[2/6/2026, 4:02:35 PM] Zarick
woop
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[2/6/2026, 4:02:39 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom "The Wise" inhabits the Theater...of the Mind
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[2/6/2026, 4:02:44 PM] Crion
online
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[2/6/2026, 4:03:51 PM] Dammitwho
just missing a bnaana
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[2/6/2026, 4:06:40 PM] Nicolae
here but preparing a thing of noodles
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[2/6/2026, 4:08:34 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
here but will have to go down to the basement for at some point between 8:30 and 10:30 my time to get a key fob reprogrammed,
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[2/6/2026, 4:08:44 PM] Gul Banana
(i imagine that will just take a couple of minutes)
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[2/6/2026, 4:09:17 PM] Dammitwho
then i will get some water while nicolae is noodling
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[2/6/2026, 4:10:07 PM] Gul Banana
i have some cold water, it is very nice
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[2/6/2026, 4:12:51 PM] Nicolae
i am ennoodled so i am gee tee gee
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[2/6/2026, 4:13:14 PM] Crion
im gtg
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[2/6/2026, 4:14:03 PM] CBN
samesies
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[2/6/2026, 4:14:09 PM] Dammitwho
alright!
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[2/6/2026, 4:14:16 PM] Dammitwho
zarick, you ready?
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[2/6/2026, 4:16:38 PM] Zarick
yes sorry
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[2/6/2026, 4:17:44 PM] Dammitwho
When we last we left our intrepid adventurers, they had corraled some children out of concern for their wellbeing (oozes and creatures about) and had (I believe) resolved to head back to the inn for a bit.
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[2/6/2026, 4:18:18 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran recalls something about room and board for the duration of their contract, and he could use some of both.
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[2/6/2026, 4:19:57 PM] Dammitwho
The terms used were "for the week" rather than for the contract, but everyone's agreeable enough that this is probably a "whichever is longer" situation. Initially, Mayor Quinthus didn't really expect you to find anything.
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[2/6/2026, 4:20:09 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom is pretty sure he's heard what they've done over the last day-and-night-and-day described as "hungry work" when other people do it. Which definitely means time to eat.
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[2/6/2026, 4:21:25 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak is used to camp rations, but nothing beats a good home-cooked meal. Or inn-cooked.
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[2/6/2026, 4:23:01 PM] Crion
brb
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[2/6/2026, 4:24:29 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun is chattering amicably with the three kids, one or more of which may be seated on his broad shoulders.
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[2/6/2026, 4:25:07 PM] Dammitwho
Thankfully, you encounter no more gooblins or HLTs on the way home, and young Lucus is content to ride on Brun's shoulders once again. It doesn't take long before you're back in the village of Moonglow Bay. There are more people about than there were when you arrived yesterday, doing what seems to be ordinary villager things. There's a few freshly-picked bouquets of flowers laid around the statue of the dyspeptic halfling.
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[2/6/2026, 4:25:17 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
The inn's food... has not been great so far. But we might want to stick around a bit anyway, Lindal thinks, in case these magical monstrosities *didn't* just appear out of thin air. Sometimes events have causes.
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[2/6/2026, 4:25:38 PM] Dammitwho
In today's better light, you can see the words "OUR FOUNDER - CECILUS HIGHLEAF" carved into the base. So that's who that is.
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[2/6/2026, 4:26:13 PM] Crion
b
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[2/6/2026, 4:27:12 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran frowns. Now that's interesting.
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[2/6/2026, 4:27:13 PM] Dammitwho
As you approach the Wyvern's Wings, the children dart ahead of you (Lucus wriggles until Brun puts him down), slamming open the door and yelling loudly about nothing in the inconsiderate/cute way that children have.
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[2/6/2026, 4:27:13 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"What kind of cool things did this guy do?" Maybe the kids know.
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[2/6/2026, 4:27:30 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
...but if so, they don't care.
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[2/6/2026, 4:27:44 PM] Imran Traveler
To Lindal: "You recall the tower outside town where we found the children?"
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[2/6/2026, 4:28:09 PM] Imran Traveler
"Archmagus Cecilus Highleaf's."
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[2/6/2026, 4:28:39 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Bits of a tower, yes. The rest of this place doesn't look very... conjured, though.
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[2/6/2026, 4:29:00 PM] Imran Traveler
"Perhaps he turned over a new-- --occupation."
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[2/6/2026, 4:30:29 PM] CBN
can i esoteric lore (at a -2? from dubious lore) to Know More about cecilus highleaf's life and times?
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[2/6/2026, 4:31:23 PM] Dammitwho
You can, but it'll be a DC 21. He's not a well-known guy
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[2/6/2026, 4:32:10 PM] Imran Traveler
can i aid
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[2/6/2026, 4:32:18 PM] Imran Traveler
and/or does dubnoom want aid
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[2/6/2026, 4:32:25 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Lindal sets Ram Banaram down so he can go look for a pond. Let's deliver the good and bad news to the painterfolk!
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[2/6/2026, 4:32:26 PM] Crion
as there is a 5% chance of critfail
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[2/6/2026, 4:32:38 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom rifles through some of his books, journals, and whatnot.
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[2/6/2026, 4:32:50 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
15
1d20 + 6 = 9 + 6 = 15
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[2/6/2026, 4:32:59 PM] Crion
rip
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[2/6/2026, 4:33:04 PM] CBN
aid: unnecessary either way!
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[2/6/2026, 4:33:46 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
He turns up nothing. "Cecilus Highleaf. A figure of statue." Pretty sure he means stature. But, statue's right there.
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[2/6/2026, 4:33:52 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom has never heard of this guy, so he must be only a local legend. He's not in *either* of the books.
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[2/6/2026, 4:35:18 PM] Tak Ironflame
"If they've got a statue of him, then the locals will probably be more than happy to tell us everything they know about him."
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[2/6/2026, 4:36:02 PM] Imran Traveler
"Likely so. It's the 'legend' part of local legend that's concerning."
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[2/6/2026, 4:36:27 PM] Imran Traveler
"But! I could use some mutton. Or whatever stewed meat they have on offer."
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[2/6/2026, 4:39:24 PM] Nicolae
anything else we need to do out here, or should we just head on in
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[2/6/2026, 4:40:00 PM] Gul Banana
*head on inn
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[2/6/2026, 4:40:06 PM] Dammitwho
You can do whatever you like! I'm just typing up what you'll see in the inn (since I assume you're going to do that)
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[2/6/2026, 4:40:24 PM] Imran Traveler
Once inside Imran will in fact stow his shield and armor in the room, and sling his sword across his back instead of at his side -- unlike an elf, not a position he can draw it from, or would want to. But it bangs into fewer things up there.
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[2/6/2026, 4:41:47 PM] Dammitwho
If you decide to enter the Wyvern's Wings, you'll notice that there are far fewer people there - which is to say a scattered few, normal for late morning in a village pub. It looks like less, since the common room and attached snugs were apparently built to hold what must be the entire population. Quinthus doesn't appear to be here at the moment, so the bar is manned (womaned) by a girl in her late teens. While most of the patrons only spare you a glance and a reasonably-friendly nod, one fellow stands and says "Ah! You've returned! Pleased I am to see it!"
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[2/6/2026, 4:42:13 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak will stow his pack in his room. It's nice not to have to carry it. Gun stays with him, though.
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[2/6/2026, 4:42:51 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Lindal eyes the statue again on his way in. Might be fun to climb, but not much of a challenge...
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[2/6/2026, 4:42:54 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran nods in greetings himself. "Pleased we are to be back safely, good man. Whither the mayor? We have news concerning sheep attacks and the graveyard."
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[2/6/2026, 4:43:00 PM] Dammitwho
He looks different from most of the locals. In particular, his skin and accent mark him as someone from the desert lands on the southern edge of the Inner Sea. He has a beard, as most of the men here do, but it's short and neatly trimmed. One hand holds a pen which he was using to draw sketches on paper spread out at his table, while the other doesn't exist at all - there's just an empty sleeve pinned to his shoulder.
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[2/6/2026, 4:43:21 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"We've guts and glory, but the guts are differently-metaphorical than is usual!"
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[2/6/2026, 4:43:30 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom steps up and offers a friendly grin to the man. "We are too! And we have tales of adventure! And mystery! And monsters!"
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[2/6/2026, 4:46:02 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun peers over at what the man was sketching.
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[2/6/2026, 4:46:24 PM] Dammitwho
He chuckles. "Our good mayor has taken a cart down the road to the graveyard, hoping to meet you on the way." (Since you went off-road for a time, you must have missed him.) "We were concerned for your well-being, after-- ah, but that can be told in its time. I am Kenapsu, for my sins the recordkeeper of this fine town and sometime artist in charcoal and brush."
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[2/6/2026, 4:46:27 PM] Nicolae
the desert lands are different from the one i'm from, right, they're the "not arabia" ones
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[2/6/2026, 4:47:49 PM] Dammitwho
Nicolae: Yeah, Alkenstar and the Mana Wastes are further south, on the eastern coast of Not-Africa
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[2/6/2026, 4:49:18 PM] Dammitwho
Zarick: He's drawing an Osirion night cityscape, with the roofs of flat-topped mud brick houses stretching off into the distance, a pyramid on the horizon, and a young man lying on his back smoking and admiring the stars.
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[2/6/2026, 4:49:23 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran shakes his head. "A classic Nidalese wedding party." It's unclear what this means, besides the context of people missing each other by dint of trying to locate each other.
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[2/6/2026, 4:50:03 PM] Tak Ironflame
"Pleased to make your acquaintance, Kenapsu." Tak tilts his hat.
