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Message: <blockquote data-quote="darkbard" data-source="post: 9399800" data-attributes="member: 1282">Okay, bookkeeping matters first. All PCs are now at 43,450/47,000 XP needed for L14. Arunny has 960 gp, 1000 gp gem wealth in addition to her listed items above; Ibhea 435 gp, 1000 gp gem. Also, [USER=20459]@Nephis[/USER] realized that Divine Deliverance Boon is not listed on her character summary above because it's a custom reward. But it's still there unless we hear otherwise.Divine Deliverance Divine BoonThe radiance of the sun and moon drive out the presence of insidious entities from your mind.Daily DivineImmediate Interrupt PersonalTrigger: You are hit by a charm or a psychic attack.Effect: You gain resist 5 psychic until the end of your next turn. Also, you gain a +2 bonus to saving throws against charm and psychic effects until the end of your next turn.Level 11: Resist 10 psychic.Level 21: Resist 15 psychic.The PCs all take an Extended Rest, so all HPs, Surges, and Daily Resources are refreshed.[HR][/HR]The coffehouse servant, his face concealed behind a white yasmak, delivers small, delicate cups of sweetened brew."Is this supposed to be relaxing?" Xin Mae asks. "I don't feel relaxed. I feel like I've nearly been killed by a giant assassin from the Plane of Shadow! There's nothing relaxing about a hot beverage that can salve that. Not at all, no!""Calm yourself, friend," IBHEA chides. "If the Fates wished you dead, none of us would be here sipping coffee together. Isn't that right, Arunny?" Ibhea blows gently at his cup and sips, looking up afterwards to meet his fellow priestess's gaze. Strange how she arrived here just as Nerull's assassin was about to make its attempt on Xin Mae's life."None of us can see entirely, with certainty, what is fated. But it is true that I did not foresee your death, Xin Mae. Yet it worries me nonetheless that my arrival here coincided with this assault. I fear all of us are targets for the agents of Nerull until we reach the point where even a god dare not challenge us."Ibhea smiles. "On that note, tell me more of this vision of yours."* * *While Arunny speaks, Ibhea's mind flashes back to her arrival with Qamra, hours ago, the two travelers haggard from their travails in the harsh desert. The Golden Priestess embraced him as a friend, but he noticed her eyes linger on the skull worn at his belt. Best not speak of such things now. Not yet."You have heard they excommunicated you?" she asked him almost immediately. "The Delbanian Heresy they call it.""Yes, the fools. But the glory of Her Son will burn through the ignorance that clouds their vision. Of this, I am certain! The Dolgs are alive, rejuvenated by the faith. It is only a matter of time before Bantouk, all Hageri, embraces Son and Mother together.""And consort, too," Arunny spoke, almost under her breath."Yes. Of course. Maba, Queen of Moonlight be praised!" He hoped she found that genuine. But his is a larger Mission, focused as the spark to tinder.They spoke of the fall and occupation of Bantouk to the reviled Legion of Ruth. Ibhea had heard that his old friend Chanvati played some role in brokering a peaceful detente. Disgraceful! Those mutant freaks need all be burned from this plane of existence! So where Chanvati's power failed, his shall rise and see it done.With delight, he related to Qamra the Reunion of the Blessed Ten and the salvation of the Dolgs. "Surely you felt it? Did not the black flames rise up in your breast in sympathy?"He spoke with deep and sincere sorrow about the fall of Gan, ommitting all details of that hero's continued service. He praised the efforts of Keldan, in Dolg Olsolis, of Xin Mae, here in Dolg Hana, in building out the society and infrastructure of a lasting faith. Of missionaries being trained, temples raised, inspired sermons exegeting passages of The Shadowed Sun.And then they forayed beyond to the walls of the Dolg to complete the reunion with Xin Mae, just in time to save the scrivener from certain death.* * *When Arunny is finished sharing her vision--and plans--Ibhea is legitimately dumbstruck."Foresight is too much with you, Searing Voice! For it is to Itirilmish's past I must travel if I, we, are to gain the necessary power to defeat the Legion of Ruth, the cowards who claim leadership of our church, even the God of Death himself! The ancient priests of Delban inscribed secret rituals in The Shadowed Sun--rituals of great power--but without the Monocle of Flame, these pages are indecipherable to me. With them, with the Monocle, I shall be not only Master of Delban's Flames but His Raging Inferno! Then we shall see who dares stand against us in raising up the Triune of Light!" There. He hopes that last sounds as sincere as the rest.[HR][/HR]Ibhea's new Minor Quest, adding to/inflecting the earlier post: Retrieve the Monocle of Flame, with which to incinerate his enemies.</blockquote>

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