Mummy's Mask - Shifting Sands [IC]

[Gwynfrid]

Calathon looks at his godson's excitement with gentle fondness. "I take it you'll be compiling a full list of the dynasties' succession rolls for the past six millennia without breaking a sweat... All right, I'll go check for the record of Djederet II's reign, that will give us a good start." The two scholars get to work, with Turi's help, while Lehasti's and Azkin's attempt to browse the library scrolls more or less at random is met with an expected lack of success. After a few hours of perusing the well-kept, well-organized records, the group gathers again, and the two experts compare notes.

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Calathon, Knowledge(History) rolled 29 in OOC (incl +2 bonus from the library) for 7 "damage".

Outcome: DC exceeded by more than 10, for a +2 in effectiveness for a total of 9.

Turi needed to use Knowledge(Nobility), the same skill as the one he's trying to help with. He just succeeds! This brings Vershab's total bonus to +9+2+2=+13 for a total of 33, more than 15 over the DC for a +3 additional "damage". He also confirms (in OOC) for double "damage". He rolled 5 then 6, plus his Int bonus doubled, plus the extra +3 doubled, for a total of... 27. That's as good as it gets. Unfortunately, there's a limit to this success.

They come to a clear, joint conclusion: Not only does the Outer Sanctum seem to be missing quite a lot of knowledge, but some of the more interesting and secretive works appear to have been deliberately removed. They come to inquire with the curators.

"Indeed, our own research shows that there are missing records for several pharaohs. In addition, we've always taken good care to sort the documents in such a way that the more commonly used be the easiest to access. Those tend to be the most recent. If you're looking for some of the less well-known dynasties and older families, such will be found in the Upper Stacks, in the Great Chamber of Knowledge.

Entry to that portion of the Great Libray is more controlled, I'm afraid. By order of the haty-a of Tephu, we are mandated to ask for a donation of no less than fifty pharaohs per day of research."

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1 pharaoh = 1 gp.