(Under Control) Hammertime!

[Leo Lockheart]

Leo awoke from his slumber in the same condition he left the cell. Shattered glass was on the floor by the door, and the cameras and speaker were still in shambles. The Bedlam was gone, and after some time he even began to note the return of his reflexes and coordination.

Which meant it was time to get to work.

Leo went straight to the concrete wall. He placed both hands on the infernal thing and began to chant. And chant he did, for what seemed like forever but he knew from experience was roughly 6 hours. It was worth it though to feel the uncontaminated, though slightly frayed, mana as it was absorbed into his pattern. Now with the fuel he needed, it was time to form the vehicle of his escape.

Leo sat back down indian style for comfort, and resumed chanting. This time it was not the flow of mana he was envisioning, nor was it the flair of C-Fire. It was the BFH, also known as the big fucking hammer. It was his focus as he chanted, and after a similarly long time chanting some of his mana began to solidify into the War Hammer he was envisioning in the Imago. Go time.

Leo stood with the Hammer taking a few practice swings to adjust for the objects weight and his lack of thumbs. He wasn't stupid enough to instigate a possible combat situation with an unfamiliar weapon after all. Once he was content with his ability, or as content as he could be given the circumstances, he smiled at the door. The serious door. The serious door that was about to get a serious thrashing.

Leo moved towards it, stoked as can be. He lifted that hammer and brought it down with righteous fucking fury on the door. He stopped for a second after landing the hit though, realizing he might want to armor up in case shit got real. A scenario that would be bad but oh-so therapeutic.

[spoiler= Rolls and things] Since I forgot to declare spell factors I'm assuming all Successes went to Potency. I also assumed 3+ mana from the concrete wall, but feel free to correct that.

   5 mana from the wall, Pot 10 Phantasmal Weapon in the form of a War Hammer from Armory page 33-34

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-09-02 18:21:07		Leo rolls 3 to Imp Organic Res (Life+Gno-2 advanced prolongation) (10 Again)		7, 7, 10, 5		1 success
2014-09-02 18:10:44		Leo rolls 13 to fuck. that. door. UP! (Str4+Weap4+equip5) (10 Again)		6, 9, 5, 6, 6, 7, 9, 7, 7, 5, 10, 9, 10, 10, 9, 9		8 successes
2014-09-02 18:02:00		[02] Leo rolls 8 to Imp Phantasmal Weapon (Prime+Gno+HS) (10 Again)		10, 9, 1, 10, 5, 6, 10, 7, 7, 4, 9		5 successes
2014-09-02 18:02:00		[01] Leo rolls 8 to Imp Phantasmal Weapon (Prime+Gno+HS) (10 Again)		10, 8, 5, 4, 4, 10, 9, 8, 1, 6		5 successes
2014-09-02 18:00:28		Leo Lockheart rolls 1 to Dox (1 base+1 previous vulgar casting-1 mana for mitigation) (10 Again)		2		failure
2014-09-02 17:59:44		[02] Leo rolls 8 to Imp Siphon Integrity (Prime+Gno+HS) (10 Again)		6, 9, 7, 3, 7, 3, 8, 2		2 successes
2014-09-02 17:59:44		[01] Leo rolls 8 to Imp Siphon Integrity (Prime+Gno+HS) (10 Again)		9, 3, 6, 10, 5, 3, 10, 3, 3, 7		3 successes
2014-09-02 17:59:10		Leo rolls 1 to dox (10 Again)		4		failure

[Leo Lockheart]

Content with the satisfying thud the hammer made, Leo continued hammering his way to freedom only stopping to regain his bearings as the weight of the hammer threw him off balance. It was therapeutic, even if the loud thud of the hammer was likely alerting every guard in the building.

