((I've not exactly written this up as news, rather it's a copy of the Spellbook Appendix which Cobra now has sat next to the serpentwyne bottle. I have missed most of the names, since I can't remember them, and cannot recall who found the book first, nor the four or five people who struck on the correct way of translating it.))
Spellbook - Appendix
by: Rince the Mage
The spells in this book have been encrypted. Only a skilled mage, with intimate knowledge of the arcane realm, will be able to decipher them.
Greater Magic Protection
6|6|6
3|8|1
5|3|2
1|7|8
3|5|3
8|2|7
6|2|4
5|5|1
1|3|2
8|4|7
3|4|1
5|3|5
5|2|6
2|3|1
2|2|6
5|1|3
4|2|5
8|8|7
The final word of power involves a powerful ally, well known to the Mages here in the City of Wind.
--There follows an addendum in the hand of the Black Cobra:
Dear reader, this book was found in an armoire in Wind, upon the 25th day of September, 378. ((August 29th 2010)). It was but one step in the mystery of the Serpentwyne.
The adventure began on Bald Island. A lone hermit monk by the name of Roshi, with a pet loaf of bread he kept stroking, grudgingly gave the party of adventurers the name of one of the holders of the rare serpentwyne bottles: Rince, a mage. Immediately, the parties split up and began hunting. His hat (upon which this humble mage is certain he saw the letters “WIZZARD” picked out in faded sequins) was left upon a pedestal in the graveyard, with the inscription that Rince had lived in the city of mages, but died in “the other city of mages”.
At once, the intrepid heroes set off for Wind. Sadly, many were unable to pass the magical wards surrounding the city, but the noble Aron Swordmaster (of the Sosarian Red Cross) quickly uncovered a monument to a being called “Xenucorp” – “Once our enemy, now our ally”. Our next discovery, in Rince of Wind’s old study, was the book above.
To read the spells, one must first replace each row of numbers with the letter from a spellbook. The order is : Circle, Spell, Letter (of the Word of Power). In a fiendish twist, Rince had also added another layer of encryption on the first two words, by confusing some of his Gargish!
The translation read:
SIACTPPPEXINVASJUX
I was lucky enough to be the first to realize the words were actually “Sanct Por Ex In Vas Jux” – and that they must, as mentioned, be followed by the name of the powerful ally of the mages – which could be none other than Xenucorp! The words seared my tongue with arcane power as I spoke them, and my vision went dark. Once it returned, I found myself trapped in a small cave with none other than Xenucorp itself! Having some…experience with vastly powerful and evil demons, I immediately panicked, forgetting all my long-learned magery for my less-trained mysticism! However, as my skin turned to stone, and the rocks around me animated to fight as a colossus, the demon fell quickly. There, amongst his remains, I saw glass sparkling in the poor light – the bottle of Serpentwyne!
I had called for help at the start of the battle, but it had been too swift and intense for Aron Swordmaster to join me.
The Serpentwyne itself now sits safely beside this tome, for all to see.
((I think Aron has screenshots!))
Spellbook - Appendix
by: Rince the Mage
The spells in this book have been encrypted. Only a skilled mage, with intimate knowledge of the arcane realm, will be able to decipher them.
Greater Magic Protection
6|6|6
3|8|1
5|3|2
1|7|8
3|5|3
8|2|7
6|2|4
5|5|1
1|3|2
8|4|7
3|4|1
5|3|5
5|2|6
2|3|1
2|2|6
5|1|3
4|2|5
8|8|7
The final word of power involves a powerful ally, well known to the Mages here in the City of Wind.
--There follows an addendum in the hand of the Black Cobra:
Dear reader, this book was found in an armoire in Wind, upon the 25th day of September, 378. ((August 29th 2010)). It was but one step in the mystery of the Serpentwyne.
The adventure began on Bald Island. A lone hermit monk by the name of Roshi, with a pet loaf of bread he kept stroking, grudgingly gave the party of adventurers the name of one of the holders of the rare serpentwyne bottles: Rince, a mage. Immediately, the parties split up and began hunting. His hat (upon which this humble mage is certain he saw the letters “WIZZARD” picked out in faded sequins) was left upon a pedestal in the graveyard, with the inscription that Rince had lived in the city of mages, but died in “the other city of mages”.
At once, the intrepid heroes set off for Wind. Sadly, many were unable to pass the magical wards surrounding the city, but the noble Aron Swordmaster (of the Sosarian Red Cross) quickly uncovered a monument to a being called “Xenucorp” – “Once our enemy, now our ally”. Our next discovery, in Rince of Wind’s old study, was the book above.
To read the spells, one must first replace each row of numbers with the letter from a spellbook. The order is : Circle, Spell, Letter (of the Word of Power). In a fiendish twist, Rince had also added another layer of encryption on the first two words, by confusing some of his Gargish!
The translation read:
SIACTPPPEXINVASJUX
I was lucky enough to be the first to realize the words were actually “Sanct Por Ex In Vas Jux” – and that they must, as mentioned, be followed by the name of the powerful ally of the mages – which could be none other than Xenucorp! The words seared my tongue with arcane power as I spoke them, and my vision went dark. Once it returned, I found myself trapped in a small cave with none other than Xenucorp itself! Having some…experience with vastly powerful and evil demons, I immediately panicked, forgetting all my long-learned magery for my less-trained mysticism! However, as my skin turned to stone, and the rocks around me animated to fight as a colossus, the demon fell quickly. There, amongst his remains, I saw glass sparkling in the poor light – the bottle of Serpentwyne!
I had called for help at the start of the battle, but it had been too swift and intense for Aron Swordmaster to join me.
The Serpentwyne itself now sits safely beside this tome, for all to see.
((I think Aron has screenshots!))
