Book Merchant

Book Merchant
Record
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Class	Mage
Alignment	LG NG CG LN TN CN LE NE CE
Involvement
Allegiance	Neutral
Area	Staging Area (Gladiators of Thay)  (OH8100 | 4160.3400)
Ability scores
Level	6
Hit points	24
XP value	15
AI scripts
Name	OHBMHSM
Override	OHBWARN.BCS
Default	WTRUNSGT.BCS
Technical information
Creature codes	ohbmhsm.cre
Store codes	ohbmhsm.sto

The Book Merchant is a merchant in Dennaton's mansion, either during the Gladiators of Thay campaign or during Neera's companion quest in Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal. He is well read, but short on conversation. His selection of scrolls is only paralleled by the Arcana Archives.

Stores

There are two versions of this store:

• Gladiators of Thay version that ignores reputation and sells higher quantities
• Neera's version during Destroying the Order of Eight Staves, which has identical catalogue, but different stock quantities. It also does not ignore reputation and thus scrolls can be bought at a lower price if one works up the reputation high enough, but can also be costly for parties with evil reputation.

Gladiators of Thay

Store Information

Sells for	150%	Buys for	30%
This merchant ignores the party's Reputation when calculating prices.

Book Merchant

	Item	Stock	Base price	Cheapest
	Armor	6	150	112
	Blindness	6	150	112
	Burning Hands	6	150	112
	Charm Person	6	150	112
	Chill Touch	6	150	112
	Chromatic Orb	6	150	112
	Color Spray	6	150	112
	Find Familiar	6	150	112
	Friends	6	150	112
	Grease	6	150	112
	Identify	6	150	112
	Infravision	6	150	112
	Larloch's Minor Drain	6	150	112
	Magic Missile	6	150	112
	Protection From Evil	6	150	112
	Protection From Petrification	6	150	112
	Reflected Image	6	150	112
	Shield	6	150	112
	Shocking Grasp	6	150	112
	Sleep	6	150	112
	Spook	6	150	112
	Agannazar's Scorcher	6	300	224
	Blur	6	300	224
	Detect Evil	6	300	224
	Detect Invisibility	6	300	224
	Ghoul Touch	6	300	224
	Horror	6	300	224
	Invisibility	6	300	224
	Knock	6	300	224
	Know Alignment	6	300	224
	Luck	6	300	224
	Melf's Acid Arrow	6	300	224
	Mirror Image	6	300	224
	Power Word, Sleep	6	300	224
	Ray of Enfeeblement	6	300	224
	Resist Fear	6	300	224
	Stinking Cloud	6	300	224
	Strength	6	300	224
	Web	6	300	224
	Deafness	6	450	336
	Glitterdust	6	450	336
	Vocalize	6	450	336
	Clairvoyance	6	450	336
	Detect Illusion (spell)	6	450	336
	Dire Charm	6	450	336
	Dispel Magic	6	450	336
	Flame Arrow	6	450	336
	Ghost Armor	6	450	336
	Hold Person	6	450	336
	Hold Undead	6	450	336
	Invisibility, 10' Radius	6	450	336
	Melf's Minute Meteors	6	450	336
	Minor Spell Deflection	6	450	336
	Monster Summoning I	6	450	336
	Non-Detection	6	450	336
	Protection From Cold (spell)	6	450	336
	Protection From Fire (wizard)	6	450	336
	Remove Magic	6	450	336
	Skull Trap	6	450	336
	Slow	6	450	336
	Spell Thrust	6	450	336
	Vampiric Touch	6	450	336
	Fireball	6	1,350	1,008
	Haste	6	1,350	1,008
	Lightning Bolt	6	1,350	1,008
	Protection From Normal Missiles	6	1,350	1,008
	Remove Curse	6	750	560
	Confusion	6	750	560
	Contagion	6	750	560
	Emotion	6	750	560
	Enchanted Weapon	6	750	560
	Fireshield (Blue)	6	750	560
	Fireshield (Red)	6	750	560
	Greater Malison	6	750	560
	Ice Storm	6	750	560
	Improved Invisibility	6	750	560
	Minor Globe of Invulnerability	6	750	560
