Tide & Hearth Books

Est. 2025 Genasi (water-tinged, faint earthen mottling) Elemental Scholar (Wizard)

Tide & Hearth Books

The shop is terraced into a shallow pool fed by a trickling artesian spring; shelves are layered like sediment, and small crystals hum softly where water and st...

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Shopkeeper

Maris Stonequill, a Genasi (water-tinged, faint earthen mottling) Elemental Scholar (Wizard) (Lvl 6)

Keeper's Species

Genasi (water-tinged, faint earthen mottling)

8 Misc1 Misc8 Misc3 Misc3 PotionsEst. 2k gp

Shop Inventory

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Miscellaneous8

High-quality, acid-free sheets with a faint waterproofing wash — favored for field notes near coasts and bogs.

Slightly water-resistant; ink bleeds less when wet.

A small glass vial of deep-indigo ink made from squid-ink and ground lapis — bright on wet and dry surfaces.

Resists fading when exposed to salt or fresh water.

A tidy, slow-burning candle infused with crushed shell for a cool, faint scent.

Burns with very little smoke; good for reading rare manuscripts.

A small satchel lined with oiled cloth and thin shale-lamella to keep contents dry and safe from crushing.

Protects documents from light water exposure and most crushing up to a small force.

A slim strip of mother-of-pearl threaded with silver; it keeps your place and prefers tidal poetry.

One charge per day: can unfurl a single small scrap of paper into a breeze that carries a short message to a recipient within sight or audible distance (a whisper on the wind).

A palm-sized geode slice set in leaded bronze — keeps pages anchored and hums faintly when current runs nearby.

Minor levitative effect: prevents small pages from being blown away within a 5-foot radius when set atop them.

A small glass lens with veins of aquamarine; helps reveal faded ink and text preserved in moisture.

Grants advantage on checks to decipher faded, smudged, or water-stained text and allows reading for a short time while submerged (without penalty).

A compact folded map with notes on eddies, rapids, and hidden shoals used by local pilots.

Contains scribbled warnings about one particularly dangerous current (useful info for navigation).
Miscellaneous1

A well-cut quill. Comfortable to hold and balances well for long copying sessions.

Miscellaneous8

A beginner-friendly primer on how water and earth magics interact, used by apprentice geomancers and sailors alike.

Studying for a short rest grants a +1 to checks relating to identifying simple elemental features of a site.

A practical manual on stone shaping, earth-sensing divination, and the etiquette of dealing with earth elementals.

Contains one exercise that, if performed, improves a character's ability to find stable ground in landslides or quickmud (+2 to a single Survival check when used).

Detailed maps showing underwater currents, river chokepoints and the shifting fault-lines near major trade routes.

Maps include marginalia that hint at safe crossings — grants a +2 to navigation checks when used.

A rare atlas of drowned settlements — includes construction notes, known hazards and salvageable caches.

If briefly submerged, certain inks in the atlas glow and reveal one previously hidden landmark per day (GM discretion).

Scholarly transcriptions of runes used by water-binders and marsh witches.

Study grants advantage on one ritual to calm small bodies of water or to locate a freshwater source.

A cross-reference guide for the terms used by sailors, dredgers and geomancers.

A collection of chants used by earth-binders. The rhythms are said to soothe stone and stir the beds beneath rivers.

Reciting a hymn grants a calming effect on a small earth elemental or animated stone for a short time (GM adjudicates).

Five short pamphlets, each annotated with practical tips on handling tide-influenced ruins and silt preservation.

Miscellaneous3

A single-use scroll that conjures drinkable water in a small quantity.

Single-use. Creates enough water for several people to drink.

A finely scribed scroll allowing the reader to briefly merge their body with stone.

Single-use. Allows melding into an appropriate stone surface for concealment and rest (duration per spell; GM determines interactions).

A sealed scroll that, when read, grants the ability to breathe underwater for a limited time.

Single-use. Grants water-breathing for up to 1 hour (or the spell's standard duration).
Potions3

A ruby-tinted vial containing a restorative draught.

Heal 10 HP

A cool, blue elixir that tastes faintly of kelp and crushed shell.

Allows the drinker to breathe underwater for 1 hour.

A gritty, mineral-tone potion that leaves a faint scent of rain on stone.

Grants resistance to bludgeoning damage (or similar fortifying effect) for 1 hour — manifests as faint earthen skin.
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Maris Stonequill

Genasi (water-tinged, faint earthen mottling)Elemental Scholar (Wizard)Lvl 6

Shop Atmosphere

The shop is terraced into a shallow pool fed by a trickling artesian spring; shelves are layered like sediment, and small crystals hum softly where water and stone meet. Maris stores the rarest volumes in a shallow stone basin behind the counter — occasionally she dips a page into the water to 'wake' a book before selling it. She greets customers by testing their hands with a cool pebble: if it leaves a faint shimmer on the skin, she offers a discount on books about submerged sites. The shop cat — a slate-colored tom with sea-green eyes — insists on curling on any open tome left unattended.
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