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Message: <blockquote data-quote="crazy_monkey1956" data-source="post: 4830691" data-attributes="member: 49514">The Arcane AcademyEntan sighs heavily, "You come seeking my help and then refuse to heed my requests.  How very typical."He retrieves a scroll from a locked desk nearby and unfurls it, "Neither of you will die during this process, unless I miscast the spell on the scroll, which is exceedingly unlikely unless I am interrupted.  The casting will take a few minutes, so the rest of you will need to be quiet.  Pryzm and Shayuri, you will only need to be present for the first few seconds, though you will be weakened afterward...if I'm interrupted the drain you experience will be far worse."He moves up to Pryzm and Shayuri and begins chanting...Pryzm and Shayuri feel something of themselves being drawn away.OOC: Pryzm and Shayuri each suffer a negative level (-1 on d20 rolls and Shayuri loses one spell slot from her highest level of spells).  They are, however, free to act normally.Valen and Odon hear a commotion in the main foyer...OOC: Going to assume William followed Aohdan out of the room to keep the pace going and to give the centaur some back up...Meanwhile, Aohdan and William emerge in the main foyer once more and see one of the school's servants moving to open the door.  A voice can be heard on the otherside."I bring an urgent message for the wizard, Entan.  I was told I could find him here."The servant responds, "Master Entan is currently occupied.  If you give the message to me, I will make sure he gets it.""That simply won't do."  The voice becomes a growl at the end and the servant suddenly topples over, sliding off the end of a longsword.  The door is flung open and a man the paladin and centaur do not recognize enters, blood still dripping from his blade.  The man eyes the pair for a moment before rushing at them, his form twisting and warping as he does, becoming a humanoid wolf, still bearing the longsword, ready to strike.OOC: Roll initiative!  Valen, Shayuri, Pryzm, and Odon will need to take a move action to get to the foyer.  William and Aohdan can attack this round.The DebateEstelleAnareesa watches Renaldo warily until he enters the tent, then speaks quietly to Estelle, "There was a man, a half-elf I think, with terribly dark eyes.  He just...just looked at me and I couldn't look away.  He told me to do things and I couldn't stop myself from doing them."RenaldoRenaldo enters the tent and sees four debate pairs at the other end of the tent.  Lady Nineveh and Johen, Lady Devera and Muzdum, Alaric and some noble Renaldo has never seen before, and the Thayvian man who survived the crazed silver dragon's attack at the Adventurer's Guild tavern and another man Renaldo doesn't recognize.MuzdumOOC: Edit, looks like you got your post in while I was working on this one.The moderator nods, "Point goes to Lady Devera.  Muzdum, your turn."JohenThe moderator turns to Nineveh, "You may now offer a rebuttal."Nineveh nods graciously and begins, "If I may, master druid, does not your own land of Turen maintain a feudal system based on lineage?  Turen has proven to be a nation of stalwart allies and utmost integrity.  Indeed, were it not for the aid and noble sacrifice of Turen's brave warriors during the Shadow War, Azgund would surely have fallen."She pauses to collect her thoughts, "Turen has prospered for centuries under a system that ultimately failed for Azgund.  Why?  Because Turen's nobles do not resort to the petty bickering and squabbles that plague Azgund's House of Lords to this day.  Azgund would do well to learn from its allies, I think."<a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2124042/" target="_blank">Nineveh's Diplomacy check (rebuttal vs Johen) (1d20+10=22)</a> The moderator nods to Nineveh then states, "Point goes to Lady Nineveh.  My Lady, your turn.""Thank you.  The tournaments promote a meritocracy, or at least they should.  But, it also keeps our government dangerously unstable.  With Lords and Ladies changing every four years, it is nearly impossible to achieve long term goals.  With no central ruler, each Lord and Lady moves only to promote their own duchy or barony, caring little for the well being of their neighbors.  I would put forth that we are not, in fact, a cohesive nation but rather a collection of petty provinces, barely able to maintain a tenuous alliance.  We need a strong central authority to maintain stability and we need the Lords and Ladies to maintain longevity in their positions which the tournaments do not afford."<a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2124046/" target="_blank">Nineveh's Diplomacy check (2nd round) (1d20+10=29)</a> The moderator turns to Johen, "You may now offer a rebuttal."AlaricZander is clearly irate and starts speaking before the moderator can intervene, "How dare you accuse me of being brutish!  You would leave the fate of this nation in the hands of the Adventurer's Guild?  Rootlesss ruffians and thugs with no care for rank or station?"The moderator interrupts, "Zander, speak out of turn again and you will be penalized in the next round.  Point goes to Alaric.  Master Alaric, it is your turn."</blockquote>

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