[2/28/2026, 2:26:24 PM] Wolf
Study
Risky | Standard
Partial Success
You do it, but there’s a consequence: you suffer harm, a complication occurs, you have reduced effect, you end up in a desperate position.
5
1d6 = 5 = 5
[2/28/2026, 2:30:41 PM] Cam
Tinker
Risky | Standard | 0d
Failure
Things go badly. You suffer harm, a complication occurs, you end up in a desperate position, you lose this opportunity.
5 1
2d6 = 6 = 6
[2/28/2026, 2:31:11 PM] Rob
Pass.
[2/28/2026, 2:31:17 PM] Michelle
A little quiet but heard ya
[2/28/2026, 2:31:27 PM] Michelle
Adjusting on my end
[2/28/2026, 2:31:37 PM] Kristian
Was someone talking?
[2/28/2026, 2:31:39 PM] Kristian
j/k
[2/28/2026, 2:33:05 PM] Michelle
Did we pay someone something or borrow money to get on our feet initially?
[2/28/2026, 2:37:32 PM] Michelle
Yeah, I can’t find the reference I’m thinking of back in the Discord chat.
[2/28/2026, 2:38:07 PM] Michelle
ah ok
[2/28/2026, 2:38:16 PM] Michelle
I knew it was a cash exchange of some sort
[2/28/2026, 2:39:11 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay, so, let’s see. My little startup crawl isn’t going to work anymore. I uninstalled that calendar; it was very broken. Okay, let’s see, where were we? Let’s see, we’ve got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Okay. Who else are we missing? Beth and both Jasons. Okay. Loading is slow today.
[2/28/2026, 2:39:26 PM] Kristian
better put my pants on then
[2/28/2026, 2:39:33 PM] Rob
Audio recording.
[2/28/2026, 2:39:55 PM] Kristian
silent zipping noises
[2/28/2026, 2:40:38 PM] Debinani
GM: All right, so you all, in pursuit of this Professor Lancaster fellow, went to the administrative offices of Charter Hall University, which I will remind you is under the control and protection of the Glass Keys, your patrons. You snuck in, you found records about Lancaster, including his home, which is just an apartment in a brownstone here in Charter Hall. And while you were at it, you made off with a week of wages for the Charter Hall University, which came out to about 20 coin in silver. So that’s obviously a huge, huge hall and obviously very dangerous for you to have done. Freakshow left behind some indication that perhaps it was the Reclaimer Circle who did the deed, but, you know, obviously you guys will have to be careful. You made it back out and you have made it back to your lair in the basement of the Ink and Anvil, where you can figure out what to do next. I assume you probably do not want to enter downtime; you probably want to keep going, right? Because it seems like this Lancaster stuff is pretty time-sensitive.
[2/28/2026, 2:40:44 PM] Michelle
Silent noises?
[2/28/2026, 2:42:28 PM] Cam
We need to figure out what to do with 20 coin
[2/28/2026, 2:42:35 PM] Kristian
concur
[2/28/2026, 2:42:47 PM] Rob
Right. On the ‘keep going’ part.
[2/28/2026, 2:42:57 PM] Michelle
But yeah, we need to move on our target
[2/28/2026, 2:42:58 PM] Debinani
GM: Yeah, we can divide the loot up later kind of all together. I’ll keep track of it. It’s not like you’re going to forget you got 20 coin.
[2/28/2026, 2:43:16 PM] Crow
We should sit on it for now.
[2/28/2026, 2:43:29 PM] Rob
Amusingly enough, I forgot we had 20 coin until it was mentioned today. :P
[2/28/2026, 2:43:33 PM] Michelle
Sorry, that first statement of mine was OOC
[2/28/2026, 2:43:39 PM] Rob
Then ignore my IC reply.
[2/28/2026, 2:43:42 PM] Debinani
GM: All right, it is shortly after midnight, I suppose, November 29th, and yeah, here you are, a hell of a lot wealthier than you were a couple hours ago.
[2/28/2026, 2:44:24 PM] Random
I’m still catching up so don’t mind me.
[2/28/2026, 2:44:24 PM] Debinani
GM: Yeah, Boo’s there waiting when you get back.
Nix: Did we find Lancaster’s office?
GM: That’s correct. You did not make it to Lancaster’s office, but you do have his home address.
[2/28/2026, 2:44:38 PM] Cam
pokes at the pile of money Guess we’ll deal with this later. Our next stop is Lancaster’s house.
[2/28/2026, 2:44:44 PM] Rob
We didn’t get into Lancaster’s(?) office but we have his home address now, right?
[2/28/2026, 2:44:50 PM] Cam
Even if he isn’t home.
[2/28/2026, 2:44:54 PM] Cam
Cam shrugs
[2/28/2026, 2:45:06 PM] Debinani
GM: Basically with Lancaster, you know that he’s got really no family. He stays in an apartment here. You’ve got his home address, a very unremarkable academic record, and then the gossip from the woman in the administrative building saying he was—there was an investigator asking about him, and then there were a couple of Iruvians asking about him.
[2/28/2026, 2:45:13 PM] Crow
It might be preferable if he isn’t home.
[2/28/2026, 2:46:06 PM] Crow
When do we want to visit?
[2/28/2026, 2:46:10 PM] Nyx
It’s early. Let’s case his residence.
[2/28/2026, 2:46:41 PM] Debinani
GM: Oh, sure. I mean, it’s over on the other side of the district, near the Alchemists’ Quarter, but really close to sort of the university grounds. And you can take the tunnels over there and come out in an alleyway relatively nearby, within the same block of houses.
[2/28/2026, 2:46:48 PM] Cam
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. Do the maps give us anywhere close to come up?
[2/28/2026, 2:46:54 PM] Nyx
Nyx shoves the doll in her pocket.
[2/28/2026, 2:47:12 PM] Cam
Cam taps a finger on the area
[2/28/2026, 2:47:17 PM] Cam
Looks promising.
[2/28/2026, 2:47:31 PM] Cam
Cam let’s do that then.
[2/28/2026, 2:47:36 PM] Michelle
dangit
[2/28/2026, 2:47:47 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay, so you guys are going to kind of bundle back up, head back out the secret door into the sewers essentially, and make your way over there?
GM: Easy enough. Nothing particularly exciting happens in that slog. I mean, there are a lot of you and these, you know, basements and sewer tunnels and things like that. Oh, no, I think you guys just left her at the basement. She said that she can reach you pretty much anywhere in the city.
[2/28/2026, 2:47:49 PM] Michelle
ooc there. Fingers not cooperating
[2/28/2026, 2:48:15 PM] Kristian
yarp
[2/28/2026, 2:48:24 PM] Michelle
Yep. Is statue chick still with Crow, was it?
[2/28/2026, 2:48:32 PM] Debinani
GM: Oh, yeah. Let’s go ahead and because you are leaving your base, go ahead and pick your load, whatever you want your load to be for this trip. And you can reset your equipment polls from last time so you can uncheck anything that you checked.
[2/28/2026, 2:48:36 PM] Kristian
we don’t need to pick normal/med/heavy yet until something happens, right?
[2/28/2026, 2:48:42 PM] Michelle
got it
[2/28/2026, 2:49:13 PM] Debinani
GM: Yeah, reminder the load is set with the little backpack next to your photo.
[2/28/2026, 2:49:47 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay.
GM: Right. Yep. So you select your load and then you’ll pull items from your load as you need.
[2/28/2026, 2:49:57 PM] Rob
I think we pick the load now and that tells us how many items/equipment we can pick when the time comes.
[2/28/2026, 2:50:19 PM] Debinani
GM: All right. It takes almost no time at all to hoof it through the undercity. You do pass through some areas where it’s actually like legitimately built-over city, right? And there’s like little shops and things like that here in the undercity, but it’s very quiet. It’s not very patrolled, and it’s late. And you come out from a rusted old grate in a causeway and up a couple stairs and now you’re back at the surface on the streets of Charter Hall. You’re across the street in an alley across the street from the brownstones that Lancaster’s apartment’s in. And here you are.
[2/28/2026, 2:51:26 PM] Debinani
GM: It’s not abandoned, but I mean, it’s late. Way up the street, you see a couple of bluecoats just kind of idly standing beneath a street lamp. Besides that, a couple passersby here and there. Cam, if you want to make a survey roll, go ahead.
[2/28/2026, 2:51:30 PM] Cam
Cam scans the area
[2/28/2026, 2:52:14 PM] Debinani
GM: That’s fine. Yes, anybody who wants to make a survey roll, or if you want to do a group survey roll, I’m more than happy to facilitate that.
[2/28/2026, 2:52:16 PM] Cam
Survey
Risky | Standard
Failure
Things go badly. You suffer harm, a complication occurs, you end up in a desperate position, you lose this opportunity.
2
1d6 = 2 = 2
[2/28/2026, 2:52:22 PM] Michelle
omg
[2/28/2026, 2:52:26 PM] Pat
can others do that as well?
[2/28/2026, 2:52:33 PM] Pat
I assume we all look around.
[2/28/2026, 2:52:47 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay, I guess everybody’s doing their own survey rolls.
GM: All right. You’re all still pretty high on the hog from the huge score you just got and are sort of obsessed with the stairs leading up to the door of Lancaster’s apartment.
[2/28/2026, 2:52:51 PM] Wolf
Survey
Risky | Standard
Success
You do it.
6
1d6 = 6 = 6
[2/28/2026, 2:52:58 PM] Nyx
Survey
Risky | Standard | 0d
Failure
Things go badly. You suffer harm, a complication occurs, you end up in a desperate position, you lose this opportunity.
4 3
2d6 = 7 = 7
[2/28/2026, 2:53:06 PM] Boo
Survey
Risky | Standard | 0d
Partial Success
You do it, but there’s a consequence: you suffer harm, a complication occurs, you have reduced effect, you end up in a desperate position.
4 5
2d6 = 9 = 9
[2/28/2026, 2:53:09 PM] Crow
Survey
Risky | Standard
Failure
Things go badly. You suffer harm, a complication occurs, you end up in a desperate position, you lose this opportunity.
1
1d6 = 1 = 1
[2/28/2026, 2:53:13 PM] Michelle
So most of us get the attention of the cops. hehe
[2/28/2026, 2:53:19 PM] Rob
I survey a squirrel.
[2/28/2026, 2:53:26 PM] Debinani
GM: Wolf: look around and you do see somebody about half a block away on the other side of the road and they’re definitely loitering. They’re not looking at you, you don’t really know what they’re looking at, they’re kind of looking around, but there is somebody loitering. Doesn’t scream cop, I’ll give you that. It’s just a kind of olive-skinned fellow hanging out between street lamps, kind of in a shadow, but you do see him. Guy’s head’s on a swivel. He’s looking for someone or something.
[2/28/2026, 2:54:06 PM] Pat
the investigator?
