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- [2012-11-10 15:54:12] <Falconis> OKAY
- [2012-11-10 15:54:16] <Falconis> WHEN WE LAST SAW OUR HERO
- [2012-11-10 15:54:27] <Falconis> he arrived in Forbis
- [2012-11-10 15:54:57] <Falconis> just dropped off by the Victorias secret after escaping a bad situation in Minerva by the skin of his teeth
- [2012-11-10 15:55:48] <Grail> First stop: his cousin's place
- [2012-11-10 15:55:49] <Falconis> It is a small coastal town that has an air to it much like that of Minerva
- [2012-11-10 15:55:55] <Falconis> that being, fish (heh)
- [2012-11-10 15:56:05] <Falconis> TO THE COUSINS HOUSE
- [2012-11-10 15:56:17] <Grail> He needs a base and someone to mooch off of
- [2012-11-10 15:56:42] <Grail> And who can turn down family?
- [2012-11-10 15:58:01] <Falconis> You leave the docks and head on out into the still sleeping city. The glow of the sun barely peeking over the horizon. It takes you little under an hour to find your cousins place, would have taken you longer if you hadn't recognized the nameplate on the outer wall.
- [2012-11-10 15:58:09] <Falconis> Seems you cus has moved up in life
- [2012-11-10 15:58:19] <Falconis> (do you have a name or shall I supply such?)
- [2012-11-10 15:58:32] <Falconis> (for him >_>)
- [2012-11-10 15:58:35] <Grail> (Feel free to come up with one)
- [2012-11-10 16:00:49] <Falconis> The house is a stately three story affair with wide, well manicured grounds surrounded by a tall wall. An elegant gate of twisted metal greets you. Locked
- [2012-11-10 16:01:04] <Grail> Hadrian adjusts himself, makes sure his armor and weapons are concealed beneath his cloak.
- [2012-11-10 16:01:06] <Falconis> You see what must be a guard on the other side, sleeping
- [2012-11-10 16:01:35] <Falconis> they are adequately concealed
- [2012-11-10 16:02:25] <Grail> Hrm, now that's a problem. "Hey, you, guardsman, I request entry. I'm Hadrian, kin of the man whose home you guard."
- [2012-11-10 16:03:07] <Falconis> oh right, the nameplate says 'Rutherford', embossed bronze. His name is Celias.
- [2012-11-10 16:05:12] <Falconis> The guard wakes with a start and almost falls off his chair. He looks at you with half angry, half groggy eyes and slowly raises. "Ey you, shove off. Mr Rutherford has nothing for you beggars."
- [2012-11-10 16:07:26] <Falconis> He wipes a bit of droll off the corner of his mouth and swaggers forward.
- [2012-11-10 16:07:32] <Falconis> drool*
- [2012-11-10 16:07:43] <Falconis> >_
- [2012-11-10 16:09:07] <Grail> Hadrian is suitably annoyed, but works himself into an even bigger huff for dramatic effect. He unhoods himself, hoping the family resemblence will add impact and starts half yelling at the guard. "Look, you, I am not a begger. How dare you insult the family of your employer, the man you keeps food in that overstuffed belly of yours. Do you really want to risk your cushy job here?"
- [2012-11-10 16:12:40] <Falconis> The man pales noticeably as you say the words 'family' 'risk' and 'job'. "M-my apologies sir, I didn't recognize you. Early morning, you know how it is."
- [2012-11-10 16:13:12] <Falconis> He fumbles with a ring of iron keys and approaches the gate "It's just that we always get callers around here, asking for money and watnot"
- [2012-11-10 16:13:42] <Falconis> after a few long seconds of fiddling with the lock, the guard opens the gate and stands to the side
- [2012-11-10 16:14:29] <Grail> He just gives the guard some condscending nods as he speaks, pretending to not pay him any further attention as he speaks and walks through the gate when it opens.
- [2012-11-10 16:15:08] <Grail> He approaches the main door and knocks
- [2012-11-10 16:15:37] <Falconis> He shuts it behind you with a clang. He mumbled something about no harm being done and not telling the master as you walk off
- [2012-11-10 16:15:53] <Falconis> you get exactly one knock in before the door opens
- [2012-11-10 16:16:15] <Grail> Hadrian wonders what he'd need to steal to get service like that
- [2012-11-10 16:16:24] <Grail> Probably a crown or something, those are worth money
- [2012-11-10 16:16:34] <Falconis> A short, thin man stands before you. You would have taken it for a child if not for the magnificent beard he sports.
- [2012-11-10 16:17:00] <Falconis> [???]"Yes?"
- [2012-11-10 16:18:07] <Grail> "My name is Hadrian, Hadrian Sweiss. Cousin of Celias Rutherford. I have need to talk with him."
- [2012-11-10 16:18:17] <Grail> Man he hates being all formal like that
- [2012-11-10 16:18:19] <Grail> Not his style
- [2012-11-10 16:20:10] <Falconis> The man looks you up and down, casting a condescending eye over every inch of your attire and bearing. [???]"The master has not informed me that he was expecting someone, though," He smiles wryly ,"The family resemblance is unmistakeable. Please follow me master Sweiss"
- [2012-11-10 16:20:26] <Falconis> He opens the polished oak doors a bit wider for you to step in
- [2012-11-10 16:22:19] <Grail> Hadrian marvels a bit at the opulance, under other circumstances this would be just the type of place he'd want to hit if he had the skills. He follows through the oak doors and continues scanning.
- [2012-11-10 16:22:53] <Grail> How on earth did Celias pull off all of this?
- [2012-11-10 16:23:06] <Falconis> The man shuts the doors behind you and walks off through a passageway [???]"I shall fetch the master, please, make yourself at home"
- [2012-11-10 16:23:24] <Falconis> words incoming
- [2012-11-10 16:28:05] <Grail> For reference, as I've just decided this, Hadrian is of course a fairly large man. He's got a tall frame and wide set shoulders, but food was never particularly easy to come by growing up so he's thinner. He's got some strong family features, yellow curls, dark eyes heavily set in his face, and rounded facial features. He's clean all things considered, but he probably smells like the sea, fish, and a touch of alcohol.
- [2012-11-10 16:28:41] <Falconis> The place looks like it came straight out of a storybook. A wide foyer lit by a large crystal chandelier and covered wall lamps cast a soft golden glow around the room. A red carpet leads from the door right up a stone spiraling staircase which branches off to every floor at three different points. Wide passageways flaked by polished marble columns lead to other rooms. Various other signs...
- [2012-11-10 16:28:41] <Falconis> ...of opulence a scattered about, a painting here, a plant there, a bowl of golden fruit even a tiny indoor fountain.
- [2012-11-10 16:29:03] <Falconis> kk
- [2012-11-10 16:29:12] <Falconis> >_
- [2012-11-10 16:30:41] <Grail> Golden fruit?
- [2012-11-10 16:30:54] <Grail> It's thing like this rich people, things like this, that make people steal from you
- [2012-11-10 16:31:01] <Grail> Hadrian looks for real fruit
- [2012-11-10 16:31:24] <Falconis> only in this room or other rooms?
- [2012-11-10 16:31:33] <Grail> In this room
- [2012-11-10 16:32:43] <Falconis> You look around for real fruit for a little bit, and find nothing, not one bit of real fruit. Not even a single grape. Not even a rasin.
- [2012-11-10 16:33:10] <Grail> He makes a mental note to rob a fruit vendor later
- [2012-11-10 16:33:30] <Grail> Takes a seat in one of the chairs
- [2012-11-10 16:33:49] <Falconis> You hear heavy footsteps and muffled cursing coming from a side passage
- [2012-11-10 16:34:46] <Grail> Turns his head towards the source of the noise and looks expectantly in its direction
- [2012-11-10 16:36:19] <Falconis> The doorman from earlier comes out, carrying a lantern and followed by the unmistakeable frame of your cousin. Celias is wearing a two sizes two big nightshirt and a floppy hat. He curses about 'all hours of the morning' as he comes in and looks around the room. His eyes settle on you.
- [2012-11-10 16:37:17] <Falconis> [Celias]"Dammit Hadrian, it's six o clock in the morning. I don't see you for years and you decide to drop by before daybreak?"
