>>5268128“I MUST forbid it,” the Serpent Priest who serves as Cleric of Written Record says. “I FORBID the taking of any full spellbook. That knowledge is too valuable to our future generations o lose, too dangerous in the hands of our enemies. And anyway…”
She draws short of saying it, but you know: you and the Novice are not even nineteen years of age, not quite. And you… You are Dragonborn, but no Serpent Priest, and while DRAGONS are capable of virtually any feat of mind and spirit, among the Reptilian Master Race only the Serpent Priests have been gifted by the Dark Gods with the gift of spellcraft, with even Dragonblooded Ones only managing a simpler, weaker form of your own firebreath and nothing more. Who is to say that you will even be able to make use of the scrolls and manuals you take?
“This order comes from my father,” the Novice presses, hissing the word with as much menace as she can manage and assuming the extended posture of a Serpent priest issuing a proclamation, long neck fully extended. “You must—”
“—Do my duty to our people,” finishes the Cleric of Written Record finishes, “and ask for EXPLICIT permission of a Secret-Keeper of Deepest Dark, in excess of even your father’s Operational Chaplain authority, before offering up any such resource for a surface expedition helmed by veritable HATCHLINGS.”
The Novice hisses in displeasure, and exchanges a look with you.
“It will be fine,” you say, sighing. “Take what you can get. I will rely on your ‘expert tutelage’ to fill in gaps where your subjects are concerned.”
“And what of your own reading list, oh Stubborn One?” the Novice asks.
You tap at your jutting chin-spikes as you consider this very subject. Impatient, the Novice stomps off to go begin her own search of the archive for what instructional aides she may be permitted to take.
What subjects will the Novice focus on teaching you? Pick two:
>Healing and Inflicting of Wounds>Biological Manipulation (Superficial)>Biological Manipulation (Inner Workings)>Use and Neutralization of Poisons>Herbalism and Mycological AlchemyWhat scrolls and manuals will you attempt to teach yourself using? Pick one:
>Elementalism>Mentalism>Enchantment>Divination>Demonology>Conjuration>Necromancy>Transmutation>Write-in [may modify or veto if unreasonable] 