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<blockquote data-quote="Nephis" data-source="post: 9342366" data-attributes="member: 20459"><p><em>As the echoes of time multiply and reverberate, concatenate, retract, </em><strong><em>CHANVATI</em></strong><em> frees his extravagant piezoelectric topaz zills from a waistcoat pocket. If he is to battle wits with a dragon, he shall need every advantage at his disposal! Hastily, he percusses a flat rhythm. Then, in his sweet tenor, so quiet as to almost be under his breath, syllables stressed with the beat:</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Mind and tongue, supple and fit</em></p><p><em>Ancient drake I shall outwit."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>He applies a pinch of residuum to his tongue, the better to infuse his words with arcane malleability.</em></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p>* Chanvati expends 10 gp of residuum to perform the Glib Limerick Ritual.</p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p><em>The near constant (and sometimes distracting) psionic connection with her gosb'tar serving as an anchor for her mind in the new "Present," <strong>PA'AVU</strong> allows her body's senses to scan the fecundity of green surrounding them. Smell tells her of the presence of the now-living dragon, and the fact that such a jeweled entity is not immediately visible to sight gives her still more information. This must be a green dragon, adept at hiding in this verdant foliage, and does not this fact itself stir some deep memory from her own beforetime or even that of her kinfolk? Is it her l'pahb'gin that echoes with memory, perhaps with vibrations of one of the old stories listened to when she still lived among her fellow younglings?</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>As her mind continues to scan for that hidden memory, the goliath continues to sweep the landscape with eyes and ears and nose, without disregarding any vibrations her feet and bones and stoneskin may also sense. And ... <strong>there! </strong>Within the bluegreen leaves of one of the taller trees--straining for the light far above them all--there sit two glittering yellow gems, staring at them with cunning and malevolence. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Knowing that she must appear to still be searching in order to buy time for Chanvati to complete his own ritual of cunning, Pa'avu forces her eyes not to focus on what she has just seen and to continue their survey. Quietly--however--she urges the Wardenguard to "watch the sky for predators," while indicating with the tiniest movement of her pinky the direction she intends for them to "watch." </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Meanwhile, behind them all, continues the percussive accompaniment of the Merchant Prince's zills...</em></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p>* Pa'avu makes a Primary Skill Perception check to find the Green Dragon hidden within the verdant green of the landscape: r19+19+2 (within 10 squares of Chanvati) = 40 versus 31 Hard DC/Success.</p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p><em>Continuing her ruse of searching for the dragon, <strong>PA'AVU </strong>instead searches within her ancestral memory for more information on the dragon. A dragon whose name she now recalls is Edj'd'ha aiid Y'zlv'dahi--a giantish name loosely translated as "Dragon of the Verdant Valley"--and who is a mighty opponent, indeed, if she remembers the legends correctly. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Wasn't this being the e'dahi that her people--the people of the y'Jıldajd'heri*--had forcefully removed from their land with their superior strength and determination? The legends recall a seared scar along its right wing, caused by a javelin burning with yanj'n paste. The legends also recall the sneering glare which somehow held fear as it retreated from a foe stronger than anticipated and a residence less comfortable than hoped for.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Hearing completion in the psion's ritual, the descendent of the y'Jildajd'heri people who had driven him away so many years ago meets the dragon's yellow eyes squarely and hits her right fist against her left palm. She is ready.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>* loosely translates as "people of the verdant stoneskin," so-called both for their habit of living within forested lands whenever possible and for their defeat of the mighty Edj'd'ha aiid Y'zlv'dahi.</em></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p>* We are using an advantage to make a success against the Easy DC count as a success against a Moderate DC.</p><p></p><p>* Pa'avu uses a Primary Skill Nature (Knowledge) check to remember "interesting and useful" information about the Dragon: r2+14=16 versus 16 Easy DC/Success.