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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 9312098" data-attributes="member: 6696971"><p>Level +2(10)/Complexity 2 Skill Challenge (DCs 13/18/26)</p><p><strong>3/6 Successes</strong> (0 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 access the book's mysteries 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></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p></p><p>Alright, body stashed with none-the-wiser. Remaining is to:</p><p></p><p>* First order of business; <em>snatch the book (see below obstacle set)</em>. Then (in any order):</p><p></p><p>* Thievery Secondary Skill (to unlock the book's locked clasp) + History (to pour through the byzantine text and learn the Firstname of the Rakshasa).</p><p></p><p>* Egress.</p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p></p><p><em>A full Great Room worth of square footage separates you from the table upon which the book resides.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>To the left of the book sits the lyre player, strumming their music. You could flank hard left along that exterior wall. There is a long chaise lounge and an endtable to give you cover. However, something about the music dulls your senses, makes your legs feel heavy as if the unmanned organ in the room was on your back. You'd have to endure the malaise-inducing enspellment of the music to get to the book if you take that route. However, if you can, the entry hall is accessible there. We'll throttle down the egress DC to Easy where the complication for failure would be an interaction with the home's chamberlain. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The other prospect is the right flank where traversing it entails an abundance of concealing darkness as virtually all light is sequestered to the other side of the room out to the middle. However, the house's large dog, a bullmastiff, snoozes on a rug near that side of the table. If things go wrong and you accrue a failure, the hound will stir...</em></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p></p><p><strong><em>MEDIUM DC</em></strong> whatever you choose to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 9312098, member: 6696971"] Level +2(10)/Complexity 2 Skill Challenge (DCs 13/18/26) [B]3/6 Successes[/B] (0 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 access the book's mysteries 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![/I] [HR][/HR] Alright, body stashed with none-the-wiser. Remaining is to: * First order of business; [I]snatch the book (see below obstacle set)[/I]. Then (in any order): * Thievery Secondary Skill (to unlock the book's locked clasp) + History (to pour through the byzantine text and learn the Firstname of the Rakshasa). * Egress. [HR][/HR] [I]A full Great Room worth of square footage separates you from the table upon which the book resides. To the left of the book sits the lyre player, strumming their music. You could flank hard left along that exterior wall. There is a long chaise lounge and an endtable to give you cover. However, something about the music dulls your senses, makes your legs feel heavy as if the unmanned organ in the room was on your back. You'd have to endure the malaise-inducing enspellment of the music to get to the book if you take that route. However, if you can, the entry hall is accessible there. We'll throttle down the egress DC to Easy where the complication for failure would be an interaction with the home's chamberlain. The other prospect is the right flank where traversing it entails an abundance of concealing darkness as virtually all light is sequestered to the other side of the room out to the middle. However, the house's large dog, a bullmastiff, snoozes on a rug near that side of the table. If things go wrong and you accrue a failure, the hound will stir...[/I] [HR][/HR] [B][I]MEDIUM DC[/I][/B] whatever you choose to do. [/QUOTE]
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