Shell Game

We're looking for something small and expensive that we can steal. Rolan Wott will be hosting a party soon for his daughter's 16^th birthday. His prized possession is a Fabergé egg. Bella's Boyz go to see Fitz for tools and materials, and Jackal makes a replica of the egg.

Jackal, JB, and Vesper go to Fitz for supplies. Jackal makes a replica of the egg.

Commander Bowmore might be at this party (Jackal wants to sabotoge the government).

Vesper gets his name on the list of party attendees. Jennah helps everyone else pose as servants for the party.

Plan

• Plan: Social
• Detail: Vesper will confront Rolan Wott while everyone else poses as servants and swaps the egg
• Engagement Roll: [3, 4, 1] = 4 Partial Success
  • +1 the operation is bold and daring
  • +1 Vesper confronting Rolan Wott hits him where he's weakest
  • +1 Echo's friend Jennah knows other servants at the party
  • -1 due to heavy Blue Coats presence in Brightstone

Vesper shows up late due to clothing difficulties.

Score

• Echo, Jackal, and JB are working hard preparing food and drinks in the kitchen
  • it's not going poorly, but still the head chef is yelling at everyone

Head chef yelling at Echo, Jackal, and JB in the kitchen

• need a way to sneak out and look for the egg
• Echo makes up a story about having to make some cocktails for a demanding rich person's group
  • [6, 6, 3] = 6 Critical Success
  • Echo makes an amazing cocktail that the guest love

Echo making a cocktail

• the head chef is really impressed with the cocktail
  • Echo feels like the chef owes him a favor
  • Echo will be able to sneak away and find the egg

Head chef praises Echo for making an delicious cocktail

• Hex and Vesper arrive at the party
  • using the new goat powered carraige that Bella's Boyz acquired
  • guests are singing happy birthday
  • Rolan Wott's daughter is blowing out the candles

Vesper and Hex arrive at the party

• Vesper attunes to see if he can find a ghost
  • tries to get the ghost to knock the cake over into Rolan Wott's daughter
  • instead, the ghost pushes her face into the top of the cake
  • she starts screaming that her birthday is ruined and asking who did it

Rolan Wott's daughter, upset after having her face shoved in the cake

• Rolan Wott looks around the room, looking for someone to blame
• Vesper tells his story of Rolan Wott
  • devil's bargain - everyone will remember Vesper's wrinkled clothes
  • Vesper pushes himself
  • Hex encourages him
  • [2, 4, 2, 3, 1, 2] = 4 Partial Success
  • Hex slaps Vesper for encouragement but it startles him

Vesper gives a speech about Rolan Wott, with Hex supporting

• JB, Echo, and Jackal use the distraction to sneak away
  • they reach the egg, but it's protected by electroplasm field

JB, Echo, and Jackal find the Fabergé egg in an electroplasm field

• Echo's architect friend Augus had provided the plans for the electroplasm field
  • we're able to find a panel with a bunch of pipes carrying electroplasm
• Jackal tries to temporarily disable the electroplasm field with tinkering tools
  • Echo helps
  • Jackal pushes
  • [1, 3, 1, 5] = 5 Partial Success
  • the field goes down

Jackal disabling the electroplasm field

• JB swaps the egg
  • as they finish the swap and start to pull away, the field comes back on
  • JB tries to resist with Prowess
    • Echo assists 1
    • [1, 3, 4] = 4 Partial Success
    • JB takes 2
  • JB gets second degree burns from the electroplasm

JB's hand is injured when the electroplasm field suddenly comes back on

• we go to return to our posts in the kitchen
• crowd doesn't seem quite as mesmerized as Vesper hoped
• Vesper tries to find another ghost to help distract from the rest of the crew
  • Hex assists
  • [2, 5, 1, 3] = 5 Partial Success
• Rolan Wott daughter is upset that her birthday is ruined
  • Rolan Wott points at Vesper
  • "You'll rue this day"

Rolan Wott shouts at Vesper and Hex

• everyone is able to escape
  • but can't help feeling that we'll see Rolan Wott again

Rolan Wott vows to take revenge on Vesper for ruining the party

• Bella's Boyz find a new fence Mozzy to sell the egg

Bella's Boyz admire the real Fabergé egg

Payoff

• crew earns 10
  • 2 each
• crew earns 5 Reputation
  • 2 default
  • 3 Rolan Wott is 4
• add 4 Heat
  • 2 contained and standard exposure
  • 1 high-profile target
  • 1 hostile turf
• 4 Crew XP
• Faction status
  • no changes other than Red Sashes eliminated the Lampblacks

Entanglements

• rivals - another faction throws their weight around
  • Red Sashes eliminated the Lampblacks

Red Sashes eliminate the last of the Lampblacks

Vices

• Vesper overindulges
  • brags about his exploits
  • 2

Downtime

• Echo
  • reduce 2 by consorting with Jeren to remove some reports
  • train prowess
  • 1 train insight
• Hex
  • trains prowess
  • finishes sniper rifle silencer
• Jackal
  • goes to see Dr. Finklebottom 3 times
    • 1 for 3^rd visit
    • ankle healed

Dr. Finklebottom heals Jackal's ankle

• JB
  • goes to see Dr. Finklebottom 3 times
    • 1 for 3^rd visit
    • rib is healed now
    • hand still injured
  • 1 indulges vice

Dr. Finklebottom fixes JB's hand (a rat assists)

• Vesper
  • goes to see Dr. Finklebottom
    • still recovering from being in prison before

Dr. Finklebottom heals Vesper

• we buy a boat for 10
  • 2 each
  • and a boathouse to store supplies
  • it's not fancy
  • can carry our crew and some goods
  • found it in some turf we took from the Foghounds earlier

Bella's Boyz acquire a barge

Bella's Boyz feel a presence watching over them

Next Time

• need an additional cohort to get the next crew tier

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