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10. Tolin's Bakery. A day to the north of the Tipsy Bee, where the forest gets wild, and well on the way to the hills, is a place still cursed since ancient times. It is a glade of rock and mud, and of nettles that are said to creep and snare, and at their thickest there is a cave with a...

Yes, common sense would dictate a significant bonus to be spotted when pointed out, almost certainty in some cases, but less in the case of camouflage. HiPS is possibly a supernatural effect too; it sure isn't a realistic effect, but in any case that would defy being pointed at too. Besides...

9. The city of Murann. It seemed a pleasant evening on the docks of Murann, or at least I think that's where it was meant to be, and from where I overlooked by a small lighthouse door, the sea was aglitter with celestial light. The folk down there were busy as bees, unloading huge fish...

What is the impact on ability increases, generally and particularly for spellcasting? A level 9 spell may require 19 int, and if ability gains occur at only 4 and 8, then you'd need start with 17 int. Or do ability gains continue on 12 and 16, or is there a change in the ability requirement for...

The cap of 4 saved skill points is a rather blunt tool. If ranks were capped by current class levels, rather than by character level at that point of investment, then there would be no need for the cap on saved points.

8. Sailing from Zazesspur. It is a prison of stone, of strangled streets, where shuttered windows, like blinkered, bitter eyes, drip with the tears of lonely souls, and the gloom does swell and smother each there, merely miles from paradise. I do pity the big city folk, like that guard...

Thanks for the clarity on this. The stated laws do cover the backbone of the legal system, and it makes sense that the interpretations are in the hands of local authorities. It covers cases where magic is a tool to a crime, be it the use of scrying for spying, magic missiles for assault, or...

https://www.dragonsneck.com/wiki/Laws-of-the-Lands The laws of the land, detailed here, mention magical laws but do not seem to stipulate them. Maybe I am missing something elsewhere, or myabe the Wiki is missing their details?

7. The city of Zazesspur. Vineshade, Orla and the temple had been a medicine that I had scarcely realised I needed. Having had so much to take in over the past months that the stresses clearly led me to get a bit carried away in the homely environment of Vineshade. After that, Orla had me...

6. Vinehade, of the Purple Hills. I do wonder what happens to our very earliest memories and dreams, whether they leave a long forgotten imprint in who we become. I do not recall the real Procampur, yet I was born there, inconveniently, and spent three months inside the top of my father's...

5. The city of Memnon. In a land so barren and featureless, it is the broken minarets that make prize perches for local vultures, but at least they are cowardly creatures. When I said the desert was at least no place for gulls, Hassiq told me of the Dire Vulture, not just a bird so big it...

I've edited the image to correct the spelling here... https://ibb.co/GPGh2LP

The wiki is much appreciated. I was looking at the map today that appears on its main page and I did wonder if there was a spelling mistake there. The map labels the Staspire mountains, but I think that's supposed to have an r in it, as in Starspire.

4. The Friary of St. Amahl. I wish I could have joined my parents on more of their travels, but the chance has now faded with their world-weary years. They said that the mystery and thrill are shadowed by the bitterness of the outside world, and that time had come to to finally retire and...

I am wondering about the state of the Trade Way, following the Longest Year, because at least the section across the Calim desert is enchanted to withstand the likes of Purple Worms and constant erosion. Did it remain in good repair, or have many of the roadside minarets been crushed and...