[SBLOCK=OOC Spoiler/Binder_Fred]INT roll failed, so no knowledge of 'her'.
anything of note? Clues as to travel length, speed, origin?
Very hard to read Elves at the best of times. Thalion looks spry and healthy, though, as Fenris mentioned, his eyes tell some unbidden tale Baran cannot begin to guess at. There is more than the usual immortal wisdom in those eyes. Unusually, for an Elf, Baran thinks it may be akin to melancholy.
Take 10... or take 20 if he's had the chance to examine it close and numerous times before. It also comes to me that Baran should probably get a + 2 synergy bonus to his Know-Wooden artifacts from his Craft-Wood skill. Sounds good?
Sure. General ID for the take 10 (he hasn't encountered Thalion or seen the staff close up enough for a take 20). If Baran wants more specific ID, a roll please with the aforementioned synergy.
It's unidentifiable to the dwarf. The white, strangely knotted wood displays none of the properties of local timber, nor indeed any of the more exotic woods Baran is familiar with. Patterns and so on are typical flowery/celtic Elvish runes and such, of the ilk commonly familiar to Middle-Earth imagery. The dwarf's guess would be that the staff is some kind of Elven artefact. To be feared, possibly, as a magical thing. Its powers are unknown.[/SBLOCK]
[SBLOCK=OOC Spoiler/Fenris]Mythia has a fractured skull. Thalion can feel the raised contours of the fracture running from the top of her forehead to a spot just above her right eye. The cut is superficial, but the fracture could be dangerous.[/SBLOCK]
Binder_Fred said:
<During the explanation:
Baran flicks a glance Handel's way, to see if *he* gets the leafy joke.
The Hobbit remains silent and still looks a little dazed. He shows no signs of good humour.