It's late fall, and Barleyville's annual harvest festival has been beginning with a hitch. Homemade ales are sold at bargain, the pastries of the Dougherty family bakery are being swept up by young children, and games of chance are played by all. While much is the same of every year, this time there is a special guest not often seen by the town. The Wizard Gambledorf, who has been seen every few years, passing mysteriously and parting with a few displays of magic or various inquiries into children to check for magical talent, has set himself up with a cart carrying multiple barrels and is weaving a tale that captivates several. You manage to catch the last half of it, as you push your way through the crowd.
"And so, I offer to anyone willing to take up the offer this. A hefty sum of one thousand gold pieces will be paid to any who complete the task of testing each of these wands. Upon completion, you will return them to us at the Frogquartz board of directors, having catalogued each and every effect. These require targets however, and you must be willing to leave your home, to explore and adventure and discover more about both the wider world around you and yourself. But you will not be sent alone. These wands have wondrous magical effects and will protect and guide you on your journey. Allow me to demonstrate their power."
With that, Gambledorf fishes a wand from the barrel, and with a poof of magic produces a toad, and uses the wand on it. It splatters, but with no immediate effect noticed beyond that. With that Gambledorf says, "now, what say you?"
There is a pause among the crowd, and a voice calls out, "that's it? Man, what a terrible magic show this year." With that, most of the crowd begins to disperse and find their way to other stalls and fancies for entertainment, with grumbles of a bad light show this year and how seeing a frog die was bad for the kids. With the crowd gone, you remain among the sole few members still around Gambledorf as he mutters something to himself and begins to pack up his things. What do you do?
"And so, I offer to anyone willing to take up the offer this. A hefty sum of one thousand gold pieces will be paid to any who complete the task of testing each of these wands. Upon completion, you will return them to us at the Frogquartz board of directors, having catalogued each and every effect. These require targets however, and you must be willing to leave your home, to explore and adventure and discover more about both the wider world around you and yourself. But you will not be sent alone. These wands have wondrous magical effects and will protect and guide you on your journey. Allow me to demonstrate their power."
With that, Gambledorf fishes a wand from the barrel, and with a poof of magic produces a toad, and uses the wand on it. It splatters, but with no immediate effect noticed beyond that. With that Gambledorf says, "now, what say you?"
There is a pause among the crowd, and a voice calls out, "that's it? Man, what a terrible magic show this year." With that, most of the crowd begins to disperse and find their way to other stalls and fancies for entertainment, with grumbles of a bad light show this year and how seeing a frog die was bad for the kids. With the crowd gone, you remain among the sole few members still around Gambledorf as he mutters something to himself and begins to pack up his things. What do you do?
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