faderiftooc | War Table Mission: Scouting

SCOUTING MISSION: STRANGERS IN THE ATTIC

WHAT: Traveling back to the eluvian that leads into an attic in Minrathous and securing that eluvian for future use. On a previous visit it was determined that the house was occupied, though it didn't seem like they were aware of the eluvian's presence.

That report suggested snatching a painting from the attic to attempt to aid in identifying the owners of the house. That's since been done, and the chosen portrait was identified as the work of Laevin Formina, a portraitist of middling fame who spent a period in Minrathous in the early Blessed Age. The subject is most likely Vestis Hectori, a laetan mage and merchant of that time who was the first and last mage of his line. The most likely owner is his descendant Vestris Hectori, a middle-aged soporati cloth merchant who lives with his wife and children in a large semi-detatched house in a quiet, upper middle class residential neighborhood.

HOW: Quietly if at all possible, since attracting attention might bring the Venatori down on them. Options include somehow acquiring the house in which the eluvian currently resides, or somehow sneaking the eluvian out of the house to a safe location provided by a local Inquisition contact. How the team chooses to go about this will be up to them, though their orders from Yseult will be to prioritize discretion and to avoid killing the residents of the house unless absolutely necessary.

OOCly, we'll be rolling to determine how successful they are in completing their objectives, so there will be a risk of failure. Although ICly failure could potentially mean death or imprisonment, OOCly nobody is going to get captured; the worst that will happen is that they fail to achieve their objectives and suffer some setbacks that may impact future plots. The roll will only dictate the degree of success/failure; how they get there will be up to the team.

WHO: 2-4 agents, sign-ups open to all members of the Scouting Division and those characters who went on the original recon mission that discovered this eluvian. Sign-ups from others outside Scouting are also allowed but will be given lower priority. Rifters and others with anchors would be warned of the particular risks of capture, and would have to be willing to hide their anchor and pass for natives.

The ideal team will consist of characters who are at least reasonably sneaky, creative, and patient enough to not just charge right into family dinner or something. But this is Riftwatch, so nobody's getting their hopes up for ideal.

WHEN: Get your sign-ups in by Friday, June 26 end of day EST. Aim is to run the plot in the first half of July.