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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Grendel_Khan" data-source="post: 9405104" data-attributes="member: 7028554">LIEF drops into a roll among the attendants and lashes out at three of them in a blur of feet and closed fists. He doesn't touch the fourth one, the boy whose hands shook during the bloodletting.PRIMARY SCIntent: Knock out the attendants.Secondary Skill Stealth vs Easy DC for +2/-2. r(5)+12 = 17 vs. 10. Success.*Primary Skill ATK vs Ref. Going against HARD DC here because there are 4 of them and Lief has to cover some distance, so Ref of 16.  If this fails we're going to combat and waves (1 x Standard) coming in every 2 rounds.Lion's Den attack. r(9)+6+2 = 17 vs. 16. Success.[HR][/HR]PRIMARY Complexity 3 SC, Level 3 (DCs 9/13/21)Goal: Gain access to the grounds and manor of Kamroth Estate to root out the Elect cell's influence and the estate's role in facilitating the ends of the cult's patron, The Hidden Mogul.5/8 Successes/0 Failures/0 Hard DC Available/1 Secondary Skills Available/0 Advantages Available/Primary Skill Training exhausted; Diplomacy, Perception, Bluff, ATK[HR][/HR]Lief locks eyes and holds his hands up to show the kid he means him no harm.SECONDARY SCIntent: Determine whether the kid is a true believer, and show that Lief is on his side.*Primary Skill: Insight vs. Medium DC (no Hard DCs for this SC). If this goes south, the kid's going to panic and attempt to break free, scream, and run, forcing Lief to grab or attack him to prevent. Successful and he understands, is amenable, and keeps it together. r(6)+6 = 12 vs. 14. Fail.Lief forgets that his splayed fingers are, in fact, flashing his claws at the boy, who bolts for the door and works up to a scream. Lief reaches for him.Choice is to either knock him out cold (ATK vs Ref 14) or make a Grab ATK (Str vs Ref; +3 vs 14) to prevent him from breaking free > screaming > running. Failure on either and we're going to combat.*Primary Skill: Grab ATK, r(13)+2 = 15 vs. 14. Success.The kid's screams are muffled by Lief's clawed hand. The shifter waits for him to settle, and tries another tack. This close, he can smell the boy's fear—he can use it. "Let me tell you a story," Lief says, pouring the words into the attendant's ear, "about the Mogul." He tells him about the Resplendent Feast, one of the deepest truths of the Elect, known only to the Blessed among the Elect. The day when He Himself will arrive and expect a banquet in his honor, and how on that night the humans, even His most devoted servant, will either give themselves to the banquet, or be pursued by His host wherever they skitter and hide. "These men might be able to stop the Feast—they have earthly power with their fithy coin. Help me help them, and maybe you'll grow to be fat and worldly like them, or you can worship a god that doesn't plan to serve your innards on a platter."Intent: Convince the boy to help rescue the merchants (and gain +2 Circumstance to free them).*Secondary Skill: Insight, r(7)+3 = 10 vs DC 10. Success.*Primary Skill: Religion, r(18)+1+2 = 21 vs DC 14. Success.[HR][/HR]SECONDARY Complexity 1 SC, Level 4 (DCs 10/14)Goal: Free any redeemable cult thralls from its fell influence.2/4 Successes/1 Failures/0 Hard DC Available/0 Secondary Skills Available/0 Advantages Available/Primary Skill Training exhausted; Insight, ATK, Religion.[HR][/HR]The boy is crying, his breath catching, but he nods. Lief thinks of Renne's son, imagines someone having this much power over him (again). He feels the stag's eyes on him but refuses to meet them."C'mon. Maybe one of them will give you a reward too," he says, nodding toward the merchants. Lief works with the boy to unshackle the men and haul them up the ladder to the torchlit corridor and the secret hatch. Lief makes sure to catch the boy's eye now and again, and lets his fangs show during the work, a reminder of who the prey is in this situation. And now, maybe for the rest of the boy's life.PRIMARY SCIntent: Get the merchants out of the bunker.*Primary Skill: Athletics with +2 Circumstance for the boy's help. r(6)+7+2 = 15 vs. DC 13. Success.Making their way across the grounds, Lief motions for the boy to take the lead while the shifter urges the cohort along from behind, shoving them, hissing at them to move faster. "You have to bear witness. You need to live! Do you hear me!!" He steers them toward the small wood at the rear of the property, waving at Starn to try to get his attention.[HR][/HR]PRIMARY Complexity 3 SC, Level 3 (DCs 9/13/21)Goal: Gain access to the grounds and manor of Kamroth Estate to root out the Elect cell's influence and the estate's role in facilitating the ends of the cult's patron, The Hidden Mogul.6/8 Successes/0 Failures/0 Hard DC Available/1 Secondary Skills Available/0 Advantages Available/Primary Skill Training exhausted; Diplomacy, Perception, Bluff, ATK, Athletics</blockquote>

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