- [2012-11-10 16:38:46] <Grail> He settles himself "Apologies Celias, but there is a reason this time."
- [2012-11-10 16:39:10] <Falconis> Celias is about 5'9" tall, medium build and has unruly black hair. His face and hands sport a number of tiny scars
- [2012-11-10 16:41:21] <Grail> Hadrian stands, dusts himself slightly, and returns Celias' gaze. "Minerva was destroyed, not a few hours ago in fact. There was some sort of 'event'. That's really all you could call it. The news probably hasn't reached Forbis yet, but it should soon. I took some fairly unconventional means to get here."
- [2012-11-10 16:41:21] <Falconis> He rubs the bridge of his nose with one hand and grumbles about sleep under his breath as he walks towards you. He falls into a comfy looking couch across from you
- [2012-11-10 16:42:46] <Falconis> "Unconventional? Unconventional how?"
- [2012-11-10 16:43:51] <Falconis> He reaches to the right, a glass of water being slipped into his hands by the doorman, who must also be the butler along with two pills, which he swallows immediately
- [2012-11-10 16:44:19] <Falconis> (those commas)
- [2012-11-10 16:44:23] <Falconis> (*facepalm*)
- [2012-11-10 16:46:57] <Grail> "Private vessel. I happened to be at the docks while it happened and winds of fate saw fit to have some individuals generously allow me passage out of the city before the worst of it happened."
- [2012-11-10 16:47:04] <Grail> Always like Celias
- [2012-11-10 16:47:19] <Grail> He tells him a city got destroyed and he wants to know about travel affairs
- [2012-11-10 16:47:44] <Falconis> damn straight
- [2012-11-10 16:50:19] <Falconis> [Celias]"Musta been in a damn hurry to get you here in a few hours. Should tell the boys about that. Now I don't think you came all this way to tell me about Minerva, it's some valuable news but it's not like you. So what do you want then."
- [2012-11-10 16:52:28] <Grail> "My home was in Minerva, in fact all my things were in Minerva. I need a place to stay, I wasn't particularly expecting all of this here though, you've done quite a bit of something in the past few years."
- [2012-11-10 16:56:17] <Falconis> He smiles and you can practically feel his ego swelling up
- [2012-11-10 16:57:13] <Falconis> [Celias]"You like it eh? Best deal I ever ran. Lets just say the last owner of this place had a bit of a gambling problem, and his drug problem was nothing to sneeze at either."
- [2012-11-10 16:57:21] <Falconis> Celias chuckles
- [2012-11-10 16:59:53] <Falconis> [Celias]"Well if you were looking to stay here, I would tell you to bugger off."
- [2012-11-10 17:00:33] <Falconis> "But we're family eh? So tell you what, you can stay here a few days till you get back on your feet. "
- [2012-11-10 17:01:04] <Grail> "That's what I wanted to hear!"
- [2012-11-10 17:04:34] <Falconis> "Good, good. Just don't bring anything back on my doorstep and we'll call it even."
- [2012-11-10 17:04:47] <Grail> "Wouldn't dream of it."
- [2012-11-10 17:05:46] <Falconis> He turns to the right and opens his mouth to speak when a cup and saucer of coffee appears if front of him, held by the butler. [Celias]"Ah, thanks Phineas."
- [2012-11-10 17:05:52] <Falconis> He sips the coffee
- [2012-11-10 17:06:38] <Falconis> [Celias]"Good stuff. Anyway, since im awake i better get going. Having all this is almost more trouble than it's worth. Almost"
- [2012-11-10 17:06:55] <Falconis> He raises, cup in hand "If you need anything, just ask Phineas"
- [2012-11-10 17:07:02] <Grail> "Got it."
- [2012-11-10 17:07:14] <Falconis> he sets off at a brisk pace, disappearing through the door you came in
- [2012-11-10 17:07:16] <Falconis> through
- [2012-11-10 17:07:17] <Falconis> >_
- [2012-11-10 17:07:34] <Grail> "Phineas, where will I be staying here?"
- [2012-11-10 17:10:24] <Falconis> [Phineas] "There are several rooms that you may find to your liking master Sweiss. If you are a fan of the mornings I would recommend the rising room. "
- [2012-11-10 17:11:48] <Grail> "That will do, I just need somewhere to rest my things. I need to hit the pavement soon, get to work."
- [2012-11-10 17:12:31] <Falconis> The short man with the amazing beard cocks and eyebrow and then nods. [Phineas]"Very well, please follow me"
- [2012-11-10 17:12:53] <Falconis> with that he turns sharply and heads towards the stairs
- [2012-11-10 17:15:57] <Grail> Hadrian follows
- [2012-11-10 17:18:26] <Falconis> He leads you up to the second floor and to a room facing east. The room is as lovely as the rest of the house with a few stand outs. One a large, very large, round bed set on a dais facing a wall of curtains which you must assume cover a window, though it would be the biggest window you have yet seen.
- [2012-11-10 17:18:33] <Falconis> There is also a tub
- [2012-11-10 17:18:57] <Grail> Hot shit
- [2012-11-10 17:20:14] <Grail> Hadrian stores all of his nonessential equipment away
- [2012-11-10 17:20:42] <Falconis> ...what are those?
- [2012-11-10 17:20:48] <Falconis> just want to make sure here >_>
- [2012-11-10 17:20:55] <Grail> I have no idea, nothing on his equipment page
- [2012-11-10 17:21:29] <Falconis> that's pretty much all you have right about now
- [2012-11-10 17:21:37] <Grail> Okay he stores nothing
- [2012-11-10 17:21:48] <Falconis> unless you carried anything else with you to go stealing
- [2012-11-10 17:22:03] <Grail> Always carry a toothbrush, always
- [2012-11-10 17:23:11] <Grail> But no, hell just memorize the layout of the house and where the room is and then call Phineas "Could you run me a bath and set some lunch in a few hours? I'll be out."
- [2012-11-10 17:23:24] <Grail> And walks out the door, he has stuff to do, productive stuff.
- [2012-11-10 17:24:02] <Falconis> Phineas, of course, sets right to work
- [2012-11-10 17:24:08] <Falconis> where too?
- [2012-11-10 17:24:19] <Grail> First things first, he needs to get to know his people, the thieves.
- [2012-11-10 17:24:34] <Grail> Where are the fences at, people he can sell stolen goods to.
- [2012-11-10 17:25:14] <Falconis> well, Celias used to be one
- [2012-11-10 17:25:30] <Falconis> among other things
- [2012-11-10 17:26:02] <Falconis> namely, loan shark, drug dealer, bet handler and part time thug
- [2012-11-10 17:26:20] <Grail> Ours is an illustrious family
- [2012-11-10 17:26:23] <Falconis> indeed
- [2012-11-10 17:26:50] <Falconis> so, gonna go look for the fences then?
- [2012-11-10 17:27:06] <Falconis> you have a pretty good nose for it, so you have a good chance of finding that on your own
- [2012-11-10 17:27:29] <Grail> That and soak in the town. Who runs this place, who owns the guards, who (if anyone) guides the thieves of the town.
- [2012-11-10 17:27:48] <Grail> He's got a plan cranking through his head right now
- [2012-11-10 17:27:52] <Grail> But he needs intel
- [2012-11-10 17:28:30] <Falconis> alright, how long are you willing to spend on this?
- [2012-11-10 17:29:02] <Falconis> (and do you want to go step by step or quick travel. I'm good either way, just asking)
- [2012-11-10 17:29:49] <Grail> The better part of the hours leading up to lunch
- [2012-11-10 17:30:33] <Falconis> kk
- [2012-11-10 17:30:34] <Grail> And quick-ish, I don't really know how to handle this in character, how to find a fence and all that, but if you think you can throw something at me during the process feel free.
- [2012-11-10 17:31:43] <Falconis> ok, gimme a d100 for info gathering. You have a base amount already, but you might get lucky
- [2012-11-10 17:32:06] <Grail> .dice 1d100
- [2012-11-10 17:32:06] <Classhole> Grail: Average(70.00) Total(70) Rolled(1d100=70)
- [2012-11-10 17:34:24] <Falconis> nice
- [2012-11-10 17:34:24] <Falconis> k
- [2012-11-10 17:37:12] <Falconis> You spend a few hours on the search and find out a few things
- [2012-11-10 17:38:54] <Grail> Hadrian is happy he decided not to go for the bath just yet, best to show these people you have some dirt on you, dirt is trustworthy.