</p><p></p><p>[USER=6696971]@Manbearcat[/USER] , the "interesting and useful" information is that Pa'avu's tribe of goliaths once drove off this dragon, inflicting the wound described above, and that the dragon chose to flee the physical strength of these opponents, preferring to use his cunning against the weaker and more foolish humans living in the city of Bantouk. The usefulness here could be the wound/scar, or it could be the dragon's overconfidence in its cunning. Or something else appropriate! Dealer's choice!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nephis, post: 9342366, member: 20459"] [I]As the echoes of time multiply and reverberate, concatenate, retract, [/I][B][I]CHANVATI[/I][/B][I] frees his extravagant piezoelectric topaz zills from a waistcoat pocket. If he is to battle wits with a dragon, he shall need every advantage at his disposal! Hastily, he percusses a flat rhythm. Then, in his sweet tenor, so quiet as to almost be under his breath, syllables stressed with the beat: "Mind and tongue, supple and fit Ancient drake I shall outwit." He applies a pinch of residuum to his tongue, the better to infuse his words with arcane malleability.[/I] [HR][/HR] * Chanvati expends 10 gp of residuum to perform the Glib Limerick Ritual. [HR][/HR] [I]The near constant (and sometimes distracting) psionic connection with her gosb'tar serving as an anchor for her mind in the new "Present," [B]PA'AVU[/B] allows her body's senses to scan the fecundity of green surrounding them. Smell tells her of the presence of the now-living dragon, and the fact that such a jeweled entity is not immediately visible to sight gives her still more information. This must be a green dragon, adept at hiding in this verdant foliage, and does not this fact itself stir some deep memory from her own beforetime or even that of her kinfolk? Is it her l'pahb'gin that echoes with memory, perhaps with vibrations of one of the old stories listened to when she still lived among her fellow younglings? As her mind continues to scan for that hidden memory, the goliath continues to sweep the landscape with eyes and ears and nose, without disregarding any vibrations her feet and bones and stoneskin may also sense. And ... [B]there! [/B]Within the bluegreen leaves of one of the taller trees--straining for the light far above them all--there sit two glittering yellow gems, staring at them with cunning and malevolence. Knowing that she must appear to still be searching in order to buy time for Chanvati to complete his own ritual of cunning, Pa'avu forces her eyes not to focus on what she has just seen and to continue their survey. Quietly--however--she urges the Wardenguard to "watch the sky for predators," while indicating with the tiniest movement of her pinky the direction she intends for them to "watch." Meanwhile, behind them all, continues the percussive accompaniment of the Merchant Prince's zills...[/I] [HR][/HR] * Pa'avu makes a Primary Skill Perception check to find the Green Dragon hidden within the verdant green of the landscape: r19+19+2 (within 10 squares of Chanvati) = 40 versus 31 Hard DC/Success. [HR][/HR] [I]Continuing her ruse of searching for the dragon, [B]PA'AVU [/B]instead searches within her ancestral memory for more information on the dragon. A dragon whose name she now recalls is Edj'd'ha aiid Y'zlv'dahi--a giantish name loosely translated as "Dragon of the Verdant Valley"--and who is a mighty opponent, indeed, if she remembers the legends correctly. Wasn't this being the e'dahi that her people--the people of the y'Jıldajd'heri*--had forcefully removed from their land with their superior strength and determination? The legends recall a seared scar along its right wing, caused by a javelin burning with yanj'n paste. The legends also recall the sneering glare which somehow held fear as it retreated from a foe stronger than anticipated and a residence less comfortable than hoped for. Hearing completion in the psion's ritual, the descendent of the y'Jildajd'heri people who had driven him away so many years ago meets the dragon's yellow eyes squarely and hits her right fist against her left palm. She is ready. * loosely translates as "people of the verdant stoneskin," so-called both for their habit of living within forested lands whenever possible and for their defeat of the mighty Edj'd'ha aiid Y'zlv'dahi.[/I] [HR][/HR] * We are using an advantage to make a success against the Easy DC count as a success against a Moderate DC. * Pa'avu uses a Primary Skill Nature (Knowledge) check to remember "interesting and useful" information about the Dragon: r2+14=16 versus 16 Easy DC/Success. [USER=6696971]@Manbearcat[/USER] , the "interesting and useful" information is that Pa'avu's tribe of goliaths once drove off this dragon, inflicting the wound described above, and that the dragon chose to flee the physical strength of these opponents, preferring to use his cunning against the weaker and more foolish humans living in the city of Bantouk. The usefulness here could be the wound/scar, or it could be the dragon's overconfidence in its cunning. Or something else appropriate! Dealer's choice! [/QUOTE]
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