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[2/6/2026, 4:50:08 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Ah, well... the man's probably fine on the road. Probably none of the abominations would attack there."
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[2/6/2026, 4:50:21 PM] Dammitwho
"Sentimental nonsense," Kenapsu remarks to Brun. "My home looks nothing like this. But what do Taldanes care? It will sell."
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[2/6/2026, 4:50:56 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"The art schools around here must be impressive. I can barely hold your drawing implements without breaking them."
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[2/6/2026, 4:52:01 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Recordkeeper!" Dubnoom is excited. Or narrowing his eyes? Hard to tell sometimes with him. "Can you tell Dubnoom---"gesturing to himself "---of the graveyard? And the tower ruins? And the gooblins, and their forms?"
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[2/6/2026, 4:52:41 PM] Imran Traveler
Mildly: "You have strange oozy creatures about. Some of them are squishy little orbs with small toothy mouths; others are ooze goblins. Gooblins."
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[2/6/2026, 4:52:43 PM] Dammitwho
"And to you, sir." Kenapsu nods politely to Tak. His eyebrows go up at Lindal's remark. "Abominations? Please, friends, sit. I will ask young Sallia to fetch you food and wine or beer if that is your desire."
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[2/6/2026, 4:54:09 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"I thought we were going with 'goblooze', Dubnoom?"
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[2/6/2026, 4:54:30 PM] Imran Traveler
"I quite like 'gooblin,' but I will demur to the experts."
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[2/6/2026, 4:54:32 PM] Imran Traveler
He sits.
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[2/6/2026, 4:56:02 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"They are gooblins, but COMPOSED of goblooze." Dubnoom clarifies, helpfully.
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[2/6/2026, 4:56:15 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"The expert himself."
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[2/6/2026, 4:58:33 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Food and wine and beer please." Dubnoom isn't about to turn down an any-or-all situation here.
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[2/6/2026, 4:59:21 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Just water for me, but some food would be great."
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[2/6/2026, 4:59:30 PM] Dammitwho
Kenapsu only takes a few moments to speak to the barmaid - Sallia, one assumes - after taking your respective orders before he returns.
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[2/6/2026, 5:01:11 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom is already dipping his bread in his wine, in the fashion of his people. "So abominations yes. And ooze-based semi-humanoid-shaped goos. But without minds."
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[2/6/2026, 5:02:09 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"And the abominations were small, and were bitey, but not, digesty."
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[2/6/2026, 5:02:22 PM] Dammitwho
Sallia brings the most readily available things first - drinks and bread. She assures the table that meat and Lindal's salad will come shortly.
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[2/6/2026, 5:02:28 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"They seem to have eaten the sheep... but not for food, since their... stomachs? Were still full of sheep parts."
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[2/6/2026, 5:02:56 PM] Dammitwho
Kenapsu looks both fascinated and baffled. "Extraordinary... yet why would they trouble our graveyard?"
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[2/6/2026, 5:03:25 PM] Imran Traveler
"Possibly they are the work of a malign or idiotic wizard."
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[2/6/2026, 5:04:07 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak enjoys a big chunk of bread, putting on a lot of butter if there is butter available (and imagining a lot of butter, if there is no butter available). "The things in the graveyard were different."
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[2/6/2026, 5:05:18 PM] Imran Traveler
"Yes, your undertaker or ghost tender or what have you has been absent over there. I think we might have found him dead in a tomb?"
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[2/6/2026, 5:05:27 PM] Dammitwho
There is a lot of butter. True to her word, Sallia returns with legs of lamb, and a small pot with something that looks more like a proper salad than the Wyvern's Wings' first attempt at satisfying Lindal.
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[2/6/2026, 5:05:29 PM] Dammitwho
https://i.imgur.com/6l4kkIu.jpeg
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[2/6/2026, 5:05:51 PM] Imran Traveler
"Whoever he was, he was given proper rites."
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[2/6/2026, 5:07:36 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"He was dead in the tomb, but likely slain by the creatures we encountered."
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[2/6/2026, 5:07:39 PM] Dammitwho
"Undertaker? Ghost tender? I don't understand... Moonglow Bay has not had one of those in years, not since our priest of Pharasma wed and moved to Oppara. The dead are the only permanent residents now."
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[2/6/2026, 5:07:55 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun's words sound a little less distinguished through a mouthful of lamb.
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[2/6/2026, 5:07:56 PM] Dammitwho
(Note that the man you found wore a holy symbol of Gorum)
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[2/6/2026, 5:08:16 PM] Tak Ironflame
"We found a dead man in the tomb. We think he had been attacked by the gooblins, that his companions had placed him in the--- oh, that lamb smells *wonderful*-- placed him in the tomb, but without proper burial rites." He interrupts himself to grab some lamb. "We suspect that the lack of said burial rites caused void critters to manifest in the graveyard."
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[2/6/2026, 5:08:26 PM] Imran Traveler
"This man was a Gorumite, and likely subject to the attendant misfortunes thereby."
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[2/6/2026, 5:08:47 PM] Imran Traveler
"Not your priest either way, by the sounds of it."
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[2/6/2026, 5:08:50 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"There is a chain of events here", Lindal explains with his mouth full. "The sheep, due to oozing abominations. The gravetender, abominably clawed also. His body, in the graveyard, attracting the dead."
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[2/6/2026, 5:08:52 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"...but from what cause did the oozes ooze forth? *Just* the bad luck of a former cleric?"
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[2/6/2026, 5:09:45 PM] Tak Ironflame
His story divulged, Tak begins to chow down. "Mm-*MM*!"
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[2/6/2026, 5:10:42 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Gooblins and biteys were by the water sort of. Spookyballs and thump-storms were by the graveyard. Biome---" (he pronounces this bee-oh-mee, having only read it) "---based theory of monstercology implies the different things have different causes."
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[2/6/2026, 5:11:03 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran busies himself with some lamb.
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[2/6/2026, 5:12:18 PM] Dammitwho
"Passing strange... I thank you for honoring the dead man, whoever he was, as I'm sure he would have." Kenapsu frowns and scratches his beard, thinking for a moment.
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[2/6/2026, 5:12:20 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun doesn't understand what Dubnoom is talking about, but he does sound very confident in it.
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[2/6/2026, 5:12:24 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"And we---" he emphasizes, gesturing with a sodden breadcrust. "---could be the unfortunate common factor. Maybe." He also gets distracted with some lamb, smushed into the bread and wine and kind of balled up, which he then eats like a wet purply apple.
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[2/6/2026, 5:13:03 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"I don't... think so? These events started a while back. Surely."
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[2/6/2026, 5:13:50 PM] Dammitwho
"Oh!" He says after a moment. "The young gentleman--" This is, unaccountably, referring to Dubnoom. "asked about the graveyard and the tower, yes? I should not ask questions and answer none."
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[2/6/2026, 5:13:53 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom points at Lindal. "Dubnoom just mean, we ran into both, because we are running around. So maybe we think, oh these are connected. And they are. Us not dying to one or other!"
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[2/6/2026, 5:14:41 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom nods. "Yes please, graveyard, tower. Magic places with big old rocks. Big old rocks can have big old magic in them."
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[2/6/2026, 5:17:08 PM] Dammitwho
"I do not recall anything in particular about the graveyard that would suggest it to be a 'magic place'. There is the occasional cursory report from the priest on the upkeep costs and rites performed..."
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[2/6/2026, 5:17:47 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"None recently, I assume."
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[2/6/2026, 5:18:24 PM] Imran Traveler
"I see some weight to Dubnoom's point. We did track acid creatures from the graveyard towards the pastures, but we were ambushed by the little abominations en route there. They had been 'feasting' on sheep, and ooze and acid are close. So the connection we've made is fair. But we'll have to wait and see if this matter is actually resolved."
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[2/6/2026, 5:18:32 PM] Dammitwho
"No indeed, not since he left, which one must assume is what left the place open to... void critters. As you say. The tower is easy enough. Old Cecilus Highleaf founded - or should I say, re-founded - this town more than a century ago, and there is where he lived."
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[2/6/2026, 5:18:55 PM] Imran Traveler
"I will admit, I expected one or two great predators, not a collection of rabble. But I intrude, please continue."
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[2/6/2026, 5:19:47 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Re-founded...?
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[2/6/2026, 5:20:09 PM] Imran Traveler
"What sort of archmagery did he practice?"
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[2/6/2026, 5:20:57 PM] Dammitwho
"Largely torn down now, of course. We are unsentimental about dead men's houses when good building material is at a premium. Highleaf..." He leans back, thinking. "I am no mage, and you are welcome to look at our archives if you are truly curious. In our oldest records he would take delivery of things to do with 'Silvermount', which is a name I have heard in my travels, though I know nothign else of it."
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[2/6/2026, 5:21:15 PM] Imran Traveler
Silvermount? Is that familiar to Imran?
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[2/6/2026, 5:22:39 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"I'd be very suspicious about building my buildings with a dead archmage's blocks."
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[2/6/2026, 5:22:57 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Er, yes. Did any of the stonemasons report triggering a magical trap? Some kind of ooze-summoning curse?"
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[2/6/2026, 5:23:31 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
We should definitely take a look at those archives.
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[2/6/2026, 5:24:21 PM] Imran Traveler
26
1d20 + 7 = 19 + 7 = 26
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[2/6/2026, 5:24:29 PM] Crion
booyah
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[2/6/2026, 5:24:30 PM] Tak Ironflame
13
1d20 + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13
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[2/6/2026, 5:25:28 PM] Gul Banana
whoops, i clicked close due to anti-popup reflex
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[2/6/2026, 5:25:29 PM] Crion
this is what we train for every day. this is why we use "whither" and "subject to the attendant misfortunes thereby." for moments like this
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[2/6/2026, 5:26:50 PM] Dammitwho
Brun? 'bnoom?
