conversations.from: system
conversations.value: You and your fellow players work at Taverne: A generic fantasy tavern in a generic fantasy world.
  
  **Creating A Character**
  
  I've put together a bunch of character templates that you can choose from, but you may certainly select your own if you prefer.  However, I hope we don't end up with two people using the same role card, and at this point, I don't know if it will take something away once it gets picked.  So there's an outside chance I'll ask you to remake your character once you've gotten started.
  
  **Strengths and Weaknesses**
  
  You may have noticed that the Strengths and Weaknesses have the same names.  So, if you pick the Artisinal Toast Strength, please also take its corresponding Weakness.  Again, feel free to make up your own food/hospitality service tropes for your own Strengths and Weaknesses.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A tavern isn't a tavern with out reasonably potent, foul tasting beer.  There's no supply chain here, you've got to go out back and brew it your own damned self.
conversations.prefix: Brewmaster:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone has got to bring the libations to the thirsty adventurers... and keep them drinking more. Do you think that a hungry adventurer desperate enough to go looking for work in a tavern is going to tip?
conversations.prefix: Serving Maiden:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A strange foreigner who has learned the strange alchemy of the javamancers of the East.  Coffee beans are almost impossible to come by, but that's fine because no one orders coffee in a tavern. 
conversations.prefix: Barista:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The margins on adventurer food are pretty small, so you are always on the lookout for ways to cut corners on food preparation.  You also double as the house doctor, because that's not weird.
conversations.prefix: Cook:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're in charge of the taproom: the bouncer, the maitre d', the bartender, the den mother to all the hopeless cases that come through here.  Not that anyone ever says thank you, but that's parenthood for you.
conversations.prefix: Serving Matron:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've seen it all in your day, even if you can't really see anything at all any more.  The patrons don't always get what they ordered when you're in the room, but it hardly matters because it's all terrible.
conversations.prefix: Serving Crone:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The beds get made, the straw gets changed.  Or we think it does.  How does it happen? Is there some sort of elf in the walls? Does he pine to be included in a holiday tradition?
conversations.prefix: Room Service Goblin:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A strong, strapping young lad with a mysterious past, you're in charge of caring for the adventurers horses when they stay at the inn.  You've made a life of nodding politely along as paladins talk lovingly about their "mounts."
conversations.prefix: Stablemaster:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A large, open area with a hearth and tables where adventurers gather to drink ale and meet with shadowy figures about their next adventure.
conversations.prefix: The Taproom:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A lot of people come through these establishments, and you're waiting for one of them. Who is it, what does he or she mean to you, why aren't you out looking yourself?
conversations.prefix: Waiting By The River:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're not going to be working in the place forever. Some day, you're going to go out into the world and live, *really live*.
conversations.prefix: Would-Be Adventurer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someday, you hope to run this place.  It's not much, sure, but there are worse lives than having a roof over your head and a steady source of cheap booze and food.
conversations.prefix: All This Could Be Yours:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: They'll tell you that the ale is the most important thing in a tavern, but they're wrong.  Every good tavern is a greasy, smoke filled room. *Smoke filled.* Not clean, well lit room, you hear me?
conversations.prefix: Tobbaconist:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Once you know someone's True Name, you can call it out and deliver him or her exactly what he or she wants.
conversations.prefix: The Starbucks Effect:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a lingo all your own. Most people have no idea what you're talking about.
conversations.prefix: The Starbucks Effect:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Who's that burly guy who's been nursing the same warm ale for the past eight hours?  You've been hired to beat adventurers away from the valuable equipment when the inevitable fight breaks out.
conversations.prefix: Brawling Schill:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You'd quit this job, except... There's that certain *someone*.  You just keep hanging around, hoping that he or she will suddenly realize you two are a perfect match. 
conversations.prefix: Carrying A Torch:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've got a specialty, and you're really, *really* good at it.  The trouble is that it's not a skill that translates well to other things.