- [2012-11-10 17:39:26] <Grail> Also at some point during his searches he's going to hide his poison in a tree stump or something
- [2012-11-10 17:39:37] <Grail> Doesn't want that in the house
- [2012-11-10 17:39:42] <Falconis> The town is basically run by two families, The Sions and The Crows. They used to be one family but they split a few generations ago after a disagreement between the two heiresses at the time.
- [2012-11-10 17:40:33] <Falconis> The place is split roughly in half down the main road leading to the docks and people pay taxes to one or the other
- [2012-11-10 17:41:38] <Falconis> The guard for this place is split in half like rest, controlled and paid by one of the two using the taxes from the people
- [2012-11-10 17:41:42] <Falconis> (or so they say)
- [2012-11-10 17:42:18] <Falconis> Sion guards wear blue, Crow guards wear...a darker shade of blue
- [2012-11-10 17:42:35] <Grail> Nefarious
- [2012-11-10 17:43:06] <Falconis> This is mostly in the background and hardly affects the day to day life of the people and it's still treated as one place by most of the populace
- [2012-11-10 17:43:26] <Falconis> though things on the Crow side have a reputation for being a bit more expensive
- [2012-11-10 17:45:40] <Falconis> You find out all of this from what seems to be this areas 'crime lord', though he seems pretty smalltime to you compared to donby 3 claws. His name is Phil.
- [2012-11-10 17:46:01] <Falconis> >_
- [2012-11-10 17:46:09] <Grail> Can't even get a cool nickname
- [2012-11-10 17:46:14] <Grail> What a loser
- [2012-11-10 17:46:31] <Grail> Okay Hadrian's plan
- [2012-11-10 17:47:03] <Falconis> He seemed pretty accommodating, basically said not to make a fuss or the big families will tighten up on crime again, blah blah blah
- [2012-11-10 17:47:25] <Grail> He's going to start small, he wants some seed money, how to get seed money? Steal it. He'll spend the night casing out places where he could nick some things and it wouldn't go unnoticed.
- [2012-11-10 17:47:56] <Grail> Then he's going to fence the items and use the money to buy up supplies of cheap supplies in bulk, gain, cheap cloth, lumber, a lot of it.
- [2012-11-10 17:48:16] <Grail> Why? There are going to be hundreds of refugees making their way here, people who don't have family and lost everything.
- [2012-11-10 17:48:43] <Grail> He will then have the monopoly on all the things they need to live, this is how he's going to establish himself.
- [2012-11-10 17:50:54] <Falconis> not bad
- [2012-11-10 17:51:28] <Falconis> though I think you meant, 'would go unnoticed'
- [2012-11-10 17:51:38] <Grail> Of course
- [2012-11-10 17:52:36] <Falconis> so you go back to Celias' place for lunch and bath I assume
- [2012-11-10 17:53:19] <Grail> Pretty much
- [2012-11-10 17:56:28] <Falconis> Ok, you do so, met by the bumbling guard and then Phineas who leads you back to your room and produces a plate of turkey sandwiches and a slightly sour cider for lunch. After that, it's to casing the place
- [2012-11-10 17:56:41] <Falconis> focusing on any area in particular or just following da noze
- [2012-11-10 17:57:18] <Grail> Following that nose like a toucan after some delicious fruity, circular cereal.
- [2012-11-10 17:58:20] <Falconis> lol
- [2012-11-10 17:59:43] <Falconis> ok, you leave after lunch and start wandering about town, following your instincts to find places easy to break into and lacking lots of guard patrol
- [2012-11-10 18:00:00] <Falconis> as the sun sets, the city starts to turn in and the patrols increase
- [2012-11-10 18:00:04] <Falconis> keep going?
- [2012-11-10 18:01:55] <Grail> Keep going, I'm not doing anything illegal after all. I don't intend to be seen either, but they can't do anything to me for walking around at night.
- [2012-11-10 18:02:34] <Falconis> k\
- [2012-11-10 18:03:55] <Grail> I haven't even stolen anything yet.
- [2012-11-10 18:04:54] <Falconis> You keep going and mark down about 7 places that suit your needs. It's around midnight when the docks light up.
- [2012-11-10 18:07:17] <Falconis> A ship, a large ship that nevertheless looks built for speed stops by the docks. Every inch of it is covered in gold, though you can't tell if it's real or just colour from this far away.
- [2012-11-10 18:07:22] <Falconis> >_
- [2012-11-10 18:07:43] <Falconis> you also hear a growl to your left
- [2012-11-10 18:07:52] <Grail> Turn towards my left
- [2012-11-10 18:08:04] <Grail> Growling is more urgent than giant golden ships
- [2012-11-10 18:08:32] <Falconis> It's a dog
- [2012-11-10 18:08:43] <Falconis> a mangy, stray
- [2012-11-10 18:09:00] <Grail> Toss his some jerky I may have in a pouch
- [2012-11-10 18:09:03] <Grail> Keep walking
- [2012-11-10 18:09:42] <Falconis> The dog scarfs down the jerky, grabbing it out of the air
- [2012-11-10 18:09:46] <Falconis> it follows you
- [2012-11-10 18:09:54] <Falconis> keep searching?
- [2012-11-10 18:10:22] <Grail> Walk towards the docks, see if any people are crowding near or around the ship
- [2012-11-10 18:10:27] <Grail> I want to know what's going on
- [2012-11-10 18:10:47] <Grail> You don't see something like that every day do you? Might require a change of plans
- [2012-11-10 18:11:29] <Falconis> k
- [2012-11-10 18:14:44] <Falconis> You go toward the docks. You do notice people there, the vast majority of them guards. The ship has laid out a gangplank and men in golden armour that reflects the light of the lamps on the ship are on the pier. They seem to be talking with some people between them and the guards
- [2012-11-10 18:14:46] <Falconis> >_
- [2012-11-10 18:16:54] <Grail> Ask the nearest, non guard person "What's going on?"
- [2012-11-10 18:18:31] <Falconis> A slightly overweight, raven haired woman with an ample bosom answers you. "I don't really know, it looks like the imperials have shown up for whatever reason, They are talking to the Crows and Sions now"
- [2012-11-10 18:19:42] <Grail> "Huh, alright, thanks."
- [2012-11-10 18:20:52] <Grail> Try to listen in the to the exchange as best possible, nudge through the crowd, if it's too difficult just leave. Phil should know what happened regardless.
- [2012-11-10 18:22:54] <Falconis> [nobleman]"...wear to you sirs, noone arrived at this place last night by sea."
- [2012-11-10 18:23:40] <Falconis> [Gold]"She is very slippery, and has known concealing magics, so if you don't mind we would like to take a look anyway"
- [2012-11-10 18:25:03] <Falconis> [nobleman]"We would welcome it sir, if not for the hour. If you would wait till the morning to do your search then we will be glad to accommodate. "
- [2012-11-10 18:25:17] <Grail> Ah Victoria, that beautifully terrifying woman. Well, I'd better keep low then.
- [2012-11-10 18:26:07] <Falconis> [Gold]"Listen to me you puny insignificant man, I have been chasing this woman for years, years. If she's here then I will not wait even one more second to allow her to esca-"
- [2012-11-10 18:26:47] <Falconis> A woman calls from the top of the ship, saying that they have picked up traces heading north
- [2012-11-10 18:27:19] <Falconis> in a flash, all the guards are back on the ship and the sails have unfurled
- [2012-11-10 18:27:37] <Falconis> the ship starts moving off as the gangplank is drawn up
- [2012-11-10 18:27:40] <Falconis> >_
- [2012-11-10 18:28:01] <Grail> Back home then
- [2012-11-10 18:28:50] <Falconis> You leave and head back home. The dog is still following you, a few paces behind
- [2012-11-10 18:29:53] <Grail> Ask the bumbling guard to watch it while I enter the house
- [2012-11-10 18:30:31] <Grail> Get some dinner and have the scraps sent out. See if they can find a farm or something for it. I don't have time for a dog
- [2012-11-10 18:30:33] <Falconis> You are three paces from the door when you hear the guard curse loudly and the dog barking
- [2012-11-10 18:30:45] <Falconis> k
- [2012-11-10 18:31:04] <Falconis> [Phineas]"I'll see to it sir."
