The boat might be his abode, but sanctum it was not … not yet. Which made this riskier then would be liked.
And yet, it must be so.
Short of the naming itself this was the most sacred task he had been taught.
Any mage can learn to scribe the names, on any medium to hand … and most mages would use any medium … But not the scribes, no.
The duty fell to them to show the proper respect to the names. Stone, only stone would suffice.
The family tree was drawn, he had set up as a volunteer to get close, now he needed the tools she has shown him how to make, even as she showed him how to refine his soul, to accept the duty and in doing so become more than he was.
The Chisels, the hammers and the sandpaper waited alongside the hunk of stone on the table outside. It would be a long, sweaty day.
‘Until the sun rises to cast its alight anew upon my abode so shall I know good fortune’*
The tongue of Atlantis follows, each syllable a weight from his lips.
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Chambers rolls 8 to To improv cast Exceptional Luck (Gnosis 3, Fate 3, High Speech +2) (10 Again)
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3, 4, 1, 9, 1, 8, 2, 2
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2 successes
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The golden glyph carves its self into his pattern as the finest artisan would carve details across a statues surface. The luck of Arcadia drawn down through the tower of the lead coin to set his will in stone, quite literally in this case.
| 2023-09-08 17:26:01
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Chambers rolls 5 to do justice to his legacies art and sculpt the finest damm tablet (Size 2, Stone Cartouche +0), (Durability Stone +5), (Target Number: 5), (Quality, masterpiece -5), Create art (Int
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1, 10, 2, 10, 2, 3, 6
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2 successes
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| 2023-09-08 17:25:08
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Chambers rolls 4 to do justice to his legacies art and sculpt the finest damm tablet (Size 2, Stone Cartouche +0), (Durability Stone +5), (Target Number: 5), (Quality, masterpiece -5), Create art (Int
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6, 8, 6, 8
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2 successes
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The work goes swiftly, he always works swiftly. He can feel the tug and pull across his hands the tools glide under both his efforts and the arcadian guidance. Hammer to chisel and surplus falls away, smaller blows the shape begins to take form.
| 2023-09-08 17:27:03
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Chambers rolls 5 to do justice to his legacies art and sculpt the finest damm tablet (Size 2, Stone Cartouche +0), (Durability Stone +5), (Target Number: 5), (Quality, masterpiece -5), Create art (Int
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5, 6, 5, 2, 8
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1 success
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With the heat of the day building, the glyph crumbles from his pattern like a cliff face pummelled by the sea, strength spent. He continues, hammer and chisel, refining touches small shards.
| 2023-09-08 17:28:12
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Chambers rolls 2 to do justice to his legacies art and sculpt the finest damm tablet (Size 2, Stone Cartouche +0), (Durability Stone +5), (Target Number: 5), (Quality, masterpiece -5), Create art (Int
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7, 6
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failure
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| 2023-09-08 17:27:41
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Chambers rolls 2 to do justice to his legacies art and sculpt the finest damm tablet (Size 2, Stone Cartouche +0), (Durability Stone +5), (Target Number: 5), (Quality, masterpiece -5), Create art (Int
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5, 10, 1
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1 success
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Sweating profusely now, the will to go on spent, yet he must the end is in sight, shape taken, just the sand paper to go, his palms blistering under the course material, scrub and rub and wear the edges, the dies the surface each needing a different grain.
With the last scratch of sandpaper, it was done, the smooth edge, the symmetry the smooth surface, it was no mighty statue, the object was at its heart a simple and unassuming thing but its purpose was grand and it looked the part.
No feeling, not food, not sex, not smoke could supplant this feeling, this sense of fulfilment, hands shaking from fatigue and use are plastered and wrapped no blood nor sweat would mar this surface, no matter how much was shed in in its construction.
The tablet is wrapped in a simple linen shroud, to protect it from harm and stored with loving care until such a time as it could be used it fulfil that oh so sublime purpose.
Now for rest.
The dice roller cut off some of the declaration so here’s the breakdown, Size: 2 Stone cartouche (+0), Material: Stone (+5), Target Number: 5, Quality: -5 (Masterpiece), Pool: Create art (Int 3) (craft 2) (specialised sculpting tools +2) , First 2 rolls had the exceptional luck spends for 9 again and willpower ,Third roll only had will power, 4th and 5th rolls were down to just int+craft+tools-5
*Chambers is using conditional duration, the sun rising is a granted and regular thing so going for a common (+3) to duration factor on advanced prolongation for a duration of 1 week at no penalty, the spell is spent after the second roll
Presence:
Resources
high Speech
2 successes
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