Can someone give me a short sweet summary of what we're planning for our next mark?
Kage's suggestion was to lock the doors and murder the lot of them.
You ready to move on to the chandler, or do you need any more prep? I don't want to push you into an encounter if you haven't settled on a plan.
I was hoping some of the others would chip in tbh.
Same here. Otherwise I would have tried to add more than just disagreement.
We could just kill everybody as suggested. We could go to the meeting and wait until after, following the target for a bit and then striking. We could draw it out, maybe fan the flames of rebellion for a bit and then finally strike in a very public fashion to make a statement.
Eris probably isn't happy about turning it into a group slaughtering, but if its the only way then "couldn't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs etc etc"
Eris if you back Gafar up in game, Kage will comply. He mostly views Milani's faithful as legitimate targets, where as our previous target seemed highly wasteful.
Perhaps this would be a good opportunity for Jon-wyn or Gaffar to take the lead a bit here? Despite his enthusiasm Kage is happy to stay in the shadows if that's what the plan calls for.
I'm wondering...Maybe Yanmei could utilize her poison skills. She could be a server and lace the tea. It doesn't have to be lethal but it could put people down so that specific targets could be killed without mass slaughter. Or everyone. Doesn't matter to her.
Just a notice for all of my games, I have a very important project due this Thursday. I'll try to keep things going, but my posting will be lacking in either quality or quantity this week.
Best of luck on your project!
And Yanmei, be my guest. Let me know if there are parts of your characters that haven't been used much, and I'll try to come up with some scenarios that will let them get use.
Project was pushed back, but it's over now. I should have a post up this evening or tomorrow.
Could somebody please push the action forward a little? :)
PS I think Gaffar can only make that sense motive check on a natural 20.
I figure that Jon can tell Gafar about the secret message when they both leave the shop -- it was successfully delivered to him.
Can Gafar alert the Hellknights so they can round up the rest of the cult members once the fun is over?
Sure! What he feels like doing once the job is finished is up to him.
Can I assume that Yanmei just updates me since I'm stuck until her player posts
That makes sense. Go for it.
Jon-Wyn, Kage - how do you want to play this? Is Kage going to try to escape, or should we just don the masks and go for the kill now?
Well we know the target's name: Thalia Boltin.
Perhaps try a bluff to get her to reveal herself? Something like 'Thalia we must defend the cause!'
If someone looking like her description (we have that right?) responds well you know what to do!
Alternatively, turn it into an action such as, "Defend Thalia with your lives" which (hopefully) forces people to cluster around your target, indicating who they are.
Of course, the idea falls flat if she uses a decoy but hey, its hard to predict everything.
So, is that what Jon is doing in his turn?
Since we never officially discussed it, Gafar's cover story for this mission is that he's a worshipper of Milani who fled Rahadoum due to religious persecution and is trying to integrate himself with the Korvosan cult.
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Much like that time on Endor with Han Solo, I realized that Kage's failed roll may have been the best thing that could have happened to us. So far, we haven't really been scrutinized, but once we were alone with the Milanians, they would have turned their attention on us. I don't know how good they are, but it's best not to test it. So I figure to try and seize this chance to take out our target.
It could definitely work to our advantage. It may end up being amateurish on our part, but the beauty of it is that nobody will know.
Kage would argue that the difference between an amateur and a professional is how you react when things do go wrong.
It's been a while since anyone posted. Is there anything I can do to help move things along? I think the consensus is to move ahead with Eris' and Yanmei's mission so everyone can get together, but if the men want to go on another mission, I can accommodate.
I had been waiting for Eris or Yanmei to add to the conversation. I suppose we could go for another target instead.
The Ultimate Intrigue material is available on d20PFSRD.
Durzo Blint! There's a name I haven't seen in awhile :)
Unchained Poison rules can be found on the d20PFSRD if the GM approves
Mmm, if the duke doesn't have any class levels then black lotus extract on his collar sounds like a sure fire method.
I'm actually reading the Night Angel trilogy. I quite enjoy it though it does get a little confusing in the second book I find.
Yeah I know what you mean. Third book was my favorite, which is unusual since series usually go down hill. You probably need to read the whole thing twice for all the little things to sink in.
Oddly enough the same pattern seems to be true of his other light bringer series. I wasn't that keen on the first book, but the later ones got better.
Yes, deadlier poisons would be very appropriate for this game. Let's go ahead with the Unchained rules.
Just hope no one poisons himself...
It sounds like you have a workable plan for the Duke. Would you like to roll this one out, or do some descriptive storytelling? I'm open to either one, whichever one would help move things along.
Guys, I'm going to be at a convention this weekend, starting tomorrow. I'll have my phone with me, and can make limited posts from it. So please bear with me, and talk amongst yourselves regarding how you wish to deal with the duke. I'll catch up on Monday.
Gang, I'm going on a mini retreat to the mountains this weekend and will be offline until Monday. Please bear with me.
Probably need some skill checks here to investigate the mage and push this forwards :) I'm just the hired killer, not really my department :]
I'm still around in case anyone's wondering. It seems like the current plan is to hit the wizard's tower with a direct assault, although there were some other ideas about luring him out with a ruse of some kind.
Let me know what you'd like to do and I'll get this next job underway.
I'm not really sure what people want to do here :)
If it helps, as an "arcane caster" Eris could try and bluff her way into a meeting with the wizard, or alternatively a scouting trip, but its doubtful whether I could bring me along, I think this idea is more of a future way to gain entry to his location than a "Step #1" in a plan of attack
Yes, enough time has passed to do more research.
It also occurs to me that Pathfinders are frequently delving into lost ruins and discovering ancient artifacts. ..
Well, this game has been slowing up waaay too much. Partly, I think, is because of the summer months (which a friend of mine calls the Bane of Gaming), since between vacations, frequently changed schedules and other things, normal routines get thrown off.
But I'm not looking to throw in the towel yet -- unless interest has waned to the point that we might as well. Let me know if you are still interested in keeping this game going.
I'm thinking of a few things to inject some life back into this game:
Switch over the last two "jobs" in Korvosa to the free-form style and let you finish them off, so we can get to some more involved missions.
Hand wave them even more than that and jump straight into the main Korvosan plot (which I am thinking to be a sort of "reverse AP" of the Curse of the Crimson Throne Adventure Path).
Get out of Korvosa (if you're sick of Korvosa and Varisia in general) to do something wildly different.
Any preferences?