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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 2785167" data-attributes="member: 2020">An exhausted Claire has stopped in a clearing in the pine forests of Damara to rest briefly.  The land is perilous, she is alone, and she is on her guard.  It is midday.  She is trying to find the home of a healer said to live around here, so that healer can save her companions.  Several thousand feet away, is the hidden home of Narrin.  Narrin waylays treasure-hunters (and others) who come seeking the lost fortunes of Damara, taking all their items if they do not resist, and killing them if they do.  He sells the items through a network of allies dedicated to restoring Damara, hoping to eventually build a fortress and an army.  (The healer and Narrin are foes, incidentally.)  Narrin scans the road, the fields, the scattered woodlands from his hidden observatory on a hillock 100 feet high.  He peers through the pinewoods, the birch trees, the clearings, the occasional meadow, all around, looking for signs of movement.  Narrin looks up and down the distant road, one of the ancient roads of Damara.  Nothing is moving on that road.  Adventurers avoid it, knowing dangers await the unwary.  The native people avoid it, considering it cursed.  Narrin expects to find nothing there, but he has oftentimes seen or heard treasure-hunters trying to sneak (or march) through the woodlands.  Just what kind of Search check does Narrin need, to become aware of Claire, resting in the glade about 3,000 feet away?  Narrin takes 20 for the attempt, remember.  He searches long and hard for clues of folk moving about.  What number does he need?  Claire is exhausted, but she is not so exhausted she does not Search the surrounding woodlands for signs of danger.  She sees the hillock in the distance, obviously.  But Narrin has carefully concealed himself in the trees, behind an artificial cover he and his squire built and nurtured.  And he is actively trying to not be seen.  Claire has taken 20 also.  What roll does she need, to see Narrin hiding up in the brush, atop that hillock?</blockquote>

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