The Salt-Stained Folio

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Est. 2026 • Human Wizard

The Salt-Stained Folio

The Salt-Stained Folio is dim and hushed. Oil lamps gutter and throw shifting shadows across narrow aisles of shelving. A damp fog from the harbor presses at th...

Shopkeeper

Edda Marrow, a Human Wizard (Lvl 7)

Keeper's Species

Human

12 Misc1 PotionsEst. 1.5k gp

Shop Inventory

(13)

Miscellaneous12

Blank Vellum Book

A plain, well-made vellum book favored by scribes and apprentices. Many in the shop show salt stains along the edges.

25 gp

A plain, well-made vellum book favored by scribes and apprentices. Many in the shop show salt stains along the edges.

None; mundane book used for spellbooks, journals, or ledgers.

Used Wizard's Grimoire (contains spells)

A used wizard's grimoire whose pages contain common practical spells for travel and study. Water-damaged corners but many passages are legible.

200 gp

A used wizard's grimoire whose pages contain common practical spells for travel and study. Water-damaged corners but many passages are legible.

Nonmagical spellbook. Spells can be copied by a wizard using normal spellbook-copy rules.

Spell Scroll: Detect Magic (1st-level)

A narrow rolled parchment sealed with blue wax. The ink runs like a tide when the seal is warmed.

50 gp

A narrow rolled parchment sealed with blue wax. The ink runs like a tide when the seal is warmed.

Detect Magic (Spell Scroll, 1st-level). Save DC and attack values follow spell scroll rules.

Spell Scroll: Misty Step (2nd-level)

A cramped, seaworn scroll whose sigils shift when you look away. The script smells faintly of brine.

150 gp

A cramped, seaworn scroll whose sigils shift when you look away. The script smells faintly of brine.

Misty Step (Spell Scroll, 2nd-level).

Bag of Holding★ PRIZED

A stout canvas satchel, patched in several places with whale-leather. Its mouth seems deeper than the bag's dimensions suggest.

400 gp

A stout canvas satchel, patched in several places with whale-leather. Its mouth seems deeper than the bag's dimensions suggest.

Extra-dimensional storage; placing inside/extriding other extradimensional items has dangerous side effects.

Driftglobe

A polished glass sphere, dulled at one spot where saltwater etched it. It gives a steady warm light when activated.

250 gp

A polished glass sphere, dulled at one spot where saltwater etched it. It gives a steady warm light when activated.

When commanded, emits light as a torch; can hover and follow a designated bearer until commanded otherwise.

Calligrapher's Supplies

A compact set of calligrapher's tools, ink-stained and neatly arranged, favored for careful copying of spells and charts.

10 gp

A compact set of calligrapher's tools, ink-stained and neatly arranged, favored for careful copying of spells and charts.

Tools required for scribing scrolls or beautiful calligraphy; proficiency grants advantage on related checks.

Salt-Stained Almanac

A heavily annotated almanac whose margins bear sextant sketches and tide tables. The paper tastes of salt if you hold it to your tongue.

120 gp

A heavily annotated almanac whose margins bear sextant sketches and tide tables. The paper tastes of salt if you hold it to your tongue.

Once per long rest, while consulting this almanac, the reader gains advantage on a single Navigation or Survival check related to seamanship for the next hour.

Fogbound Margin (minor wondrous tome)

A battered volume whose printed diagrams seem to cloud the air when read. Its index lists strange phrases about thickening mists.

180 gp

A battered volume whose printed diagrams seem to cloud the air when read. Its index lists strange phrases about thickening mists.

Allows the reader to cast fog cloud (1st-level) centered on a point within 60 feet once per long rest. The book hums faintly when a storm approaches.

Captain's Collated Log (local lore & maps)

A captain's log with frantic marginalia from multiple authors. Some pages are thumb-smudged with oil and seawater.

75 gp

A captain's log with frantic marginalia from multiple authors. Some pages are thumb-smudged with oil and seawater.

Reading for 10 minutes grants advantage on one History or Investigation check related to a specific coastal feature or shipwreck described within.

Salt-Silk Quill

A salt-bleached feather fashioned into a long quill. Small runes are carved into the shaft.

2 sp

A salt-bleached feather fashioned into a long quill. Small runes are carved into the shaft.

When used to copy a spell into a spellbook, grants a bonus to the Intelligence (Arcana) check once per day.

Bottle of Scriber Ink

A bottle of deep-blue ink favored for marginal notes. The label bears a stamped tide mark.

10 gp

A bottle of deep-blue ink favored for marginal notes. The label bears a stamped tide mark.

None beyond mundane use; preferred by the shop's scribe for clarity on humid days.

Potions1

Potion of Healing

A small glass phial of crimson liquid. Muffled clinking in the bottle sounds almost like waves.

50 gp

A small glass phial of crimson liquid. Muffled clinking in the bottle sounds almost like waves.

Heal 7 HPHeals on use.

Edda Marrow

Human•Wizard•Lvl 7

Shop Atmosphere

“The Salt-Stained Folio is dim and hushed. Oil lamps gutter and throw shifting shadows across narrow aisles of shelving. A damp fog from the harbor presses at the door and seems to slow clocks inside; patrons often say hours pass unnoticed. Some books feel inexplicably warm or cold to the touch. The bookseller never recommends a volume outright; instead they ask pointed, wandering questions and pause before answering queries about certain bindings. Many margins contain cramped notes by long-dead sailors and scholars. Certain books exhale the faint scent of salt and lamp oil; others whisper when you read aloud. The shop tends to close and open at odd times with incoming tides.”

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