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[2/6/2026, 5:27:06 PM] Brun Rentclaw
5
1d20 = 5 = 5
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[2/6/2026, 5:27:18 PM] Zarick
sorry i was watching the chat and missed the popup window
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[2/6/2026, 5:27:19 PM] Dammitwho
Looking for a Society skill check, banana
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[2/6/2026, 5:30:31 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom and Lindal passing?
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[2/6/2026, 5:30:50 PM] Gul Banana
> is that a crazy thing to do
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[2/6/2026, 5:30:59 PM] Gul Banana
bad copypaste
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[2/6/2026, 5:31:16 PM] Gul Banana
what i meant to repeat is: "whoops, i clicked close due to anti-popup reflex"
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[2/6/2026, 5:31:55 PM] Dammitwho
you can just roll manually
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[2/6/2026, 5:32:06 PM] Dammitwho
from your character sheet. or decline to, if you wish
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[2/6/2026, 5:32:09 PM] CBN
bah did the same
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[2/6/2026, 5:32:16 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
26
1d20 + 8 = 18 + 8 = 26
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[2/6/2026, 5:32:20 PM] Gul Banana
oh. i will then
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[2/6/2026, 5:32:22 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
22
1d20 + 5 = 17 + 5 = 22
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[2/6/2026, 5:32:49 PM] CBN
cmon, i'm gonna use a 17 on THAT, game?
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[2/6/2026, 5:34:43 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom, Imran, and Lindal all recognize Silvermount (or Silver Mount). There's a city called Starfall a long way north of here, in a country called Numeria, and the Silver Mount looms over it. It's the source of many strange artifacts that baffle even the wisest mages and often show little trace of magic, yet perform feats that it's hard to credit happening without assistance from the arcane.
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[2/6/2026, 5:36:38 PM] Dammitwho
Imran knows more: Silver Mount is known as a 'mountain that flew through the stars before falling to earth', in a way that was somehow less catastrophic than Earthfall. There are tales of iron men that can speak and reason with more complexity than any golem. He knows this also: while magical artifacts are impossibly resilient, often requiring unique circumstances to damage or destroy, exports from Silver Mount can be quite fragile. You can put your foot through them on accident, if you're not careful.
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[2/6/2026, 5:37:08 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran puts down the lamb and finishes chewing as he finishes thinking. "So he preferred to be a quiet mage. Inconspicuous, perhaps. And also likely a man with great attention to detail."
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[2/6/2026, 5:37:16 PM] Dammitwho
Tak has never heard of Silvermount. Brun is reasonably confident there was a place near his home country that might have had silver mines. Is that what he was talking about?
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[2/6/2026, 5:37:37 PM] Imran Traveler
"Not so inconspicuous that he didn't end up with a great statue in the town square, of course, but that's hardly of a piece with his magic."
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[2/6/2026, 5:38:10 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Extra magical..."
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[2/6/2026, 5:40:29 PM] Imran Traveler
When we're done here, and have had a noontide nap, Imran agrees with Lindal: We should check the archives.
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[2/6/2026, 5:40:30 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Kenapsu, let's please see your archives once we've settled in. There's some chance of a 'wizard's legacy' scenario here, and even if it's not that, I think we should be looking into the ooze-cause. They were..." more quietly here "pretty close to where the children were playing!"
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[2/6/2026, 5:40:50 PM] Dammitwho
Kenapsu nods. "Indeed so. The story is well known, for it is repeated every Founder's Day (the evening you arrived here, which is why we were all present in our inn and town hall! You will note also the flowers left on the statue this morning!). Moonglow Bay was a ghost town after the lead mines ran dry in the high days of the Empire of Taldor. Archmage Highleaf, a man of some wealth who sought a place with a certain amount of civilization and isolation both, built his tower here and attracted artists to give him an industry and a support structure."
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[2/6/2026, 5:40:54 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
(Lindal can pronounce an exclamation mark at any volume or tone. So many things are exciting!)
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[2/6/2026, 5:41:41 PM] Imran Traveler
And indeed, Kenapsu can enunciate a parenthetical. Formidable man.
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[2/6/2026, 5:41:58 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom gestures at Lindal with a hand whose nimble fingers are getting stained wine red: "Wizards love to leave things laying around! They frequently do not need their books or accoutrement" (this one he pronounces correctly!) "after incidents! Or for no reason!"
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[2/6/2026, 5:42:39 PM] Gul Banana
so this mf was just clicking the "+10 artist" button on his tower idle
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[2/6/2026, 5:43:08 PM] Dammitwho
you can do that, if you're rich enough to get away with calling yourself an archmage
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[2/6/2026, 5:43:28 PM] Crion
long resting during the day so we can pore over tomes by torchlight in forboding shadows...this is how a man of nidal plans his time
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[2/6/2026, 5:45:00 PM] Dammitwho
"I will be pleased to show them to you. I regret only that I cannot add to them, for while I have heard of Silvermount I know nothing of what a man might want from there. Now, if you ask about the Sodden Lands... ho!" He slaps his knee. "Then I could tell you much. And my arm, wherever it lies, could say more still!"
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[2/6/2026, 5:45:28 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Are they... wet?"
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[2/6/2026, 5:48:09 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Seems likely."
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[2/6/2026, 5:48:13 PM] Dammitwho
"Extraordinarily so! I cannot imagine travelers such as yourselves have not heard of the Eye of Abendego?" You have. It's a pretty big deal, a huge, permanent hurricane off the western coast of Garund. The drowned kingdoms that used to exist where part of the storm makes landfall are called the Sodden Lands."
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[2/6/2026, 5:48:20 PM] Dammitwho
-"
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[2/6/2026, 5:49:33 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran settles with the lamb and the bread, and has some of the vegetables as well. Soon, he's had his repast.
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[2/6/2026, 5:50:15 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Stories of drowned pirate kingdoms sound like a great way to spend a lunch, actually.
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[2/6/2026, 5:52:30 PM] Tak Ironflame
Agreed. Tak drinks his beer and eats his lamb and listens to tales. A vegetable probably gets involved at some point.
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[2/6/2026, 5:53:08 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom pays SOME attention but on some level is assuming this is going to be written down somewhere that can find its way into his own archive later on. Besides: Lamball.
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[2/6/2026, 5:53:57 PM] Dammitwho
Kenapsu, pleased that he has someone new to the village to talk to, says: "Have you heard of... stormpearls?"
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[2/6/2026, 5:55:26 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Are they valuable? Valuable and dangerous, ideally?"
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[2/6/2026, 5:55:40 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"I haven't, but they sound cool."
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[2/6/2026, 5:56:02 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Magic?" Safe guess.
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[2/6/2026, 5:59:36 PM] Nicolae
(just out of curiosity is this intended as an actual infodump or is this where there's a fadeout on kenapsu talking about storm pearls and then we fade back in two hours later)
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[2/6/2026, 5:59:43 PM] Dammitwho
Kenapsu points at Lindal, which is 50% more impressive when you've only one hand to do it with. "Indeed they are! The eternal winds of the Eye and the currents they raise in the ocean pull the ruins of the drowned kingdoms in the Sodden Lands into the sky, where they collect together and are worn smooth over time!"
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[2/6/2026, 6:01:04 PM] Dammitwho
"The smallest are no larger than a man's smallest finger-nail, while the greatest that I have seen was the size of a horse! A man can make his fortune off stormpearls, for the rarest, most valuable, and magical items seem to be found at their hearts."
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[2/6/2026, 6:01:51 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"How do you move the horse one? And who buys it?" Dubnoom quickly adds, "And how much does that go for?"
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[2/6/2026, 6:02:09 PM] Dammitwho
"If that man is quick, and can reach a pearl rain before they are pulled once again into the sky, then he can slice them in half and pick out what can be sold."
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[2/6/2026, 6:03:26 PM] Dammitwho
He shrugs at Dubnoom. Both shoulders still work. "It depends on what is found. I once uncovered an intact golden candelabra. Magic, of course, sells to anyone. Historical artifacts require a more discerning buyer..."
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[2/6/2026, 6:03:53 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom has stopped paying attention to his food. This is speaking all of his languages now.
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[2/6/2026, 6:04:12 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Who gets sliced in half if he's a bit less quick?"
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[2/6/2026, 6:04:29 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"I assume you fall into the storm."
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[2/6/2026, 6:04:47 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran grimaces. "And how much money does the canny conman make, selling 'uncut stormpearls' to rubes that they rush home and eagerly cut open to discover the common opal of the sea?"
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[2/6/2026, 6:05:33 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Wheels are turning. "Scrolls of flight or jumping until you can afford something to make you fly all the time and you'd have your pick of the magic pearls get a big net and scoop 'em and have someone crack them open on the ground and you go back up and..." Wheels. Are. Turning.
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[2/6/2026, 6:07:05 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"I mean, flying through The Eternal Winds sounds pretty rough."
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[2/6/2026, 6:07:34 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"I still want to try it, but it doesn't sound quite like going shopping."
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[2/6/2026, 6:07:52 PM] Dammitwho
"Young master, you would have to pay me enough gold to fill the Radiant Pharaoh's tomb before I would jump or fly into the Eye. I once saw a wizard attempt this, and he must have made his fortune, for he surely did not return to the Sodden Lands!"
