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Now that Marlene is ready for action, how can you keep her happy?
You have to do two things to keep Marlene on the job: firstly, you have
to make sure that her shop doesn't deteriorate - as I said above, if her
building goes *poof*, so does she; secondly, you have to keep paying her.
If Marlene runs out of cash, she commits suicide, dropping all of her goods
to the ground.
To determine how much Marlene is costing you, say a sentence with the
words "vendor" and "status" in it (or "Marlene" and "status"). The macro
I use is "Will the real Marlene please tell me her status?" Marlene will
now tell you how much gold is in the till, how much her daily charge is
(per UO day) and for how long she has funds (in UO and RL days). This last
time span assumes that you are not removing any of the gold in the cash
box.
Editor's Note: The vendors
have a base cost of about 20 gp per UO day, I've seen as high as 24. A
UO day is 2 hours or 1/12 a real world day. The upkeep premium based on
the value of the items on the vendor is as follows:
0000-0999 gp 0 gp/UO day
1000-1499 gp 1 gp/UO day
1500-1999 gp 2 gp/UO day
2000-2499 gp 3 gp/UO day
2500-2999 gp 4 gp/UO day
This pattern extends up to at least 10,000 gp. So, if you have 8000
gp of value on your vendor the cost per UO day = 20 + 16 or 36 gp (or 432
gp/real world day).
To remove gold from Marlene, say a sentence including the words "vendor"
or "Marlene" and "get" or "transfer gold". The macro I use is "Marlene
please transfer me the daily profits in gold." If you want to keep it simple,
"vendor get" will do. At this time, there's no way to remove only a portion
of the gold that Marlene is holding for you.
Note: Keep in mind that
50gp = 1 stone. Therefore, you can control the amount of gold that Marlene
transfers to you by controlling your weight when you request the cash.
Marlene will only pass you enough gold to put you at your maximum carrying
capacity and no more.
Note: Marlene can hold unlimited
amounts of gold for you. However, every once in a while some sociopath
devises an exploit to kill vendors. To protect yourself against these
criminals, don't leave large amounts of gold on Marlene.
To pay Marlene, simply drop gold on her head; she will let you know that
she is applying the funds to her employment. Then do another status check
to see for how long she's been paid. Remember, if you add more merchandise,
her daily upkeep goes up. I advise keeping her paid for at least 7 days
at all times. Once Marlene has been paid, she won't return the gold to
you, no matter how long you beg. |
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