View source for ProjectGorgon:Durstin Tallow

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{{NPC infobox
|title            = Durstin Tallow
|image            = [[File:Durstin Tallow(npc).png|350px]]
|caption          = Middle-aged and hardy.
|zone             = Serbule Hills
|town             = Tapestry Inn
|location         = Main building bar counter.
|anatomy = Human
|species = Human
|beastspeak       = Yes
|beastlist = All after bribe.
|skilltrainer = [[ProjectGorgon:Cooking|Cooking]], [[ProjectGorgon:Carpentry|Carpentry]], [[ProjectGorgon:Fishing|Fishing]]
|vendor           = Yes
|consignment = Yes
}}
{{Quote|
Welcome to the Tapestry Inn. All are welcome here. Care for a bite to eat? Wait... you're one of them vagrant adventurers, right? I have some work for an adventurer.
}}
[[ProjectGorgon:Durstin Tallow|Durstin Tallow]] is the proprietor of the [[ProjectGorgon:Tapestry Inn|Tapestry Inn]], the only half-decent place to eat in the [[ProjectGorgon:Serbule Hills|Serbule Hills]] region. His now-deceased wife Samantha was an artist. He frequently mentions his fond memories of her.
== Location ==
; [[ProjectGorgon:Serbule Hills|Serbule Hills]]
: Durstin is the proprietor of the Tapestry Inn, and is found tending the counter daily. The Tapestry Inn is found just south from the portal leading to [[ProjectGorgon:Serbule|Serbule]] along the path.
== Shopkeeper ==
Through his inn, Durstin offers a small selection of breakfast meals, ingredients, and some common supplies.
{{Vendor items sold}}
{{Vendor_purchase_info}}
== Favor ==
=== Small Talk [[{{msg:BASEPAGENAME}}/Small_talk|<span style="font-size:50%"><sup>[view/edit]</sup></span>]]===
{{:{{msg:BASEPAGENAME}}/Small_talk}}
[[Category:Favor/Small Talk]]
=== Favor Rewards ===
[[Category:Favor/Rewards]]
[[ProjectGorgon:Durstin Tallow|Durstin Tallow]] rewards his friends with free meals.
{{Spoiler|Reward at {{Favor|Comfortable}}.|
:{{Item|Scrambled Egg}} x1
:{{Item|Bacon}} x2
}}
{{Spoiler|Reward at {{Favor|Friends}}.|
{{quote|Thanks. Hey, somebody left these potions in the bunkhouse a while back. Didn't pay their bar tab, so I confiscated 'em. You want 'em?}}
:{{Item|Power Potion}} x5
}}
{{Spoiler|Reward at {{Favor|Close Friends}}.|
{{Quote|Thanks. You're singlehandedly keepin' the inn afloat! Let me give you a little something. Pity I sold all my wife's tapestries already. Oh, here. My wife swore by these when she was working in her garden.}}
:{{Item|Green Thumb Potion}} x1
}}
{{Spoiler|Reward at {{Favor|Best Friends}}.|
:{{Item|Green Thumb Potion}} x1
:{{Item|Gardenmaster Potion}} x1
}}
{{Spoiler|Reward at {{Favor|Like Family}}.|
{{Quote|I don't know why you've been so good to me, but I'm forever in your debt. Here -- the rest of my wife's old potion collection. If they aren't useful to you, maybe you can find somebody that wants 'em.}}
}}

=== Hang Outs ===
[[Category:Favor/Hang Outs]]
{{Spoiler|*Help Durstin prepare tomorrow's food (60 minutes)|
{{Quote|Yep. Just scramble the eggs good. Now pepper 'em within an inch of their lives! Well, I guess technically they're already dead. 's just something the missus used to say. Anyway, thanks for your help.}}
: 15 Favor
: Recipe for Scrambled Egg
}}

== Quests ==
{{quote|What can I do for you today?
; ''' You mentioned needing an adventurer? '''
Yeah, I have some adventure for ya. Pays well too.

