Midnight RPG - Chapter 44.911

Setting: Location, Time & Context

1) Ahemia

Durgaz touched and used his Seer Sight ability on Ahemia when she mysteriously returned from her 'death' by Anaximath, with the primary intent of determining whether or not she was who she said she was. When it was later revealed that she was pregnant, he attempted to recall when the child(ren) had been conceived, and found that the only possibility was Zal'Kazzir's tryst with her in Vrolk's tower, even though this did not match Kyuad's timeline. Later, Kyuad discovered that the reason it didn't match the timeline was that the pregnancy had been magically concealed to hide its progress, so Durgaz once again reviewed events and found that she had encountered a band of men outside Baden's Bluff, led by a creature that, from Durgaz's description, Kyuad identified as none other than the Priest of Shadow himself. This latest 'review' is an attempt by Durgaz to see and find out what happened to her after that ... where the men took her, what happened while she was there, and how she was returned to Baden's Bluff with (apparently) no memory of the events.

Note that these are technically all the results of a single use of the Seer Sight ability. When Durgaz touched Ahemia on her return to the castle, he essentially experienced the last seventeen years of her life. As per the house changes we have made to the ability, however, he needs to selectively pinpoint and review certain sections of those memories in order to access them information.

2) Neega

Durgaz touched Neega and probably could have used his Seer Sight ability while the two were falling out of the sky. However, this would not strictly have been necessary, since he had access to Neega's remains after the astirax was crushed in his 'shell' of alchemical silver. Durgaz's interest in reviewing Neega's memories would be everything he can discover about why Diero is here, how and why Diero called upon Anaximath to help him, and what Diero has been doing in the months since we saw him bring torn apart by wolves. Presumably Neega was present for a least some portion of these events.

However, worthy of note: Durgaz may not actually be able to review the past of Neega the astirax. He did touch and can certainly read the crow that Neega had taken up residence in, but it's probably a GM call as to whether or not his ability extends to an incorporeal spirit inhabiting the physical body of the creature he touched. If not, the information he gains access to depends entirely on how long Neega had occupied the crow he died in.

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Questions

Andrew

You may have already done something with at least one of these, since I mentioned it in one of the group posts, but here are the main things I'd like to go over in bluebooks:

1) What happened to Ahemia after she was taken by Sunulael(?) outside the Bluff

2) Anything I can glean from the crushed body of Neega about Diero's intentions here in the North, who he serves, what happened to him in the meantime, etc.

This is probably a lot of stuff, but if you could give me an overview that I can ask further questions on, that would be great. Thanks!

GM Commentary

Great Andrew! Some things I need you to specify for me:

• Please note (in "setting" above) when and where this is happening. Who else is involved and if you're hiding it from the others. If so whom/how? Sometimes its important logistically for other PCs/NPCs.
• WHICH abilities you're using on each item? This is more important now that I'm trying to clarify things better for you. If you can give me the rule/die rolls needed for the ability, so I won't have to look it up.

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