Dendrick’s Wares

Dendrick, the middle-aged ranger who sells information in the inn, is generally in the inn once every 3-7 days, for 2-3 days. He always sits in the same place, and drinks the same drink (Frethian Ale). He’s been in the maze for 27 years now, and so is a mine of information on the maze – a mine that he is more than willing to share, for a price:

• Information about new kinds of monsters you’ve met. (Basic info: 50gp; Combat info: 150 gp; Combat info + Lore: 200 gp).
• Information about certain, specified, rooms in the maze. (50-300 gp, depending on the room)
• Background information or explanations about certain groups, people, judges, challenges or parts in the maze. (50-2000 gp, depending on the information and the details required)
• Location or lore on certain items, found within the maze. (100-500 gp, depending on the item and the lore required)
• Information about the gems. (200 gp for the gems in area I, 500 gp for the gems in area II, 700 gp for general information about the gems in area III)
• Specific information. You can hire Dendrick for up to a week at a time, to gather information for you. (negotiable. Prices begin with 2,000 gp and can reach 10,000 gp – it depends on the nature of the information requested and how hard will it be to garner it. Half of the sum will be payed in advance and half upon delivery. Dendrick will keep a 300 gp deposit, even if he fails to recover the information)

Successful Diplomacy checks will reduce prices, however, with each successful reduction, it will become significantly harder to reduce his prices again, so consider well when it’s worthwhile to bargain and when it isn’t.