[2/28/2026, 2:54:46 PM] Wolf
Wolf tilts her head in his direction.
[2/28/2026, 2:54:53 PM] Cam
Cam nods
[2/28/2026, 2:54:56 PM] Wolf
(quiet) Someone else is here, it seems.
[2/28/2026, 2:55:01 PM] Crow
Crow readjusts his mask so he can see
[2/28/2026, 2:55:05 PM] Debinani
GM: Cam, did you bring dog, or whatever his name is? Mutt. Okay.
[2/28/2026, 2:55:08 PM] Cam
Not terribly surprising.
[2/28/2026, 2:55:27 PM] Michelle
Mutt, sure
[2/28/2026, 2:55:44 PM] Debinani
GM: So you all are clustered up in this alley across the street from the Brownstone. Bluecoats on one end of the road, some dude about half a block away on the other.
[2/28/2026, 2:56:30 PM] Debinani
GM: The road you’re on is pretty typical for most of Charter Hall. It’s a set of kind of older brownstones. It’s all very nice and clean. The ground floor is generally shops. You’re on Alchemist Row, so it’s alchemist shops, you know, some college-adjacent things, the equivalent of bodegas, you know, that sort of stuff, but a very, very quiet night. And then apartments over the top.
[2/28/2026, 2:56:33 PM] Nyx
Nyx studies the brown stone
[2/28/2026, 2:56:48 PM] Freakshow
Maybe we watch the watcher?
[2/28/2026, 2:56:53 PM] Crow
Watcher’s not here.
[2/28/2026, 2:57:16 PM] Debinani
GM: There are no lights on in the windows of Lancaster’s apartment.
[2/28/2026, 2:58:07 PM] Michelle
You said dog’s aren’t too common, right? I’d set Mutt watching the other guy, but he’d have to keep out of sight.
[2/28/2026, 2:58:11 PM] Debinani
Cam: Is there like a dog in the street?
GM: Dogs are not hugely common. I mean, there are dogs, but there’s not a whole lot of them just kind of running around the streets at night.
[2/28/2026, 2:58:46 PM] Debinani
GM: Exactly.
GM: You do need to get across the street to get to that row of brownstones, yeah.
[2/28/2026, 2:58:48 PM] Rob
Why do I get the feeling they’d be considered a delicacy…
[2/28/2026, 2:58:58 PM] Michelle
And we need to cross the street to get to this house?
[2/28/2026, 2:59:36 PM] Rob
Are the bluecoats watching the house or just standing around?
[2/28/2026, 2:59:47 PM] Debinani
GM: They look like they’re just standing around. They’re probably just the patrol for this street. I don’t know, it probably might matter, this street is within the reclaimer circle territory, just so you’re aware.
[2/28/2026, 3:00:05 PM] Michelle
Anyone stealthy-stealthy today? Cam can keep watch.
[2/28/2026, 3:00:24 PM] Debinani
GM: Yeah, unfortunately, Watcher did not come with you and Watcher has the magic ‘I don’t take stress when we do group prowl rolls’.
[2/28/2026, 3:00:53 PM] Rob
I have a Prowl of “What’s Prowl?”
[2/28/2026, 3:01:01 PM] Michelle
Cam has one dot in Prowl
[2/28/2026, 3:01:17 PM] Debinani
GM: Yep, anybody can take the lead for it. It’s just whoever is the leader will take the stress for everybody who fails. So it’s basically about who’s taking the stress.
[2/28/2026, 3:01:25 PM] Pat
anyone can take lead for that, though.
[2/28/2026, 3:01:31 PM] Pat
just a question of who gets stress
[2/28/2026, 3:01:34 PM] Jen
I have one dot as well
[2/28/2026, 3:01:40 PM] Random
I have zero dots prowl
[2/28/2026, 3:02:05 PM] Debinani
GM: Yeah, I mean a couple of you have a non-zero or a material amount of stress, so you probably don’t want to lead it.
[2/28/2026, 3:02:16 PM] Michelle
So Cam keeps watch and the rest of you try some sneaking
[2/28/2026, 3:02:36 PM] Debinani
GM: Not really. But the bluecoats are quite a ways away. The Watcher is about halfway down the block. And there’s really no way to get around, especially the guy watching if he truly is watching for anybody to come to the apartment. It’s going to be really hard to get around him. Well, that happens. I mean, whoever—as far as the stress economy is concerned, it’s whoever can take it. And then we’ll just take—basically it’s a group roll, so everybody will roll and we’ll just take the best one.
[2/28/2026, 3:02:38 PM] Kristian
I have stress and like no sneaky skillz, sorry.
[2/28/2026, 3:02:38 PM] Pat
is there a way to use side streets to get past the watcher and the bluecoats?
[2/28/2026, 3:02:46 PM] Pat
I’m thinking of a diversion.
[2/28/2026, 3:03:06 PM] Rob
I have 1 Stress right now so I could lead it. But I also have 0 dots in it so I’m likely to add Stress to myself…
[2/28/2026, 3:03:27 PM] Wolf
(quiet) can you get Mutt do make some noise on the other side of him?
[2/28/2026, 3:03:39 PM] Cam
Cam nods
[2/28/2026, 3:03:43 PM] Wolf
(quiet) not a lot, just enough to distract him while we cross the street.
[2/28/2026, 3:03:51 PM] Random
yeah, I’m carrying 5 stress. I’d prefer to not go into a high stress generating action. lol
[2/28/2026, 3:03:58 PM] Wolf
(quiet) Knock over something or something like that.
[2/28/2026, 3:04:03 PM] Michelle
Or just walk by if dogs are largely a novelty
[2/28/2026, 3:04:21 PM] Pat
that might get too much attention.
[2/28/2026, 3:04:26 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay. So you just want him to go like running up the street and see if you can get the guy to look the other way? Or maybe he could run down this alley a little bit further down and like make some noise or bark or something. Okay. Okay, so you think to Mutt, you know, go down alley to street, bark, bark, bark, and we can do that. And then we’re going to do the roll for you all to kind of Scooby-Doo sneak across the street while nobody’s looking.
[2/28/2026, 3:04:27 PM] Kristian
or someone could just walk up and shiv him lol
[2/28/2026, 3:04:30 PM] Cam
Cam looks at Mutt, giving him doggy distraction instructions
[2/28/2026, 3:04:46 PM] Rob
If the Reclaimers have seen Mutt that would draw the wrong sort of attention if it’s one of them.
[2/28/2026, 3:05:00 PM] Rob
Letting himself be seen clearly, that is.
[2/28/2026, 3:05:14 PM] Michelle
Or circle around on our side of the street and bark at him before he sees him
[2/28/2026, 3:05:14 PM] Pat
If he could get past the guy, the ide would be to knock over a trashcan or something.
[2/28/2026, 3:05:33 PM] Michelle
sure
[2/28/2026, 3:05:36 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay, so you think really hard at Mutt and Mutt goes, “Whoof, whoof, gonna get a treat, gonna get a treat,” and he goes running down the alleyway. Who’s going to lead the group roll?
GM: All righty. Everybody make a prowl roll. And you can—hold on one second. This will be risky with great effect because you have created a distraction. And so you hear down the other side of the block, the guy turns, and I mean he really turns, he turns and he walks down the block a little ways like trying to figure out where the dog’s coming from.
[2/28/2026, 3:05:58 PM] Rob
I can.
[2/28/2026, 3:06:17 PM] Kristian
R/S?
[2/28/2026, 3:06:30 PM] Freakshow
Prowl
Risky | Great | 0d
Success
You do it.
6 6
2d6 = 12 = 12
[2/28/2026, 3:06:33 PM] Nyx
Prowl
Risky | Great
Partial Success
You do it, but there’s a consequence: you suffer harm, a complication occurs, you have reduced effect, you end up in a desperate position.
5
1d6 = 5 = 5
[2/28/2026, 3:06:35 PM] Wolf
Prowl
Risky | Great | 0d
Failure
Things go badly. You suffer harm, a complication occurs, you end up in a desperate position, you lose this opportunity.
5 1
2d6 = 6 = 6
[2/28/2026, 3:06:35 PM] Cam
Prowl
Risky | Great
Partial Success
You do it, but there’s a consequence: you suffer harm, a complication occurs, you have reduced effect, you end up in a desperate position.
4
1d6 = 4 = 4
[2/28/2026, 3:06:37 PM] Boo
Prowl
Risky | Great | 0d
Partial Success
You do it, but there’s a consequence: you suffer harm, a complication occurs, you have reduced effect, you end up in a desperate position.
6 4
2d6 = 10 = 10
[2/28/2026, 3:06:38 PM] Crow
Prowl
Risky | Great | 0d
Failure
Things go badly. You suffer harm, a complication occurs, you end up in a desperate position, you lose this opportunity.
2 3
2d6 = 5 = 5
[2/28/2026, 3:06:39 PM] Kristian
whammy
[2/28/2026, 3:06:44 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay, has everybody rolled? So, Crow, it looks like you take two stress. Not bad. Yeah, no kidding. And Freakshow actually helps the most and you guys just quite shockingly quietly and sneakily stick to the shadows and don’t step on pebbles and don’t, you know, break any beer bottles or anything like that. And you actually scurry all the way across the road and up the stairs in complete silence and get to the door to Lancaster’s apartment. Look at you being sneaky professionals.
[2/28/2026, 3:07:11 PM] Rob
I was fully expecting to take 6. :P
[2/28/2026, 3:07:44 PM] Kristian
I am a leaf on the street
[2/28/2026, 3:08:16 PM] Debinani
GM: You kind of lean in to listen at the door and you realize it’s actually unlatched and slightly ajar. You don’t hear anything.
[2/28/2026, 3:08:24 PM] Pat
I listen at the door
[2/28/2026, 3:08:40 PM] Pat
still listen
[2/28/2026, 3:08:42 PM] Cam
(murmurs) That’s not good.
[2/28/2026, 3:08:47 PM] Boo
Boo mutters, ‘that’s not good’
[2/28/2026, 3:08:49 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay. A small, cozy Charter Hall apartment. It’s a sitting room, a bedroom, a bathroom, and a small kitchen. You know, very, very comfortable, could probably barely afford it on a professor’s salary, but you all kind of crack open the door and file in. The place has been tossed, and there’s, you know, books kind of strewn around and what for.
[2/28/2026, 3:08:53 PM] Wolf
Wolf peeks in through the door.
[2/28/2026, 3:09:01 PM] Crow
(murmurs) I’m sure it’s fine. What could go wrong?
[2/28/2026, 3:09:29 PM] Boo
Boo glares at Crow.
