Catweazle whips out his scroll of charm person - "What? Eh? No, that's the recipe for gooseberry pie! Where is it? Ah!" - and looks for anyone amongst the goblins who looks tougher or more authoritative than the rest.
"Aye, and let us pray we meet no more charlatans who know'st not even the secret of the talking bone! Tche!"Catweazle raps his staff on the floor in his impatience to move on.
Catweazle's eyes light up. "A thaumaturge! A magister! An enchanter! Mayhaps one who knows the secret of the talking bone, or even electrickery! And perchance might be willing to share his knowledge, eh, Touchwood? But what if not, eh, that's the quandary, young owlface. Hist! Tche! Tche!"
Catweazle gingerly pokes the end of one of the bits of dangling greenery with the end of his staff. Any reaction? Does any of it drop of or adhere to the staff?
Just to let you know, I'll be in Adelaide for a week (need to get away from the Chinese New Year music in all the shopping malls here), so I might not be posting too much.
"What I sayest is that an unopened door is a closed door, is what I sayest!" snaps Catweazle.
"Tche! Who knows what lurkers lurk behind them,and behind us should we pass them by! Aye, young owlface, let us peer behind these concealing portals ere we pass this chamber!"
Okay, rather than waiting I'll buy that scroll. Also, silvered weapons might be more useful in the hands of armoured henchmen than those of an eccentric wizard. Total expenditure: 384 gp Scroll of fog wall (200 gp) 2 shortbows (50 gp) 40 arrows (10 gp) 2 silvered spears (100 gp) 2 100' ropes (4 gp) ...