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<blockquote data-quote="covaithe" data-source="post: 4746753" data-attributes="member: 46559"><p>A demigod or exarch or whatever of Merkari certainly seems appropriate. However, I don't necessarily think that Merkari's nominal maleness precludes, uh, him from being the deity in question. I don't see why there can't be a sect that believes Merkari is secretly female but disguises "herself" to confuse the unworthy. </p><p></p><p>I'm not sure how I feel about the long-distance communication thing. On the one hand, it does seem a bit off in our setting. On the other hand, it's really no more powerful than Sending Stones. I think I'd be okay with them if they were a) limited to fairly high-level members, who might plausibly have access to sending stones anyway, and b) there was a way for DMs who find this inconvenient to temporarily nullify them or make them less effective. Call it ethereal static, or sunspots, or claim that this spy network is an outgrowth of a much older extraplanar organization and the tattoos simply don't work as well in the Transitive Isles unique planar structure. Whatever. </p><p></p><p>I like the connection to ravens, but I think "the Ravens" is a much too generic name. "Merkari's Ravens", perhaps, substituting the appropriate deity name, or "Secret Ravens", or "Ravens of <Place name>", where <Place name> is their legendary secret headquarters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="covaithe, post: 4746753, member: 46559"] A demigod or exarch or whatever of Merkari certainly seems appropriate. However, I don't necessarily think that Merkari's nominal maleness precludes, uh, him from being the deity in question. I don't see why there can't be a sect that believes Merkari is secretly female but disguises "herself" to confuse the unworthy. I'm not sure how I feel about the long-distance communication thing. On the one hand, it does seem a bit off in our setting. On the other hand, it's really no more powerful than Sending Stones. I think I'd be okay with them if they were a) limited to fairly high-level members, who might plausibly have access to sending stones anyway, and b) there was a way for DMs who find this inconvenient to temporarily nullify them or make them less effective. Call it ethereal static, or sunspots, or claim that this spy network is an outgrowth of a much older extraplanar organization and the tattoos simply don't work as well in the Transitive Isles unique planar structure. Whatever. I like the connection to ravens, but I think "the Ravens" is a much too generic name. "Merkari's Ravens", perhaps, substituting the appropriate deity name, or "Secret Ravens", or "Ravens of <Place name>", where <Place name> is their legendary secret headquarters. [/QUOTE]
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