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Message: <blockquote data-quote="darkbard" data-source="post: 8952012" data-attributes="member: 1282">The sound of the drumming has changed and catches Pa'avu's attention. She listens intently, holding up her hand, stopping their movement, and silencing the fellowship. It is many years since she has heard the drums used to communicate among and between clans, and she is obviously struggling to hear the phrasal groups and decipher their meaning. She mutters softly to herself in her deep voice, "Wheat? Lost? Sleeping? Boulders in the river? Travelers in the river! Not in the river. Lost in the corn?? Ah, travelers not swallowed in the river, no, the silt." She turns to CHANVATI and says, "travelers not swallowed by the silt; someone not yet touched; direction: the threshhold." In this way she works through the eerie, distorted cadence and provides the merchant prince with enough material to puzzle out meaning: "This cult of the Iron Gorgon has seen you, Pa'avu; you are the one 'not touched.' They have marked our passage and alerted someone--or something--ahead of our coming. They know we seek the Breathless Chimney and approach, even now."[HR][/HR]We're wagering an Advantage (this is the bonus advantage gleaned through Gae'al's blessing of Pa'avu's Quest) here before the roll for 2 Successes vs the Hard DC should we succeed.Pa'avu uses her knowledge of Giantish as a Circumstance bonus +2 forward to Chanvati's Primary Skill Insight check to decipher the content of the message for information advantageous to the fellowship in preparing themselves for/avoiding the waiting threat above, r(15) +12 +2 = 29 vs 23 Hard DC. 2 Successes.[HR][/HR]The comical, almost human bleating of a mountain goat near at hand cuts short in a wet gurgle and squeal. Something is out there in the mist, something that can take down a nimble, 300+ lb, sure-footed denizen of this rocky terrain with a single blow, or slash, or bite.Hazard rumbles a low growl. "Quiet, boy!" Pa'avu whispers. Then, "Tread softly. Make no sound if you can. We wish no violence in this mist if we can avoid it."[HR][/HR]Group Primary Skill Check Stealth vs 15 Moderate DC to avoid whatever took down the mountain goat:Chanvati, r(3) +6 = 9. Fail.Bita-Bousseh, r(17) +6 = 23. Success.Hazard, r(18) +4 = 22. Success.Pa'avu, r(7) +3 = 10. Fail.2/4 Successes in Group Check = Success.</blockquote>

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