A different approach this week as we focus mainly on what the party do which may result in the main encounter happening in the buildings and through the streets of the city. As we don’t know where the party will encounter the assassin it lends this weeks encounter to a theatre of the mind setting as opposed to one that is locked to a single map.
So jump start your imagination as this week will look over what we should consider on the streets and in the buildings. So sit back, grab a coffee and let’s roll into it.
In the Buildings and Through the Streets
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Streets
Streets are easy. They can either be cluttered or not. Cluttered streets have boxes, crates, barrels, wagons or stalls in the way that block line of sight. The other thing to consider is that you can have living things that block line of sight too – such as Horses, cows or people. An assassin may strike in broad daylight when they are getting desperate as a way of blending in with the crowd and in our case this may be the case.
Launching a bolt or arrow or poison coated needle from a higher vantage point may be a perfect way to attack, so we need to consider multiple levels. Is it just rooftop and ground level or is there multiple floors and roofs, windows or balconies to attack from. Is there cover, sheets, clothing, stalls, pot plants or a billboard to hide our assassin or does the shape of the roof enable them to be hidden?
The other consideration with streets, particularly packed ones is a stranger coming out from the pack and using knives, daggers or short blades to quickly cut, stab and even utilise poison to silence their target before blending in with the crowd.
Vacant streets are very much the same but with less places to hide. So ranged assassination will likely be the preferred method and from a greater distance away. However appearing around a street corner, using doorways or even the sewer system can be effective means to handle the situation.
Buildings
Buildings are either lived in (or occupied) or vacant again. Most of the time they are cluttered or have multiple ways in, out and places to hide. This gives the assassin an easier time of ambushing the target. However the inverse can also be true. If the party can lure the assassin into the building, or, enter the building then kite around it to surprise the assailant it can be an easy and sure-fire way for the party to ambush the assassin.
A shorter one tonight but some thoughts to help flesh out the encounter that takes place in the theatre of the mind this week. Don’t forget to come back tomorrow as we wrap up this weeks adventure and as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe
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