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Gunoke watched the way the others struggled to lift the boulders with a great deal of amusement and even had the audacity to start laughing when the boulder rolled back down. "Wow, don't you lazy lunkers know how to move things?" With that Gunoke focused and efortlessly caused one of the boulders to rise into the aid move at a fairly quick pace to the appropriate location before repeating the process for each boulder.

Forgot to include the Basic Kinesis on Gunoke's sheet and then remembered he had telekinetic haul. He can haul 800 pounds as if by mage hand but since he has extended range he can move it up to medium range at 30ft per second.

I like it! It makes sense to me.

Valeria was glad to see the blue b@##~ fall but looked at everyone in concern. Given they were not pressed for time now she said, "The creature was a div, a corrupted genie that was consigned to Abbadon. This kind is similar to succubi in that she employs seduction and dreams to entice her victims, to tear apart lovers, foment obsessions, and tempt people into her embrace to spread disease. Any of you who touched her need to be checked by someone more knowledgeable of illness that myself to make sure you are clean of any diseases she might have been carrying," she looked at Rhundle specifically and added, "especially you sir."

Valeria looked at the remains of the Pairakas and shuddered at the old memory surfacing again before she looked away. "Getting cleaned up is also very high on the list of things to do as is reporting to the council. I think we should get to it quickly."

With the last of the thugs defeated Feena gave Lola a sheepish look as she responded to the request, "Ummmm, sorry but I can't Lola. They will wear off on their own shortly, in fact the first one should be going away in a few seconds and the other one just after it."

It is rounds per level and I believe the first one should go out in another couple of rounds, IIRC.

Valeria cursed when she fumbled her prayer and then cried out in pain when the bastard hit her and the cold took hold. She took a chance and tried to cast her prayer again as she tried to avoid attracting the elemental's attention.

cast defensive 3rd lvl spell DC21: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31

bestow curse touch attack DC 20 Will: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

She managed to complete her prayer this time and Valeria reached out to touch the elemental. When she reached it the black energy on her hand released into the thing as she cursed it.

Using the "–4 penalty on attack rolls, saves, ability checks, and skill checks" effect.

Completely lost track of the Yule gift. I think Krysta would go for an amulet of mighty fists +1. It works well for the build she is doing.

Someone helped me set Firefox to darkmode and to override website settings with it. It's not perfect but it makes it possible for me to do things from home, even if I will be slower than normal about it.

Having trouble with my vision this weekend so I won't be able to post much. I am hoping it will be better this week but it is making it impossible for me to look at Paio's website well enough to read anything, it's just too bright and they don't have a darkmode that I can find.

Yeah, she was definitely written originally as a later character.

The inconsistencies have been taken care of.

Valeria nodded her head in response to Lope's question and said, "Oh yes, the mayhem and the depraved things happening are exactly the kind of thing a Pairakas would do."

Know Planes: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31
Sense Motive: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

Valeria felt a wash of revulsion and hatred towards the now former ram when it changed its form. She knew what it was after seeing several attack the succubi harem that had imprisoned her in one of her few lucid moments there. Valeria shrugged off the terror that memory brought forth and focused on the thing before her and let that swell of hatred stick with her, wherever it came from.

"Careful, she's the div rip off of a succubus! If you are wearing red, she will be coming for you first!" Getting just within range for her prayer to affect the div Valeria called out, "Nocitucla, the Redeemer Queen! I beseech you let this creature suffer your displeasure!" A pulse of divine hatred lashed out at the div in an effort to make it harder for her to hit them.

SR: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Not sure if it has SR but I figured I would assume that it does. Casting Bane on her, DC17 Will.

Shortly after the fight Zelera and the agreement was made with the Baroness and her brother Zelera looked to where Maray had been skulking and raised one eyebrow as she asked, "And what will you be doing Maray? Leaving for greener pastures? Hanging around? I am rather curious."

