<div class="floatright"><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Lirialla, the magical staff</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i.imgur.com/dHP8FSM.jpg)<br/><br/>(http://i.imgur.com/8SkcFro.jpg)</div></div></div><br/><br/>Once Nirael had made his decision, he could feel an overwhelming sense of peace and approval wash over him.  It was like something, or someone, was smiling down at him, telling him that he’d made the right choice.  He pondered it as the elven women spoke and discussed the logistics of keeping the kobold Pooit alive and safe, for now.  But he realized it wasn’t coming from somewhere above him, no, it was coming from next to him.<br/><br/>Even as the elven women talked, and the kobold seemed to passively accept whatever was going on, he looked down at his hand.  There, the staff in his hand, Lirialla seemed to radiate approval over his actions.  He looked very carefully at the intricate carvings, as if seeking out some form of answer to this strange feeling that tickled the back of his mind.  At first he thought there was nothing different, but then he second guessed himself.  Above where his hand gripped the staff, where the carving of the lithe and beautiful woman was, he thought he noticed a change.  The carving of the woman had been carved right into the living wood, and he had thought her expression had been one of a woman at peace, sleeping maybe.  But now the staff’s visage seemed to be secretly smiling.  A very faint smile, and he had to wonder if it was his own imagination, but some part of him doubted that.<br/><br/>Maybe Alher’s notes would give further clues?  He knew that would be the case, but it was a matter of time, and now he had an additional duty to interrogate the kobold captive, Pooit.<br/><br/>He looked back up as the elven women finished hammering out the details, and Anju led the kobold away, with two guardswomen following the blue scaled creature closely and with drawn blades.<br/><br/>The matriarch turned to Nirael and thanked him, “<strong>Thank you for coming to visit me, but there is much that needs to be done and I need to pray for guidance.  I trust you in this regard, please don’t let us down.”</strong><br/><br/>Then with a dismissal kiss on one cheek she turned and left him.  Lunari and he returned to Nilari’s home to find that she was preparing a meal of greens and fruit and wild fowl.  The trio spoke of the events of the captive and then ate together.  Nilari expressed her distaste at Nirael’s choice.  “Best to kill every one of them.  That’s what they’d do to us for nothing more than a few shiny coins and whatever food we carry.”<br/><br/>Lunari defended Nirael’s choice, but her mother would not be swayed of her opinion.  The tone was of a discussion where both sides disagreed though, and not a heated argument.  So no real anger was displayed.  But it became obvious that eventually no positive movement was being made on either side of the table.  An uncomfortable silence settled, and Nirael stood, announcing his intentions to go walking in the village by himself for a while.  The two checked to make sure that he did not want a guard, but he assured them that he would be safe, and left the home without either.<br/><br/>The village was active even after night fall, and it didn’t seem that he did need a guard.  He’d been the talk of the town for days now and it seemed everyone knew him.  The blacksmith engaged him in conversation for a little while, and two hunters, a matched pair man and woman, talked to him about the kobold.  They, like Nilari, seemed to question his choice to let the kobold live, but they didn’t seem too upset about it.  When he asked why that was, they expressed their faith in Anju to ‘do the right thing when it was time.’<br/><br/>Most of the shops were closed, but often the proprietor was either at home above it, or nearby and asked if he needed anything.  Though since he was wandering aimlessly and not actively shopping he turned them down each time.  Now, after this time, Nirael began to see more male elves, though never alone like he was.  Always they were accompanied by at least one woman.  Never did they seem a prisoner or upset, more just a commodity that needed protecting.  If the reports of the digger attacks inside the village were true, he supposed he could see why.<br/><br/>What surprised Nirael the most however was when Lunari approached him on the street.  She made a shushing motion and told him that he needed to follow her quickly and quietly.  He did so, following her to a secluded garden spot between two towering trees.  A passing couple nodded at them, exiting the garden as they entered, but otherwise it was deserted.<br/><br/>Lunari seemed distracted, and certainly it was odd that her style of dress was not her leather outfit and black voidcloth.  But the light linen robe was of a similar style to what he’d seen around town before and maybe she was trying to be inconspicuous.<br/><br/>Finally as she stopped in the garden, she turned and kissed him passionately, breaking only to say,<strong>“I need to feel you inside me, would you please take me now?”