[2/28/2026, 3:09:42 PM] Nyx
Nyx sighs
[2/28/2026, 3:09:45 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay, so Cam you kind of hang at the door or kind of take a look out the window because there’s a window that looks down on the street, which is probably even better than staying at the door. And you all start taking a look around. I’m going to give you this one because this is a new game world and you really don’t know what’s possible, but your ghost echoes sight that you all have been given by Mistress Ash. You know, you can blink a couple times and sort of look back in time to like when the room wasn’t trashed and maybe even if you make some attune rolls, look and see like who’s doing what. Yeah, it basically gives everybody the ability to do it. But yeah, so you want to make an attune roll and kind of look back in time a little bit and see what happened in this joint?
[2/28/2026, 3:09:47 PM] Cam
See if anything’s left. I’ll keep a watch on the street.
[2/28/2026, 3:09:57 PM] Cam
Cam takes up a spot near the door
[2/28/2026, 3:10:01 PM] Wolf
Wolf starts searching the room.
[2/28/2026, 3:10:15 PM] Nyx
Nyx heads towards the books and sifts through the pages.
[2/28/2026, 3:10:37 PM] Rob
Which is what I was about to say I was going to use. :P Or rather, Attune if that’s the same thing.
[2/28/2026, 3:11:06 PM] Debinani
GM: The ghost echoes lets you look back in time and see like the structure of the place, but it’s not—I mean, that’s not hugely useful. Your fine spirit mask will actually add to your—it will add to your—you can either use it to reduce the risk or add to the effect.
[2/28/2026, 3:11:13 PM] Rob
Crow will. Does a Fine Spirit Mask add anything?
[2/28/2026, 3:11:34 PM] Kristian
if there is a comfy chair I can sit in while I attune myself I will do so
[2/28/2026, 3:11:43 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay. So nobody’s really here. I would say it’s controlled and great effect for an attune roll. Anybody want to give him a hand or devil’s bargain or anything to throw more dice?
GM: Okay, how are you assisting? Getting him a comfy chair that he can sit in while he’s attuned? Controlled and great actually.
[2/28/2026, 3:11:47 PM] Rob
I’ll add to the effect.
[2/28/2026, 3:11:50 PM] Michelle
Probably just have to turn the chair upright
[2/28/2026, 3:12:04 PM] Crow
Crow pulls down his spirit mask and looks around
[2/28/2026, 3:12:20 PM] Kristian
I can assist.
[2/28/2026, 3:12:25 PM] Rob
Sorry, Controlled and Standard?
[2/28/2026, 3:12:44 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay. You help him attune, and I’ll actually get to you in a second. So you take a stress, Freakshow, and Crow you get an extra die. It affects the outcome. It affects how successful you are.
[2/28/2026, 3:12:51 PM] Kristian
can I just focus on him attuning while I attune? Or hold hands and chant seance style?
[2/28/2026, 3:12:56 PM] Rob
And “Add to the effect” affects the outcome or does it add something to the roll?
[2/28/2026, 3:13:16 PM] Debinani
Crow: Wow. What’s your attune?
GM: Okay, well you get an extra die though. So go ahead and reroll that.
[2/28/2026, 3:13:18 PM] Crow
Attune
Controlled | Great
Failure
You falter. Press on by seizing a risky opportunity, or withdraw and try a different approach.
1 1
2d6 = 2 = 2
[2/28/2026, 3:13:27 PM] Rob
[2/28/2026, 3:13:36 PM] Rob
Ah, right. Forgot that.
[2/28/2026, 3:13:37 PM] Kristian
yeesh
[2/28/2026, 3:13:48 PM] Kristian
I pull my hand away and look disgusted lol
[2/28/2026, 3:13:52 PM] Debinani
GM: You can still add the extra die. Hmm, I wonder why it’s not rolling. Let me try.
[2/28/2026, 3:13:55 PM] Crow
Attune
Controlled | Great
Partial Success
You hesitate. Withdraw and try a different approach, or else do it with a minor consequence: a minor complication occurs, you have reduced effect, you suffer lesser harm, you end up in a risky position.
5 1
2d6 = 6 = 6
[2/28/2026, 3:14:09 PM] Rob
I thought I did. I changed it to 3d
[2/28/2026, 3:14:29 PM] Crow
Attune
Controlled | Great
Partial Success
You hesitate. Withdraw and try a different approach, or else do it with a minor consequence: a minor complication occurs, you have reduced effect, you suffer lesser harm, you end up in a risky position.
5 2
2d6 = 7 = 7
[2/28/2026, 3:14:32 PM] Michelle
Is it the Modifier or the Number of Dice?
[2/28/2026, 3:14:34 PM] Debinani
GM: Yeah. Oh, I just rolled yours. I clicked your attune, I added one D to the modifier at the top and then I did the, you know, controlled and great and hit roll. Oh, I didn’t click modifier that time. Yeah, the one on the bottom is only for if you’re rolling an engagement roll.
[2/28/2026, 3:14:35 PM] Freakshow
Attune
Controlled | Great
Partial Success
You hesitate. Withdraw and try a different approach, or else do it with a minor consequence: a minor complication occurs, you have reduced effect, you suffer lesser harm, you end up in a risky position.
5
1d6 = 5 = 5
[2/28/2026, 3:14:40 PM] Debinani
Attune
Controlled | Great
Success
You do it.
1 6 4
3d6 = 11 = 11
[2/28/2026, 3:14:44 PM] Kristian
you have to add # dice not modifier, bottom right
[2/28/2026, 3:14:45 PM] Rob
Nope, still only rolls 2 for me. Weird.
[2/28/2026, 3:15:06 PM] Debinani
Attune
Controlled | Great
Failure
You falter. Press on by seizing a risky opportunity, or withdraw and try a different approach.
2 3
2d6 = 5 = 5
[2/28/2026, 3:15:07 PM] Rob
Okay, that’s what I did wrong.
[2/28/2026, 3:15:09 PM] Pat
add one on the top, the modifier
[2/28/2026, 3:15:17 PM] Crow
Attune
Controlled | Great
Partial Success
You hesitate. Withdraw and try a different approach, or else do it with a minor consequence: a minor complication occurs, you have reduced effect, you suffer lesser harm, you end up in a risky position.
4 5 5
3d6 = 14 = 14
[2/28/2026, 3:15:21 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay. So you find a comfy place to sit and you attune to the ghost field and you kind of zoom a little bit back and forth in time in this room. And I will get to you in just a second. So the rest of you, what are you all doing? Are you just kind of investigating this room or you spreading out around the apartment or who’s doing what? Remember you could theoretically do a survey group roll if somebody wanted to do that or you could look at stuff individually.
[2/28/2026, 3:16:06 PM] Pat
searching the room.
[2/28/2026, 3:16:09 PM] Debinani
GM: For the apartment, it’s—there’s a bedroom, there’s this sitting room, there’s a plumbed bathroom and a small kitchen.
[2/28/2026, 3:16:11 PM] Random
how many rooms in the apartment? jsut the one or are there side rooms?
[2/28/2026, 3:16:39 PM] Random
I’ll check out the bedroom
[2/28/2026, 3:16:42 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay, so all of you who are searching go ahead and just make survey rolls. And it’s you’re not in a whole lot of rush, just make them controlled and standard.
[2/28/2026, 3:16:43 PM] Pat
ok, searching the apartment, then.
[2/28/2026, 3:17:05 PM] Boo
Survey
Controlled | Standard | 0d
Failure
You falter. Press on by seizing a risky opportunity, or withdraw and try a different approach.
1 2
2d6 = 3 = 3
[2/28/2026, 3:17:09 PM] Wolf
Survey
Controlled | Standard
Partial Success
You hesitate. Withdraw and try a different approach, or else do it with a minor consequence: a minor complication occurs, you have reduced effect, you suffer lesser harm, you end up in a risky position.
4
1d6 = 4 = 4
[2/28/2026, 3:17:26 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay, so Wolf you’re in the main room, Wolf and Nix are both checking the main room and Boo is checking the bedroom. Again, everything’s been kind of tossed, so you are looking around. There is like a writing desk here in the main room and Wolf you take a look there. Let me find my notes.
[2/28/2026, 3:17:31 PM] Nyx
Survey
Risky | Standard | 0d
Failure
Things go badly. You suffer harm, a complication occurs, you end up in a desperate position, you lose this opportunity.
2 3
2d6 = 5 = 5
[2/28/2026, 3:18:03 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay, so there is a—Wolf, you’re going through and it looks like his desk was very thoroughly searched. And, but, and you know stuff kind of discarded off to the side, but you do find a letter that stands out to you. It says, “I’ll meet you at the—I’ll meet you at the—dude, sorry. I will meet you at Luminous Park on, you know, tomorrow.” It’s got the date and the time, “so we can discuss our sick relative,” and it’s signed, “your loving sister.”
[2/28/2026, 3:18:30 PM] Random
stepping away a sec, but still listening.
[2/28/2026, 3:19:31 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay. Crow, so you’re kind of zooming back and forth a little bit. So you go back in time and you see a group of about five or six red sashes because you know they’re from the Red Sashes gang because they’re Iruvian and wearing red sashes and carrying their swords. And they are very, very haphazardly tossing the place. So you see them kind of going through and like pulling books down and tearing some things up and sifting through, throwing the mail around. Some are in the kitchen and some are in the bedroom. You go back a little bit further and you see a tall gentleman in a—he’s not really wearing a uniform, but he screams cop. And he is very, very quietly, very deliberately going through the place. He pockets a couple of documents from the writing desk. He looks through the books, he looks under and around some things, but he kind of leaves the place fairly pristine. You don’t really see what he does in the kitchen. And then you go back further and now you’re probably in the span of days or weeks. It’s very—it’s hard for you to tell time really, but at some point in the last couple of weeks you get a sign—you see who you’re assuming is Lancaster, you guys don’t have a photo of him or anything. Sitting at his desk doing some writing. Somebody comes to the door and he answers the door, there’s really no audio. He answers the door, you get a good look at the guy at the door, seems like a smarmy looking teenager, but you get kind of a good look at him. And the kid at the door hands Lancaster several looks like tins of tea and goes about his way. That’s about everything you get. So red sashes showed up, tossed the place. Investigator fellow was here, very carefully looking at the place, took some stuff with him. Before that, you see who you’re assuming is Lancaster take a delivery of tea from a courier.
[2/28/2026, 3:19:48 PM] Wolf
Hmm.
[2/28/2026, 3:22:45 PM] Pat
is it common to have pictures of family members or something?
[2/28/2026, 3:22:46 PM] Debinani
GM: The investigator was the first one to search the place, yes, as far as you could tell. I mean, photography is very, very rare, so it’s more common for people to have like drawings or pictures of family members.
[2/28/2026, 3:22:48 PM] Rob
The Investigator was the first one to search the place, right?
[2/28/2026, 3:23:13 PM] Pat
paintings?
[2/28/2026, 3:23:17 PM] Crow
Well, we’re the third faction to search this place.
[2/28/2026, 3:23:19 PM] Nyx
Nyx stuffs a couple books in her bag
[2/28/2026, 3:23:24 PM] Pat
I’m also going to look for indications that he actually has a sister.
