Act 3, Scene 2: The Lighthouse

Walking to the far end of the quay you stand at the foot of the great lighthouse. The stone tower extends more than a hundred feet into the cloudy sky, perhaps even closer to two. Made from large blocks of stone the tower's sides are smooth and the centuries have had no ill effect of on the masonry. Three pairs of barred windows mark intervals on the towers face and at the base of the tower is a heavy metal door covered in rust.

Rune swings his arms to work out any grit in his joints and begins to climb, using the cornice above the door for a hand and then a toe hold, the sorcerer leaps for the first window. He grabs at the metal bars and thankfully they hold his weight. Behind him, Orion takes a running start at the stone tower, despite the smoothness of the stonework he does have some traction, but when he reaches out for the sill below the other window his fingers can't quite reach. The monk slides down and tucks into a roll at the bottom, he hits the ground but is none the worse for it.

Rune's Athletics Succeeds, he is now at the First Windows.
Orion Athletics Fails, he is on the Quay.
Greil, Finley and Boone are on the Quay.

A quick discussion I had with Foucault made me realize I need to be a little clearer on the rules for climbing the Lighthouse. I'm not using the hard and fast Climbing rules. There are five levels; Quay, First Windows, Second Windows, Third Windows, and Roof. Success means making progress, failure means no progress or losing some progress. Failure does not mean falling to your death. If you have any questions or schemes to make your ascent easier, ask away.

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Greil laughs heartily once the crowd reaches the lighthouse. Rune it will be an honor to watch you chase me up this lighthouse. As Rune scampers off Greil lets his long powerful arms grip the stone and begins his own steady climb up. pausing to looks down he realizes he has left some behind. Need me to hammer in some ropes for assisstance?

Athletics and Powerful Athlete rolls:
Dice Roll: 1d20+17 1d20+17
d20 Results: 18 (Total = 35)
d20 Results: 10 (Total = 27)

Dungeoneering to start setting ropes and such up to assist others: :
Dice Roll: 1d20+15
d20 Results: 8 (Total = 23)

Boone is content to wait at the bottom until the others get the rope in place. In the meantime, he starts sketching his magic circle for the floating disk ritual. "To be clear," he says, "I am planning to let you two do the climbing and then pull me up using the rope. The rest can follow on the Floating Disk--along with whatever equipment we need."

Boone casts Tenser's Floating Disk.

Dice Roll: 1d20+18z
d20 Results: 7 (Total = 25)
These dice were omitted, altered, or moved: 1d20+18
Original Dice: 1d20+18

Arcana Check (25)
EDIT: With that roll, Boone's disk can lift 1000 lbs. Using that--and the more athletic types to haul him up--Boone should be able to cart whatever equipment is necessary to re-light the Lighthouse. Also, I deducted the 10gp component cost from my stock of ritual components.

Orion nods, "Yes, I'm sure that would help considerably, Greil." He opens his pack and removes a length of silk cord, "Here, use mine." He says as he tosses it to the climber and gets ready to follow.

I guess I'm not taking 10 this time!

Athletics:
Dice Roll: 1d20+11
d20 Results: 16 (Total = 27)

Greil, you talk far too much. Now hurry up so we can get this done and I can go kill some beasts. Having enough of his repartee with Greil, Rune looks up and begins to climb again to the next window.

Dice Roll: 1d20+15
d20 Results: 8 (Total = 23)

Athletics Check

Cracking his knuckles and grabbing Orion's silk rope, Greil starts up the side of the Lighthouse. He reaches the window opposite Rune, holding the bars with one hand the warden deftly ties the silk rope to the bars and drops it to the ground.

While Greil is tying knots, Rune heads upwards. Halfway up to the next set of windows his smooth metal foot slips out from it toehold and he begins to fall grasping at the smooth stone wall he eventually grabs onto the window bars. He's back where he started, but alive.

Below Greil and Rune, Orion follows up the rope provided by the warden while Boone breaks out his chalk and draws a circle on the stone. After ten minutes he's summoned a solid disk, opaque and purple like frozen smoke.

Greil's Athletics Succeeds, he is now at the First Windows.
Greil's Dungeoneering Succeeds, there is now a Rope from the First Windows down.
Boone Summons Tenser's Floating Disk.
Orion Athletics Succeeds, he is at the First Windows.
Rune's Athletics Fails, he is at the First Windows.
Finley and Boone are on the Quay.

The Compendium entry for Tenser's Floating Disk reads as follows:

Tensers Floating Disk

You create a slightly concave, circular plane of force that floats a foot off the ground and can carry what you lay upon it. The disk is 3 feet in diameter and 1 inch deep at its center. It remains stationary unless you move more than 5 squares away from it, in which case it moves with your base speed once per round until it is within 5 squares of you. You can command the disk to move up to your speed as a move action. If you are more than 5 squares from the disk for 2 consecutive rounds, the disk disappears, dropping whatever it was carrying. Your Arcana check result determines the maximum load the disk can carry.

This means that Tenser's Floating Disk won't work as an elevator, however I'm sure with a little Arcane Research Boone might be able to come up with a more advanced Magical solution.

huffing as he pulls himself up Greil keeps his smirk on his face If I didn't get to talk Rune we wouldn't get to have this conversation would we. We'd just listen to you bolts creak under the weight of the barrell you call a torso As He continues He uses attempts to tie another piece of rope to help his other allies.

Athletics and Powerful Athlete roll:
Dice Roll: 1d20+17 1d20+17
d20 Results: 19 (Total = 36)
d20 Results: 7 (Total = 24)

Dungeoneering for ropes:
Dice Roll: 1d20+15
d20 Results: 12 (Total = 27)

Grumbling to himself for his lack of focus, Rune glares at Greil Well it's better to here my lower body work with creaking than with yours and flatulence. You really should hold it in, even my lack of a nose is getting affect by your stench over here.

Dice Roll: 1d20+15
d20 Results: 8 (Total = 23)

Athletics Check

"Damnation," Boone says as he realizes that his Floating Disk ritual isn't going to work. "What I really need is the Eagle's Flight ritual. Should've known that from the start." He looks about at his companions. "Do you think we have time to scour the local wizard's shop, or are you lot going to have to carry me after all?"

Orion shouts down to Boone, "Come, my friend. A spell is a recipe, is it not? Can you not change it, a master chef improves on the dishes his mother taught him as a child?" The monk then starts his climb again.

I think what six was hinting at in his ooc is that you could try an Arcana check to make a new Ritual. But you could also go look for that other one at the shop.

Athletics:
Dice Roll: 1d20+11
d20 Results: 7 (Total = 18)

Has Griel placed rope?