Topic: Shadows over Bogenhafen RPG (out of character thread)

[Sig]

Well the crown has Tzeentch's sacred number, but I wonder if anyone knows that? Probably not. Not sure how much knowledge of Chaos we have.

Let Mortus read! Commandant will probably stop her turning the page anyway. She still has some Fate points, right?

[rufus sparkfire]

Be aware that I cannot present any extracts from act two. To do so would be to imperil the sanity of anyone who reads this forum!

'The very banality and innocence of the first act only allowed the blow to fall afterward with more awful effect.'

Well the crown has Tzeentch's sacred number, but I wonder if anyone knows that? Probably not. Not sure how much knowledge of Chaos we have.

I think that's something only a cultist would know.

She still has some Fate points, right?

Will fate protect those who destroy themselves? 

[Finlay]

[Karl Voss of Averland]

Hans should also take Herzen's money. We have some interesting clues here. I wonder if Herzen is seducing people to create anti Middenheim sentiment. She's been with Crispijn. I wonder if she's gaining influence over families.

We need to get down to the basement. I bet the iron key opens something there.

[Finlay]

yes, Julian is happy to go to basement. I just thought it made character sense to check who else had found what. wil lmove on once Mortus posts!

[Karl Voss of Averland]

yes, Julian is happy to go to basement. I just thought it made character sense to check who else had found what. wil lmove on once Mortus posts!

Oh it does. What I meant was our next move should be to go to the basement. I like what's going on in the office.

[Finlay]

I edited my post because I don't think theres been any allusion to a play anywhere, apart from that book?

[commandant]

Well Mortus did say that the book contained a play. 

[Finlay]

My post was before you answered though

[commandant]

there is that

[Karl Voss of Averland]

How long could meditate last? We shouldn't hang out here too long

[commandant]

It lasts d6 minutes for each point she wants to regain so six points should be about 18 minutes or so, not that long and it would give her a lot of new options.

[Finlay]

we can't sit in Herzens house for 18 minutes! imagine a burglar sitting in a house for 18 minutes.

[Karl Voss of Averland]

we can't sit in Herzens house for 18 minutes! imagine a burglar sitting in a house for 18 minutes.

x2. That's too long.

Do we think she'll come back? She doesn't seem to stay here. I would say we could ambush her but she may not return soon.

[Karl Voss of Averland]

[Karl Voss of Averland]

Trouble is coming! How should we handle this? Ambush sounds fun!

-Tell Freddie to cast off and come back in 15 minutes or tell Freddie to close the door and shelter inside?
-Ranged people fire from the upstairs windows? Hide in the house and ambush?
-Hide in the basement?
-Can Julian set traps non explosive traps?
-Once we know they're bad, fireball the boat?
-We still need to check the basement, maybe not draw so much attention/be very loud (no firearms/bombs/etc)?

[Sig]

Well, we've committed break and enter, and are in possession of a great many Chaos artifacts. No way we come out of this looking good if we get caught. Etelka might have local watch on her side. On the other hand, we don't even know what's in the basement. If we were still fighting another chair monster and she turned up, we'd likely be killed. Mortus doesn't have much magic left either.

I'd say we either leave by the front door and move fast back to Suiddock, telling Freddie to run for it, or stay and fight. No point hiding in the basement if the key is for a room there, since once she finds it missing she'll go check there.

Alternatively... she wouldn't know how many of us are in her house. One of us could jump onto the boat and speed off, hoping that the boat gives chase.

[Finlay]

someone on the boat and the rest out front door sounds ok... We can't search downstairs properly, but we have some leads. Julian wants to free potential prisoners then go out the front door?

[Karl Voss of Averland]

Didn't we come here to confront/capture her? I'm hesitant to run away if we can finally get at her. The city watch would knock on the front door methinks.

I'd rather have Julian use Han's net to set a trap. And we capture these fools.

[rufus sparkfire]

The city watch would knock on the front door methinks.

Yes, but there is also a river police force who boat around on boats. Any fighting that takes place on the boats or jetty is likely to be seen, since we're talking about the busiest waterway in the Old World!

Street-side, the house is close to Threepenny Bridge and so is more under League control than the Watch.

[Sig]

My thoughts were that if the boat gave chase to the diversion, we could keep searching the house. Ragni could be the diversion, for example.

[Finlay]

I don't want to be caught by the watch, but am up for anything else. Julian can prob rig a very simple trap with the net if he does it now, but not much else.

I think catching Herzen this early is not gonna happen!

[rufus sparkfire]

I think catching Herzen this early is not gonna happen!

It definitely could happen! I'm not following a published adventure where the whole thing can fall apart if something happens too early.

[Karl Voss of Averland]

My gut tells me that Herzen didn't just send a river patrol team to her secret hideout. They'd get eaten by a chair spider. I think she or at least a lieutenant will be with them.

[commandant]

I've forgotten what insanity point do.   I expect 5 is not good.

If she is with them then there is trouble as she is a much more powerful wizard than we can handle if she can have a magic chair.