"Had you paid attention in class you'd know that knock only temporarily bypasses the magic on the door. There is no need for us to put our own spell in place."
Kerlan gives Tylara an annoyed look. He points at the cellar door, "I'm talking about this door. The one that keeps what's on the other side from entering Boris's fine inn here. The door he paid us to investigate. The Arcane Lock we bypassed was in there, not on this door."
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[ooc]Leif; did you forget that i had done a search check to double check that there were no secret door or things?[/ooc]
Didn't forget, there's just nothing to find. Sorry.
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Kerlan gives Tylara an annoyed look. He points at the cellar door, "I'm talking about this door. The one that keeps what's on the other side from entering Boris's fine inn here. The door he paid us to investigate. The Arcane Lock we bypassed was in there, not on this door."
hehehe, ok, settle down people. Let's all be nice to the other wizards. (even if CERTAIN ones do happen to be insufferable bit**** sometimes! )
Manny speaks up to indicate his endorsement of inn to sleep and schoolroom to study. He also votes strongly for doing all of the studying now and then pushing forward to explore the Underdark.
Leif
I'm not sure what 'significant' Knowledge: Underdark amounts to in skill ranks, but if it's more than one rank would it be possible for Manny to substitute one of those ranks as Language: Drow? Rationale would be that he's reading and studying all those books in Drow. He'd only have one rank, which would simulate the idea that his accent would be atrocious (since he's not actually hearing it spoken).
I'm not sure what 'significant' Knowledge: Underdark amounts to in skill ranks, but if it's more than one rank would it be possible for Manny to substitute one of those ranks as Language: Drow? Rationale would be that he's reading and studying all those books in Drow. He'd only have one rank, which would simulate the idea that his accent would be atrocious (since he's not actually hearing it spoken).
Mowgli/Manny, and Everyone: 'Significant' in this case means Knowledge (Underdark) +8. Seems pretty significant, doesn't it? And, yes, I like your idea very much. Since the standard way will give you 8 ranks in Knowledge (Underdark) I'll say that if you spend time studying the language more than the substance of the books, you can switch out up to 3 of the ranks for ranks in one or more of these languages: Undercommon, Drow, Elven, or Dwarven, with the understanding that your skill Knowledge (Underdark) will be decreased one rank for each rank of a language that you gain. [And, if I'm remembering correctly, just one rank in a language skill allows a character to both speak and read the language, unless he is a barbarian of course.] Seems fair, doesn't it? And this applies to everone, too. [And Scotley can wait until he gets back to make up his mind about what he wants to do about this, also. edit: Sorry, even Scotley only has one mind! ]
Manny speaks up to indicate his endorsement of inn to sleep and schoolroom to study. He also votes strongly for doing all of the studying now and then pushing forward to explore the Underdark.
Leif
I'm not sure what 'significant' Knowledge: Underdark amounts to in skill ranks, but if it's more than one rank would it be possible for Manny to substitute one of those ranks as Language: Drow? Rationale would be that he's reading and studying all those books in Drow. He'd only have one rank, which would simulate the idea that his accent would be atrocious (since he's not actually hearing it spoken).
Xavier adds his voice to the agreement, voting his acceptance alongside Manny.
Before bedding down for the night, Kerlan goes to Boris in a quiet place and explains to him what's behind the door. He also tries to comfort him about his safety and assures him that they will take additional measures to keep the door closed. After Boris calms down, Kerlan takes his leave and returns to his room.
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Capizzio sleeps, dreaming of lock tumblers that keep re-locking after he successfully unlocks the lock, while voices speaking the words of the books echo within his overactive mind.
KerlanRayne: Boris never does look too 'calm.' But he finally succumbs to sleep anyway. Kerlan will just have to hope that he is more at peace with the idea in the morning. Good thinking, though!
Here's a summary of Kerlan's actions over the first 6 days.
Day 1: Kerlan makes a Headband of Intellect, casts Scholar's Touch to read 20 books, studies Drow and Undercommon.
Day 2: Kerlan makes a Pearl of Power, casts Scholar's Touch to read 32 books, studies Drow and Undercommon.
Day 3: Kerlan makes a Pearl of Power, casts Scholar's Touch to read 36 books, studies Drow and Undercommon.
Day 4: Kerlan begins making an Empowered Spellshard (Kelgore's Firebolt), casts Scholar's Touch to read 36 books, studies Drow and Undercommon.
Day 5: Kerlan Finishes making an Empowered Spellshard (Kelgore's Firebolt), casts Scholar's Touch to read the final 26 books, studies Drow and Undercommon. [All 150 books read]
Day 6: Kerlan makes a Healing Belt with the help of Tylara who uses a charge from the Wand of Cure Serious Wounds. It's tricky, but he succeeds. He asks Tylara if she needs any help or needs anything made.
Kerlan sets up a place to work in a corner of the old schoolhouse. When he is done he begins work crafting magic items. Today he makes a Headband of Intellect that takes all day to create. He uses the 2nd level spell Fox's Cunning to do this. After it is complete he puts it on and settles down with the books from the tomb. He casts Comprehend Languages and uses his remaining spell slots to cast Scholar's Touch. He uses his Arcanist's Gloves to increase the caster level of two castings by +2. Doing this he uses two 1st level spell slots to read 6 books each, he uses another 1st level spell slot to read another 4 books, and he uses a second level spell slot to read another 4 books for a total of 20 books that day. He uses the time remaining on his Comprehend Languages to study the Drow and Undercommon languages in order to better understand them and possibly learn them.
