Item:Delicate rice paper song scroll

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delicate rice paper song scroll
Look:	This is a Bardic scroll, enscribed with the non-magical Bard song "The Moon Mage's Tale". It must be studied to be used. If it is being read by another, no one but that person can study it.
Weight:	5 stones
Metal:	Unknown
Appraised Cost:	312 Kronars249.6 Lirums <br />225.139 Dokoras <br />0.312 LTBpoints <br />0.312 Tickets <br />0.312 Scrips <br />
Properties:	This item is styled or has special functions for Bards.
Dimensions:	? length x ? width x ? height
Sources:	Sold by Nakuge's Scriptorium for 350 Lirums Source is Nakuge's Scriptorium

Song

You begin to sing "A Moon Mage's Tale", a song by Lydon Silverspyre.

"Four hundred miles I traveled

From my village on the Plains

Seeking greater challenges

Than milking cows and raising grain.

A wandering minstrel passing through,

Had sung tales for a fee

Of monsters fierce and heroes bold

At the Crossing by the sea."

"'At last!', I cried, 'My destiny!',

For Fate had surely planned

Far greater things for me in life

Than the tilling of the land.

All that I owned fit in one bag,

That I slung across my back,

Setting out to seek my Fortune

And all my life now lacked."

"The village Elders shook their heads.

What more could someone need

Than the quiet life among the flocks-

The land, the sun, the seed?

I think my father understood,

He'd felt adventure call.

He hugged me hard and wished me luck

As we left the meeting hall."

"Strange peoples, stranger villages,

I passed through every day,

Moving onward toward the Crossing,

Grand city on the bay.

Elvenkind and Dwarvenkind,

Other folks I couldn't name.

Odd animals and plants that moved,

A lake alive with flame."

"I climbed a largish hill one day,

And when I reached the crest

It lay there at my feet, a jewel,

The object of my quest.

The Crossing gates were opened wide

Inviting me to view

The wonders of a lifetime

Known only to a few."

"The guards glanced at me knowingly,

They'd seen my kind before,

A star-struck youth, a vagabond,

Tempting Fate beyond the doors.

I found a moneylender

Who appraised me with a glance,

Whether youth or charm or just a hunch,

She thought me worth a chance."

"I sought direction from the guilds,

I checked them all in turn

Seeking my true calling.

What secrets could I learn?

The Rogues were skilled in spotting traps,

And picking locks, and stealth,

But I'm not very nimble,

Though tempted by their wealth."

"The Fighters, fierce, could slay great beasts,

Some with a single stroke.

The Master took one look at me

And laughed until he choked.

The same response from Paladins.

They found me far too frail-

'Even with the Gods' own help

You certainly would fail.'"

"I must say that they were kindly

And chuckled with no malice,

But thought perhaps another choice,

'Please do not find us callous.'

They asked me, 'Could you be a bard?',

I thought, then shook my head,

The last time I had voiced a tune

The dogs hid 'neath the bed."

"'And what about a Trader?'

'Mayhaps, but then again,

When I went to buy a rooster

They offed on me, a hen!'

And then the clerics came to mind,

But I'm not quite divine,

Just then there came a thunderclap,

We took it as a sign."

"'We're running short of choices.'

They whispered and conferred.

They turned toward me quite solemn,

'There's one you haven't heard.'

'A mystic bunch, Moon Mages,

They hold their secrets dear.'

And as they said the words, I knew,

A vision came quite clear."

"Of skies at night all filled with stars

And three moons shining bright.

Each one full, though it was noon,

'Twas certain to be right.

They nodded in agreement

And sent me on my way

To learn a new profession,

That I've practiced to this day."

"Come one, come all, and try the test,

There's Fortune to be found,

Within the Crossing and beyond,

Adventure knows no bound."

The last note fades.