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<blockquote data-quote="darkbard" data-source="post: 9408046" data-attributes="member: 1282"><p><em>"Regression through restraint. Regression through restraint." The mantra is reflexive, self-preservatory, and fills <strong>IBHEA</strong>'s mind as surely as a hex or warding magic might. And it is not without visible effect. Tongues of potent black flame lick about Ibhea's form, a shield against assault, mundane or magical.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>And yet ... there is something in those soporific vapors, their promise of release, of ease, of love and beauty and joy that calls to him, in the way only a whisky priest might be tempted. How many weeks has it been since he's indulged in araq? What pleasure is there to be found in these vapors and their source, what dalliance, what gratification?</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>But, no! Delban wishes him to grow his strength, bide his time, hold back his energy for the encounters to come. And Omthala, Radiant, Dazzling Omthala! Even before Ibhea's discovery of the ancient texts, of the Rekindled Possibility of Flame, Omthala shone through the darkness. She was an anchor for his many trials, a salvation from the depraved impulses, the many weak and sordid compromises made by those around him.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Radiant Lady, Mother of Light and Shadowed Son, both, shield me this day from both Whatever Entity Beckons Without ... and from my own weakness within. Reveal to me through Your Shining Light this temptation ... and see me through...." His prayer trails off in something like a whimper. Desperate. Pleading.</em></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p>Ibhea is wagering the <strong>Advantage</strong> (for 2 Successes on a Hit) of his resolve in a newly-embraced sobriety as a bulwark against the temptation to yield; he makes a Secondary Skill Arcana check (+15 = autosuccess vs 16 Easy DC) in invoking Delban's protection for a +2 bonus to his Primary Skill Religion check in invoking Omthala's intercession, r7 +19 +2 SS = 28 vs 31 DC. Failure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="darkbard, post: 9408046, member: 1282"] [I]"Regression through restraint. Regression through restraint." The mantra is reflexive, self-preservatory, and fills [B]IBHEA[/B]'s mind as surely as a hex or warding magic might. And it is not without visible effect. Tongues of potent black flame lick about Ibhea's form, a shield against assault, mundane or magical. And yet ... there is something in those soporific vapors, their promise of release, of ease, of love and beauty and joy that calls to him, in the way only a whisky priest might be tempted. How many weeks has it been since he's indulged in araq? What pleasure is there to be found in these vapors and their source, what dalliance, what gratification? But, no! Delban wishes him to grow his strength, bide his time, hold back his energy for the encounters to come. And Omthala, Radiant, Dazzling Omthala! Even before Ibhea's discovery of the ancient texts, of the Rekindled Possibility of Flame, Omthala shone through the darkness. She was an anchor for his many trials, a salvation from the depraved impulses, the many weak and sordid compromises made by those around him. "Radiant Lady, Mother of Light and Shadowed Son, both, shield me this day from both Whatever Entity Beckons Without ... and from my own weakness within. Reveal to me through Your Shining Light this temptation ... and see me through...." His prayer trails off in something like a whimper. Desperate. Pleading.[/I] [HR][/HR] Ibhea is wagering the [B]Advantage[/B] (for 2 Successes on a Hit) of his resolve in a newly-embraced sobriety as a bulwark against the temptation to yield; he makes a Secondary Skill Arcana check (+15 = autosuccess vs 16 Easy DC) in invoking Delban's protection for a +2 bonus to his Primary Skill Religion check in invoking Omthala's intercession, r7 +19 +2 SS = 28 vs 31 DC. Failure. [/QUOTE]
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