This is the most beautiful flower you've ever seen. It must be magical ... even though you're hauling it around with you, it still remains perfect in its loveliness.
These are trade goods, intended to be bought somewhere and sold somewhere else.
This rock glitters with flecks of precious metal, ready to be refined out of it. It must be ore, pulled from one of Valorim's mines.
You pried this gem from the remains of a golem you slew. It looks like you'll be able to get some cash for it.
You removed these fangs from the body of a giant asp. It was lucky ... normally killing an asp destroys the venom sac. Asp fangs are useful in alchemy. They can be used whenever you would normally use wormgrass.
You removed this horn from the head of a dead unicorn. Unicorns are fierce, annoying pests, and people hereabouts will be pleased at the evidence of your killing one of them.
This crossbow is made from polished oak. It has a handle covered with black leather, and it is has been strung, strangely, with a thread of gold. It feels warm and comfortable in your hands.
There is only one thing interesting about this simple gold band: it glows. Its simple appearance belies the powerful magic you feel radiating from it.
This is truly awe-inspiring plate armor. It's of an archaic design, but is shiny, polished, and as perfect as if it were newly forged. An enamel dragon, breathing fire, is on the chest.
This is a rough, cloth pouch. Inside are a few chips of stone, some features, and some odd-smelling dust. Its usefulness is doubtful.
This looks like a normal blade when it's sheathed. When drawn, however, flames begin rising from the blade, and the metal becomes searingly hot. It will do extra damage to everything not immune to fire.
This weapon is beautiful and strange indeed. It is a halberd, with a blade of carefully worked obsidian. The pole is hardwood lacquered black. It is a weapon designed to inspire fear.
Demonslayer is one of the most powerful and legendary of the weapons of Exile. A huge, beautiful greatsword, it is one of the few magical items that can always penetrate the defenses of demonkind.
A close inspection of this rock reveals glittery specks all over its surface. Maybe it's useful in some way.
Since the earliest dawning of magical power, mandrake root has been the key ingredient of the most powerful rituals. In addition to containing much energy waiting to be unleashed, proper treatment can turn mandrake into a vicious poison.
A boon to the forces of good, these flowers almost seem to glow with the brightness of their petals. They contain much beneficial energy.
Sought by many, found by few, graymold is the rarest and most powerful of the healing alchemical ingredients. It is usually only found underground, but has been known to appear in isolated crags on the surface.
Wormgrass is twisted, wicked-looking, and defends itself with razor sharp edges. The youngest, freshest, sharpest blades are valuable in alchemy.
It is not known what makes some nettle plants absorb magical energy from the earth, but we are lucky they do. the strange, bright sheen on the leaves marks such plants. They can grow anywhere, even underground.
Comfrey root is one of the most valuable ingredients in a variety of healing potions.
This thorny green plant with the red berries is renowned for it's usefulness in druidic rituals and alchemy. It is highly poisonous, and yet, in small quantities and properly treated, can make curing potions as well.
This is a bar of metal. It's heavy, and hopefully valuable.
Vahnatai robes are sheer, delicate, translucent affairs, painstakingly pounded from fungus using a method unknown to you. The most amazing thing about such garments is that they constantly emit a soft phosphorescence.
This is a heavy, gold chain. It has small gold balls hanging from it at regular intervals. It looks like you could pull the balls off if you yanked hard enough.
This gold necklace has a pendant with a large ruby in the center. It looks quite valuable.
These gloves are fashioned from soft and supple leather, and sewn in a precise and skillful way. They look very comfortable.
Emeralds are small, rare green gems.
This is an animal horn, carefully fashioned into a horn of the blowing kind. You cannot help but wonder what would happen if you set your lips to it...
This small, intricately carved statuette is slightly warm to the touch. It's so carefully crafted and lifelike it almost looks like it could move if it wanted to.
This is a crystal, probably quartz, carefully cut and polished. Tiny runes are inscribed on its surface.
This is a delicate glass orb, about three inches across. The glass is clear, and through it you can see swirling, colored mist. It's definitely magical.
