So today, the pipes in my 50-year-old fortress of solitude stopped working. Water backed up kinda everywhere. So I decided to fix it myself and save the expense of a plumber on a Sunday.

But Major Clogg was a difficult foe to vanquish! Valiant though my effort may have been, I managed to fail every roll against every stat bu one (charisma). I was out of power points, and Major Clogg was still making a mess of my basement (there was water trickling out of the basement walk-out door). So far as I could tell, Major Cloggs powers were stretching powers, invulnerability, regeneration, water powers, chemical powers (horrid odors and biological toxins), and willpower. Clogg's nefarious plot only thickened when I found myself sweaty, disgusting, and covered in stuff I don't want to think about. The villain had clogged my drains, so I could not shower!!! The diabolical FIEND knows no decency!!

In desperation, I was forced to call Captain Rooter. Fortunately, the Captain and I had no issues when rolling reactions on our initial encounter (there are evil plumbers out there, so I felt a roll was prudent in this case) and it turns out that he has a special weapon designed to combat Major Clogg, and was able to vanquish the villain in short order. He also had another power greatly I appreciated, let's call it a magical box that prints out coupons - because it turns out he's a Star Trek fan (I was wearing an old trek shirt).

I think Captain Rooter should get a Charisma point for his work here, and probably a good 500 XP for turning Major Clogg over to the authorities (his bosses at  the highly secretive "ROOTER" [Regional Organization Occupied with the Thwarting of Evil Regimes] organization in this case).

Seriously - hats of to Mr. Rooter in the greater Atlanta metro-zone.

-John

Captain Rooter really knows his shit!


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