[2/28/2026, 3:23:25 PM] Rob
I’ll relay what Crow saw.
[2/28/2026, 3:23:28 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay, so after you relay all that, Nix goes into the kitchen and pokes around a little bit. Nix, you do actually find—Wolf, you don’t—there’s nothing in this place that points to family. And his record from the school actually said he didn’t really have any family. Nix, you go into the kitchen and poke around a little bit and there is a wastebasket and in the wastebasket there are two tins of tea and they’re labeled with an herb. Actually they’re labeled with an importer who has shops in night market.
[2/28/2026, 3:23:49 PM] Cam
Cam Cam listens without turning around
[2/28/2026, 3:23:59 PM] Rob
You shall henceforth be known as “Cam Cam”.
[2/28/2026, 3:24:10 PM] Wolf
This is odd.
[2/28/2026, 3:24:15 PM] Michelle
yeah, I was laughing at it
[2/28/2026, 3:24:16 PM] Wolf
Or just code.
[2/28/2026, 3:24:50 PM] Nyx
Nyx sniffs the tea
[2/28/2026, 3:24:57 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay. Nix sniffs the tea. These tins did not contain tea. You’re not 100% sure what they had in them, but it certainly wasn’t tea. One of them is definitely a reagent used in alchemy. You’re not sure what the other one was. You’d have to probably study it to figure out what was actually in it.
[2/28/2026, 3:25:03 PM] Nyx
Tinker
Risky | Standard
Success
You do it.
6 3
2d6 = 9 = 9
[2/28/2026, 3:25:14 PM] Random
bak
[2/28/2026, 3:25:35 PM] Kristian
you can put your weed in it
[2/28/2026, 3:25:37 PM] Nyx
Nyx slips the tins into her bag
[2/28/2026, 3:26:14 PM] Rob
Does the guy we saw watching the area look like any of the red sash dudes who tossed the place?
[2/28/2026, 3:26:14 PM] Debinani
GM: Good question. Actually, yes he does. He was absolutely one of the red sashes that tossed the place.
[2/28/2026, 3:27:21 PM] Crow
Huh. The guy we saw casing this place is one of the ones that tossed it earlier. Probably didn’t find what they were looking for.
[2/28/2026, 3:27:30 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay, so Nix is spending time in the kitchen, Boo is poking around in the bedroom, Cam is still acting as a lookout. Wolf’s got the letter from the sister and you’re also kind of sifting through the rest of the correspondence. Most of what’s here is just like literal school papers and correspondence from the school, correspondence from other academics. Very, very benign. It’s just the letter from the sister stood out to you because, you know, his record said he didn’t have any family. Boo, the bedroom—I mean, the mattress has been cut open and searched through, the pillows have been cut open and searched through. The clothes in the closet or in the armoire were rifled through and some of them were tossed around. You don’t see anything that makes you wonder. Of course, you failed that roll.
[2/28/2026, 3:29:31 PM] Debinani
GM: Absolutely could be. Snappy dresser though. I mean, you know, he’s got the whole professor thing going on. He’s got the tweed blazers with the elbow patches and because he’s a chemistry professor, some of them have little burn holes in them.
GM: Nothing going on out into the street, although you do see the lookout kind of come back from looking for Mutt.
[2/28/2026, 3:29:34 PM] Random
well I failed the roll, a clue coujld be dancing on the ruins of the bed and i’d be oblivious
[2/28/2026, 3:29:44 PM] Cam
(hisses) Whatever we’ve got, let’s start wrapping this up.
[2/28/2026, 3:30:09 PM] Random
any small pocketable trinket laying in the ruins?
[2/28/2026, 3:30:23 PM] Wolf
When did you last see him here?
[2/28/2026, 3:30:23 PM] Debinani
GM: Crow, you think that the place was tossed over the last 24 hours. And then, you know, you’re probably in the span of days or weeks for the tea delivery.
GM: He has trinkets, there’s a pair of cufflinks on his nightstand.
[2/28/2026, 3:30:40 PM] Wolf
(to Crow)
[2/28/2026, 3:31:07 PM] Boo
Boo pockets the cuff links.
[2/28/2026, 3:31:10 PM] Crow
Hard to say exactly. The delivery could’ve been within the last few days or last few weeks. All the other visitors happened today.
[2/28/2026, 3:31:23 PM] Debinani
GM: Yeah, within the last day or so. Ghost field’s screwy. It’s not—you can’t really put your finger on time very well.
GM: By the by, the Red Sashes are a very, very large gang in Crow’s Foot. They are based in a school of swordsmanship, Iruvian sword arts, that’s in there. Many of their members are relatively wealthy and connected to Iruvian nobility and there are a great many of them. So you probably don’t want to get on their bad side, especially since you’re already at war with the Reclaimer Circle.
[2/28/2026, 3:31:29 PM] Michelle
Today?
[2/28/2026, 3:31:37 PM] Michelle
ok
[2/28/2026, 3:31:42 PM] Wolf
So the guy out there might be waiting for him, then?
[2/28/2026, 3:31:46 PM] Boo
Boo comes out from the bedroom. “I found nothing of note in there.”
[2/28/2026, 3:31:47 PM] Rob
Today or there-abouts, we’ll say.
[2/28/2026, 3:31:59 PM] Crow
Could be, yeah.
[2/28/2026, 3:32:04 PM] Wolf
You didn’t see him here after the place was searched?
[2/28/2026, 3:32:39 PM] Crow
Nope. As far as I can tell he hasn’t been here in the last day or so.
[2/28/2026, 3:32:50 PM] Wolf
Hmm.
[2/28/2026, 3:33:01 PM] Pat
the date in the letter was tomorrow evening?
[2/28/2026, 3:33:21 PM] Debinani
GM: The date in the letter was for tomorrow evening, yes, the 30th.
[2/28/2026, 3:33:26 PM] Crow
The University said he hasn’t been around for a while, either, so he might’ve gotten wind that someone was looking for him.
[2/28/2026, 3:33:59 PM] Wolf
Hmm, this letter is allegedly from his sister, says to meet him tomorrow evening.
[2/28/2026, 3:34:04 PM] Nyx
Nyx snacks on stale algae chips as she rummages around kitchen cabinets.
[2/28/2026, 3:34:30 PM] Debinani
GM: And Nix, because you rolled so well on your tinker roll, I will also say that that reagent that was certainly in one of the tea containers, any use of it would produce some pretty noxious fumes. So, just FYI.
[2/28/2026, 3:35:08 PM] Michelle
Did Nyx tell us about the tins?
[2/28/2026, 3:35:51 PM] Debinani
GM: Freakshow, you look over just idly, you’re kind of just scanning the room, and you look over and your ghost friend is standing in the corner. You kind of jerk a little bit. He smiles and shuffles a deck of cards in his hand, one-handed, and looks around the room. “This is interesting.”
[2/28/2026, 3:36:10 PM] Nyx
Nyx wanders into the sitting room and takes out a tin, sticking it by Cam’s nose.
[2/28/2026, 3:36:15 PM] Nyx
Sniff it.
[2/28/2026, 3:36:36 PM] Cam
eyes it warily Why?
[2/28/2026, 3:36:39 PM] Freakshow
See anything you like?
[2/28/2026, 3:36:49 PM] Nyx
It’s not tea.
[2/28/2026, 3:36:50 PM] Freakshow
Freakshow seemingly talking to a wall
[2/28/2026, 3:37:05 PM] Cam
I’ll take your word for that. Any idea what it is?
[2/28/2026, 3:37:16 PM] Crow
Crow gives Freakshow a puzzled look
[2/28/2026, 3:37:17 PM] Nyx
It’s rather noxious.
[2/28/2026, 3:37:28 PM] Nyx
Anyone want a sniff?
[2/28/2026, 3:37:29 PM] Debinani
GM: So yeah, so Freakshow, your ghost friend, he’s sort of been hanging around you a good percentage of your life. You call him Mr. Perkins. And he’s just kind of always been there and helps you, occasionally has helped you out of a jam or to swindle people or definitely helps you with cards. He’s kind of obsessed with cards.
[2/28/2026, 3:37:30 PM] Boo
Boo squints at the wall Freakshow is talking to
[2/28/2026, 3:37:35 PM] Nyx
I”m not sure what it is.
[2/28/2026, 3:37:49 PM] Cam
We have ways to find out.
[2/28/2026, 3:37:59 PM] Cam
Cam looks back out the window
[2/28/2026, 3:38:12 PM] Crow
Are there any traces left in those tins?
[2/28/2026, 3:38:14 PM] Nyx
Maybe someone can identify the smell.
[2/28/2026, 3:38:16 PM] Debinani
GM: There’s almost certainly—I mean, if you can smell it, there’s certainly traces left. You’d have to take it to a lab and play with it.
GM: Half and half. Always creepy, sometimes helpful. Usually he asks for things in return. Sometimes it’s like something weird and simple like leaving a saucer of milk out or sometimes it’s a little more severe than that, but.
[2/28/2026, 3:38:27 PM] Boo
Boo then turns to Nyx. “sure, I’ll take a sniff.”
[2/28/2026, 3:38:32 PM] Kristian
what percentage of the time is Mr Perkins helpful vs just..creepy.
[2/28/2026, 3:38:48 PM] Nyx
Nyx holds the tin out to Boo
[2/28/2026, 3:38:51 PM] Michelle
lol. Someone sniffs too deep and passes out…
[2/28/2026, 3:39:04 PM] Rob
If anyone who sniffs it dies in 1 week then we know it’s the poison.
[2/28/2026, 3:39:08 PM] Boo
Boo ponders. “hmmmm… mint?”
[2/28/2026, 3:39:12 PM] Debinani
GM: Definitely not mint.
GM: If anybody wants to make a tinker roll to try to identify the smell of the tins, you’re more than welcome to try, but you know.
[2/28/2026, 3:39:38 PM] Nyx
Not quite.
[2/28/2026, 3:39:45 PM] Kristian
dialogue option: Lick the tin
[2/28/2026, 3:39:47 PM] Rob
I think Perkins is cheating. He has a card that’s both red and black.
[2/28/2026, 3:40:05 PM] Random
sure i”ll take a roll.
[2/28/2026, 3:40:12 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay. Miracles can happen. Take Mr. Perkins away. So this is—I mean you’re essentially sniffing a tin. It’s controlled and effect is probably limited.
[2/28/2026, 3:40:25 PM] Rob
Use a Devil’s Bargain to improve your odds!
[2/28/2026, 3:40:27 PM] Random
position?
[2/28/2026, 3:40:55 PM] Debinani
GM: Yeah, no, you have no idea. You bump your nose on the tin.
[2/28/2026, 3:40:58 PM] Boo
Tinker
Controlled | Limited
Failure
You falter. Press on by seizing a risky opportunity, or withdraw and try a different approach.