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[2/6/2026, 6:08:04 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Ride a full horse when you are Dubnoom's size and you will not worry about magic flight being 'pretty rough'."
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[2/6/2026, 6:09:12 PM] Dammitwho
He nods to Imran. "No 'rubes' in the Sodden Lands, friend. Or at least none that live long. The only cities are long drowned, and the only settlements those of hardened looters (like I was myself, once!) battered by the wind and rain."
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[2/6/2026, 6:10:14 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Honestly that all sounds really fun *except* for the rain."
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[2/6/2026, 6:10:16 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"I've never met a horse that didn't take one look at me and run the other way, which is a shame."
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[2/6/2026, 6:10:42 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Being damp all the time... not good. Or clean."
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[2/6/2026, 6:11:07 PM] Dammitwho
To Brun: "It is strange that you mention it, for stormpearls seem to be pulled by the wind much more easily than a man or an ordinary rock. This is good, for otherwise we pearl hunters would often have been claimed by the storm."
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[2/6/2026, 6:11:35 PM] Imran Traveler
The Sodden Lands sound like a dour place of danger, gilt, and scams, which...yes, a tinge of homesickness.
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[2/6/2026, 6:12:26 PM] Dammitwho
"Ah! I ramble. Happy will I be to tell you more, yet will you not speak of your own travels? I am curious as to what brings such an unusual collection (you will not take offense, I hope, that I say it) of peoples together? And where they came from?"
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[2/6/2026, 6:14:47 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Acquiring gold and knowledge from the safety of behind-larger-things." He points with one hand each at Imran and Brun.
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[2/6/2026, 6:16:41 PM] Imran Traveler
Curtly: "I am a man of Nidal, harrowed and driven out of there many years before, and I am a man of Nocticula, redeemed in her service. I have traveled this world to learn my trade, and these are my fellows because I find fellowship in them."
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[2/6/2026, 6:16:43 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"I've mostly been a wanderer, trying to get as strong as I can. No better way to do that than to find some friends to find some fiends, then thrash 'em!"
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[2/6/2026, 6:17:49 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"And me, friend recordkeeper, you've noted our similar accents?I learned Common from traders in Niswan. Osirionese, in the broad sense."
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[2/6/2026, 6:19:01 PM] Tak Ironflame
"I come from out Alkenstar way, to the east. I'm looking for..." He considers how much to tell. "Work. I do a little shooting, do a little alchemy."
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[2/6/2026, 6:19:32 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak's accent doesn't sound like any of the other accents, but maybe we all sound the same to Lindal...
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[2/6/2026, 6:20:18 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
It's a bit odd, actually, given that what he means by "broad sense" is old *south* Osirion, now known as Nex and Geb. WIth Alkenstar right in the middle...
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[2/6/2026, 6:21:11 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Tak's definitely a bit more Mysterious than, say, Brun.
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[2/6/2026, 6:22:39 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun is nearly as far from Mysterious as it is possible to be.
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[2/6/2026, 6:22:43 PM] Dammitwho
Kenapsu smiles at Lindal. "I guessed it, which is why (you will forgive me) I persuaded the kitchen to give you my own usual salad order. I am fond of this village, or I would not remain, yet..." He shakes his head. "We are but a stone's throw from Absalom, the Center of the World, and what do they eat? Lamb and fish! Both fine meats and I do not disdain them, but..."
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[2/6/2026, 6:23:04 PM] Nicolae
i basically picture tak's accent as... well, what you'd expect, basically. i expect a "tarnation" to show up at some point
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[2/6/2026, 6:23:12 PM] Imran Traveler
"Red meat is more dangerous than white."
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[2/6/2026, 6:23:18 PM] Dammitwho
ni howdy. god bless superbowl
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[2/6/2026, 6:23:25 PM] Crion
this
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[2/6/2026, 6:23:52 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom volunteers: "The meat is less dangerous if other people get it for you."
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[2/6/2026, 6:26:46 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Absalom sounds... interesting. Big. Maybe dying. But I'd like to see a city of that size..."
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[2/6/2026, 6:27:16 PM] Imran Traveler
"It's a good place to get lost. Or get found." A good place not to run into the Low Men, either.
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[2/6/2026, 6:27:37 PM] Imran Traveler
But the cost of living can be a problem.
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[2/6/2026, 6:27:57 PM] Dammitwho
Depends on where you live. One of the districts is still partially flooded.
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[2/6/2026, 6:28:00 PM] Gul Banana
re: tarnation - dragon age reset my expectations of dwarf accents. DA dwarves are the only american-sounding people in a world of shit-french and mud-english
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[2/6/2026, 6:28:42 PM] Nicolae
well, cowboy is an american accent so it all works out
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[2/6/2026, 6:28:51 PM] Crion
they're californian. tak's got a big iron, he's gotta be texan or at least from tennessee
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[2/6/2026, 6:30:27 PM] Dammitwho
Kenapsu heaves a sigh and looks to Imran. "There we come to a matter which you should know, which is why I am here waiting for your return, and why good Quinthus set out with his cart to meet you."
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[2/6/2026, 6:30:41 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran leans forward.
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[2/6/2026, 6:30:42 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom waves to get Kenapsu's attention. "Hello. What is the biggest dog you have ever seen around this town?"
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[2/6/2026, 6:30:57 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
He recedes. It can wait.
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[2/6/2026, 6:33:05 PM] Dammitwho
"Early this morning, when young Sallia was opening the inn, three men (I will not call them gentlemen, and indeed if you meet them - which I pray you will not! - you will understand why), travelers of some kind, came and asked for meat and ale. They were as pale as you yourself sir, I hope you will forgive me for saying it, and the man who spoke for them said that he was a merchant who was attempting to meet a fellow of his consortium on the road."
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[2/6/2026, 6:33:51 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran's voice is low and even. "Did he name his consortium and himself?"
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[2/6/2026, 6:38:12 PM] Dammitwho
"Neither our Sallia nor I - though I did not speak to them - liked the look of them much, and Genna (in whose judgment of people much stock is placed) was still asleep, but he named himself as Micos or Mykos, and said that his fellow would be five men, countrymen of his in appearance, that would have passed this way a few months ago. Sallia told this Mykos that she had seen no such group of five, either months ago or at any other time, and that while the men sent to handle the graveyard had a man as pale as themselves, the rest were not and indeed some few were not human at all, and therefore they could not be the ones that Mykos was looking for."
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[2/6/2026, 6:38:49 PM] Imran Traveler
Mykos. How does that register with Imran?
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[2/6/2026, 6:38:53 PM] Dammitwho
"I am sure she meant no harm by it, only to get the three men to leave, but I think, sir, (if you will not mind it) that even this mistaken attention is unwelcome to you."
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[2/6/2026, 6:39:01 PM] Dammitwho
Mykos is a Nidalese name.
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[2/6/2026, 6:39:17 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Oh, man. "Are you on the *run*, Imran? That's cool!"
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[2/6/2026, 6:39:52 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"If she told them you were headed to the graveyard, and the townsfolk went looking for us in the same direction... do we need to go find them?
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[2/6/2026, 6:41:01 PM] Imran Traveler
To Lindal: "I have been told I have a quarrel with a power from beyond the sky. This doesn't make me particularly special, except that I have survived it so long. My countrymen and their...servants...prosecute it."
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[2/6/2026, 6:41:08 PM] Dammitwho
"It being inhospitable to harry a man who has taken work on your behalf, Quinthus and I agreed that if it could not be arranged to keep your groups apart, at least you should be warned."
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[2/6/2026, 6:41:12 PM] Imran Traveler
"This does not entirely sound like that."
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[2/6/2026, 6:42:05 PM] Imran Traveler
"They were courteous enough to have a civil conversation, at least."
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[2/6/2026, 6:42:38 PM] Imran Traveler
"Are they still about town? Have they absconded? Disappeared into the shadows?"
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[2/6/2026, 6:42:58 PM] Dammitwho
"And to answer the young gentleman's question (and may I say, such curiosity about the world does you credit), the largest dog I have seen is called Rowsby Woof, and he lives at Nuthanger Farm on the edge of town. He is a creature primarily composed of stringy hair. He is pleasant to meet on the road, but I would not keep him in my home."
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[2/6/2026, 6:43:16 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Rowsby Woof."
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[2/6/2026, 6:43:32 PM] Dammitwho
"They give such names, in this part of the world."
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[2/6/2026, 6:44:35 PM] Dammitwho
To Imran: "They left after their meal, though I note (with moderate concern), that only the man who spoke - Mykos - ate or drank. I do not know what it means."
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[2/6/2026, 6:45:04 PM] Imran Traveler
"No answer I give to that would be certain, and most answers I would give would cause alarm. So."
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[2/6/2026, 6:45:56 PM] Imran Traveler
"I should find this Mykos, or he should find me. If he returns and we are abed, come to us quietly in our rooms while keeping him pacified at the bar. If he returns and we are about town, send a runner to find us."
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[2/6/2026, 6:46:02 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom nods and makes a note to avoid.
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[2/6/2026, 6:46:45 PM] Imran Traveler
"I intend to deal with him as a man first, and if that fails, then I will just deal with him."
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[2/6/2026, 6:46:51 PM] Dammitwho
"I will ask that this be done, though I hope we will not see him again."
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[2/6/2026, 6:47:40 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran nods. "I thank you for the meal. Let us be off to better places. The archives!"
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[2/6/2026, 6:49:10 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Books!" Dubnoom is already washing his hands (wiping them on his pants).
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[2/6/2026, 6:51:11 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"You know, not everyone would consider a records library to be a better place than a tavern. I'm basically with you on this, just saying some wouldn't be."
