<div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">EDIT: Re-wrote Shara's dialogue. Compulsive tinkering a-go-go!</div></div></div><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">In order to makes the arena rules (and possibly other documents in the future) more accessible to the party, I'll allow anyone without the necessary skills to roll an Intelligence check (DC variable) to examine the document. Untrained checks won't turn up as much useful information, but they will allow a character to get a general feel for the document. You may also turn if a few interesting tidbits with a high result...<br/><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Hungrycentaur:</span> Rihyan can be quite certain he's found every current rule. The stricken rules are largely dull legalese, with a few out-of-place references to "substances and/or paraphernalia." Why the Sogluyem would be concerned with such matters is anyone's guess...</div></div></div><br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Geno wrote:</cite>"<span style="font-style: italic">So, who's your friend? A bodyguard or something?</span>"</div></blockquote><br/>The redhead balks for a moment, clearly unprepared to be the one answering questions. Her eyes shift to her scarf-clad companion, then back to Geno as she scrambles to come up with a suitable comeback for the half-dragon.<span style="font-style: italic">"B-bodyguard? O-of course not! I, the great Shara, have no need of a bodyguard! Besides, my choice of company is no concern of yours!"</span><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Bluff: 1d20 (13) - 10 (another obvious lie) = 3</div></div></div><br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Geno wrote:</cite>"<span style="font-style: italic">I find it insulting that you believe you can kill me, yet you can't fight alone. Don't waste my time...</span>"</div></blockquote><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"WHAAAT?!?"</span>Despite having at least ten yards' distance between them, Geno's keen ears can half-hear Shara's true voice for a second as  it rises from a whisper to nearly conversation-level. Unfortunately, for the dragon's ears, this translates into a spell-amplified shriek a moment later, followed by an angry tirade from the redhead.<br/><br/>"<span style="font-style: italic">How... how</span>dare<span style="font-style: italic">you! I, the great Shara, fear no filthy half-breed, particularly a ruffian of your caliber! I'll face you anytime, anywhere! In the name of the Pact and Guardian, I swear that I will- OW!</span>"<br/><br/>The last interjection comes as the scarf-wrapped man lifts one arm and, without so much as a word, delivers a slap from the wrist to the back of his companion's head. Shara falls silent, and turns her deathglare from Geno to her not-bodyguard. The wrapped man looks up at Geno and gives a dismissive shrug.<br/><br/><br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Rihyan wrote:</cite><span style="font-style: italic">~Anyone see anything less obvious in these rules?~</span></div></blockquote><br/>"Let me see that for a minute," Yuki says.<br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Knowledge (local): fail (untrained)<br/>Decipher Script: fail (untrained)<br/>Int check: 1d20 (9) + 0 = 9</div></div></div>As Alyssa finishes her reading, Yuki takes the scroll and reads through the last few pages herself. Lacking the brainier tiefling's scholarly background, this basically amounts to skimming for new additions. Once she's satisfied that all of the writing is old or stricken, she rolls up the pages and passes them back to Rihyan.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">~It doesn't look like any of the rules have changed,~</span>she comments.<br/><br/><br/>When/if Mindy passes on Alyssa's concerns:<br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;"><blockquote><div><cite>Alyssa wrote:</cite><span style="font-style: italic">~This rule is new, and the ink is still fresh. I wonder if this has some significance?~</span></div></blockquote><br/>"..."<br/><br/>Yuki pulls the scroll back in her direction and re-reads the last page. Her brow furrows in concern as she parses the new rule for herself.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">~Hm. That's strange,~</span> she says. <span style="font-style: italic">~They usually leave rules on the books for at least a day before they make removals. I've never seen them strike out an addition before noon...~</span><br/><br/>Yuki falls silent as she considers the short-lived rule further. If the tiefling warrior has any further thoughts on the matter, she isn't sharing them.</div></div></div>