Ghost (NPC)

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*Then you see a man sitting in a darkened corner of the tavern. He's playing cards, alone, and his deck doesn't resemble one you've ever seen.*
APPROACH HIM
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### Encounters

Encounter #2: *"Good seeing you. Are you out on a stroll, perhaps, kind traveler? I'm joking. I am. On a stroll, actually. Here, take a look at what I've found here. Can't reach it, though. You know, having no physical body and so on?"* [Received: x10 (Wyrdstone)]

## Ghost (Village Encounter)

### First Encounter

*"Cards love me. They truly do. I haven't lost a game since my deal with the thing that whispers. But it warned me; luck is a finite resource. Now, my physical body is gone, but I can play cards for ETERNITY!"*

* **TALK**
"WHO WERE YOU... IN YOUR LIFE?"
*"In my life, hah! Alive is how I feel now, not before! But, yes, my life, as you call it, was a wicked ride, my friend. You know that cards love me... and I love them. Truly and deeply. I'd say they're my true love, and that's definitely something I couldn't say about anyone I've crossed paths with. I was born to a peasant woman and a horse-boy. Can't say I remember them too well. I got out of that damned village as soon as I learned how to run. I just can't stand poverty, you know? My own, that is. So I went to town and won some coins. Then I won some more. And more. Can't say it was all, you know, fair and square, but it's the result that matters, not the means, right? Well, this allowed me to pretend - or rather to live - the fantasy of being higher born than I actually was. Then, I met this girl. The merchant's daughter. Stupid beyond all reason, but quite... you know. Well, I thought marrying her might earn me a comfortable life. Oh, how wrong I was. She was a vicious, treacherous woman, I tell you. I swear she hired an assassin to get rid of me at some point! The worst part, though, is that Lady Luck wasn't there for me anymore. Serious debts accrued. And of course, this led to more marital problems... I needed to run. So I bough myself a berth on a ship and come here."
He giggles.
"Best possible decision, wasn't it? Of course, it turns out that my luck returned as soon as I ran away from that terrible woman. So I gambled with the ship's crew, and with all the folks I met in this new land. Some of them lost it all... all the money they brought from the fatherland. And you know what they say. Somebody's loss is somebody else's gain. So I gained. But then reason came to poor old me. In order to avoid temptation - of gambling it all away, or just getting killed for me fortune - I hid it. Now it lies in the ground, in safe and sound in some forest."*
"SO, WHERE'S THAT MONEY?"
*But friend, what is the purpose of all those earthy things, earthly pleasures? It's all in the spirit! It's all in the afterlife!"
He bursts into laughter.
"I'm kidding. Yeah, I don't need them anymore. Being a ghost and all that. I'll tell you where to find it, but just promise that you'll play cards with me every time you come back to the village. You swear?"*
"I SWEAR"
*"OK, I'll show you. Find me out there, within the Wyrdness, and we'll go together."* [New Quest: Til Death Do Us Part]

## The Ghost Shop

The village Ghost Shop information can be found here: Ghost Shop (Village Building)