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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MadAzolin" data-source="post: 6174681" data-attributes="member: 6747396">Obviously understanding what Lilli is asking from it, bird flies high up and circles somewhere above, its call echoing the night sky.  [MENTION=100292]Neil1889[/MENTION]: [sblock="ritual effects"] Looking at the bird, Lilli can feel connection with the creature, obviously far exceeding one she expected from the ritual - it seems this place is somehow augmenting effects of her ritual magic. As bird flies up, she can sense its presence and it takes only mild concentration for her to shift her perspective into that of a bird. Observing from above, Lilli sees wilderness from bird's eyes - other birds and large insects Lilli fails to perceive dominate, glowing softly as if they carry beacons of light. Concentrating to focus herself from potential bird's dinner, she can see general outline of the wilderness - while it is difficult to see any details due to thickness of foliage below her, swamp can be made out, forming semicircular shape, centered right where Lilli is now, becoming less wide along its edges. Beyond the swamp, she can see light glow of lamps that flank snakelike path of ancient road across open glades. Several huge trees and few ruins dot the glades, but ground is mostly open. Road's path goes opposite of where it exits the swamp and it disappears under thick vegetation of forested ruins - more ruins can be seen through the forest canopy there, as if entire area was once busy streets of some large city, at least before it was swallowed by the forest. Following the forest along where path might lie, Lilli's bird gaze seems to have trouble picking any details - it seems that deeper parts of the forest are blurred when seen from above, as if covered by something - perhaps smoke or fog (though Lilli suspects some sort of magical barrier against observation). Bird's eye effect fades and ritual breaks unexpectedly - it didn't last nearly as long as it should...[sblock="nature/perception"]Good news are that Lilli cannot see any Hunter ambushes, hordes of monsters or other imminent threat near the party. Bad news are that swamp seems thickest right where party is planning to enter it - as if someone or something conveniently placed it there as barrier. Path around doesn't seem to be especially difficult or dangerous, but vegetation is thick and it will take a while to get around the swamp (and leaving the road might increase chances of getting lost. [/sblock][/sblock]</blockquote>

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