Melodramatic Crane
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Losing hope of understanding pretty quickly, Vindala give the words little thought. she asks Halina "Do you know what any of this means, or at least in what language it is?"
IVV1: The Forgotten Map [orsal judging]
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Scott DeWar
Prof. Emeritus-Supernatural Events/Countermeasure
Karl plays along with the children and Possum with the game of trick the troll, but when it is time for business, he the there. he listens intently to the divine revelation of the gnolish toungue and lets his brain sift through the words to seek any hidden meaning:
Decipher Script (1d20+4=10)
if that brings nothing to mind he will contiemplate on the "eye stalks " refrence and see if he has ever heard of a beholder
Know: Arcane? (1d20+2=14)
Cap of 10, right?
"there seems to be a lot of talk of time, maybe this is something from the future and it has arrived in our time. can magic do that?"
Decipher Script (1d20+4=10)
if that brings nothing to mind he will contiemplate on the "eye stalks " refrence and see if he has ever heard of a beholder
Know: Arcane? (1d20+2=14)
Cap of 10, right?
"there seems to be a lot of talk of time, maybe this is something from the future and it has arrived in our time. can magic do that?"
Wik
First Post
Possum is going to see if she can remember anything.
(if the GM could roll, to allow for bad failures...)
Geography +4, History +4, Local +3, Religion +3.
Also, Possum has a "lore" ability, much like bardic lore. It has a +3 modifier - maybe she's picked something up.
***
"What interests me is this part about Orussus being beneath the waves, and Fallon being ascendant. I believe this map dates from a long time ago... perhaps if we found a mapmaker, we could date it a specific time, and thus find ourselves a place of reference.
And these sisters... obviously religious in nature." Possum licks her lips, becoming less of a carefree wanderer and suddenly more of a scholar.
(if the GM could roll, to allow for bad failures...)
Geography +4, History +4, Local +3, Religion +3.
Also, Possum has a "lore" ability, much like bardic lore. It has a +3 modifier - maybe she's picked something up.
***
"What interests me is this part about Orussus being beneath the waves, and Fallon being ascendant. I believe this map dates from a long time ago... perhaps if we found a mapmaker, we could date it a specific time, and thus find ourselves a place of reference.
And these sisters... obviously religious in nature." Possum licks her lips, becoming less of a carefree wanderer and suddenly more of a scholar.
InVinoVeritas
Adventurer
[sblock=Karl, Oskar, Vindala, Dianna, Barask]
You can't think of anything new that the words mean.
[/sblock]
[sblock=Lily]
The discussion of time is certainly pertinent. The author doesn't appear to treat past, present, and future as anything different from each other. Time shifts are the domain of transmutation magic, and only the power of a master wizard or a god could move time like this. Alternately, the author may have divination magic, allowing him to see the past and the future as surely as he can see the present. That would certainly cause some form of mental damage over time--if time can even be understood by such an individual anymore.
There doesn't appear to be much connection with the planes. Time moves differently on other planes, but it still moves inexorably forward.
[/sblock]
[sblock=Possum]
Scilivanthrok appears to be a prophet of Ahrianna. The Seven Sisters are all mentioned, with Ahrianna being the one praised the highest. Ahrianna is the Goddess of Delirium, Mother of Monsters, Daughter of Madness and Clarity. It is said that Ahrianna gave birth to all the aberrations. Worshippers turn to her if they want to find hidden truths at the cost of their sanity, and there are rumors that the most loyal disciples are "blessed" with new horrid forms. She does not get along with her other sisters.
Fallon is in a sinkhole now, and used to be on a plain, but not on a mountaintop. You can't think of any time when Orussus was under the sea. Severus is in the Lands of Air, atop a series of plateaus. Perhaps one of them is the Plateau of Stone.
[/sblock]
"Well..." Halina considers, "The Seven Sisters are the children of Great Mother Halina. Ahrianna is the black sheep of the Seven, and represents monsters. Scilivanthrok seems to be some prophet who died long ago, and perhaps this represents her grave. The prophet may have been some kind of monster--this word here? it is specifically eyestalk, not eye.
Ahrianna is also the goddess of madness. If the words sound like the rambling of a madman, they probably are."