Day 2
Today, Kerlan creates a Pearl of Power that will let him recall a first level spell that he has already cast. Again, it takes him all day to complete his task. At the end of the day he settles in with the books again. Using his Arcanist's Gloves, his new Pearl of Power, and an extra spell from his Headband of Intellect, he uses five 1st level spell slots to cast Scholar's Touch and read 24 books, he also uses two 2nd level spell slots to read 8 books for a total of 32 books that day. That's a 2 day total of 52 books, over a third of them. He also studies the Drow and Undercommon languages.
Day 3
Today, Kerlan does basically the same as yesterday. He creates another Pearl of Power and uses it that day. Using Scholar's Touch, he reads a total of 36 books that day. His three day total is now 88 books. He also studies Drow and Undercommon.
Day 4
Today, Kerlan begins work on an Empowered Spellshard which affects the spell Kelgore's Firebolt. It's harder that anything he's made so far so he doesn't finish it that day. He uses Scholar's Touch to read 36 books that day. This gives him a 4 day total of 124 books. He also studies Drow and Undercommon.
Day 5
Today, Kerlan completes his work on the Empowered Spellshard. Using Scholar's Touch he reads the final 26 books, completing all 150 books in the collection. He also studies Drow and Undercommon.
Day 6
Today, Kerlan begins work on a Healing Belt. Not having access to the exact spell required, he recruits Tylara to use the Wand of Cure Serious Wounds. It's a tricky process for Kerlan but he succeeds. Spellcraft checks for Healing Belt (DC 21) (1d20+14=16, 1d20+14=33, 1d20+14=26, 1d20+14=19, 1d20+14=33) Thanking Tylara he asks if she has anything he could help her with or maybe create for her. He also studies Drow and Undercommon.
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Manny spends as much of the time studying the information on the Underdark and studying the languages Underdark and Drow as he can, using Scholar's Touch and one of the Pearls as he can and as they are available. When he's not able to read he'll help the others with whatever chores will make their time doing 'off study' tasks easier or more efficient.
It's cool, I just didn't know what else to say before. I'm happy to see that so many are taking advantage of your great language idea, Mowgli. I think that will be a very handy thing. You're all going to wind up with some highly skilled pcs when this brief period of study is over.
Southern Edit:
To be true to my roots, I shouldn't have said, "You're all," I should have put it in true redneck parlance and said, "Y'all're."
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Capizzio's 6 days of scollery persuits:
day one:
spend time with magus cruz to purchase 2 pearls of speach (1200 gp for the two) <-- [awaiting approval for this before actually spending this money],
try to read animate rope from a scroll 1d20+8=9
failed
read books from the secret libary
Schlor's touch: 15 books + 3 books over the 6 reamining hours: total books for the day: 18
day two
try to read scroll spontanious search 1d20+8=23
success. write in book (all day) 100 gp spent
day three
read books with schlor's touch (15 books) actual reading of books: 3 books at 6 hours (total for the day: 18, total for time: 36 of 150 books
day four
write scroll: spontanious search 4 times for a cost of 50 gp and 2 xp
day five
read books :
schlor's touch
grunt reading
day six
read scroll to write in book: shield bearer 1d20+8=10
failed
reaad books 18 more books for a toatal of 54 books
Schlor's touch: 15 books + 3 books over the 6 reamining hours: total books for the day: 18
try to read scroll spontanious search 1d20+8=23
success. write in book (all day) 100 gp spent
OOC: Hey Scott, don't forget that you can use your 2nd level spell slots to cast 1st level spells. That will help you finish the books. Also, Leif ruled that scribing spells into the spellbook will only take one hour per spell level. That will also help.
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Capizzio's 6 days of scollery persuits:
day one:
spend time with magus cruz to purchase 2 pearls of speach (1200 gp for the two) <-- [awaiting approval for this before actually spending this money]
As previously ruled, no Pearls of Speech are available at this time. But they can still be crafted I suppose.....
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will be making corrections as per info from post 737 and 738 after work. Kerlin: is the second level swap a 1 for 1 or 1 second = 2 first? I don't remember it at all.
Kerlan: is the second level swap a 1 for 1 or 1 second = 2 first? I don't remember it at all.
OOC: You can put one 1st level spell in a 2nd level slot.
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A spellcaster always has the option to fill a higher-level spell slot with a lower-level spell.
OOC: Also, you can borrow my 2 Pearls of Power after I have read all the books. I only need them for the first 4 days. In fact anyone can borrow them. Or, I could make you one. By the way, no one told me if they wanted any items made.
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(even if CERTAIN ones do happen to be insufferable bit**** sometimes! 
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I'm happy to see that so many are taking advantage of your great language idea, Mowgli. I think that will be a very handy thing. You're all going to wind up with some highly skilled pcs when this brief period of study is over. 
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