- [2012-11-10 18:31:33] <Grail> Then I sleep
- [2012-11-10 18:31:35] <Falconis> back at home, haven't seen Celias
- [2012-11-10 18:31:38] <Falconis> sleep it is
- [2012-11-10 18:32:09] <Falconis> (ill have to edit that wiki entry to show the poison is hidden away)
- [2012-11-10 18:32:41] <Grail> (You will, do you want to pause it here? I'm not sure you have seven different places thought up yet and I was going to review those.)
- [2012-11-10 18:34:59] <Falconis> (sounds like a plan)
- [2012-11-10 18:35:25] <Grail> (Still up for some RP though? We can run the Zhenya thing now if you have time.)
- [2012-11-10 18:36:47] <Falconis> not really, was gonna get some work in >_>. I don't think I could do that acceptably right now in any case.
- [2012-11-10 18:37:36] <Grail> Aww, alright, well Price and Flake should be by at some point.
- [2012-11-10 18:37:52] <Falconis> I'll be ready for the next set in an hour or so
- [2012-11-10 18:38:14] <Falconis> suggestions for improvement are always welcome
- [2012-11-10 18:42:46] <Grail> Don't have much right now. Feel free to throw me some tough stuff coming into the robberies.
- [2012-11-10 18:52:58] <Grail> How'd you feel about that?
- [2012-11-10 19:14:21] <Falconis> sounds good
- [2012-11-10 19:47:25] <Grail> Ready to go?
- [2012-11-10 19:47:55] <Falconis> for your thing?
- [2012-11-10 19:48:01] <Falconis> in a sec, wolfing down dinner
- [2012-11-10 20:02:43] <Falconis> ok
- [2012-11-10 20:02:44] <Falconis> so
- [2012-11-10 20:02:57] <Falconis> you wanted to know about the 7 places? or was it something else
- [2012-11-10 20:05:44] <Grail> Hadrian wakes up in his comfy bed and the mentally reviews the seven places he thought were viable targets for a heist
- [2012-11-10 20:07:21] <Falconis> (please feel free to ask questions or choose targets outside of these)
- [2012-11-10 20:08:13] <Grail> (Will do)
- [2012-11-10 20:09:50] <Falconis> The first two, and the largest of the bunch, are warehouses. The Crow and Sion places. Big, square buildings that are sure to hold things of at least some value.
- [2012-11-10 20:10:29] <Falconis> For the afternoon you were looking, none of the places seemed to have people coming or going but guards when they switched shifts
- [2012-11-10 20:11:00] <Falconis> place had plenty guards though. But if he could get in, the probably would find out for days, weeks even. Maybe never
- [2012-11-10 20:11:12] <Falconis> wouldn't
- [2012-11-10 20:12:56] <Grail> How was it built entrance-wise?
- [2012-11-10 20:14:38] <Falconis> wide gate, tall walls. Entrance to the warehouse itself was a large set of double doors, about the width of the gate together.
- [2012-11-10 20:15:01] <Falconis> There were a few windows, probably skylights on the roof, but that's just speculation.
- [2012-11-10 20:15:13] <Falconis> at least one side door
- [2012-11-10 20:15:30] <Falconis> which was just normal person size.
- [2012-11-10 20:17:29] <Grail> Hadrian considers it, but chances are the goods within the warehouses are too heavy or otherwise not easy to move. And considers the rest of his options.
- [2012-11-10 20:18:18] <Falconis> The next thing on the list was a string of general stores, all under the name of 'Cobbler and sons'. Six of them in total from what he could see walking around the town
- [2012-11-10 20:18:40] <Falconis> pretty well stocked, things coming in and out all the time
- [2012-11-10 20:19:10] <Falconis> all pretty much look the same from outside
- [2012-11-10 20:21:25] <Grail> Promising, seems like the only guards would be patrolling city guards, although the missing goods would be discovered relatively quickly depending on how much I take from each.
- [2012-11-10 20:24:41] <Falconis> ...
- [2012-11-10 20:25:58] <Grail> Sup?
- [2012-11-10 20:26:19] <Falconis> right then. There's also the marketplace, always a chance to nick something there while noone is looking. Chances are they won't find out till the end of the day and by then, how are they going to find you?
- [2012-11-10 20:26:39] <Falconis> just thinking
- [2012-11-10 20:27:47] <Grail> Hadrian likes the sound of that, it's what he's used to, but it may be too small time to get him the money he needs in the time he needs it. Unless there are some true valuables in the stands like jewels and precious metals on display.
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- [2012-11-10 20:29:05] <Falconis> A tannery down by the poor side of town. No guards passed while you were around, and it had been a while since you had seen any guards at all. A good bit of leather can fetch a good price and you seem to remember hearing about the chemicals they use being rather valuable too...but only to tanners
- [2012-11-10 20:30:04] <Falconis> there were a few stalls, tiny buildings really, where uncommon valuables were on display, though their owners were a bit more observant than you would like
- [2012-11-10 20:30:39] <Grail> I'd need some good hands or a better distraction then
- [2012-11-10 20:31:51] <Falconis> An antique store, seemingly manned by only one tiny old man
- [2012-11-10 20:32:19] <Grail> Ah antiques, now that sounds like the ticket.
- [2012-11-10 20:32:32] <Falconis> when you poked your head in he didn't even seem to notice, just kept on tinkering with whatever he was tinkering with on the counter
- [2012-11-10 20:32:52] <Grail> Guard pressence?
- [2012-11-10 20:33:27] <Falconis> pretty quiet, he saw two while he was there, but not within earshot
- [2012-11-10 20:33:56] <Grail> This is his top pick for now them, even if he's wary of things seeming too good to be true.
- [2012-11-10 20:34:10] <Grail> then*
- [2012-11-10 20:34:39] <Falconis> last but not least. The Crow house. He didn't get to the the Sion house, but the crow house looked bigger than Celias' place, must be plenty of things in there nobody sees for months on end
- [2012-11-10 20:34:52] <Falconis> swarming with guards of course
- [2012-11-10 20:36:35] <Grail> Of course, but make off with a couple sacks of golden apples and his plans would be set
- [2012-11-10 20:39:54] <Grail> Hadian is going to go for three of those places, because really he needs enough money to buy out quite a few essential supplies here in Trobilis
- [2012-11-10 20:40:36] <Grail> He will hit the antique store, the cobbler's chain of general goods, and he will make a play at the house of Crow.
- [2012-11-10 20:41:35] <Grail> The last one is motivated, in part, by the desire to see if he can do it. If he keeps going for the easy marks he'll never get anywhere
- [2012-11-10 20:42:59] <Falconis> (you're in Forbis, Troblis is where flake died)
- [2012-11-10 20:43:19] <Falconis> then so it shall be
- [2012-11-10 20:43:30] <Falconis> when shall he undertake these heists?
- [2012-11-10 20:43:40] <Falconis> and what shall he do to prepare
- [2012-11-10 20:44:40] <Grail> He will do the heists for the first two tonight and then hit the crow house the night immediately after so that his previous crimes are (hopefully) undiscovered and the guard pressence is the same.
- [2012-11-10 20:46:25] <Falconis> bueno
- [2012-11-10 20:46:50] <Falconis> alright, so it's the start of the day, doing anything before heist time?
- [2012-11-10 20:47:43] <Grail> He's going to case out both the shops today at peak business hours and blend in with the other shoppers. Check inventory, how the clearks react, and take note of the interiors a bit more. Then he's going to get bags, lots of bags.
- [2012-11-10 20:47:57] <Falconis> The curtains in the Rising room are drawn back, letting in the full might of the rising sun. You can also see the sea.
- [2012-11-10 20:48:16] <Grail> Hadrian breathes in the fresh air
- [2012-11-10 20:49:19] <Grail> "Phineas I'll take breakfast, I won't be back until the night."
- [2012-11-10 20:51:11] <Falconis> The tiny man nods and produces a cup of coffee [Phineas]"The meal will be along shortly sir. Will you be taking it in the rising room sir?"
