Finally have a look at the rabbit's foot. Does the chain look like it was broken or just short. Gently pull the chain and see whether a magicians hat pops out.
The chain on the rabbit's foot does appear to be broken rather than short, and no magician's hat pops out of the rabbit when Guilliame pulls on the chain ;-). This item does not appear magical under Guilliame's See the Arcane.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Gather all the items together and put them in the strongbox for safe keeping. Let Naomi know that they are there and they can be returned to Welf's mother if she returns. If Guilliame is not there then say she can arrange a time to come over and discuss them.
If nothing needs doing at the shop head down to the school of magick. If Guilliame arrives without incident say hello to Master Minton and ask him if he has time to answer a couple of questions.
Naomi agrees to look after the shop and the box of Wilf's belongings while Guilliame goes to School.
As Guilliame is on his way to the School he sees more people he recognises as residents of the local area in the process of packing up in leaving; they are mostly of Stemian blood.
As he approaches the entrance of the School, he hears Bruxa start to bark and the door is opened before he can reach for the knocker on the outside.
"Hello," says Master Minton. "It's Guilliame isn't it... and you want to ask me some questions?"
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Good day to you Master Minton. Yes, I have a couple of puzzles and I hope you'll be able to help or point me in the right direction. Firstly, do you remember a student called Armand Guss?"
"Guss," says Minton. "Yes, I remember him from several years back. He graduated as a journeyman and had big plans to join up with a group going exploring ruins near the Galth border... May Donai guard his soul. It is sad that it seems his plans have led to his death."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Someone I know has come across his journeyman's medallion. I will try to get them to return it to the family."
"I was at a shop today and some sort of thing embodied itself in the form of a cat. I don't think it was a familar but it glowed magickally. Do you think it could be some guarding spell or creature of some sort that appears when required?"
[OOC: Sorry. I didn't see this move and have been waiting to receive a notification, which didn't come.]
"I wouldn't have a clue," says Master Minton before Guilliame can finish his question. "But then I'm not a magus. You will have to ask one of them... Master Narim entered the School just a little while ago. Perhaps he could help you. Oh, and he is looking for someone with combat experience to help him with his classes because of the recent injury to his leg. You might like to ask him about that too."
[OOC: Master Narim is the master of the school who teaches students how to defend themselves with weapons when magic can't. He isn't someone Guilliame has had many dealings with because he mainly teachers younger students and Guilliame doesn't need training in weapons. However, he is aware that Narim is both a fighter and an innate sorcerer.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Guilliame leaves the gatehouse after giving Bruxa a scratch on the head; the dog insisted on him saying hello properly.
Making sure his journeyman medallion is prominently displayed on his chest, Guilliame then moves further into the School looking for Master Narim but does find him in the common areas around the refectory.
[OOC: Where would he like to try next? a)the administration building; b)the library; c)the combat practice areas; d)the master's quarters; or e)the grounds.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC: Guilliame stumbles through the grounds of the Unseen university groping around looking for the library...]
Guilliame makes his way to the library and enters the double-storey building in which he has spent many an hour reading.
The School's librarian—in name—is Master Nathaniel, but Nathaniel is a very old man and has been bed-ridden in his bedroom on the second floor of this very building for the last couple of months. More recently, the role of the librarian has been taken over by the School's herbalist, Mistress Althea, who is the first person Guilliame meets after entering the building.
She is a Sorendenese woman, pretty, but shorter than most.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Let her go. If I know how to find them head up to shelves 10 and 11 and browse the titles. Otherwise see if I can find Velma.
[OOC: There are many, many titles, which I can't list. You're going to have to give me some sort of clue as to what Guilliame is looking for.]
Guilliame climbs the stairs to the second floor and makes his way through the quiet to the shelves Mistress Althea mentioned, nodding to the occasional familiar face of some of the older students he has seen in here before.
The 'shelves' are more like racks that contain both books and scrolls written in a variety of languages; mostly Sorendenese, but many are in Gundian and there are items here written in languages from countries that Guilliame didn't even know existed until he became a student at the School.
The books are not indexed per se, but each of them is labelled with a title in Sorendenese and it is library practice that books are to be put back where they were found.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
There are no books with the word 'Abjuration' in their titles, but the shelves he is searching are certainly labelled with this word. A large number of the items on these shelves have the word 'protection' in their titles but Guilliame is pleasantly surprised to find a book with the title 'The Benefits to a House of Having a Cat as a Familiar'.
[OOC: Can you be more specific about the 'protection' aspect of his search.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Guilliame continues to browse through the items on the shelves and comes across a vellum scroll whose label reads 'An Encounter with the Guardian Spirits of a Stemian Tribe of the Upper Reaches of the Lyr River'.
Taking his two finds across to a nearby table he sits down to start reading them.
[OOC: Make an Investigation check (bonus + 2).]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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Finally have a look at the rabbit's foot. Does the chain look like it was broken or just short. Gently pull the chain and see whether a magicians hat pops out.
