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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 9414152" data-attributes="member: 6696971">Complexity 2 SC, Level 2 (DCs 9/13/20)Goal: Acquire a horse and sprint the King's Road between Fallcrest and Winterhaven in order to chase down the Knight of Pelor (3 successes) in order to see him to his destination before Cardinal Erban and his posse can catch him (6 successes).3/6 Successes/0 Failures/0 Hard DC Available/1 Secondary Skills Available/0 Advantages Available/Primary Skill Training exhausted; Diplomacy, Religion [ATTACH=full]374006[/ATTACH]Per AbdulAlhazredSTARN looks at the Knight with the blade at his throat and laughs. "You didn't think I'd be intimidated by those rabble back there did you? Besides we weren't properly introduced. I'm Starn!" Starn extends his right hand.[HR][/HR]Per Manbearcat"I know of you Starn of the Septarch's Tower.  And I know of your recent troubles and heroic hardship.  It is why I immediately took to your side back there.  And no...given what I know of your travails, I knew that Kamroth's rabble would neither frighten you nor thwart you."After some incredulity and some shared tea and wafers, the knight introduces himself as TERJAN.  Young man no longer, but still strong of body and devout of soul, the priest-soldier of Pelor relays that he is the last of an ancient order that was all but wiped out in the fighting against the hordes and foul human sponsorship that nearly took Fallcrest.Not knowing what to do next, he devoted himself to Cardinal Erban of Winterhaven, thinking the many a true and pious leader of the faith.How very wrong Terjon was...to his great shame.  He wears it plainly on his face when he relays it...he seems to age before Starn.Finally, he comes out of his dismayed reflections:"It is no matter.  What is done is done.  All that is left now is what is before me.  I must ride with all haste to Winterhaven and warn Lord Padraig of the conspiracy that befalls him, falsely so in the name of Pelor.Starn, I fear I cannot accept your charity.  You are a young person with much ahead of you.  I surely go to my death and I will not bring you to yours.  Please, finish this meal with me, take my thanks for your kindness and leave back to Fallcrest and your plight there at once."How do you deal with his thoughtful rebuff, Starn?* Do you read his countenance or his inflections during his ponderings or his words and find the right thing to say to sway him?* Do you show to him the capable steed that is Hat-eater and your synergy with the fine riding horse (take +2 circumstance)?* Do you reveal that you know the history of his order and he is somehow bound to you because of it?* Something else?MEDIUM DC all (all I have)[HR][/HR]Per AbdulAlhazredSTARN thinks for a minute and then slowly responds: "Sir, I don't think it's possible for our destinies to be separated. Your order, if I read the insignia correctly, was originally established for the purpose of working with the Order of Arcane Thought. Few know that together they built both the Tower Waiting and The Green Tower to house their two allied orders. We two are each the last of our kind. In those days Ioun and Pelor together supported Nerath. I think their true followers are still linked. We are linked."* Primary Skill Check History to prove to Sir Terjon that he and Starn are linked and compel him to allow Starn to assist his journey to Winterhaven; r(4)+11=15, Success[HR][/HR]Per ManbearcatComplexity 2 SC, Level 2 (DCs 9/13/20)Goal: Acquire a horse and sprint the King's Road between Fallcrest and Winterhaven in order to chase down the Knight of Pelor (3 successes) in order to see him to his destination before Cardinal Erban and his posse can catch him (6 successes).4/6 Successes/0 Failures/0 Hard DC Available/1 Secondary Skills Available/0 Advantages Available/Primary Skill Training exhausted; Diplomacy, Religion, HistorySIR TERJON, KNIGHT OF PELOR's eyes, nod, and grasp of Starn's shoulder do all the talking.  He clearly believes Starn and without a word uttered, Starn can infer his thoughts:<providence>Despite the longing to feel Pelor's rays and have it guide them, they break before sunlight to get a head on the posse chasing them.  The ride is vigorous up the meandering, ever-elevating, well-rutted Kings Road. Hours into their hard push for Winterhaven, Starn feels watchful eyes upon him.  His head cranes skyward.  The same owl.  It banks left off the road into the trackless wilderness.  Is this treachery in the guise of ally?  Some fell magic trying to lead them astray into the trackless, haunted wilderness of the moor?  Or is this another omen protecting them from what lies in front; perhaps an ambush by highwaymen or some of Cardinal Erban's agents?MEDIUM DC and which course do they chart?[HR][/HR]Per AbdulAlhazredSTARN points to the bird and observes "Earlier it lead me to you, Sir Terjon. Should we trust it or press forward on the road?"Terjon considers, and notes that Starn is the expert on magical signs. He then observes that, if the owl lead me to him, then it is likely a reliable guide once again. Starn considers this point and decides his instinct is to agree. "May Ioun guide us well then!"  Sir Terjon's experience and faith leads him to a good decision, luckily.  The pair take the reins of their horses, mount up, and carefully set out into the wilds of the haunted moor, following the owl; providence.* Primary Group Religion Check:  Starn r(2) +6 (Religion exhausted) = 8.  Fails.  Sir Terjon r(10) +4 = 14.  Success. 1/2 needed for Success.[HR][/HR]Complexity 2 SC, Level 2 (DCs 9/13/20)Goal: Acquire a horse and sprint the King's Road between Fallcrest and Winterhaven in order to chase down the Knight of Pelor (3 successes) in order to see him to his destination before Cardinal Erban and his posse can catch him (6 successes).5/6 Successes/0 Failures/0 Hard DC Available/1 Secondary Skills Available/0 Advantages Available/Primary Skill Training exhausted; Diplomacy, Religion, HistoryThe old knight and the young wizard work their way through the trackless, treacherous wilderness of the haunted moor...curiously directionally averse from their final destination of Winterhaven.Hours into their trek of this barren landscape with the owl circling overhead, they come upon a tree bereft of foliage on a hill which marks a simple, ancient cemetery in the middle of nowhere.  The headstones' engravings are worn completely by cruel time and exposure, but, curiously, at the base of a tree there is a large painting that has undergone no such erosion.  It is pristine.SIR TERJORN cannot help but blanch at such an odd thing.  "That is a perfect rendering...touched by neither age nor weather it would seem.  It is Sister Linora's Winterhaven temple to Avandra; the goddess of luck and change...of travel."He falls onto his backfoot and rubs his chin hair as he absently breathes; "what to make of this?..."_________________What do you do STARN?  MEDIUM DC.</blockquote>

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