- [2012-11-10 20:52:02] <Grail> "Yes. And if my good brother's generosity extends to lending me a horse and cart my stay will be that much shorter
- [2012-11-10 20:52:10] <Grail> "
- [2012-11-10 20:54:07] <Falconis> "I'm afraid the master has taken the only carriage out already. He heads to Troblis and will not be back for some time"
- [2012-11-10 20:55:47] <Grail> "Very well." and he'll eat his breakfast quickly and carry on with his plans for the day
- [2012-11-10 20:57:11] <Falconis> breakfast is delicious
- [2012-11-10 20:57:48] <Grail> Hadrian is a thief, he has very poor table manners when he doesn't need to have them
- [2012-11-10 20:58:01] <Grail> Breakfast is funneled into his face
- [2012-11-10 20:58:14] <Falconis> You spend the day casing the shops
- [2012-11-10 21:04:07] <Falconis> By the time you get there, the place is already open and filled with customers. Both seemed designed similarly. A wide entry where 3 or so people could walk through at the same time. The goods are separated from the customers by a solid wooden counter behind which stand a half dozen clerks who take orders and run back into the backarea to recover the goods and collect the gold from customers. Most
- [2012-11-10 21:04:07] <Falconis> people seem to know what they want already and there is little haggling here; the little you see attempted is shut down quickly and is usually tied to those slower to order. Seems like Cobbler is quite firm on the prices he sets.
- [2012-11-10 21:05:46] <Falconis> Horses drawing carts laden with goods are constantly coming and going, taking good from the pickup areas in the market or dock and bringing them back to the Cobbler place to be stored. Mostly grain and non foodstuffs , things that can be stored for a long time are sold here
- [2012-11-10 21:06:02] <Falconis> little by way of fruit or other things that go by days end
- [2012-11-10 21:06:34] <Grail> Interesting, do I know if they close at night and what the foot traffic is like at that time?
- [2012-11-10 21:06:43] <Falconis> Just general things people need for the day. Lampoil, blades, rope, leather goods, some clothing, etc
- [2012-11-10 21:06:50] <Grail> Also where they keep the money?
- [2012-11-10 21:09:02] <Falconis> The clerks keep it on themselves in clever pockets until full. Then they usually go into a side room and come back empty. So it's safe to say they keep it in there. A single room to the left of the area. If there's anything else in there you didn't see
- [2012-11-10 21:10:21] <Grail> Excellent
- [2012-11-10 21:10:21] <Falconis> The shops are open well after nightfall and for a while you begin to wonder if they close at all. Surely enough, they begin to close about 2 and a half hours after dark
- [2012-11-10 21:11:06] <Falconis> Wooden doors are drawn closed and chained with iron links
- [2012-11-10 21:11:33] <Grail> Brilliant, I'll hit it right after closing.
- [2012-11-10 21:12:15] <Grail> It'll require some good lockpicking work on my part, but it sounds good. Hadrian checks on the prices for a horse and cart to rent for a day. He's only got fifteen gold on him, hopefully that would work.
- [2012-11-10 21:13:40] <Falconis> not even close
- [2012-11-10 21:14:03] <Grail> When it doubt, steal more things
- [2012-11-10 21:14:31] <Grail> This is going to require a trip to the marketplace at peak business hours and quick fencing job
- [2012-11-10 21:15:47] <Falconis> you can probably fit that in
- [2012-11-10 21:16:08] <Falconis> though 'peak business hours' is when you are casing the cobbler place
- [2012-11-10 21:16:57] <Grail> Entirely depends on what peak hours are for each shop, but I get you. As long as there are plenty of people around it's good.
- [2012-11-10 21:18:59] <Falconis> You get to the marketplace a bit after noon, closer to one. it's packed with people and the sounds of haggling fill the air
- [2012-11-10 21:19:24] <Falconis> guards walk around, both light and dark blue, making regular circuits
- [2012-11-10 21:20:45] <Grail> I casually walk around, looking for the first stand that strikes me. Small things I can conceal on my person and walk off with.
- [2012-11-10 21:21:01] <Falconis> you got food stands, more food stands, a silk place, weapon and armour dealers, an 'exotic wares' merchant
- [2012-11-10 21:21:34] <Falconis> and a jeweller, with some amazing looking stuff, not many people around there though, much to his chagrin
- [2012-11-10 21:21:54] <Falconis> .dice 1d4
- [2012-11-10 21:21:56] <Classhole> Falconis: Average(4.00) Total(4) Rolled(1d4=4)
- [2012-11-10 21:23:32] <Falconis> The first target stands out to your honed senses as easy, The exotic wares merchant is haggling with a young lad over a old oil lamp from the desert, he claims it has magical powers and the youth doubts him
- [2012-11-10 21:23:43] <Falconis> they are engrossed in the conversation
- [2012-11-10 21:25:27] <Grail> His sneak gloves are drawn tighter and he moves quickly to grab an object of clear value. He doesn't care much for grand tales of magic, Hadrian trusts in gold and jewels and things that sparkle so that's what he grabs from the exotic wares stand.
- [2012-11-10 21:25:28] <Grail> Roll?
- [2012-11-10 21:25:42] <Falconis> yes
- [2012-11-10 21:25:46] <Grail> .dice 1d100
- [2012-11-10 21:25:47] <Classhole> Grail: Average(68.00) Total(68) Rolled(1d100=68)
- [2012-11-10 21:25:56] <Falconis> now roll a d1000
- [2012-11-10 21:26:05] <Grail> .dice 1d1000
- [2012-11-10 21:26:05] <Classhole> Grail: Average(338.00) Total(338) Rolled(1d1000=338)
- [2012-11-10 21:26:29] <Falconis> you get a +10 to the first roll because of the sneak gloves, easy pass
- [2012-11-10 21:27:28] <Grail> Nice
- [2012-11-10 21:27:36] <Falconis> Hadrian swipes something nice and hand sized. A ruby pendant surrounded by a border of golden metal. It sits heavily in your hand.
- [2012-11-10 21:29:10] <Grail> He slips it into one of his pouches, cloak drawn over himself and continues walking.
- [2012-11-10 21:29:58] <Grail> If there is an easy mark on the way, like a man whose purse strings are ever so loose on his belt he'll take it. This pretty little piece should buy him as many horses and carts as he wants though.
- [2012-11-10 21:29:59] <Falconis> You start to head off, but something else draws your eye on this stand. A beautifully engraved hourglass. The glass is shaped unusually, spirals and swirls where it would normally be just a funnel and the sand dances about in clever loops before making it's way to the bottom globe.
- [2012-11-10 21:30:06] <Falconis> Take y/n?
- [2012-11-10 21:30:07] <Grail> Oh okay
- [2012-11-10 21:30:24] <Grail> Taking that too
- [2012-11-10 21:30:35] <Falconis> rollu
- [2012-11-10 21:30:39] <Grail> .dice 1d100
- [2012-11-10 21:30:40] <Classhole> Grail: Average(72.00) Total(72) Rolled(1d100=72)
- [2012-11-10 21:30:49] <Falconis> and your +10, so yup
- [2012-11-10 21:31:47] <Falconis> You swipe it with ease, though it was a lot heavier than it looked, and concealed it beneath your cloak
- [2012-11-10 21:32:29] <Grail> Hadrian will take a moment to find somewhere private, away from the market stands to more closely examine his ill-gotten goods
- [2012-11-10 21:32:48] <Grail> Need to know what you have so the fence doesn't rip you off.
- [2012-11-10 21:33:21] <Falconis> simple enough. You find a nice little alleyway out of the way
- [2012-11-10 21:33:36] <Falconis> A stray cat the only other living thing in sight
- [2012-11-10 21:33:43] <Falconis> it peers at you
- [2012-11-10 21:34:04] <Grail> Disregard that cat
- [2012-11-10 21:34:09] <Falconis> done
- [2012-11-10 21:34:16] <Falconis> now then, da goods
- [2012-11-10 21:36:02] <Falconis> http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs28/f/2008/071/5/1/Gold_Pendant___Ruby_by_Dori_Stock.png
- [2012-11-10 21:37:29] <Falconis> The ruby pendant is about 2 inches by 1.5 and has a comfortable weight. The golden metal around it...seems to be actual gold and you feel you could bend it with your fingers if your tried hard enough
- [2012-11-10 21:38:09] <Falconis> gotta be worth at least 700
- [2012-11-10 21:38:37] <Grail> With that much gold and a ruby that big? No way I'm going to let them take me for any less.
