Notable sources of Information in the Palantir Campaign

I didn't write three posts on books and knowledge without having the intention to subject at least one of my campaign to playtesting this. Here are some stat block for important sources of information in the Palantir Campaign. May these be helpful in the session(s) to come.


For an explanation on the meaning to these stat block, refer to the post on mining for knowledge and learning from sources.

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Treatise on Enmity

Owner: Arnadil
Metagame details : Knowledge base and specific content known only by Arnadil.

Property	Type
Physical Description	The “Treatise on Enemity” is a leather-bound book written in Sindarin by a Gondorean author.
Physical specs	100 pages, 7”X10”X2”, illuminated value: Unappraised, hundreds of celebins.
Research Base Time	2 hours
Pedagogical Value	Teaching-13
Research Modifier	-1 (scattered)
Knowledge base	Tracking-11 [+0 research] Psychology(applied)-13 [-2 research]
Specific content	Seek Foe-15 [-1 research]

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Treatise on Shrouding Palantirs

Owner : King of Gondor

Carrier : Kasper and Araliniel

Metagame details : Knowledge base and specific content known by Araliniel and Kasper.

Property	Type
Physical Description	The “Treatise on Shrouding Palantirs” is a leather-bound book written in Westron by at least 3 Arthedain authors. Its language is antiquated.
Physical specs	250 pages, 7”X10”X4”, illuminated value: Unappraised, throusands of celebins?
Research Base Time	5 hours
Pedagogical Value	Teaching-15 (Seek Foe) Teaching-8 (Knowledge base)
Research Modifier	-2 (unusual style and structure)
Knowledge base	History(Eriador)-11 [+0 research] Hidden Lore(Palantirs)-14 [+1 research] Cartography-12 [-2 research]
Specific content	Seek Foe-15

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Knowledge Pool in Bywater

Metagame details : Go ahead if you want to mine knowledge in Bywater

Property	Type
Physical Description	There are a lot of geezers and know-it all in Bywater. The common pool of knowledge is not exhaustively enumerated. The main problem with them is to get them to talk about what you want.
Relevant Auxiliary skills	Interrogation, Carousing, Public Speech. History, Area Knowledge. Reaction modifier due to Hobbits being chauvinistic.
Research Base Time	1 hours (Carousing), 5 hours (other skills)
Research Modifier	-3 (Hobbits talk a lot, mostly about what they like...)
Knowledge base	Area Knowledge(Shire)-15 [+0 research] Area Knowledge(North)-12 [-1 research, rare, taboo topic] History(Shire)-15 [+0 research] Hidden Lore(undead)-11 [-2 research, almost impossible] Teacher for a variety of skills [-1 research]
Specific content