Spell Scroll Store
A cozy little store for magical scrolls and components, run
by an eccentric, though talented, local wizard. The chaos
of his work is hidden behind a clean storefront and
inviting smile. His unique scrolls and exotic reagents are a
welcome sight for his location. But they do beg questions.
Where does he source his materials? Why does such a
proficient wizard run such a modest store? And what is
that blue glow downstairs?
Describing the scroll store…
Main Room
You open the door into a tidy, well-kept scroll storefront.
The counter is across the room from you, with the
proprietor seated behind, smiling, with a book in hand.
Another room is cordoned off behind him by shelves of
scrolls and writing implements, though peering through
reveals it to simply be a storage area. The displays
continue on your left and right, showing a variety of
scrolls, with a table in the center displaying what seems to
be popular products. Stairs ascend on your left, with a
door underneath that likely leads down another flight. The
room is lit in a cozy amber. A rush of aromatic incense
bristles your nostrils as you close the door behind you,
though the scent quickly settles to a warming spice.
Upstairs
The top half of the stairs creak as you leave the
meticulously maintained storefront and step into the
owner’s living area. The room is claustrophobic in its
mess. A single bed sits crooked on a mismatched rug,
beside a fireplace and surrounded by a lone desk and
hastily arranged storage units. A garden of small exotic
plants overgrows in the corner across from the landing.
You can quickly identify several of them as spell
components. Stacks of books litter what few corners
remain. Candles are likewise burning atop the desk, crates,
and any other free space the owner could find.
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Basement
The basement’s blue luminescence contrasts with the
candlelight above. Stepping from the stairs and onto the
paved stone brings your foot into a puddle of electric blue.
You reflexively pull back, and your eyes trace along
various other puddles and mushroom patches, all of the
same hue and smelling strongly of ink. Their light fills the
room in an eerie glow. It washes over chaotic placements
of tables and boxes, all draped in unraveled parchment
scrolls. And in the floor of the room, carved into the stone,
is a teleportation circle. It is drawn in the same blue ink,
though the space for a destination sigil sequence is
marked only with the smudges of past uses.
Scrolls for sale…
Scroll of Traced Translation
A rolled sheet of magical parchment, enchanted with
magical ink. It holds no text, but traces of ink drift slowly
across its surface like raindrops.
When placed over another text, whether written, carved,
or otherwise, the scroll’s ink moves to duplicate the
writing beneath it. Anyone who views the scroll’s text can
read it in a language they understand, as if affected by
Comprehend Languages.
Sending Scrolls
Two paired scrolls with intricate, matching border patterns.
Each pair is marked with a unique border that binds them
together.
The two scrolls are magically linked to reflect each other’s
state. Writing on one manifests on the other, but so does
any damage to the paper.
Scroll of Ghostly Reach
A single page of parchment showing a black circle, eight
inches in diameter. The circle’s ink seems to bleed inwards
and concentric rings of arcane text surround the central
shape.
When held to a solid surface and activated, the scroll
adheres to the surface and ink fills the circle. The ink
collapses into a black void that penetrates barriers by
opening a portal to the other side, allowing creatures and
objects to pass through as if it were as thin as the paper.
This effect lasts for 1 minute, after which the portal closes
and the scroll is destroyed.
The ink cannot be seen through and 2 feet of rock, 2 inches
of any metal other than lead, or a thin sheet of lead will
block the effect.
Scroll of Silent Tongue
The scroll depicts a magical formation, though the text is
blurred and indistinct. When used, the ink coalesces into the
verbal components of the spell being cast.
The scroll can be consumed as part of the casting of a spell,
replacing any verbal component the spell might require.
Scroll of Equivalent Cost
Diagrams of chemical and crystalline compositions cover
the scroll’s page, interwoven with arcane circles and text.
The scroll can be used as part of the material components
of a spell, replacing an amount of them equal to or less
than the value of the scroll.
Various qualities of the scroll are sold and each quality is
sold for more than its effective value.
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Scroll of Potent Infusion
The page shows concentric runic circles. They seem to move
when the parchment is turned as if they have depth within
the page.
The scroll can be consumed as part of the casting of a spell.
The spell’s effect is enhanced as if it was cast using a spell
slot of one level higher, though the level of spell slot used
is unchanged.
The infused spell cannot be of a higher level than the user
can normally cast.
Swiftscroll Case
A scroll case of clean, hardened red leather, capped with
white gold at either end. The same leather forms a loop that
can be worn as a belt or sling.
The scroll case’s interior connects to an extradimensional
space that allows the case to hold up to 20 scrolls while
never weighing more than 2 pounds.
Retrieving a scroll from the case requires an action, but the
case provides the specific scroll that the wearer is
reaching for.
The case otherwise follows the same rules as a Bag of
Holding in terms of damage, being tipped out, and
interacting with other extradimensional spaces.