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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kafkonia" data-source="post: 3494037" data-attributes="member: 40261">The elves turn to the kobold cleric in surprise."Vicen qua?" says one. "Nen spiken tay!" When Kibek doesn't seem to understand, the other elf speaks up."I'm sorry," he says. "My friend speaks only our tongue, the language of the desert. How can we help you, brother? I see you are a man of the gods."----As Damien wanders through the marketplace, he stops and speaks with a few different people, as well as eavesdropping on a few conversations. He picks up several pieces of information, some of which seems more believable than others.-Kira is Halmaro's daughter by his First Wife, Katsaya -- a woman who is almost as powerful as Halmaro himself.-There are monsters in the desert, and they prey on the unwary, especially at night!-Halmaro is a demanding but fair taskmaster, rewarding exceptional service but punishing incompetence.-Halmaro's most trusted advisor is Tsorvano, an elf with the power to cloud men's minds. He handles those matters that Halmaro deems most important.-Tsorvano and Halmaro first met when the elf led a band of brigands in the desert; Halmaro bested him in combat, and Tsorvano has followed him ever since.-Most merchants have a girl in every town along their route, sometimes two or three!-Many pickpockets and conmen have flocked to the Market to fleece unwitting applicants.-There is an oasis in the desert that can save lost travellers and lead them home, but it is never in the same place twice.-Katsaya has made deals with dark forces, but the wise do not speak of it.-Some of the wedding presents have actually been stolen from the Royal Family -- Halmaro is hoping to use this marriage to cement his power and stage a coup in Khedris when he returns.[SBLOCK=OOC]Technically, taking 20 on that check should take 20d4+20 hours (20 times the 1d4+1 delineated for one attempt.) But since you don't have that kind of time, and it's a very busy place with lots of people who are very eager to talk.Of course, taking 20 means you try again and again -- so not every piece of information Damien gathers will be 100% factual. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />[/SBLOCK]</blockquote>

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