Rolled 20, 18, 10, 4, 11 = 63 (5d20)
>>5684892“My victory hasss not been over only the Racce of Man, though,” you say, as the remaining whispers and mutterings die to make way for your final declaration. “Bloodrisse, it isss a placce for all of usss… Of every race, all the forgotten children of deep and disssstant palccesss. We have made it sssuch, together. But there are thossse… Ultra-orthodoxxx and conssservative in the exxxtreme, who would take that away from usss, away from me and from all of you!”
The crowd’s attention is rapt, now. The few who dare mutter or whisper do so in alarm. The dwarves in particular regard you with deep and grave worry, having gained (and standing to lose the most—more than the kobolds who have already pledged allegiance to you personally and the Master Race’ more generally, and the Drow and Drowgons who can retreat to Wevenore if needs must.
“Dragonborn…” the Novice hisses in warning. “Be careful.”
You ignore your Beloved One’s warning—it isn’t the right of Ekaterine-veto, nor is that applicable, and you cannot bide your time any longer. The Serpent priesthood will hear of your arrival alone in this place—you are sure of that much. They will wonder what became of the Appointed Successor, and while you can spin a fable to excuse his absence and hide his execution, you cannot do so indefinitely with each and every would-be governor they send to supervise you. Something ahs to give. A choice must be made.
“It isss the SSSERPENT PRIESSSTSS!” you declare. “Among their eldessst and most intransssigent, there are elementsss who would ssee thisss gloriousss, growing kingdom reduccced to a puppet ssstate, a vassal sstate… A SSSLAVE SSSTATE, with all of usss enssslaved to it—to them!”
Among many, the announcement is met with still more confusion—what are ‘Serpent Priests’ to dwarves, even Duergar, with scant knowledge of your race’s caste system? To the dark elves in attendance, it is even less comprehensible—how many of them even fully understand the structure of the True Faith, beyond their direct experience of the gods and your speechifying?” The kobolds are perhaps most comprehending, and most shocked, but they have accepted you as Dragon King… They will not break now.
No, it is the Reptilians whose reaction you watch most carefully…
DC 14/16/18/20 