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A Venture-Gossip Briefing?

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Hello, Pathfinders!
Agent Kitsch here from the Office of Supplies and Procurement, posting a letter received from the Ink Worker’s United Printing Press, which you may know as the exclusive printing press for Venture-Gossip.

To the Grand Lodge, c/o Agent Kitsch, We received this letter at our doorstep this morning. It seems whoever took Venture-Gossip doesn’t know where the Grand Lodge is, nor do they know how to spell Achaekek, so we’re wondering if Venture-Gossip was truly abducted by the Red Mantis assassins.

Thanks,
Lyari Kelsyne
Ink Worker’s United Printing Press

A ransom note reading: We have your nosy agent she’s poked her tusks into our business for the last time! If you want to see her safe return bring 1,000,000 Platinum, a bagful of Osiriani gold, and the rightful property of the Red Mantis assassins to the docks at the assigned time. Otherwise expect to see her teeth at your doorstep. Signed Acheakek’s Finest

"We have your nosy agent she’s poked her tusks into our business for the last time! If you want to see her safe return bring 1,000,000 Platinum, a bagful of Osiriani gold, and the rightful property of the Red Mantis assassins to the docks at the assigned time. Otherwise expect to see her teeth at your doorstep. Signed Acheakek’s Finest"


Here at the Pathfinder Society we don’t negotiate with kidnappers, so any information that you may have about Venture-Gossip’s disappearance would be most appreciated.


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Shay Snow
Pathfinder Society Developer

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The red mantis are bigger fans of arts and crafts than I thought.
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Pathfinder Lost Omens, PF Special Edition Subscriber

Pretending to be the Red Mantis is the sort of thing that earns a visit from the Red Mantis...
Dark Archive **
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Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber

Yeah, there is no way that's from the Assassins. They'd just kill whoever their target is.

What we need is four to six Pathfinders to go to Mediogalti Island and ask the Red Mantis Assassins for help in finding who did this.

But who should we send?

Why are you all looking at m- oh. Right.
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Chrono wrote:
Pretending to be the Red Mantis is the sort of thing that earns a visit from the Red Mantis...

Literally the plot of the Red Mantis one-shot adventure :P

Dark Archive 4/5 *** Venture-Agent, Finland—Tampere

Hey they gotta get the funding and loot somehow since they keep doing assassinations for pro bono favors!
Wayfinders 4/5 5/55/55/55/5 *****
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Le gasp!
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Hikuen wrote:
Chrono wrote:
Pretending to be the Red Mantis is the sort of thing that earns a visit from the Red Mantis...
Literally the plot of the Red Mantis one-shot adventure :P

We did that in part 1 of a Seeker Arc at the end Society for first edition. It was a fun but deadly adventure.

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Pathfinder Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Roleplaying Game, Starfinder Society Subscriber

Good luck, Venture-Gossip!
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I am going to end these imposters. Painfully.
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber; Pathfinder Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber
Misroi wrote:

Yeah, there is no way that's from the Assassins. They'd just kill whoever their target is.

What we need is four to six Pathfinders to go to Mediogalti Island and ask the Red Mantis Assassins for help in finding who did this.

But who should we send?

Why are you all looking at m- oh. Right.

Otama, Red Mantis Dissident wrote:

...

I am going to end these imposters. Painfully.

Great work with that visit Misroi. You're a natural diplomat.

Grand Archive 4/5 5/55/55/5 ****
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Don’t let Urwal near the letter! He will make corrections all over it, potentially destroying a clue!
Envoy's Alliance 3/5 ****
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Hmmm….This looks like someone violated policy 561.2c, failure to spell-check ransom letters.
561.1a, issuing a ransom letter to one not sanctioned for blessed assassination in His name, and 102.J, requesting payment from one who is not contracting for the work of blessed assassination.

We’ll have to put this in with headquarters.

Pathfinder, worry not. You won’t be hearing from us soon.
Advocates 3/5 5/55/5 Venture-Lieutenant, Conventions—PaizoCon
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MooreAK wrote:
Hikuen wrote:
Chrono wrote:
Pretending to be the Red Mantis is the sort of thing that earns a visit from the Red Mantis...
Literally the plot of the Red Mantis one-shot adventure :P
We did that in part 1 of a Seeker Arc at the end Society for first edition. It was a fun but deadly adventure.

I do believe my VC that did that adventure would volunteer to go back.

Given he can turn into a huge size dragon now, it would probably exponentially speed up the process of wrecking the island approaching the Red Mantis :D
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"Here at the Pathfinder Society we don’t negotiate with kidnappers"

I can't think of a particular example right now, but I'm fairly certain we do in fact do that.
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