- [2012-11-10 21:41:23] <Falconis> The hourglass...(no picture avaliable), defies your ability to mentally price
- [2012-11-10 21:43:23] <Falconis> The glass, which on further inspection seems to be some kind of clear crystal like rock, swirls in artistic ways and the sand inside casts slight, shifting shadows as it falls making it seem as if teh entire thing is moving. It is set in a frame of what you now realize is sold granite, you could probably brain someone with this.
- [2012-11-10 21:43:37] <Falconis> no you could definitely brain someone with this
- [2012-11-10 21:44:22] <Grail> Hrm, he'll keep it. A momento of his new start in life.
- [2012-11-10 21:44:32] <Falconis> vary well
- [2012-11-10 21:44:57] <Grail> He goes to Phil to fence the necklace.
- [2012-11-10 21:46:39] <Falconis> You find phil exactly where you found him last time. Sitting on a barrel talking to some kids wearing rags.
- [2012-11-10 21:46:44] <Falconis> he looks up as you come
- [2012-11-10 21:47:04] <Falconis> [Phil]"Hey, Hank was it? You got something for me?"
- [2012-11-10 21:47:54] <Grail> "Sure, Hank. Yeah I've got a little something here. What's with the kids?"
- [2012-11-10 21:49:24] <Falconis> [Phil]"Just giving em a few lessons. Give em a chance for somn better you know?"
- [2012-11-10 21:49:45] <Falconis> He hops off the barrel and walks up to you, "So what you have then?"
- [2012-11-10 21:50:45] <Grail> "A little something." and he dangles the necklace enticingly, letting it sway on the chain (if it has a chain, if not he just flashes it).
- [2012-11-10 21:51:29] <Falconis> (nope, no chain, forgot to mention)
- [2012-11-10 21:52:30] <Falconis> He whistles, "Nice haul, gonna be hard to find a good place for it though. I'll give you 500 for it"
- [2012-11-10 21:53:16] <Grail> "You're joking, see this metal? Gold. Solid gold. You can do better. Hell I could melt it down and get better."
- [2012-11-10 21:55:25] <Falconis> [Phil]"Haaaaank, comon man, you know it isn't that easy. You melt that down you lose half the price already. But tell you what, I';m a nice guy, I'll give you 550 and buy you a drink."
- [2012-11-10 21:57:47] <Grail> "You know what a nice guy would do? Give me 700. Do you see the rock on this thing? Look at it. It's the size of your thumb. Shine this at somebody you'll make an easy 900. I'm practically giving it away to you for 700."
- [2012-11-10 22:01:43] <Falconis> He scratches the back of his head [Phil]"700, now 700 is a bit steep friend. Like I said, no easy market for that round here, might have to make a trip out of town. That's extra on me. Can't give you 700, most I can do is 600, and that's top."
- [2012-11-10 22:03:09] <Grail> "You can do better Phil, I know you don't want to let this one go. 650. Final offer."
- [2012-11-10 22:07:37] <Falconis> "Fine, 650. But just because it's your first deal." He puts two fingers in his mouth and whistles loudly. After a few seconds, someone runs forward with a bag of cash which he deposits in your hand, taking the pendant(unless you are doing something else)
- [2012-11-10 22:09:12] <Grail> The pendant goes, Hadrian happily accepts the gold. "Alright. I'll see you around." and he turns to the kids "Might have a little work for one of you tikes later."
- [2012-11-10 22:10:02] <Grail> Walks out the door, to rent/buy a horse and cart and a ton of bags, also some hay to fill up the cart and hide things in.
- [2012-11-10 22:11:02] <Falconis> horses go anywhere from 500 to 2000 gold
- [2012-11-10 22:11:08] <Falconis> purchase
- [2012-11-10 22:11:23] <Falconis> renting a horse and cart costs 75g a day
- [2012-11-10 22:11:56] <Grail> Looks like we're renting
- [2012-11-10 22:12:41] <Grail> Bags and hay? Like 10-15g or something?
- [2012-11-10 22:13:10] <Falconis> 10
- [2012-11-10 22:13:43] <Grail> Filling the cart then
- [2012-11-10 22:13:55] <Falconis> assuming that you aren't buying a ton of ha- ok then
- [2012-11-10 22:14:24] <Grail> Right, I'm set to rob everything in the night
- [2012-11-10 22:14:34] <Grail> Also Juroko is here if you want to run something for him
- [2012-11-10 22:14:43] <Falconis> yea, gonna cost you about 100-105 gold for all that
- [2012-11-10 22:14:51] <Grail> Done deal
- [2012-11-10 22:15:22] <Grail> For my own benefit that leaves me at 565g
- [2012-11-10 22:16:09] <Falconis> just about
- [2012-11-10 22:16:10] <Grail> I'm going to need thousands upon thousands to have to enough to buy out all the goods for resale to the refugees and I only have a couple days until the news starts spreading
- [2012-11-10 22:17:55] <Falconis> aye
- [2012-11-10 22:19:34] <Falconis> so, gonna run the heists or were you stopping?
- [2012-11-10 22:19:40] <Grail> Sure
- [2012-11-10 22:19:46] <Grail> I'll go through them
- [2012-11-10 22:19:55] <Grail> Seems a waste not to do it after all this build up
- [2012-11-10 22:20:06] <Falconis> IT'S TIME TO DUEL
- [2012-11-10 22:20:10] <Falconis> *cough*
- [2012-11-10 22:20:11] <Falconis> >_>
- [2012-11-10 22:20:12] <Falconis> anyway
- [2012-11-10 22:20:28] <Falconis> so yea, they locked up for the night and have pretty much buggered offf
- [2012-11-10 22:20:38] <Falconis> one or two guards around
- [2012-11-10 22:20:47] <Grail> Inside the shop or out on the streets?
- [2012-11-10 22:20:49] <Falconis> not directly around, but within vision
- [2012-11-10 22:20:52] <Falconis> streets
- [2012-11-10 22:21:05] <Grail> Ah okay I'll park the cart a ways away.
- [2012-11-10 22:22:37] <Grail> Can I sneak around to the side of one of the many Cobbler's shops while the guards look away? Sneak towards the side or back and lockpick the gates with the building obstructing me from them?
- [2012-11-10 22:22:55] <Grail> Or is the building not set up that way?
- [2012-11-10 22:25:04] <Falconis> not at the front, but at the back that it certainly possible
- [2012-11-10 22:25:13] <Falconis> however, there is a cobbler guard at the back
- [2012-11-10 22:27:00] <Grail> That's a problem
- [2012-11-10 22:27:35] <Grail> Hrm, how to get him away from his post
- [2012-11-10 22:28:08] <Grail> Step a ways off, fire a crossbow bolt into a nearby building?
- [2012-11-10 22:28:22] <Grail> That's all I got, and I'm doing it because I want to keep this flowing
- [2012-11-10 22:28:59] <Falconis> very well
- [2012-11-10 22:30:18] <Falconis> You fire a bolt into the building next door. It hits with an audible THRUMMMMMMMMM
- [2012-11-10 22:30:53] <Falconis> The cobbler guard raises from his spot and draws a crossbow of his own
- [2012-11-10 22:31:05] <Falconis> he slowly starts making his way over to where the sound came from
- [2012-11-10 22:32:32] <Grail> Hrm I don't imagine I could make it over to the building and picks the locks all while he's investigating the arrow
- [2012-11-10 22:33:09] <Grail> How much time do I have? That possible?
- [2012-11-10 22:33:20] <Falconis> unlikely
- [2012-11-10 22:33:28] <Falconis> unless this guy is really meticulous
- [2012-11-10 22:33:30] <Grail> Do all six buildings have night guards?
- [2012-11-10 22:33:46] <Falconis> yes, they all have exactly one guard out back by the goods door
- [2012-11-10 22:34:13] <Grail> Damn uniformity
- [2012-11-10 22:34:29] <Falconis> Cobbler's a forward thinker
- [2012-11-10 22:34:47] <Grail> Can I have retroactively have gotten one of these kids to pull a distraction?