Planning Session

With the now former Baroness and her brother paid off, and the information they obtained from the pair on the barbarians, Zelera considered the options they discussed. There was much to consider but with Niadroubs's ability to teleport them that did make things a bit easier. "I think that we should return to our capital to prepare for this, it is likely going to be a very nasty fight and we should be as prepared as we can be. I can ask the fae if any of them have any information that can be of help to us. If we take a couple of days I can prepare some miracles to scry on the baron's daughter and possibly the bandit's leaders to try and learn some information tomorrow."

Zelera was a bit shocked when Marten offered to be released from service if they wanted to bring the Baroness's brother onto their staff and she shook her head as she said, "No, you make a much better wall between me and the enemies than another squishy wizard would," she looked to Niadroub in amusement and then added, "I would apologize for the indirect insult but I wouldn't really mean it. Wizards are squishy after all," she looked to Waffles, "isn't that right Waffles?"

Alright, I didn't get any adjustments made last night but that will get done either this evening or during the day tomorrow. I'll also try to finalize my appearance by then as well.

Very hyped to get started when we are all ready and thank you for the acceptance.

Valeria felt terrible as she saw the blind man she had cut fall to the ground and begin begging for mercy. Fortunately they were able to quickly deal with the attackers and Valeria sheathed her dagger and knelt next to the blind man as she said,"I am sorry for hurting you but it was necessary to stop what was controlling you and making you attack us. Please accept this as my apology."

Valeria cast a prayer to her goddess to heal the man and touched him with golden energy to heal his injury.

Cure light: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

[b]"I hope you can forgive me for harming you but I will understand if you cannot.

Feena tried to imitate what Lola was doing, visualizing the wings going away but that didn't work, then she tried to focus on how it felt without them when she walked around. yesterday. It was a challenge because they felt so naturally right to her. Finally, after several minutes of effort, Feena finally managed to get her wings to retract into herself and it was the strangest feeling to her.

Once her wings were fully pulled in, she sat down at the table to eat. She began to relax as she bent a little forward to take a bite she lost her focus, and the wings popped out once more the reaction sending her face first into her food. Feena was not one to curse, she was usually rather quiet and seemed much like a librarian, which made sense given her history. This, however, was too much for her and Feena let out the most blistering curse she'd ever heard before casting a spell to clean herself off. With that she turned her chair around and sat on it in the wrong direction, leaning forward against the back while she retracted her wings again.

Feena was getting better by the time she finished her breakfast, only narrowly avoiding sending one of the servers flying when her wings popped out at a bad time. After that incident everyone stayed clear of the area behind her. When they were done, she seemed to finally have the wings under control, though her face was beat red from the embarrassment of the whole thing.

With the command given Zelera spoke the prayer, "King of jests, Laughing Liar, cover our mischief in Silen-," as the last work was said it was cut of by a sudden, unnatural, silence as she drew her dagger.

Silence has been cast on the first person going through the door, I believe that's you Vibenia? We have 10 rounds.

Feena slept later than the others as her less physical nature taxed by the long day and all the madness they faced having left her extremely tired. It was when she woke up that something seemed off but she was still too muddled to understand what that was as she tried to change into her clothes and top of her nightgown simply fell off of her and dangled from her waist. Feena tried to find her glasses so she could try and see what was going on better only to find they weren't where she had left them since they had been knocked to the floor by something when she turned.

Half blind Feena was very awake now as she started to panic and cried out, "Help! Something's wrong with me," in obvious terror. Whenever someone finally came to check on her there was an obvious issue, besides Feena not having her glasses and being naked from the waist up, namely a pair of wings that had vermilion colored feathers resembling licks of flame covering them.

HP +5

+1 Fort and Ref

+1 to all skills except Know Local and planes; adding +1 to fly

FCB (has been SP all along)

Feat

Abilities: Vermilion Wings

Spells:
per day
+1 3rd and 4th per day

Known
2nd - mirror image
3rd – communal resist element
4th – greater flaming sphere, dimension door, (replaced original taking of wall of fire)
BLS - wall of fire

Rod of Elemental Spell: Electricity
Amulet of Natural Armor +1

Valeria largely listened to what was discussed, taking it all in as she considered all that was going on here. One thing did catch her attention though and, when lull in the conversation came about, she asked, "Has anyone had these dreams recently? We dealt with a monster that was inflicting some of us with nightmares and destroyed it. If the dreams have ceased then that particular problem has already been dealt with. If they have continued I would like to learn more about them."

