Lady's College

The Lady's college was the first open school for mages in Silverymoon to take students. It trained wizards not just in spellcraft, but also in the history of magic. The tuition was steep—500 gp plus 500 gp per wizard level, to a maximum of 4,000 gp per year for a wizard of 7th level. Wizards of 8th level or higher were not accepted as students, but could have joined the college as “fellows” at a cost of 5,000 gp per year. Students (and fellows) of 5th level or higher who agreed to spend half their time serving in the Spellguard would pay only half the normal tuition. [1]

Students were provided with rooms in the college’s housing-halls, and meals in the college’s refectory. If they elected to dwell off-campus, they had to provide their own meals and accommodations. Fellows were not entitled to room and board in the college. The food and the wine that went with it were surprisingly good, and accompanied by dance, minstrelry, literary readings, or displays of entertaining illusions.[1]

Many of the “Masters of Art” (tutors) were crusty or strange-minded, but the college taught tolerance, cooperation, and an appreciation for differing philosophies and approaches to magic. All students were exposed to every school of spells, to see if they had the desire or aptitude to specialize. The college accommodated just over a hundred students at a time, with an ever-lengthening waiting list to get in. People who showed up at the gates were put on the list, taken in, and taught to do cooking, laundry, cleaning, and repair work around the university. If they continued to do such tasks, they were given room and board and were allowed to peruse limited portions of the Conclave libraries on their own, until their time came.[1]