</strong><br/><br/>Nirael’s instincts of course kicked in and he smiled, glad to pleasure his love.  During the process she seemed quite passive although grateful and responsive.  She said little other than encouraging moans and cries, and came several times before Nirael spilled his seed inside of her.<br/><br/>She sighed and ran her fingers through her nether lips, scooping his seed out and licking her fingers, seemingly contented.<strong>“Thank you, I needed that.  See you around stud.” </strong>Her pattern of speech seemed odd to Nirael, but he didn’t even then suspect anything till she stood and pulled on the robe and dashed off, leaving him alone in the garden half nude and still sweating and covered in their fluids.  Most strangely was the fact that Lunari dashed off in the opposite direction of Nilari’s home.<br/><br/>Very confused by the whole thing, Nirael dressed and picked up his staff again.  Again Lirialla seemed to be radiating a sense of pleasure, though he couldn’t say exactly how he knew that or describe it.  But he dressed and made his way back to the home.  Upon entering he heard the sounds of sparring upstairs and made his way up.<br/><br/>Again he found Lunari and Nilari sparring with wooden swords.  But they were deep into their dance, and by the level of sweat on both of their glistening purple bodies, he knew they’d been at this for a while.  At least longer than it could have possibly taken for Lunari to get home from the gardens.<br/><br/>It was then that he realized that Lunari had several other half elven / half changeling siblings in this village, and the encounter in the garden was certainly not the woman he’d thought.  All told of course, it had been a relatively harmless, if embarassing, dupe.  Maybe he shouldn’t even tell his lovers about it.  They certainly wouldn’t think much if he went and bathed before they finished their sparring.  In any sense he knew that he was getting tired and needed to wind the day down.  Though he doubted, with the ferocity of this sparring match, that the women would be content to let him sleep without at least some bedroom frolics.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">current 'rewards'</div><div class="spoiler_body"><span class="bbc_u">For studying the spell book for a total of 3 hours on day 2:  </span><br/>For the three hours Nirael spends studying Alher's spell book, he may learn 3 spell levels worth of spells (cantrips count as 1/2 a level).  That could be a single 3rd level spell, it could be three 1st level spells, or it could be six cantrips.  Or a combination, such as 2 cantrips and a 2nd level spell, or a 2nd level spell and a 1st level spell, etc.  In the future you may learn new spells from the spell book and add them to your own spell book as 'known' spells this way.  However after this time, I need to roll to find out if a spell is in the spell book or not.   Alher's spellbook has ANY and ALL primal spells up to 6th level spells.  It also has ANY cantrips and 1st level spells.  However there is a chance that there may not be spells of higher levels.  So you'll have to ask me to roll to see if any given spell of 2nd through 6th level is in his spell book.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">For studying the spell book for a total of 2 hours on day 3:  </span><br/>All further studying of the spell book will go into a 'pool' of time spent.  When you next level up, this pool will be cleared and you can choose additional 'known' spells.  We will talk about this just to be clear at a later date when it becomes needed.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">For rolling a 1 when exploring:</span><br/>Nirael was completely duped and had sex with someone who WASNT Lunari.  It may have been one of the half changelings who lives in the village or a mage under some sort of illusion.  There MAY be fallout from this, depending on how he handles it.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Pooit:</span><br/>Nilari will be Nirael's guard on the 4th day.  She can take him to Anju's abode outside of the village to question the kobold.<br/></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc Day 4 planning information</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>How we will handle the daily time that Nirael spends.  Every day, Nirael has a certain number of hours that he can spend his time on.  It is up to you to decide how he spends them.<br/>Nirael may spend 1 hour on any activity, or socializing with any NPC.  Any attempts at sex require a second hour with that npc in that day.  Some npcs will automatically agree, others may take 'convincing'  (a dm roll)</li><li>Each day Nirael has 24 hours to spend (save the first)  8 full hours should be spent at rest (sleep) between each day, though this can be broken up between the two days.  (IE if he goes to bed at 10pm one night and wakes up at 6am the next morning.  He also needs to spend another 1 hour at an absolute minimum for washing, the minimum amount of eating, and biological functions as well as daily spell preparation.  </li><li>Since Nirael wakes up at 6 am on the fourth day, and needs 1 hour for washing / eating / etc, you can start the planning at <strong>7am</strong> giving him a total of 17 hours in this day to spend.</li><li>Multiple hours spent in a row, in one option, are more effective then if they are spread out.</li><li>Every option has an advantage and a potential gain, but some gains may not 'unlock' till a minimum amount of time is spent on them.</li></ul><br/>The following is a list of activities that Nirael can spend time on:<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>NPC options:</strong></span><br/>Spend time socializing with the following NPCs to learn and improve your reputation with them<br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><del>Lunari </del>- <div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">note on Lunari</div><div class="spoiler_body">Lunari is at maximum affection and is fully committed to Nirael at this point.  As long as he continues to pay attention to her once every few days, you do not need to schedule time for this.  It can be included in time spent with someone else, or include her in wandering the village, going to service, or even having sex with someone else.  If you choose to allocate an hour specifically to Lunari, sex will be included, but there will be no further 'gains' and will be only from a role play perspective.</div></div></li><li><del>Mara </del>- <div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">note on Mara</div><div class="spoiler_body">Mara is at maximum affection and is fully committed to Nirael at this point.  As long as he continues to pay attention to her once every few days, you do not need to schedule time for this.  It can be included in time spent with someone else, or include her in wandering the village, going to service, or even having sex with someone else.  If you choose to allocate an hour specifically to Mara, sex will be included, but there will be no further 'gains' and will be only from a role play perspective.</div></div></li><li>Sirana</li><li>Anju</li><li>Nilari</li><li>Matriarch Nameer</li><li>Priestess Viendrissa <em>(the priestess from the ceremony)</em> </li><li>Interrogate the kobold Pooit - make two rolls, either diplomacy OR intimidate  then make a sense motive roll</li><li>any of the elven villagers he has met before but not listed above, including the other priestesses, smith, bowyer, etc</li></ul>Spend time trying to seduce or have sex with the following NPCs  (requires one hour of socialization time that day in addition to this hour)<br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><del>Lunari - automatic success</del>   - <em>see spoiler note above for Lunari</em></li><li><del>Mara - automatic success</del>  - <em>see spoiler note above for Mara</em></li><li>Sirana - preform sex check, DC 15  (currently) </li><li>Anju - preform sex check, DC 25  (currently) </li><li>Nilari - automatic success </li><li>Matriarch Nameer - preform sex check, DC 20 (currently) </li><li>Priestess Viendrissa - preform sex check, DC 25  <em>(the priestess from the ceremony)</em> </li><li>Kobold Pooit - preform sex check, DC 30 <em>(she thinks she's going to be killed, she's not likely to want to have sex with a 'pink man')</em></li><li>Try to have sex with multiple partners - DC is the highest of any listed </li><li>-future NPCs</li></ul><br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Research options:</strong></span><br/>Nirael may spend time sequestered in private doing research on the following items<br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Study Alher's spellbooks - <em>this will grant you additional 'known' spells</em></li><li>Study Alher's magical notebook - <em>this will grant you 'clues' about the demon, the artifact, or the staff Lirlalla</em></li><li>Read Alher's personal journal - <em>this will grant insight about the man's life / family</em></li><li>Study Lirialla, the staff - ? (roll a wisdom check)</li><li>Study the artifact half you carry - ? (roll a wisdom check)</li></ul><br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Explore the elven village</strong></span><br/><em>(please note what form Nirael takes when he does this, male or female)</em><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Wander alone, without guards.  This will require a successful diplomacy check of 16 or higher failure indicates a lost hour of time.</li><li>Socialize with the native elves.  please note if this is with or without guards.</li><li>Attend worship of Eilistraee.  Maximum of 4, non consecutive hours a day.</li><li>Visit the elven common areas, such as shops and businesses.</li><li>Try to track down who the 'mystery lover' was.  please note if this is with or without guards.</li></ul><br/>Also, if you want to keep track of how you're spending your time, I'm keeping track on this sheet:<br/>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TQ3X0sCjQ6mUWrC_uOzB_wT3MqlCoy-2QQ6a2gVuuTI/edit#gid=0<br/><br/></div></div>