Fugees and Iron scenario 2 scenes 2 and 3

Scenes 2 and 3

Scene 2

Now is the hard part. Jolene needs to gain enough trust from the warforged to get an idea what they are up to without doing anything that might come back on her house. Her first mission will be a test.

She must break in and gain plans for a city instalation

1) Guard barracks

2) Governors mansion

3) Lightning rail station

A 3, so it is the lightning rail station. This will be another challenge; The plans are kept in the city archives

Deceit in order to gain entry to the station; roll -1+3=2 for success at a minor cost

She dresses as an orderly, and manages to convince the guards to let her into the building however they are suspicious.

Stealth in order to get past the guards unnoticed once inside; roll -2+2=0

She fails to get past the inner guards, and instead sets off an alam drawing them away from their posts

Burglary in order to break in and take the blueprints; roll 0+2=2 for success at a minor cost

She manages to get the blueprints, but is trapped in the archives by guards closing in on her position.

There is only one solution – Parkour!!

The archive is a third story room. By going through the window she can drop to an adjacent second story roof and from their make her getaway.

Acrobatics: roll of 1+3=4 for asuccess

Stealth: -1+2=1, +1 for moving silently across the rooftops while barefoot for success at a minor cost (a boost of ‘something strange’ raising the next difficulty to 4)

Deceit: roll of -1+3=2. tagging ‘Master of disguise’ for a fate point to gain success at a minor cost.

Jolene jumps from the window just as guards break into the room, and makes her way across the rooftops, evading patrols on the street below and droping unseen into an alley near her bar, where she quickly removes her Goblin disguise and stashes it, before strolling into the bar dressed as a regular halfling patron.

She has the plans but that was a mess. The town is in uproar. it is common knowledge that a Goblin stole the blueprints to the lightning rail station and she is sure she compromised her disguise during her escape. The watch may not know they are looking for a Halfling, but they probably know it wasn’t a Goblin. And worse, the warforged will probably not be entirely happy with the messy retreival of the plans.

Scene 3

Can Jolene discover the Warforged plans?

Jolene meets the Warforged agent by the fountain again the next day as planned, and hands over the blueprints in exchange for payment.

“A Goblin? I thought I was paying you to be discrete?” The agent complains “Now half the city watch is up in arms.”

Jolene needs to salvage things. (using deceit for a roll of 2+3=5 and success with style)

“You need discretion for YOUR bussiness, not for mine, and that is exactly what you have paid for. The break in last night was one of a string of serial robberies committed by a gang of Goblins, a gang who are known not to deal with anyone whos skin is anything other than green. By getting himself seen, my agent ensured that the theft would not be traced back to you. Or did you want an unusual break in landing on the desk of those two who are investigating you?”

The warforged begins to continue its complaint, but looks thoughtful for a moment and relents. “Thats a big risk. What if your agent was captured?”

“Then its not your problem. I ensured they didn’t know who you are remember. You are insulated from this.”

“And the Goblin Gang?”

“Scapegoats.” and imaginary ones at that, Jolene thought, “they arent even connected and so know nothing.”

“Still, I was hoping the theft would go unnoticed for a few days. Dissapointing, but cant be helped I suppose. The extra guards at the station were probably inevitable, and are certainly not insurmountable. Your people seem good at creating diversions. How about we create one to leave that station wide open?”

“Open to what?” Jolene asks guardedly

“Sabotage.”

I decided to let that ride on a single success with style rather than drawing the scene out, in order to cut to some action.

Also, 3 scenes in and just before the pace changes and the action starts seems a good time to call a new session (and a minor milestone). Doesn’t have much effect at this point, but there it is...