Times are hard so I've been trying to sell what I can. My friend Fitz has a buyer lined up for my wife's copy of 'Leeka and the Blade Trials'. It's just a dumb adventure novel, but it's a signed first edition. The author used to visit the inn in happier times and gave it to my wife as a gift. Trouble is, it was ripped to bits. I need you to get all the pieces back.
; ''' If it's all torn up, it doesn't sound like it'd be worth much... '''
Ah see, that's where it gets interesting. There's an elf in Verta who claims to have written it. But I knew the author...and she's a half human, not an elf. Hard to confuse the two! And this lying elf in Verta has lots of enemies. They're willing to pay a fortune for proof that he didn't write this book. It doesn't matter the book's condition because sages can test the ink or somethin'. But I need as much of the book as I can find.
; ''' So how did it get torn up? '''
[Durstin's eye twitches. He sighs.] This author was a close friend of Samantha's. Sam was very sick the last time this horn visited... sorry, I'm tryin' not to use that slur anymore. I mean this half-human. And she and I... look, I can't talk about this. And it's not important. What's important is that it's my fault.

I threatened to burn the book. You can judge me if you want, I don't care. It was the worst time of my life, watching Samantha die, and I made a lot of mistakes. I was just bluffing about burning it, honest, but her friends hid all the chapters to keep them from me.

; ''' Wow. Well, okay, how do I find the chapters? '''

I went through Sam's diary the other day to try and figure out who was involved in hiding it. Most of 'em have fled to safer places, but I'm hoping they left the chapters behind. I'll pay you in Councils for each chapter you find. [Click the 'favors' menu for more.]

; ''' I'll look into it. '''
}}
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{{Spoiler|When you've returned all six chapters to Durstin, he has one final special reward to show his gratitude.|
{{quote|You got all six chapters. Thank you. It means a lot to me.

I'll be honest: I doubt I'll make much money from selling this book -- and definitely not enough money to warrant all the work you went through! I'm actually doing it for Gaurana, the author of the book. She's... well, she deserves the credit for her work. Some fuckin' elf is saying he wrote all the Leeka stories, and it isn't right! This will help put things right. And then, hopefully I can put my past behind me.

Here. I found these when I was looking through my wife's stuff. Gaurana gave these to us as a gag gift. I guess they're a recipe from that novel or something. They taste like shit, but they never go bad, so I figured maybe you can use 'em. Thanks again.

