Did your retainer really brave the Binding Coil for that Diagnostics Module? Or was it pilfered from your next door neighbor? To explain the enigma that is retainer ventures, we consulted our lore masters to discover what retainers are really up to.

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When assigned to a quick exploration, retainers can bring back anything from furnishings to gear. The original explanation for this was a storage facility created by the Adventurers' Guild, which held goods deemed no longer of use. Left to their own devices, retainers would rummage through this warehouse during quick exploration ventures to surprise clients with their alleged findings.

In the end, however, we decided the explanation is better left to the imagination of our players.

We only hope that your retainers don't make a habit of breaking the law.
So when your retainer brings back that Minute Mindflayer, its origin can be a story all your own. Perhaps it was carefully crafted in your retainers' spare time, or maybe they found it abandoned in an alley and seized the opportunity. We hope players will enjoy creating back stories for the items found by their retainers.

As an aside, my retainer doesn't like to bring me anything of worth these days since I accidentally rejected her beautiful gift awhile ago...