  6 more damage after Durability 4, ten attacks total

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-09-04 23:35:28		[05] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to MOAR SMASH (Str+Weap+Equip) (10 Again)		7, 8, 6, 7, 7, 9, 8, 1, 2, 3, 1, 6, 7		3 successes
2014-09-04 23:35:28		[04] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to MOAR SMASH (Str+Weap+Equip) (10 Again)		9, 10, 5, 4, 1, 8, 6, 9, 5, 10, 3, 5, 4, 10, 8, 5		7 successes
2014-09-04 23:35:28		[03] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to MOAR SMASH (Str+Weap+Equip) (10 Again)		6, 4, 3, 6, 9, 4, 1, 1, 6, 6, 10, 6, 6, 4		2 successes
2014-09-04 23:35:28		[02] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to MOAR SMASH (Str+Weap+Equip) (10 Again)		7, 7, 6, 4, 4, 9, 6, 10, 8, 9, 10, 4, 2, 10, 10, 4, 6		7 successes
2014-09-04 23:35:28		[01] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to MOAR SMASH (Str+Weap+Equip) (10 Again)		10, 10, 4, 2, 4, 5, 3, 9, 4, 5, 7, 7, 9, 3, 3		4 successes
2014-09-04 23:32:56		[05] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to smash the door (Str+Weap+Equip) (10 Again)		5, 9, 9, 7, 3, 1, 10, 6, 7, 5, 7, 3, 9, 3		4 successes
2014-09-04 23:32:56		[04] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to smash the door (Str+Weap+Equip) (10 Again)		9, 1, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 10, 6, 3, 10, 7, 1, 9, 1		4 successes
2014-09-04 23:32:56		[03] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to smash the door (Str+Weap+Equip) (10 Again)		3, 5, 8, 6, 4, 3, 10, 7, 5, 1, 7, 4, 7, 5		2 successes
2014-09-04 23:32:56		[02] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to smash the door (Str+Weap+Equip) (10 Again)		7, 9, 5, 8, 5, 10, 1, 1, 1, 3, 9, 7, 1, 2		4 successes
2014-09-04 23:32:56		[01] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to smash the door (Str+Weap+Equip) (10 Again)		10, 3, 3, 1, 6, 7, 1, 5, 4, 9, 5, 2, 1, 1		2 successes

[West]

A thin layer of dust falls from the damaged wall. More concerning, is the deep rumble. It's California. Maybe it's an earthquake? There's groaning shriek from the door.

Load bearing walls. They're as important as they sound.

The door's in for far more abuse, though. Deafening booms reverberate from the steel as Leo pounds at it. At this point, it's more like chopping a tree down than wielding a sword*.

Leo swings. And swings. And swings.

Eventually, he produces three sizable dents. The door is beginning to deform.

*

Str + Athletics is more appropriate to destroy an object.

[Leo Lockheart]

Leo cautiously watched the the dust and the rumble. That rarely boded well, even if it was California. So now it was experiment time, but first, the cameras. The First Talon set down the hammer and did like he had before. He pulled off the two cameras in the other room and threw them up to the little ball on the ceiling. Once all three cameras were out of the way, he was off to the experiment group/wall/thing.

Leo went to the wall perpendicular to the door, across from where he came out of his holding area. First he took the dull side of the hammer to the wall and listened for a rumble like the one from the door. If there was no rumble, he flipped the hammer to the claw side and began hacking away, trying his best to peal the layers of steel back enough to pry his way to safety. Of coarse the likelihood of the wall not being a bagillion feet thick and solid steel was slim, but as long as it didn't collapse the structure down on him he was fine with the very relieving feeling of hitting something.

Rolls and stuff

Leo trashes the cameras again. He also wants to take his hammer to the wall directly across from his holding area in the hallway with the door. He's also stopping if there's any rumbling like at the door, and taking time between swings to rebalanced himself and and listen for the rumble. Also ignore the 'concrete wall' bit on the hammer roll to test the wall, as I misremembered what the material the walls in the hallway were made of.

