Category: Blades in the Dark: Discussion

I ran my group (an Assassin Crew) through their very first score the other night. The job was to get some information about the location of some artifact that only this noble knew. I phrased/offered in such a way that the job could be framed as a ransom job (ransom the guy for his information), because that’s what they get a bonus for in their hunting grounds. I figured a relatively straightforward job for their first outing would be good for all of us getting our feet wet.

Anyhow, it brought up a couple question (well probably more than that, but two main ones).

I asked them what kind of plan they’d be going with. The Spider wanted to be a sort of man on the inside while the rest of the crew find another way in, which I thought seemed fun. I said I thought Stealth made the most sense. In hindsight the two-prong attack felt a little weird — the Spider going in to talk with the guy while everyone else sneaks in. Any tips/suggestions for dealing with that in future? Should I have just done the Spider’s part as a setup maneuver sort of thing?

For the second, once they were able to have a direct confrontation with the mark, the Whisper wanted to set something up with his ally, a possessor Ghost. The idea being the ghost would possess the noble and then give the crew the information they wanted. I loved the idea so I just had him spend a little stress for the flashback. He basically ended up letting the ghost hitch a ride in his body and then had the ghost transfer into the noble. I still love the idea of that, but I don’t want it to become too much of a crutch or a solution to a lot of problems. I don’t want to totally disincentivize using his ally contact, but I feel like I definitely made it too easy for this first time around. What might be some appropriate consequences to doing something similar in the future?