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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Piperken" data-source="post: 9698237" data-attributes="member: 7047091">Here's a prep page for a session that happened last month that I felt good about. It's normally in two columns. This was for a 2.5 hour session, if I remember correctly.Flick was an improv NPC I had to make up on the spot in the last session; the details you see are what spilled out just from his interaction with the PCs. In this session, they interviewed and decided to hire him:[SPOILER="One Page Prep"]Dragon Heist, Session 14 <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Decide how to pay for weekly tavern dues.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Design advertisement for bar staff: need Management, Cook, Staff.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Use Summoning Spell for Hag.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Downtime Activities for 1-2 weeks.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Order of the Gauntlet summons Inara?</li> </ul>Flick<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eager / Compliant / Jovial</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Almond eyes dart about beneath a mop of curly hair. Round ears. He sometimes opts for open toe sandals for his extremely hairy feet.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Halfling recruited from Frewn’s Brews grand opening by Xanaphia; was holding part of a banner up.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Reaction roll was 11; really wants to get hired. Good fit for staff.</li> </ul>Black Agnes<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Trickster / Seer into Souls / Crone</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A hunched woman with a curtain of matted hair. Untrimmed nails have lengthened to ebony talons, whose edges clatter when her fingers twitch.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wants to deceive party into allowing her to cross or have them break, the boundary. Also waste party’s attempt by asking something else other than how to gain passage to her lair.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Being in her presence allows her a backdoor to their subconscious (Cha or Wis save, DC 12)</li> </ul>Savra Belebranta<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pious / Devoted / Measured</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A tall woman with jet hair, dressed in plate armor scored with emblems of Tyr. In contrast to other members of the Gauntlet, she deftly carries a long spear and long sword.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wishes to take measure of the prospective Gauntlet candidate.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Heist 2, No Such Things as Skaven, p. 33</li> </ul>Location: Trollskull Manor1st Floor Lif appearance as disembodied half-elf, polishing glasses behind bar. Face distorts, decays as he walks the length of the bar shouting, “Get out, get out, get out!” before vanishing. Moments later, half dozen bottles fly off bar shelves and smash onto the floor.2nd, 3rd Floor Once PCs pass these floors, will hear loud thunk as spikes forcibly removed from where hammered in carvings above doors. Two carved swarms will pursue the party and attack (as Swarm [CR ¼]).Attic (end of Part 1) If PCs look close at mirror or the floor; roll Investigation, Arcana or Religion (Int) and provide info.Summoning the Hag<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Stays max 10 rounds, defeated, or candle blown out.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Use stat block in Epilogue.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If Black Agnes tricks party into breaking circle, will summon spectre of Lorm, the petty criminal seen in hallway on 2nd floor, who lewdly spied on guests when he owned the manor.</li> </ul>Leading Questions Should PCs fail Cha/Wis save vs. DC 12 when Agnes attempts to read their mind:What is a deep rooted concern for your character, that would cause worry if others found out?What is your character most insecure about?What is a vice or guilty pleasure the character struggles with personally, that could lead to serious consequences for them?What does your character crave most at this moment?What’s going through your character’s head at this moment as (someone else confronts the hag)?[/SPOILER]</blockquote>

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