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Assuming you want the active player with the highest DEX to go first. Liz DEX = 12 d20 Bits of wet ice on the rocks make it too difficult for Liz to make her way to the other side of the small island, although she definitely comes close. Let's try the inactive player. Zara DEX = 14 d20 Sure-footed ...

INT 15 + 1 = 16d20

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The altered sonar set is able to locate a safe harbor for the boat, which happens to be located almost one hundred and eighty degrees from the human figure seen. It will take some careful scrambling over slippery rocks to reach the person.

Bear's ability to resist the repellent based on CON of 16 d20 A noxious vapor pours forth from the opened jar of repellent, the liquid within evaporating rapidly upon exposure to the air. Immediately noticeable is the fact that small, weak creatures in the immediate vicinity -- birds, vermin, not t...

"So be it. Let us wait until daybreak, for to track the wendigo in the darkness would be certain death. For the night, you are my guests." Inviting the two men into his modest shelter, the fellow offers such plain hospitality as may be found in such surroundings. The presence of the two gu...

"It appears you have had some experience with this particular method of journeying through parallel time tracks," Professor Stokes replies, seemingly not very surprised by the revelation. "It is a hazardous undertaking, and one may find oneself in some other time and place than desire...

A meeting with Professor Stokes yields little more information than the fact that the Leviathans are obscurely mentioned in various rare and nearly incomprehensible texts, privately printed and bound in extremely small numbers. "I flatter myself that I possess one of the three or four most exte...

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"It is a fearsome spirit, often taking the form of a gigantic, gaunt man, hideous in appearance, its rotting skin stretched tight over its bones, like a thing recently dead. It carries the killing cold where it walks, feeds upon the living, and is never sated. "I have failed to drive it aw...

d20 Even with binoculars, the constant movement of the ocean and the mist that frequently reduces visibility in these chilly waters makes it impossible to determine anything about the person on the island. The rocky, irregular coastline of the place, without any kind of natural harbor, makes landin...

Professor Stokes is pleased to enjoy the company of a charming young lady, and arrangements are made for a meeting at his bachelor lodgings. "I usually offer my guests sherry, but I suspect that you would prefer tea," he says with a smile. "I have some rare varieties from the Far East...

The situation is as speculation predicted; a large and seemingly furious specimen of the brown bear, not seen on this island for some centuries, is rampaging through the village, striking at men, women, and even children indiscriminately with its savage claws. As of yet, no one has suffered a mortal...

Barnabas is silent for a moment, then narrates his strange tale. "Long ago -- longer than you would think possible -- when I was enslaved by the woman who now calls herself Angelique Rumson, and was helpless to prevent myself from serving the forces of evil, I encountered the Leviathans. They p...

"I know not of such a white woman," he says. "But I understand the evil you mean. This wind, this snow, this great cold; they are the breath of the wendigo. If it cannot be destroyed, many more will die."

With a touch of shame, Elizabeth confesses "I destroyed all records of your existence years ago, hoping to forget the pain I must have caused you. As far as the orphanage is concerned, you were simply a foundling." The parting of mother and daughter, echoes of another such pair, is an emot...

Whilst examining the chaotic workroom , Lepus discovers a pair of jars kept in a more secure location than most other such items, which are scattered about in random fashion. Within each is a measure of straw-colored liquid. Upon one is attached a label bearing the inscription attractant ; on the ot...

"From my previous encounters with the Leviathans, I know that they deal most harshly with those who oppose their will," Barnabas explains. "If the box is not taken where they wish, they will be aware of the fact, and take further measures. "I leave it to you. You may leave the bo...

After much discussion among the Russians, they elect to be taken to Hokkaido. The voyage to the city of Wakkanai, the northernmost community in Japan, is a brief one. On the way, the boat passes close by the small, uninhabited island of Benten-jima, known for its colonies of sea lions and seabirds. ...