Planes to Shape, Secrets to Keep... (Dromus)

[Jolmo]

The thoughtful expression Cagthail wore for the first part of Feiran's reply quickly turns into a smile as she mentions the challenge. He still replies to her concerns about his plan first though, saying: "If we save my plan for when others have failed they may indeed overwhelm us, but if we can get them to act before they know that Adinal is not alone, they won't send more to handle one than the six of us can take care of. Whether they send someone with the knowledge we need depends, I guess, on how important they find this item. But we should at least be able to get something out of them. Still, if any of you have other suggestions, I'm ready to hear them."

"And this proposition, an incredible challenge you say? Well, I'm sure I can handle it. Let's hear it!"

 

[Kelleris]

You hear a crack of thunder outside, and the air acquires an ozone edge, as the rain starts to fall. If you weren't pretty sure this place leaked anyway, you'd probably be glad you weren't outside now. The light drizzle coats the room's only window, making it even harder to see the street below. The neon-white glow of the lightning brings a welcome illumination to the room, however, throwing the shadowed faces of your newfound companions into starker focus.

(OOC: I should mention; Droman weather is the result of planar conjunctions rather than the more standard meteorological forces. It's currently Astrulayr, the equivalent of spring, the air-ascendant season. The increased light is because the sky is currently illuminated by a network of small lightning rifts, which double as rain clouds. It's not raining very hard yet, though.)

 

[rangerjohn]

Kestral Pathfinder

Maybe, but then again no. What about, no not without more information. What is that Illiria's having another of her visions, she doesn't usually do that while awake. Although, they have come more often lately. What! What was that. Oh, the lightning. The planar influxes here are as great as in the Tangle. I wonder how much stronger ley lines would be here. "Are you alright Illiria, you appeared distressed there for a moment." After her responce Kestral waits to see if Adinal will answer. We really need more information.

 

[DemonWolfZero]

Spoiler

Knowledge(Local) to figure out what the Tower Sorceire's usual show of force is. Result: 26

 

[Kelleris]

Adinal -

Spoiler

The Tower Sorceire doesn't believe in "shows of force." They stick with pure, unadulterated force for their brutalizing purposes. The last Hand that really upset them just vanished. It's rumored that their retrieval units are the only part of their organization that is still modeled on the old Yesheveran House organization. You don't have any concrete evidene to go on, however, and no real way of judging how much power these guys can bring to bear, or how much they believe in overkill.

 

[DemonWolfZero]

Adinal looks strangely at Illira for a second. "I will answer your question shortly, though I am not sure how it will affect the proceedings." He does his best to ignore the look in Narine's eyes.

He turns to the Caelder, "As Feiran said, our powers...while significant, can't overcome as many as ten times our forces with abilities equal to ours. The Tower doesn't believe in just sending out a few men. I am certain your plan has merit, but I am also certain that now is not the time for its implementation." (OOC: I personally have nothing against your idea Jolmo, but Adinal doesn't like full frontal assaults. A)He's not too good at them, b) it's not his style. Also, he's not vetoing the idea entirely.)

Adinal leans back and thinks for a second. "As to how the amulet looks, its only distinguishing characteristics are the black material it's made of and the etching of a spiral into the medallion in a silver-white color. The spiral is very strange in that it is impossible to trace to the center with your eyes. Oh, and as you might expect, it glows."

He then turns to Feiran and says, "I wish to hear your suggestion as well Feiran. You seem fairly sure of yourself, so I am quite curious as to what you have to say."

"Now to answer your question Illira, my friend is...or perhaps was...a paladin of sorts. I met her while investigating what I thought was some sort of minor incident at the Tower Sorceire. I found the paladin, a thief and a minstrel. We were all incarcerated for allegedly being part of a plot to steal from the Tower. I didn't know that the paladin had the amulet on her person until we had been in the Tower's dungeon for a week. That's when she got taken over by the amulet."

 

[Jolmo]

On Adinals comments about his plan, Cagthail looks a bit disapointed, but nods and says: "You are the one who knows this city and its Powers, so I will not argue their methods. Perhaps there are better plans..." He looks around the room, seeing if any are about to bring up a plan of their own, before turning back to Feiran, waiting for her 'proposition'.

(OOC: DWZ, no worries about that, I expected resistance to the plan, as it is quite risky and possibly flawed. But Cagthail doesn't mind risks . We've got some strongwilled characters in the group (just look at our cha-scores: 20,20,16,16,14, and 12 !!!), so I'm sure some arguing should be expected before this is over. I hope no player takes that personally.)

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

"I say let's take it somewhere unexpected. If you want to lose something, you put it in the Tangle. But you also said something about the inner planes. Well, lets go to one of them, and do a bit of a round-robin, skipping from plane to plane, from fire to water to air to earth, and try to throw them off our scent! Once people get tired temporarily of looking for it, then we can take it somewhere for good," Narine says with a languid wave of her bejeweled hand.

 

[Zerth]

Illira

"I'm fine," Illira says as Kestrel is worried about her. She smiles weakly to him before turning to Adinal again.

"A paladin," ...faith is the shortest way between planes... "that might be, what the entity seeks, but it's not enough. It still needs something. Something's still missing." ...what is more real than a mortal frame? "I-I'm not sure what, we need to study the amulet more. I think it would be best to try and learn everything we can about it ourselves, before bringing anybody else in."

 

[Mad Hatter]

Spoiler

DM- Knowledge (nobility and royalty): to refine my thought on the mad Proxy Zaerlklemnvis the Misbegotten=18
Knowledge (planes): to refine and focus my thoughs on Mechanus and the Fortress of Disciplined Enlightenment=24
Knowledge (technology): do I have the ability to I craft a device to analyze the amulet if I don't physically have the amulet in my presence=30
Knowledge (arcana): to determine if I recognize or remember if I've seen the symbols or description that Adinal gave Feiran about the amulet=11
Knowledge (planes): to determine if Narine has a viable idea=15
Knowledge (planes): are there any ruins, notable areasof magical learning on the Tangle that can hide the amulet?=15
Knowledge (nobility and royalty): to determine the most powerful Proxies on Kelluna and where the mad Proxy Zaerlklemnvis the Misbegotten is ranked=20
Kell, all of these rolls are under the name Feiran.