Shards of the Silve Flame -- IC Thread

[stonegod]

As Hariel works, Saalin thinks to himself, A scrying may find the Lord Reverend, but our enemy may have that blocked. I shall first wait to see wait the rest turn up before looking for the appropriate divinatory materials.

 

[drothgery]

"It wasn't out this morning." Kahlia says.

With her tools in hand, Hariel is able to disable the magical trap set in the lock, and, with a couple minutes of work, she is able to open the lock, which contains another book, which looks to be written in Lord Alistair's hand, but doesn't seem to make much sense to her. (Search to find the trap; Disable Device to get rid of it; take 20 on Open Lock to pop the lock; the book you find is either in a language you're unfamiliar with, or in some kind of code)

 

[Anax]

Hariel flips through the pages one more time, then tosses the book to Kahlia. She then strides across to the extinguished light, peers at it, and sniffs a couple of times. Her forehead wrinkles.

"Well, that seems significant, or at least very very unusual. But the significance, I must admit, is beyond me. Does the hidden book mean anything to you, Kahlia?" Hariel props herself up on a nearby table.

 

[stonegod]

"Perhaps if one was to light it?" If he sees no objections, Saalin will attemp to cast light on the unlight torch.

 

[drothgery]

Saalin, Drue
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Since your characters are capable of scrying (even if Drue doesn't know the spell)...

If a scrying attempt is detected, you can learn the location of the sensor, and dispel it. If by some means you detected an attempt without knowing the percise location of the sensor, an area dispel might very well take out other magic nearby, like the continual flame spell that powers an everburning torch.
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[stonegod]

Noticing that his light spell seemed to not really do anything, Saalin thinks for a moment. "Given that our enemy most likely scried to detect the Lord Reverend's location, it is possible that Lord ir'Indari attempted to dispel the attempt, thus causing the torch to be cancelled at the same time. That was near where the fiends appeared." Saalin's face scrunches up, lost in thought.

 

[drothgery]

(Hmm... no PCs with obscure languages in common with Lord Alistair, and none with ranks in decipher script. Kahlia's maxed out there, but she's only 4th level...)

"Well, that seems significant, or at least very very unusual. But the significance, I must admit, is beyond me. Does the hidden book mean anything to you, Kahlia?" Hariel props herself up on a nearby table.

"Not in and of itself. This is clearly some kind of cipher... I think I can work it out with some time, but it's not an obvious one." Kahlia said.

 

[SelcSilverhand]

"I believe we should pursue the route of scrying for the enemy. It will take some time to locate and purchase a scroll. As there is a chance that it may fail, we will need alternative sources of information. We should interrogate the captive as soon as possible. The Rakshasa have agents among the humanoid races and it is possible that they could have penetrated the household here. We should get what we can from it before its masters act to silence it permenantly."

 

[stonegod]

Saalin nods in assent. "I am no questioner, so I would persue the materials necissary to translate this tome and scry for the Lord Reverend. I leave the questioning for others." He turns to Kahlia. "There is need for a well-worked mirror or appropriate font of water for the scrying; did the Lord Reverend posses such? In addition, I must admit that I do not have the personal funds to procure the needed scrolls nor the knowledge of where they be obtained near the manor. Could you be of assistance in either matter?"

 

[drothgery]

"He had a mirror for scrying, yes." Kahlia said. "I doubt mother will gainsay me when she returns -- she is in Flamekeep right now -- but until and unless that happens, I will do whatever is within the means of the house to find father. But I know of no one closer than Thaliost that will make powerful arcane scrolls for sale."

Thaliost is about a day's hard ride -- about 35 miles -- from here.