009-2,54,49,0 script Note#bar NPC400,{ mes "[Note]"; mes "\"We refuse service to anyone who:\""; mes "\"• Has a bubblehead\""; mes "\"• Is not properly shaded\""; mes "\"• Can't walk without stopping after every step\""; close; // In case you don't get the joke, know that it's a parody on Illutia. } 009-2,109,44,0 script #Book NPC400,{ if (getskilllv(SKILL_MAGIC)) goto L_Magic; mes "[Bookshelf]"; mes "This bookshelf seems to have a selection of diaries and manuscripts, though you can't find anything that strikes you as being particularly interesting."; close; L_Magic: mes "[Bookshelf]"; mes "Browsing through the books, you come across a manuscript entitled 'Notes of Potaffe, On Transmutation.'"; next; if (getskilllv(SKILL_MAGIC_TRANSMUTE) < 2) goto L_Magic_boring; mes "[Bookshelf]"; mes "Leafing through the manuscript, you find that you can read little of the tiny handwriting and understand only a fraction of what is said."; next; mes "[Bookshelf]"; mes "After a while, you stumble across a section that appears to be written somewhat legibly. The author notes that he (or perhaps she?) is describing a completely new transmutation."; next; mes "[Bookshelf]"; mes "Excitedly, you turn the page – only to find that it is stuck to the next and can't be freed!"; next; mes "[Bookshelf]"; mes "The page after that is once again hastily written, with many crossed out words and sections and side remarks such as 'it almost worked' or 'it worked fine yesterday.'"; next; mes "[Bookshelf]"; mes "The last word on that page is '" + get(.invocation$, "make-iron-powder") + ",' and it's underlined twice with a comment next to it saying 'finally got it right.'"; next; mes "[Bookshelf]"; mes "Unfortunately, you can't make out what the transmutation is for or even whether it requires any materials..."; next; mes "[Bookshelf]"; mes "You can't make out anything else of value, so you place the manuscript back in the bookshelf."; close; L_Magic_boring: mes "[Bookshelf]"; mes "Leafing through the manuscript, you find that you understand too little of what is written to make any sense of it."; close; }