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<blockquote data-quote="The Green Adam" data-source="post: 3606829" data-attributes="member: 50821"><p>One of the favorite places in my main D&D campaign world is a 'magic shop' run my an Elven adventurer now long since retired. A former PC, like many NPCs of note in this particular milieu, the proprietor is constantly testing and experimenting with various magical potions and spells, making entry into the store an adventure in itself. Players have opened the door to the entire place being coated in shades of orange, the shopkeeper unable to deactivate a self-inflicted polymorph and the "stock boy" (a 9 ft. troll) being lost amid the shelves for hours on end.</p><p></p><p>The shop carries, buys, sells and trades everything from magic items to spell components and is willing to identify and/or translate items and ancient texts to the best of the owner's ability. His colorful antics, foppish clothing and slightly effeminate English accent are all a carefully constructed facade to hide his vast wealth of arcane knowledge and phenomenal spellcasting ability. Make not mistake, he players the clown but is a deadly combatant. And of course, the stock boy <em>is</em> a troll.</p><p></p><p>For regulars and favorite customers it is not unusual for the shopkeep to preform identifications free of charge, order special, hard-to-get items and even teach a few unique spells of his own creation.</p><p></p><p>This to me is far from a Magic Walmart and I can safely say my campaign would not be the same without it.</p><p></p><p> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Green Adam, post: 3606829, member: 50821"] One of the favorite places in my main D&D campaign world is a 'magic shop' run my an Elven adventurer now long since retired. A former PC, like many NPCs of note in this particular milieu, the proprietor is constantly testing and experimenting with various magical potions and spells, making entry into the store an adventure in itself. Players have opened the door to the entire place being coated in shades of orange, the shopkeeper unable to deactivate a self-inflicted polymorph and the "stock boy" (a 9 ft. troll) being lost amid the shelves for hours on end. The shop carries, buys, sells and trades everything from magic items to spell components and is willing to identify and/or translate items and ancient texts to the best of the owner's ability. His colorful antics, foppish clothing and slightly effeminate English accent are all a carefully constructed facade to hide his vast wealth of arcane knowledge and phenomenal spellcasting ability. Make not mistake, he players the clown but is a deadly combatant. And of course, the stock boy [I]is[/I] a troll. For regulars and favorite customers it is not unusual for the shopkeep to preform identifications free of charge, order special, hard-to-get items and even teach a few unique spells of his own creation. This to me is far from a Magic Walmart and I can safely say my campaign would not be the same without it. :D [/QUOTE]
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