Dr. Si's Curse of the Crimson Throne OOC

[Oni]

Sorry, I'm just being slow on the draw.

 

[Dr Simon]

To answer Ambrus' question in the IC thread, my interpretation is that the urchins have been deployed to watch ATWM from a discrete distance. So they won't have anything to report until tomorrow.

 

[Neurotic]

Urchins are deployed as 'shadows' so that nobody can enter/leave without us being informed about it. They will not approach the building and they are not with the group

 

[Oni]

Anyone else begginning to imagine Sweeney Todd-esque possibilities. O_O

I wonder if Mr. Vancaskerkin can sing...

 

[Ambrus]

I've been fearful of that possibility since the beginning actually. That's why I was careful to say that, although he's taken some meat from the shop back to the Edmond's house, I never mentioned him eating any of it.

Anyone else feel a little weird having the Little Lamms conducting illicit surveillance? This is the kind of stuff I imagine Lamm had them doing for him...

 

[Neurotic]

Anyone else feel a little weird having the Little Lamms conducting illicit surveillance? This is the kind of stuff I imagine Lamm had them doing for him...

It keeps them busy. And they are not treated badly. And they might grow up to be proper Pinkerton agency

 

[Dr Simon]

"At last... my arm is complete!"

Little Lamms (now Little Deathwishes?): As Edmond and Djhan would know, Lamm did use them for casing places, but more for performing the actual dirty work as well. Lamm, Giggles, Yargin and Hookshanks rarely perpertrated a crime themselves, just beat the kids who didn't bring back anything valuable.

At least this time they are in the service of the City.

 

[Ambrus]

I suppose what's bothering me is in having nameless/faceless NPCs shadowing the party doing stuff the PCs could be doing themselves. I can't really have Dj'hân interact with NPCs who haven't been described, have no distinct identities and who may or may not be around at any given moment.

And, with all of them fulfilling the same roll as Dj'hân, that of the nondescript streetwise urchin who investigates covertly, I'm sort of at a loss to say what my character might do that isn't redundant.

 

[Dr Simon]

Well, this is true, but you should bear two things in mind.

One is that Dj'hân is *much* better at this sort of thing than Kester and the Little Deathwishes.

Two is that how faithfully they carry out their orders is based on a Charisma check from Edmond, who has a pretty bad modifier...

 

[Neurotic]

And besides they are NOT scouting/investigating. They follow people with low potential for some gain except they are busy. And they are intentionaly NOT with the group unless DM decides some of them report back at some jucture...

Dj'ahn is good, but cannot be scouting inside, following people to their homes/hideouts and reporting back all at the same time...