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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mikeawmids1" data-source="post: 9510054" data-attributes="member: 7030604">The first two sessions were run using Outgunned, but I personally found the system to be frustrating at the table (which broke my heart considering how much I spent on the two Kickstarters), so from session 3 onwards we pivoted to Savage Worlds Adventure Edition. I didn't use the rules presented in the DCO books as I am running from PDF copies and the game-as-written seems heavily based around all the fiddly sheets/components you get in the box set.The Funeral JobIn the city of New Dunhaven, four freelancers are bought together to conduct a daring heist. Raithe Abernathy of the Gravediggers wants the crew to steal a ceremonial necklace displayed on the body of a dead noblewoman.The crew consists of;Sean Waltman (Criminal/Jerk with a Heart of Gold), catchphrase: "It wasn't me."Doctor Sindaris Bedlam (Brain/Genius Bruiser), catchphrase: "That's very hurtful to me, be careful it doesn't hurt you."Shayloth Hellstar (Sleuth/Vigilante), catchphrase: "You can't run from your past."and Old Farmer Jenkins (Nobody/Diehard), catchphrase: "Pasta la Vista."The Necklace of Eternal Slumber will be placed on the body of the late Marianna Gorgov during her wake, and removed before her body is sealed in the family crypt.Shayloth and Doctor Sindaris visit the Gondolers Guildhall to establish which route the funeral procession will take through the cities bustling canals. Doc Sin distracts the Guildmaster by masquerading a a journalist, while Shayloth breaks into his office.Meanwhile, Sean and Old Farmer Jenkins stake out Gorgov Manor. They learn very little from their surveillance, other than the deceased Gorgov matriarch bears a passing resemblance to Old Farmer Jenkins, his own face withered to leathery ruin by the many years he spent toiling on the pasta farm.Unaware of this unlikely likeness, Shayloth steals the cadaver of an elderly fishwife from the city morgue, thinking to swap it out for the noblewoman's corpse. It turns out they didn't actually need the cadaver of an elderly fishwife for their masterplan, so now it is just stinking up their headquarters.That night, Sean breaks into Gorgov Manor to get a look at the dress Lady Gorgov will be wearing at the wake. (I completely forgot her faithful hound Orthov should have been at her side, my bad). He then breaks into a dressmaker's shop to steal a similar dress.Disguised as a caterer, Sean enters Gorgov Manor on the day of the wake. He is pushing a trolley concealing Old Famer Jenkins, disguised as Marianna Gorgov. The wake is well attended and the crew need a distraction to get to the body. Sean starts a fire in the cloakroom. While the staff/mourners mill about, Sean manhandles the late Lady Gorgov out a window, and Old Famer Jenkins takes her place in the coffin. At this point, the crew have the necklace in hand and could easily have bailed - but the crew decide to stick to the "plan".Old Farmer Jenkins successfully masquerades as an old dead woman for several hours, then the coffin is moved to the funeral gondola to be transported across the city. At a pre-arranged point, Doc Sin detonates a smoke bomb, clouding the procession in dense fog. Looming out of the murk, Doctor Sin demands a toll for Marianna's soul to pass into the hereafter. The corpse of Lady Gorgov rises from her coffin to hand over the necklace in payment to this grim spectre of death. The guards on the gondola are stricken with terror at the sight of the living corpse! Old Farmer Jenkins ducks out of sight, as Sean and Shayloth huck the real Lady Gorgov onto the barge.The crew slip away with the necklace, having successfully completed the Funeral Job.</blockquote>

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