  SMASH

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-09-07 01:04:19		[02] Leo Lockheart rolls 6 to throwing cameras again (Str+Ath) (10 Again)		6, 7, 2, 5, 10, 10, 6, 1		2 successes
2014-09-07 01:04:19		[01] Leo Lockheart rolls 6 to throwing cameras again (Str+Ath) (10 Again)		2, 9, 7, 1, 10, 5, 10, 2		3 successes
2014-09-07 00:58:15		[05] Leo Lockheart rolls 10 to Pick side (Str+Ath+Equip4) (10 Again)		4, 2, 5, 7, 10, 5, 10, 3, 1, 5, 1, 7		2 successes
2014-09-07 00:58:15		[04] Leo Lockheart rolls 10 to Pick side (Str+Ath+Equip4) (10 Again)		7, 9, 4, 9, 8, 1, 8, 6, 4, 1		4 successes
2014-09-07 00:58:15		[03] Leo Lockheart rolls 10 to Pick side (Str+Ath+Equip4) (10 Again)		4, 5, 4, 9, 4, 7, 3, 1, 6, 2		1 success
2014-09-07 00:58:15		[02] Leo Lockheart rolls 10 to Pick side (Str+Ath+Equip4) (10 Again)		9, 8, 7, 9, 6, 3, 7, 9, 3, 9		5 successes
2014-09-07 00:58:15		[01] Leo Lockheart rolls 10 to Pick side (Str+Ath+Equip4) (10 Again)		6, 9, 6, 4, 10, 5, 6, 7, 5, 4, 8		3 successes
2014-09-07 00:53:22		Leo Lockheart rolls 11 to Shawshank the concrete walls (Str+Ath+Equip) (10 Again)		4, 8, 1, 6, 7, 4, 10, 5, 4, 6, 2, 9		3 successes

[West]

All of the walls sound identical.

[Leo Lockheart]

Leo's left lip twitched slightly as he realized smashing any of the walls was off the table. He'd have to do something more subtle, more precise.

He had to smash the door hinges.

It wasn't the best plan but standing around was getting old. So he took the hook side of his oversized claw hammer and hacked away at the hinges, only stopping to reorient himself and check that the ceiling wasn't about to cave in on him.

rolls and such

Barring obvious structural deformities not caused directly by Leo, he pounds the door hinges till the door falls off and attempts to sidestep the door and anything that falls with it. He's using the claw side, meaning he only has a +4 equip bonus but his attacks also have armor piercing 1.

  lots o' damage

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-09-07 23:13:41		[05] Leo Lockheart rolls 7 to hit door hinge 2 (Str+Weap+Equip-3) (10 Again)		3, 4, 1, 1, 5, 2, 2		failure
2014-09-07 23:13:41		[04] Leo Lockheart rolls 7 to hit door hinge 2 (Str+Weap+Equip-3) (10 Again)		4, 8, 2, 4, 10, 7, 10, 3, 10, 9		5 successes
2014-09-07 23:13:41		[03] Leo Lockheart rolls 7 to hit door hinge 2 (Str+Weap+Equip-3) (10 Again)		8, 6, 5, 1, 2, 10, 2, 8		3 successes
2014-09-07 23:13:41		[02] Leo Lockheart rolls 7 to hit door hinge 2 (Str+Weap+Equip-3) (10 Again)		2, 6, 4, 6, 10, 4, 4, 2		1 success
2014-09-07 23:13:41		[01] Leo Lockheart rolls 7 to hit door hinge 2 (Str+Weap+Equip-3) (10 Again)		1, 1, 2, 5, 1, 8, 5		1 success
2014-09-07 23:13:11		[05] Leo rolls 7 to hit door hinge 1 (Str+Weap+Equip-3) (10 Again)		8, 3, 4, 10, 4, 9, 7, 5		3 successes
2014-09-07 23:13:11		[04] Leo rolls 7 to hit door hinge 1 (Str+Weap+Equip-3) (10 Again)		3, 1, 3, 8, 8, 8, 8		4 successes
2014-09-07 23:13:11		[03] Leo rolls 7 to hit door hinge 1 (Str+Weap+Equip-3) (10 Again)		9, 8, 8, 5, 3, 2, 6		3 successes
2014-09-07 23:13:11		[02] Leo rolls 7 to hit door hinge 1 (Str+Weap+Equip-3) (10 Again)		7, 6, 4, 7, 8, 6, 3		1 success
2014-09-07 23:13:11		[01] Leo rolls 7 to hit door hinge 1 (Str+Weap+Equip-3) (10 Again)		10, 3, 5, 6, 1, 1, 10, 6, 1		2 successes

