Hida Oku: I want to paint a picture of Kachiko as the thunder,
against Fu-Leng
Hida Oku: (or a representation of him)
Hantei Dave: you know...a ninja.....can do things while others sleep you
know ^_-
Hantei Dave: and in this city
Hida Oku: are we in the city?
Hantei Dave: there are LOTS of rooftops and places to hide
Hida Oku: ah!
Hantei Dave: just...don't ....get ...caught
Hida Oku: off we go, then
Hida Oku: turn the robe inside out, and off we do
Hida Oku: go
Hantei Dave: not yet. You can paint if you want first
Hida Oku: yes, I want to do that
Hantei Dave: first paint? what? what brush?
Hida Oku: regular brush
Hantei Dave: ROLL WILL test half way through your painting
Hida Oku: a picture of kachiko depicted as the thundr, fighting the
dark forces
Hida Oku: ok
Hida Oku: will 16
Hantei Dave: ok...you fell a slight tug of the other brush...but you hold off
Hantei Dave: roll your painting skill
Hida Oku: 24
Hantei Dave: it is magnificient. You are very pleased with it. You hope
Kachiko will like it
Hida Oku: I hope she'll "get it"
Hida Oku: onto the rooftops we go!
Hida Oku: stealth role?
Hida Oku: 25
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: When everyone else is in bed (you think) you leave into the
city.
Hantei Dave: You are still some miles from the palace...did you want to
go?
Hida Oku: yes
Hantei Dave: you begin going...
Hantei Dave: Silently and carefully you approach...
Hantei Dave: roll stealth again
Hida Oku: 22
Hantei Dave: ok
Hida Oku: oops, 23
Hantei Dave: You are at the walls of the Palace. It will be harder from
this point on
Hantei Dave: you need to be more careful
Hida Oku: alright
Hida Oku: remember, I can hide my shadow
Hantei Dave: DO YOU?
Hantei Dave: you need to roll for that
Hida Oku: of course
Hida Oku: it's an okuden
Hida Oku: I don't know what to roll
Hantei Dave: roll stealth again
Hida Oku: oh, oops... it jsut gives a bonnus to stealth roles
Hida Oku: 28 with the bonus
Hantei Dave: k
Hida Oku: <jump, jump, jump>
Hantei Dave: you are on the wall
Hida Oku: ok
Hida Oku: do I know which room is hers?
Hantei Dave: of course not
Hida Oku: didn't think so
Hantei Dave: do you have the painting with you?
Hida Oku: yes
Hantei Dave: just because you are in the palace walls doesn't mean you
are near the palaace yt anyway ^_-
Hida Oku: true
Hantei Dave: you continue along the walls. Samurai below take no
notice of you
Hida Oku: sweet
Hantei Dave: now?
Hantei Dave: you are coming to the palace walls?
Hantei Dave: .
Hida Oku: time to infiltrate the palace
Hida Oku: (do I know of any secret entrances?)
Hantei Dave: no
Hida Oku: ok
Hida Oku: over the walls, thebn
Hantei Dave: you must climb from here
Hida Oku: ok
Hantei Dave: roll
Hantei Dave: any tools to help?
Hida Oku: heh... i knew these climbing spikes would come in
handy
Hida Oku: !!!!
Hida Oku: i specifically requested climbing gear when I made oku
Hida Oku: heh
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: but you didn't take it
Hantei Dave: member...couldn't hide it anywhere
Hantei Dave: :P
Hida Oku: I did!
Hida Oku: I took it anyway!
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: good enough then
Hantei Dave: climb +2 with tools
Hida Oku: ok
Hida Oku: climbing was not a skill on the list
Hida Oku: can I use athletics?
Hantei Dave: climbing was
Hantei Dave: -4 then
Hida Oku: ok
Hantei Dave: -2 with tools
Hida Oku: (shit... I would have taken it, if I had known
Hida Oku: strength?
Hantei Dave: you did...many people made rolls for it
Hantei Dave: no...dex skill
Hida Oku: ok
Hida Oku: sweet, 21
Hida Oku: (rolled a 16!)
Hantei Dave: k...you climb slowly and carefully
Hantei Dave: roll perception
Hida Oku: 23
Hantei Dave: you watch the shadows spider out from the windows....4 of
them...crawling as if along the ground on the palace walls
Hida Oku: 4 people?
Hida Oku: //roll-dice3-sides6
Hida Oku: oops
Hantei Dave: 4....shadowy spiders
Hantei Dave: prob people
Hida Oku: towards me?
Hantei Dave: around you...some distance away
Hantei Dave: they can reach you quick enough though
Hida Oku: I'll wait to make sure the coast is clear
Hida Oku: hide in shadows
Hantei Dave: they know you are there
Hantei Dave: they circle you
Hida Oku: shit..... what's above me?
Hantei Dave: a window...but 3 rounds away...at YOUR climb rate
Hida Oku: what about jumping?
Hantei Dave: or you can fall down...you might make it ok
Hantei Dave: you are high now
Hida Oku: yeah.... jump down
Hida Oku: I should be able to make it with little damage
Hantei Dave: probably..but you would need to make a new quiet roll
Hida Oku: ok
Hida Oku: 26 stealth
Hantei Dave: roll karumi jutsu
Hida Oku: er, what's that?
Hantei Dave: roll athletics
Hida Oku: ok
Hida Oku: 29
Hantei Dave: you land well...the shadows stop in their place
Hida Oku: cool
Hida Oku: onward
Hantei Dave: where?
Hida Oku: well, I do know the palace, right?
Hida Oku: I want to leave the painting in a place I know she will
find it
Hantei Dave: keep going
Hida Oku: onward!
Hantei Dave: where will you get in?
Hantei Dave: it might be hopeless
Hida Oku: hmmm, I suppose thru a window?
Hida Oku: or the garden?
Hantei Dave: there is the second level of the pagoda..but you can see
guards walking
Hantei Dave: roll perception
Hantei Dave: sight
Hida Oku: (keen sight)
Hantei Dave: +2
Hida Oku: 24
Hantei Dave: a ninja is racing from behind you on this wall
Hantei Dave: towards you
Hida Oku: how far?
Hantei Dave: close ...what do you want to do?
Hantei Dave: you can react
Hida Oku: jump at him, and use hidden blade
Hantei Dave: He jumps back as you jump
Hantei Dave: and stops standing
Hantei Dave: "who?" he asks
Hida Oku: take out the painting
Hida Oku: for kachiko
Hida Oku: and kachiko only
Hantei Dave: "leave" he says as he takes the painting
Hantei Dave: "we are everywhere."
Hida Oku: <jump, jump, jump>..... outta there
Hantei Dave: k
Hida Oku: cool.... accomplished what I wanted to
