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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoeNotCharles" data-source="post: 4743730" data-attributes="member: 79945">[sblock=Larinza]The brief sight of the icy spire on the horizon reminds you of a fairy story your grandfather used to tell, about an island where fey magics kept an ancient evil imprisoned within a tower made of ice.  The story didn't mention anything about a magical winter surrounding the tower - otherwise she'd have remembered it earlier! - instead it described the journey of a hero who made his way through the enchanted forest, dealing with fairy tricks and obstacles, before arriving at the tower and parlaying with the guardian of the icy prison, who granted him a wish for his heart's desire in return for leaving the way he came and leaving the ice unbreached.In one of the hero's encounters, he emerged from the woods into an open field where a knight on a ghostly steed barred his path.  The hero defeated the knight and took the shield of one of its past victims from where it hung in the fork of a tree, beside the path leading back into the woods.  If the story has any truth to it, maybe that field is where you are now?[/sblock]The party slogs onward towards the far side of the clearing, where Balth is waiting for them.  Several paths wind onwards into the woods; Balth has scouted a short way down each and found nothing to tell which is the correct way to go."That way," Larinza says, pointing to a path that leads under the branches of a large forked tree.[sblock=OOC]7 successes / 1 failureSince Larinza's pulling a sled, that's actually 17 for both rolls - still enough to pass, though.History: DC 10: The character recalls some specific information about a landmark on the way to the spire. (1 success maximum)Just one more success needed!  I need one more round of endurance and skill checks from everybody - after the challenge is over (8 successes or 3 failures, which doesn't look too likely at this point) I'll just roll the remaining Endurance checks myself.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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