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<blockquote data-quote="darkbard" data-source="post: 8890928" data-attributes="member: 1282"><p><em>Just as Bita-Bousseh's stalwart unravels the scroll on the low table, servers arrive with steaming iron pots of tea and platters of honey-and-sesame seed confections.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Ah, delicious!" Chanvati exclaims and claps his hands softly three times in appreciation. "Extend my compliments to Peta-Rivan, slave." </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Delicate porcelain bowls are quickly filled and as the platters are passed back and forth, Chanvati launches into a brief monologue.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"As you know, Honored Barrister, ours is the greatest empire of any age, and a primary factor in our excellence is the social cohesion that binds together the strata of our society. Each knows their place, and yet within rank there is tremendous freedom to complement its responsibilities."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>He pauses to sip fom his bowl and look directly into the Tiefling's eyes.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Do you know that I practiced for a time at the Monastery of the Walkers of the Exalted Path? Yes, it's true! Despite my young age and family responsibilities, my father thought it was important that I be educated in broad fashion. And so after my years at Xerxes's School for Gifted Psicrafters, I sojourned among the Walkers of the Exalted Path in their mountain redoubt. The monks there have a wonderful, if occasionally sadistic, facility with practical lessons. Humility to one's betters. Strict oversight of one's inferiors. And above all, the merit of allowing natural talent and diligent development of ability to rise or fall through the castes as is befitting.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Anyway, that is but a preamble to my point. At Xerxes's, I studied many disciplines beyond psicraft, the history and law of our great empire among them. I seem to recall that in the Fourth Dynasty the Emperor Zalthomet was deposed for a cruel and merciless levy during a time of famine and encroachment by the Yuan-ti upon what were then border provinces to the north. Zalthomet, too, used the priesthoods to enforce his will, but he overstepped his bounds, for even an Emperor is beholden by responsibility to the governed, and the Priests of Omthala, praise be the Lady of the Light, stood beside the alliance of merchants and commoners to restore the rightful order. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>As a barrister, surely you would concede that therein lies legal precedent to stand against this new levy. No one would wish for the current emperor to risk overstepping her sovereign responsibilities. My family has many friends who can help persuade the Emperor that her zealousness, while admirable, might be somewhat moderated to the Empire's benefit."</em></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p></p><p>Secondary Skill check Religion Roll 8 +4 = 12 vs Easy DC 8. Success = +2 buff to</p><p></p><p>Primary Skill check History Roll 16 +9 +2 = 27 vs Hard DC 19. Success.</p><p></p><p>One Secondary Skill used.</p><p></p><p>Chanvati is attempting to convince Bita-Bousseh that the current imperial assault is not as sure-to-succeed or as cut-and-dried as she might think, that capitulating to the Emperor's demands is not the only option.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="darkbard, post: 8890928, member: 1282"] [I]Just as Bita-Bousseh's stalwart unravels the scroll on the low table, servers arrive with steaming iron pots of tea and platters of honey-and-sesame seed confections. "Ah, delicious!" Chanvati exclaims and claps his hands softly three times in appreciation. "Extend my compliments to Peta-Rivan, slave." Delicate porcelain bowls are quickly filled and as the platters are passed back and forth, Chanvati launches into a brief monologue. "As you know, Honored Barrister, ours is the greatest empire of any age, and a primary factor in our excellence is the social cohesion that binds together the strata of our society. Each knows their place, and yet within rank there is tremendous freedom to complement its responsibilities." He pauses to sip fom his bowl and look directly into the Tiefling's eyes. "Do you know that I practiced for a time at the Monastery of the Walkers of the Exalted Path? Yes, it's true! Despite my young age and family responsibilities, my father thought it was important that I be educated in broad fashion. And so after my years at Xerxes's School for Gifted Psicrafters, I sojourned among the Walkers of the Exalted Path in their mountain redoubt. The monks there have a wonderful, if occasionally sadistic, facility with practical lessons. Humility to one's betters. Strict oversight of one's inferiors. And above all, the merit of allowing natural talent and diligent development of ability to rise or fall through the castes as is befitting. Anyway, that is but a preamble to my point. At Xerxes's, I studied many disciplines beyond psicraft, the history and law of our great empire among them. I seem to recall that in the Fourth Dynasty the Emperor Zalthomet was deposed for a cruel and merciless levy during a time of famine and encroachment by the Yuan-ti upon what were then border provinces to the north. Zalthomet, too, used the priesthoods to enforce his will, but he overstepped his bounds, for even an Emperor is beholden by responsibility to the governed, and the Priests of Omthala, praise be the Lady of the Light, stood beside the alliance of merchants and commoners to restore the rightful order. As a barrister, surely you would concede that therein lies legal precedent to stand against this new levy. No one would wish for the current emperor to risk overstepping her sovereign responsibilities. My family has many friends who can help persuade the Emperor that her zealousness, while admirable, might be somewhat moderated to the Empire's benefit."[/I] [HR][/HR] Secondary Skill check Religion Roll 8 +4 = 12 vs Easy DC 8. Success = +2 buff to Primary Skill check History Roll 16 +9 +2 = 27 vs Hard DC 19. Success. One Secondary Skill used. Chanvati is attempting to convince Bita-Bousseh that the current imperial assault is not as sure-to-succeed or as cut-and-dried as she might think, that capitulating to the Emperor's demands is not the only option. [/QUOTE]
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