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<blockquote data-quote="zakael19" data-source="post: 9311087" data-attributes="member: 7044099"><p><em>Knowing that there's a good chance a book of true names of cultists bound together in dark designs also has the name of their leader, the rakshasa that he is here to end or redeem, Valak girds himself for a series of possibly rash but necessary maneuvers. First, he'll need to take care of the immediate threat - then he'll search and asses to rapidly figure out what to do with the body & how to get the book and depart.</em></p><p></p><p>Per conversation, dealing with the cultist before it can react will be a Hard DC move - covering the ground before it can raise the alarm + making an attack to kill.</p><p></p><p>Level +2(10)/Complexity 2 Skill Challenge (DCs 13/18/26)</p><p><strong>0/6 Successes</strong> (1 Hard DC available)/0<strong> Failures</strong>/2 Secondary Skill Available/0 Advantages available)</p><p><strong>Goal</strong>: <em>Deal with the cultist nearing the hearth with the bundle of kindling (slay and deal with the body/the missing personage before the cult becomes the wiser), pilfer the book, egress from the Manor, and <em>access the book's mysteries</em> and the Truename of the Rakshasa (their Firstname before their soul became corrupted and their reincarnation loop began; this would include a Thievery Secondary Skill to open the locked book and a History Primary Skill to pour through the byzantine text and learn the name). This will earn a cascading final success in this nested SC...of the nested SC...of the macro-SC!</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Drawing on his inner store of holy power, Valak activates </em><strong>Daily Power: Aspect of Might </strong><em>to bestow a burst of strength and speed that will allow him to cover the ground between the hearth and the approaching cultist. He drops down to the mouth of the hearth, his legs coiling in and then propelling him forward so quickly the oncoming robed figure just has enough time to register oncoming movement before Valak is upon him. Driving up from below, the hilt of his blessed sword smashes into the cultist's neck, crushing his windpipe, before he envelops the person and their cargo of sticks to bear the whole ensemble to the ground without incriminating sound.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>He pauses there for a moment as the cultist writhes and chokes his last cradled in his arms. The lyre plinks on in the far corner for now, and shielded from view by the hearth and furniture he has a moment to assess the surroundings for a stash spot; maybe kindling the fire and stowing the body away will give just enough time to register another distraction to get to the book and depart...</em></p><p>________________</p><p></p><p>Daily Power Use: Aspect of Might, auto <strong>SUCCESS</strong> vs hard DC (26) Athletics check. +5 Athletics, +2 Speed, +2 Melee Damage until end of encounter.</p><p>MBA: r7+15+2 vs AC20= <strong>Hit and Killed</strong></p><p></p><p>Next action, see if there's a better stash solution then the hearth for the body - he'd like to start the fire as cover.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zakael19, post: 9311087, member: 7044099"] [I]Knowing that there's a good chance a book of true names of cultists bound together in dark designs also has the name of their leader, the rakshasa that he is here to end or redeem, Valak girds himself for a series of possibly rash but necessary maneuvers. First, he'll need to take care of the immediate threat - then he'll search and asses to rapidly figure out what to do with the body & how to get the book and depart.[/I] Per conversation, dealing with the cultist before it can react will be a Hard DC move - covering the ground before it can raise the alarm + making an attack to kill. Level +2(10)/Complexity 2 Skill Challenge (DCs 13/18/26) [B]0/6 Successes[/B] (1 Hard DC available)/0[B] Failures[/B]/2 Secondary Skill Available/0 Advantages available) [B]Goal[/B]: [I]Deal with the cultist nearing the hearth with the bundle of kindling (slay and deal with the body/the missing personage before the cult becomes the wiser), pilfer the book, egress from the Manor, and [I]access the book's mysteries[/I] and the Truename of the Rakshasa (their Firstname before their soul became corrupted and their reincarnation loop began; this would include a Thievery Secondary Skill to open the locked book and a History Primary Skill to pour through the byzantine text and learn the name). This will earn a cascading final success in this nested SC...of the nested SC...of the macro-SC! Drawing on his inner store of holy power, Valak activates [/I][B]Daily Power: Aspect of Might[I] [/I][/B][I]to bestow a burst of strength and speed that will allow him to cover the ground between the hearth and the approaching cultist. He drops down to the mouth of the hearth, his legs coiling in and then propelling him forward so quickly the oncoming robed figure just has enough time to register oncoming movement before Valak is upon him. Driving up from below, the hilt of his blessed sword smashes into the cultist's neck, crushing his windpipe, before he envelops the person and their cargo of sticks to bear the whole ensemble to the ground without incriminating sound. He pauses there for a moment as the cultist writhes and chokes his last cradled in his arms. The lyre plinks on in the far corner for now, and shielded from view by the hearth and furniture he has a moment to assess the surroundings for a stash spot; maybe kindling the fire and stowing the body away will give just enough time to register another distraction to get to the book and depart...[/I] ________________ Daily Power Use: Aspect of Might, auto [B]SUCCESS[/B] vs hard DC (26) Athletics check. +5 Athletics, +2 Speed, +2 Melee Damage until end of encounter. MBA: r7+15+2 vs AC20= [B]Hit and Killed[/B] Next action, see if there's a better stash solution then the hearth for the body - he'd like to start the fire as cover. [/QUOTE]
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