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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nephis" data-source="post: 9405295" data-attributes="member: 20459">The sensation as the group passes through the shimmering portal into this brave new world is confusing to Arunny's fellow travelers. At first they are chilled absolutely to the bone, frost beginning to appear on their clothes and skin. Then--almost immediately--the frost transforms itself into a skin like protective stone, shielding them all from the properties of the climate of this realm. Stunned, they all look at Arunny as one, questions in their eyes, even in Ibhea's incredulous ones. The Piercing Eye of Maba gives a small smile and gestures to the Moonlight in which they all stand. "Clearly Her Dark Majesty approves of our quest: She has sent us this gift of protection to further us along the path. The Stone of the Moon Maiden reflects and resonates against the Stone of ..." She thinks for a moment, trying to remember a word, "of K’mniich’, to use Pa'avu's name for the Elder Spirit. This is Her Blessing and possibly His, as well. Only time will tell."Then Arunny turns to follow the narrow path before her, the others following close behind, even Xin Mae momentarily bereft of words, perhaps fortuitously.[HR][/HR]The two fey women regard each other for a moment, without speaking, without movement. With other senses--smell, hearing, the touch of the wind whispering stories against her skin--ARUNNY is bombarded with so much information: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The scent of the runebear is familiar and strange, teasing memories that may come to her later in dreams.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The sound of the drawn bowstrings resonate with ancestral memories of battle.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The wind whispers of connection, of sisterhood, of Moonlight.</li> </ul>The Seer's eyes widen as she takes in the whole figure of the Eladrin before her. The Moonlight reflects brightly against the Solitaire she wears, even as that stone sings to the one adorning Arunny's neck. As her hand reaches up to her father's gift, fingers wrapping around it protectively, the young Priestess cries out a word that she did not know before hearing it in the murmurs of the wind: "Nüvehr!"As Omthala's Searing Voice hears this word spoken aloud, a moment of insight flashes across her consciousness. This unknown word, this strange understanding to address a fellow elven "sister in Maba" as "Nüvehr"--the weight of all this understanding explodes into a revelation that Maba is older, more powerful, than she previously understood, and that full understanding of the meaning of all this is to recognize the ancient history of Maba within this Fey Realm.[HR][/HR]1. We are using Maba's interest in Arunny as an Advantage in a Group Primary Skill Endurance check to lower the DC from Moderate to Easy:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Arunny: +16 = Autosuccess vs. 16 Easy DC</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Qamra: +15 = Autosuccess vs. 16 Easy DC</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ibhea: r12+7=19 vs 16 Easy DC/Success</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Xin Mae: r18+6=24 vs 16 Easy DC/Success</li> </ul>4 out of 4 Successes = 1 Success in the SC2. Arunny makes a Secondary Skill Perception check to see the Maba-blessed Solitaire worn by the Eladrin (+19 = Autosuccess vs 16 Easy DC) for a +2 bonus to her Primary Skill Diplomacy check where she uses an Elven word that specifically refers to a fellow female follower of Maba, a fellow "sister in Maba": r18+8+2 SS = 28 vs 22 Moderate DC, for another Success in the SC.</blockquote>

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