin will pay 80 gold for slaves, so Kourie will have to negotiate a lower price at the markets if he wants a profit.
Arcadia has greco roman-eque slavery, in that captured prisoners of war are the only ones who can legally be slaves. People cannot be born into slavery. Slaves are expensive as well, so it is cheaper to just get peasant labor to work a field instead of using slaves. Kourie agrees, but he has his own plans.
Kourie goes to Shenanigans and gets the wagon and Glib Glob & Krewbarb.
While going along the road, the wagon comes across a band of malnourished orcs. Kourie offers the orcs a meal and drink. The orcs get intimidated and leave.
When the wagon gets to the Great Bridge crossing the Lower Berg River, Kourie buys a barrel of wine.
The wagon continues and get to a small bridge and there is a robin-hood type bandit, little John, demanding a fee to cross. The bandit is raising money to get rid of a corrupt sheriff who has been enforcing the use of prima nocta. Kourie suggests using druids to tweet out messages to outer druids to start a grass roots campaign against the sheriff. Kourie pays the toll, but gives Little John advice to help him as well. While at the bridge a group of people join the wagon and travel with Kourie.
The group try to sell Kourie some halfling feet, but Kourie misses on the clues and says he makes his own luck.
In the evening they get to Wikkthronrarenta. After a night at the inn Kourie goes to visit the slave markets. Slaves have a big brass collar around their necks. Kourie purchases 5 slaves (3 male 2 female) for 330 gold, making sure they are fighters. 
Kourie takes the slaves back to his innroom. Once in privacy, Kourie legally frees the slaves. He then asks them to assist him in freeing the slaves in Gimpin's strip club. The plan is then to take over the strip club and have people work there willingly with consent. The former slaves agree to the plan. Kourie equips them with leather armor and short swords, making them look like gladiators.
The group head back towards Bergshire, with Kourie forgetting about the dogs. Along the road the party almost ambushed by 20 goblins. Kourie decides to use the wine plan again tries to resolve the problem peacefully. With his charisma he smoothly makes the goblins friendly. Kourie ends up losing 7 gold gambling with the goblin leader.
The group arrive back in Bergshire in the evening. The party get to Shenanigans. He gets them all inn rooms overnight.
In the morning Kourie speaks with Desmond on advice with his plan. Desmond warns that Gimpin is well connected.
That night Kourie takes his freed slaves to Gimpin's club, pretending they are still slaves for the ruse. Kourie shows Gimpin that a willing dancer can make for a better show by doing the best striptease the club as ever seen. Gimpin has 5 bouncers with him as security. Gimpin however prefers using slave labor which he can sell on and not lose much money on.
Kourie then casts hold person of Gimpin and 2 bouncers. There are 3 bouncers who are still free. Kourie casts the spell again and holds 2 more bouncers. The one remaining free bouncer attacks Kourie and his freed slaves. The freed slave knock out the bouncer.
The held people are disarmed. Kourie explains his demands. That the dancers be freed and only willing dancers work here, and Kourie will teach them the moves. Kourie says this was non-lethal for now, but if they don't take the deal, things could turn violent.
Gimpin says he can't take the deal, he doesn't own the club. He just runs it for people higher up in the organisation than him. Gimpin gives up control of the club to Kourie. Gimpin and the bouncers then leave.
Kourie frees the 7 slaves. Kourie hires Segal as the bartender/chef, Renaldo as a dancer, and the others as bouncers. The new freed slaves are hired as dancers. 
==Experience==
1075 exp
== Significant NPCs ==
* Gimpin - Underworld Pimp Goblin
* Rothgar - Freed Slave, 2nd Level Fighter, Human Male
* Elorie - Freed Slave, 1st Level Fighter, Human Female
* Renaldo - Freed Slave, 1st Level Fighter, Human Male
* Unnamed - Freed Slave, 1st Level Fighter, Human Female
* Cookie/Seagal - Freed Slave, 0th Level Fighter, trained cook, Human Male
== Significant Locations ==
*Bergshire - Shenanigans
Category:Shenanigans Episodes