1
1d6 = 1 = 1
[2/28/2026, 3:41:07 PM] Boo
it’s not tea.
[2/28/2026, 3:41:14 PM] Rob
You cut your nose on the tin.
[2/28/2026, 3:41:50 PM] Random
lol
[2/28/2026, 3:41:53 PM] Debinani
GM: We will say the reagent’s name is Columnwort.
GM: The importer, if it matters, the importer which is labeled on the tea is Iruvian Treasures Limited.
[2/28/2026, 3:42:09 PM] Debinani
columnwort
[2/28/2026, 3:42:55 PM] Rob
Gee. The Red Sashes are Eruvian (or however it’s spelled)
[2/28/2026, 3:43:05 PM] Debinani
Iruvian
[2/28/2026, 3:43:19 PM] Rob
Noted.
[2/28/2026, 3:43:19 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay, so we’ve got a letter, we’ve got some tea tins, got a creepy ghost in the corner who sauntered into the bedroom. Boo, Crow, you’re pretty sure there’s a ghost in the room. You feel the chill. But it’s not really influencing much, otherwise everybody would feel the chill.
[2/28/2026, 3:43:50 PM] Cam
Let’s get all this back home and figure out next steps.
[2/28/2026, 3:44:01 PM] Crow
Crow frowns
[2/28/2026, 3:44:14 PM] Random
Freak talking the wall was clue too.
[2/28/2026, 3:44:16 PM] Rob
I’ll Attune and see if I can see it.
[2/28/2026, 3:44:20 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay, go ahead.
Freakshow: Can I address him?
GM: Yes.
GM: Okay. So you resituate your mask and you see this fellow who essentially just looks like a card sharp, except for, you know, the ectoplasmic blue glow streaming off of him. Idly wandering around the bedroom, not, you know, sort of poking at little things here and there, poking at the mattress, poking at the stuff. Certainly doesn’t look like your typical screaming crazy, you know, soul-sucking ghost. His back’s to you. Because you did attune, you’re perfectly capable of communicating with him if you want to.
[2/28/2026, 3:44:35 PM] Rob
Risky, Standard?
[2/28/2026, 3:44:43 PM] Crow
Attune
Risky | Standard
Partial Success
You do it, but there’s a consequence: you suffer harm, a complication occurs, you have reduced effect, you end up in a desperate position.
1 4
2d6 = 5 = 5
[2/28/2026, 3:44:55 PM] Kristian
Mr Perkins don’t like bein’ peeped on
[2/28/2026, 3:44:55 PM] Nyx
Nyx covers the tins and stuffs them in her bag
[2/28/2026, 3:45:51 PM] Debinani
Freakshow: Are those the clothes from the heist?
GM: No, they’re actually quite—they’re the clothes that you would see on any modern fellow. He straightens up and turns around and kind of cocks his head one side or the other and then squints and he comes up real, real, real close, like so close that the temperature around you drops because you’re kind of in proximity to a ghost. He doesn’t appear to be like threatening or anything like that. He’s just sort of looking at you curiously and he kind of like leans over and squints and looks into your eyes and he’s like, “Huh. Huh. Huh.” He straightens back up and he’s still got the deck of cards in one hand and he’s just kind of idly one-handed shuffling it and cutting it and shuffling it and cutting it and shuffling it with one hand. And he turns back around and goes over to the wardrobe and pokes at just essentially a goat-hair blazer and says, “Interesting. Looks like your fellow spent some time in Six Towers. That stone dust on his cuff. It’s the limestone they used when they built a lot of the homes in that district. Funny thing, huh?” He looks back at you, Freakshow, and he’s like, he gestures to Crow, “Keep an eye on your friend there,” and he fizzles away.
[2/28/2026, 3:45:53 PM] Rob
Clothes seem to be out of style for this era?
[2/28/2026, 3:46:12 PM] Crow
See something of interest, friend?
[2/28/2026, 3:46:39 PM] Crow
Crow takes a step back
[2/28/2026, 3:47:50 PM] Freakshow
Whatcha doin’ there?
[2/28/2026, 3:48:41 PM] Crow
Crow quirks a brow
[2/28/2026, 3:48:55 PM] Crow
Friend of yours, Freakshow?
[2/28/2026, 3:48:56 PM] Freakshow
Freakshow quirks a brow at Crow
[2/28/2026, 3:49:09 PM] Freakshow
We go way back.
[2/28/2026, 3:49:14 PM] Crow
O-kay…
[2/28/2026, 3:49:17 PM] Freakshow
Never steers me wrong.
[2/28/2026, 3:49:19 PM] Crow
Except when he does?
[2/28/2026, 3:49:20 PM] Freakshow
Well. Mostly never.
[2/28/2026, 3:49:45 PM] Cam
You guys will have to explain that to the rest of us later. If we’ve searched everything, let’s get out of here.
[2/28/2026, 3:49:54 PM] Crow
(to the others) Freakshow’s friend noticed limestone dust on the blazer and speculated that Lancaster’s spent time in Six Towers.
[2/28/2026, 3:49:59 PM] Debinani
GM: Six Towers is a district, probably not the sort of place a boring college professor would hang out. It used to be a very, very wealthy district, but now it’s largely abandoned, run-down, a lot of gang activity, a lot of squatters. It is not—the Red Sashes mostly claim a hunk of Crow’s Foot as their territory.
[2/28/2026, 3:50:23 PM] Rob
By any chance is it Red Sashes territory?
[2/28/2026, 3:50:40 PM] Debinani
GM: Yes, if you were a university professor making something rather nasty, especially something that generated toxic fumes, you might want to do that someplace out of the way. I can throw up the map, but Six Towers isn’t on it. I have the Charter Hall map. I wonder if I did an entire Duskwall map. I’ll look while you guys discuss amongst yourselves. The map is too big. I cannot get the map onto the page.
[2/28/2026, 3:50:46 PM] Pat
how about a university professor who’s making something rather nasty?
[2/28/2026, 3:50:47 PM] Rob
They have a lot of nerve claiming part of my foot…
[2/28/2026, 3:50:50 PM] Michelle
Can you throw up our map?
[2/28/2026, 3:51:10 PM] Michelle
nm
[2/28/2026, 3:51:32 PM] Crow
Crow nods to Cam
[2/28/2026, 3:51:55 PM] Crow
Yeah, we should probably leave and make room for whomever is searching here next.
[2/28/2026, 3:51:57 PM] Debinani
GM: Well, yeah, the Iruvian, the Red Sashes guy watching, casing the joint out you assume, has returned from his searching for barking dog quest and has retaken his position. You cannot see the bluecoats; they’re just at too steep of an angle. So he’s back in position. The stairways out of this apartment just kind of—it’s just a little stairwell. There’s apartment doors on both sides of the stairwell and it just goes down to street level. There’s no windows in the back. The only windows are in the front facing the street because there’s brownstones behind and to either side of this apartment.
[2/28/2026, 3:52:04 PM] Michelle
Guess we need to stealth out of here?
[2/28/2026, 3:52:51 PM] Cam
Our guest is back out there.
[2/28/2026, 3:53:10 PM] Cam
Not sure if he’ll fall for the same trick twice.
[2/28/2026, 3:53:42 PM] Crow
Any way to draw the Bluecoats attention to him?
[2/28/2026, 3:53:44 PM] Wolf
Let’s make sure we don’t leave anything behind that’ll lead them to us.
[2/28/2026, 3:54:16 PM] Cam
If he’s just hanging around, they may not care.
[2/28/2026, 3:54:31 PM] Wolf
And make certain he doesn’t get a good look at us.
[2/28/2026, 3:55:03 PM] Pat
is there any other way out of here?
[2/28/2026, 3:55:07 PM] Debinani
GM: Nope, basically stairs down to the street and windows. Even like from a ghost echo standpoint, these brownstones were built like this. They’ve always been like this. There’s no ghost echoes route through. Yeah, the windows look out the same side as the stairs. Rootop access? No. I mean, there’s got to be like an attic space above this apartment, but you don’t see any particular access to it.
[2/28/2026, 3:55:27 PM] Random
is there rooftop access that we might travel over to another building or two?
[2/28/2026, 3:55:34 PM] Pat
any windows facing away from this street?
[2/28/2026, 3:55:34 PM] Rob
Do the windows look out on the same side as the stairs?
[2/28/2026, 3:55:38 PM] Michelle
Kind of a fire hazard, aren’t they? heh
[2/28/2026, 3:56:16 PM] Michelle
Can Cam try to smash a hole into that space?
[2/28/2026, 3:56:20 PM] Debinani
GM: If you want to smash a hole in the ceiling of this apartment, you can certainly do that. It’s like plaster lathing, so it’s not going to be quiet. It’s not like it’s drywall.
[2/28/2026, 3:56:21 PM] Pat
let’s not burn down the city? :P
[2/28/2026, 3:56:24 PM] Michelle
Might be too loud :P
[2/28/2026, 3:56:43 PM] Rob
THe neighbors might hear.
[2/28/2026, 3:57:12 PM] Pat
are there other apartments here?
[2/28/2026, 3:57:25 PM] Debinani
GM: Yeah, I mean there’s a breezeway with the stairs. There’s actually a door to the neighbor’s apartment on that side and then you’re assuming there’s an apartment on the other side as well and probably even one behind. I’ve got the whole Duskwall map set up. I’ll show it to you all if you care. It’s a big map.
[2/28/2026, 3:58:20 PM] Debinani
GM: It’s about—let’s call it about 3:00 AM. You guys are using little, very, very dim bioluminescent algae lamps to look around this place so that nobody can really see the light from the outside.
[2/28/2026, 3:58:28 PM] Pat
what time is it?
[2/28/2026, 3:58:32 PM] Kristian
of course we care!
[2/28/2026, 3:59:28 PM] Debinani
Wolf: Do we have a secret way in or out?
GM: Certainly no. No, there are—I mean this is Charter Hall. I mean there are electroplasmic streetlights at fairly decent intervals. Your boy is hiding in the shadows between two of them. Last you saw the bluecoats were having a cigarette beneath one, you know, a block and a half away.
[2/28/2026, 3:59:31 PM] Pat
I’m wondering…would it be too late for, say, a streetwalker to leave, for example?
[2/28/2026, 3:59:33 PM] Rob
Anything like streetlights around here or is it really dark out?
[2/28/2026, 4:00:20 PM] Debinani
Crow: Can I go out dressed up as a girl?
GM: Sure. You’re going to unbutton a couple buttons, tart yourself up a little bit? No, it’s just inventory.
[2/28/2026, 4:00:23 PM] Pat
ok, in that case, can I use a disguise kit to disguise myself as one?
[2/28/2026, 4:00:47 PM] Pat
did we use a stress to do that, or just add it to my inv?
[2/28/2026, 4:01:11 PM] Wolf
Wolf pulls out a kit and starts changing her appearance.
