Island raiser

[Nephrite]

"If you only knew what I'd seen." Moore says with a cheerful smile. He turns over to Xandra. "Whatever the case, I leave the matter in your hands to direct."

[Anastasia]

"I will see to it," Xandra agrees, "Come to me when you wish to learn and I will teach you, Alyssa."

[Iron Dragoon]

"I'm here now. Care to start or do you have previous engagements?"

[Anastasia]

"Moore?" Xandra asks, a question in a single word.

[Nephrite]

"Now's fine." Moore says, gesturing with the flute.

[Anastasia]

Okay, plan here for this, y'all?

[Iron Dragoon]

I have no idea.

[Nephrite]

The best bet I can come up with from an OOC perspective is to have Moore play his flute, hope Alyssa gets a 20 after a bunch of 1s and see where it goes from there.

As for specifics, that'd be Xandra's thing, but I imagine we can just start with teaching Alyssa the very basics of the Words to see if she can emulate them at all.

[Anastasia]

Paste me the flute's stats?

[Nephrite]

This plain flute pushes back the seemingly impossible and makes them a little more possible. When played by a bard who succeeds on a DC 40 Perform (Wind Instruments) check, it grants a single listener the following benefit. When a creature who hears this makes a skill check, a natural result of 20 automatically succeeds, so long as a sufficiently high skill check can succeed. While it doesn't allow the truly impossible, anything just short of that can theoretically be done with this. You can't take 20 on a skill when under the effects of horizon's flute.

Each usage of this ability counts as a daily use of bardic music.

[Anastasia]

Okay. Let's try an Int check as an untrained skill check here, Iddy. In other words, you're likely 20fishing as desired, but make a roll and we'll see from there.

[Iron Dragoon]

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+9 : 20 + 9, total 29[/blockquote]

[Anastasia]

It's like walking on a balance beam between endless chasms. Each slight step is impossibly hard, devastatingly challenging. It's just learning the absolute basics of the theory and yet - Moore's music plays, bringing a constant state of clarity. Somehow you work perfectly, lost in your labors. As it does, Alyssa hears a voice, seeming to whisper into her mind.

You seek a dangerous thing, Alyssa. The Words of Creation reject those that are not worthy. The Dark Speech immolates those who dare make a mistake with it. The Words or the Speech are not meant for mortals, yet the play with the barest murmurings of them, risking greatly.

Yet that is the greatest gift of mortals, to press on in the face of the impossible and sometimes succeed in spite of everything. Will you continue?

[Iron Dragoon]

"I will. In this thing, I see the potential for victory and improvement."

[Anastasia]

Then I will grant you the ability to continue. But know that you explore realms not meant for you to explore. Wisdom shall be your watchword, or your lack of it will adorn your tomb.