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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3602265" data-attributes="member: 3448">She waited for a signal, and at a small nod from Alistair continued.  “You have already received our gift of state, an extensive set of maps of the Underdark.  After considerable consideration, I have prepared personal gifts for yourself and your counselors.  I will provide as well a piece of information that may be useful to you.”  The Matron Mother drew the first gift out of the chest that had trailed behind her.  “For Dame Brionna, I present this adamantine buckler, blazoned with the ancient arms of your house.  We were careful to work the adamantium without the use of freesia radiation so that it will not degrade when exposed to the sun.  In recognition of your principal duty, the shield will produce an orb of force once per month that will protect you and one other from all harm for a period of ten minutes.”“Thank you,” said Dame Brionna as she took the shield.  “I hope I will rarely need to call on that power, but it will be most useful if I ever need to.”“For Dame Katherine, your position is more delicate, more feminine, if you do not mind my saying so.  It required a great deal of thought to discern what might be appropriate.  I have had a bustier prepared for you, similar to the one I wear.  While some great houses prefer the fireball and lightning bolt throwing bustiers, I prefer a dart thrower, as it is both more subtle and can be more effective.  It holds but three darts per nipple.  I have also prepared a supply of some 400 additional darts with which it can be reloaded.  All have been treated with our sleep poison.”  [DC 17 sleep poison, duration 1-6 minutes]Kit carefully examined the black leather bustier, with its intricate bone ribbing and the mechanism so cleverly concealed that even without other clothes over the bustier, it was hard to notice.  “My thanks for both the great craftsmanship this gift demonstrates and the appreciation for subtlety that motivated it.”The Matron Mother smiled slightly at that praise.  “Finally, for the Archduke himself, we prepared this.”  She held forth her hand with a small adamantine serpent with ruby eyes.  “Its name is Snick.  Under normal circumstances, it can appear as a bracelet, but it is intelligent, although a construct.  It generates its own poison.  And, for when you need a tiny spy, if you say the command word, you can see through its eyes and hear through its ears.”  [(DC 16 sleep poison, 1-6 rounds), 6 times per day; AC 42, 26 hp (with a hardness of 20)]“We thank you for all of these gifts,” said Alistair, coiling Snick around his wrist.</blockquote>

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