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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 5444583" data-attributes="member: 99">My mind is probably in the gutter (as usual) but what about a thieves guild based on the brothels of the city?The whores could act as an information gathering network allowing for them to set up all kinds of blackmail situations for the city's powerful elite.&nbsp; Furthermore they could gather information about when a patron might be away from home such that an elite team of cat-burglars (dressed in skin-tight leather of course) could break in and steal valuables.In fact there are all kinds of specific situations that they could engineer based on this concept.&nbsp; They could arrange to meet a patron at a &quot;discreet location&quot; such that they know how long they can be kept away from home, giving the burglar team a window of opportunity.&nbsp; They could arrange for a wife to discover about a husband's infidelity and then have him approached by a jewel merchant who could offer a trinket, suggesting that this might help make amends.&nbsp; The jeweler is of course another part of the thieves guild who sells the jewelry knowing that within a few days the burglars will steal it back.I did something along these lines in Eberron where the Changeling whores just added layer upon layer of deviousness to their machinations.&nbsp; But I think it could work in almost any setting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 5444583, member: 99"] My mind is probably in the gutter (as usual) but what about a thieves guild based on the brothels of the city? The whores could act as an information gathering network allowing for them to set up all kinds of blackmail situations for the city's powerful elite. Furthermore they could gather information about when a patron might be away from home such that an elite team of cat-burglars (dressed in skin-tight leather of course) could break in and steal valuables. In fact there are all kinds of specific situations that they could engineer based on this concept. They could arrange to meet a patron at a "discreet location" such that they know how long they can be kept away from home, giving the burglar team a window of opportunity. They could arrange for a wife to discover about a husband's infidelity and then have him approached by a jewel merchant who could offer a trinket, suggesting that this might help make amends. The jeweler is of course another part of the thieves guild who sells the jewelry knowing that within a few days the burglars will steal it back. I did something along these lines in Eberron where the Changeling whores just added layer upon layer of deviousness to their machinations. But I think it could work in almost any setting. [/QUOTE]

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