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<blockquote data-quote="nameless" data-source="post: 1987644" data-attributes="member: 1543"><p>Naturally. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>I'm one of the players, but the DM has been pretty dirty about people tracking us down. More than one assassin has come in the night for our personal rail cars. We're a pretty cautious bunch though... and I'm particularly proud of how my character used his fame as a weapon. He's a Phiarlan Favored in House, so he can pull some substantial strings. Since his hero persona was so popular and he didn't want to sully it or complicate it, he set it up so some distinguished actors from the entertainer's guild (the legitimate side of house Phiarlan) would play a dashing hero while the party did the dirty work. The icing on the cake is that it lets inexperienced potential spies get some experience under their belts. My character just adopted a new lower-profile appearance and takes disguises when necessary.</p><p></p><p>It confounded the bad guys for a while before they wised up, but the general populace is still fooled. And since "the hero" isn't a real person, the house can send out a team lead by an actor anywhere in the world to get business done and make headlines at the same time. Even if "the hero" dies surreptitiously, another one will inexplicably appear the next time he is needed. Only the bad guys know, but they can't tell anybody, or else the good guys will know who's out to get them. </p><p></p><p>And to top it all off, now that the bad guys know "the hero" is a fake, it's safe to pretend to be the hero... they're looking for the man behind the curtain.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, I love my character. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nameless, post: 1987644, member: 1543"] Naturally. ;) I'm one of the players, but the DM has been pretty dirty about people tracking us down. More than one assassin has come in the night for our personal rail cars. We're a pretty cautious bunch though... and I'm particularly proud of how my character used his fame as a weapon. He's a Phiarlan Favored in House, so he can pull some substantial strings. Since his hero persona was so popular and he didn't want to sully it or complicate it, he set it up so some distinguished actors from the entertainer's guild (the legitimate side of house Phiarlan) would play a dashing hero while the party did the dirty work. The icing on the cake is that it lets inexperienced potential spies get some experience under their belts. My character just adopted a new lower-profile appearance and takes disguises when necessary. It confounded the bad guys for a while before they wised up, but the general populace is still fooled. And since "the hero" isn't a real person, the house can send out a team lead by an actor anywhere in the world to get business done and make headlines at the same time. Even if "the hero" dies surreptitiously, another one will inexplicably appear the next time he is needed. Only the bad guys know, but they can't tell anybody, or else the good guys will know who's out to get them. And to top it all off, now that the bad guys know "the hero" is a fake, it's safe to pretend to be the hero... they're looking for the man behind the curtain. Yeah, I love my character. :D [/QUOTE]
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