I really should have broken that post into two, the setup, waited for response, then the concluding offer... but I was having<strong>so much fun</strong>writing that, it was just flowing out of me!<br/><br/><strong>Edited to add</strong>:  In fact, perhaps we should make it official.  That break point I suggested should be the demarcation between actions, Reliyian, Eshau, the Matriarch get actions at that point. Should I edit the post to remove the offer of alliance, the skill rolls in support of that offer, put them n ai  separate, later post?