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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 8881858" data-attributes="member: 6696971"><p>[USER=1282]@darkbard[/USER] Changed Direct the Strike to Commander's Strike!</p><p></p><p>Alright, so sounds like a conflict to <em><strong>retrieve the ancient Scrolls of Xanthar from the Imperial Library.</strong> </em>Yes? Success = that goal met. Failure = that goal complicated and we'll see where that goes.</p><p></p><p><strong>Complexity 2, Level 1 Skill Challenge (200 xp).</strong> 6 Primary Skill Successes (5 x Medium DC of 12 and 1 x Hard DC of 19) before 3 Failures. If a Primary Skill to overcome an obstacle is vs AC or NAD, that will be 15 and 13 DC respectively. 2 x Secondary Skill for +2 Bonus at Low DC of 8.</p><p></p><p><strong>2 Success (both Medium DC obstacles)/0 Failures</strong></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p></p><p><em>Her scars and her menace do the heavy lifting as the Inquisitor's Guard wilts under <strong>Pa'avu's</strong> willingness to provoke a dust up outnumbered against the primary authority of the city. When you're used to the slave caste being terminally meek in groups, its a shock when a singular one pushes back.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The Herald feels the abrupt mood change and sheepishly looks at the Dragonborn Inquisitor after the plea and stand-off. The Inquisitor, eyes still locked on Chanvati, simply says "a <strong>brief </strong>visit" stressing the "brief." The Herald echoes that and they are on their way.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Spectral Servants open the doors to The Dome of Illumination, revealing a Fantasia-like affair as books are drawn from towering shelves by telekinesis. They flit through the air to tables where clergy perform their research with staff.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>In the middle of the room is a burning brazier of huge proportions. The Oracle, a Fire Genasi chained to the coals, shrouded by inferno, is in consult with members of the military elite. A ritual of blood and smoke fills the central area as a scrivener writes down The Oracles offerings. The screams of the sacrificed do not stir the clergy from their research.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The Spectral Servants set to their librarian tasks, drawing books from impossible to reach shelving and emerging with ancient tomes from the stone stairwell to the undervault. Their rote programming is to assist upon request, but they all seem to be presently preoccupied by tasks of the clergy and military here.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Your presence has not gone unnoticed. A singular mezzanine overlooks the chamber. The Mind is a humanoid entity composed of gleaming, misshapen, crystalline structure. It oversees this great repository of knowledge and is rumored to somehow be connected to every book, every stone, and certainly every Spectral Servant of the place. Though you can detect no eyes, you can feel its "gaze", even from this distance.</em></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p></p><p>Alright [USER=1282]@darkbard[/USER] and [USER=20459]@Nephis[/USER] , you're through your first obstacle and you're at 2/6 Successes and 0/3 Failures. You've got 2 x Secondary Skill to buff a Primary Skill check. You need to retrieve those scrolls! You've got multiple obstacles here, but the biggest one present is The Mind. Resolving its watchful "gaze" will be your hard DC of 19.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 8881858, member: 6696971"] [USER=1282]@darkbard[/USER] Changed Direct the Strike to Commander's Strike! Alright, so sounds like a conflict to [I][B]retrieve the ancient Scrolls of Xanthar from the Imperial Library.[/B] [/I]Yes? Success = that goal met. Failure = that goal complicated and we'll see where that goes. [B]Complexity 2, Level 1 Skill Challenge (200 xp).[/B] 6 Primary Skill Successes (5 x Medium DC of 12 and 1 x Hard DC of 19) before 3 Failures. If a Primary Skill to overcome an obstacle is vs AC or NAD, that will be 15 and 13 DC respectively. 2 x Secondary Skill for +2 Bonus at Low DC of 8. [B]2 Success (both Medium DC obstacles)/0 Failures[/B] [HR][/HR] [I]Her scars and her menace do the heavy lifting as the Inquisitor's Guard wilts under [B]Pa'avu's[/B] willingness to provoke a dust up outnumbered against the primary authority of the city. When you're used to the slave caste being terminally meek in groups, its a shock when a singular one pushes back. The Herald feels the abrupt mood change and sheepishly looks at the Dragonborn Inquisitor after the plea and stand-off. The Inquisitor, eyes still locked on Chanvati, simply says "a [B]brief [/B]visit" stressing the "brief." The Herald echoes that and they are on their way. Spectral Servants open the doors to The Dome of Illumination, revealing a Fantasia-like affair as books are drawn from towering shelves by telekinesis. They flit through the air to tables where clergy perform their research with staff. In the middle of the room is a burning brazier of huge proportions. The Oracle, a Fire Genasi chained to the coals, shrouded by inferno, is in consult with members of the military elite. A ritual of blood and smoke fills the central area as a scrivener writes down The Oracles offerings. The screams of the sacrificed do not stir the clergy from their research. The Spectral Servants set to their librarian tasks, drawing books from impossible to reach shelving and emerging with ancient tomes from the stone stairwell to the undervault. Their rote programming is to assist upon request, but they all seem to be presently preoccupied by tasks of the clergy and military here. Your presence has not gone unnoticed. A singular mezzanine overlooks the chamber. The Mind is a humanoid entity composed of gleaming, misshapen, crystalline structure. It oversees this great repository of knowledge and is rumored to somehow be connected to every book, every stone, and certainly every Spectral Servant of the place. Though you can detect no eyes, you can feel its "gaze", even from this distance.[/I] [HR][/HR] Alright [USER=1282]@darkbard[/USER] and [USER=20459]@Nephis[/USER] , you're through your first obstacle and you're at 2/6 Successes and 0/3 Failures. You've got 2 x Secondary Skill to buff a Primary Skill check. You need to retrieve those scrolls! You've got multiple obstacles here, but the biggest one present is The Mind. Resolving its watchful "gaze" will be your hard DC of 19. [/QUOTE]
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