[West]

One of the whacks is solid, and leaves a nice dent in the hinge. Leo notices it also bends the pin.

That door probably isn't going to be able to swing open now.

[Leo Lockheart]

Leo glared at the door. This? Yeah, not working. If all the walls were load bearing then he was probably either in a bunker or some large compound. Bunker means breaking the door might collapse, but a large compound would have to have some degree of redundancy in a place like California.

Theoretically...

Hopefully...

Cause that door? It's been mocking him. It didn't speak, Leo couldn't hear spirits yet after all, but this was round 3 against an inanimate object and Leo was over trying to be smart about this.

Fuck the door.

Fuck what's behind the door.

Fuck everything between Leo and freedom, the most likely of things being the structural integrity of his cell at this point, but fuck that Matter shit.

Hammertime all the way.

  12 damage after Durability, assumed AoA was cool for this but if it's not then it's only 8 damage

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-09-09 19:10:59		[10] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to screw structural integrity (Str+Ath+5 equip+AoA) (10 Again)		1, 4, 9, 10, 2, 4, 9, 5, 10, 5, 9, 8, 4, 6, 5		6 successes
2014-09-09 19:10:59		[09] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to screw structural integrity (Str+Ath+5 equip+AoA) (10 Again)		7, 1, 7, 7, 6, 4, 5, 3, 1, 3, 5, 10, 9, 8		3 successes
2014-09-09 19:10:59		[08] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to screw structural integrity (Str+Ath+5 equip+AoA) (10 Again)		4, 1, 10, 6, 5, 4, 4, 9, 10, 10, 6, 10, 8, 4, 5, 3, 4		6 successes
2014-09-09 19:10:59		[07] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to screw structural integrity (Str+Ath+5 equip+AoA) (10 Again)		6, 8, 8, 3, 6, 1, 7, 4, 6, 8, 1, 10, 3, 4		4 successes
2014-09-09 19:10:59		[06] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to screw structural integrity (Str+Ath+5 equip+AoA) (10 Again)		3, 1, 1, 4, 4, 3, 9, 9, 6, 4, 2, 3, 1		2 successes
2014-09-09 19:10:59		[05] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to screw structural integrity (Str+Ath+5 equip+AoA) (10 Again)		3, 8, 10, 1, 10, 8, 4, 1, 4, 8, 9, 3, 6, 10, 4, 6		7 successes
2014-09-09 19:10:59		[04] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to screw structural integrity (Str+Ath+5 equip+AoA) (10 Again)		7, 8, 2, 9, 3, 8, 3, 3, 5, 2, 8, 10, 3, 8		6 successes
2014-09-09 19:10:59		[03] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to screw structural integrity (Str+Ath+5 equip+AoA) (10 Again)		4, 10, 8, 4, 10, 2, 1, 9, 1, 5, 8, 6, 5, 5, 7		5 successes
2014-09-09 19:10:59		[02] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to screw structural integrity (Str+Ath+5 equip+AoA) (10 Again)		4, 4, 10, 6, 3, 10, 2, 9, 9, 3, 2, 6, 8, 8, 3		6 successes
2014-09-09 19:10:59		[01] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to screw structural integrity (Str+Ath+5 equip+AoA) (10 Again)		8, 4, 2, 3, 7, 8, 5, 1, 3, 1, 1, 7, 9		3 successes

[West]

The dull ring of Leo's hammer on steel sounds vaguely like the door returns his sentiment.