	Minor Sequencer	6	750	560
	Monster Summoning II	6	750	560
	Otiluke's Resilient Sphere	6	750	560
	Polymorph Other	6	750	560
	Polymorph Self	6	750	560
	Secret Word	6	750	560
	Spider Spawn	6	750	560
	Spirit Armor	6	750	560
	Stoneskin	6	750	560
	Teleport Field	6	750	560
	Wizard Eye	6	750	560
	Farsight		1,050	784
	Protection From Electricity	6	750	560
	Breach	6	1,500	1,120
	Chaos	6	1,500	1,120
	Cloudkill	6	1,500	1,120
	Cone of Cold	6	1,500	1,120
	Conjure Lesser Air Elemental	6	1,500	1,120
	Conjure Lesser Earth Elemental	6	1,500	1,120
	Conjure Lesser Fire Elemental	6	1,500	1,120
	Domination	6	1,500	1,120
	Feeblemind	6	1,500	1,120
	Hold Monster	6	1,500	1,120
	Lower Resistance	6	1,500	1,120
	Minor Spell Turning	6	1,500	1,120
	Monster Summoning III	6	1,500	1,120
	Oracle	6	1,500	1,120
	Phantom Blade	6	1,500	1,120
	Protection From Acid	6	1,500	1,120
	Protection From Normal Weapons	6	1,500	1,120
	Shadow Door	6	1,500	1,120
	Spell Immunity	6	1,500	1,120
	Spell Shield	6	1,500	1,120
	Sunfire	6	2,625	1,960
	Carrion Summons	6	3,000	2,240
	Chain Lightning	6	3,000	2,240
	Conjure Air Elemental	6	3,000	2,240
	Conjure Earth Elemental	6	3,000	2,240
	Conjure Fire Elemental	6	3,000	2,240
	Contingency	6	3,000	2,240
	Death Fog	6	3,000	2,240
	Death Spell	6	3,000	2,240
	Disintegrate	6	3,000	2,240
	Flesh to Stone	6	3,000	2,240
	Globe of Invulnerability	6	3,000	2,240
	Improved Haste	6	3,000	2,240
	Invisible Stalker	6	3,000	2,240
	Mislead	6	3,000	2,240
	Pierce Magic	6	3,000	2,240
	Power Word, Silence	6	3,000	2,240
	Protection From Magic Energy	6	3,000	2,240
	Protection From Magical Weapons	6	3,000	2,240
	Spell Deflection	6	3,000	2,240
	Stone to Flesh	6	3,000	2,240
	Summon Nishru	6	3,000	2,240
	Tenser's Transformation	6	3,000	2,240
	True Sight	6	3,000	2,240
	Wyvern Call	6	3,000	2,240
	Cacofiend	6	4,500	3,360
	Control Undead	6	4,500	3,360
	Delayed Blast Fireball	6	4,500	3,360
	Finger of Death	6	4,500	3,360
	Limited Wish	6	4,500	3,360
	Mantle	6	4,500	3,360
	Mass Invisibility	6	4,500	3,360
	Mordenkainen's Sword	6	4,500	3,360
	Power Word Stun	6	4,500	3,360
	Prismatic Spray	6	4,500	3,360
	Project Image	6	4,500	3,360
	Protection From The Elements	6	4,500	3,360
	Ruby Ray of Reversal	6	4,500	3,360
	Spell Sequencer	6	4,500	3,360
	Spell Turning	6	4,500	3,360
	Sphere of Chaos	6	4,500	3,360
	Summon Djinni	6	4,500	3,360
	Summon Efreeti	6	4,500	3,360
	Summon Hakeashar	6	4,500	3,360
	Khelben's Warding Whip	6	4,500	3,360
	Symbol, Death	6	7,500	5,600
	Symbol, Stun	6	7,500	5,600
	Abi Dalzim's Horrid Wilting	6	7,500	5,600
	Bigby's Clenched Fist	6	7,500	5,600
	Incendiary Cloud	6	7,500	5,600
	Maze	6	7,500	5,600
	Pierce Shield	6	7,500	5,600
	Power Word, Blind	6	7,500	5,600
	Protection From Energy	6	7,500	5,600
	Simulacrum	6	7,500	5,600
	Spell Trigger	6	7,500	5,600
	Summon Fiend	6	7,500	5,600
	Symbol, Fear	6	7,500	5,600
	Freedom	6	750	560
	Bigby's Crushing Hand	6	7,500	5,600
	Spell Trap	6	7,500	5,600
	Wish	6	7,500	5,600
	Absolute Immunity	6	15,000	11,200
	Black Blade of Disaster	6	15,000	11,200
	Chain Contingency	6	15,000	11,200
	Energy Drain	6	15,000	11,200
	Gate	6	15,000	11,200
	Imprisonment	6	15,000	11,200
	Meteor Swarm	6	15,000	11,200
	Power Word, Kill	6	15,000	11,200
	Shapechange	6	15,000	11,200
	Spellstrike	6	15,000	11,200
	Time Stop	6	15,000	11,200
	Wail of the Banshee	6	15,000	11,200

