WAR TABLE ASSIGNMENT: BURN BOOK PT 2

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WAR TABLE ASSIGNMENT: BURN BOOK PT 2, BURN BOOK STRIKES BACK

WHAT: Antiva is a center of trade, ruled theoretically by King Fulgeno but in practice controlled by a dozen or so merchant princes who largely favor neutrality in the war.

Riftwatch (read: John) would like to change that, ergo John will be recruiting people to covertly visit Antiva City to try and make some headway on shifting public opinion using his favorite method: shameless gossip.

HOW: Our heroes will be charged with distributing seditious materials throughout the city, similar to what was airdropped over the Anderfels troops: pamphlets, flyers, broadsides, etc proclaiming Corypheus' connections to darkspawn, emphasizing that supporting the Venatori flies in the face of the Divine, the Maker, Andraste, common decency, etc, and urging people to rise up in opposition to trade with Tevinter. The goal is to spread these materials through the city so they're seen and picked up by the average Antivan citizen.

However, it's crucial that they are not recognized as Riftwatch agents, to preserve the headway Riftwatch has made in befriending some of the merchant princes. This is a high stealth assignment, folks.

John would like this to be an ongoing effort rather than one concentrated blitz, anyone signing up will either be paired off or left to recruit their own partner to visit Antiva over the course of a month, rather than everyone going once in a big group. I can RNG a partner for you out of those signed up, or you can pull in someone of your own choosing and a set of obstacles for your characters to wrangle along the way.

Beyond that? The world is your oyster. This is meant to be low impact and super flexible, so you can make it as much or as little of an adventure as you like. Deciding on the method of distribution and how to approach it is all up to you, so long as it's done sneakily. Thread it or chat about the aftermath or roll it into another misadventure as the mood strikes, so long as it is referenced and reports are filed accordingly.

WHOMST: The limit does not exist, though there is a preference for anyone who can operate stealthily and move through Antiva without being noticed.

WHEN: I'll close this up on August 31st, so you can drop in at any point over the course of the month and I'll accommodate you.

Comments

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Player: Cami
Character: Mado
Division: Scouting
RNG a partner? Sure!

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Congratulations, the RNG has assigned BASTIEN as your partner in crime.

Mado + Bastien will be given the address of a local print shop that produces Antiva's local gazette. Their mission: stuff the finished products with anti-Tevinter pamphlets and Corypheus info sheets before the squadron of local paper boys arrive to pick up and distribute the gazette across the city.

Typically, the gazettes are fully printed, folded and bound by midnight. The printer, Zacharias Epifanio, dismisses his four apprentices and often stays in the shop for another half hour before locking up and walking home. The shop is also home to a pair of scrappy cats that come and go as they please through a cut hole in the door facing the alley.

There is no exact time as to when the first of the delivery boys arrive, but observation will mark the most ambitious arriving as early as dawn, so it's safe to say they'll need to have completed their work prior to sun up, assuming they are planning to do a little light breaking and entering.

Approach this task in whatever way appeals to you. If you need any further information on Zacharias, his assistants, or the delivery boys, I'm at your disposal.

Please include a summary of their exploits in a report, which should be posted by AUGUST 31ST. Said report can be written by either of both of them, whatever y'all decide.