OOC

As with standard Extended tasks, the character's Att+Skill trait will limit the available number of rolls (nWoD 128-129). As the first set of damaging rolls was broken up into two sets, I thought that was already being factored in. Let's see if we can get the train back on the tracks:
- AoA may be used
- Leo has 2 more rolls to complete his Second Attempt (-1 Successive Attempt penalty)
- Leo may make a Third Attempt with the standard cumulative penalty (-2)

[Leo Lockheart]

Leo finishes his second attempt at smashing the door before stopping for a moment. This wasn't working, meaning a little oomph was in order. He reached out to his watchtower, but the building fatigue and adrenaline seemed to distract him. So he tried again, barely enhancing his muscles in a meaningful way. One more connection and the First Talon was as ready as he was going to be.

He went another round, pounding on his mortal enemy Gallagher to a watermelon.

  More damage, +1 Strength and Weaponry

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-09-11 19:11:04		[06] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to Hammers away! (Str+Ath+5 Equip+HtF+GS+2 AoA-2 retry) (10 Again)		7, 2, 2, 7, 2, 10, 2, 4, 8, 4, 3, 4, 7, 7		2 successes
2014-09-11 19:11:04		[05] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to Hammers away! (Str+Ath+5 Equip+HtF+GS+2 AoA-2 retry) (10 Again)		4, 9, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4, 2, 9, 8, 4, 8, 8		5 successes
2014-09-11 19:11:04		[04] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to Hammers away! (Str+Ath+5 Equip+HtF+GS+2 AoA-2 retry) (10 Again)		4, 5, 9, 2, 6, 10, 4, 6, 9, 7, 4, 2, 1, 8		4 successes
2014-09-11 19:11:04		[03] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to Hammers away! (Str+Ath+5 Equip+HtF+GS+2 AoA-2 retry) (10 Again)		2, 2, 9, 10, 10, 7, 8, 10, 1, 9, 3, 7, 1, 2, 1, 2		6 successes
2014-09-11 19:11:04		[02] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to Hammers away! (Str+Ath+5 Equip+HtF+GS+2 AoA-2 retry) (10 Again)		3, 9, 7, 2, 2, 9, 10, 5, 8, 3, 4, 6, 7, 1		4 successes
2014-09-11 19:11:04		[01] Leo Lockheart rolls 13 to Hammers away! (Str+Ath+5 Equip+HtF+GS+2 AoA-2 retry) (10 Again)		5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 4, 7, 10, 9, 7, 3, 6, 7, 2		2 successes
2014-09-11 19:09:37		Leo Lockheart rolls 6 to Imp Gain Skill (Weaponry) (Gno+Life+HS-1 Contagion) (10 Again)		8, 1, 3, 5, 5, 2		1 success
2014-09-11 19:08:12		Leo Lockheart rolls 6 to Imp Honing the Form (GNo+Life+HS-1 retry) (10 Again)		6, 1, 3, 8, 2, 5		1 success
2014-09-11 19:07:38		Leo Lcokheart rolls 7 to Imp Honing the form (Strength) (Gno+Life+HS) (10 Again)		5, 5, 6, 6, 5, 3, 2		failure
2014-09-11 19:02:31		[02] Leo Lockheart rolls 12 to Hammertime (Str+Ath+5 Equip+AoA-1 retry) (10 Again)		6, 9, 8, 10, 3, 10, 2, 2, 2, 5, 3, 2, 8, 9		6 successes
2014-09-11 19:02:31		[01] Leo Lockheart rolls 12 to Hammertime (Str+Ath+5 Equip+AoA-1 retry) (10 Again)		8, 2, 2, 1, 7, 9, 4, 1, 9, 7, 4, 4		3 successes

-1 Dex for Pattern Scouring, -2 mana for Honing the form attempts (+1 Strength), -1 mana for Gain Skill (+1 Weap).

I realize after the rolls I forgot to factor Phantasmal Weapon in for Contagion, but it made no mechanical difference if subtracting from the right.