As your group departs Lakeside, you notice that the snow that covers the ground beside your path is curiously absent from the road itself. It doesn't take you long to remember that you were told that the King's Road had been enchanted with a warming effect (or rather, climate control), melting the snow on the road and making travel along the route generally more pleasant. In fact, pleasant it is, as this is the first morning in over a week in which the sky was not completely overcast.
Hours pass uneventfully as you make your way north, and the day drags on. You only see two signs along the road telling you how far Winterhaven is, though as the sun begins its descent toward the horizon, you know that you are not far now.
Clouds return to the sky as you walk onward, though not yet enough to dull the day. The snow also seems to be growing ever more absent, as you continue on toward Winterhaven. As you know, the region is protected by a range of mountains, creating a much more temperate atmosphere that allows the city's denizens a much longer farming season than its surrounding neighbors. By now, some of you are getting restless, while others are merely weary from the journey; regardless of the cause, a number of you marvel at how quite this merchant route seems, and it rather seems unsettling.
[spoiler]Sorry for the lateness in getting this to you guys.
I'd like you all to make spot and/or listen checks for me. Companion creatures can either aid another, or make their own checks, not both.
And, if anyone cares to delve deeper into the history of the enchanted King's Road, feel free to roll Knowledge: History, though that's just fluff and is an excuse for me to make up a bunch of stuff that isn't officially part of Eberron canon.
@Chemus: It can, since changing the shape on top of your Humanoid Shape invocation can cause minor ripples in your disguise. I'll roll randomly during a social interaction in which you have such a disguise up to determine if a ripple occurs. If it does, I'll have you make a disguise check to reassert the disguise, at a penalty depending on a few factors such as whether the opponent is familiar with a subject you're portraying, if you're part of a long or stressful exchange in which multiple ripples could occur, etc. Or rather, I may just give the opponent a bonus instead. Either way, in most cases your disguise check should be through the roof and it won't come into play. There's always a chance, though.
If that sounds alright to you, of course. [/spoiler]