>>5195470>How long has it been since we've had any leads at all?More or less, never. The only time you saw anybody resembling the merchants who spirited away Joannus was... around the time they spirited away Joannus, when you were no more than eight years old. A strange folk with colorful garments. When showing Joannus's drawings to prospecting adventurers throughout Faerûn in your early adventuring years, those who recognized the designs of their wagons described them as traveling merchants, appearing occasionally throughout the realm and leaving as quickly as they came. This is the closest thing you've seen thus far to evidence that they exist.
>>5195476>Question about the "Calm Emotions" spell, if we were to cast it in a place and time like this, before acting, would it be noticeable and make us stand out? Or be concealable/imperceptible? Calm Emotions has a Verbal and Somatic component (V, S) which means it requires making a physical motion with a free hand, and speaking a magic incantation (can be done quietly/under breath). There is nothing in Calm Emotions that would alert somebody that it's being cast, as long as they do not see you cast it.