conversations.prefix: The Artisinal Toast Effect:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your unceasing dedication to your specialty is more or less the only thing keeping you sane.  When things get tough, you tend to get a little... obsessive.
conversations.prefix: The Artisinal Toast Effect:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You simply refuse to believe that there is a time and a place where you shouldn't be repurposing your surroundings into a trendy new night spot.
conversations.prefix: The Union Pool Effect:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: No matter where you go, you can turn your surroundings into a hip, urban bar, complete with craft beer and high priced cocktails.
conversations.prefix: The Union Pool Effect:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You don't do things in half measures.  When you need to make some rotisserie chicken to serve in the tap room, you make *a lot* of rotisserie chicken to serve in the tap room.
conversations.prefix: The Costco Effect:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You may be able to do a wide variety of tasks, but you can only do them one way.  Forget your special silver-plated cheese knife?  Well then, no one is getting any cheese tonight.
conversations.prefix: The Costco Effect:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You may work in strange ways that no one really understands, but the effect is usually pretty impressive.  Especially if there's cookie butter involved.
conversations.prefix: The Trader Joe's Effect:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You will, sometimes, without warning, totally refuse to do a task that you've done every day for years.
conversations.prefix: The Trader Joe's Effect:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You don't seem to really be that good at your job. That's because your real job isn't  your official job. You have unofficial duties at the tavern, and you *excel* at them.
conversations.prefix: The Dunkin' Donuts Effect:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're a little touchy when people call you out about your official job. Also, you have a natural antipathy towards anyone with The Starbucks Effect and seek to outdo them.
conversations.prefix: The Dunkin' Donuts Effect:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The days at the Taverne are often slow, tedious affairs.  Anyone with any money to speak of, is probably out earning it, so the clientele is an endless parade of smallfolk who spend most of the day trying to talk down the price of everything they order.
conversations.prefix: Day Shift:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Every so often, one of these guys turns up.  He's looking for adventurers. His daughter has been kidnapped, his village is overrun by orcs, a dragon is roosting in his barn.
conversations.prefix: Shadowy Ne'erdowell:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: TEst something
conversations.prefix: Serving Maiden:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're not the only people who work here.  Pick up a card and play it, and you can name/create your coworkers.
conversations.prefix: Other Employees:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone has upset this patron, and he's demanding to see the management.
conversations.prefix: Grumpy Old Man:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sarya is getting hitched in the morning and she and some of the girls have come to the village to paint the town... whatever color it is that elves prefer.  Red is so gauche.
conversations.prefix: Elvish Bachelorette Party:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A group of several orcs have come in asking for "Dwarf Bread."  It becomes clear, as you speak with them, that they think it is made of actual dwarves.
conversations.prefix: Orcish Foodies:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Two groups of stalwart adventurers have shown up, looking to help the downtrodden.  The trouble is that there's not enough trouble to go around.
conversations.prefix: Rival Adventuring Parties:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: They don't have to go home, but they can't stay here.  Well, unless they pay for a room.
conversations.prefix: Closing Time:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Humbledrum is an inexplicably talking bear who regularly comes to the Taverne to drink peach schnapps.
conversations.prefix: Humbledrum:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There is a woman at the bar who is feigning interest in patrons too drunk to realize that she is totally out of their league.
conversations.prefix: Woman Of Questionable Character:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There's always some cretin who pretends to be concerned, just so he can swoop in and make a booty call.
conversations.prefix: Defender of "Virtue":
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: When someone truly has no-where else to turn, you take their valuables for a pittance, with the promise of giving them back for more than they could possibly afford. A natural scoundrel, you have to have a good eye for value, and a cold heart.
conversations.prefix: Pawnbroker:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You had a pretty wild life before settling down into this gig, but for some reason you had no choice to take this job.
  
