Ritual
Battle Plan:
[x] Strike in the time frame between when the ritual completes and Raijin descends upon the earth. Have the Committee evacuate the civilians as you wipe out the cultists and draw Raijin away.
[x] Have the Committee commit forces to fighting the cultists
[x] Assign Kureha to assist with evacuation plans
Bonuses and Maluses: +25 to Strike Roll, -5 to evacuation roll
The Committee managed to gather hundreds of staff and agents to participate in the upcoming battle. You immediately divide the forces with the less combat oriented staff aiding in the evacuation with Kureha leading them. The remaining combat agents, nearly 200 in all, stay with you in order to fight the cultists.
The Sons of Raijin have gathered nearly all of their two thousand members to lend their power to the ritual. You had no desire to run around Hokkaido hunting them all down so this is a convenient turn of events. Formed into 5 concentric rings with a massive force of patrolling perimeters guards, the ritualists slowly chant and funnel their powers to the head cultist who then shunts the power into the sky above. The clouds begin to darken and the air feels saturated with static.
You order your forces to form a perimeter around the cultists to prevent any from escaping as you wait for Raijin's descent.
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Evacuation: 87 -5 = 82
Success Difficulty Check 60
Luckily the cultists chose a relatively small city to do their ritual next to as it makes evacuation much simpler. Kureha leads the other Committee agents and staff in creating a massive sound based illusion over the city which simulates a tsunami warning mandatory evacuation. A large group of agents are dressed as police and JSDF forces and block off the eastern exits from the city and instead funnel the evacuees west away from the ensuing conflict. The darkening sky is definitely helpful in adding realism to the illusion and soon the population of the city begins to flow out. The evacuees make it out of the city in record time and the Committee forces follow them out.
Kureha sends a shikigami to you announcing her success.
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Strike: 36 + 25 = 61 Difficulty Check 80
Failure
One of the agents on the western side of the perimeter is seen before he can properly hide himself and is blasted by at least 4 bolts of lightning. Turned to ash within seconds, his partner retaliates with a wind based attack that cuts through three of the Sons of Raijin and wounds a fourth but receives a blast through the chest for his efforts.
The Committee forces begin to counterattack almost immediately with a salvo of long ranged spells. They do considerable damage to the cultist forces but they are outnumbered more than 2 to 1 counting only the perimeter forces. The ritual is creating a focal point for the powers of their god which is fueling the strength of the Sons of Raijin. The Committee forces cannot survive this engagement.
Make a choice:
[ ] Have the Committee forces retreat
[ ] Intervene and fight the Sons of Raijin (may cause the ritual to stop)
[ ] Do nothing