This is a small jewel. Looks valuable.
This is a diamond. Diamonds are small, clear gemstones, renowned for their hardness and use in a variety of applications. Incidentally, they're also worth a whole buncha' money.
Rubies are rare, valuable red gemstones. This is a lovely specimen.
This is a bottle of wine, bane and boon to two-fisted macho adventurer types everywhere.
Mithral is a very rare metal, light, incredibly strong, and easy to enchant. This chain mail is forged of brilliantly shiny, delicate strands of the stuff. It provides great protection, and is so light you won't even notice you're wearing it.
This is a short, wide stabbing blade, about one and a half to two feet long.
This is a short, sturdy knife made of metal. It's long enough to serve as a decent weapon in a pinch.
This is a sturdy, bound book. Books are uncommon on the surface world, and downright rare in Exile.
These are the mortal remains of someone who was once alive, but is now dead. Might make an interesting conversation piece.
Ah, the debris of society! Useless in all ways, and smelly to boot.
Lanterns are heavier and more expensive than torches, but give off a strong light which lasts for a while.
This is a small, white candle. Candles generally produce very feeble light, and don't do it for very long. However, they're common, cheap, and often have a nice scent.
This is an empty bottle.
This is a plate, something a rough-and-ready, devil-may-care adventurer such as yourself probably doesn't get to use too much. You can eat food off it.
This is a ceramic mug, very useful should you find a nice beverage.
The ultimate in low-tech weaponry. This is a stick, which was, at one point, part of a tree. If you get really desperate, you can conk someone over the head with it.
The robe is the traditional article of clothing of wizards and other magic users. Unfortunately, enemy archers usually know this, and aim for robes first.
This is a piece of clothing, generally worn below the waist. Forgetting to wear one's pants is disapproved of in most social circles.
This is a piece of clothing, generally worn above the waist. Use of this garment is required if one wishes to eat in one of Exile's finer restaurants.
This is a potion you mixed yourself, from all natural ingredients carefully hand-gathered. You take great pride in your craftsmanship.
Throwing knives are small knives made to have good balance and throwability.
The slith spear is the traditional weapon of the Slithzerikai warriors. Slith spears are like regular spears, but have two (or sometimes three) tines at the end of very heavy (usually wood set with metal) poles. They take great strength to use.
The wave blade is the traditional melee weapon of the Vahnatai warrior. It is usually around 3 feet long, and made of very resilient and well-forged metal. It is most notable for its wavy shape, which in no way detracts from its effectiveness.
The crossbow is the deadliest of the missile weapons. It is basically a small, tightly strung bow at the end of a stock, and, once loaded, is fired by pulling a metal trigger. The bolts it fires hit often, and hit hard.
A staff is a trimmed branch, 5-6 feet long. It works well as a walking stick, and can bust heads too. Occasionally you'll find one that's enchanted.
A great mace is basically a larger, heavier mace, designed to take two hands to use. The head is always metal, and usually has a few spikes for good measure.
A greatsword is a massive sword which takes two hands to use. It is about 4-5 feet long, and capable of piercing even very heavy armor and shields.
The halberd is the king of the pole weapons. It has a huge, axe-like blade at one end, as well as a spike at the tip for stabbing. Halberds are heavy, awkward, and viciously effective.
A bardiche is a cross between an axe and a spear. It is a pole with a curved blade attached to the side of the business end.
Flails are very sophisticated bashing weapons. They consist of one or several spiked metal balls attached to a wooden handle by short chains. Flails take great skill to use, and bonking oneself in the head while learning to use them is not uncommon.
The true classic among swords. About 3 feet long, wide-bladed, the broadsword is the most commonly used blade. It is generally used for slashing, but can stab in a pinch.
A rapier is a fairly delicate and ineffective sword. The blade is long and thin, used for stabbing. Generally a dueling weapon, a rapier isn't too useful in melee without some sort of enchantment.
A hammer is a carefully shaped piece of stone or metal affixed to the end of a wooden handle.
