As junior partners, the owner Saul is looking to you to help him turn the gambling hall around and help it return a profit. There are a number of things you can do to help, such as:
* Bluff: Trick/cajole citizens of the city into visiting the Goblin.
* Craft: Create advertisements and spread them throughout the city.
* Diplomacy: Work the crowd at the Goblin, making them feel like honored guests. Or walk the streets of the city encouraging people to visit.
* Intimidate: Work as a bouncer, separating the wheat from the chaff at the gambling hall. Driving off the riffraff is good for business.
* Intimidate: Threaten customers of other gambling halls, "encouraging" them to visit the Goblin or suffer the consequences.
* Perform: Play that funky music, elf boy.
* Profession (Gambler): Work as a dealer at the Goblin.
* Perception: Watch for cheaters and other underhanded scum at the Goblin.
If you like, we can run this part of the game online -- just let me know what you'd like to do to help the cause, choosing from the list above or adding your own solutions. If choosing from the list above, post the results of the appropriate skill check as well. If something else, let me know what you're doing and I'll give you the appropriate skill. Attempting to return the Goblin to profitability is basically an open ended skill challenge, but with no limit to the number of failures.
If you'd like to do something else during the downtime, let me know. Most of these tasks will only take a few hours, so you'll have time to do other things in Riddleport if you like.
Locations in Riddleport
Inn of the Black Hart: A rundown inn run by a dour widow and her two teenage daughters
Gold Goblin Gambling Hall: A gambling hall that's opened and closed a half dozen times in the last few years.
Green Griffin Inn: A well-run inn in the Inner Harbor District.
Publican House: The city's Temple of Cayden Cailean.
Mystery of the Gate: An inn and tavern favored by visting scholars who come to study the Cyphergate.
