Scenario 4
I was going
to introduce another character here, but Jolene makes sense as a tie in, and it
will get her acquainted with Verden.
So A vampire is feeding from people in the city
That sounds like it would be a problem for the disgraced scion of house Gholander responsible for troubleshooting
problems.
A vampire has
been feeding on Gholander guests, and it falls to Jolene to put an end to it.
Questions;
Will Jolene
track the Vampire down?
Can Jolene
Free Verden from the vampire?
Will they
defeat the vampire?
Pretty
straight forwards, lets see what happens….
Scene 1
Will Jolene
track the vampire down
“Your sure
it’s a vampire?” Jolene asks incredulously.
“The symptoms
fit. It seems that one of the refugees has been researching them at the chapel
of the silver flame, and now our guests seem to be on the menu. Needless to
say, that is not a state of affairs that can be allowed to continue.”
“I’ll take
care of it.” Jolene has no idea how – guests at various house Gholander inns
and safe houses have begun showing symptoms of vampiric victimhood, and of
course it is her job to put a stop to it. Somehow.
First she
needs to find a bit out about Vampires (rolling contacts to create an advantage
for 2+2=4 and a free tag on vampiric lore),
so she visits a scholar she has had dealings with before and pulls in a favour
to gain access to a library at the chapel of the flame where she reads the same
books Verden did only a few days before. Of course, she has the advantage of
knowing what she is looking for.
Figuring that
if their champion was involved then they are probably a good place to start,
Jolene makes her way to the Refugee camp. If possible she wants to talk to
Verden himself, but if not then that seems like as good a starting point as
any.
Lets make
this another challenge;
Notice – to
spot signs of Enthralment amongst the refugees
Deceit – to
get information about Verden or the Vampire without giving her intentions away
Stealth – to
make her way to the lair without being seen
First she
rolls notice (for -1+2=1, and has no clue that the refugees have been
compromised)
Second she
rolls Deceit (for -3+3=0, tagging master
of disguise for a fate point and a reroll, getting 2+2=4)
Thirdly she
rolls stealth (for 0+2=2, succeeding at a minor cost and arriving as darkness
falls and the vampire is at the peak of its powers)
Jolene
approaches the refugee camp as an agent of house Gholander and puts word out
that she is looking for Verden with respect to debts he owes the house. To her
surprise, many of the refugees simply claim ignorance and either say they don’t
know who she is talking about (don’t know their own champion, really?) or say
they have not seen him for several days. After a mornings talk however, it
becomes clear that she is being steered away from a compound in the center of
the camp, and a number of the refugees unconsciously glance towards it when
Verden is mentioned. For one reason or another she is being stonewalled, and if
they want her away from the compound then she can be sure that is exactly where
she wants to be.
She leaves
the camp and waits for dusk before pulling on a black leather suit complete with
gloves, soft boots, and a brace of throwing knives, and heading back through
the camp towards the compound. The evening camp is surprisingly quiet, with
most of the refugees hidden safely behind doors and only the occasional militia
patrol which she avoids by keeping to the lengthening shadows and ducking out
of sight where needed. She is fairly sure she has managed to get in unnoticed,
although she has to backtrack twice to avoid patrols and by the time she
reaches the compound it is almost entirely dark, and only the lamps hanging
from street posts and shining through windows are keeping the night at bay (oil
lamps, because the refugees cannot afford to light their camp with magical
ones).
Success.
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