A spear is simply a pointy bit of stone or metal attached to the end of a long pole. The most basic pole weapon.
A hand-axe is a wooden handle with a flat, sharp stone or metal blade securely attached at one end. It can also be used to split firewood.
A mace is a carefully crafted club. It has a metal or wood handle, with a large chunk of stone or metal at one end. It is the most common bashing weapon.
Low-tech, but effective. This is a piece of wood, carved for balance, with a lump of stone attached to one end with leather thongs.
This is a foot long, thin piece of stone, usually obsidian, carefully chipped and shaped in order to form a weapon. Not an impressive weapon, but a weapon.
Almost, but not quite, the least impressive weapon you can find. A stone knife is a piece of obsidian or similar stone, chipped and shaped in order to do a mild amount of damage to someone. If nothing else, it's cheap.
Heavier than chain mail, less impressive than plate mail, a breast plate is a single piece of metal molded to fit the torso, with flaps in front and back to provide some protection to the legs. Breastplates are fairly heavy and encumbering.
This is a smoothly polished gray stone. It's warm and reassuring to the touch.
This is a small clear gem. It sparkles in the light.
This is a small red gem.
This is a small blue gem.
It's hard to imagine feeling proud of being seen wearing this necklace. It is several braided leather thongs, with a variety of small bones, bits of skin, and a semiprecious stone hanging from it.
This is a heavy, silver chain. There is a medallion hanging from it, with words in a language you don't recognize.
This necklace is a long, delicate gold chain. The workmanship is impressive.
This ring is similar to a wedding ring - gold with several small diamonds inset.
This ring is a simple loop of polished black stone, perhaps onyx.
This ring is simply a heavy, unadorned bronze band.
This is a thin silver band with a large blue gem in a simple setting.
This ring consists of several thin gold bands, delicately intertwined, with tiny inset gems.
These boots are made of thick black leather, with crude metal studs dotting the sides. They aren't very comfortable.
These are soft, knee-length, suede boots. They have leather frills at the top.
This is a pair of exceptionally heavy leather boots, reinforced with bits of steel.
This is a pair of leather boots. They, like basically every other article of clothing or armor in Exile III, are one-size-fits-all.
Gauntlets are metal armor for the hand. They're generally leather gloves, but with articulated metal plates covering them. They will interfere slightly with spell-casting.
This is a pair of leather gloves. They are designed in the Empire's remarkable one-size-fits-all style.
This is a greathelm, designed to cover the entire head and neck, and allowing vision through a visor. It is finely polished, and covered with fine engravings of fantastic animals. It looks new.
A great helm is designed to cover the entire head and neck. The wearer looks through a face plate, while the rest of his or her head is protected by thick metal. A gorget (metal ring) goes around the neck. A greathelm will interfere with spell-casting.
This is a modestly sized but beautifully made helmet. It looks brand new - polished, unscratched metal with fine chain mail mesh dropping down behind.
This is a metal cap, with leather or chain extending down behind to give some additional protection to the back of the neck.
Plate armor is the strongest (and heaviest, and most expensive) armor available. It is chain mail, but set with many additional thick plates of metal, which extend down the arms and legs. Great protection, but forget about spell-casting.
Chain mail is a baldric of leather or heavy cloth, covered with a vest made by weaving together rings of metal wire (the chain mail part). The chain mail tends to drop low, in order to provide protection for the legs. It's heavy (and noisy) but effective.
Studded armor is leather armor set with plates of some sort of metal. The metal makes the armor slightly more encumbering, but provides much greater protection.
This is a full suit of thick leather, boiled in wax to make it very hard. Leather armor is excellent for the adventurer on a budget. Also, it will never interfere with spell-casting.
This is a very heavy leather vest. It is light, easy to move in, and will provide a small amount of protection in combat.
This is a beautiful shield. It is crafted of fine metal, carefully polished, and has an elegant geometrical design across its surface. It looks brand new.
A large shield is a large, heavy piece of work, designed to shield the whole torso, and some of the legs as well. It is fairly awkward to use, however ... expect a small drop in accuracy in combat.
