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Message: <blockquote data-quote="airwalkrr" data-source="post: 6051624" data-attributes="member: 12460">[ooc]As always, feel free to come up with your own novel approach if the dice don't roll your way or change tack and switch to a different skill.[/ooc]The tunnels and corridors at this level of the tower are narrow and dark. An occasional window slit looks out upon the crowded walls and foundations of other towers, and infrequently placed torches sputter here and there, giving off pallid pools of light and clouds of smoke. Even so, rough and dirty people crowd the narrow corridors, and the smell of sweat and sewage permeates the stale air. One tunnel opens onto a large chamber, where a mix of goblins, humans, and shifters gather around a small pile of garbage spread across three rotting blankets. One of the goblins shouts, “No pushing! No pushing! There’s always enough for everyone at the Rat’s Market!”[sblock=Gather Information DC 5; 5 minutes and 5 cp]"Aye, that goblin there selling things is Skakan."[sblock=Ask Skakan what he's heard; Diplomacy DC 10]“I’ve got a rare stick of sealing wax, only partially used, for a mere sixty coppers,” the goblin merchant says. “Or maybe you could use this fine woolen blanket with just a hint of mildew? Only thirty-nine coppers. How about a skewer of boiled rat meat? For you, just five silver. Or, perhaps, if I could tell you the latest news about the Cults of the Dragon Below, what would that be worth to you? One hundred silver?”[sblock=Diplomacy DC 15 and purchase something of Skakan's OR give him 100 sp]"I respect a fellow with a keen eye for value," the goblin says with a gold-toothed grin, "so here is whats I know. The cults been real quiet lately to be sure. I haven't heard so much as a peep out o' most of them. But I do know a group known as the Celestial Cycle has been meetin' regularly in Ash Tower. That's all I can tell you."[/sblock][/sblock][sblock=Demand to hear what he knows; Intimidate DC 10]"Eek! Please put the pointy things away! I tells you what I know. The Darkest Depths are holed up in Wheel Tower working black magic! That's all I can tells you. Honest!"[sblock=tell him you know he's lying; Intimidate DC 15]"Alright, alright! Please let me keep me ears! I needs them for hearin'. So the Darkest Depths haven't been around fer a while. True that. But there is a faction callin' themselves the Celestial Cycle meetin' regularly in Ash Tower. And that's Dol Arrah's truth!"[/sblock][/sblock][/sblock][sblock=Plot Hooks]Party: Speak to Denion at The Crystals of Denion about his missing daughter.Party: Find and speak with Beige at the House Phiarlan enclave.Dorius Mini Hook: Speak to Mandyran about the rumor.Vigil Mini Hook: Find Brother Wayden at the Cathedral of the Cleansing Flame. (active)Berrent Mini Hook: Visit the Rat's Market and press the goblin Skaken for information on the Cults of the Dragon Below. (active)<s>Brad Mini Hook: Find the dwarf grifter in Foundation before the Tyrants do. (resolved)</s>Alise Mini Hook: Seek Hanamelk at The Gathering Light for his counsel and meditation. (active) [/sblock]</blockquote>

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