Marketplace

## Event 1

*You arrive at the town of Steigal but the markets are closed today.*

## Event 2

*You arrive at the town of Stiegal on market day.*

*The market vendors are buying food today. You may offer some food, but the amount of gold you will receive for it is not guaranteed.*

* A) Sell half your food.

*You place half your food in a sack brought by one of the vendors and stand back to await the end of the day's trading.*
*A man approaches you with a chest containing the gold paid for your food.*
Huge Success:
*You open the chest to discover enough gold to double your current amount.*
**Gold is doubled.**
**Acquire card's token.**
Success:
*You open the chest to discover some gold.*
**Draw 2 Gold Gain Cards.**
Failure:
*You open the chest to discover only 10 gold coins.*
**Gain 10 gold**
Huge Failure:
*You open the chest to discover only 3 gold coins.*
**Gain 3 gold.**
* B) Keep all your food.

*You choose to keep all your food and leave the market.*
* C) Attempt to steal some food from the markets.

*You walk around the market for a while, watching the guards and waiting for an opportunity.*
*Finally! The guards all seem to be elsewhere - your time has come.*
Success (x1):
*You manage to sneak a few apples from a cart while the owner is distracted by a dancing monkey.*
**Draw 1 Food Gain Card.**
Failure (x2):
*Just as you reach for a huge piece of dragon cow steak from the cooking fires of a local trader, he turns and spots you! You flee into the crowds and are soon gone from the area.*
**Event ends.**
Huge Failure (x1):
*You are caught in the act of trying to take a wild boar from the back of the wagon. You flee as the trader yell for the guards, but you are soon captured and thrown thrown into prison.*
*Your penalty is to entertain the crowds once more in the town arena.*
**Draw 1 Monster Card.**
*You are led unceremoniously to your next battle.*
**Draw 1 Monster Card.**
*After a few minutes of rest, you hear the crowd chanting your name once more.*
**Draw 2 Monster Card**
*The guards take you to the city gate, saying, "Watch yourself, swordsman, or perhaps next time we'll drop you in the pit!"*
## Event 3

*You arrive at the town of Stiegal on market day.*
*The markets are selling food today. You may offer some gold to the market and see how much food it is worth today.*

* A) Bid half your gold.

**Acquire card's token.**

*You deliver your gold to the markets and wait for the trading to finish.*
*A man approaches you with a sack containing the food your gold managed to secure*
Huge Success:
*You open the bag to discover enough food to double your current amount.*
**Food is doubled.**
Success:
*A man approaches you with a sack containing the food your gold managed to secure.*
**Draw 3 Food Gain Cards.**

Failure:
You open the bag to discover enough food for 3 days.
Gain 3 food
Huge Failure:
*You open the bag to discover a lonely apple sitting inside.*
**Gain 1 food.**
* B) Leave.

*Having no interest in the price of food today, you turn and leave.*
**Event ends.**
* C) Attempt to steal some food from the markets.

*You walk around the market for a while, watching the guards and waiting for an opportunity.*
*Finally! The guards all seem to be elsewhere - your time has come.*
Success (x1):
*You manage to sneak a few apples from a cart while the owner is distracted by a dancing monkey.*
**Draw 1 Food Gain Card.**
Failure (x2):
*Just as you reach for a huge piece of dragon cow steak from the cooking fires of a local trader, he turns and spots you! You flee into the crowds and are soon gone from the area.*
**Event ends.**
Huge Failure (x1):
*You are caught in the act of trying to take a wild boar from the back of a wagon. You flee as the trader yells for the guards, but you are soon captured and thrown into prison.*
*Your penalty is to entertain the crowds once more in the town arenas.*
**Draw 1 Monster Card.**
*You are led unceremoniously to your next battle.*
**Draw 1 Monster Card.**
*After a few minutes of rest, you hear the crowd chanting your name once more.*
**Draw 2 Monster Cards.**
*The guards take you to the city gate, saying, "Watch yourself, swordsman, or perhaps next time we'll drop you in the pit!"*
## Token

*For trading in the marketplace, you receive:*

**Encounter: A Merchant's Favour**