Looking for Bank Heist 1-Shot


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Shadow Lodge

So my group wants to do something that they never do: be sneaky. We're hoping to do this as a 1-2 game session as a small break from our main campaign. They want to do a full party of rogues (or similar) and basically pull off an "Ocean's 11" type robbery or bank heist. So, looking for some help:

--What types of classes would be good at this, and what level should we start at to make this fun, but without requiring too much learning of the class (some players aren't super familiar with the game). Also looking for possible pre-made characters for this.

--Are there any pre-written scenarios, adventures, OR parts of a campaign that I could take a part from?

--Has anyone done this before, and what type of advise can you offer?

We're probably about 3 gaming sessions away from this side-track, so I have a couple months to get set up, but not too long. Thanks in advance!


You might want to look into the PFS scenario "The Sun Orchid scheme". I've done it as a player amd emjoyed it very much; It might be exactly what your players are looking for. It's scheduled to run in about 4-5 hours. Also, the scenario is tuned for character of level 1-2 or 4-5, so that means you players won't have too much difficulty learning a new character/class; low level is easier, in that regard. A brief description of the scenario is in the spoiler below.

Spoilers for the scenario:
The scenario does not involve a bank per se. However, it's definitely a heist. The characters in the scenario are asked to test the security of a convoy transporting sun orchid elixir. There's a reconnaissance phase first, where the characters use various skills to learn about the route, defenses, traps and such. Well-rounded characters would be best for this, because they have lots of options on which skills to use. Think rogue, slayer, bard... Then, with some time to prep the characters are going to pull off the actual heist, using what they learned in the first phase. Decide where to place the attack, deal with guard, traps and guardians.

Shadow Lodge

This sounds like a totally potential scenario! Also, yeah, not looking for a "bank" necessarily, so this would work great. The only thing I worry about is if everyone is a rogue/ninja would it work?

Grand Lodge

Sun Orchid Scheme is probably your best bet.

Alternatively to a "bank heist" there's The Disappeared, that's a stealth "get in/get out" mission on a timer. It's also a t1-5.

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