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[2/6/2026, 6:52:55 PM] Imran Traveler
"Too early to start drinking either way, young Lindal. And there are Low Men about."
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[2/6/2026, 6:53:58 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Once they're outside, Lindal's gonna follow up on that.
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[2/6/2026, 6:54:22 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Nidal, huh? I've read it's another nation of the dead. They're like the Blood-Lords of Geb, but... somehow less wholesome?"
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[2/6/2026, 6:54:24 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran will grab his armor and shield again before they go.
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[2/6/2026, 6:54:34 PM] Dammitwho
"Come, then! Come come come."
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[2/6/2026, 6:54:54 PM] Imran Traveler
"The god of Nidal went to the void in the sky and he came back wrong."
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[2/6/2026, 6:55:07 PM] Imran Traveler
"Everything that went wrong with Nidal starts there."
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[2/6/2026, 6:55:27 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Guess we'll have to put 'em back then."
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[2/6/2026, 6:55:34 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom's listening, and also keeping an eye out for Rowsby Woof, now that he's aware such abominations are afoot.
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[2/6/2026, 6:55:58 PM] Imran Traveler
"After the initial horrors, however, most of Nidal's fall was just politics. Old Cheliax, the deals with the devils, and so on."
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[2/6/2026, 6:57:47 PM] Dammitwho
Kenapsu leads you through a back door in the common room, through winding passageways with multiple branch-offs. It only confirms your first impression of the Wyvern's Wings, the combination town hall-only inn, that it's more like a hill made from timber and windows than an ordinary building. At last he opens a door to a room crammed with books and papers, in which some attempt has been made at an orderly system... but which has every indication of being abandoned, multiple times.
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[2/6/2026, 6:58:22 PM] Imran Traveler
"It is important to note, Nidal is not a nation of the undead, per se. It is a nation of Shadow, with the hideousness of Zon-Kuthon as its fundament. Low Men aren't skeletons or zombies, or anything so obvious as that."
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[2/6/2026, 6:59:09 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
This is basically a ruin AND an abandoned library (that doesn't know it's been abandoned) AND a junk pile AND a big journal. Dubnoom just picks up the nearest thing and starts skimming it.
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[2/6/2026, 6:59:21 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Fascinating! You know, I'd assumed you were saying, like, men of low character. Nobly worded euphemisms."
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[2/6/2026, 6:59:31 PM] Imran Traveler
"But it certainly sounds as if this Mykos is traveling with two of them."
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[2/6/2026, 6:59:42 PM] Imran Traveler
"Oh, they are also of quite low character."
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[2/6/2026, 7:00:09 PM] Imran Traveler
"Last I ran into them they murdered a caravan of hamsmen, transporting hams for miners, and took their wagons."
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[2/6/2026, 7:00:15 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Well, both problems have the same solution." Lindal cracks his knuckles and swishes his tail.
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[2/6/2026, 7:00:49 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"I'm definitely in agreement. Doesn't even sound like we should wait for them to come to us..."
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[2/6/2026, 7:01:04 PM] Imran Traveler
"I was on watch at Archthane's Folcrum that night. We killed them all."
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[2/6/2026, 7:01:27 PM] Imran Traveler
To Brun: "We should not. But we also should not let them choose the venue for the fight."
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[2/6/2026, 7:01:32 PM] Imran Traveler
"They will involve the townsfolk."
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[2/6/2026, 7:01:50 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"That's my worry, with the innkeeper going out to find us."
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[2/6/2026, 7:02:27 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"He seems like a good man. I- hope he doesn't receive a good man's reward."
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[2/6/2026, 7:02:55 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran nods. Separately, he is impressed by the Wyvern's Wings true depths.
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[2/6/2026, 7:03:29 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Makes more sense now we know this was an ersatz mage-baron's administration.
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[2/6/2026, 7:03:30 PM] Imran Traveler
One of the best parts of Nidalese culture is fundamentally functional architecture; buildings more useful on the inside than the outside. This is excellent.
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[2/6/2026, 7:03:50 PM] Dammitwho
"Do you have any immediate questions? If not, I will go and relay your requests and insure our good mayorinnkeeper has returned safely."
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[2/6/2026, 7:03:51 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak paces around the archives, looking at the various journals, books, folios, folders, and assorted loose papers.
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[2/6/2026, 7:04:36 PM] Imran Traveler
To Lindal: "If they harm the mayor, I will kill them. Most paths I am on with them lead to me killing them, but that is one of the more urgent ones."
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[2/6/2026, 7:05:20 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
To Kenapsu: "Don't worry, we're not as violent as we sound!"
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[2/6/2026, 7:05:25 PM] Imran Traveler
To Kenapsu: "Only this. How old are these archives, do you wager?"
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[2/6/2026, 7:10:05 PM] Dammitwho
"Now that I could not say, at least not enough to put a wager on. If you are seeking records from Highleaf's day, they are here or nowhere. That much I can tell you."
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[2/6/2026, 7:11:00 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran nods. "That is fair. Thank you, sir. Please be well, and tell the villagers to stay away from those men."
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[2/6/2026, 7:11:40 PM] Imran Traveler
Then he turns to the room, and grins. Let's light some torches and get to work.
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[2/6/2026, 7:11:56 PM] CBN
now...hypothetically how long would it take to do the Tidy function of Prestidigitation, on a shelf/corner's worth of this? it takes 1 minute per Bulk, and "ten light items count as 1 Bulk"
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[2/6/2026, 7:12:34 PM] CBN
with the goal being to magically organize enough of this that it's not a MASSIVE pain in the ass, only a tolerable one
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[2/6/2026, 7:13:24 PM] Dammitwho
hmm, let's see
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[2/6/2026, 7:13:46 PM] Tak Ironflame
Not needing torches, Tak gets straight to work, attempting to date various paperdrifts by their contents.
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[2/6/2026, 7:13:58 PM] Zarick
I assume the townsfolk are here relatively frequently? if it was abandoned maybe I could Track to see what records were accessed
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[2/6/2026, 7:14:17 PM] Imran Traveler
Lamps are more responsible, of course, and we have at least two of those.
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[2/6/2026, 7:14:32 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom starts to shuffle some piled books and scrolls around, then gets frustrated and flips back through one of his journals. Pretty sure he's got something for this in there.
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[2/6/2026, 7:15:56 PM] Dammitwho
Unfortunately, Dubnoom, the Tidy function of prestidigitation only means you could clean individual books or sheets of paper from dust and cobwebs and such. You could magically lift things to move them about, but only one at a time, and slowly.
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[2/6/2026, 7:16:10 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Ughhh. Knowledge is useful but this is more like... the homework that the monks used to give out. Lists of battles and generals.
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[2/6/2026, 7:16:11 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Is everyone settling in to read?
"I could play some heroic-research music. Or calm-research, just gimme a mood."
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[2/6/2026, 7:16:20 PM] Dammitwho
The sword-in-the-stone Merlin dancing as your wizardly items all disappear into a bag bit is higher-tier magics.
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[2/6/2026, 7:16:21 PM] Nicolae
should i roll anything to help out here, i got a +9 to perception, can i wheedle that into anything
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[2/6/2026, 7:16:30 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Making them clean is something. Dubnoom gestures at the nearest books.
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[2/6/2026, 7:16:33 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Prestidigitation 2 Cantrip 1 Arcane Cantrip Range 10 feet; Targets 1 object (cook, lift, or tidy only) Duration sustained The simplest magic does your bidding. You can perform simple magical effects for as long as you Sustain the spell. Each time you Sustain the spell, you can choose one of four options.
• Cook Cool, warm, or flavor 1 pound of nonliving material.
• Lift Slowly lift an unattended object of light Bulk or less 1 foot off the ground.
• Make Create a temporary object of negligible Bulk, made of congealed magical substance. The object looks crude and artificial and is extremely fragile - it can't be used as a tool, weapon, or locus or cost for a spell.
• Tidy Color, clean, or soil an object of light Bulk or less. You can affect an object of 1 Bulk with 10 rounds of concentration, and a larger object a 1 minute per Bulk. Prestidigitation can't deal damage or cause adverse conditions. Any actual change to an object (beyond what is noted above) persists only as long as you Sustain the spell.
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[2/6/2026, 7:16:35 PM] Imran Traveler
"Something sad and quiet would be to my liking."
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[2/6/2026, 7:16:58 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
After a minute of fiddling in the air with one hand, he settles for having a couple books that he doesn't have to blow dust off of himself. It's something.
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[2/6/2026, 7:17:11 PM] Dammitwho
Nicolae: You can use Perception to find records wedged under things, or behind things, or in places people wouldn't initially look
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[2/6/2026, 7:17:16 PM] Imran Traveler
"Ah! Yes, I will start with these without sneezing. Thank you Dubnoom."
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[2/6/2026, 7:17:45 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"A depressing yet inevitable journey to the truth. Got it."
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[2/6/2026, 7:17:47 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Summon Instrument 3 Cantrip 1 Cantrip Concentrate Divine Manipulate Duration 1 hour You materialize a Musical Instrument (Handheld) in your grasp. The instrument is typical for its type, but it plays only for you. It vanishes when the spell ends. If you cast summon instrument again, any instrument you previously summoned disappears. Heightened (5th) The instrument is instead a Musical Instrument (Virtuoso handheld).