- [2012-11-10 22:35:57] <Falconis> nope
- [2012-11-10 22:36:01] <Grail> Okay
- [2012-11-10 22:36:08] <Grail> Good thing I came up with a plan in the meantime
- [2012-11-10 22:36:36] <Grail> Throwing a rock into the back windows while the guard is distracted
- [2012-11-10 22:36:55] <Grail> Hopefully he'll take it as a break in attempt, call the other guards, and leave one of these buildings open
- [2012-11-10 22:39:42] <Falconis> for clarity, these buildings are not right next to one another, they are on average 13-15 minutes apart, scattered about the town
- [2012-11-10 22:40:39] <Grail> Ah
- [2012-11-10 22:41:56] <Grail> How far away are the guards at any given time? Can I just wait until they're out of audible range and knock this guy out? Think I'm going to back out of this one actually.
- [2012-11-10 22:43:19] <Grail> I'm having trouble thinking of a way around these guys, didn't really know about them to take them into account for planning
- [2012-11-10 22:43:23] <Falconis> The Sion/Crow guards are just in shout range, a calculated posting.
- [2012-11-10 22:43:51] <Grail> This is good though, tough, but good.
- [2012-11-10 22:44:24] <Grail> My only thoughts are though, in character, to either bribe a guard or just make for an easier target like the tannery
- [2012-11-10 22:46:16] <Falconis> what shall your course of action be?
- [2012-11-10 22:46:30] <Grail> Guess I'll try bribery
- [2012-11-10 22:47:40] <Falconis> so, walking up to the guard then?
- [2012-11-10 22:47:56] <Grail> Yup
- [2012-11-10 22:48:25] <Grail> Face covered, obviously
- [2012-11-10 22:48:28] <Grail> Obscured by cloak
- [2012-11-10 22:50:08] <Falconis> ok, RP it
- [2012-11-10 22:51:26] <Grail> "Three hundred gold to get lost for a couple hours."
- [2012-11-10 22:53:32] <Falconis> The man swivels towards you in surprise and smiles, putting out his hand
- [2012-11-10 22:53:39] <Falconis> "Sure, you got a deal"
- [2012-11-10 22:54:17] <Grail> He seem honest?
- [2012-11-10 22:54:48] <Falconis> honest enough for a guy taking a bribe
- [2012-11-10 22:54:55] <Grail> Toss him the bribe
- [2012-11-10 22:55:08] <Falconis> He grabs it and buggers off down the road
- [2012-11-10 22:55:24] <Grail> No barriers now, time to pick the locks
- [2012-11-10 22:57:49] <Grail> Do you want a roll for this or is it assumed since I've got hours to work on this
- [2012-11-10 22:57:51] <Falconis> you get round back and start working on dat lock
- [2012-11-10 22:58:16] <Falconis> well, it depends on how quickly you want it done
- [2012-11-10 22:58:27] <Falconis> You can do this in... 3 minutes without rolls
- [2012-11-10 22:58:47] <Grail> Alright let's try for a roll
- [2012-11-10 22:58:55] <Grail> .dice 1d100
- [2012-11-10 22:58:55] <Classhole> Grail: Average(68.00) Total(68) Rolled(1d100=68)
- [2012-11-10 22:59:06] <Falconis> open sesame
- [2012-11-10 22:59:08] -->| Juroko (cgiirc@Rizon-1B549E4C.adsl.user.start.ca) has joined #anti-matter
- [2012-11-10 22:59:29] <Falconis> The lock comes open in one smooth motion after about 3 seconds of fiddling
- [2012-11-10 22:59:34] <Falconis> the door is no barrier without it
- [2012-11-10 22:59:38] <Grail> Wonderful
- [2012-11-10 22:59:39] <Falconis> and it is open presently
- [2012-11-10 22:59:48] <Grail> Time to scrounge around inside
- [2012-11-10 22:59:55] <Falconis> you see
- [2012-11-10 22:59:57] <Falconis> THINGS
- [2012-11-10 23:00:31] <Falconis> rows upon rows of goods as described earlier, looking slightly ominous in the dark, but more like paychecks
- [2012-11-10 23:00:34] <Grail> Yessss
- [2012-11-10 23:00:40] <Grail> But first
- [2012-11-10 23:00:45] <Grail> Behind the counter
- [2012-11-10 23:00:46] <Falconis> The side room sits on the left, enticingly
- [2012-11-10 23:00:53] <Grail> I want to be in that side room with the money
- [2012-11-10 23:01:02] <Grail> I want to touch it
- [2012-11-10 23:01:04] <Grail> Taste it
- [2012-11-10 23:01:17] <Grail> Throw it at people
- [2012-11-10 23:01:53] <Falconis> The side room door has 5 locks of differing size on it
- [2012-11-10 23:02:08] <Grail> Ah, so that's why he was so happy to leave
- [2012-11-10 23:02:32] <Falconis> (btw, thief class and lockpicks give you a +25 to normalish things >_>)
- [2012-11-10 23:02:48] <Falconis> (sneak gloves + thief class give you that + 10 to swiping)
- [2012-11-10 23:02:48] <Grail> Excellente
- [2012-11-10 23:03:05] <Grail> Well I'm going to try and break into that room
- [2012-11-10 23:03:40] <Grail> Five locks? Don't think I've rolled under a 65 today.
- [2012-11-10 23:04:15] <Juroko> (you fool!)
- [2012-11-10 23:04:23] <Juroko> (you damned yourself!)
- [2012-11-10 23:04:32] <Grail> Says you
- [2012-11-10 23:04:58] <Falconis> right then, so for ease, these have DC of 60, 65, 70...
- [2012-11-10 23:05:09] <Falconis> so roll to pick if you are picking
- [2012-11-10 23:05:14] <Grail> Three levels or three dice?
- [2012-11-10 23:05:17] <Falconis> or, you could be brutish or something
- [2012-11-10 23:05:37] <Falconis> it's 5 locks so 5 dice, one for each
- [2012-11-10 23:05:49] <Grail> Nah Hadrian is trying to move up in the world, acquire more finesse
- [2012-11-10 23:05:53] <Falconis> 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85
- [2012-11-10 23:05:55] <Grail> Be a real thief
- [2012-11-10 23:06:05] <Grail> .dice 1d100
- [2012-11-10 23:06:05] <Classhole> Grail: Average(95.00) Total(95) Rolled(1d100=95)
- [2012-11-10 23:06:24] <Falconis> The lock comes open easily in your hand
- [2012-11-10 23:06:33] <Falconis> next?
- [2012-11-10 23:06:35] <Grail> Any bonus for the next lock?
- [2012-11-10 23:06:39] <Falconis> nope >_>
- [2012-11-10 23:06:48] <Grail> Because with bonuses that was like 120
- [2012-11-10 23:07:02] <Falconis> I know
- [2012-11-10 23:07:06] <Grail> Fiiiiine
- [2012-11-10 23:07:15] <Falconis> quick question, do you have yoru weapons and the hourglass on you?
- [2012-11-10 23:07:19] <Falconis> your*
- [2012-11-10 23:07:21] <Grail> Yes
- [2012-11-10 23:07:25] <Falconis> k
- [2012-11-10 23:07:29] <Grail> Next roll?
- [2012-11-10 23:07:51] <Grail> .dice 1d100
- [2012-11-10 23:07:51] <Classhole> Grail: Average(86.00) Total(86) Rolled(1d100=86)
- [2012-11-10 23:08:04] <Grail> What about now? Can has bonus now?
- [2012-11-10 23:08:26] <Falconis> not yet
- [2012-11-10 23:08:44] <Grail> Off comes the second of five locks then
- [2012-11-10 23:08:49] <Grail> Hadrian moves for the third
- [2012-11-10 23:08:54] <Grail> .dice 1d100
- [2012-11-10 23:08:54] <Classhole> Grail: Average(54.00) Total(54) Rolled(1d100=54)
- [2012-11-10 23:09:08] <Grail> With the bonus I /think/ he still passes that
- [2012-11-10 23:09:28] <Falconis> The lock takes a little finagling but you manage to get it open presently
- [2012-11-10 23:09:39] <Falconis> next lock 75dc
- [2012-11-10 23:09:46] <Grail> .dice 1d100
- [2012-11-10 23:09:46] <Classhole> Grail: Average(52.00) Total(52) Rolled(1d100=52)
- [2012-11-10 23:09:59] <Grail> Still good, with the bonus, but barely.
