Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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Regarding the scroll of Tarrasque, Avarice notes "Well, I think this cultural heirloom, surely must be left in the care of our scaled companion," gesturing to Samogri. But, that staff. Tuenung to Teteevess, she notes, 'As for the Spellbook, I must insist, dear, that THAT belongs to me. But, I'm feeling generous... why don't you hold on to that comet scroll, or maybe that staff." She gestures indicating the staff of power.
"What say you, Sam, Tetrevess?" The teifling inquires, looking ti each, in turn.
Morwena stands by, noticeably silent, evidently unsurprised by Avaruce's words.
<this is upon entering, within a minite or so. The resting can follow, as well as reading the books. The spell book is an actual spellbook. The Incantations of Iriolarthas is a weighty spellbook. Its black leather covers have dead, toothy worms glued to them, sheathed in glossy varnish. Set into this morbid display on the front cover is a gold rune that resembles a stylized eye with a pupil shaped like a candle flame—the sigil of Iriolarthas, a Netherese lich.
The book contains sixty pages of brittle yellow vellum. Written on these pages are the following wizard spells: 《7 1st level, 7 2nd level, 7 3rd level, 6 4th level, 6 5th level, 5 6th level, 4 7th level, 4 8th kevek, 2 ninth level》(one 7th and one 9th are uniquely Netherese spells.)
Tetrevess says “I have no interest in the scroll of tarrasque summoning except as an academic- and it should be kept out of the wrong hands. Sam is fine, if he wants it. I can imagine situations where it might be valuable. But most of the time it would do more harm than good I fear.
“I will take the staff, and I thank you for the offer.
“I’d like to transcribe the spells I don’t know from the book, but then you could keep it. I only need a few hours to transcribe all of them. (2 minutes per spell level, so 18 minutes for 9th level) I’d gladly share spells I have with you in return. “
Sam takes the scroll and hearing her deal he laughs “you really think that you will be able to take the book, HAHAA” he then looks at the red wizard “darling you have no I idea do you, you think a red wizard of Thay would pass up this opportunity of magic give me a break and considering what I have in my hand you need to consider you options” he then puts the scroll into his portable hole and picks it up again
Tetrevess looks at Sam and says “well, fighting is an option, I suppose, but I see no reason to fight over something that can be shared. I, for one am interested in creating one of these Magen. It might be useful, and such an interesting project. And Professor Skant, I would deeply appreciate your continued companionship. It seems we have much to talk about. Let’s rest, share the things we found and learn from these ancients”. (Gesturing at the books) “ There are far bigger enemies the universe faces we should focus our attention on.”
He looks hopefully at Avarice and Morwena, as he takes the staff of power.
Avarus does not take well to the push back against her. Plan to distribute the treasure. Her expression quickly changes to try and con. Kill this fact returning to a cool negotiator she smiles coiley and concedes quote. You know you're right, we have no way out of this space until we can find something. Let's just leave the treasure aside for now and enjoy the fruits of our labor and indulgence. Some of the greatest arcane knowledge ever possessed. We can decide who gets what later for now. That's just enjoy reading through some of this fine magical material.
You spend the next several hours per using the library and resting. Roll investigation and arcana. Tske a long rest if you want. Just say so.
(such Avarice!).
“certainly, we can decide who takes these things later. As I said, I merely want the spells- you can keep the book. . But let me see if there’s not some spells that may be of assistance to us in this immediate situation”.
Tetrevess peruses the spellbook (during a short rest), his own spellbook, a tome encased in dragon hide, out on a table to his side, a quill scribbling furiously in it in purple ink. His manifest mind hovers above the new spellbook, studying the spells.
he reaches out telepathically (using telepathic bond) to Angus and Sam (and Chadderly, who seems a bit stunned at the moment) and says “Watch her. She’s not to be trusted. It might be for the best to take… precautions.. “ ,
will take a long rest, but after he ensures the group is watching avarice for any signs of, well, avarice.
In about 7 hours, Tet can copy all the spells, (probably less because I’m sure he already has some of them).
Avarice agrees and shows no outwards signs of enmity as she and Morwena scour the library. The arcana and investigation are to find things in the library, magical and mundane. You'll find things for sure, it's just a matter of time.
Avarice: Investigation 16 Arcana 26
Morwena: Investigation 6 Arcana 18
just to be extra clear, I want a check for each of those from Tetrevess, so we can resolve the time, but... if I understand #3367-8, not looking through the books, just, well - which one? a long rest or copy the spells from the book? One of these things comes before the other.
Tetrevess investigation: 17
Tetrevess arcana 16
ok was confused on what was here. He will start by looking through the library then.
He will do the long rest after searching for an hour, asking Sam and angus to keep an eye on avarice and the contested spellbook
(The time was just my calculations for how long it would take)
Sam will have a long rest during this time then help out
While keeping watch for threats from creatures known and unknown in the study, Angus comes across an ancient volume with a familiar symbol on the spine, the crest of the Knights of Myth Drannor
<does he open it?>
Morwena continues to search through books, as does Avaraice. After 4 hours she mutters something. Angus was either reading the book or watching Avarice. If it's tbe latter, he sees a portal open in the floor of the lower section of the study, where Avarice descends the stairs into the darkness below.
<If Angus was reading the book, he misses what she said, otherwise, he hears it.>
Let's see what Angus decides...
<FYI: The book is in Elvish, which Angus CAN read, despite the fact he doesn't speak elvish. Dove somehow makes it possible.>
You'll all have to decide if you want to follow Avarice ir not. The hoke I. The floor with the steps is still there. You can go back to long resting or follow the teifling at once. It's an individual decision. Staff of power is still on the table, but Avarice took the spellbook. She left behind the scrolls of Tarrasque and Meteor, though.
Because search was only 1 hour, I didn't give any results, but let's say T uncovered the following.
The city was held aloft by the Ythryn mythallar. Up to eight mages could attune to this device at one time. If all of them agreed, they could use its power to move the city through the skies or control the weather for miles around it.
If disaster ever struck the city, the wizards could exploit the power of the obelisk to turn back time and avert ruin. The schematics contain instructions for activating the obelisk, which requires a staff of power as a power source. (Figuring out the schematics will take more time, but the arcana roll is sufficient to figure it out.)
(Ok! Waiting on angus). Tetrevess reveals what he learned to the others.
(Assuming T is sleeping, but he wouldn’t have trusted her. If she grabs the spellbook his manifest mind would alert him, waking him up and he would follow her, but only if angus came with. He’d grab the staff and comet scroll (Sam grabbed the other one) before going down)
I was trying ro give Angus something to do, advance his arc and make a real paladin-y choice. But it's been 2 days, irl and i dont want ti keep everyone else waiting.
I will agree manifest mind can watch over the spellbook. If it's visibly there, it might or might not see Avarice tske it, depending on sltesrh/o3rception, etc. (She can also cast invisibility). Mainly, I'm trying to keep her actions aligned with her motivation and give an incentive for following her sooner rather than later. To this end, Avarice is careful to stay out if earshot of the magical smart phone, but might allow herself to be heard by the watchful paladin. Most I'd tbe things you've found are on the upper level. She is in the lower level.
What I'm not certain of is how manifest mind would alert Tetrevess, or anyone else, of what it sees. There are some spells and rhings tjst do exactly thus, but I don't see anything in the description if that feature that suggests it does. I might just hand wave it, assuming Avarice at least thinks she can get the book and ideally you'd still want to follow her, or at least go where she is going, too.