Silken touch

[Ebiris]

Did you read her thoughts? No connection to Talona?

[Anastasia]

None at all. She's a local who tricks residents who explore out from Windglum. She's also not very intelligent, her mind's damaged and she's unable to heal it. More like an animal than a person.

[Ebiris]

Well, do as you please with her in that case, and we'll continue on.

[Anastasia]

Jessica slips away and returns shortly after, a mere nod all the confirmation as she continues on.

Perception real quick?

[Ebiris]

[19:50] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+87
[19:50] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 106 > [d20=19]

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Alicia HP: 831+20/831
Active spells: Many moments of prescience (CL 38), extended mind blank (CL 39), extended nondetection (CL 39), greater heroism (CL 36), extended ray deflection (CL 39), epic mage armour (CL 36), sensual blessing (CL 36), greater foresight (CL 38), keen edge (CL 36 on sword), dance of the unicorn (CL 36), extended greater anticipate teleportation (CL 38), repelling shield (CL 38), freedom of movement (CL 36), greater visage of the deity (CL 36), recitation (CL 36)
Defences: AC 87, CMD 113, spell resistance 51, energy immunity (fire and cold), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, death effects, disintegration, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affecting, and fear), nondetection (DC 54), freedom of movement
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 morale attack/skills/saves, +10 armour AC, +25 competence perception, +7 insight AC/ref, +4 str, +2 dex, +4 con, +2 int, +4 wis, +4 cha, +1 natural armour AC, +9 shield AC, +3 luck AC/attack/saves
Perceptions: Arcane sight, true seeing, 5 mile tremorsense/blindsight/scent perception +87
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/16/16/14/9/9/15/9/9/5/8/4/7/7/6/3
Duskblade spell slots: 6/23/22/23/11/7/16

[Anastasia]

You fly on - and you begin to hear it. The noises of the city, echoed and distorted. Chants. Praises. Footsteps. Coins. So many noises, all of them strong - and a zone, just inside the city, that stands out because nothing comes from it. No sound, no vibrations - nothing at all.

[Ebiris]

How big is the zone of silence? Are people passing in and out of it or giving it a wide berth?

[Anastasia]

People pass in and out of it. It's perhaps a quarter of a mile in size roughly.

[Ebiris]

Talona's secured a section for privacy, we'll want to avoid at least that far. Just remember her senses are going to be as good if not better than mine so her reach extends a lot farther.

[Anastasia]

Can we sneak well enough to avoid her senses? Then again, it's one thing for us to be noticed, it's another to be identified.

I'm confident I can avoid her notice if I need to. But it's best to assume she'll notice us, but she may not recognize us if we give her no reason to suspect we're anything but another few sneaks in this wretched place. In other words Syala's right, sister. The bigger risk is if she penetrates our nondetection magic or has some other means to identify us.

[Ebiris]

Which is why we don't want to be seen as anything special. Take care of your movements, don't be seen as too swift or graceful. Assume she already knows there are three humanoid figures where we are but she doesn't know more than that. So long as she's not given reason to investigate more closely, we'll pass by as just part of the scenery.

[Anastasia]

With that the party progresses on.

> roll 1d100
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 56 > [d100=56]

Around a cavern and several others. Footsteps. You're less than a mile away now, but people have come from town and are heading in your direction. Four in total. The caverns here are a straight shot mostly, not much chance to go around them that way.

[Ebiris]

Any conversation between the four?

Alicia adjusts things somewhat, reducing the effective caster level of her dance of the unicorn so it isn't quite so pervasive.

Changing it to CL 16 so radius drops to 80 feet.

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Alicia HP: 831+20/831
Active spells: Many moments of prescience (CL 38), extended mind blank (CL 39), extended nondetection (CL 39), greater heroism (CL 36), extended ray deflection (CL 39), epic mage armour (CL 36), sensual blessing (CL 36), greater foresight (CL 38), keen edge (CL 36 on sword), dance of the unicorn (CL 16), extended greater anticipate teleportation (CL 38), repelling shield (CL 38), freedom of movement (CL 36), greater visage of the deity (CL 36), recitation (CL 36)
Defences: AC 87, CMD 113, spell resistance 51, energy immunity (fire and cold), status immunity (polymorph, petrification, disease, poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, death effects, disintegration, energy drain, ability damage, ability drain, mind-affecting, and fear), nondetection (DC 54), freedom of movement
Stat buffs/penalties: +4 morale attack/skills/saves, +10 armour AC, +25 competence perception, +7 insight AC/ref, +4 str, +2 dex, +4 con, +2 int, +4 wis, +4 cha, +1 natural armour AC, +9 shield AC, +3 luck AC/attack/saves
Perceptions: Arcane sight, true seeing, 5 mile tremorsense/blindsight/scent perception +87
Sorcerer spell slots: 6/16/16/14/9/9/15/9/9/5/8/4/7/7/6/3
Duskblade spell slots: 6/23/22/23/11/7/16

[Anastasia]

Nothing like that, they're hurrying but stone silent as far as speech goes.

[Ebiris]

Just like them!

Four people heading our way. I'll use fear if they cause us trouble.

Alicia doesn't otherwise break her own seemingly hurried stride.