<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=332279.msg15855533#msg15855533">Quote from: Ixy on 15-05-2021, 22:14:31</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><hr/>Ithika makes a quick study of their numbers and faces, distinguishing marks and the like, in case any of it becomes relevant later.  She then makes no attempt to hide her interest in the ships, though she does mask it as blithe curiosity and moves on to any outliers-- anyone far enough from the group to not make a spectacle of being asked-- and casually inquires who she might ask about their business... meaning, she'd clarify, what kind of ships they are, and who might be in charge, if she was looking to do some business.<br/><hr/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>The port, if you could call it that, had only one ship in the lagoon.  This ship belonged to House Nox, and it had been the vessel that had carried you to the dark continent for two awful fortnights.  Of course, there were various dinghies grounded on the shore, and you could see that some of the men had gone about their day loading their small boats with casting nets.<br/><br/>"A ship on the horizon!" cried the man with the spyglass.<br/><br/>"Can you make out any flags?" one of the other men replied as he drew closer and peered into the spyglass.<br/><br/>"Nay," the man with the spyglass uttered.<br/><br/>Believe it or not, Tide Pool had its own harbor master.  He was a lean, grizzled old man, and he bore a dinted tricorn cap, and the vestiges of some type of officer or another, though his clothes were in disrepair.  He had a nose like a beak, a thick white beard, and a scimitar sheathed at his hip.<br/><br/><div align="center">(https://www.artranked.com/images/06/06bf7883e203fab7794e73b8ee4434d8.jpg)</div><br/>Ithaka, you observed for a long time as this man gave orders, often in confidence, to several others while continuously taking note of the horizon.<br/><br/>GM Note:  When it comes to Tide Pool's docks, you gain a +2 circumstantial modifier to Knowledge (Local) checks.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>@DAVRIEL</strong><br/><br/>GM Note:  Davriel, you have completed making two rough copies of the maps in your possession.  With them, you gain a +2 circumstantial bonus to Knowledge (Geography) checks within TIDE POOL'S hex, as well the hexes immediately adjacent to Tide Pool's hex.