Back to the Future II, Track II - No McFly's here Options

[Lady Door]

Morgana nods and looks around the room.
Okay.. so there's books and a study but no ink. Now, I'm thinking that an intelligent man might not want his books and ink too near each other for fear of a spill but, he wouldn't want to have to leave his tower just to write something down either. I think there may be more to this room or perhaps an exit we're not seeing.
Morgana scans the room again, noting the bookshelf against the wall. Going over to it, she peers behind it.
Perception Test

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Perception Step: 6, 1d10, Result: 9

[Grinder]

Ah! A Hound!... No, just the paperweight. These room gives me a headache.

Ralo flies nervously through the room, trying to get Alex' or Morganas attention.

Do you need much longer? I want to got out here, even if that means we have to fight the dogs!

[fistandantilus4....]

The hound's still barking at the door don't help.

[fistandantilus4....]

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nice perception test

Something rings wrong in Morgana's ears. Something is out of place....

If there's no papers... and nothing to write with.... why would he need a paper weight?

[Lady Door]

Morgana's eyes slide to the paperweight. Curious, she crosses the room and picks it up, examining it and the deck it sat on.

[fistandantilus4....]

It's a large black hound's head with a flat bottom ,about the size of a human fist, The detail is acutally quite remarkable.

[Lady Door]

Okay, so let's recap: paperweight and no papers. Wizard's tower and no scrolls... Morgana trails off, her eyes searching the room for perhaps an indention in the wall that the paperweight could fit in, maybe act as some kind of key. Think Morgana, think!
Morgana eyes the small head again and hefts it.
Does it feel solid? or could there be a compartment inside it?

[fistandantilus4....]

Solid and thick. No apparent openings. It feels heacy. Definitly a stone.

[Grinder]

Maybe he carried all papers to another room? Who knows how a spellcaster thinks?

Ralo gets obviously more and more uncomfortable in this room.

[fistandantilus4....]

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Too confining! Too confing! too confing!

[Grinder]

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Yup. And searching in books. Come on... :please:

[fistandantilus4....]

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Ralo is searching in books? what is he looking for specifically?[/color]

[Grinder]

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He isn't. But Morgana. And she needed sooooo long to do it. A few minutes or so. :D

[Lady Door]

Looking around, Morgana sighs.
Well... I'm out of ideas..
She casts Astral Sense.
Spellcasting Test: Astral Sense

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Astral Sense: This spell allows the Wizard to sense presences in Astral space. These presences could include people, creatures, magic doors, magic items and so on. The Spellcasting Test is made against the Spell Defense of astral space, which is normally 6 but can be higher in certain magically active areas. If the Spellcasting Test is successful, the spell allows the wizard to detect other presences in astral space. The wizard then makes an effect test. If the result is equal to or higher then the Spell Defense of any target within range, the wizard detects the target. The wizard can make the Effect Test every round. If more then one target is in range, the wizard will detect the one with the lowest Spell Defense first. Once detected, a target stays detected as long as he remains within the range of the spell.
Making an Effect Test does not prevent the wizard from taking another action that round. A magician may attempt to cast spells on a target he has astrally assensed, even if he cannot otherwise see the target.
Threads: 2, W/Difficulty: 5/15, Range: 60 yds, Duration: 12 minutes, Effect: Willf + 6, Casting Difficulty: See Text
Spellcasting: Rank 2, Step 10 (-1 Wnd. Mod.) Step 9, d8+d6, Result: 8, re-roll 1, 6, re-roll 5 Total: 20

Threadweaving Tests: Astral Sense

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Threadweaving #1: Rank 2, Step 8 (-1 Wnd Mod.) Step 7, d12, Result: 9
Threadweaving #2: Rank 2, Step 8 (-1 Wnd Mod.) Step 7, d12, Result: 5 (ooh, barely!)

Effect Test: Astral Sense

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Will: Step 7 + 6, 13, d12+d10, Result:10,9 Total: 19

[fistandantilus4....]

Ralo finds a book on the mating habits of the Zoak.

[fistandantilus4....]

Morgana's eyes widen at the complexity of the weave of the item. It is most certainly a thread item, and a strong one from the looks of it. It does not currently have any woven threads that she can see.

[Grinder]

I never knew they do it that way!

For the first time he entered the room, Ralo sits down calmly and reads in the book.

[Lady Door]

A thread item? A paperweight?! Okay... so, we're still stuck in the room though. Morgana looks up from the paperweight and scans the room using the Astral Sense spell.
Astral Sense Effect Test #2

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Will: Step 7 + 6, 13 (-1 Wnd Mod), 12, 2d10, Result:8,10, re-roll 2 Total: 20

[fistandantilus4....]

Besides the "paper wight" and various thread items on her companions, nothing else much stands out her as magical. Even the texts are all mundane.

[Lady Door]

More to herself then to anyone else, Morgana speaks.
Okay, so this is the only item that is inherently magical to this room. This must be the key to whatever it is we are looking for.
Morgana sits down with the statue in her lap and closes her eyes. She meditates for a moment and then reaches into her bag, pulling out a small bag. Opening it, she withdraws a deck of cards.
Show me the truth behind this figurine. She shuffles the deck in her hands, repeating the question over and over in her head. Then she lays the cards out in a cross shape. For a moment, she regards the backs of the cards, still repeating the question in her mind. Then she flips the first one over.

[fistandantilus4....]

Going through her divination, Morgannah reveals hints of a means to control an enemy, and destroy another. One closer, one farther, less direct.

[Lady Door]

Noting the answer, she shuffles the cards again. Is there more to this room then what I can see now? Morgana lays the cards back out, repeating the question again and again. When she's ready she flips over the first card.

[fistandantilus4....]

The answers point only to knowledge. There does not appear to be anything hidden or secret. verything is laid out for the taking, as it was intended. There are hints of a hidden "key" however.

[Lady Door]

Morgana stares at the cards, puzzled. This would be so much easier if I could just take a nap. Shuffling the cards again, Morgana questions them: Where do I find this hidden key?
Morgana lays the cards out again.

[fistandantilus4....]

The cards indicate searching, the effort brigng it's own reqards. They seem to suggest the books.