[The timing is both awful and working in his favor. He agrees with Istredd that telling anyone risks too much panic, but he can at least add a layer of protection to the two people he'd prefer to.
He had been working on repurposing one of his own shields to give to Wilhelm for the sake of congrats-you're-alive-another-year but he had hoped to change a bit more of the spell work.
He finds Wilhelm, sliding into step with him, handing him a carved wooden brooch, done in Mat's hand.] Give me back the turtle and I can eventually change the enchantment on it. But given that you've survived another year, you get a better one. This one doesn't require touch activation, just voice. Same word as the last.
[There's a couple other details. Considering Wilhelm's previous shield only provided a moment of startled defense, this makes a much bigger change:
(moderate) personal lightning shield: 1/day surrounds the user in a bubble with a burst of electric energy (allowing space for three extra people in the immediate space to be safely within), duration 30 seconds, must be affixed to an object; to activate, speak the incant for protect. Electric shock feedback pulses out in a 10ft-radius and stuns for 30 seconds. Shield can move with user (but risk increased with multiple people involved).]
Forward dated to a few hours before the coup
He had been working on repurposing one of his own shields to give to Wilhelm for the sake of congrats-you're-alive-another-year but he had hoped to change a bit more of the spell work.
He finds Wilhelm, sliding into step with him, handing him a carved wooden brooch, done in Mat's hand.] Give me back the turtle and I can eventually change the enchantment on it. But given that you've survived another year, you get a better one. This one doesn't require touch activation, just voice. Same word as the last.
[There's a couple other details. Considering Wilhelm's previous shield only provided a moment of startled defense, this makes a much bigger change:
(moderate) personal lightning shield:
1/day surrounds the user in a bubble with a burst of electric energy (allowing space for three extra people in the immediate space to be safely within), duration 30 seconds, must be affixed to an object; to activate, speak the incant for protect. Electric shock feedback pulses out in a 10ft-radius and stuns for 30 seconds. Shield can move with user (but risk increased with multiple people involved).]