Mektrin isn't the most helpful guy

Equipment Room The walls of this room are lined with shelves, containing large bundles of maps, practice weapons, shields, water skins and several other largely unidentifiable objects. A large oak counter sits in the middle of the floor, taking up a large portion of the floor space. You also notice a small oven behind the counter and several freshly baked loaves of bread. There is a sign in the center of the room. [Exits: west] Mektrin the shopkeeper is here, grinning and offering goods for sale. Mektrin the shopkeeper tells you 'I hear you've been payin' a close eye as you went around th' school. Yer guildmaster asked me to git this to ya.' Mektrin the shopkeeper hands you a highly polished buckler. (You receive 100 experience points for building your reputation.) Neat and all, but I'm a mage who can't do anything with a shield.