[2/28/2026, 4:01:20 PM] Wolf
I’ll distract him, give me a few minutes…
[2/28/2026, 4:01:40 PM] Debinani
GM: So the idea is that you’re coming out of the apartment that’s across the stairs. Okay, so you take a couple minutes, you know, put on some sort of street makeup, muss yourself up a little bit. Okay, and head down the stairs. What’s next? I assume the rest of you are setting up to sneak across the street while she’s doing this.
[2/28/2026, 4:01:56 PM] Pat
yep
[2/28/2026, 4:02:35 PM] Pat
I’ll plan a route to a nearby sewer entrance
[2/28/2026, 4:02:41 PM] Debinani
GM: Who besides Wolf is going to lead the move? You guys figure that out while I see what—so you’re going to wander up to him and be distracting. All right, that would be sway. Yeah, I mean you guys are literally just like eight blocks away from the end. I’ll just leave you at risky standard, yeah.
[2/28/2026, 4:02:43 PM] Rob
Yup.
[2/28/2026, 4:02:43 PM] Michelle
yes
[2/28/2026, 4:02:52 PM] Pat
and plan to meet the others there.
[2/28/2026, 4:03:02 PM] Random
I’ll head down the stairs, a few behind, sticking in the shaodws ready to offer back up if needed.
[2/28/2026, 4:03:06 PM] Pat
yeah.
[2/28/2026, 4:03:14 PM] Pat
heh, I can probably find my way back on my own.
[2/28/2026, 4:03:21 PM] Pat
so
[2/28/2026, 4:03:23 PM] Rob
I’m at 3 stress, so I can lead again unless someone is in better shape right now.
[2/28/2026, 4:03:34 PM] Pat
R/S?
[2/28/2026, 4:03:42 PM] Michelle
I’m 1 stress, so I can do it
[2/28/2026, 4:03:43 PM] Wolf
Sway
Risky | Standard
Failure
Things go badly. You suffer harm, a complication occurs, you end up in a desperate position, you lose this opportunity.
3 1
2d6 = 4 = 4
[2/28/2026, 4:03:43 PM] Debinani
GM: So you kind of wander up to him and he is immediately, immediately suspicious. He’s like, “Who are you? Where the hell did you come from?”
[2/28/2026, 4:03:54 PM] Pat
ouch…
[2/28/2026, 4:04:14 PM] Pat
actually, not going to talk to him, just walk past.
[2/28/2026, 4:04:14 PM] Debinani
GM: The rest of you go ahead and make your prowl roll that Cam is leading.
[2/28/2026, 4:04:21 PM] Wolf
Shhhh!
[2/28/2026, 4:04:33 PM] Wolf
He doesn’t want anyone to know. You know.
[2/28/2026, 4:04:38 PM] Nyx
Prowl
Risky | Standard
Success
You do it.
6
1d6 = 6 = 6
[2/28/2026, 4:04:42 PM] Crow
Prowl
Risky | Standard | 0d
Failure
Things go badly. You suffer harm, a complication occurs, you end up in a desperate position, you lose this opportunity.
2 6
2d6 = 8 = 8
[2/28/2026, 4:04:44 PM] Boo
Prowl
Risky | Standard | 0d
Failure
Things go badly. You suffer harm, a complication occurs, you end up in a desperate position, you lose this opportunity.
5 3
2d6 = 8 = 8
[2/28/2026, 4:04:46 PM] Cam
Prowl
Risky | Standard
Partial Success
You do it, but there’s a consequence: you suffer harm, a complication occurs, you have reduced effect, you end up in a desperate position.
4
1d6 = 4 = 4
[2/28/2026, 4:04:47 PM] Freakshow
Prowl
Risky | Standard | 0d
Failure
Things go badly. You suffer harm, a complication occurs, you end up in a desperate position, you lose this opportunity.
1 1
2d6 = 2 = 2
[2/28/2026, 4:04:53 PM] Debinani
GM: So three stress to Cam. You guys sneak out into the thing. The Red Sashes gang member is very, very hostile towards Wolf and he doesn’t appear distracted at all. I mean, he’s actually still looking around suspiciously. But thankfully you all actually make it across the street regardless and you make it back into the alley.
[2/28/2026, 4:04:57 PM] Kristian
I am all extremes today
[2/28/2026, 4:05:06 PM] Michelle
So 3?
[2/28/2026, 4:05:40 PM] Debinani
Nix: Did Wolf just walk away?
GM: Wolf, you’re just going to kind of disengage and just keep walking. Okay, he doesn’t follow you, but he knows your face. Pepperidge Farm remembers.
[2/28/2026, 4:05:55 PM] Pat
yeah.
[2/28/2026, 4:06:16 PM] Debinani
GM: The rest of you make it down to the grate into the undercity. You picked looking into a mirror, right? Not cloak and dagger. Yeah, no kidding.
[2/28/2026, 4:06:31 PM] Pat
1: I did use a disguise kit… 2: I wonder if I’ve messed up my character sheet, because I’ve got two special abilities on it ?
[2/28/2026, 4:06:47 PM] Rob
Pat is cheating already.
[2/28/2026, 4:06:48 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay, so all of you but Wolf make it down back into the under-market and then into a causeway and the sewers and through a basement and through blah-blah-blah all the way back to your lair. Wolf, you actually just walk back. I mean you just walk back across the canal and up the street and you’re not bothered by anybody, not really followed. Thankfully you didn’t get noticed by any reclaimer circle folks because you were in their territory. And you make it, you all make it back to the lair safely.
[2/28/2026, 4:06:49 PM] Pat
yea.
[2/28/2026, 4:07:32 PM] Pat
yeah, making sure I’m not followed.
[2/28/2026, 4:07:36 PM] Random
I’ll be checking our back trail to make sure we didn’t pick up a tail.
[2/28/2026, 4:07:42 PM] Debinani
GM: And let’s just take our 10-minute break here.
[2/28/2026, 4:08:04 PM] Debinani
Break Time
Complete
[2/28/2026, 4:18:15 PM] Debinani
GM: All right. Everybody back?
GM: Okay, so you all make it back to your lair, no problems. It is about 4:00 in the morning. You’ve got two tins of not tea and a letter from a sister with a rendezvous for tomorrow and some limestone dust from Six Towers.
[2/28/2026, 4:18:28 PM] Rob
Yub.
[2/28/2026, 4:18:32 PM] Michelle
here
[2/28/2026, 4:18:32 PM] Random
yarp
[2/28/2026, 4:19:03 PM] Random
a sister who doesn’t exist. probably.
[2/28/2026, 4:19:30 PM] Wolf
The University said he doesn’t have family.
[2/28/2026, 4:19:43 PM] Wolf
So a sister and a sick relative? Sounds like code to me.
[2/28/2026, 4:19:50 PM] Debinani
GM: Nix, she could do it or you could have an alchemist do it, but Nix knows how. She just needs to use a lab somewhere.
GM: Or the supplier itself, I mean you’ve got the name of the importer.
[2/28/2026, 4:19:52 PM] Rob
So what sort of person would be good for examining the ‘tea’ residue?
[2/28/2026, 4:19:55 PM] Cam
Same.
[2/28/2026, 4:20:04 PM] Freakshow
Maybe a supplier..
[2/28/2026, 4:20:24 PM] Rob
The list of timers keeps growing.
[2/28/2026, 4:20:46 PM] Pat
if it’s actually theirs.
[2/28/2026, 4:20:59 PM] Rob
The supplier is likely connected to the Red Sashes. Not sure we want to go there as a first resort.
[2/28/2026, 4:21:26 PM] Nyx
We can try the supplier first. Otherwise I can find a lab to use.
[2/28/2026, 4:21:27 PM] Debinani
GM: The rendezvous at Luminous Park, which is a park specifically with a lot of—they call them radiant plants, bioluminescent plants in it. It is right there on the canal on the other side of the university and that is scheduled for tomorrow, a little after sunset. Luminous Park is in Charter Hall, it’s right here if I can get the thing to make a blip. Yeah, sorry, later this same day, yes.
[2/28/2026, 4:22:42 PM] Rob
When you say “tomorrow”, do you mean tomorrow or later this same day since it’s after 3am?
[2/28/2026, 4:22:43 PM] Michelle
And where is the supplier?
[2/28/2026, 4:22:54 PM] Random
a good box is a good box. so the tins current contents might not match up with the supplier mark.
[2/28/2026, 4:23:07 PM] Debinani
GM: The importer is in Night Market near the rail station, just like a ton of other importers who get their goods via rail.
GM: He was local. I don’t think any of you are Iruvian, right? I didn’t think so. You’re a bunch of Skovs and Akrosians, right? You picked Tykorosi.
[2/28/2026, 4:23:37 PM] Pat
where was the professor from, again?
[2/28/2026, 4:23:57 PM] Rob
Yeah, but an Iruvian gang and the supplier on the tins is Iruvian. Heck of a coincidence.
[2/28/2026, 4:24:35 PM] Michelle
Tycheros :p
[2/28/2026, 4:24:36 PM] Kristian
Skovlan, rayciss!
[2/28/2026, 4:24:39 PM] Debinani
GM: Yeah, and I didn’t honestly, I didn’t adapt them to Earth so who freaking knows. Yeah, not really.
[2/28/2026, 4:24:40 PM] Rob
I didn’t have any idea what the backgrounds were. :P
[2/28/2026, 4:25:04 PM] Michelle
Yeah, figured they weren’t too relevant
[2/28/2026, 4:25:22 PM] Rob
Heritage: Unknown. Which is shorthand for the player shrugging.
[2/28/2026, 4:25:25 PM] Debinani
GM: Well, the thing is that’s a path to getting experience points too, right? Basically every experience point you get in this game is all based on roleplaying, using your skills, and occasionally doing something desperate. That’s why having your vices and your heritage and things like that all fleshed out makes a lot of sense. So y’all should probably think about that so you have excuses to shake me down for experience points. You don’t have to go with anything that’s in the book, you could do Earth stuff too and we can talk it through.
[2/28/2026, 4:26:10 PM] Rob
I’ll have to give it some consideration.
[2/28/2026, 4:26:39 PM] Wolf
I suggest we get some rest, then check out the meeting place tomorrow.
[2/28/2026, 4:26:49 PM] Boo
works for m
[2/28/2026, 4:26:50 PM] Boo
e
[2/28/2026, 4:27:28 PM] Rob
What time is the meeting?
[2/28/2026, 4:27:30 PM] Michelle
Play with our pile of money
[2/28/2026, 4:28:12 PM] Pat
just in case, I’ll try to change my appearance a bit when we head out, trying to not look much like yesterday.
[2/28/2026, 4:28:12 PM] Rob
Does anyone have any contacts that are familiar with Six Towers? If so we can reach out to them and see if there’s word on the street that might indicate where Lancaster’s lab is.
[2/28/2026, 4:28:57 PM] Pat
not sure where my contact is situated :P
[2/28/2026, 4:29:05 PM] Pat
what kind of area was it again?
