Sorcerous Sundries

Walkthrough

The area in the order you play it. Tick things off as you go: they tick off in the checklists below too.

1. 1

   Browse the Ground Floor and Question the Keepers

   When you arrive at the ground level of Sorcerous Sundries from the Lower City streets, speak with Rolan (or Lorroakan's Projection if Rolan is deceased) at the central trade desk. Then, proceed to the rear library counter to meet Tolna Tome-Monger, pickpocket or acquire her Sorcerous Sundries Office Key, and pass a DC 18 Deception, Intimidation, or Persuasion check to learn about the forbidden vaults upstairs. Before heading to the mezzanine, ensure you trade for all unique magical scrolls and items from both vendors.

   Sorcerous Sundries Office Key: Carried by Tolna Tome-Monger on the shop floorScroll of Bestial Communion: from the Sorcerous Vault entrance portal south hallway to the bookshelf behind the illusory wallHow: read Caution Before the Seelie NewDanse Macabre upgrade: read The Tharchiate Codex to decipher the final page of Necromancy of Thay and pass a DC 20 Wisdom saving throw: 4 New

   Tip: Tolna's key can be pickpocketed in turn-based mode using Greater Invisibility or Darkness to avoid alerting the patrolling Animated Armor.

   Watch out: Turning the ground floor hostile or slaying Lorroakan before visiting the store permanently locks you out of Rolan's merchant wares.

2. 2

   Infiltrate Tolna's Office to the Vault Portal

   Climb the stairs to the second-floor mezzanine and approach Tolna’s office door on the left balcony. Unlock the door using the Sorcerous Sundries Office Key or a DC 15 Sleight of Hand check while evading the Animated Armor and Animated Eye patrols. Once inside, interact with the Clasped Book on the bookshelf to conjure a glowing blue portal leading straight into the Sorcerous Vault.

   Tip: Cast Invisibility on your lockpicker to bypass the roving Animated Eye's sightline without expending spell slots on combat.

   Watch out: Lingering in the doorway under the Animated Eye's gaze will instantly alert the guards and turn the entire upper floor hostile.

3. 3

   Enter the Sorcerous Vault and Pick the Ramazith Door

   Step through the portal into the Sorcerous Vault, noting that fast travel and camping are now disabled in this restricted sub-area. Head down the main corridor past the pressure-plated flagstones until you reach the locked portal door labelled "Ramazith". Disarm the surrounding blast traps, then pick the DC 15 lock to reveal the circular door puzzle hub.

   Tip: The level 2 spell Knock unlocks the Ramazith doorway instantly if your party lacks high Sleight of Hand.

   Watch out: Rushing straight down the central hallway without ungrouping can cause companions to trigger floor traps simultaneously, severely damaging the party.

4. 4

   Solve the Karsus and Elminster Vault Mazes

   In the puzzle hub, enter the Silverhand door, step carefully over the trapped threshold, and pass through Abjuration and Silver to pull the lever unlocking the Karsus Vault, looping back via any doorway [x7]. Repeat from the Silverhand room by going through Evocation and Wish to flip the lever unlocking the Elminster Vault [x7]. Then, enter both unlocked vaults to claim The Annals of Karsus—which holds the Scroll of Dethrone and Foebreaker—and The Tharchiate Codex.

   The Annals of Karsus: Inside the Karsus Vault, accessed from the vault portal in Tolna Tome-Monger's officeThe Tharchiate Codex: Inside the Elminster Vault, accessed through the vault puzzle doorsEntering the Silverhand door and navigating through the Abjuration and Silver doors unlocks the Karsus Vault lever, while passing through Evocation and Wish unlocks the Elminster Vault lever.Scroll of Dethrone: from Karsus Vault entrance to the central display caseHow: read The Annals of KarsusMissable because: permanently locked if you destroy or fail to loot The Annals of Karsus before completing the vault Don't miss NewFoebreaker: from Karsus Vault entrance to the gilded chest behind the bookstandHow: lockpick the DC 20 Heavy Chest NewCurriculum of Strategy: Artistry of War: from the Sorcerous Vault entrance portal to the north display case behind the hidden door buttonHow: read The Red Knight's Final StratagemMissable because: permanently locked if you destroy or fail to loot The Red Knight's Final Stratagem before completing the vault Don't miss New

   Tip: Casting Knock on the sealed Karsus and Elminster doors bypasses the entire door sequence without having to run through the maze traps.

   Watch out: Reading The Tharchiate Codex inflicts the Tharchiate Withering curse (-5 Constitution), so keep Remove Curse prepared to immediately convert it into the permanent +20 temporary HP passive Tharchiate Vigour.

5. 5

   Breach the Illusion Chambers and Solve the Djinni Lamp

   Head past the illusion door behind the Silverhand chamber to destroy the illusory wall and loot the Hellfire Greataxe [x5]. Continue to the eastern corridor behind an illusory wall near a chest to discover an ornate, trapped lamp inside a secret room [x6]. Touch the lamp to get sucked inside Yafeu's dimensional prison, loot the guilded containers, and escape by using Scratch, Mage Hand, or the lamp's internal Scroll of Summon Quasit to swap places with the djinni [x6].

   Hellfire Greataxe: Behind an illusion door inside the vault roomsAn illusory wall inside the Sorcerous Vault conceals a hidden room holding a Peculiar Lamp; interacting with it traps the user inside with the djinni Yafeu, requiring a summoned minion like Scratch or a familiar to swap places and break out.

   Tip: Any expendable summon—including a minor familiar or Mage Hand—satisfies the lamp's swap condition and teleports your character safely out [x6].

   Watch out: Interacting with the lamp without a summon ability or scroll ready forces you to consume items inside the lamp to escape, so ensure an expendable minion is ready.

6. 6

   Identify the Nightsong Portal to Ascend

   Return through the vault portal back to the upper mezzanine of Sorcerous Sundries, where Lorroakan's projection guards four elemental portals marked with lore plaques. Approach the leftmost portal, confirm the plaque reading "The Nightsong is an immortal being, the child of a deity", and step through to ascend to Ramazith's Tower.

   Tip: Read every plaque carefully before touching any portal to verify you are at the far left side.

   Watch out: Entering any portal other than the leftmost one will blast your character across the room, ejecting them to the ground floor entrance at 0 HP.

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