Had a really interesting session last night. The pacing was different from all the others, with a lot of meandering and people taking care of different odds and ends, and a quick (but profitable) score at the very end.
However, the most interesting part was their struggle against the most challenging threat they’ve faced yet… AND ELDERLY ACCOUNTANT!
A while ago, they infiltrated the leadership of the local chapter of the Canal Dockers Union and subverted it to their Cult’s purposes. Now, union brass is pissed and looking to bring the rogue chapter under control and has sent a no-nonsense accountant in to sort out the books. This is a problem since the Cult is bringing in a considerable amount of cash from some fraudulent accounting going on at the union offices.
So now the PCs are scrambling to take care of this guy, but they don’t want to just kill him (like they’ve done with previous threats) because they’re (rightly) worried that they’d just cause more suspicion back with the union leadership. Instead they’ve got a plan involving a possessing spirit, blackmail and threats, only it’s been complicated by the fact that their acolytes (who are Independent, Wild and Savage) went and abducted the guy on their own after a failed roll to gather information on the guy by questioning the acolytes who were working in the union chapterhouse…
It’s a huge beautiful mess and I’m loving it.
Bureaucracy is a formidable challenge for scoundrels! =)
“I want either less corruption, or more opportunity to participate.”
So good.
That’s a cool Cult subversion. It seems like Cult gameplay would open up a lot of avenues for interesting capers like that.