[2/28/2026, 4:29:08 PM] Kristian
drug dealer maybe?
[2/28/2026, 4:30:17 PM] Pat
Skovlan refugees?
[2/28/2026, 4:30:17 PM] Debinani
GM: Most of the Skovlander refugees are in Silkshore, so other side of the city. Silkshore and the docks.
[2/28/2026, 4:30:34 PM] Pat
right.
[2/28/2026, 4:31:23 PM] Debinani
GM: So you want to check in with Brill, the drug dealer, and maybe see if he’s heard anything? Maybe try to hunt them down during the day? Well, or very, very early in the morning? Or later in the afternoon?
[2/28/2026, 4:31:52 PM] Kristian
THE DAY?
[2/28/2026, 4:31:57 PM] Kristian
who calls their plug before 3pm
[2/28/2026, 4:32:06 PM] Cam
Cam dispatches a coded note to her friend Steiner, asking to meet up when convenient
[2/28/2026, 4:32:08 PM] Debinani
GM: Yeah, you do. He actually—he deals in—your turf is a little more low rent than Charter Hall. He deals in Crow’s Foot just over the canal and you sort of know where to find him and when he holds court. And that would be, you know, that would be afternoon into the evening.
[2/28/2026, 4:32:11 PM] Kristian
I assume I probably know his hours.
[2/28/2026, 4:32:27 PM] Kristian
and probably his “busy working” hours vs his “not asleep” hours
[2/28/2026, 4:32:53 PM] Debinani
Nix: Meet up when convenient?
GM: Okay. So yeah, you find a street urchin and send him off. Okay, cool.
GM: Well, we’re not going to go into downtime and you’re not going to be in a stupor anytime soon, I mean, unless you are. So everybody gets a little rest and you sleep well into the day, kind of scattered around the couches and making pallets on the floor instead of wherever you guys normally sleep. Most of you, frankly, considering how broke you are, are relatively homeless. You’re basically crashing either on the streets or in flophouses or whatever. This is where your stash comes in. Once you’ve completed a row of stash, you have a certain level of operating wealth that you benefit from.
[2/28/2026, 4:33:12 PM] Michelle
It’s not relevant to Lancaster.
[2/28/2026, 4:33:23 PM] Kristian
also flush with coin AND STRESS so maybe hitting up my dealer is well timed heh
[2/28/2026, 4:33:52 PM] Michelle
No time for de-stress, Dr Jones!
[2/28/2026, 4:34:25 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay, so plan for the day: get some rest and in the afternoon Freakshow’s going to go off and find his dealer. Anything else?
[2/28/2026, 4:35:22 PM] Debinani
GM: They’re, you know, as long as you’re not putting—they’re contacts and you’re not, you know, they’ll help you out as long as they’re not putting themselves way out. Probably wouldn’t rat you out. Now, I mean if you went and said, “Hey, I’ve got 200 silver ingots in the basement of the Ink and Anvil,” I mean this guy would probably sell you out. I mean, torture’s torture, but, you know. They’re probably—it would probably take torture or a lot of money.
[2/28/2026, 4:35:26 PM] Kristian
so how “sly” are “sly friends”? Can we generally trust these people not to fuck us over/sell us out? Or do we still have to tapdance around shit?
[2/28/2026, 4:35:41 PM] Kristian
I mean..for a drug dealer heh
[2/28/2026, 4:35:50 PM] Kristian
personally at risk..got it.
[2/28/2026, 4:35:57 PM] Kristian
so like if the red sashes go lean on someone though
[2/28/2026, 4:36:13 PM] Rob
Oh, neat. I didn’t realize the friends/enemies list was titled differently depending on the playbook.
[2/28/2026, 4:36:15 PM] Kristian
pre-tortue
[2/28/2026, 4:36:20 PM] Kristian
it’s not waterboarding if you use gasoline
[2/28/2026, 4:36:27 PM] Debinani
GM: And also you guys could just work the streets. I mean you could go to Six Towers and just start asking around and move some money around. I mean you could absolutely do that to try to hunt down the lab if the lab is there. But we’ll try friends first.
[2/28/2026, 4:37:00 PM] Debinani
GM: So y’all sleep and about mid-afternoon—I would say consort, I mean you’re essentially working the streets and making friends and kissing babies and bribing.
[2/28/2026, 4:37:01 PM] Pat
we could do different things?
[2/28/2026, 4:37:09 PM] Rob
What would that be? Sway? Consort?
[2/28/2026, 4:37:26 PM] Rob
Yeah, thought so. My no dots will stay home.
[2/28/2026, 4:37:29 PM] Pat
ie, some could look around, try digging a bit, while Freakshow is talking to his contact
[2/28/2026, 4:37:37 PM] Pat
I’ll try
[2/28/2026, 4:37:48 PM] Debinani
GM: Good. So about mid-afternoon both the gang spies leave the lair to go do spy stuff. Freakshow, you find Brill in his usual spot. He’s, you know, running a fairly brisk business, but he has essentially street kids doing a lot of the actual running around and exchanging drugs for money. Moment he sees you his eyes light up because, you know, you’re a customer. He’s like, “Things are going fan-fucking-tastic! What do you need?”
[2/28/2026, 4:38:40 PM] Kristian
now we have entered horror steampunk The Wire
[2/28/2026, 4:38:46 PM] Kristian
Sheeeiiiiiit
[2/28/2026, 4:38:55 PM] Freakshow
Bryl mate. How are ya?
[2/28/2026, 4:39:07 PM] Kristian
eyes light up like Mr Krabs
[2/28/2026, 4:39:11 PM] Debinani
Freakshow: It warms the cockles of my heart.
[2/28/2026, 4:39:20 PM] Freakshow
Need? That makes it sound like I have a problem doesn’t it?
[2/28/2026, 4:39:38 PM] Freakshow
Well..I’ll be back about me problem later..
[2/28/2026, 4:39:44 PM] Freakshow
Was hoping to pick your brain a bit
[2/28/2026, 4:39:47 PM] Debinani
GM: All right, pick away. At least whatever of it’s left. If I can help you, I will.
GM: You wait until the street kids have scattered and are off doing their thing. Wolf, you can make a consort roll and you can add one die for every coin you are spreading around in bribes. Like the whole situation or you just trying to say, “Hey, have you heard of anybody new cooking in Six Towers?” Well, the party does though. I mean you can move money around.
[2/28/2026, 4:40:01 PM] Freakshow
Without pryin’ eyes about
[2/28/2026, 4:40:19 PM] Kristian
shifty eyes at the street kids who will DEFINITELY SELL HIM OUT
[2/28/2026, 4:40:49 PM] Kristian
can I just give him a basic rundown of the situation and see what he knows about the whole spiel?
[2/28/2026, 4:41:10 PM] Pat
not as if I have a lot of coins… :P
[2/28/2026, 4:41:13 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay, I kind of figured, just like, “Hey. No, not the magic statue. I’m just—I didn’t know if you were asking about people mysteriously getting blackmailed or anything like that. You just want to know if someone’s cooking something in Six Towers.”
GM: Yeah, there’s a big pile of silver in the middle of the room.
GM: Actually, in this case, I don’t think consort is actually going to work. I’m going to do what’s called a fortune roll because it’s completely freaking random whether this guy has heard anything. Your ability to consort with him is not going to help. Oh my god. Okay.
[2/28/2026, 4:41:16 PM] Kristian
NO lol..I mean..the stuff we’re pulling for info on 6 towers
[2/28/2026, 4:41:26 PM] Kristian
AND WE GOT A MAGIC STATUE BRO!
[2/28/2026, 4:41:38 PM] Pat
can I grab a coin or two from the stash?
[2/28/2026, 4:41:39 PM] Kristian
yeah the gist
[2/28/2026, 4:41:48 PM] Kristian
is this a good “Consort” opportunity?
[2/28/2026, 4:42:04 PM] Michelle
Don’t spend more than we’ll make off the job. lol
[2/28/2026, 4:42:07 PM] Kristian
oh perfect I am a fortune teller.
[2/28/2026, 4:42:20 PM] Debinani
Fortune
Success
The result is good. You have standard or full effect.
6
1d6 = 6 = 6
[2/28/2026, 4:42:20 PM] Debinani
GM: So Wolf, you’re going to make a consort roll and add dice for however many coin, however much coin you’re spreading around? One coin. Okay.
[2/28/2026, 4:42:27 PM] Kristian
I hope I pull the 6 7 of swords
[2/28/2026, 4:42:51 PM] Wolf
Cam, I am going to see if I can find something. Can I take a couple of coins to help me out?
[2/28/2026, 4:43:10 PM] Kristian
lol…extemes for me again :/. “Oh yeah, that’s Bob Jenkins he lives at this address and his home from this time and his family lives here and he drives a 2007 Altima with black rims and I’m pretty sure he has a wart on his dick.
[2/28/2026, 4:43:49 PM] Debinani
Wolf: Yep.
GM: I’m just going to make Wolf spend all your money before I tell you what he knows.
[2/28/2026, 4:44:28 PM] Pat
laugh Not doing it because of that great roll would be cheating :P
[2/28/2026, 4:44:35 PM] Random
my understanding of coins is a lot. a coupel of coins is a lot of a lot. maybe take a coin?
[2/28/2026, 4:44:38 PM] Cam
Go ahead and take two… Just don’t garner too much attention spreading it around.
[2/28/2026, 4:44:41 PM] Pat
how big is the pile again?
[2/28/2026, 4:44:43 PM] Debinani
GM: Yeah, I mean, yeah, a coin is a sack of silver worth about one week’s wages.
GM: Okay. So I’m going to pull one off the kitty that I haven’t offered you guys up yet. So instead of 20, it’s 19. Because that stuff’s actually easy to move because it was actually designed to pay the professors of the college this week. And so it’s very fungible.
[2/28/2026, 4:44:50 PM] Michelle
20
[2/28/2026, 4:45:05 PM] Wolf
Consort
Risky | Standard
Failure
Things go badly. You suffer harm, a complication occurs, you end up in a desperate position, you lose this opportunity.
1 2
2d6 = 3 = 3
[2/28/2026, 4:45:12 PM] Pat
I took 1
[2/28/2026, 4:45:17 PM] Michelle
ok
[2/28/2026, 4:45:19 PM] Pat
should probably have taken 2, but… :P
[2/28/2026, 4:45:21 PM] Kristian
one week for who? Have you priced silver lately? ;)
[2/28/2026, 4:45:37 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay, so you, Wolf, go to Six Towers and you spread some money around and ask after, you know, “Hey, is somebody cooking something over here that smells really obnoxious?” You do not learn anything.
[2/28/2026, 4:46:15 PM] Debinani
GM: However, I’m going to start a new clock for Lancaster Goes to Ground and I’m going to fill in two spots on it because he will get word that somebody’s asking about his secret lab.