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[2/6/2026, 7:17:48 PM] Zarick
unless Lifting books is something helpful here, perception's what i got also
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[2/6/2026, 7:18:10 PM] Crion
i have arcana, occultism, and lore: shadow plane all at +7
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[2/6/2026, 7:18:21 PM] Dammitwho
Zarick: The townsfolk are here relatively infrequently, but Kenapsu is here a lot (it's his job) and Track wouldn't work very well. Lifting piles of things could be helpful in sorting them, however
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[2/6/2026, 7:18:24 PM] Crion
i can also aid rolls unless there's opportunity cost for that
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[2/6/2026, 7:18:54 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Lindal perches on a high-shelf stool in the corner of the records room and flicks his fingers, spinning a flute in the air as it comes into being. He'll play something quiet and meditative - not quite at the level where it puts you to sleep.
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[2/6/2026, 7:19:04 PM] Crion
including lindal's performance roll, since imran is performance trained,
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[2/6/2026, 7:19:09 PM] Dammitwho
Arcana might help you interpret records about Cecilus Highleaf's doings specifically, if that's what you're going to research
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[2/6/2026, 7:19:13 PM] Zarick
yeah are we doing a Skill Challenge type thing here or just trying stuff
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[2/6/2026, 7:19:22 PM] Gul Banana
hell yeah. how does aid work again?
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[2/6/2026, 7:19:22 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Wizard workbook note 31: 'If you can't be organized, at least be clean.' " Dubnoom points to the leatherbound notebook in his hand that he's putting away.
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[2/6/2026, 7:19:47 PM] Crion
i roll against a standard DC instead of the skill check DC, and on success i give you +1, failure nothing, crit failure -1
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[2/6/2026, 7:19:53 PM] Crion
crit success +2
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[2/6/2026, 7:19:59 PM] Crion
to your roll
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[2/6/2026, 7:20:14 PM] Crion
idk if there's actually a skill check roll for you here
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[2/6/2026, 7:20:16 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
well, go for it. it's unclear whether there would be any benefits at all to such a roll but that's not the point
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[2/6/2026, 7:20:24 PM] Imran Traveler
9
1d20 + 5 = 4 + 5 = 9
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[2/6/2026, 7:20:32 PM] Imran Traveler
failure
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[2/6/2026, 7:20:40 PM] Gul Banana
nevertheless, and perhaps irrelevantly:
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[2/6/2026, 7:20:50 PM] Dammitwho
right now you're just tryin' stuff
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[2/6/2026, 7:21:03 PM] Tak Ironflame
13
1d20 + 9 = 4 + 9 = 13
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[2/6/2026, 7:21:05 PM] Imran Traveler
12
1d20 + 7 = 5 + 7 = 12
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[2/6/2026, 7:21:14 PM] Crion
alright hero point
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[2/6/2026, 7:21:16 PM] Nicolae
well, i guess i only find really obvious missing papers,
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[2/6/2026, 7:21:24 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
14
1d20 + 10 = 4 + 10 = 14
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[2/6/2026, 7:21:33 PM] Dammitwho
Rough going.
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[2/6/2026, 7:21:45 PM] Imran Traveler
11
1d20 + 7 = 4 + 7 = 11
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[2/6/2026, 7:21:47 PM] Brun Rentclaw
26
1d20 + 9 = 17 + 9 = 26
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[2/6/2026, 7:21:53 PM] Crion
lmao
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[2/6/2026, 7:22:01 PM] Crion
thank you zarick.
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[2/6/2026, 7:22:10 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
The Song of Research Accompaniment is not particularly good. Lindal blames improvisation to such a dull end.
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[2/6/2026, 7:22:15 PM] Dammitwho
Well, at least none of you critically failed.
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[2/6/2026, 7:22:26 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun is just scooping up irregular piles of loose books and smooshing them into straight stacks, almost like he was a machine built for this purpose. "Irori tells us to hit the books."
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[2/6/2026, 7:22:38 PM] CBN
and not-critically-failing is why dubnoom will not be rolling here,
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[2/6/2026, 7:22:49 PM] Gul Banana
get it out of the way!
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[2/6/2026, 7:23:16 PM] Dammitwho
2
1d5 = 2 = 2
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[2/6/2026, 7:23:34 PM] Imran Traveler
The research going is rough. Imran gets nothing on the standard check of magical practices across these files. Perhaps that makes sense.
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[2/6/2026, 7:25:08 PM] Dammitwho
Brun's hefting of stacks on the floor clears enough away that you can make a fresh start on looking through these papers, especially the ones that were buried on the bottom. Unfortunately, one of the piles he moved knocks a particularly heavy tome from atop a bookshelf! Imran, roll a Reflex save!
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[2/6/2026, 7:25:22 PM] Imran Traveler
8
1d20 + 6 = 2 + 6 = 8
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[2/6/2026, 7:25:29 PM] Crion
sure
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[2/6/2026, 7:25:45 PM] Crion
bonk
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[2/6/2026, 7:26:00 PM] Dammitwho
Agh! Take 1 point of damage.
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[2/6/2026, 7:26:26 PM] Imran Traveler
"GahOW!"
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[2/6/2026, 7:26:38 PM] Imran Traveler
"Oh."
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[2/6/2026, 7:26:44 PM] Imran Traveler
"Now this is interesting."
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[2/6/2026, 7:27:21 PM] Dammitwho
It is! Those who wish to can roll Arcana to investigate this particular book, or whatever they wish to contribute with the rest of the records.
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[2/6/2026, 7:27:35 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Is it about the ratio of canvas to frame size prices for the last few seasons as reported by individual resident artists?"
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[2/6/2026, 7:27:53 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Because this one is." Dubnoom is putting down a very disappointing and confusing arcane-but-in-the-mundane-way tome.
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[2/6/2026, 7:27:53 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Yeah you know what, this melody sucks. "And if not, what *is* it about?"
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[2/6/2026, 7:27:59 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
12
1d20 + 4 = 8 + 4 = 12
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[2/6/2026, 7:28:09 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
12
1d20 + 5 = 7 + 5 = 12
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[2/6/2026, 7:28:10 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Sometimes the books hit back."
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[2/6/2026, 7:28:24 PM] Brun Rentclaw
17
1d20 + 8 = 9 + 8 = 17
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[2/6/2026, 7:28:37 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun looks around for anything that seems mystical or important.
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[2/6/2026, 7:28:42 PM] Imran Traveler
11
1d20 + 7 = 4 + 7 = 11
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[2/6/2026, 7:28:56 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran is still a bit dazed.
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[2/6/2026, 7:30:35 PM] Crion
oh hero points are per session
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[2/6/2026, 7:30:39 PM] Crion
using another
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[2/6/2026, 7:30:45 PM] Imran Traveler
20
1d20 + 7 = 13 + 7 = 20
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[2/6/2026, 7:30:52 PM] Crion
thank you.
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[2/6/2026, 7:31:32 PM] Tak Ironflame
11
1d20 + 1 = 10 + 1 = 11
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[2/6/2026, 7:31:54 PM] Nicolae
yeah, figured i'd give it a shot just for seeing how it works but i didn't think i was going to crack this case
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[2/6/2026, 7:32:15 PM] Imran Traveler
He shakes it off, though, and takes the book that bonked him in the head over into the light.
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[2/6/2026, 7:32:21 PM] Dammitwho
The big tome is written in a tight scrawl that screams either "wizard" or "doctor". Imran takes a while (and exacerbates his headache) before he can get headway on what's written there, but eventually manages it. Brun, on the other hand, notices something interesting while cleaning up.
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[2/6/2026, 7:33:56 PM] Dammitwho
Brun has found an old surveyor's map of the lead mines that used to be the basis of the Moonglow Bay-before-this-Moonglow Bay economy. Interestingly, the town seems to have shifted since these were active - they're pretty far out, further than the graveyard is now. It's unlikely anyone's bothered to go there in centuries.
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[2/6/2026, 7:35:16 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Check this out. There were lead mines past where the graveyard is. Seems like the town used to be over there?"
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[2/6/2026, 7:35:40 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"That means they're almost gold mines!" Thoughts of coins glinting in Dubnoom's eyes.
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[2/6/2026, 7:35:42 PM] Dammitwho
Imran has found what appears to be a commonplace book written by Cecilus Highleaf himself. This, along with the handwriting, is what made it so difficult for he and his compatriots to puzzle out, as pages would jump from topic to topic based on what Cecilus was thinking about on that particular day.
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[2/6/2026, 7:36:18 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran to Brun: "Makes sense. Kenapsu spoke of such economy, before Cecilus Highleaf took over."
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[2/6/2026, 7:36:36 PM] Imran Traveler
"This man had attention issues."
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[2/6/2026, 7:38:21 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Oh! It's a wizard journal for sure then."
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[2/6/2026, 7:39:01 PM] Dammitwho
There's a rough draft of some kind of treatise on "ananke" with a few stylized eyes doodled in the margins, some bizarre drawn traceries that don't resemble any magic runes you've ever heard of, and... aha! Notes about shipments from Numeria by way of the Sellen River.
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[2/6/2026, 7:39:15 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"The secret is, you number parts of it, and then you RENUMBER parts of it to make it make sense." Dubnoom pulls out his journal, with multiple margin notations crossed out next to every paragraph in a different handwriting. If you can call what he's done in the margins "handwriting."
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[2/6/2026, 7:40:58 PM] Imran Traveler
Now that is interesting.
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[2/6/2026, 7:41:13 PM] Imran Traveler
Both Dubnoom's contributions and these shipment notes.
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[2/6/2026, 7:41:25 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"And if it makes sense to you, then it's right."
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[2/6/2026, 7:41:28 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Is that a correspondence? The monks at my school used to make those for comparative theology."
