[Open Class] Sneaking and Sparkling [Brenley]

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NAME OF CLASS: How Not To Be Seen (Introduction)
PROFESSOR ToT NAME: Ninja-san

General information: This seminar is held daily at noon in a small field just outside the Weeping Forest. Ninja-san encourages students interested in learning stealth techniques and techniques for spotting hidden beings and objects to attend one or more sessions.

Mechanics: Roll 1d20 five times, RP out the results.

Section 1 - Arriving at class: 1d20
1-2: You're either stupid or clumsy: you showed up for class ... visibly. Tiny ninja vulpes shuriken sting you in multiple spots until you get out of range. Ow. Fail.
3-9: You found a good hiding spot, and you're pretty sure you weren't spotted getting there. Pass.
10-11: You found a good spot, but some portion of your body is showing. The vulpes put a couple of shuriken into the exposed bit to let you know you're visible. You should probably go before they circle around and find other bits of you to assault. Fail.
12-19: You found a good hiding spot, and you're pretty sure you weren't spotted getting there. Pass.
20: You are a very sneaky person indeed. Nobody even suspects you're here. Pass; you may adjust your section 2 roll by +1 or -1.

Section 2 - Practical application: 1d20 x 3 posts
1-5: You can't for the life of you spot any other students. Are you sure you're not the only one here? Fail.
6-10: You saw someone arriving, but you don't see them now. Still, you scribble down their name/description on your paper. Pass.
11-14: You didn't see the stack of worksheets on your way in. Or you forgot your pen - or the ninja vulpes lifted it silently. Either way, you can't turn in what you don't have ... Fail.
15-19: You spotted someone. You write down their name/description and note their hiding spot. Pass.
20: You spotted someone - AND you spotted the ninja vulpes stealing some small item from them. You write down who, where, and what was stolen. Pass; you may adjust your section 3 roll by +1 or -1. This bonus stacks if you roll it more than once.

Section 3 - Turn in your work: 1d20
1-5: You slip your paper into the box without anyone spotting you. You think. Congratulations, you've passed this session!
6-15: The box is almost impossible to approach unseen. How does Ninja-san expect anyone to manage this? You try anyway - but a rain of shuriken lets you know that the vulpes definitely saw you. Fail.
16-20: Nobody saw you put your worksheet into the box, but it's certainly in there. Congratulations, you've passed this session!

Bonus Mechanics:
Extra Credit - Spot Ninja-san: 1d100, optional
1-98: Nope. You don't see him. Is he even here?
99-100: You see a little flicker of motion over there. Is that a figure? Yes, it is. Ninja-san waves at you, looking pleased. Then you blink. Where'd he go? Later, after class, you find a silver seed in your pocket. (Quote ToT Secretly a Ninja in your post.)

YOU LOSE/FINISH THIS RP WHEN...

- You are finished rolling all 5 dice. That means you have to START OVER to try again! You may do so in the same thread or a new one if you decide to attempt again at a later date.

 

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attempt 1

Brenley didn't know this was a class. He had showed up earlier that morning to collect plants near the Weeping Forest and just so happened to be standing in a camouflaging copse of trees when the learning began. The reaper remained very still as he tried to determine what was going on.

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12-19: You found a good hiding spot, and you're pretty sure you weren't spotted getting there. Pass.

 

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Eventually, he spotted a couple of students sneaking over to a table and depositing something there before leaving. What that something was, Bren couldn't say. It appeared he had failed the class without even trying.

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11-14: You didn't see the stack of worksheets on your way in. Or you forgot your pen - or the ninja vulpes lifted it silently. Either way, you can't turn in what you don't have ... Fail.

 

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attempt 2

Still ignorant of what this class entailed, Brenley approached the table he had watched the other students dance around for the better part of twenty minutes. There was a stack of papers on it, and the top one ever so helpfully read, "How Not to be Seen," which didn't really help the matter of understanding what was going on at all. The reaper retreated back into the trees, skimming the instructions once he got there.

Oh. So this class of sorts was less about trying to employ stealth and more about pointing out the shortcomings of others. Yes. He couldn't help but think he would be very good at this.

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12-19: You found a good hiding spot, and you're pretty sure you weren't spotted getting there. Pass.

