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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pinotage" data-source="post: 2664589" data-attributes="member: 15194">Magic Merchants 1: House of the Transformed Toad is a pdf product from Clockwork Golem Workshop, the first in The Magic Merchants' series. House of the Transformed Toad features a small magical store along a major trading route that's run by an inquisitive and talkative gnome wizard. It's a 12 page pdf of which 11 pages are devoted to the description of the gnome, his store, and the stock he normally carries, including histories on many of the items. This pdf normally retails on RPGNow for $1.50. This review was done as part of Crothian's Review Project.Initial Impressions:One of the things I really like about Clockwork Golem Workshop's products is that they're very professionally done. While there are generally only a few pieces of art, the layout is simple, yet effective, the writing clear and concise, and the material useful and easy to read. It really is a complete package, and I'd really like to see them expand into more substantial pdfs sometime in the future. And, at the price they're normally offered at, you really can't go wrong in picking up one of their products.This offering is the first in the Magic Merchants' series, detailing a small store run by a gnome wizard. Whether you are a fan of magic stores or not, this is a worthy piece of work with lots of nice little touches, interesting material, good background fluff and a few crunch items thrown in in the form of two new magical items. It's a very well done pdf, and a pleasure to read. The only thing really missing from the pdf is perhaps some detail on how the gnome wizard protects a store filled with so much expensive magic, and a few typos and minor stat block errors in the wizard's write-up.The Details:The wizard, Telgan Mythander, runs a small little magic store mainly aimed at low level parties. Wands, scrolls, potions, alchemical items and a handful of other minor magic items such as weapons or wondrous items are all for sale. Details on given on each of the items, with nice touches of flavor, such as elixirs of fire breath giving a strange aftertaste since the wizard is still perfecting the art of brewing them. Histories are included on the origins of many of the minor weapons, from the chain shirt obtained from a half-dead barbarian, to the remaining arrows of ooze slaying after an order of knight used similar items against a renegade sorcerer.These little personal touches expand on the roleplaying opportunities, and enough information is given on the gnome himself to make for some fun encounters and a lasting NPC. Of the two new magical items, liquid images and stonewart (an alchemical substance useful against elementals), liquid images conjures up some great imagery and has some really useful applications in creating certain illusions. Certainly that's something I can see myself using in the future.There are details on replenishing lost stock, the gnome's opinions on custom items, and a whole host of other information that will give you more than enough to make a shopping experience a fun roleplaying experience. Full details and a stat block are given on the wizard himself, although I found it rather odd that he crafts alchemical items without any ranks in Craft (Alchemy). Lots of useful advice is given on how to use the store, as well as two plot hooks that can be used if you want to make Telgan and his store a more integral part of your campaign.Conclusions:This is a very nice pdf featuring a magic store run by a gnome wizard. The pdf is well and professionally done, and includes all the details that one would require to run a successful encounter using the store. DMs can decide how little or how much of the information they want to use. Two new magical items are included, full description of the wizard NPC, and nice touches of flavor are added to the items bought in the store. There were one or two typos and some minor errors in the stat block (e.g. silvered daggers do an additional -1 damage), but otherwise a complete and useful product. Based on quality of the layout and writing, usefulness of content, and completeness, I'd grade this product with four stars.</blockquote>

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