When they reached where they would be staying for the night and started to ready themselves for bed Feena was rather quick to start doing so. By the time Isabet removed her hair pin and her true self was revealed Feena couldn't see much at all. Still, the tension in most everyone's tones worried her and so she put her glasses back on.

When Feena saw Isabet, the sorceress gasped in a mixture of surprise and fright as she huddled away for a moment. She could tell this was bad way to behave though, both because of all that Isabat had done for them so far and because it simply wasn't right to act that way!

Feena rose from where she was and approached Isabet and said, "I am sorry for my reaction Isabet, that was unworthy of me. What you are or how you looks should not be important, especially with all that you have done for us." Feena stood right before Isabet and, impulsively, gave her a hug to show she trusted Isabet letting the dhampir indicate when she should let go.

Well I do worship the former queen of succubi, darkness and murder. Scandalous goes with the territory.

Knowing what she needed to do this time Valeria averted her eyes from the monstrosity and cast a spell before moving in to touch Lope with golden light.

Cure Moderate: 2d8 + 6 ⇒ (6, 3) + 6 = 15

So I fixed the personality section, I have updated that.

In-Character Writing Sample

Scera had just arrived in Sandpoint a few days ago and was still setting up what would be the storefront of her scriptorium. OK it wasn't, strictly speaking, her scriptorium as she was actually going to run it for Herb as an extension of his own business but by the gods she would be the one running it!

Finishing an entry in her financial book Scera closed it and made a gesture as she spoke a few words. The book closed and floated over to a nearby shelf behind the counter where it slid into place. The door to the shelf then closed and the lock clicked before a different book floated over to her from a nearby shelf. Had anyone else been there to see it they would have seen a floating hand of magic manipulating everything.

Scera reached up and took the book from the hand which then disappeared with a wave of her hand. Opening the book Scera began to read and found herself quite engrossed. The book was one she copied before leaving Magnimar, it wasn't her usual choice of material but rather something she had been curious about of late. While she would never admit to it what she had was a book of a rather...adult...nature. She'd reached a point of being quite curious about such things but did not want to admit to it, thus why the book's binding said it was something innocuous and extremely boring for those not interested in the subject.

Just as she was getting focused on what she was reading the back door to the shop opened and Scera, too engrossed in her book, was oblivious to this fact. There was one person she had given a key to the storefront to and that was her old friend Kiko, who resided here in Sandpoint. Kiko snuck in and, realizing that Scera was totally engrossed in her book, leaned over Scera's shoulder to read the book too.

After a short time, and an ever broadening grin on her face, Kiko finally said, "Wow! That is an interesting read you have there Scera!"

Scera, still not realizing Kiko was there, gave a scream of fright as she jumped out of her seat and nearly reached the roof. When she came down she had spun to face Kiko and stammered out, "K-k-k-kiko! How long have you been there?!"

"Long enough to see what you were reading Scera," she laughed naughtily as she continued, "If you ever want to practice any of that I would be happy to help you...or introduce you to someone." This offer, of course, led to Scera's face turning bright red and no end of teasing for quite some time thereafter.

After all that had happened Feena was exhausted and truly at the end of her rope. In point of fact, she lost hold of said rope at some point between sitting down and the talks beginning as she sat in her seat, her eyes closed, through the whole meeting blissfully unaware of the tensions that had been there moments before. She almost fell out of her seat but fortunately her arms landed on the table and her head landed atop them which almost knocked her glasses off of her face.

There is just too much in this scene to even try and get caught up so this should work just fine for the time being.

Going to dot in on this. I have a character I will try and re-vamp for this one. Assuming I don't change the idea, the character will be going wizard/oracle into Mystic Theurge.

Myriana was relieved that Iris was not upset with her as her pet snuggled up closer to her after failing to move. Myriana's arms jelled Iris close as she saw Desseer disappear, presumably to go after Inennarra, and Myriana hoped he was successful as she listened to the findings of the scrolls.

Knowing that any remaining damage would heal itself over time but that drain would not, and only restoration or higher would work on that, Myriana said, "Why don't we only use the restoration scroll nya. That one can heal some of the drain where the lesser ones can't nya. The damage can heal itself nyaow that she is in better shape."

Oh what the hell, let's chance it and re-roll.

3d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 1) = 11
3d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 5) = 14
3d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 2) = 9
3d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 6) = 12
3d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 6) = 12
3d6 ⇒ (2, 1, 5) = 8
3d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 5) = 16

OK, that's much better!

Valeria was a little surprised to hear Cyrene's voice in her ear and frisson of desire down her spine at realizing just how close Cyrene had gotten to her and the things she could have done to her before she could resist. She kind of hoped Cyrene would try something one night soon but knew those thoughts were not for now. Her hand reached back to touch Cyrene but the woman had already disappeared.

Valeria focused herself on what was going on and looked at the Count, meeting his gaze with her own from behind the mask she wore, and said, "I understand now Count Bartelby, why you are so nervous. You have relied far too much on Guisarme haven't you," her voice was matter of fact, not questioning, not suggestive, just a clear and concise statement, "You are afraid of what will happen, that you cannot handle what is to come on your own," Valeria's tone became stern as she continued, "and you are correct."

Valeria stepped forward from her position beside Diana, slowly approaching the Count, as she continued, "You feel lost and adrift, caught up by responsibilities you know you cannot handle on your own. You were managing to stay afloat in the darkness only by the life raft that was Guisarme. You could not have know at first that he was not who you thought, and I am sure by the time you did that you had been left with little choice but to let him continue using you for his own ends."

Valeria stopped short of being in a range to physically harm the Count, she did not want to provoke the guards in the room after all, and she continued, "Even worse you now have the new fear of what your Lord will do to you for your failure to realize what was going on until it was too late. Even if we do nothing he will figure it all out soon enough and then where will you be."

Valeria pause for a moment to let her words sink in and then added, "I too know that fear, what it is like to be alone and drowning in a situation that is beyond you. I know that all you need is a lifeline, someone to reach out a helping hand guide you back to safety."

Valeria's voice became filled with emotion as she said, "You may not believe my words without proof so I will provide you with some." She hesitated and then began to speak of a topic she had discussed with at least some of her companions before, "I was once a Paladin of Shelyn and served at Kenabres when the city fell to the forces of Deskari. I was in the tender care of demons until the Lord of Locusts was defeated and one of the succubi who became redeemed with her Lady Nocticula when she became the Redeemer Queen and left her evil ways behind her." The fear of what could have been as she spoke next was clear and impossible to fake, "Had I not taken that chance not only would I have never had a chance to redeem myself but I would have never escaped the Abyss at all and would likely have been devoured by now or turned into a complete monster."

Valeria stepped back and to the side and gestured at her companions, "We are offering that same hand of aid to you, and unlike Guisarme Lady here,"she gestured at Diana, "is your kin. If ever you were to have a better hand offered to you I cannot think of how that would happen." Valeria held out her hand, palm up, and said, "Please take my hand and let us help you. Trust us."

Diplomacy -4 if lawful or good aligned: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (17) + 15 = 32

Feena felt herself becoming nervous when it was spelled out just what they were up against. So many enemies and so few allies, it was not pleasant to think about. There was little they could do about it though, other than gain what support they could. The mention of the Archlich was a bit more than she might have recommended but it was true and, more importantly, she had realized who it was and knew that they likely could trust her, she had more reason to hate the Whispering Tyrant than any of them did. She did respond to Kendren's surprised response about a lich and asked, "Did you not realize who gave us the cart and the equipment was Kendren? She seemed to want to stay anonymous so I did not say anything about her identity. Let's just say there is no one I can think of who would want the Whispering Tyrant dealt with more than her."

As they continued their explorations and found the tanning pits Feena's nose wrinkled at the smell of it. It was foul and nasty, and she wanted nothing to do with it. Fortunately, it seemed that Sister Isabet was proving her worth and warned them of something in the pits that smelled at the very least of disease.

Feena accepted the offered vial from Isabet and downed it, her face crinkling at the taste of it, but swallowing it regardless. She then gestured that they should step back a short distance to decide how to do this. Once they were hopefully far enough away, she said softly, "I can cast a spell and try to wring the pit in a wall of fire. Anything inside should be cooked and burned badly before it can reach us. If the fire keeps it trapped a few attacks from a distance might well be enough to end it."

Feena was startled at the argument they heard on entering and was more than a little worried when the woman made a bunch of demands and then stormed off. Fortunately, things quickly calmed down and they met with Aylunna and Sister Isabet. It was a great relief that they would have someone with them to assist in both healing and dealing with the undead as a clerics magic was far better at it than Feena's own.

Feena gave a rather awkward curtsy as she said, "I am Feena, it is a pleasure to meet you and it is greatly reassuring to know that you will be joining us for the time being. We have come close to being out of our depth on several occasions." She pushed her glasses up on her nose a bit better and added, "We've all died at least once in the last two weeks. It just did not stick."

Valeria was a bit surprised when Cyrene came up close behind her to pass on her message and for a moment she got an entirely different idea in her head. She quickly corrected the mental image of rolling in the hay with Cyrene and turned to look at the disguised tiefling and said, "Very good, that will be all for now," dismissing the "servant". As Cyrene left Valeria realized that she had not seen Triphylla for a while and hoped this meant good news. Regardless she knew it was necessary to pass this along to Lope, Dianna, and the Baroness immediately.

Valeria went to the room where they were meeting and found they were no longer there. It took a little more searching to find out that they had gone on a walk. With a little more work Valeria tracked them down and approached the trio and their discussions. As she came closer, she looked at Dianna and said, "Milady, I bring news."

Once she was close enough to talk without being overheard Valeria said softly, "Cyrene has found a stash that likely belongs to assassins in the stables and has gone in hiding there to watch for them. I have not seen or other servant since, but I would assume she has found something of interest as well, though I know not where."

Yukarii didn't push the buttons but she did begin to get a feel for what functions and controls were most used. She didn't figure out the code but she thought she could guide the next person to try something. "I do not think I can figure out the code myself but I think I can help you the next time you try to decipher it Xindyra -san."

You get +4 Xindyra."

Saersha looked at the person through the slider window as they sarcastically asked if they could read the sign and implied, she was unable to. Saersha's eye's narrowed as she looked at the man and said, "Truly, what an appalling librarian you are. Of course, I can read, and I guarantee I have read things you would kill to add to your library."

Straightening her shoulders Saersa continued, "I am Saersha and we are looking for information on the location of certain ruins within the city. We could go to others for this information but thought surely such a library as yours would have the information that we seek. It would seem we may have been mistaken." With a sigh Saersha said, "It's a shame really, we had considered to provide a donation to those who could help us, it's a shame we may have to give it to those frightful Augers instead of such a reputable place as your own."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (20) + 15 = 35

Feena realized that maybe she was being discourteous to Aylunna and Iomedae to ask what she had, but she needed to know, and it seemed that Alyunna understood that as she provided directions to the Sunward Quarter where Sarenrae's sanctuary was located. "Thank you for your directions and understanding Holiness. I did not mean to be rude to your own goddess just...," Feena wasn't quite sure how to put it into words and left it there with a final, "thanks you."

As their group reached the Sunward Quarter Feena felt something within her stirring as her phoenix blood began to react to the presence of a place of Sarenrae's worship. By the time they entered the sanctuary Feena almost felt that gentle flames enveloped her providing a warmth she had been sorely lacking. She saw the priestess approaching them and smiled when the woman welcomed them and asked what she could do for them Feena smiled sadly.

"We have recently come from what was once Rossler's Coffer, I needed to let you know that Father Gregory is dead and that the town will not need a replacement as it no longer exists," it was obvious that she was serious, her eyes meeting the priestess' eyes through her glasses, just as it was obvious that she was hurting as she said it. "I felt it was my responsibility to report this to someone further up in the church so they can do what they need to. There is no body to cremate and offer up to Sarenrae but I can guarantee his soul has made its way to Pharasma for judgement in the Boneyard as we helped the villagers, we were close to accept their death while we too were trapped there."

Feena wasn't sure what more to do, how to bring up her own weakness and need for healing, without coming across as callous. She worked to keep hold of her feelings even as little tears of flame began to gather at her eyes. "I know it may sound bad, but I also need to find someone who can heal an affliction that has occurred to me, something...drained away a part of my strength and I have been unable to recover it. Is there anyone who has that capability here?"

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
Know:Arcana: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25
Know: Arcana: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21

Yukarii looked with interest at the rocks as they passed tehm and spoted the caves in them. How she spotted it was unclear to her, perhaps it was the dimming of the light for a moment, or just intuition, but she realized those were dragon layers! So distracted by the idea of dragons living "just over there" Yukarii failed to notice anything else of interest.

When the door opened and the man appeared Yukarii was amused at the way he acted. He seemed maybe a little loopy but as he told of the prophecy her eyes widened. She hadn't expected to be included in a prophecy and it was a great shock to hear. Yukarii looked at her companions for a moment and then bowed to an appropriate depth of respect for their host. "I am called Yukarii, it is an honor to meet you." She gestured around herself and asked, "Can you tall us more about this place? And can I meet a dragon," she was maybe a little too excited by that last possibility as she was a little breathless at the idea.

Yeah, that's gonna be a tough level for spell selection. Prayer would be really good but so would taking curse. Nothing says FU like smacking them for such a massive penalty as bestow curse gives. given the present party dynamic though Prayer is probably the better option. I can always get curse the next time.

Altered action for the round.

Valeria took note of how hard Tryphylla was hit by the Baron and quickly moved in to assist. She chanted a healing spell and, when she reached her companion, discharged glowing golden light into the halfling.

cure moderate: 2d8 + 5 ⇒ (5, 2) + 5 = 12

I didn't even realize he had come down to the ground where I could reach him. This now changes how Valeria will be acting during the fight.

Yukarii was stunned by the sudden appearance of the heavenly choir and looked on in surprise, and no small amount of pain from the brightness of it all, She was the first to pass out from the overwhelming sensations and the last to wake up, with a splitting headache no less. "Ugh! that was not pleasant," as she pulled her hood well forward to hide her eyes and reduce the light reaching them.

Yukarii nodded in response to the question and said, "It seems the most obvious thing to do."

Or maybe be tutored by Tukarii who already speaks Necril?

Yukarii was not at all pleased the zombie kept coming for her but at least her images were doing their job as one popped from what could have been a serious hit. Needing space to work with Yukarii stepped away from the monstrosity and sent a flurry of magical bolts into the closest of the undead.

Magic Missile: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 3, 4) + 3 = 13

While the initial assault of the zombies failed to penetrate her shell of temporary life the explosion of negative energy did! Still , she had shrugged off most of the two hits but he had no further protection now.

Know: Relig: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

Yukarii sent another beam of extreme heat lancing out at one of the zombies and the moved to gain some distance and put the others more in between her and their attackers.

scorching ray wIC/lb @ red: 1d20 + 6 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 2 - 1 = 84d6 + 2 ⇒ (4, 6, 4, 6) + 2 = 22

Damn, of all the times not to have a fireball spell handy.

Yukarii found herself wishing she had some different spells available to her but there was nothing to be done about it. She stepped to the side and sent a red beam lancing out at the nearest enemy she could clearly see orange.

Scorching Ray w/IC: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 2 = 94d6 + 2 ⇒ (1, 4, 4, 6) + 2 = 17

Valeria's eyes narrowed slightly as she looked at the lead collector and noticed his discomfort. He should be confident given his back up and the fact that he was an official, but why was he sweating so much if that was the case? As Lope spoke to the man and tossed a thousand gold worth of coins and jewelry on the ground before him Valeria's eyes narrowed and arrowed in on Giado.

"I believe you should be very glad I am no longer the Paladin who fought during the fall of Kenabres or I would cut you down where you stand for your treachery in this blatant act of attempted theft since we all know the taxes you demanded were far more than were owed implying you want to pad your, or your lord's, pockets," Valeria paused for effect and the continued,, "fortunately for you I have fallen from grace and am now in the service of another who is far more willing to let things slide."

Valeia waited a moment and then started to walk away, back towards the manor, and spoke just loudly enough the man would hear her, "I think I may need to write a letter instead our liege and let him know that someone is impersonating a tax collector to extort his subjects." Valeria continued talking to herself and added, "Of course if only the correct amount of Taxes are taken I would have to assume I misunderstood things wouldn't I?"

Intimidate: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

I really should add more ranks to intimidate it seems.

Yukarii listened to the discussion of whether to proceed today or wait until morning and, given they would be climbing in the dark, which would not bother her much, she had to nod in agreement with the decision to stay and rest and set out in the morning. As Mike spoke of doing more prospecting Yukarii considered and then said, "I will help as I can Mike-sensei."

Given what they were here for Valeria allowed Lope and Diana to run the conversation without argument. It was part of her role as a Lady in Waiting after all so it did not bother her. It seemed they had gleaned useful information and made a good bargain as well. Overall this was a very worthwhile stop.

Once they began to discuss their next destination Valeria thought it all through and said, "Are any of those locations between here and Cassomir? If so it might be a good idea to stop at them on the way to Cassomir. Regardless I think it would be dangerous for us to split up."

Yukari was relieved to see the ghostly thing dissipate. It was now at peace in the care of The Reaper and would be taken to its deserved place in the afterlife. The bolt of lightning that struck the standing stone causing it to glow. The sudden flash had left her blinded and caused her to cry out in shock as she covered her eyes and stood stark still before lowering carefully to the ground and pulling her hood way over her face to shield her eyes from as much light as possible.

Yukarii was relieved they all made it up safely, even if they did have a close call at one point, but when she saw what they would have to fight, and heard what it was, she was more than a little worried. She prpared herself for the fight to come, casting her regular defensive spells, and signaled her readiness.

Cast Mage Armor and False Life
False Life: 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

When the fight began Yukarii lead off with a volley of magical missiles feeling sure they would be the best spell to start the fight off with.

magic missile: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 2, 4) + 3 = 10

Lucina sniffed and nodded to Valeria, "Don't need nothing fancy like, a stable'll will do. Beats sleeping in a ditch! Done that more times than I care ta remember after a few brews..."

Valeria smiled gently and said, "Well then, I think we can come up with something that will work for you. Let's get you a room and something to eat then we will go over what you will be doing."

I think we can fade the rest of that.

When Triphylla returned and told them of how things went at the lake Valeria nodded in agreement with Lope and said, "I agree, teh lake is the biggest issue right now and needs to be dealt with quickly."

Well crap, I forgot to put my skills into the character sheet and I don't have access to the site I built on from work. I can't recall if Ai is trained in diplomacy or not so I'm going to roll this as untrained for now and will update my skills this evening when I am home.

Gather Info: 1d2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Hehe, rumors? What are these things called "rumors"? I never truck in such things it seems. A post is incoming once I get it ready.

Yukarii looked at the diamond with interest The potential value was very important. She had heard of prayer that could exchange a diamond of this worth for the soul of a deceased person bringing them back from the dead. She wasn't going to speak of this but she did make sure to remember in case it became important at some point.

Kno: Arcana: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

Hearing of the wyvern's odd behavior Yukarii nodded in agreement with Zendara and said, "Yes, that fits with what I know as well."

Valeria considered what was said of Lucina and couldn't help but agree with Lope's sentiment. She thought over what Lope asked her about trying to talk to Lucina and help her deal with her problems. After a moment she said, "I can try, though it will only do any good if she wants help. If she doesn't, well, nothing any of us do will make much difference."

As Diana brought up the idea of community service Valeria thought it over for a moment and said, "That could be a good idea, it would also give us a way to help keep her from drinking while she worked at least. If we find her a trade she can do, one she enjoys in particular, it might do more than anything else."