[HQ Ignorance] Re : Re : Re : Re : Scene 122: The Tower of the General

[lev at mimesisrpg.com]

> Hmmmm....This could be extremely risky and I'm not sure of the ability of
> Water Sight......Rikku shouts to his comrades to rush to the stairwell to
> get to higher ground. Once at the top of the stairs Rikku attempts to
> create
> a flood of Water below them in the corridor to flood the doors and the
> corridor, leaving only the guards on the higher floor to deal with.
>

OOC: OK, there's a sequence of conflicts here...

Rikku calls out to other members of the Fellowship to rush up the stairs,
his eyes ablaze. He is quickly followed by Jareena and her companions, The
Seeker, Rotterex and Kalen, the Iron Dwarf lagging behind. But two of the
Guards catch up with Kalen, who find himself fighting a difficult battle
against soldiers which are at least his equal.

[Contested rolls; Rikku at +5, rolls 8 out 18., Jareena roll 12 out of 13,
the Seeker rolls 4 out of 13, Rotterex rolls 13 out of 13 and Kalen rolls
17 out of 9... The Iron Guards roll 7 out of 9, 12 out of 9, 5 out of 9,
19 out of 9 and 12 out of 9.]

Rikku, witnessing the conflict below searches the runes of nature around
him with his Sight of Water. In a stairwell, there seems to be very
little, at least to the mundane senses. But Rikku's vision is not mundane
- beyond the earth runes that make up the plaster ediface, Rikku espies
metal runes that make up pipes, built into the walls. Beyond the pipes,
Rikku finds Water runes, which run within the pipes, behind the walls.

Meanwhile, Kalen finds himself in serious trouble, as two Iron Guards
fight against him. They prove very skilled with the sword, indeed better
than Kalen with his axe, who soon found himself stumbling as blow after
blow strikes his armour.

[Iron Guards Sword 15W versus Kalen Axe 15, roll 10 versus roll 8, equal
armour cancels, minor victory to guards, Kalen in positional weakness]

Summoning his strength Rikku calls forth the water, which by its nature
wishes to remain within the pipes, and act according to its telos. But
Rikku is in an emergency, and he demands that water bursts through from
the pipes and out of the walls. The struggle brings visible strain to him
and he calls out in frustration as the others prepare set weapons against
the advancing guards below and above. Finally, the walls themselves burst
with a torrent of water, which cascades down the stairs.

[Roll 3 from skill 20, against resistance 10W, roll 1 to find the Water,
and roll 8 from skill 20 against resistance 10W3, roll 12 to burst through
pipes and plaster - requires 4 Hero Points to succeed.... OK?]