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<blockquote data-quote="darkbard" data-source="post: 9303810" data-attributes="member: 1282"><p><em>Before the heroes depart The Black Stage, its owner, a wizened dwarf named Ponlikdur bestows upon Pa'avu as appreciation for her heroics in preventing his theater from collapsing a lindenwood marionette of Goliath proportions and representative features, the work of Xiao Lin, the renowned sculptor--"a collector's item drawn from our permanent exhibition! We call him Kavaki!"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>* * *</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Knowing that environmental calamity, stirred up by Vezzuvu's agent, the Duchess of Cinders, threatens Bantouk from below, <strong>CHANVATI </strong>wastes no time in making a stop in to <strong>The Genie's Lamp</strong>, that luxury consignment shop in Bantouk’s upscale merchant district, <strong>Mohair Rows</strong>, to procure, if he can, a scholarly work treating protection from the punishing heat and flames he knows they are sure to encounter in their journey into the bowels of the earth below Bantouk. There, he finds just what he's looking for, a dusty work of practices, ritual incantations, and warding disciplines entitled <strong>Foiling the Fevertouch of Fiends.</strong> </em></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p>Chanvati makes a Streetwise check to procure the requisite item (a Ritual Book containing both <em>Endure Elements</em> (L2) and <em>Protection from Energy</em> (L7) Rituals), for a cost of 620 gp, r4+13=17 vs 14 Easy DC (Familiar Settlement and not dangerous situation) +10 Uncommon Magic Item = 24 DC. Failure.</p><p></p><p>Looks like I'm stopping right here!</p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p><strong>EDIT</strong>: Below picks up after this prompt from [USER=6696971]@Manbearcat[/USER] :</p><p></p><p>[USER=1282]@darkbard[/USER] on your Streetwise complication, I say we go with player-choice cost:</p><p></p><p><strong>The occupation has created increased supply chain costs and inflation; 2.5 x the coin cost (1550) for the Ritual Book.</strong></p><p></p><p>or</p><p></p><p>Your haggling with the merchant works, but the effort is time consuming and frustrating; take -2 forward to Chanvati's next Primary Check.</p><p></p><p>At your leisure, go ahead and choose, edit your post, and continue!</p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p><em>"Akra, you must be jesting. Fifteen <strong>hundred </strong>and fifty gold for the book? That's highway robbery!"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The proprietor of The Genie's Lamp merely shakes his head. "I wish I were joking, Master Audaseie. But ever since the occupation, trade into and out of the city has slowed to a trickle. Even when I am able to procure an item, I'm looking at two, three times the normal cost. The Legion sure isn't good for business." He shakes his head once again.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Chanvati's brow furrows. "No. No, it certainly isn't," he agrees. And grudgingly makes arrangements for the transfer of the required coin.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>* * *</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"You know what I ask of you?" Chanvati poses to The Wardenguard, Rietka and Yazdan, as they recline with him and Pa'avu around a low table sumptuously laden with all manner of delicacies. "To face the oppressive environmental conditions of the lava pools and brimstone-befouled cave networks beneath the city is one thing. I can protect us with warding magicks. But this Duchess and her servants. Well, Rietka, you know all too well her madness, her power, her threat."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The Bladeling lifts one eyebrow but remains silent.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"We understand, Psion," Yazdan says. "And there is no choice. This Duchess of Cinders threatens everyone within the city in the name of her Primordial Master."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>* * *</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The next morning Chanvati has received word back from his contacts--both personal and those within the Empress's Information Ministry. Surely one of the many diviners, seers, or more mortal agents has tracked the Duchess of Cinders's movements, knows of a comparatively-unobserved entrance into her lair among the magma chambers of the undercity.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Having an empire's spy network at one's service certainly has its perks, for a seemingly meek diviner in the Ministry's employ, a double agent who also serves as low-tier priestess to Mavi-ishiq within the church, ushers the heroes to such an entrance, deep below the Vault of Night Stars, central cathedral to the Lord of the Heavens in the city.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>There, Chanvati spends several minutes reading from <em><strong>Foiling the Fevertouch of Fiends</strong>, strange words that sound like no language any of the others have heard. Then he ignites in a small bowl magical reagents and annoints each of the participants, himself, Pa'avu, The Wardenguard, even Hazard the dog, with a smudge of ash residue.</em></em></p><p><em><em></em></em></p><p><em><em>"This ritual protects us from the heat of the burbling volcano. Let us hope that twenty-four hours will suffice!"