This is a lightweight shield, about a foot and a half across. Using it fully occupies one of your hands. It doesn't get in your way much, and provides decent protection.
A buckler is a small, round shield, designed to be strapped to the forearm. It is not very bulky, although it is of minimal help when using a two-handed weapon.
A glowstone is a semiprecious stone, like an agate, with a very mild enchantment. When rubbed, it begins to cast a strong light, which lasts for quite a while.
This is a pouch of very fine metallic powder.
This is a vial of something a lot like sand, but with a reddish tinge.
This is a pouch of fine white powder, almost like flour, but with tiny silver sparkles in it.
This is a javelin with silver wires running down the length and (and this is very peculiar) a blue crystal at the tip instead of a sharp metal point.
This is a pot of sticky, gooey, ill-smelling substance, designed to be smeared on a weapon. Poison can be used on melee weapons, arrows, and crossbow bolts. As the poisoned weapon is used, the strength of the poison decreases.
Smoky Crystals are pieces of smoky quartz, carefully cut and polished to help them focus magical energy. They are needed to cast the Mindduel spell.
Sapphires are small, blue gems. They are beautiful and valuable, much in demand for both jewelry and spell components.
A bolt is like an arrow, but shorter and thicker. It is created for use in that most dangerous of missile weapons, the crossbow.
This is a rock. It's a small chunk of stone, neither rare nor valuable. If things get really desperate, you can wing it at someone's head. It might also make a nice souvenir of your adventure.
These are very nice lockpicks, clearly designed for the professional locksmith. They are excellent tools for those who want to be places other people don't want them.
These are lockpicks - an assortment of lengths of wire, bits of metal, tiny saws, and other goods used to make locked doors become not quite so locked.
A torch is a length of wood with one end covered with some sort of gooey, flammable substance (usually sap). They cast a decent amount of light for a reasonable amount of time. Torches tend to attract adventurers, much as gross things attract roaches.
This is a long, thin piece of wood, painted black except for a white tip.
This is a long, thin rod of steel, with tiny bits of polished amethyst and onyx set into its length.
This is a long sliver of bone, which feels slightly warm to the touch.
Elegant cannot begin to describe this piece of oak, intricately, lovingly carved into a long, curving shape, with tiny, almost invisible writing covering its entire surface.
This is a long, thin piece of ivory with a red crystal at the end.
This is a sheet of rather ordinary seeming parchment with writing on it.
This scroll is actually several sheets of parchment, tied together with a leather thong. They are covered with glyphs and sigils.
This is a piece of the finest vellum, which has arcane characters carefully inscribed on it in gold paint.
This is an ancient piece of parchment, threatening to fall apart at the slightest breeze. It is covered with strange runes.
This scroll is a thin sheet of some sort of lizard hide, wrapped tightly around a polished piece of wood.
The fluid in this bottle is dead black.
This small jar is filled with a musty-smelling green liquid.
This tiny vial contains a minuscule amount of clear fluid. You have to squint to see it.
This is a small ceramic jug. Odorless fluid sloshes around inside.
This is a corked, slender vial containing syrupy red liquid. It almost, but not quite, looks like blood.
This is a rough glass bottle containing a truly nasty smelling fluid.
This is a ceramic jar containing murky ocher fluid.
This is a delicate glass bottle containing a sparkling blue liquid.
A javelin is a 5-6 foot long, slender lance of metal, easy to throw and deadly on impact.
The razordisk is the missile weapon of choice for the Vahnatai warrior. It is a metal disk, 4-6 inches in diameter, polished and with edges of intense sharpness. They are beautiful weapons.
These darts have shining, polished tips of some rare and strong metal, rare feathers along their length, and a general air of refined deadliness.
Darts intended for use in combat are not like standard issue darts for gaming in pubs. Combat darts are eight to twelve inches long, with feather fletching and wicked, barbed tips.
You have come across truly fine examples of the fletcher's art.
These are arrows, suitable for firing from any decent bow.
This bow is a long, elegantly curved piece of wood, with a nice polish on it.
