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<blockquote data-quote="Dkase" data-source="post: 6683194" data-attributes="member: 6799923"><p>You may also want a mini adventure just to get a layout of the mansion and the routine of it's staff and an idea of it's defenses, and thus the consequences for rash actions. That way the PCs can come up with a true Ocean's 11 style plan rather than kick in the door and murder everything. You could have the PCs identify staff members and finesse information out of them or somehow get them to be accomplices on their big job. This could give the social PCs a role, or perhaps arcane PCs via charm person. Perhaps there is a separate party that hears of the PCs operation and want's in on the cut, and will provide some of this assistance in return of a cut of the take or maybe the party was also framed by the noble and they just want plain old revenge?</p><p></p><p>As far as traps go, these would probably only be in the areas that no one treads in, so nothing in the main house, save for a few in the Noble's room around things that servant's should not be going near (trap in a hidden safe or the like). A good idea for low level counter measures might be to use alchemical items. Give the guards something along the lines of tangle foot bags to immobilize PCs, thunderstones to raise an alarm, or maybe even give a wand of web to a hired wizard from the a fore mentioned academy. Perhaps even giving the noble a body double would be on the table depending on how paranoid the guy is and how informed he is of the PCs plan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dkase, post: 6683194, member: 6799923"] You may also want a mini adventure just to get a layout of the mansion and the routine of it's staff and an idea of it's defenses, and thus the consequences for rash actions. That way the PCs can come up with a true Ocean's 11 style plan rather than kick in the door and murder everything. You could have the PCs identify staff members and finesse information out of them or somehow get them to be accomplices on their big job. This could give the social PCs a role, or perhaps arcane PCs via charm person. Perhaps there is a separate party that hears of the PCs operation and want's in on the cut, and will provide some of this assistance in return of a cut of the take or maybe the party was also framed by the noble and they just want plain old revenge? As far as traps go, these would probably only be in the areas that no one treads in, so nothing in the main house, save for a few in the Noble's room around things that servant's should not be going near (trap in a hidden safe or the like). A good idea for low level counter measures might be to use alchemical items. Give the guards something along the lines of tangle foot bags to immobilize PCs, thunderstones to raise an alarm, or maybe even give a wand of web to a hired wizard from the a fore mentioned academy. Perhaps even giving the noble a body double would be on the table depending on how paranoid the guy is and how informed he is of the PCs plan. [/QUOTE]
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