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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KenHood" data-source="post: 4557341" data-attributes="member: 4413">With studied indifference, Palindrome says, "Oh, wait, Woe. I think they're talking to me."Palindrome clucks his tongue and shakes his head in bemusement. "You know, gentlemen, you should be thanking me for a public service."[OOC: Palindrome casts Mage Hand.]A ghostly hand plucks the two largest shards of the flagstone from the road and bears into Palindrome's palm.[OOC: Palindrome casts Prestidigitation. (I am operating under the assumption that since the core rules no longer specify verbal and somatic components for spells, I no longer have to consider them. When he thinks it, it gets cast.) The flagstone now smells of brimstone and ammonia. It has a sinister looking rune, now cracked in twain, on its underside.]"If you'll look closely, gentlemen. You'll note the Umbrageous Unction of Utmort scrawled on the underside of this cobblestone. When I stepped out of the carriage, I sensed its presence immediately."He presents the broken stone to the guardsman. "You'll note the faint stench of the demonic. A side-effect of this particular curse.""The Unction disrupts feelings of good-will and slowly corrupts the social climate in its general vicinity. First, begins with a marked increase of suspicion, perhaps even paranoia, along with a general resentment of others--along with others becoming impolite to one another.""I'm sure you, good fellows, have had such an experience yourselves in the time that you've worked in this neighborhood. No doubt you have noticed unpleasant behavior from the common people. Maybe even open derision?""I suggest the subtle magicks upon this stone as the cause!""Have you noticed any suspicious magicians or warlocks in this area in the past few months?"[sblock=Bluff Check]<a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1819580/" target="_blank">Palindrome bluffs guards. (1d20+7=27)</a> Whoa, momma! That's a NATURAL '20', friends![/sblock]"Ah, well. Never-you-mind.""Once I realized the stone was indeed cursed. I performed the action prescribed within the Annals of Annulment, prying up the stone and breaking it, then dancing the ritual Seven Steps of Confundation. Of a truth, I could do no less for my fellow Dauntonians."</blockquote>

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