Items this store buys and/or identifies

See also: Stores that buy items by type

• Wands
• Scrolls

Throne of Bhaal (Neera's version)

Store Information

Sells for	150%	Buys for	30%
		Depreciation	5%

This store has an identical catalogue, however it's prices are affected by the party's reputation and it has different stock numbers:

• Spell levels 1-5 are available in quantities of 3
• Spell levels 6 and 7 are available in quantities of 2
• Spell levels 8 and 9 have only 1 scroll per spell for sale

Book Merchant

	Item	Stock	Base price	Cheapest
	Armor	3	150	67
	Blindness	3	150	67
	Burning Hands	3	150	67
	Charm Person	3	150	67
	Chill Touch	3	150	67
	Chromatic Orb	3	150	67
	Color Spray	3	150	67
	Find Familiar	3	150	67
	Friends	3	150	67
	Grease	3	150	67
	Identify	3	150	67
	Infravision	3	150	67
	Larloch's Minor Drain	3	150	67
	Magic Missile	3	150	67
	Protection From Evil	3	150	67
	Protection From Petrification	3	150	67
	Reflected Image	3	150	67
	Shield	3	150	67
	Shocking Grasp	3	150	67
	Sleep	3	150	67
	Spook	3	150	67
	Agannazar's Scorcher	3	300	134
	Blur	3	300	134
	Detect Evil	3	300	134
	Detect Invisibility	3	300	134
	Ghoul Touch	3	300	134
	Horror	3	300	134
	Invisibility	3	300	134
	Knock	3	300	134
	Know Alignment	3	300	134
	Luck	3	300	134
	Melf's Acid Arrow	3	300	134
	Mirror Image	3	300	134
	Power Word, Sleep	3	300	134
	Ray of Enfeeblement	3	300	134
	Resist Fear	3	300	134
	Stinking Cloud	3	300	134
	Strength	3	300	134
	Web	3	300	134
	Deafness	3	450	201
	Glitterdust	3	450	201
	Vocalize	3	450	201
	Clairvoyance	3	450	201
	Detect Illusion (spell)	3	450	201
	Dire Charm	3	450	201
	Dispel Magic	3	450	201
	Flame Arrow	3	450	201
	Ghost Armor	3	450	201
	Hold Person	3	450	201
	Hold Undead	3	450	201
	Invisibility, 10' Radius	3	450	201
	Melf's Minute Meteors	3	450	201
	Minor Spell Deflection	3	450	201
	Monster Summoning I	3	450	201
	Non-Detection	3	450	201
	Protection From Cold (spell)	3	450	201
	Protection From Fire (wizard)	3	450	201
	Remove Magic	3	450	201
	Skull Trap	3	450	201
	Slow	3	450	201
	Spell Thrust	3	450	201
	Vampiric Touch	3	450	201
	Fireball	3	1,350	603
	Haste	3	1,350	603
	Lightning Bolt	3	1,350	603
	Protection From Normal Missiles	3	1,350	603
	Remove Curse	3	750	335
	Confusion	3	750	335
	Contagion	3	750	335
	Emotion	3	750	335
	Enchanted Weapon	3	750	335
	Fireshield (Blue)	3	750	335
	Fireshield (Red)	3	750	335
	Greater Malison	3	750	335
	Ice Storm	3	750	335
	Improved Invisibility	3	750	335
	Minor Globe of Invulnerability	3	750	335
	Minor Sequencer	3	750	335
	Monster Summoning II	3	750	335
	Otiluke's Resilient Sphere	3	750	335
	Polymorph Other	3	750	335
	Polymorph Self	3	750	335
	Secret Word	3	750	335
	Spider Spawn	3	750	335
	Spirit Armor	3	750	335
	Stoneskin	3	750	335
	Teleport Field	3	750	335
	Wizard Eye	3	750	335
	Farsight	3	1,050	469
	Protection From Electricity	3	750	335
	Breach	3	1,500	670
	Chaos	3	1,500	670