- [2012-11-10 23:10:50] <Falconis> It seems to be getting harder, just a bit
- [2012-11-10 23:11:07] <Falconis> but the lock finally gives after about 5 minutes of work
- [2012-11-10 23:11:15] <Falconis> next lock 80DC
- [2012-11-10 23:11:39] <Grail> .dice 1d100
- [2012-11-10 23:11:40] <Classhole> Grail: Average(72.00) Total(72) Rolled(1d100=72)
- [2012-11-10 23:11:44] <Grail> Phew
- [2012-11-10 23:12:00] <Falconis> Looks like he's getting back in swing as this one comes off in under a minutes
- [2012-11-10 23:12:08] <Falconis> now the final, rather imposing looking lock
- [2012-11-10 23:12:17] <Falconis> it's large and has a strange looking keyhole
- [2012-11-10 23:12:20] <Grail> Wasn't tha the last one?
- [2012-11-10 23:12:25] <Falconis> 85DC
- [2012-11-10 23:12:33] <Falconis> unless I miscounted locks
- [2012-11-10 23:12:42] <Falconis> guess I did
- [2012-11-10 23:12:50] <Falconis> DOOR OPAN
- [2012-11-10 23:13:26] <Grail> Lovely dubbly
- [2012-11-10 23:13:32] <Grail> What does he see?
- [2012-11-10 23:14:00] <Falconis> It is a tiny office, a well work chair and desk taking up most of the space in it
- [2012-11-10 23:14:05] <Falconis> a counting table
- [2012-11-10 23:14:16] <Falconis> that's it
- [2012-11-10 23:14:31] <Grail> Check the office then
- [2012-11-10 23:14:43] <Grail> Look through the desk
- [2012-11-10 23:14:44] <Falconis> well worn chair*
- [2012-11-10 23:14:48] <Grail> Under the counting the table
- [2012-11-10 23:15:16] <Grail> Make sure the chair weighs the weight it should
- [2012-11-10 23:15:29] <Falconis> You shift the chair and take a look under the table
- [2012-11-10 23:15:33] <Grail> Hadrian is not letting all that work be for nothing
- [2012-11-10 23:15:39] <Falconis> you see a safe embedded in the floor
- [2012-11-10 23:15:47] <Falconis> it looks... quite solid
- [2012-11-10 23:16:02] <Grail> Right
- [2012-11-10 23:16:22] <Grail> It's time for the quintessential thief move
- [2012-11-10 23:16:25] <Grail> Cracking the safe
- [2012-11-10 23:16:57] <Grail> Stick an ear to surface and try to fiddle around for a combination
- [2012-11-10 23:18:04] <Falconis> roll 1d100, DC 80. If you fail it costs you half an hour
- [2012-11-10 23:18:15] <Falconis> till you pass
- [2012-11-10 23:18:23] <Grail> Hrm alright then
- [2012-11-10 23:18:25] <Grail> .dice 1d100
- [2012-11-10 23:18:26] <Classhole> Grail: Average(76.00) Total(76) Rolled(1d100=76)
- [2012-11-10 23:18:39] <Falconis> that's half hour
- [2012-11-10 23:18:39] <Grail> Thank god I'm a thief doing thief stuff
- [2012-11-10 23:18:44] <Falconis> >_>
- [2012-11-10 23:18:51] <Grail> Boooooonuses
- [2012-11-10 23:19:01] <Falconis> are accounted for
- [2012-11-10 23:19:09] <Falconis> sec
- [2012-11-10 23:21:10] <Falconis> ok yea, you should be getting a +5 for this thief level. So you pass
- [2012-11-10 23:21:11] <Falconis> good for you
- [2012-11-10 23:21:30] <Falconis> I should put this in the wiki or something >_>
- [2012-11-10 23:21:54] <Grail> Probably
- [2012-11-10 23:22:13] <Grail> I've got no idea what I'm looking at per roll. But yay! The safe is open.
- [2012-11-10 23:23:01] <Falconis> For non thief related actions, you just roll a flat D100 modified by body condition
- [2012-11-10 23:23:13] <Falconis> for thief related, you roll a +5 for each level
- [2012-11-10 23:23:18] <Falconis> you have
- [2012-11-10 23:23:33] <Falconis> sneak gloves ad+5 to grabby thief things
- [2012-11-10 23:23:49] <Falconis> lockpicks add +20 to picking regular locks
- [2012-11-10 23:24:14] <Falconis> +5 if you don't know shit bout lockpicks
- [2012-11-10 23:24:34] <Falconis> remember your bonuses and apply them to rolls
- [2012-11-10 23:25:03] <Falconis> Hadrian opens the safe and finds, a swelling bag of coin
- [2012-11-10 23:25:28] <Grail> He can't contain his grin
- [2012-11-10 23:26:21] <Grail> He just hefts the bag and feels the weight of the wealth in his hands. Can he tell how much it is?
- [2012-11-10 23:27:00] <Falconis> +30,000 gold
- [2012-11-10 23:29:22] <Falconis> >_
- [2012-11-10 23:29:52] <Juroko> (what bonuses does Doban's class get?)
- [2012-11-10 23:29:53] <Grail> Is there an ledger denoting their sales and income in this office room?
- [2012-11-10 23:31:56] <Falconis> (I'll get to doban in a sec)
- [2012-11-10 23:32:33] <Falconis> There certainly is, and you find them easily
- [2012-11-10 23:33:14] <Grail> Right, make a little adjustment
- [2012-11-10 23:33:38] <Grail> They're going to be remarkably lighter on cash these quarter, I wonder why?
- [2012-11-10 23:33:41] <Grail> this*
- [2012-11-10 23:34:05] <Juroko> (becareful, you may wake the accountant. They are a troubling foe.)
- [2012-11-10 23:34:13] <Grail> Unless I need like a specialized forgery skill or something
- [2012-11-10 23:35:02] <Falconis> no, but you probably need to know how accounts work and come up with a likely place for all the money to have gone
- [2012-11-10 23:36:51] <Grail> Nah, not within this humble thug's price range
- [2012-11-10 23:37:07] <Grail> Price range? Sorry, skill set.
- [2012-11-10 23:37:45] <Grail> He's just going to take the money then. Stuff as many general goods into the bags he got as possible and hide them in his cart on the way out
- [2012-11-10 23:38:27] <Grail> The lost money will probably be discovered fairly soon, but eh, he can work with this.
- [2012-11-10 23:39:42] <Falconis> alright, You fill up the bags and get them on the cart, it's hard work but Sweiss is pretty beefy
- [2012-11-10 23:39:57] <Falconis> would probably be easier if he wasn't carrying all that gear, but eh
- [2012-11-10 23:40:25] <Falconis> You fill up and are out before the guard returns
- [2012-11-10 23:41:37] <Grail> Load up all those bags into the morning room, Hadrian is pretty sure he doesn't need to hit the antique store too.
- [2012-11-10 23:41:59] <Grail> He'll call it a night
- [2012-11-10 23:42:57] <Grail> Got a major haul of goods and a fat sack of cash. Something bad will probably happen later, but this went well.
- [2012-11-10 23:45:13] <Juroko> (he will awaken the wrath of the accountant)
- [2012-11-10 23:45:22] <Falconis> (oh what a wrath it shall be)
- [2012-11-10 23:46:04] <Juroko> (the balance must be equal on both sides. By cash or by BLOOD)
- [2012-11-10 23:46:22] <Falconis> You get back home to find Phineas has laid out your evening meal already, a succulent steak the centerpiece with a glass of red wine to wash it down.
- [2012-11-10 23:46:52] <Falconis> The rising room has more than enough space to hold your dosh
- [2012-11-10 23:46:58] <Falconis> heist successful
- [2012-11-10 23:48:08] <Falconis> You are now a level 2 thief
- [2012-11-10 23:49:53] <Grail> One more step down the long road that is becoming a magnificent enough bastard to hang out with the cool, magical, thief/pirate crowd.
- [2012-11-10 23:50:21] <Grail> Also to not being a poor, homeless dude mooching off his rich cousin
- [2012-11-10 23:50:44] <Falconis> that too
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