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[2/6/2026, 7:41:31 PM] Dammitwho
He describes "processing equipment" and "experimental sensors" being received, a few notes of frustration at his lack of "precursor material"... and then satisfaction at a "new source" being opened up.
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[2/6/2026, 7:41:47 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"We've got a thousand gods, and there is... some overlap."
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[2/6/2026, 7:42:09 PM] Dammitwho
The next entries are solely about "precursor material" being delivered. All of these are noted as being stored in a "remote experimentation laboratory".
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[2/6/2026, 7:43:11 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom points at the notes. "When wizards talk about stuff but don't say WHAT the stuff is, they mean either magic rocks or necromancy."
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[2/6/2026, 7:43:24 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Or demons, but usually they just say demons."
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[2/6/2026, 7:43:35 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Yeah, none of that sounds good."
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[2/6/2026, 7:43:50 PM] Dammitwho
I'll give this to you for free, since finding this information out is trivial - Cecilus Highleaf was said to have died of old age, and the dates these last deliveries (the ones of large quantities of 'precursor material') are marked with put them quite late in his life.
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[2/6/2026, 7:44:10 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Gah." Lindal connects the dots in a flash. "This is what *always* happens... big wizard sets up remote lab, assumes self immortal; big wizard dies; lab leaks; the mana wastes expand."
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[2/6/2026, 7:45:20 PM] Imran Traveler
"We should now search for notes on the lab's location."
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[2/6/2026, 7:45:31 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Yes! We've gotta do something! Sheep wouldn't survive the wastes!"
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[2/6/2026, 7:46:25 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun waves the map. "If we don't find anything definitive, abandoned mines would be a good place for a secret lab."
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[2/6/2026, 7:46:47 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Wizards love towers, but mines are a kind of anti-tower."
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[2/6/2026, 7:47:06 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"And they are 'remote'."
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[2/6/2026, 7:47:09 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran nods. "That makes sense."
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[2/6/2026, 7:50:23 PM] Dammitwho
I'll let you try Arcana or Society to try and work out anything more about the remote laboratory
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[2/6/2026, 7:50:46 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
22
1d20 + 5 = 17 + 5 = 22
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[2/6/2026, 7:50:58 PM] Imran Traveler
18
1d20 + 7 = 11 + 7 = 18
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[2/6/2026, 7:51:09 PM] Crion
hopefully 18 is a pass...
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[2/6/2026, 7:51:12 PM] CBN
dubnoomin' time.
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[2/6/2026, 7:51:16 PM] Zarick
goblin ramsay: finally, some good fucking rolls
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[2/6/2026, 7:51:23 PM] CBN
this
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[2/6/2026, 7:51:24 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
A thing like that leaves traces in records, even if it was secret. The minions must have aided in its logistics...
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[2/6/2026, 7:51:35 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
22
1d20 + 8 = 14 + 8 = 22
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[2/6/2026, 7:51:51 PM] Zarick
seems like everyone has it covered and i'm bad at those things
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[2/6/2026, 7:52:00 PM] Nicolae
same. also brb
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[2/6/2026, 7:52:05 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
We're people people, not wizard people.
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[2/6/2026, 7:57:44 PM] Nicolae
b
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[2/6/2026, 7:58:44 PM] Dammitwho
You don't get much about the remote workspace from Cecilus' commonplace book. It's one of those things that since he already know where it was, he felt no need to write it down. However, you do see an occasional marginal note that he was obliged to hire workers for "timbering" and "bracing".
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[2/6/2026, 7:59:02 PM] Imran Traveler
That sounds like mine talk.
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[2/6/2026, 8:00:46 PM] Dammitwho
It does! I mean, probably. Do any of you know anything about mines?
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[2/6/2026, 8:01:02 PM] Tak Ironflame
I reckon I just might know a thing about mines.
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[2/6/2026, 8:01:03 PM] Imran Traveler
Nidal surely has some.
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[2/6/2026, 8:01:06 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun waves the map energetically.
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[2/6/2026, 8:01:15 PM] Imran Traveler
And Brun!
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[2/6/2026, 8:01:20 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom's more a forests kind of gob.
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[2/6/2026, 8:01:30 PM] Nicolae
should i roll for mine talk or just be like, yes, i was raised in a mine, that is mine talk
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[2/6/2026, 8:01:51 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Maybe we'll find some silvermount there!"
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[2/6/2026, 8:02:37 PM] Dammitwho
Tak, at least, knows that timbering and bracing is what you do in a mine when you don't want it to fall down. Auspicious!
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[2/6/2026, 8:02:59 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Alarmingly likely, Brun."
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[2/6/2026, 8:03:45 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"It sounds like this guy was hoarding... the secret undetectable magics of the far north! In an unsafe pile of, probably, ooze!"
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[2/6/2026, 8:04:00 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"It should be both interesting to look at *and* righteous to smash."
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[2/6/2026, 8:04:10 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"You know what's good about mines, is you can go there any time and it's the same level of dark."
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[2/6/2026, 8:04:29 PM] Dammitwho
There's a knock on the door, it opens, and... hey, it's Quinthus! "Ah, and it's good to see you're all well and suchlike. Just popping in to let you know that if you'll be wanting any more meals you're welcome to them, but I'll be asking you to take them *outside* the room. Ken tells me we had trouble last year with chicken grease on the tax records and so on."
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[2/6/2026, 8:04:31 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Yeah. Also, given both this information and the Low Men we heard about earlier, sooner is better than later."
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[2/6/2026, 8:04:41 PM] Imran Traveler
"It's near the graveyard and in range of the pastures as well, yes? So--"
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[2/6/2026, 8:04:58 PM] Imran Traveler
"Quinthus!"
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[2/6/2026, 8:05:00 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Quinthus lives! Hello!"
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[2/6/2026, 8:05:09 PM] Imran Traveler
"You haven't run afoul of any of my lesser countrymen, have you?"
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[2/6/2026, 8:05:53 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak walks over when Lindal mentions timbering and bracing. "That's talk of minework there for sure." He scans the page a little more.
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[2/6/2026, 8:06:01 PM] Tak Ironflame
12
1d20 + 5 = 7 + 5 = 12
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[2/6/2026, 8:06:12 PM] Nicolae
engineering lore, because hell why not... but oof
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[2/6/2026, 8:06:16 PM] Crion
hero point that stuff
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[2/6/2026, 8:06:19 PM] Nicolae
oh right!
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[2/6/2026, 8:06:31 PM] Tak Ironflame
6
1d20 + 5 = 1 + 5 = 6
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[2/6/2026, 8:06:40 PM] Crion
insane
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[2/6/2026, 8:06:40 PM] Tak Ironflame
14
1d20 + 5 = 9 + 5 = 14
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[2/6/2026, 8:06:45 PM] Gul Banana
boo-urns
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[2/6/2026, 8:06:48 PM] Tak Ironflame
zero hero now :(
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[2/6/2026, 8:07:09 PM] Tak Ironflame
red 6. jesus. why doesn't the dicebot just come to my house and kick me in the ding dong
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[2/6/2026, 8:07:18 PM] Dammitwho
Yikes. What were you trying to find out?
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[2/6/2026, 8:08:30 PM] Nicolae
Just anything useful about Cecilus's mine works, such as "what condition we might find it in", "is it likely to have collapsed", "what might he have been using it for", that sort of thing.
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[2/6/2026, 8:09:04 PM] Dammitwho
"I've not the foggiest whether they were your countrymen or no, for I saw neither hide nor hair of anyone on the road going or coming back. Though Ken tells me ye fought various and sundry beasties and me wife tells me that you brought the children home on account of there being more about, and I'll be thanking you for that."
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[2/6/2026, 8:09:39 PM] Imran Traveler
"Well, if you see men pale like me and one named Mykos, find me immediately and make yourself safe."
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[2/6/2026, 8:10:16 PM] Dammitwho
Sadly, Tak finds nothing along those lines. It's hard to say if there even *is* anything like that here. All the records that mention them are a century old, and the mines must have been abandoned since Cecilus died (and far longer than that, if they turn out not to be the location of his laboratory).
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[2/6/2026, 8:11:32 PM] Dammitwho
"That I'll be doing. As I was hearing about creatures, and seeing as you're of a mind to keep on towards clearing them out, I went and found me lost and found drawer. There's not much to be seen, but one or two bits are clear magic, and you're welcome to anything you find in it."
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[2/6/2026, 8:11:48 PM] Party Loot
(party loot token dropped!)
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[2/6/2026, 8:12:11 PM] CBN
sphere
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[2/6/2026, 8:12:14 PM] Party Loot
Matted Hair
A mat of hair that's been sitting in Quinthus' lost and found for goodness knows how long.
Item 2 Price: 30 gp
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[2/6/2026, 8:12:18 PM] Party Loot
Unusual Sphere
Consumable
Light spring water fizzes and bubbles within this small glass globe.
Item 2 Price: 7 gp
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[2/6/2026, 8:12:21 PM] Party Loot
Unusual Figurine
Consumable
What an odd looking... figurine.
Item 2 Price: 7 gp
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[2/6/2026, 8:13:06 PM] Crion
none of the identified stuff is relevant for imran
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[2/6/2026, 8:13:18 PM] Crion
roll to identify this other stuff?
