"I was wondering," Aria grinned about elemental resistances, "Like the lower planes and those other traits, you mentioned. Certainly you embody that maxim about 'that which does not slay us'...Hmm, most of my own experience has been more, hmm, mundanely martial, perhaps 'tis time for me to learn a bit more about magic."<br/><br/>She gestured about the room with t agrin. "Once we've the leisure to ransack, I'd not lack for studying mterial, it would seem!" She looked closer at the atlas on the easle. " 'tis a language I don't recognize. Perhaps I should've let that wizardess sell me on one of her other permanent effects, to read any language..."<br/><br/>She agreed on the way on; they phased out the other door, which indeed was the second one along the hall. They ventured down the hall a bit, to phase into the third, the last along the hall before the spiral door.<br/><br/>This was a second bedroom, and to judge from its dimensions, compromised the remainder of the third floor. It was more the size of the office than the first bedchamber, likewise elven in its elegant, delicate furnishings, with a balcony door, yet far more feminine in tone. The open wardrobe held ladies' outfits (many quite revealing, and many of which Aria looked forward to stealing and wearing as occasions allowed). The vanity desk before the mirror was well-used and laden with cosmetics. Translucent gauzy violet silky curtains shourded the canopy bed, which hosted the most literally feminine features of all: two female moon elves, fast in reverie. Slender nude bodies lay entwined, skin ivory with a faint icy-blue hue, one girl with long hair of oft blue, the other blonde. The two girl wore only jewelry, and none matching the style of the disguise rings they'd seen on all others so far.<br/><br/>Two book lays on the bed, ribbon bookmarks in each, and some half-played board game was arrayed on the balcony's small table betwixt its two chairs. One endtable by the bed hosted two wine glasses, almost empty, the nearest wine bottle completely so. To the bed's other side stood a bronze three-legged brazier, source of a faint, herbal and burnt, yet still potent nostril-tingling spell.<br/><br/>"No auras, except the usual one," Aria whispered deathly-quiet, indicating pointedly to the jewerly of the two girls, to indicate especially that the girls wore nothing magical. She sniffed. "And I recognize the smell," she indicated the brazier, "Black lotus, the decadent drug."<br/><br/><br/>(I wrote  my prior post as if Aria indicated the door aura before they phased through, rather than after - less consistent with your post before that, but more globally logical and better preserves the autonomy or deserved awareness of your char, I thought (as per some of the OOC comments). Doesn't matter now, just mentioning b/c of the tone of the start of your last post.)<br/><br/>I think I misassumed about the school auras b/c in Realms we seemed to get them all (with the treasure trove etc.), and I subconsciously 'learned' that was how it worked. (Or perhaps there was an implicit taking 20 or someone's spellcraft was quite high.)<br/><br/><div class="codeheader">Code: <a class="codeoperation" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return smfSelectText(this);">[Select]</a></div><pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><code class="bbc_code"><br/>(balcony)                (balcony)    1<br/>X X X - X X X X X X X X X X - X X X   2<br/>X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X   3<br/>X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X   4<br/>X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X   5<br/>X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X   6<br/>X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X   7<br/>X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X   8<br/>X X X - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   9<br/>X . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . * X  10<br/>X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X  11<br/>X X X X - X X X X - X X X X - X X X  12<br/>X . . . . . . X . . . . X . A R . X  13<br/>X . . . . . . - . . . . X . . . . X  14<br/>X . . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X  15<br/>X . . . . . . X . . . . X . . . . X  16<br/>X X X - X X X X X X X X X X - X X X  17<br/>(balcony)                (balcony)   18<br/></code></pre>