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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 9415192" data-attributes="member: 82106">Starn is a little shocked. Of what he recalls of his mother, not seen in over ten years, is that she always held Avandra as her patron, and repeatedly admonished Starn to remember her rituals. While he's forgotten most of that, he is definitely able to sense powerful magic in this painting. He believes it may be a gateway or communication device. He follows his magical training and attempts to activate it!Medium DC 13 Arcana check. Roll is 12+13=25. Success!Starn activates the picture and a link is created between the world and Avandra 's heavenly abode. Spirits of great warriors manifest, carrying the signs of Avandra. They swiftly lead the two travelers by magical pathways to Winterhaven.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).6/6 Successes/0 Failures/0 Hard DC Available/1 Secondary Skills Available/0 Advantages Available/Primary Skill Training exhausted; Diplomacy, Religion, History, ArcanaAs Terjon and Starn fall into the image depicted in the painting they seem to hear a woman voicing a prayer to Avandra enjoining the goddess to give them good fortune. As they regain their ordinary senses they see around them ancient stones and grave markers. Terjon gasps and then blurts out "Why, this is the very temple of Avandra we saw in the picture! Truly we have arrived in Winterhaven!" Starn nods and responds "Aye, the power of the gods is unfathomably mighty, she has twisted the very fabric of space to bring us here. Nor do I doubt there's a purpose. Look there, something is afoot!" He gestures towards the building where a pair of ancient doors have swung open, and a procession is solomnly issuing from the temple and making for the graveyard where Starn and Terjon stand.</blockquote>

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