Hestus the pirate is trying to climb the back wall of the Inn of Iniquity, a shady denizen of thieves, curs and women of the night.
His long-time friend and occasional lover M'Ladye de Four-Seasons is on the third floor, unaware that her next visitor is going to Brutas the Cut-throat, a villain of ill repute. Brutas is at this very moment making his way up the stairs inside having left his three henchmen minding the bottom of the stair lest anyone try to intervene. He intends to get the whereabout of the Azure of Atalon from M'Ladye, who unwittingly knows where, but not what, it is.
The GM informs Hestus's player that Hestus must make a contest of Mastery and achieve a total of 9 result points (three for each floor) with an opposing value of 6. He has three attempts before Brutas reaches the third floor landing, and a further two attempts if he needs them before Brutas bursts into M'Ladye's room swishing his cutlass and hook menacingly.
Hestus has a Mastery of 6 and gets +1 to the contest as he has an 'add' of +1 for climbing. So Hestus will roll a d6 and add 7 versus an opposing value of 6.
He rolls a three for 4 result points [score (7+3=10) – OV (6) = result (4)] and then rolls a one on his second attempt for (8-6) 2 result points.
After two tries he has 6 result points and needs 3 or more result points on his final try to reach M'Ladye's window before Brutas reaches the landing.
He rolls a five, for (12-6) 6 result points giving Hestus a total of 12 result points, more than enough to climb the wall.
The GM tells Hestus' player that Hestus successfully climbs up the wall un-noticed and swings over the balcony of M'Ladye's room. There is a sudden movement to the left and M'Ladye steps out from behind a silk screen barely clothed, her chin drops as if to scream. Outside the room Brutas' peg leg thumps on to the landing...
Note: Hestus would barely have made the climb without his +1 add for Climbing, as he would have achieved 9 result points in total (3, 1 and 5) with his final roll of 5, rather than a total of 12.
