To the root

[Anastasia]

You could try alter reality for something to point you along, sure. As for the rest, refresh me on your portfolio?

[Iron Dragoon]

Portfolio: Knowledge, Exploration, Potential

Domains: Magic, Knowledge, Travel, Forge

Since I've never tried anything like this before, any guidance/hints/rules?

[Anastasia]

I usually adjudicate it through alter reality and factor it in DM side. Doing something that fits in with your portfolio tends to work better - I may tweak a DC down a bit or allow something that's not normally possible. Alicia's gotten some miles out of adding purification to her portfolio and as a domain, for example. Rather than doing it case by case and setting out a rocky situation where I encourage PCs to mine that, I prefer to encourage it with suitable actions doing better and leave any messiness of adjudication behind the DM screen.

To go ahead and use a recent example, Moore's attempt to talk the mad balor down tonight had a better chance (but still admittedly small) because it played into parts of his portfolio. Just wasn't his fault that the demon's been tormented by a Guardian for who knows how long, and that Guardians explicitly operate outside of the normal rules.

You can feel a path ahead - you're being directed, a path given to be followed.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa focuses on what and who she is, the wanderlust, the horizon, and the path. She tries to frame the path into the exploration of the new place with the directions backed up by her Minotaur sense and uses her magic to bridge them together and to open the path for her.

Alter Reality, as discussed. Throw me any sort of fixing in that, that I might need to do, in case it doesn't make sense or something.

[Anastasia]

You can feel the path ahead, drawing you on. The directions are yours, all you have to do is go forward and follow them.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa closes her eyes and follows the feelings and directions.

[Anastasia]

Sure, gimme a quick d100.

[Iron Dragoon]

[blockquote]Rolled 1d100 : 40, total 40[/blockquote]

[Anastasia]

You travel amid the glowing rivers of water. On and on and on. The path is ahead and you follow it - but amid the left hand turns in this place, you come to a thick knot of glowing water. It blocks your way ahead - there's little gaps you could get through with deft moves, perhaps.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa attempts to use her abilities to open the path more!

[Anastasia]

Give me a rank check here.

[Iron Dragoon]

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+1 : 12 + 1, total 13[/blockquote]

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+1
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 17 > [d20=16]

Normally a plane wouldn't interact this way, but Queen's relationship with this realm is unusual due to what the Guardian put her through. She really wasn't ever meant to be saved, but here we are.

Nothing happens - you feel a will oppose your own.

'Don't do that,' Queen declares in your mind. 'Work around them if you must!'

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa nods to herself and begins working her way through it.

[Anastasia]

Give me a Ref save.