The first heroes have arrived in Westhaven, and by pure chance (well, I warned about duplicates) two groups have both been hired by the same guy for the same tasks. Seems he really wants his daughter back.
The quest is "The Missing Daughter" and the summary is:
A wealthy trader is missing his daughter and has hired the characters to find her.That is what you know when these guys enter your shops soon:
http://shopkeeper.lemuria.org/api/parties/1and
http://shopkeeper.lemuria.org/api/parties/2Since they are new in town, they will select where to shop at random. They intend to spend about half their gold in the first shop, and the rest in the second they visit, and after that they will go and attempt the quest.
Since the buying-AI part is not yet done, I will simulate it like this:
- they will buy everything that you offer them at reasonable price, where "reasonable" is up to 20% above the buying price (they players have read the price lists in the manual, you know?)
- after the first quest, parties develop "needs" (this is already coded) - based on what they were lacking last time, they want to buy more of that. For items "in need", they are willing to pay up to 50% more than the buying price.
- based on how useful the stuff you sold them was, they will develop customer loyalty (this is also already coded) - on the next round, they will visit shops in order of their loyalty. So sell them something good and they will likely come again.
I will let you know when a party enters your shop and how much money they are willing to spend. You then tell me what you will sell them and for how much gold.
