| djones |
The main action in this scenario takes place diplomatically, so I spent a good 50 percent wandering around town in my social persona smarming NPCs. I warned the group in advance that I was a professional diplomat and poor at combat, but that we were being followed by my ally, who would likely help them if needed.
When the first nightfall came I announced that I was going to schmooze the bars for information, but instead switched to vigilante and lurked the streets. Failed intimidation check and learned nothing, GM the next morning announced that the faction I was investigating had flooded the streets with mooks looking for the looney who was beating up people in alleyways.
After trying and failing to schmooze the faction that the vigilante was investigating, the social nearly got a crossbow bolt, so that evening, while the party were discussing our best move I slipped away, lurked in their hidden base and just threw in my 2 cents to the conversation.
I explained that after the social had put himself in harms way, I had removed him to a safe house I established in the town and said that I would be aiding the party. We decided to head to the Event. I separated from the party, switch to social and swanned into the Location past the guards who were looking for the vigilante, then concealed myself and switched back, ready for the Event.
Following the Event the party and I made our escape with the NPC, into a combat. Hidden by the party wizard's Obscuring Mists and using my daily use of Omen to double dip for quick fear, I successfully intimidated the enemy into fleeing; we let them live to spread word of the terrible wrath of the Fox.
Due to time constraints we skipped a combat and went right to the finale; the Fox announced that the party would take Social persona with them and that vigilante would make his own exit form the dangerous situation; I then switched back to social and we made our escape.
Trapped as we were in the Escape route and suddenly thrust into combat due to an ambush, I engaged in combat as my social persona with my trusty sword cane. After dispatching one I flanked another NPC and took advantage of my hidden strike extra damage.
Because I had used a vigilante base ability in my social persona, the GM not unreasonably called for perception checks, one of the other players passed and was allowed to make a sense motive roll vs my disguise to figure out my secret.
Since I had the social grace bonus PLUS the Kitsune racial the DC ended up being in the 50s.