TheWoWDBFor those of you who can't figure out how to get this quest (especially if you're coming back high level and can't see trivial quests) it starts from the "Steamy Romance Novel" that is in a bin by the entrance door to the Inscription shop in Dalaran. Interact with the book and take it to the Professor to start this chain and get the toy recipe.
Quest
An Embarrassing Revelation
A World of Warcraft quest in Dalaran. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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I was doing this quest at the same time as Mass Milling Techniques.
So one second he's telling me to give his steamy romance novel back. Next moment he's telling me not to make a mess...
Legion Inscription 13 (I suspect this might not be important)
Quest doesn't automatically show up.
Accept Mass Milling Techniques from Pallin, then this quest will appear. Then the follow up quest, the plot thickens will appear after turn in.
Quest facts
Quest ID39961
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(39961))
Description
This doesn't appear to be an inscription textbook at all... it's more of a steamy romance novel. The pages are just FILLED with tawdry tales of carnality. Could it have something to do with inscription? Either way, Professor Pallin should be confronted.
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #627 41.1 36.8
Coordinates
- Objective areaDalaran 41.1, 36.8
/way #627 41.1 36.8
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Nearby on the Dalaran map
- Chicken Scratch same spot
- Facet-nating Friends about 10 yards
- Truly Outrageous about 10 yards
- An Eye for Detail about 10 yards
- Swift Vengeance about 10 yards
- Making the Cut about 10 yards
- Lapidary Lessons about 10 yards
- Get Your Mix On about 20 yards
- There's a Scribe for That about 20 yards
- Ancient Knowledge about 20 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dalaran, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Dalaran:
- Dalaran
- Western Suramar
- Vengeance Point, Broken Shore
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
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Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP
Storyline
Legion Inscription
Part 29 of 42.
Previous: An Odd Trinket · Next: The Plot Thickens
- 24Not So Complex?
- 25Ancient Vrykul Mastered
- 26The Ink Flows
- 27Once a Scribe Like You
- 28An Odd Trinket
- 29An Embarrassing Revelation
- 30The Plot Thickens
- 31The Plot Thickens
- 32The Legacy Passed On
- 33The Legacy Passed On
- 34Mass Milling Techniques
- 35Aethrem Crystal
Showing steps 24 to 35 of 42.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- An Odd Trinket
Wait, <name>, before you leave... did you not notice this? <Raethan peels a small piece of paper from the bottom of the jewel.> This wasn't reported stolen. It appears to be a card of some kind. Must be a scribe thing. Perhaps it may be of some use to you.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Plot Thickens
Very well, I won't deny it. The Steamy Romance Novel is mine. I only read it for the penmanship, I assure you! He writes such curvy "B"s... and such ample "D"s! In fact... you might benefit from a penmanship lesson. The author of these books is one B. Spearshaker.
The storyline at a glance
Legion Inscription has 42 steps, from Sign This to Demon Ink.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dalaran (18), Azsuna (15), Stormheim (4), Ironforge (2).
Other storylines on the Dalaran map
- Legion Alchemy
- Legion Tailoring
- Legion Leatherworking
- Legion Blacksmithing
- Legion Engineering
- Legion: Infinitely Different
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.