<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=130033.msg5797652#msg5797652">Quote from: Inerrant Lust on 30-01-2012, 05:39:04</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">It could be that the gold in the chest is a portion of the kingdom's taxes. The rest could be offerings or, as I said in the IC thread, "gems, artifacts and heirlooms" All of which were either his own wealth or given to him by other kings/queens or nobles as gifts. Either way, a scribe would be there to jot it down on the register and account for it.<br/><br/>I <em>am</em> in the military, you know. :p The government can't issue you a blanket without annotating it somewhere.<br/><br/>And maybe he didn't send a guard after you because he knew that stealing a great amount from him would be a big mistake... Just because the guy doesn't have the raw firepower of six ECL 11s at his beck and call.... doesn't mean he isn't capable of things you are not. It could be that his best six heroes in the kingdom are a match for each of you... but they are scattered around the kingdom.<br/><br/>Now this whole thing is getting to distract away from the main focus of the plot. :P<br/><br/>Like I said, it's largely irrelevant. You could wake up in the Elemental Plane of Air. The handful of coins you pocketed awhile ago will be less than unimportant.  ::)<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>All I was saying is we don't know his INT score :P