Mia slept in once she had a good meal and secured her room. Fortunately nothing else went wrong for the rest of the night and she woke the next morning rested, though still a bit sore after all the action she's endured the last day. The nausea was thankfully gone as well, and she could spend a few hours in the morning meditating and working with her herbs, trying to create mixtures she expected to be useful in the future.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Mia gains the benefits of a long rest.<br/><br/>Mia has currently the full 5 gp worth of herbalism equipment. Creating one day's worth of contraceptives takes 1 gp worth of materials from her kit, so consider it having 5 "charges" or "uses". She can attempt any number of Medicine checks to create the mixture she needs as part of a long rest (it is considered light activity), but each attempt consumes 1 charge from her total. Any contraceptives she creates but doesn't use can be marked down in her inventory and she can choose to use them later.<br/>Though her contraceptive mixtures are not without fail, they greatly reduce the chance of her getting pregnant without the side effect of inflicting a condition or penalty to her health. It has to be taken in advance, and lasts for a day. Beating a DC 10 on her check if she is proficient with the herbalism kit allows her to create a basic contraceptive. Every 5 points she exceeds the DC by will increase the potency of the current mixture according to the following:<br/>DC 9 or lower = seemingly working contraceptive (no extra prevention chance: need 18 or better on the d20 to avoid pregnancy)<br/>DC 10 = basic contraceptive (50% chance of prevention: 11 or better on the d20)<br/>DC 15 = greater contraceptive (65% chance of prevention: 8 or better on the d20)<br/>DC 20 = superior contraceptive (80% chance of prevention: 5 or better on the d20)<br/>DC 25 = supreme contraceptive (renders user infertile for a day, cumulative 10% on subsequent uses for the effect to become permanent until cured by greater restoration or a similar effect)</div></div><br/><br/>Once she was finished and ate a meal included in the price of her stay, she set out in search for her next job. She managed to avoid trouble outside, partially thanks to her disguise, partially by blending in with the morning crowds squeezing through the narrower streets.<br/><br/>The offer she picked from the list directed her to the wealthier part of town, where the slum homes and dust covered roads seemed like a distant memory, replaced by beautiful estates with cobblestone streets and paths leading to each, palm trees that adapted to the hot and dry environment flanking on all sides, giving each estate a lush atmosphere of wonder and luxury.<br/>The address she was looking for was one of such estates, the entrance and even paths leading up to it watched over by guards. These men were unlike the thuggish sleazebags in the town's guard, they were much better dressed and equipped, likely better-off mercenaries paid handsomely by the local noble, merchant or whatever. They wore uniforms and polished weapons, their facial hair trimmed or shaven fashionably. The complete image might have given no advantage in combat, but it provided an air of authority, punctuated by the symbol of their master, a stylized scorpion or so Mia guessed. If one of these walked up to a merchant in the marketplace, or a town guard, they'd surely know these men represented someone of high authority. Perhaps it was best if Mia didn't make any bad impressions with the people here.<br/><br/>Upon her approach, two of the guardsmen blocked her path, but upon showing her scroll with the job listing, one of the gruff men motioned for her to follow and escorted her to the main entrance of the estate. Mia was about to meet her possible employer, still in her street attire hiding her ripped and torn robes. If she wanted any last minute preparations before the audience, she had maybe a minute or two!<br/><br/>