  Because of this, you have touched the lives of innumerable people in the outside world. Sometimes in a good way. Usually in a bad one. Occasionally one of them stops in here and recognizes you and wonders how the Hell you ended up in the service industry. "Because my dole ran out" is an uncomfortable admission.
conversations.prefix: Job Centre Referral:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Nothing livens up a dreary meal more than a rousing tale or a bawdy poem. Unfortunately, you don't have the memory for either. But you do know a lot of insults. Add a little bouzouki music, and that's a party!
conversations.prefix: Scop:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You somehow manage to keep kicking far longer than anyone expects. Whether you're in a brawl, a drinking contest, or just  a job that you stink at, you usually outlast much more capable rivals.
conversations.prefix: The Radio Shack Effect:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Nobody is quite sure what you're good for or why you've stayed around so long. It's not just that you lack useful skills; you actively avoid learning any. You're also decidedly unfriendly.
conversations.prefix: The Radio Shack Effect:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tomorrow's gonna be your day. Or the next one. You just need to find the perfect mark, the big score, the lucky number. Until then, you've just gotta stay out of the rain.
conversations.prefix: One of these days, baby!:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: When the Bouncer has the gout, who has to step in? When the Cook has to travel to the apothecary, who must finish the mutton souffle'? The inn's resident "Jack-of-all-trades." At least ours is a master of some.
conversations.prefix: Jack-Of-All-Trades:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: No matter what the challenge, no matter how great the difficulty, you have experience that you can drawn upon for any situation. We're not saying it's good experience...
  "I can do that!" -Pavel
conversations.prefix: The Checkov Effect:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've seen Pixies rip apart a Unicorn. You've seen a best friend turned into a mummy. So you're telling me I should care about getting the third floor bannisters cleaned by Wednesday? Hmmm. Hows "Meh" for you?
conversations.prefix: Jaded as All Fuck:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Dungeon of Doom has left you secretly rich, but what to do with the time between today and dying that's the challenge. If this stops being fun, you can dig up your jewels and start over someplace less craptastic.
conversations.prefix: You Don't Need This:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: One thing is clear -- you are seen as the only game in town for what you do. Notice this said "only game in town," maybe not "best game" but you've outlasted your competition by being seemingly everywhere. You are also adept at convincing people who know nothing about your business that you are able to drastically overcharge them for extremely simple things, or selling them things they really do not need. Don't get me wrong, you're still good enough to be a household name -- but you're the only game in town.
conversations.prefix: The Best Buy Effect:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The fact that you're still able to make a living is indeed a testament to past glory and your force of will. That being said, it's obvious that your best days are behind you and sooner or later you will encounter your own obsalescence, especially as people who remember you as a household name grow old and die. This makes you paranoid and over-enthusiastic, particularly when someone reminds you that you are in fact over-the-hill. Also, you are particularly offended and freaked out by all those gripped by the Radio Shack effect. When you see them, you see your own death writ large and it's not pretty.
conversations.prefix: The Best Buy Effect:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your best ideas are thoughtless; you make the most sense when you are misunderstood. You often find yourself in the right place at the right time, but it's through no fault of your own.
conversations.prefix: Accidentally On Purpose:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Animals may love you, but you don't seem to return the feeling.  Your perfect pet lives its whole life in a cage, just up until the point it gets served up for tonight's supper.
conversations.prefix: The Petsmart Principle:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Whatever it was, it was good, in that guilty kind of "I am not sure what just happened" sort of way.  People around you tend to respond with a mix of amusement and worry about what will come later. And a strange sort of desire to have it again, that can't really be articulated.
conversations.prefix: The Taco Bell Effect:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It seemed like a good idea at the time.  What could go wrong, quick, fun, with ... nutrient?  That was right until you finished eating it.  Now you are just going to have to sit there till it all ... makes its way through your system....
conversations.prefix: The Taco Bell Effect:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Jerry IS an actual jeweler of great skill. An expert at appraising and jewelry making, Jerry also has a seemingly bottomless bag of random rings gathered from adventures. Sure, some are cursed, but again, "Meh."
conversations.prefix: Ring-A-Ding-Ding!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Because we are all a tobacconist, a serving crone, a brewmaster, a cook, and a room service goblin.
conversations.prefix: The Breakfast Club:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Everywhere you look, there you are. In a kingdom far away?  McDonald's.  In the 9th Circle of Hell? McDonald's. 
conversations.prefix: The McDonald's Effect:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There's a reason you've never achieved anything more than faceless employee at a no-name tavern: you're a no-talent ass-clown.
conversations.prefix: The McDonald's Effect:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Look, things are getting out of hand here. This plot is leaving the station whether you're on board or not.
conversations.prefix: All Aboard The Plot Train: