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<blockquote data-quote="Nephis" data-source="post: 9220184" data-attributes="member: 20459"><p><em><strong>JENDI </strong>hears the loggers' change of route and mentally scans through what his sister has taken to calling his "bag of trick" to see if there is some "trick" he has not yet used which might profit their cause (and keep them here in the forest, close by the mark indicating the sunken vault on his map). In the carapace next to him, he can hear Mylistra muttering, at first quietly, almost to herself, then with growing strength and urgency. Finally, he can make out what she is saying: "send them harpies, send THEM <strong>HARPIES!!!</strong>" </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Turning to look at her, he realizes that she has let the carapace fall off and is staring at him, eyes a glowing lavender in the half-light under the forest's canopy. Facing her more fully, eyes seeing her more clearly after removing his own spidermask, he realizes that she is not only repeating this but pointing in the direction of the loggers' adjusted route. As he registers all of this information, he remembers some of his more interesting teachers back in Blackstone who taught not only the standard skills, spells, and lessons, but also about the usefulness of alteration, of thinking and creating on the fly. Could he do that now?</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Closing his eyes, delving into his more interesting but not yet intuitive skills, and sends out the Ravens of his Queen. With a twist of his outstretched hands, he alters Her beautiful ravens into winged females with screaming visages and sharp talons. Straining, he pushes wind through the images, causing them to scream hoarsely and wail. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Suddenly all four of them are staring around them, Jendi and Mylistra following the journey of his raven-harpies, Toriq and Nemo up at restless sounds of birds and bird-like creatures taking off from branches in surrounding trees, joining the shadowy throng of Jendi's creation. Birds of all kinds and sizes, scream and caw and crow at the men, flying at them with physical talons and wings that Jendi's birds can not quite mimic, making the lie of the ravens into truth. And is that a harpy or two they can see, joining in?</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Whether there are harpies on the wing or no, the men and boys (and faster hounds) do not wait to find out. They run back down the route by which they'd already entered the forest, leaving it and vowing never to return ... and never to speak of their own cowardice ... to each other or anyone else. </em></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p>Mylistra makes a Secondary Skill Insight check to recognize the loggers' fear and hatred of harpies: +9 = Autosuccess, to give Jendi a +2 bonus for his</p><p></p><p>Primary Skill Arcana check to alter his spell Winged Horde into a Horde of Harpies to frighten the loggers out of the forest: r(14) + 8 + 2 = 24 vs. 19 Hard DC.</p><p></p><p>6 Successes/1 Failure. Yay!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nephis, post: 9220184, member: 20459"] [I][B]JENDI [/B]hears the loggers' change of route and mentally scans through what his sister has taken to calling his "bag of trick" to see if there is some "trick" he has not yet used which might profit their cause (and keep them here in the forest, close by the mark indicating the sunken vault on his map). In the carapace next to him, he can hear Mylistra muttering, at first quietly, almost to herself, then with growing strength and urgency. Finally, he can make out what she is saying: "send them harpies, send THEM [B]HARPIES!!![/B]" Turning to look at her, he realizes that she has let the carapace fall off and is staring at him, eyes a glowing lavender in the half-light under the forest's canopy. Facing her more fully, eyes seeing her more clearly after removing his own spidermask, he realizes that she is not only repeating this but pointing in the direction of the loggers' adjusted route. As he registers all of this information, he remembers some of his more interesting teachers back in Blackstone who taught not only the standard skills, spells, and lessons, but also about the usefulness of alteration, of thinking and creating on the fly. Could he do that now? Closing his eyes, delving into his more interesting but not yet intuitive skills, and sends out the Ravens of his Queen. With a twist of his outstretched hands, he alters Her beautiful ravens into winged females with screaming visages and sharp talons. Straining, he pushes wind through the images, causing them to scream hoarsely and wail. Suddenly all four of them are staring around them, Jendi and Mylistra following the journey of his raven-harpies, Toriq and Nemo up at restless sounds of birds and bird-like creatures taking off from branches in surrounding trees, joining the shadowy throng of Jendi's creation. Birds of all kinds and sizes, scream and caw and crow at the men, flying at them with physical talons and wings that Jendi's birds can not quite mimic, making the lie of the ravens into truth. And is that a harpy or two they can see, joining in? Whether there are harpies on the wing or no, the men and boys (and faster hounds) do not wait to find out. They run back down the route by which they'd already entered the forest, leaving it and vowing never to return ... and never to speak of their own cowardice ... to each other or anyone else. [/I] [HR][/HR] Mylistra makes a Secondary Skill Insight check to recognize the loggers' fear and hatred of harpies: +9 = Autosuccess, to give Jendi a +2 bonus for his Primary Skill Arcana check to alter his spell Winged Horde into a Horde of Harpies to frighten the loggers out of the forest: r(14) + 8 + 2 = 24 vs. 19 Hard DC. 6 Successes/1 Failure. Yay! [/QUOTE]
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