You see a tall, slim wizard moving about his shop, chanting and mixing          mysterious potions.                                                                                                                                                            "Nystul I am." He looks up, rather proudly. "I am the best WIZARD in the land,  my particular specialty is SCHOLARSHIP as it applies to the chemistry of        MAGIC."                                                                                        "I am a WIZARD. My specialty is the SCHOLARSHIP of MAGIC."                                                                                                                                                                                                     "Well, I've studied the art so long, I feel I'm unexcelled."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  "Right now I'm studying the nature of a powerful artifact called the SUNBANE."                                                                                                                                                                                 "I wrote a treatise about it at the Lycaeum. Hast thou read it?"                                                                                                                                                                                               "You might like it. It's written on a large scroll."                                                                                                                                                                                                           "Excellent! As one fellow scholar to another, perhaps you can help me in        attaining the SECOND sunbane."                                                                                                                                                 "Yes, there art two. I have a small one right here." He opens a trunk and pulls out a device which looks something like your sextant. He holds it up and a      brilliant yellow fireball appears around him. "NICE, very nice."                               The yellow brightness recedes. He smiles. "It is a highly specialized weapon,   you see. Tuned to fry sea-dragons only, but oh how it FRIES them!"                                                                                                             "Had there been any present out there, they'd be HISTORY right now. Yes, even   though there be many of them. One shot vaporizes them."                                                                                                                        "Speaking of history, my sourcebooks, scrolls and tomes claim there is another, more powerful one in the land somewhere. Its range is greater, and it need not  be recharged after each use, as mine does. PERHAPS..."                                         "...you could assist me in locating it. Seeing the importance of your quest,    I think you should have it. I'd give you mine, but its too much trouble to keep recharging it on the road."                                                                    "With magic, I can locate all manner of powerful artifacts. I need 10 nightshademushrooms to cast a spell of location. Perhaps a DEAL is in order?"                                                                                                            "Find me 10 nightshade mushrooms. Look for the tree-like plant with a big pink  ball on top, and cut it with a knife. Bring the mushrooms here and give them to me. With them I canst cast the spell, and locate the SUNBANE for you."                         "Take care now, and remember: the pink tree-like plants!"                                                                                                                                                                                                      