WAR TABLE MISSION: DIPLOMACY

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DIPLOMACY MISSION: House Flip

WHAT: Lord Peter Hastings, a Marcher lord who was always a little haughty but who was pretty staunchly pro-Riftwatch, made some moves in the recent Tevinter invasion that made it clear that his pro-Riftwatch stance wasn't so staunch after all. Agents were sent to his estate to investigate what caused this change of allegiance, then came back like 10 minute later because it's REAL obvious what did it: Lord Hastings has engaged the services of a Tevinter mage - almost certainly a blood mage - to make his estate fuckin POP. It looks GREAT.

If things were a little more stable, the solution would be simple enough: arrest Hastings for collaboration and for apostasy. But things look pretty rough right now - so the agents sent to the Hastings estate have a choice to make.

HOW: First, the group will have to decide how they want to solve the Hastings Problem. There are two possible solutions:

Ethical solution: Ingratiate yourselves to Hastings while uncovering his wrongdoing and coming up with evidence of what he's done. If this is the route the group pursues, then a success means that Corypheus will lose an ally in the Free Marches...though so will Riftwatch.

Fabulous solution: Approach Hastings and present him with a plan for decorating the the manor in a way that doesn't rely on blood magic and makes that apostate flee in shame over his lack of style. If this is the route the group pursues, and the group succeeds, Hastings will re-ally with Riftwatch, but will go unpunished for the lives he allowed to be sacrificed in the name of decor.

Success/failure will be determined by rolls, modified by participants' charm or sense of style (respectively).

WHO: 3 Riftwatch members can sign up, with preference given to members of the Diplomacy division. At sign-up, you'll vote for which path you want to take.

WHEN: Get your sign-ups in by end of day EST, Sunday, September 12.

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Questions

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Sign-ups

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Please include the following information in your sign-up:

1. Character name:
2. Character division:
3. Preferred path (ethical or fabulous):
4. Charm skill (on a rough scale of 1-10, with 1 being Kylo Ren and 10 being ER-era George Clooney):
5. Style skill (on a rough scale of 1-10, with 1 being Justin Timberlake at the 2001 American Music Awards and 10 being Cary Grant at a party)

Re: Sign-ups

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1. Character name: Aleksei
2. Character division: Scouting
3. Preferred path (ethical or fabulous): In a surprise twist: ethical
4. Charm skill (on a rough scale of 1-10, with 1 being Kylo Ren and 10 being ER-era George Clooney): 7, upswing to an 8 if the person is into Avvar
5. Style skill (on a rough scale of 1-10, with 1 being Justin Timberlake at the 2001 American Music Awards and 10 being Cary Grant at a party): 4, upswing to 5 if you're into a bone and fur heavy approach.

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Aleksei, along with Bastien and Allumin, take the fabulous path, and do so successfully - coming up with a new style of home decor that so impresses Lord Hastings that he kicks the blood mage who'd been serving as his style consultant out of his home and reaffirms his allegiance to Riftwatch.

I'll set up a thread amongst the three of them discussing how to meld their personal sensibilities into a style that works - and that wows their host. Please let me know if there are any other additional threads you'd be interested in playing out in connection to this plot (e.g., if Aleksei would carry out any investigations and you wanted to thread that out instead of handwaving, etc.).

[positioning]

i am duty bound to ask: how much shit can aleksei steal while he's there

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How much shit will he attempt to steal and how good is Aleksei at stealing on a scale of 1-10

[positioning]

Aleksei ascends to a 9 on the scale if he has proper planning time to case the joint.

He will attempt to steal any valuable that 1. isn't nailed down 2. looks as if it has been neglected, ie the kind of things that seem like no one is really thinking about regularly, anything in the attic or in storage that doesn't get trotted out very much. Huge focus on small items that fit in a saddlebag because he's motivated but not motivate enough to try to move a solid gold bust of the man's grandmother or something.

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I'm rolling for it

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Rolled a 12 which is enough that he gets to steal stuff within reason and doesn't get caught. Good job Aleksei.

In amongst the things he steals will be proof of Lord Hasting's Venatori connections, and the fact that he allowed some of his servants to be sacrificed for his fashion. This will be enough to bring Hastings to justice. However, these documents are kept in a really expensive gold-plated book which will also be worth a shit-ton of money so, Aleksei, decide whether you want justice for a bad man or a shit-ton of money.

[positioning]

god dang it

being a good person sucks where's his refund

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1. Character name: Bastien
2. Character division: Diplomacy
3. Preferred path (ethical or fabulous): Fabulous (but fuck him later when he isn’t useful anymore)
4. Charm skill (on a rough scale of 1-10, with 1 being Kylo Ren and 10 being ER-era George Clooney): 8?? I’ve never seen ER
5. Style skill (on a rough scale of 1-10, with 1 being Justin Timberlake at the 2001 American Music Awards and 10 being Cary Grant at a party): 5-7 depending on how much someone likes Orlesian influences

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Bastien, along with Aleksei and Allumin, takes the fabulous path, and does so successfully - coming up with a new style of home decor that so impresses Lord Hastings that he kicks the blood mage who'd been serving as his style consultant out of his home and reaffirms his allegiance to Riftwatch.

I'll set up a thread amongst the three of them discussing how to meld their personal sensibilities into a style that works - and that wows their host. Please let me know if there are any other additional threads you'd be interested in playing out in connection to this plot (e.g., if Bastien would carry out any investigations and you wanted to thread that out instead of handwaving, etc.).

[cozen]

why so sweaty sweetie

And Bastien would try to find someone or two in the household who seemed clever and disloyal enough to be willing to inform on Hastings after they left in case he decided to get up to anything else. No thread required but 👉👉

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1. Character name: Allumin
2. Character division: Research
3. Preferred path (ethical or fabulous): Fabulous
4. Charm skill (on a rough scale of 1-10, with 1 being Kylo Ren and 10 being ER-era George Clooney): 3 or 4 unless he's in a, uhh... certain headspace... then it's a 7?
5. Style skill (on a rough scale of 1-10, with 1 being Justin Timberlake at the 2001 American Music Awards and 10 being Cary Grant at a party): gonna go with an 8...? he was extremely concerned with aesthetics back home (still is, but lack of means & control here)

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Allumin, along with Bastien and Alexei, takes the fabulous path, and does so successfully - coming up with a new style of home decor that so impresses Lord Hastings that he kicks the blood mage who'd been serving as his style consultant out of his home and reaffirms his allegiance to Riftwatch.

I'll set up a thread amongst the three of them discussing how to meld their personal sensibilities into a style that works - and that wows their host. Please let me know if there are any other additional threads you'd be interested in playing out in connection to this plot (e.g., if Allumin would carry out any investigations and you wanted to thread that out instead of handwaving, etc.).