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Each character gained 2050xp for the run on the surgeon's workshop. Not enough for next level, alas.

Hirus Feek (the guy who owns the Bull and Bear Armory) agrees to sell the stuff you don't want for you, taking only 10% as a broker fee (this is a great deal; for people who come in off the street, he takes 50%). I assumed you sold the mundane stuff. Hirus says that if it all sells, you'll make just over 4,000gp.

He cannot offer you that much cash up front, but he does have a suit of +2 studded leather available, which he would be willing to give you right away (book price of this armor is 4,175pg). Such armor would be of the most use to Scoffney; it would not change his AC, but would reduce his armor check penalty to zero, and raises the limit allowed by Dex to +5 (since his AC bonus from Dex is currently +4, this doesn't help, but if his Dex were to be increased magically, his current armor would "cap" the benefit to AC at +4, while this new suit would allow it to go to +5).

Alternately, he can offer you any _four_ items from this list: +1 darkwood buckler, +1 buckler, +1 hide armor, +1 scale mail, +1 chainmail, +1 breastplate, +1 splint mail, +1 banded mail, +1 bracers of armor (only 2 sets of these), mithral shirt. Let me know what you want to do.

I've put the rest of the stuff on the wiki. I assumed you paid a little to have the potions identified. I also assumed that you didn't sell the chaositech stuff. Hirus Feek certainly wouldn't buy it. This page also has the stuff you have not yet figured out what to do with:

Dissolution Loot

In the process of dealing with all this, you've seen the newspapers. Several stories catch your attention:

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-=== Barbarian Horde Closes on Ptolus ===
+Each character gained 2050xp for the run on the surgeon's workshop. Not enough for next level, alas.
-''Excerpt from ''The Courier'', the largest and most reputable paper in Ptolus, albeit one with a slight pro-Empire slant.''
+Hirus Feek (the guy who owns the Bull and Bear Armory) agrees to sell the stuff you don't want for you, taking only 10% as a broker fee (this is a great deal; for people who come in off the street, he takes 50%). I assumed you sold the mundane stuff. Hirus says that if it all sells, you'll make just over 4,000gp.
-by Ajoroff Reklen
+He cannot offer you that much cash up front, but he does have a suit of +2 studded leather available, which he would be willing to give you right away (book price of this armor is 4,175pg). Such armor would be of the most use to Scoffney; it would not change his AC, but would reduce his armor check penalty to zero, and raises the limit allowed by Dex to +5 (since his AC bonus from Dex is currently +4, this doesn't help, but if his Dex were to be increased magically, his current armor would "cap" the benefit to AC at +4, while this new suit would allow it to go to +5).
-An army of warriors from east of the Grey Mountains completely bypassed the Imperial Capital two days ago and now are "within weeks" of arriving in Ptolus, Commissar Igor Urnst announced yesterday afternoon in a rare, open address to the City Council. The Commissar urged all Ptolusites not to panic, but to "calmly prepare yourselves for what may be coming." In particular, the Commissar advised all residents to "keep containers of water on hand to control unexpected fires".
+Alternately, he can offer you any _four_ items from this list: +1 darkwood buckler, +1 buckler, +1 hide armor, +1 scale mail, +1 chainmail, +1 breastplate, +1 splint mail, +1 banded mail, +1 bracers of armor (only 2 sets of these), mithral shirt. Let me know what you want  to do.
-According to the Commissar, the army "numbers in the tens of thousands", but sources close to the Twelve Commanders claim that estimates provided to them have not yet been reliable. These same sources also claim that Commissar has already ordered his men to ready what are known as the "Commissar's Guns", a battery of two dozen highly mobile heavy cannon.
+I've put the rest of the stuff on the wiki. I assumed you paid a little to have the potions identified. I also assumed that you didn't sell the chaositech stuff. Hirus Feek certainly wouldn't buy it. This page also has the stuff you have not yet figured out what to  do with:
-When asked why the horde marched passed Tarsis without firing a shot and now close on Ptolus, the Commissar muttered "because of the claims of grandiose fools" and closed the session by abruptly leaving. Many witnesses speculated that this was a reference to the unauthorized declaration made by Holy Emperor Rehoboth two months ago naming Ptolus as the new Imperial Capital. The Commissar's office made no direct comment on the meaning of yesterday's statement, but have issued several statements in the past reinforcing that Tarsis remains the Imperial Capital and renouncing the Holy Emperor Rehoboth's claim to the secular throne of the Empire, legally held by Addares XXXIV.
+[[Dissolution Loot]]
-=== Bounty Offered for Return of Crime Lord's Son ===
+In the process of dealing with all this, you've seen the newspapers. Several stories catch your attention:
-''Excerpt from ''The Undergrounder'', a seedy rag that serves up rumors about the events and people of the criminal underworld.''
+[[Dissolution News - 21st of Growth, 721]]
-by Watcher Night
-Those who doubted the story of the disappearance of Menon Balacazar's grandson Dullin, an ''Undergrounder'' exclusive published last week, may have to bite their tongues. A little birdy has told me that Dullin's family is now offering a 5,000gp reward for his safe return, as well as the heads of those responsible. Eat that, doubters! Good hunting, readers, and don't forget to cut us on on a bit of the action.
-=== Five Set Themselves Alight in Observatory Protest ===
-''Excerpt from ''The Midtown Partisan'', a gossip sheet mostly focussed on the noble families.''
-In a protest bizarre even for the Temple District, five protesters set themselves on fire in front of the Temple Observatory of the Watcher of the Skies this morning. Though all five were dead before healing could arrive, they allegedly nailed a note to the door of the observatory after Helmut Itlestein, high priest of the temple, reportedly refused to see them.
-The exact contents of the note are not known, but several eyewitnesses reported the protesters called out to the high priest, chastising for "concealing the truth about the event". The protesters were not affiliated with the Observatory, but may be from an small, radical cult also dedicated to Watcher of the Skies. All that is known of the cult comes from a pamphlet circulated several months ago espousing the cult's belief in "an ancient prophesy" regarding a "rapidly approaching celestial event" that would signal the "start of a new world".