</em></em></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p>Drawing upon the vast spy network available to Empire, Chanvati deploys By Decree of the Empress! (Consumable) here: <strong>Trigger:</strong> You make a Streetwise Primary Skill Check. <strong>Effect:</strong> It automatically succeeds, and you earn 1 additional Success in the challenge. That is use of Streetwise as a Primary Skill in the SC for 2 autosuccesses.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and as should be obvious from my highlight above, we're paying the exorbitantly jacked price rather than suffer a skill check penalty.</p><p></p><p>Chanvati spends the 20 gp residuum to perform the Endure Elements ritual upon himself, Pa'avu, The Wardenguard, and Hazard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="darkbard, post: 9303810, member: 1282"] [I]Before the heroes depart The Black Stage, its owner, a wizened dwarf named Ponlikdur bestows upon Pa'avu as appreciation for her heroics in preventing his theater from collapsing a lindenwood marionette of Goliath proportions and representative features, the work of Xiao Lin, the renowned sculptor--"a collector's item drawn from our permanent exhibition! We call him Kavaki!" * * * Knowing that environmental calamity, stirred up by Vezzuvu's agent, the Duchess of Cinders, threatens Bantouk from below, [B]CHANVATI [/B]wastes no time in making a stop in to [B]The Genie's Lamp[/B], that luxury consignment shop in Bantouk’s upscale merchant district, [B]Mohair Rows[/B], to procure, if he can, a scholarly work treating protection from the punishing heat and flames he knows they are sure to encounter in their journey into the bowels of the earth below Bantouk. There, he finds just what he's looking for, a dusty work of practices, ritual incantations, and warding disciplines entitled [B]Foiling the Fevertouch of Fiends.[/B] [/I] [HR][/HR] Chanvati makes a Streetwise check to procure the requisite item (a Ritual Book containing both [I]Endure Elements[/I] (L2) and [I]Protection from Energy[/I] (L7) Rituals), for a cost of 620 gp, r4+13=17 vs 14 Easy DC (Familiar Settlement and not dangerous situation) +10 Uncommon Magic Item = 24 DC. Failure. Looks like I'm stopping right here! [HR][/HR] [B]EDIT[/B]: Below picks up after this prompt from [USER=6696971]@Manbearcat[/USER] : [USER=1282]@darkbard[/USER] on your Streetwise complication, I say we go with player-choice cost: [B]The occupation has created increased supply chain costs and inflation; 2.5 x the coin cost (1550) for the Ritual Book.[/B] or Your haggling with the merchant works, but the effort is time consuming and frustrating; take -2 forward to Chanvati's next Primary Check. At your leisure, go ahead and choose, edit your post, and continue! [HR][/HR] [I]"Akra, you must be jesting. Fifteen [B]hundred [/B]and fifty gold for the book? That's highway robbery!" The proprietor of The Genie's Lamp merely shakes his head. "I wish I were joking, Master Audaseie. But ever since the occupation, trade into and out of the city has slowed to a trickle. Even when I am able to procure an item, I'm looking at two, three times the normal cost. The Legion sure isn't good for business." He shakes his head once again. Chanvati's brow furrows. "No. No, it certainly isn't," he agrees. And grudgingly makes arrangements for the transfer of the required coin. * * * "You know what I ask of you?" Chanvati poses to The Wardenguard, Rietka and Yazdan, as they recline with him and Pa'avu around a low table sumptuously laden with all manner of delicacies. "To face the oppressive environmental conditions of the lava pools and brimstone-befouled cave networks beneath the city is one thing. I can protect us with warding magicks. But this Duchess and her servants. Well, Rietka, you know all too well her madness, her power, her threat." The Bladeling lifts one eyebrow but remains silent. "We understand, Psion," Yazdan says. "And there is no choice. This Duchess of Cinders threatens everyone within the city in the name of her Primordial Master." * * * The next morning Chanvati has received word back from his contacts--both personal and those within the Empress's Information Ministry. Surely one of the many diviners, seers, or more mortal agents has tracked the Duchess of Cinders's movements, knows of a comparatively-unobserved entrance into her lair among the magma chambers of the undercity. Having an empire's spy network at one's service certainly has its perks, for a seemingly meek diviner in the Ministry's employ, a double agent who also serves as low-tier priestess to Mavi-ishiq within the church, ushers the heroes to such an entrance, deep below the Vault of Night Stars, central cathedral to the Lord of the Heavens in the city. There, Chanvati spends several minutes reading from [I][B]Foiling the Fevertouch of Fiends[/B], strange words that sound like no language any of the others have heard. Then he ignites in a small bowl magical reagents and annoints each of the participants, himself, Pa'avu, The Wardenguard, even Hazard the dog, with a smudge of ash residue. "This ritual protects us from the heat of the burbling volcano. Let us hope that twenty-four hours will suffice!"[/I][/I] [HR][/HR] Drawing upon the vast spy network available to Empire, Chanvati deploys By Decree of the Empress! (Consumable) here: [B]Trigger:[/B] You make a Streetwise Primary Skill Check. [B]Effect:[/B] It automatically succeeds, and you earn 1 additional Success in the challenge. That is use of Streetwise as a Primary Skill in the SC for 2 autosuccesses. Oh, and as should be obvious from my highlight above, we're paying the exorbitantly jacked price rather than suffer a skill check penalty. Chanvati spends the 20 gp residuum to perform the Endure Elements ritual upon himself, Pa'avu, The Wardenguard, and Hazard. [/QUOTE]
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