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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 9429519" data-attributes="member: 82106">Starn gazes at Vulthrun and given his demeanor and obvious magical prowess decides to find out if he's actually using some sort of lie detecting magic (IE Discern Lies). Starn closes his eyes and senses the flow of magic around Vulthrun. Indeed, with his powerful arcane senses he easily detects the lie detecting magic which the priest is employing, and senses some weaknesses in it.Secondary skill use, Arcana. Against the easy DC Starn's +13 bonus is automatically successful, granting him a +2 on his next check.While Starn is obviously no doppleganger, nor in the employ of a dark conspiracy, he is not sure he can count on simple reason to get him out of this predicament. Luckily he has the ability to lace his words with arcane energy, and he begins to do so. As Vulthrun interrogates him, Starn subtley plucks on the strands of the spell, insuring that Vulthrun learns what Starn wants him to learn, that he is indeed trustworthy and should be treated as an ally, not an enemy.Primary skill use, Bluff, replaced with Arcana by use of Arcane Mutterings. Hard DC(20) for 2x success. Roll is a 12 + 2 + 13 = 27. Success!Vulthrun thoroughly interrogates Starn, and gradually becomes convinced that the boy wizard is indeed the real thing. Finally he goes to confer with Ernest Padraig and they come to a conclusion, they will release Starn. Padraig kindly has his guard captain help Starn to his feet and hands him his belongings, while saying gruffly "We cannot take anything for granted here. Not only do I doubt your master, but I have heard there is a spy within the Markelhay's employ as well!"Starn responds that fear and doubt are forever the most potent weapons of the wicked, and indicates that he is simply relieved to be able to make common cause with the people of Winterhaven.Complexity 3 SC, Level 2 (DCs 9/13/20)Goal (staged): Rouse the Padraig family from their grief and muster them (5) and Winterhaven itself (8) against Cardinal Erban's heresy and impending coup.5/8 Successes/2 Failures/1 Hard DC Available/1 Secondary Skills Available/1 Advantages Available/Primary Skill Training exhausted; Diplomacy, Insight, Religion, Bluff</blockquote>

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