 

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The boil slipped back under the cover of the thick trees, folding his paper in half for ease of use and fishing a pen out of his belt. He couldn't exactly help the flashiness of what he had on now without going back to his room, but it didn't seem to hinder him overmuch, at least not yet. He made a note to work on a camouflage enchant for some of his flashier garb, then got to spying, his body still as his gaze darted around the area.

It didn't take long to spot someone, a tiny fae ghoul who probably sparkled brighter than he did. Brenley scratched down her most notable features, accompanying his words with a quick sketch, and was about to turn his attention elsewhere when he saw an even smaller ninja vulpes at the inattentive ghoul's back, reaching into her pocket and removing a shiny silver seed. That was something, wasn't it? Observant and all that? With a small smirk, Bren wrote this new information down, then turned his attention back to the forest.

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20: You spotted someone - AND you spotted the ninja vulpes stealing some small item from them. You write down who, where, and what was stolen. Pass; you may adjust your section 3 roll by +1 or -1. This bonus stacks if you roll it more than once.

 

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It took quite a while for him to spot his next victim, in fact, he didn't even see the student first, he saw... the vulpes. Bowing his head to his paper, he wrote:

Am I supposed to be seeing the vulpes so much? This doesn't seem correct.

He circled it, squinted at it, then wrote the student's description underneath it.

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20: You spotted someone - AND you spotted the ninja vulpes stealing some small item from them. You write down who, where, and what was stolen. Pass; you may adjust your section 3 roll by +1 or -1. This bonus stacks if you roll it more than once.

 

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Bren saw a muscular bald monster through the trees and wrote down everything he could recall about the boil before he disappeared from view. No vulpes this time. Curious.

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15-19: You spotted someone. You write down their name/description and note their hiding spot. Pass.

 

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He supposed that was it then. With a slightly confused shrug, the reaper emerged from his hiding spot and approached the table from where he'd received his form. The sharp whistle of tiny weapons caught his attention milliseconds before several of them sank into his unprotected legs and he hissed in pain.

Bren turned, meeting the disapproving glare of the vulpes. He touched his leg. A shuriken. Was he meant to hide all the way to the table? That was going to make things a great deal harder.

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6-15: The box is almost impossible to approach unseen. How does Ninja-san expect anyone to manage this? You try anyway - but a rain of shuriken lets you know that the vulpes definitely saw you. Fail.

 

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attempt 3

Bren thought about possible impromptu non-magical camouflage as he regrouped and re-hid, but he really wasn't ready to go smearing mud and leaves all over himself if he didn't have to.

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3-9: You found a good hiding spot, and you're pretty sure you weren't spotted getting there. Pass.

 

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Unfortunately he was so deep in thought that he failed to look for anyone else for at least a half an hour.

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1-5: You can't for the life of you spot any other students. Are you sure you're not the only one here? Fail.

 

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attempt 4

Okay. Time to pay attention. He was already hiding, it seemed. Good.

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12-19: You found a good hiding spot, and you're pretty sure you weren't spotted getting there. Pass.

 

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Brenley stared at the sign up table, startled by the presence of a ghoul who immediately disappeared again. Ghost, possibly? He took down all he remembered about her and kept looking.

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6-10: You saw someone arriving, but you don't see them now. Still, you scribble down their name/description on your paper. Pass.

 

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Another mysterious figure. How were they all disappearing like that?

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6-10: You saw someone arriving, but you don't see them now. Still, you scribble down their name/description on your paper. Pass.

 

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The reaper looked down at his notes after spotting a boil sneaking through the bushes, but he couldn't find his pen, nor were there any in his belt. He managed to just catch sight of the vulpes hopping away into the trees, several shiny pens in its arms.

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11-14: You didn't see the stack of worksheets on your way in. Or you forgot your pen - or the ninja vulpes lifted it silently. Either way, you can't turn in what you don't have ... Fail.

 

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attempt 5

Bren tried to give chase, but all he got were more shuriken to the legs.

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1-2: You're either stupid or clumsy: you showed up for class ... visibly. Tiny ninja vulpes shuriken sting you in multiple spots until you get out of range. Ow. Fail.