#kentwing

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Kentwing Shop: Inkpots

Knowledge (local) DC15: A stationary shop run by the stately high elf wizard7 Laucian Starflower. He sells various types of pens, paper and parchment, ink of different colors and qualities, a handful of spell scrolls, and even blank books. He also sells blank spellbooks and some of the magical writing materials used by spellcasters to write in them or scribe scrolls. In addition, he can provide scrivening (copying or dictation), scroll scribing, and spellcasting services, and will allow other wizards to copy from his own large spellbooks for a fee.

Bardic Knowledge DC20: Laucian is rumored to be a secret member of the underground Church of Corellon Larethian in Kentwing, despite the Baroness Lirella’s decree that gods outside of Hextor may not be worshipped.

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Religious Holiday: The Fist of Eternal Malachite

Knowledge (religion) DC12: Celebrated on Midwinter's Day, Needfest 4th, by followers of Hextor. This holiday commemorates the battles that helped Hextorians gain ascendancy during the Turmoil Between Crowns. In lands other than the former Great Kingdom, such as Terolus, this day is a remembrance of battles fought in the name of the local ruler.

Knowledge (local) DC15: In Kentwing, celebration of this holiday is mandatory by order of the Baroness Lirella, in honor of her many military victories over various threats from the powers and monsters of the Catacombs. This is a major holiday for the town, during which much of normal commerce comes to a standstill.

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Knowledge (nobility & royalty) DC15:

The headquarters of the Deathwalkers Guild, a powerful organization of good adventurers among the lesser powers of the Catacombs, is the manorhouse Callanhall in Strongtown. Lord Darius Strongtown, ruler of the city, gifted it to them for the service of routing out the secret evil Wizards Guild that had been using as a base of operation while holding the dying Lord Callan and his grandaughter (the last of the ancient line) hostage. Lord Callan himself was taken in by Lord Darius and looked after for the final months of his life, while the ruler of Strongtown arranged a suitable marriage for his granddaughter to a noble family in nearby Kentwing.

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Kentwing Mages College

Knowledge (local) DC15: Kentwing is home to one of the few arcane universities in the Catacombs area, where a dozen or so students of varied ages study the deep mysteries of spellcraft. The Headmistress is high elf conjurer12 Felosian Moonsea, an old and wise member of the noble House Moonsea, cousin to the Baronette Soveliss. Two other master mages teach there as well: the Master of Alteration, human transmuter10 Theravin Hawke; and the Mistress of Wards, high elf abjurer9 Anastrianna Gemflower. Master Theravin is known for being as strict and cruel as he is brilliant, sometimes punishing students who fail in their studies by temporarily turning them into small animals. Mistress Anastrianna is the only lowborn of the three instructors (very few of the students are either), and looked down on for it, but she wards herself from criticism as well as she does the school grounds from thieves and intruders. 

As a college, it is intended for those who have completed a basic education in arcane magic and gained some experience as well, in order to further their studies. Only PCs who become instructors or donate generously (at least 500gp+) can gain Favored Member status; those who do so wear their Amulets of Arcane Protection proudly. The following organization details apply for those wishing to join the college:

Associated classes: Wizard, sorcerer, bard

Associated skills: Knowledge (arcana), Spellcraft

Special requirements: Must be able to cast 2nd level arcane spells

Duties: 200gp/month tithe, 10 days/month attending classes or lectures, obey the instructors, never harm instructors or fellow students.

Contact: Headmistess Felosian Moonsea Favor: Intervene on your behalf with Kentwing's nobility or clergy Frequency: 1/year

Basic benefits: +2 competence bonus to Knowledge (arcana) and Spellcraft checks. Learn one additional spell upon leveling. Paper, ink, and other basic stationary materials provided at need. Instructors and other students may trade spells from their books, once befriended. New arcane spell research costs reduced by 10%. Room & board are good upkeep level.

Favored benefits: granted the use of an Amulet of Arcane Protection that provides a +1 bonus to saving throws and armor class against all magical effects.

Profession (librarian) DC15: The college maintains an arcane library, managed by Mistress Anastrianna and accessible only to enrolled students. After a day (8 hours) of research in his library, you gain a +2 circumstance bonus on one Knowledge check (or a check with another skill that works like a Knowledge check), which can be rolled untrained for any DC. For Knowledge (arcana), this bonus increases to +3. The library holds about 100 books, including: 

Weights and Measures

Dispelling the Shadow: A Treatise on Light Magic (in Lumi, words faintly glowing)

Arcanopsionic Field Theory

Confessions of a Part-time Sorceress

Song & Silence, book 4

Novel Magic

A Text on Essential Necromancy (in Draconic)

A Text on Essential Conjuration (in Draconic)

A Text on Essential Abjuration (in Draconic)

Truename (one of the oldest and most authoritative books on truenaming)

New Sorcery

The Art of Scrying

Ancient Summonings (in Draconic)

Light Arts for the Enchanter

Subschools of Conjuring: Creation and Summoning

Gold & Flame, book 2

Lords of Madness (in Aboleth)

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Kentwing Shop: Hand of Mida

Knowledge (local) DC17: A small clinic run out of a room at the top of a 3 story flophouse. The owner is a lightfoot halfling cleric5 of Yondalla named Mida. He has sandy blonde hair, is quite charming, and is also an amazing cook. After he helped the Deathwalkers hunt down and destroy the vampire Tayton Fain (who had killed his husband) in late CY 1420, he returned to Kentwing and founded the clinic with his share of the treasure. In addition to spellcasting services, he provides mundane medical treatment and brews a few herbal remedies with some basic herb lore he learned from the wizard Tussa (another victim of Tayton Fain, now also a Deathwalker) on their adventure to hunt down the vampire. His worship of Yondalla is a public secret, and rumors say he pays regular bribes to the guards to ignore his violation of the city's monotheist law.

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Kentwing Shop: Hand of Mida

Knowledge (local) DC15: Small clinic run by a lightfoot halfling cleric5 of Yondalla named Mida. He has sandy blonde hair and is also an amazing cook.  In addition to spellcasting services, he provides mundane medical treatment and brews a few herbal remedies with some basic herb lore he learned from the wizard Tussa, of the Deathwalkers guild, on their adventure to hunt down the vampire Tayton Fain. 

Bardic Knowledge DC10: After he helped the Deathwalkers destroy Tayton Fain (who had killed his husband), Mida returned to Kentwing and founded the clinic with his share of the treasure. His worship of Yondalla is a public secret, and rumors say he pays regular bribes to the guards to ignore his violation of the city's monotheist law.

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Kentwing Holiday: Tattingsday

Knowledge (local) DC10: Tattingsday is a local Kentwing holiday on Coldeven 13th celebrating tattoos, when many residents consider it lucky to get a tattoo. Devotional tattoos of Hextor's unholy symbol are considered especially pious, and the Temple provides them for free on this day.

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Kentwing Shop: The Bent Copper

Knowledge (local) DC15: Pawnbroker run by a wood elf fighter3/expert1 named Starsong. He will pay about 1/5th the value of an item and give the pawner a note that can be returned with the money to reclaim the item within 12 days. After that, the item is forfeit and becomes part of his stock. He will also buy almost anything nonperishable outright, but only for 4/10ths of its full value. Like most pawnbrokers, his shop has a wide variety of random things for sale, some cheap and others quite valuable. The shop usually has a few small magic items in stock, mostly potions.