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Message: <blockquote data-quote="darkbard" data-source="post: 9404646" data-attributes="member: 1282">With [USER=20459]@Nephis[/USER] 's blessing, I am acting here as crafter of what's going on in the shared imagined space after our discussion of which approach we will take.[HR][/HR]Ibhea's long stare alternates between the glacial climb and the ancient lift."Delban has gifted me with the power of flame, Arunny. And flame is not a subtle or versatile tool. I like not these choices before us."XIN MAE steps forward and clears his throat. The two priests--and Omthala's Radiant Shamshar--turn to face the scrivener."Long before the advent of Empire, before even the world went hot, this was a place known as the Vale of the Long Night. The giants were in the infancy of their rise, and the frozen peaks, snow-choked valleys, and swaths of coniferous growth were ruled by the Winter Fey from their minarets of ice. "Surely you notice that such an environment is unnatural, yes? The effect of lingering magic? Even the nighttime coolth of the desert could not produce the temperatures necessary for this glacier. To say nothing of the required moisture. It's simple logic! In any event, there was a magical conflict--there always is--if you're lucky, one day I will expound upon scholarly speculations on the subject, for they are profoundly interesting--but the short of it is that the giants prevailed, to a degree, and the realm of the Winter Fey faded away to The World Outside of Time."Except not completely. As you can see with your own eyes, I hope. The Vale of the Long Night is Elsewhere, Elsewhen--I'm not sure there's a difference, to be frank--but there is bleed between that realm and ours, responsible for the environmental factors we have set before us. Were we to gain access to that land, I am sure our antagonists would not, could not follow. Nor could they even anticipate such a move, its sheer brazen nature!"There is silence for a time."These Winter Fey: they are ancient ancestors of my mother's people," Arunny notes. "I do not know much Elvish history, but I was told stories of how the elves came to our mortal world in aeons past, descended from these true Fey. If we treat them with respect and humility, they are sure to honor the needs of one of their own, so to speak." Her face belies no lack of certainty in her words."And if they are my people and my need is great--and it is!--then I should be able to read the necessary signs of the landscape and the leylines underlying to to transit from our world to theirs--the Vale of the Long Night."The tall, gold-haired priestess strides from beneath the relic lift. She places one hand on a towering fir. Runs her hand along its trunk. Shaking her head, she crosses to another tree, walking a deliberate pattern. Puffs of frigid breath billow forth from her exertions as she strides between the conifers, peering at roots structures amid the snow, casting her gaze upward into the tangles of branches at their crowns."Maba, lend me your sight, the silver and cold light that would have appealed to my ancestors here in this place, to pierce through the veils they left behind to hide the portal to their world," ARUNNY intones. "Let me be your Piercing Eye, seeing all there is and all that is not!"As if on cue, a silvery threshhold reveals itself, shimmering amidst the snowy backdrop of the landscape.[HR][/HR]Xin Mae is making a Secondary Skill History check (+15 vs 16 Easy DC = autosucces for +2 bonus) to reveal pertinent details from the place's past to aid in Arunny's Primary Skill Perception check. She rolls twice on Perception checks due to the Divine Oracle Feature Foresight, and is using the Advantage of her heritage here in wagering for 2 Successes if she succeeds: r15, 7 +19 +2 SS = 36 vs 31 Hard DC for 2 Successes in the Skill Challenge!Furthermore, though it's possible I just missed it, I don't see Arunny's new Cast Fortune roll post-Extended Rest, so I will roll that and note the result here, pending correction: r14.Effect: Roll a d20 when you use this power, and note the result. Before your next extended rest, as a Free Action, you can replace any one attack roll, saving throw, or skill check made by you, an ally, or an enemy with this result.Level 11: The d20 fortune result can be moved up or down 1. This new result can count as a natural 1 or 20.</blockquote>

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