First game of our Blades in the Dark Trilogy with Jason Bowell, Robert Bohl, Jason Corley and Richard Rogers.
First game of our Blades in the Dark Trilogy with Jason Bowell, Robert Bohl, Jason Corley and Richard Rogers.
The Charterhall Walking Guild was once a legitimate gentle-folk who got together to discuss community issues and walk in the brisk night air, back when the Charterhall area had gentle-folk, before it all went to hell. Nowadays, the C.W.G. is a band of thieves with a fine library and connections among the sailors, deadland scavengers and carriage drivers.
They used to answer to Roric, so they were surprised when in the middle of planning a job Roric’s ghost appeared with an axe in his head, asking for vengeance against his second-in-command, Lyssa. They asked their former boss how much such vengeance would gain them and he offered a cache of silver in volume equal to a husky Duskwall child.
They had a plan. They’d get Lyssa to buy drugs from the Lampblacks. They’d get the Red Sashes to crash the deal and make off with the drugs. They’d frame Lyssa for the whole thing, convincing both sides that Lyssa had set them up.
It is a mess of a plan. I’m not sure we all got it but we went with it and got moving.
Holtz the Cutter went to meet with the leader of the Red Sashes, cut down some Lampblack kids to prove his loyalty.
Cyrene and Pool go to Lyssa and find out that she hired Ulf Ironsblood as new muscle. They convince her. Turns out Ulf is very superstitious and thinks Cyrene is a “wyrding woman.”
Then Canter, the mastermind behind the mission goes to his contact in the Lampblacks. He rolls and fails, hitting 3 of 4 necessary effects.
So, that is where we start next game. Pool is sneaking out Lyssa’s HQ, a beached whaling dreadnought. Canter is with the Lampblacks, having NOT convinced them to take part in a drug deal that is the cornerstone of his plan. Holtz is with the leader of the Red Sashes, having sex with her in her armored carriage after murdering a Lampblack kid for her.
Questions
Do you roll the Action and Effects dice at the same time?
Is it a separate Devil’s Bargain and/or Backup stress for both Action and Effect?