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[2/6/2026, 8:13:28 PM] Dammitwho
Matted Hair
Gross Old 'Discreet Wizard's Friend'
Identify item: Skill checks [[/act identify-magic dc=16 stat=arcana show-dc=gm item=Actor.w4BO7UA9Xp6HI6wY.Item.J7EmERF0S7kZ4kjd]] [[/act identify-magic dc=21 stat=nature show-dc=gm item=Actor.w4BO7UA9Xp6HI6wY.Item.J7EmERF0S7kZ4kjd]] [[/act identify-magic dc=21 stat=religion show-dc=gm item=Actor.w4BO7UA9Xp6HI6wY.Item.J7EmERF0S7kZ4kjd]] [[/act identify-magic dc=21 stat=occultism show-dc=gm item=Actor.w4BO7UA9Xp6HI6wY.Item.J7EmERF0S7kZ4kjd]]
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[2/6/2026, 8:13:40 PM] Imran Traveler
20
1d20 + 7 = 13 + 7 = 20
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[2/6/2026, 8:13:42 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
8
1d20 + 5 = 3 + 5 = 8
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[2/6/2026, 8:13:50 PM] Tak Ironflame
11
1d20 + 7 = 4 + 7 = 11
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[2/6/2026, 8:13:57 PM] Brun Rentclaw
26
1d20 + 8 = 18 + 8 = 26
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[2/6/2026, 8:14:23 PM] Zarick
lindal would you like a harm scroll or should i take it
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[2/6/2026, 8:14:30 PM] Crion
the GM remains grimly silent, so banana please roll
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[2/6/2026, 8:14:36 PM] Party Loot
Brun takes it!
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[2/6/2026, 8:14:52 PM] Zarick
we have no arcane/occult casters, so presumably maybe dubnoom can secret away the dizzying colors scroll
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[2/6/2026, 8:15:07 PM] Nicolae
i have darksight and i think dubnoom is our scroll guy? so yeah, no use for the IDed stuff either
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[2/6/2026, 8:15:21 PM] Dammitwho
It's difficult to work out what the hell this thing is, if it's anything. I mean, it's a gross old clump of hair, with twigs in it. Once it's straightened out and cleaned slightly, though, Brun finds a maker's tag inside.
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[2/6/2026, 8:15:51 PM] CBN
dubnoom for the dizzying scroll yes please
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[2/6/2026, 8:16:00 PM] Dammitwho
"DISCREET WIZARD'S FRIEND", BY CHESTWORTH & SONS LTD., OPPARA. HAND WASH COLD. DO NOT IRON.
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[2/6/2026, 8:16:01 PM] Zarick
i am imagining dubnoom with a magnificent beard
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[2/6/2026, 8:16:39 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom "The Wise" takes Scroll of Dizzying Colors (Rank 1) from Party Loot.
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[2/6/2026, 8:17:00 PM] CBN
lol reading the description of this. it's so good. (the wizard's friend)
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[2/6/2026, 8:17:35 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun Rentclaw takes Scroll of Harm (Rank 1) from Party Loot.
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[2/6/2026, 8:17:51 PM] Dammitwho
(It's past 8 so we're wrapping up apart from the item identification and disbursal)
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[2/6/2026, 8:17:53 PM] Imran Traveler
roll for sphere?
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[2/6/2026, 8:18:04 PM] Party Loot
Unusual Sphere
Consumable
Light spring water fizzes and bubbles within this small glass globe.
Item 2 Price: 7 gp
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[2/6/2026, 8:18:04 PM] Crion
coool
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[2/6/2026, 8:18:07 PM] Dammitwho
Unusual Sphere
Effervescent Ampoule
Identify item: Skill checks [[/act identify-magic dc=16 stat=arcana show-dc=gm item=Actor.w4BO7UA9Xp6HI6wY.Item.7oNvShNLfFAFbm0S]] [[/act identify-magic dc=16 stat=nature show-dc=gm item=Actor.w4BO7UA9Xp6HI6wY.Item.7oNvShNLfFAFbm0S]] [[/act identify-magic dc=16 stat=religion show-dc=gm item=Actor.w4BO7UA9Xp6HI6wY.Item.7oNvShNLfFAFbm0S]] [[/act identify-magic dc=16 stat=occultism show-dc=gm item=Actor.w4BO7UA9Xp6HI6wY.Item.7oNvShNLfFAFbm0S]]
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[2/6/2026, 8:18:11 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
12
1d20 + 5 = 7 + 5 = 12
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[2/6/2026, 8:18:11 PM] Brun Rentclaw
26
1d20 + 8 = 18 + 8 = 26
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[2/6/2026, 8:18:15 PM] Imran Traveler
11
1d20 + 7 = 4 + 7 = 11
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[2/6/2026, 8:18:17 PM] Tak Ironflame
11
1d20 + 7 = 4 + 7 = 11
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[2/6/2026, 8:18:34 PM] Dammitwho
Brun makes it again! A great run by our resident kholo
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[2/6/2026, 8:19:03 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
12
1d20 + 4 = 8 + 4 = 12
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[2/6/2026, 8:19:19 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
13
1d20 + 4 = 9 + 4 = 13
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[2/6/2026, 8:19:20 PM] Dammitwho
@UUID[Actor.w4BO7UA9Xp6HI6wY.Item.7oNvShNLfFAFbm0S]{Effervescent Ampoule}
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[2/6/2026, 8:19:20 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
24
1d20 + 4 = 20 + 4 = 24
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[2/6/2026, 8:20:21 PM] Crion
dammitwho i have to step away for a sec, i'm gonna give you another arcana roll for the third item
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[2/6/2026, 8:20:27 PM] Imran Traveler
9
1d20 + 7 = 2 + 7 = 9
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[2/6/2026, 8:20:36 PM] Dammitwho
Which roll is for which, banana?
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[2/6/2026, 8:20:45 PM] Nicolae
Who else is trained in Acrobatics?
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[2/6/2026, 8:20:46 PM] Gul Banana
good question!
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[2/6/2026, 8:20:50 PM] Zarick
i'm trained in acrobatics but you take it
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[2/6/2026, 8:20:54 PM] Nicolae
danke
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[2/6/2026, 8:21:03 PM] Gul Banana
lindal is also acrobat
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[2/6/2026, 8:21:36 PM] Gul Banana
literally every party member is trained in acrobatics, actually
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[2/6/2026, 8:21:40 PM] Gul Banana
we should join a circus
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[2/6/2026, 8:21:54 PM] Dammitwho
Who would ever compare Imran to a sad clown.
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[2/6/2026, 8:21:56 PM] Gul Banana
> good question
could i make this "whatever we have't identified yet" ;_;
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[2/6/2026, 8:22:08 PM] Dammitwho
SIGHING
Fine
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[2/6/2026, 8:22:13 PM] Nicolae
lol, well, lindal can take it, i imagine it's less pressing for me to get into melee range
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[2/6/2026, 8:22:23 PM] Dammitwho
@UUID[Actor.w4BO7UA9Xp6HI6wY.Item.R95n0FitNR0xtkCJ]{Onyx Panther}
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[2/6/2026, 8:22:32 PM] Gul Banana
you might want to get OUT of melee range
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[2/6/2026, 8:22:40 PM] Gul Banana
but he'd certainly be happy to have more traversal methods
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[2/6/2026, 8:22:50 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya takes Effervescent Ampoule from Party Loot.
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[2/6/2026, 8:22:56 PM] Nicolae
i am going to insist on the sneak panther, though
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[2/6/2026, 8:23:06 PM] Dammitwho
And that's that! Sort out your trezh how you want, and we'll see what happens.... next week!
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[2/6/2026, 8:23:10 PM] Tak Ironflame
Slink
Fetchling
You can move through gloom with the speed of darkness. You can move 5 feet farther when you take the Sneak action, up to your Speed. In addition, as long as you continue to use Sneak actions and succeed at your Stealth check, you don't become Observed if you end a Sneak action in dim light or darkness, as long as you have cover or greater cover or are Concealed at the end of your turn.
Feat 1
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[2/6/2026, 8:23:22 PM] Gul Banana
cat... i'll pull its tail
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[2/6/2026, 8:23:26 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak Ironflame takes Onyx Panther from Party Loot.
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[2/6/2026, 8:23:27 PM] Zarick
who wants to get Light. if we're just going to sell it anyone can get it
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[2/6/2026, 8:23:33 PM] Zarick
i feel like dubnoom should get the beard
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[2/6/2026, 8:23:46 PM] Nicolae
oh yeah, dubnoom gets the beard, that was never in question
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[2/6/2026, 8:23:53 PM] CBN
beardnoom sounds good to me if no one else wants a tiny magic slave
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[2/6/2026, 8:23:57 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom "The Wise" takes Gross Old 'Discreet Wizard's Friend' from Party Loot.
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[2/6/2026, 8:24:09 PM] CBN
also he has darkvision too, so crystal can go elsewhere (imran?)
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[2/6/2026, 8:24:22 PM] CBN
throwing the crystal on our frontline and then running into the dark
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[2/6/2026, 8:24:24 PM] Nicolae
yeah, imran's the one so far who's made the most hay out of setting up torches
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[2/6/2026, 8:24:40 PM] Zarick
time for bed. gng
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[2/6/2026, 8:24:54 PM] Nicolae
gn!
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[2/6/2026, 8:25:08 PM] Dammitwho
I've got a token prepared for phantasmal minion so let me know when you're summoning one (if for some reason you want to do that on a battlemap) (phantasmal minions cannot attack)
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[2/6/2026, 8:25:36 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran Traveler takes Everlight Crystal from Party Loot.
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[2/6/2026, 8:25:41 PM] CBN
yes. yeeees
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[2/6/2026, 8:25:50 PM] Crion
gg!!
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[2/6/2026, 8:28:08 PM] Dammitwho
chears!
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[2/6/2026, 8:29:33 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
https://github.com/gulbanana/gg (unrelated except for name)