<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=237174.msg11809503#msg11809503">Quote from: CarnivalOfTheGoat on 11-11-2015, 20:35:02</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC, Taking 20</div><div class="spoiler_body">So, I think Senthaynatrix is going spend the day attempting to take 20 on the encoded text (whether that ends up being hours or not, I have no idea, if it's too long, please let me know) and if she happens to finish with that (forlorn, faint spark of optimism!) she'll probably attempt to scour Lorrimorr's library for more information on what Quentin found to see if she can turn up anything herself. Again, taking 20, if possible. Her Linguistics mod is +5, and Knowledges-wise she has +4 on Religion, Arcana, the Planes and History, +8 on Nature...and if the Undead qualify under Dungeoneering she's got +10 on that. </div></div></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>The encrypted text continues to defeat Senthaynatrix for most of the morning - it is, quite possibly, the most intractable document she has encountered in a long time. Eventually, though, she does light on the system used to encrypt the text, helped by her knowledge of linguistics; the books is entiled 'Manual of the Order of the Palatine Eye.' It contains detailed descriptions of a set of ceremonies, both magical and mundane; all of these ceremonies seem to be concerned with mathematical and arcane topics, and taken in its entirety, the book does not seem to fit either in spirit or in tone with the other volumes of Professor Lorrimor's last request. Putting that book aside to investigate the library more deeply, Senthaynatrix finds its shelves to be full of works on more-or-less secretive cults; she also finds, in the notes scribbled into the margins of several works alluding to the Whispering Way, that other libraries in town contain much more information on their current activities - these notes indicate that the Professor found material of substantial interest in the Pharasmin temple library, the town's archives in the town hall, and the personal collection of another scholar in Ravengro, the proprietor of the Unfurling Scroll, Alendru Ghoroven.<br/><br/>The crowd in the square disperses slowly as the sherriff and his men begin to clean up, satisfied that they cannot find any further hints at the site of the crime. The Sherriff himself looks thoughtful, though. "Something about this makes me think of Harrowstone... now if I could but remember what the hell it might be..."