The chain on the rabbit's foot does appear to be broken rather than short, and no magician's hat pops out of the rabbit when Guilliame pulls on the chain ;-). This item does not appear magical under Guilliame's See the Arcane.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Gather all the items together and put them in the strongbox for safe keeping. Let Naomi know that they are there and they can be returned to Welf's mother if she returns. If Guilliame is not there then say she can arrange a time to come over and discuss them.
If nothing needs doing at the shop head down to the school of magick. If Guilliame arrives without incident say hello to Master Minton and ask him if he has time to answer a couple of questions.
Naomi agrees to look after the shop and the box of Wilf's belongings while Guilliame goes to School.
As Guilliame is on his way to the School he sees more people he recognises as residents of the local area in the process of packing up in leaving; they are mostly of Stemian blood.
As he approaches the entrance of the School, he hears Bruxa start to bark and the door is opened before he can reach for the knocker on the outside.
"Hello," says Master Minton. "It's Guilliame isn't it... and you want to ask me some questions?"
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Good day to you Master Minton. Yes, I have a couple of puzzles and I hope you'll be able to help or point me in the right direction. Firstly, do you remember a student called Armand Guss?"
"Guss," says Minton. "Yes, I remember him from several years back. He graduated as a journeyman and had big plans to join up with a group going exploring ruins near the Galth border... May Donai guard his soul. It is sad that it seems his plans have led to his death."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Someone I know has come across his journeyman's medallion. I will try to get them to return it to the family."
"I was at a shop today and some sort of thing embodied itself in the form of a cat. I don't think it was a familar but it glowed magickally. Do you think it could be some guarding spell or creature of some sort that appears when required?"
[OOC: Sorry. I didn't see this move and have been waiting to receive a notification, which didn't come.]
"I wouldn't have a clue," says Master Minton before Guilliame can finish his question. "But then I'm not a magus. You will have to ask one of them... Master Narim entered the School just a little while ago. Perhaps he could help you. Oh, and he is looking for someone with combat experience to help him with his classes because of the recent injury to his leg. You might like to ask him about that too."
[OOC: Master Narim is the master of the school who teaches students how to defend themselves with weapons when magic can't. He isn't someone Guilliame has had many dealings with because he mainly teachers younger students and Guilliame doesn't need training in weapons. However, he is aware that Narim is both a fighter and an innate sorcerer.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Thank you again Master Minton. I will definitely see Master Narim and see whether he can help."
Go to see if Master Narim is available and if not when he might be.
Guilliame leaves the gatehouse after giving Bruxa a scratch on the head; the dog insisted on him saying hello properly.
Making sure his journeyman medallion is prominently displayed on his chest, Guilliame then moves further into the School looking for Master Narim but does find him in the common areas around the refectory.
[OOC: Where would he like to try next? a)the administration building; b)the library; c)the combat practice areas; d)the master's quarters; or e)the grounds.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Head over to the library with a banana. Ask the librarian if they can recommend books on protective magick.
[OOC: Guilliame stumbles through the grounds of the Unseen university groping around looking for the library...]
Guilliame makes his way to the library and enters the double-storey building in which he has spent many an hour reading.
The School's librarian—in name—is Master Nathaniel, but Nathaniel is a very old man and has been bed-ridden in his bedroom on the second floor of this very building for the last couple of months. More recently, the role of the librarian has been taken over by the School's herbalist, Mistress Althea, who is the first person Guilliame meets after entering the building.
She is a Sorendenese woman, pretty, but shorter than most.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Good day Mistress Althea, I wonder if you can help me, please. I am looking for information on protection spells."
Mistress Althea is carrying a satchel on her shoulder and seems to be in the process of leaving the building.
"Sorry, but I can't stay," she says. "You want abjuration, which is up on the second floor: Shelves ten & eleven."
Then she adds, "If you need help, Velma will be able to help."
[OOC: At this point, she is going to leave the building unless you want to stop her.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Let her go. If I know how to find them head up to shelves 10 and 11 and browse the titles. Otherwise see if I can find Velma.
Guilliame climbs the stairs to the second floor and makes his way through the quiet to the shelves Mistress Althea mentioned, nodding to the occasional familiar face of some of the older students he has seen in here before.
The 'shelves' are more like racks that contain both books and scrolls written in a variety of languages; mostly Sorendenese, but many are in Gundian and there are items here written in languages from countries that Guilliame didn't even know existed until he became a student at the School.
The books are not indexed per se, but each of them is labelled with a title in Sorendenese and it is library practice that books are to be put back where they were found.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Look for titles with protection, adjuration, or cat in the title.
There are no books with the word 'Abjuration' in their titles, but the shelves he is searching are certainly labelled with this word. A large number of the items on these shelves have the word 'protection' in their titles but Guilliame is pleasantly surprised to find a book with the title 'The Benefits to a House of Having a Cat as a Familiar'.
[OOC: Can you be more specific about the 'protection' aspect of his search.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
More specifically protection spirits or guardians.
But have a browse through the Benefits book.
Guilliame continues to browse through the items on the shelves and comes across a vellum scroll whose label reads 'An Encounter with the Guardian Spirits of a Stemian Tribe of the Upper Reaches of the Lyr River'.
Taking his two finds across to a nearby table he sits down to start reading them.
[OOC: Make an Investigation check (bonus + 2).]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.