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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tellerian Hawke" data-source="post: 7951174" data-attributes="member: 6790669">[gm]Using your rolls...Search: 12 (+9) = 21Knowledge (Religion): 17 (+7) = 24[/gm]Sphynx, although your search turns up nothing of interest, you are surprised to find that you cannot extinguish the candles! Snuffing them with your fingers (which does NOT cause damage, by the way) results in the candles re-lighting themselves instantaneously! You can remove the candles from the skull, but you cannot seem to permanently extinguish them through normal means.[spoiler="Knowledge (Religion) Check (Sphynx's Eyes Only)"]You have heard of this before; these candles aren't necessarily "evil," per se; they are simply normal candles (albeit, red-colored ones) that have been enchanted with a simple spell to keep them lit. You know that many religions, good and bad, use this spell for the purposes of keeping candles lit. Destroying the candle in some way will end the effect (e.g., throwing it to the ground and smashing the candle flat with your heel, or something similar which destroys the FORM of the candle); otherwise, the candle continues to burn.DM COMMENT: You also know that sometimes, these candles have other magical functions as well, or perhaps even hold permanent enchantments; if you handle the candle for 10 rounds (1 full minute) you can make a Knowledge (Arcana) check, DC 25, to determine what (if any) the other powers are.[/spoiler]When you attempt to deface the skulls, you find that there is sufficient lacquer on them to prevent their separation; you would need a solvent of some kind to get them apart. Otherwise, you can easily damage and deface them with any strong, solid object; they are not magical in any way. They are simply "well-glued" for the purposes of keeping them in one place.What next? (This is an open question for all party members.)</blockquote>

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