	Cloudkill	3	1,500	670
	Cone of Cold	3	1,500	670
	Conjure Lesser Air Elemental	3	1,500	670
	Conjure Lesser Earth Elemental	3	1,500	670
	Conjure Lesser Fire Elemental	3	1,500	670
	Domination	3	1,500	670
	Feeblemind	3	1,500	670
	Hold Monster	3	1,500	670
	Lower Resistance	3	1,500	670
	Minor Spell Turning	3	1,500	670
	Monster Summoning III	3	1,500	670
	Oracle	3	1,500	670
	Phantom Blade	3	1,500	670
	Protection From Acid	3	1,500	670
	Protection From Normal Weapons	3	1,500	670
	Shadow Door	3	1,500	670
	Spell Immunity	3	1,500	670
	Spell Shield	3	1,500	670
	Sunfire	3	2,625	1,172
	Carrion Summons	2	3,000	1,340
	Chain Lightning	2	3,000	1,340
	Conjure Air Elemental	2	3,000	1,340
	Conjure Earth Elemental	2	3,000	1,340
	Conjure Fire Elemental	2	3,000	1,340
	Contingency	2	3,000	1,340
	Death Fog	3	3,000	1,340
	Death Spell	2	3,000	1,340
	Disintegrate	2	3,000	1,340
	Flesh to Stone	2	3,000	1,340
	Globe of Invulnerability	2	3,000	1,340
	Improved Haste	2	3,000	1,340
	Invisible Stalker	2	3,000	1,340
	Mislead	2	3,000	1,340
	Pierce Magic	2	3,000	1,340
	Power Word, Silence	2	3,000	1,340
	Protection From Magic Energy	2	3,000	1,340
	Protection From Magical Weapons	2	3,000	1,340
	Spell Deflection	2	3,000	1,340
	Stone to Flesh	2	3,000	1,340
	Summon Nishru	2	3,000	1,340
	Tenser's Transformation	2	3,000	1,340
	True Sight	2	3,000	1,340
	Wyvern Call	2	3,000	1,340
	Cacofiend	2	4,500	2,010
	Control Undead	2	4,500	2,010
	Delayed Blast Fireball	2	4,500	2,010
	Finger of Death	2	4,500	2,010
	Limited Wish	2	4,500	2,010
	Mantle	2	4,500	2,010
	Mass Invisibility	2	4,500	2,010
	Mordenkainen's Sword	2	4,500	2,010
	Power Word Stun	2	4,500	2,010
	Prismatic Spray	2	4,500	2,010
	Project Image	2	4,500	2,010
	Protection From The Elements	2	4,500	2,010
	Ruby Ray of Reversal	2	4,500	2,010
	Spell Sequencer	2	4,500	2,010
	Spell Turning	2	4,500	2,010
	Sphere of Chaos	2	4,500	2,010
	Summon Djinni	2	4,500	2,010
	Summon Efreeti	2	4,500	2,010
	Summon Hakeashar	2	4,500	2,010
	Khelben's Warding Whip	2	4,500	2,010
	Symbol, Death	3	7,500	3,350
	Symbol, Stun	3	7,500	3,350
	Abi Dalzim's Horrid Wilting	3	7,500	3,350
	Bigby's Clenched Fist	3	7,500	3,350
	Incendiary Cloud	3	7,500	3,350
	Maze	3	7,500	3,350
	Pierce Shield	3	7,500	3,350
	Power Word, Blind	3	7,500	3,350
	Protection From Energy	3	7,500	3,350
	Simulacrum	3	7,500	3,350
	Spell Trigger	3	7,500	3,350
	Summon Fiend	3	7,500	3,350
	Symbol, Fear	3	7,500	3,350
	Freedom	3	750	335
	Bigby's Crushing Hand	1	7,500	3,350
	Spell Trap	1	7,500	3,350
	Wish	1	7,500	3,350
	Absolute Immunity	1	15,000	6,700
	Black Blade of Disaster	1	15,000	6,700
	Chain Contingency	1	15,000	6,700
	Energy Drain	1	15,000	6,700
	Gate	1	15,000	6,700
	Imprisonment	1	15,000	6,700
	Meteor Swarm	1	15,000	6,700
	Power Word, Kill	1	15,000	6,700
	Shapechange	1	15,000	6,700
	Spellstrike	1	15,000	6,700
	Time Stop	1	15,000	6,700
	Wail of the Banshee	1	15,000	6,700