Whirtlestaff's Wizards' Academy Revisited, IC02

[Leif]

Manny saves the day!

OOC: Sorry, Mowgli! What was I thinking??

Manny strolls over to the books and begins idly looking through the titles. Then something catches his little eye: a volume that just says "Journal" on its spine. Opening the book, Manny sees on the first page the elaborate signature of Larin Karr. Only the first five pages contain writing, the rest of the book is entirely blank.

OOC: Can Manny read Drow???? (Btw, the DC for that search was 23.)

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Manny

"Hey guys! I was getting bored so I started looking around . . . look what I found! But it's written in some foreign language I don't get. Can one of you read it?" He shows the book to the others.

[sblock=OOC]Manny speaks/reads like 9 different languages, but none of them are Drow.[/sblock]

 

[Leif]

Question for Manny

OOC: One of Big M's languages is Elvish, isn't it? If so, he recognizes the alphabet as Elvish, but the words are strange to him. If he doesn't speak Elvish, well, nevermind then.

OOC: I guess I could look that up for myself, but gosh! That seems like SOOO much trouble right now!

 

[KerlanRayne]

"Hey guys! I was getting bored so I started looking around . . . look what I found! But it's written in some foreign language I don't get. Can one of you read it?" He shows the book to the others.

[sblock=OOC]Manny speaks/reads like 9 different languages, but none of them are Drow.[/sblock]

"OH, I have just the thing." Kerlan takes the book, casts Comprehend Languages, and then reads the book.

 

[Leif]

The Book

For Kerlan: Only the first five pages have writing, and the title is Journal of Larin Karr.. The rest of the book is blank. It seems to be a journal. The journal talks vaguely of leaving eventually on "the mission," and Larin Karr's concern for his treasure while he is gone. The only entry of particular interest to you is this:

"I think I could trust Tyrna, Elfass, and Ogdin with the keys while I'm on my journey. They've done well to help me. I have finally finished that accursed portal. How difficult! Must take the combination with me, though, of course; it's quite simple once you understand to alternate."

 

[KerlanRayne]

Kerlan reads through the short journal, mumbling while he reads. "... mission, ... treasure, ... keys, ... portal, ... combination." After finishing, he summarizes the journal to the others and reads the important quote out loud. "This is interesting indeed. I think we should keep these books, I would like to read them and learn a little more about the Underdark." Kerlan then begins browsing through the other books while he still has the ability to read them, focusing on the languages he does not know.

 

[Leif]

Kerlan's Reading list

There are 150 books in all, most of them are written in Undercommon, so Kerlan has no difficulty finding books in a language that he does not know (without the benefit of his spell). There are also books written in Drow, Elvish, Dwarvish, and even Common. All of the books, except for Larin Karr's journal deal with the Underdark and its history. Kerlan feels like he could learn a great deal from these books, if he took the time to carefully study them in their entirety. He estimates that it will take a long time: 800 hours, minus the reader's int bonus X 100, so probably 400+ hours for most of the wizards, I'm guessing. It seems like it might be worthwhile, if you can spare the time.

 

[Scotley]

"A very interesting collection. If we are going to spend any time down there then some reading is definitely in order. Long term we might be able to trade this lot to Whirtlestaffs."

 

[KerlanRayne]

Kerlan feels like he could learn a great deal from these books, if he took the time to carefully study them in their entirety. He estimates that it will take a long time: 800 hours, minus the reader's int bonus X 100, so probably 400+ hours for most of the wizards, I'm guessing.

OOC: Wow, 400 hours huh? Let's see, I figure I can read all the books in ... [math] add one, carry the two ... no that's not right ... add the two, carry the one ... divide and round down ... and the answer is [/math] about 6 days. [SBLOCK=Secrets to Speed Reading]If I use Comprehend Languages + Scholar's Touch while crafting a couple of 1st level Pearls of Power I can read 20 to 28 books a day and have them all done in 6 days. I can even use part of those 6 days to craft more items.

By the way Leif, thanks for the inadvertent heads up on the upcoming books. You were right, Scholar's Touch will help out a lot. [/SBLOCK]

 

[Scott DeWar]

Capizzio starts carefully removeing the books to his recently aquired Haversack.