Originally posted by General Zink
"What knack should I be having, Doon? A knack for following Galder's murderous crusades? A knack for biding my time until the right moment?"Rand will wander towards the fight, still talking with Doon quietly. Can he make a Savoir-Faire roll on Rianna's opponent? I know he's got a Speed of 8...
"You walked into the Coils of the Serpent willingly. Few ever come out from that.
Only the Force can save you now. You are not desinted to die here; that has been set up by cirumstance and your inability to handle the difficulty of this situation. But if it is not your destiny, and the Force is with you, you can avoid it."
Sorry, Zink, I must be getting carried away.
That's Observation you need, ok?
"The knack," says Doon, "for leading a rebellious, stubborn and dissolute group such as this."
He takes a drag on the cigarette.
"Must have irritated you, when I turned up. You could barely hold the group together even at the best of times. By then, you were all split, desperate, doomed. Effectively leaderless. Then I turn up, save the day, everyone loves me, I giuve you all pourpose, direction... I could do that when you couldn't. You wouldn't be sentient if you weren't jealous at THAT. And it is why I am here... to answer the question you asked me earlier. Ooooohhhhhhh!" he finishes, at the point Rianna got stomped on.
"Nonsense!" says Doon. "I know everything you know and have seen. You don't have the measure of this group. You bark at Galder, he barks back, even threatens back, and you have to let it slide. It happened recently! This group is growing beyond you even before it has sprouted. Me, they might well have followed until doomsday. You really think they would do that for you? Doubly so Rah, Galder and Takuan. In fact, double doubly Takuan. Even Gallador is dodgy; too smart for your own good, is Gallador; he has 'ideas'.
"There's the thing, Rand. I'm a natural leader. Everyone has their talents; I have always been a people person. You aren't; you are neither a natural leader nor natural people person, and you kinda proved it in that arena. You are a natural scholar, to be sure. Your theoretical knowledge is great, and your skill with the Force is great also. But this kind of politics... you know nothing of. Don't take it so hard, Rand. After all, you are telling yourself this."
-2 on that roll- not great. His strength is 7.
He'll dodge, Rianna. But a +4 gives you the hit, and now the blow with +2 to hit!
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"That's the first lesson!" says Doon. "Like I say, you were never a natural leader. You had to work at it, as a Jedi. But for this kind of deal... that's a bad way to learn. The Jedi are like the military. Very traditional. Bonds of respect. You were the Master, had earned the title of Master, people had to respect that. There was a chain of command, rules, resources, censure for the ill-behaved.
"But all this? Couldn't be LESS like that. For Tanic, Rianna and Gallador, perhaps a little, but even they have defined themselves by opposition to that authority, especially Rianna. As for the others... not a chance! They don't care about your position and experience and how much you might deserve it. Couldn't care less! They want a leader, not a wizard; if their leader so happens to be a wizard, then fine- but Leader is what you must be first. Galder is Warrior, and Takuan is Wizard... where does that leave you if you have nothing more to offer?"