basically free watchful training

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it's probably worth noting that if you buy the talkative rattus faber for 80 pence and equip it before you ever have tea with the loquacious vicar, choosing to investigate him instead, you can essentially train your watchful up to something like 40 relatively easily... just thought that might help for beginner players :)