*You're welcome}}
*{{Item|Jerky Lembas Brick}} x4
}}


== Training ==
Durstin is happy to train adventurers in the art of [[ProjectGorgon:Cooking|Cooking]]. However, it may be easier to learn some recipes from other teachers, as Durstin is rather particular about whom he shares his knowledge with.
:{| class = "sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ style="white-space:nowrap;" | [[ProjectGorgon:Cooking|Cooking]]
! Recipe
! Level
! Cost
! Favor
|-
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Watery Mushroom Soup
 | skilllevel = 0
 | cost = 80
 | favor = Neutral
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Boiled Crab
 | skilllevel = 0
 | cost = 80
 | favor = Neutral
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Fried Clownfish
 | skilllevel = 0
 | cost = 80
 | favor = Neutral
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Potato Wedges
 | skilllevel = 0
 | cost = 80
 | favor = Neutral
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Hard-Boiled Egg
 | skilllevel = 1
 | cost = 80
 | favor = ?
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Candied Apple
 | skilllevel = 3
 | cost = 200
 | favor = ?
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Fried Mycena Bites
 | skilllevel = 4
 | cost = 240
 | favor = Neutral
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Bacon
 | skilllevel = 5
 | cost = 280
 | favor = Comfortable
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Strawberry Bowl
 | skilllevel = 5
 | cost = 280
 | favor = ?
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Pork Chops with Watercress
 | skilllevel = 6
 | cost = 320
 | favor = Comfortable
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Clownfish Chowder
 | skilllevel = 7
 | cost = 360
 | favor = Friends
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Fish and Mushroom Scramble
 | skilllevel = 8
 | cost = 400
 | favor = Friends
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Chicken and Watercress Soup
 | skilllevel = 9
 | cost = 440
 | favor = Friends
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Cream of Mushroom Soup
 | skilllevel = 10
 | cost = 480
 | favor = Close Friends
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Fried Lamb Chops
 | skilllevel = 10
 | cost = 480
 | favor = Close Friends
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Watercress Salad
 | skilllevel = 11
 | cost = 520
 | favor = Close Friends
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Pork Chops with Grape Jelly
 | skilllevel = 12
 | cost = 560
 | favor = Best Friends
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Candied Grapes
 | skilllevel = 13
 | cost = 600
 | favor = Best Friends
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Serbule-Style Lamb Chops
 | skilllevel = 17
 | cost = 760
 | favor = Best Friends
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Durstin's Mutton Stew
 | skilllevel = 19
 | cost = 860
 | favor = Best Friends
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Bland Mutton Vindaloo
 | skilllevel = 20
 | cost = 920
 | favor = Like Family
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Durstin's Minty Lamb Chops
 | skilllevel = 24
 | cost = 1160
 | favor = Like Family
}}
|}
:{| class = "sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ style="white-space:nowrap;" | [[ProjectGorgon:Carpentry|Carpentry]]
! Recipe
! Level
! Cost
! Favor
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Oak Wood Chips
 | skilllevel = 18
 | cost = 166
 | favor = Neutral
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Maple Wood Chips
 | skilllevel = 0
 | cost = 1066
 | favor = Friends
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Cedar Wood Chips
 | skilllevel = 28
 | cost = 1733
 | favor = Close Friends
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Spruce Wood Chips
 | skilllevel = 48
 | cost = 4733
 | favor = Like Family
}}
|}
:{| class = "sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ style="white-space:nowrap;" | [[ProjectGorgon:Fishing|Fishing]]
! Recipe
! Level
! Cost
! Favor
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Crab Meat
 | skilllevel = 0
 | cost = 80
 | favor = Neutral
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Clownfish Fillet
 | skilllevel = 5
 | cost = 280
 | favor = Comfortable
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Grapefish Fillet
 | skilllevel = 10 
 | cost = 480
 | favor = Close Friends
}}
{{NPC training row
 | recipe = Perch Fillet
 | skilllevel = 20
 | cost = 920
 | favor = Like Family
}}
|}

== Services ==
==== Consignment ====
; Durstin Tallow offers [[ProjectGorgon:Consignment|Consignment]] at {{Favor|Friends}}.
: Mark-up fee of 10%, stocking fee of 100 Councils.
: Max 2 active consignments (Recipes, food, drink, cooking ingredients).
: Max 4 consignments per week.

== Events ==
===== Winter Celebration =====
{{HOLIDAY
|RiShin Friends ={{Item|Scrambled Egg}} x10
|RiShin Family = {{Item|"The Tapestry Inn"}}
}}
== Conversations ==
{{Quote |
What can I do for you today?
; ''' So where's all the tapestries, anyway? '''
The wife died, so I sold 'em. Never liked the damned things, they just collected dust and fleas. In fact I threw a lot of junk out. Makes for a roomier dinin' experience.
; ''' But why'd you keep the name? '''
You don't go changing the name of an establishment over something as minor as an interior-decor change! Anyways, mind your own business.
; ''' I'm sorry to upset you. '''
Good woman. Stubborn as a mule. She's how I ended up here, of all places. But that's a story for another time. Want something to eat?
; ''' What have you got? '''
}}

Animal players must pay a bribe. The following dialogue is from a Spider
{{Quote|
''You hand Durstin 200 councils.'' Okay. You can stay.

Hey Lana, this bug can talk. Seems okay. Treat (him/her) like a normal customer, I guess.
:'''Thanks.'''}}

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