> Here is what i have now: > > Rufus Manlius Ephebus an elderly patrician with much interest in arts has > died a while ago and left his large villa containing plenty of objects of > arts and a part, where artists he was patron of can live and work and a > large collection of expensive wines to his son Vibius. > > Vibius basically wants to follow the steps of his father and keep things > as they are, but he intends to build his own arts collection. Now that he > arrived in Rome and the proper mourning period has passed, he wants to > auction off most off his fathers arts collection.
If he changes the arts, does he plan to change the subsidized artists, too? What do they think about these prospects? Back-stabbing to retain or gain residence in the villa? > I also welcome further ideas for shenengians, that could happen there. Somebody claims to own serveral pieces of art, which were only loaned to Ephebus the Elder for comparison to other artwork, doesn't Ephebus the Younger know that? > That was Halbert, a slave and majordomo in the Ephebus household. Having a > sleazy used chariot salesman personality, he attempted to milk the > situation for what he can. He advised, that Sextus did find spiritual > fulfillment with the Germanic gods, and that he needs to work on finding > the communication again. Luckily one of the resident artists (yet to be > named, i'll call him artist1 here) has a book, that can give him the > information he needs. Unluckily the artist has gained possession of it in > a dubious way, so he keeps it a secret and anyway he has it primarily to > posess something that others covet, so no chance to to get it from him in > any ordinary way. Most of that is actually true, just that the book would > be usefull to Sextus is not entirely correct. Foreign gods were not exactly secret, right? Wouldn't Iuba loke for more Bemanni experts? Those Germanic tribes are barbarians, who would put any faith in written materials from them? Any druids for sale? > The pcs now should be sent to inquire about artist2. If i don't get a > better idea, it can be "my relative has joined that crazy sect and now > they look for that sleazy guy. can you please check if that is something, > where my relative can get into real problems". Somebody thinks that artist2 has an affair with a noble lady, and that riffraff should be firmly encouraged to stay in their place. Would the PCs (being riffraff themselves and used to violence) please take care of that for a little consideration? > I also welcome ideas for noteworthy works of art, that could be auctioned > there. It can either really fit to antiquity or be some parody on > contemporary arts. Statuary looted/extorted from greek temples. A mosaic floor, pretty nice but difficult to transport. A painting or bust of Cleopatra. A cat mummy in a golden sarcophagus. Scrolls with bad poetry, labeled "Library of Alexandria". That rickety chair in the next room. What, you used it for firewood? Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
