RPM:9 Tashnogen Gem Robbery
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Starring: 🏹 Ehsan, 🐺 Ildefons, 🐘 One-Tusk, 💃 Milady Rosalie
Guest Starring: Irène Darche,
Captain Stanimir Koslov of the Red Wolf Brigadiers
Challenge: Irène Darche the jewel thief; Captain Stanimir Koslov's rage; Sorcier double agent
Location: Le Roux Mansion
Date Played: 04 Apr 2017
Celebration of the Festival of Saint Theodoros at the Le Roux Estate
This party is the raucous conclusion to the weeklong Festival of Saint Theodoros
🐘 One-Tusk: Things are tense with the Brigade, and I'm ready to shove a cannonball up Koslov's ass, but cooler-heads prevail. Someone stole a gem from Koslov's decadent noble, and we're supposed to care. He wants to search for the thief. I want to see him try and walk after he's folded into quarters. He gets to search- under strict guard, of course.
Eventually, I've had my fill. While we're in the garden, Koslov says yet another counter-revolutionary slight against our newborn egalitarian state, and I just have to pop him one in the face. That's about where things get chaotic…
💃 Milady Rosalie I don't like when things happen that I'm not aware of. Someone is lose in here with a weapon, and I don't know what angle they are playing. There is also a commotion going on outside, and I can only guess that One Tusk is there making things worse.
My insight is asstounding, as I saw Captain Koslov from the kingdom of Erthil here. Lady Belatrova Popov is a visiting dignitary here, so it's not hard to imagine that he would be far behind. I keep my distance, trying to stay out of things until the last possible moment.
I am lucky as I get to him just in time to stop a fight. I lure him off of the main group to try and get his story. There is a thief that stole a stone, the Tashnogen. He has reason to believe the thief is here. I assure him after letting down my ruse that I will do all I can to help him. The rest of the party... ehhh... they are a wild card.
We go to the abandoned part of the building to avoid prying eyes. It is lucky for us that the thief is currently here and it looks like Ehsan found her (or fell into another honeypot). It wasn't long before the Lions pounced on their pray, trapping her in a sub level floor where she couldn't escape.
Minimal violence and injuries. No diplomatic fences that can't be mended with a bottle of wine. Possible new ally? Overall, this has gone better than expected.
🎲 DM Information about the scenario
- Locations (Aspects)
- Ballroom Loud music and dancing, Elbow to elbow people
- Kitchen Drinking games, Stash of food
- Garden Lovely night, Winding paths
- Wing being remodeled Under construction, Poorly lit
- Bell Tower Under construction, Rickety Stairs
- Captain Stanimir Koslov
- Not on my watch, Serves Lady Belitrova Popov, Bear form solves everything
- Skill cap +2
- Stunts (2) — Shapeshifting (Bear only) and Skill-Shifting [+2 to a skill]
- Irène Darche
- Jewelry Thief, Stealthy, Always has a backup plan
- Started with the following created aspects: Cased the Joint [ ] [ ], Bribed the Guards [ ]
- Skill cap +2
- Stunts (3) — +2 to Cleverly Create Advantage, +2 to Sneakily Defend, and Did you just hit a woman? The first time that she takes physical stress from an opponent in a scene they get a 2 point mild consequence, e.g. Abuser
- Thugs
- No aspects
- Fighting, hiding, running +2; Everything else +0
- One hit minions
Milestone Notes
Ildefons
- I dropped the Anatomist stunt to fix a misread of Animal Summoning, taking Menagerie. While I never misused Animal Summoning, I tightened it closer to RAW.
- Specified the skills and aspects of summoned animals, since they are declared "when you take this power" rather than upon summoning.
- Adjusted an aspect: If Doctors Won't Treat Wildblood, I Guess I Will Do My Best -> Associate Member of Firefighters: Wildblood Advocate
- Added Rapport at +1. This one is evident. Ildefons has been practicing his talking a lot this entire segment. A lot. And, especially in the blighter conflict, he used social skills to [try to] talk her down.
- Increased Lore (Myth) from +1 to +2. Ildefons saw Stanimir and his lackey's powers, and he's a little intrigued. He's researching about them and the like.
- Took the "Profiler" suggested Wealth & Favors stunt.
One Tusk
- Changed "Philosophically Minded" to "Strong Opinions on Philosophy"
- Bumped Provoke +1, as One-Tusk fights as much using his words as he does his body
- Bumped Athletics +1, as there's a lot of running, fighting, carrying, walking- all in all, good cardio.
- Took Backup(Wealth/Favors)
Ehsan
- Added Physique at +2, representing Ehsan's physical training to get prepare for any tests that might come along with applying for the Royal Pride.
- Changed "Experimental Arrows" aspect to "Sponsorship from Orion Pandis" to represent her budding relationship with the Secundus of the Salter's Guild and his insistence on Ehsan formally applying to join the Royal Pride.
- Took the "Expense Account" for the Wealth & Favors Stunt.
Rosalie
- Empathy got bumped to +2 since she has had to deal with lots of shady under-dealings recently. Took Lore (A&S) to represent some of the research she has been doing for the secret wars things.
- Took Familiar Face wealth and favors
- Removed Fading Scourge of the Sorcier to Haunted by the Secrets of the Revolution because steam is rising against the Sorcier and she is coming out of retirement. Also, it is needed for some of the plot-hook goodness coming our way in that secrets will eventually be revealed.
