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

[Damien Bosman]

[OOC: Yep, I will spend the 4HP. I can't believe this actually might work :)
What is Kalen's position in relation to the water? Will the water drag away
the soldiers leaving him free to ascend the stairs to where we are?]

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 10:18 PM, <lev at mimesisrpg.com> wrote:

> > 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?]
>
>
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