Halina sighs. "I can't think of anything else to say. I can't translate the words further. There's only one person that I can think of who might be able to decipher the ramblings of a madman who worships an evil goddess... Scrate."
(OOC: I'm going to be out from 4/16 to 4/21.)
You can't think of anything new that the words mean.
[/sblock]
[sblock=Lily]
The discussion of time is certainly pertinent. The author doesn't appear to treat past, present, and future as anything different from each other. Time shifts are the domain of transmutation magic, and only the power of a master wizard or a god could move time like this. Alternately, the author may have divination magic, allowing him to see the past and the future as surely as he can see the present. That would certainly cause some form of mental damage over time--if time can even be understood by such an individual anymore.
There doesn't appear to be much connection with the planes. Time moves differently on other planes, but it still moves inexorably forward.
[/sblock]
[sblock=Possum]
Scilivanthrok appears to be a prophet of Ahrianna. The Seven Sisters are all mentioned, with Ahrianna being the one praised the highest. Ahrianna is the Goddess of Delirium, Mother of Monsters, Daughter of Madness and Clarity. It is said that Ahrianna gave birth to all the aberrations. Worshippers turn to her if they want to find hidden truths at the cost of their sanity, and there are rumors that the most loyal disciples are "blessed" with new horrid forms. She does not get along with her other sisters.
Fallon is in a sinkhole now, and used to be on a plain, but not on a mountaintop. You can't think of any time when Orussus was under the sea. Severus is in the Lands of Air, atop a series of plateaus. Perhaps one of them is the Plateau of Stone.
[/sblock]
"Well..." Halina considers, "The Seven Sisters are the children of Great Mother Halina. Ahrianna is the black sheep of the Seven, and represents monsters. Scilivanthrok seems to be some prophet who died long ago, and perhaps this represents her grave. The prophet may have been some kind of monster--this word here? it is specifically eyestalk, not eye.
Ahrianna is also the goddess of madness. If the words sound like the rambling of a madman, they probably are."
Halina sighs. "I can't think of anything else to say. I can't translate the words further. There's only one person that I can think of who might be able to decipher the ramblings of a madman who worships an evil goddess... Scrate."
(OOC: I'm going to be out from 4/16 to 4/21.)
Wik
First Post
"Hm. Ahrianna is the mother of all aberrations... maybe I wasn't going too far earlier with my talk of trolls." Possum blows a wisp of hair out of her face, staring off into space.
"Some of her more attentive followers have been 'gifted' by their goddess, though I'd hardly call them gifts. 'to alter the form given you by destiny is to slap creation in the face', Uncle Spider once said. As for this plateau of stone... perhaps it's near Severus - the plateau of air? And, I'm thinking this map may not represent the past, perhaps... but maybe the future? Maybe it's just conjecture...."
OOC: Diplomacy +8, Bluff +6, if necessary.
"Some of her more attentive followers have been 'gifted' by their goddess, though I'd hardly call them gifts. 'to alter the form given you by destiny is to slap creation in the face', Uncle Spider once said. As for this plateau of stone... perhaps it's near Severus - the plateau of air? And, I'm thinking this map may not represent the past, perhaps... but maybe the future? Maybe it's just conjecture...."
OOC: Diplomacy +8, Bluff +6, if necessary.
thegreyman
First Post
"They don't really seem to have any grasp of time... The times are all over the place. Maybes this is some parts past and future and present all rolled into one?" Lily says while picking her teeth.
ooc: Prolly not the one who should go, mild mannered and all that...
ooc: Prolly not the one who should go, mild mannered and all that...
Gobletchica
First Post
"Perhaps whomever made this map created it by sections. They might have drawn one part first and then the surrounding areas at a much later date. None of it makes much sense but it might refer to this person's view of the future or it may be of the ancient past. Determining how old the map is might help us figure out which time period it is refering to." Dianna says in a contemplative manner quite different than one would expect from a barbarian.
Melodramatic Crane
First Post
Vindala listens quietly and says "I feel that there is something we don't understand, lets go to this Scrate, whats the worst that can happen? we pretty capable, i think"
ooc: no cha skills here
ooc: no cha skills here
thegreyman
First Post
"Maybes the map is upside down? If you hold the map above, and think the air is the ground or water and the ground is the air, then Orussus underwater, and Fallion on mountain. That kinda sounds crazy..."
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