[2/28/2026, 4:46:25 PM] Random
flashback, you decided to take 2 instead of just the one.
[2/28/2026, 4:46:58 PM] Debinani
GM: Back to Brill. Brill says, “Hey, you know, actually one of the kids actually did tell me. There’s an old carriage house on the north side of Six Towers. Every couple of weeks, you know, something venting from there will make everybody’s eyes water. Didn’t really even give it a thought until you mentioned it.”
[2/28/2026, 4:47:35 PM] Rob
Flashback, Wolf decides not to ask around.
[2/28/2026, 4:47:35 PM] Debinani
GM: Flashbacks cannot rewrite fiction, they can only add to the fiction.
GM: “I don’t know what the schedule really is. They just say it’s, you know, every couple of weeks.” Yeah, he actually even gives you the street that this carriage house is on, the north side of Silkshore.
[2/28/2026, 4:47:43 PM] Pat
not sure I can do that… :P
[2/28/2026, 4:47:48 PM] Freakshow
That happen on about the same schedule?
[2/28/2026, 4:47:55 PM] Freakshow
Where people know they should steer clear?
[2/28/2026, 4:48:12 PM] Freakshow
Alright. Locals might know
[2/28/2026, 4:48:32 PM] Debinani
Freakshow: I always have some for you.
GM: Okay. All right, so you spend, you both spend—actually, Freakshow only spends maybe an hour walking across the canal and asking some questions and coming back. Wolf, you’re gone for a few hours. It is essentially dinner time, 7-ish. The meeting at the park is at 10.
[2/28/2026, 4:48:39 PM] Freakshow
Appreciate it brother. I’ll be coming back to see you soon, hold onto a bit of the good stuff for me if you please!
[2/28/2026, 4:48:53 PM] Kristian
liar lol
[2/28/2026, 4:49:14 PM] Debinani
GM: Wolf, when you come back, you come back across the river from Six Towers and you’re coming down the Banner Road next to the wall. When you pass Third Street, you take a glance down Third Street because that’s sort of where you guys operate. You all kind of claim a couple of blocks as your own where the Clerk Street typesetters are and a couple of other businesses that are essentially paying you guys protection money. And as you pass by, you see a not-small gang of folks who you absolutely recognize members of the Reclaimer Circle in them, and they are making their presence known essentially in your territory. They’ve probably spent the day shaking down some of the local merchants and folks in essentially your turf. They don’t necessarily see you; you just catch sight of them as you’re heading to the Ink and Anvil. And by not small, I mean probably about a dozen, about a dozen toughs. You are at war and they are going to make moves.
[2/28/2026, 4:50:46 PM] Wolf
Wolf carefully, but quickly makes her way to the hideout.
[2/28/2026, 4:51:08 PM] Wolf
Sooo, we might have a slight problem.
[2/28/2026, 4:51:12 PM] Crow
Just one?
[2/28/2026, 4:51:16 PM] Boo
Boo raises an eyebrow
[2/28/2026, 4:51:20 PM] Cam
What happened?
[2/28/2026, 4:51:22 PM] Wolf
A dozen or so.
[2/28/2026, 4:51:29 PM] Wolf
Throwing their weight around.
[2/28/2026, 4:51:40 PM] Wolf
On our turf.
[2/28/2026, 4:51:59 PM] Cam
Damn it. Not enough heat fast enough.
[2/28/2026, 4:52:06 PM] Boo
this must be answered.
[2/28/2026, 4:52:45 PM] Crow
Crow grumbles
[2/28/2026, 4:52:53 PM] Cam
Yeah. I need one or two of you to hang back and get ready to check out Lancaster.
[2/28/2026, 4:53:02 PM] Debinani
Nix: How much of a gang are we?
GM: You guys are your entire gang. When you get upgrades, you may choose to hire cohorts, which are little gangs. But right now you are it. There are friendlies throughout your turf, you know, basically messenger scamps and whatnot, but that’s about it.
[2/28/2026, 4:53:03 PM] Cam
We can’t miss this meet up.
[2/28/2026, 4:53:03 PM] Wolf
I can do that.
[2/28/2026, 4:53:03 PM] Freakshow
A public showing
[2/28/2026, 4:53:13 PM] Wolf
Not really that much of a fighter, so…
[2/28/2026, 4:53:15 PM] Freakshow
Almost like they came into a bunch of money right quick and are trying to capitalize on it.
[2/28/2026, 4:53:17 PM] Rob
We’re our entire gang?
[2/28/2026, 4:53:46 PM] Cam
Everyone else, time to show these bastards what we’ve got.
[2/28/2026, 4:53:56 PM] Boo
I’ve got a shadow friend that might come in handy for the Lancaster meet. I should probably be there.
[2/28/2026, 4:54:00 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay, well that’s where we will leave it for today. I can do the 21st, I’d probably prefer the 28th. Oh wait, hold on. Sorry, this is the 21st. I can do the 14th. We may not be able to do the 14th; we may have something that’s not on the calendar yet. Okay, well I will throw something on the calendar for the 28th and I’ll give you all a shout about opportunistically adding the 14th based on… crap.
[2/28/2026, 4:54:09 PM] Crow
We’re a bit short of a dozen or so…
[2/28/2026, 4:54:27 PM] Rob
I should be good for either.
[2/28/2026, 4:54:28 PM] Pat
so fight smart. :P
[2/28/2026, 4:54:29 PM] Cam
21st is out for me
[2/28/2026, 4:54:43 PM] Random
I’m good for either.
[2/28/2026, 4:54:44 PM] Michelle
28th should work
[2/28/2026, 4:54:50 PM] Rob
The Ides of March?
[2/28/2026, 4:54:54 PM] Michelle
lol. thinking march
[2/28/2026, 4:54:56 PM] Kristian
one sec
[2/28/2026, 4:55:12 PM] Michelle
14th should be fine as long as my house doesn’t fall over!
[2/28/2026, 4:55:12 PM] Pat
Looks good right now at least.
[2/28/2026, 4:55:20 PM] Kristian
yeah 14th good
[2/28/2026, 4:55:21 PM] Random
I’m good for any of them.
[2/28/2026, 4:55:24 PM] Kristian
srping break but avail
[2/28/2026, 4:55:36 PM] Debinani
GM: Okay, so before everybody goes, experience points for the session. Go ahead and feel free to make your case. I believe there’s a really good case for your crew to get two XP because you have executed successful espionage and theft operations. So I’m going to give the crew two experience points on the crew sheet.
[2/28/2026, 4:55:56 PM] Pat
do we get xp even if we failed?
[2/28/2026, 4:56:11 PM] Debinani
GM: Yeah, you can get an XP for the diversion that failed. That’s fine. That was a good use. It wasn’t desperate. Freakshow, definitely an XP for using your drug dealer contact. Nix, definitely an XP for addressing a challenge with tinkering.
[2/28/2026, 4:56:24 PM] Pat
the diversion that I failed, do we get xp for stuff like that?
[2/28/2026, 4:56:31 PM] Rob
Was that desperate?
[2/28/2026, 4:56:45 PM] Kristian
Would say a 6-6 assist on the sneakery, plus the 6 on the fortune roll with contact would be good
[2/28/2026, 4:56:58 PM] Debinani
GM: Yes, you can put the XP in any of the four XP spots. No, you build XP up in those rows. Either the insight, prowess, resolve, or the special abilities. Addressing a challenge means that it means just that. There was a challenge and you addressed it. I absolutely would give you an XP because you used attune and gathered a shit-ton of intel by zooming back and forth in time. Cam, you dealt with the watcher with your Mutt. I think that’s a logical addressing a challenge with very hunter-like or hound-like stuff. And I think all that really leaves is Boo, and Boo struggled with issues with her vice of pilfering stuff, so everybody can have an experience point.
[2/28/2026, 4:56:59 PM] Michelle
Crow’s ghost field use
[2/28/2026, 4:57:03 PM] Pat
we can put the xp where we want?
[2/28/2026, 4:57:10 PM] Kristian
is there an XP bank on the sheet, or just use em right away
[2/28/2026, 4:57:18 PM] Rob
I am confused on what ‘addressing a challenge’ means.
[2/28/2026, 4:57:24 PM] Pat
4? mmm, Special Ability is the 4th?
[2/28/2026, 4:58:01 PM] Rob
Okay, that’s what I was wondering about.
[2/28/2026, 4:58:05 PM] Kristian
So do we get the dot when we fill the bar, or the last xp clears the bar and earsn the dot?
[2/28/2026, 4:59:06 PM] Random
lol. yes, I stash one cuff link and keep one to drop as a diversion later if ever needed.
[2/28/2026, 4:59:07 PM] Debinani
GM: No, no, no, the crew points are just for the crew. Those actually went on the crew character sheet. They do not go to you. When the crew XP goes up, you guys get to pick new abilities. I’m kind of waiting on that until we get to the next downtime. The way you guys are going, you guys are going to be like stress monsters and have a bunch of downtime and whatever. No, no, no, the crew character sheet got two XP, everybody else gets one XP.
[2/28/2026, 4:59:19 PM] Kristian
wait are crew points “we all get them” or is it just for the crew rank?
[2/28/2026, 4:59:22 PM] Freakshow
latter, right?
[2/28/2026, 4:59:31 PM] Kristian
got it
[2/28/2026, 4:59:38 PM] Michelle
We still need to deal with our pile of coins
[2/28/2026, 4:59:46 PM] Freakshow
Freakshow thumbsup
[2/28/2026, 4:59:49 PM] Michelle
ok
[2/28/2026, 4:59:53 PM] Pat
wait, so we got 2 crew xp, or did we all get 2 xp plus 1?
[2/28/2026, 5:00:04 PM] Pat
right
[2/28/2026, 5:00:06 PM] Debinani
GM: Yep, pretty much.
GM: All right. So I’ll put something on the calendar for the 28th and I’ll check on the 14th and let you guys know in the next 24 hours if we’re in and see if that’s an opportunity too. Hate to go a month. All right. Thanks everybody, fun time. Catch you later.
[2/28/2026, 5:00:14 PM] Kristian
crew got 2, we got 1. Think of “crew” like “the ship” from last game
[2/28/2026, 5:00:23 PM] Kristian
or maybe IBI from last game
[2/28/2026, 5:00:38 PM] Kristian
thx Deb!
[2/28/2026, 5:00:42 PM] Debinani
(End of Audio)
[2/28/2026, 5:00:43 PM] Wolf
Thanks, Deb!
[2/28/2026, 5:00:43 PM] Rob
Sounds good. Thanks, Deb!
[2/28/2026, 5:00:49 PM] Pat
see you!
[2/28/2026, 5:00:51 PM] Michelle
Thanks Deb!
[2/28/2026, 5:00:54 PM] Random
waves
[2/28/2026, 5:00:58 PM] Kristian
almost summer..get used to it..