Aria heartily seconded Kass's tearing out the offending pages; her guess was that the magic had been to disguise another spell to look like Gate...possibly something Kass could dispel to reveal the true text, but then again maybe it was just as well not to bear witness to the magic at all.<br/><br/>She ate thoughtfully, trying to keep from her mind any images of beautiful Arabel being leveled by a sonic shockwave like the vast tract of desert had. The redhead gratefully accepted the gold and informed them that Elia had had a prior commitment she was already slightly overdue for - the nature of which wasn't too hard to guess.<br/><br/>Aria rather enjoyed exploring by daylight the port city of Tsurlagol in search of shops to move their rather considerable stock of treasures (or who might be able to help fuse or forge new ones). Near the harbor - actually not too far from the opera house - they found one rather expansive outfit with a bright banner proclaiming<em>Cid and Sons' Sundries</em>outside, and an almost pavilion-like in its interior. The place had a vaguely Calishite-bazaar feel, and most of what could be seen were mere illusions of weapons and jewelry (for reasons of security, presumably) with explanatory cards stuck to otherwise-needless stakes underneath or simply floating. They found fork-bearded wizards always happy to accommodate - Aria sometimes wondered how some outfits could imbue such powerful (and expensive) item magics do so so quickly; perhaps planar tricks such as going to obscure places where time flows more quickly, or treating with djinnis and efeeti who had the powers to craft by Wish magic rather than long labor. Hmm...<br/><br/>Outside, Aria scanned the grayish Sea of Fallen Stars and semi-overcast sky. "Hm...if you're leaning to scattering his ashes rather than resurrecting them, the sea is one way to do so; otherwise I guess we'd want to find a temple next..."<br/><br/><br/><br/>okay sounds good. I see you did the evasion / FoM one too. Guess I'll decide which of Aria's rings to fuse her nine lives ring onto...also let me know if you want to buy/upgrade anything else now/soon.<br/><br/>item / gp / quantity / taker, if any: (k)ass / (a)ria<br/>scroll of antimagic field -1650 1<br/>amulet of nat armor +4 and con +6 34000 2 a<br/>headbant of int +6 18000 1 a<br/>rod of metamagic, Maximize 27000 1 k<br/>ring of nine lives, 7 charges 17500 1 k<br/>ring of spell storing, currently w/ Teleport 25225 1 k<br/>six spellbooks 13250 1<br/>handy haversack 1000 2<br/>circlet of wisdom +6 18000 1<br/>rod of metamagic, Twin 37750 1 k<br/>ring of nine lives, 6 charges 15000 1 a<br/>monk's belt 6500 1<br/><br/>Kass keeps: metamagic rods, ring of nine lives w/ 7 charges, ring of spell storing<br/>Aria keeps: one amulet, headbant of int, ring of nine lives w/ 6 charges<br/>(don't really care who takes which ring; picked the one w/ fewer charges for Aria, since her HP and fort/reflex saves are higher)<br/><br/><br/>Kass liquid: 24562<br/>Aria liquid: 31037<br/>(this includes the gems and the AMF scroll purchase)<br/><br/>new total gp (everything from start - purchases):<br/>Kass 322,333<br/>Aria 337,178<br/>(this does not yet discount for the evasion/freedom-of-movement ring fusing or any other item stuff)