I enter the building. I remind myself that as I am in civilian clothes I probably need to act the part and not to announce myself as a member of the Watch.
Dora enters the building walking past the two members of the Watch standing guard at the entrance. One of them nods at her in recognition but says nothing. She knows his face but can't remember his name.
Inside, she finds a number of people waiting to talk to the officer of the watch. This Watch office is bigger than the one of her own Ward and is probably the largest Sheriff's Office in the city. Wanting to keep her position in the Watch secret, she joins the queue.
[Make a Perception check.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"And your name is?" replies the duty officer, looking at a list on the desk beside him.
When Dora tells him her name is Wallus, she is asked to step aside for a moment until someone can be got to direct her through to the Sheriff's Office.
The wait is not long and Dora is shown upstairs to the waiting room of the upstairs office of Sheriff Vosel where she is told she must wait again by the sheriff's secretary. At least this time the woman asks if Dora would like a cup of char while she waits.
[OOC: Is there anything she wants to ask or do while she waits.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
While Dora is waiting, several 'more important' things/people intrude of the sheriff's time; clearly he is a very busy person. Eventually, it is Dora's turn and she is shown into the man's office by the secretary.
Sheriff Vosel is a thin, unprepossessing Sorendenese man of middle age with the beginnings of a ringleted patrician beard. He is sitting at a desk strewn with papers, pens and a variety of objects, some of which have an arcane appearance to Dora's eye.
"Ah, Handleader Wallus," says the sheriff, gesturing towards one of the two chairs opposite him. "Thank you for coming. Please take a seat."
Once Dora is seated, he asks, "Have you had any experience dealing with confidence tricksters?"
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Good," says Sheriff Vosel. "We have a number of such tricksters operating in our public marketplace but they seem to always be one step ahead of the watch... I suspect it is because they know what all my regular men are. Which is why I asked Sheriff Tambor if he could spare me a new face for a couple of days."
He looks at Dora shrewdly for a moment and then asks, "Is this something you think you can do?"
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Sir, I will answer that but if I may have the liberty of a few questions?"
Pause and continue.
"Surely the market folk are well placed to identify these villains, have we made any approaches to the stallholders? Also could you tell me what exactly we do know? I particularly need to know whether these characters are organised or individuals and what likelihood that they will resort to violence."
"Oh and lastly if I am walking around the market I will have to buy goods otherwise I be quite conspicuous, could I have the cost of moderate purchases reimbursed?"
"It is not the market folk that are being conned," begins the sheriff. "It is the general public... And, unfortunately, most of the market folks really do not want to talk with the watch unless they themselves have been duped or robbed."
He then refers to a piece of paper before adding, "The swindlers seem to be working in pairs and most such criminals tend to be more clever than prone to violence, but who really knows what someone will do in anxious circumstances."
He then grabs a small coin purse out of a draw and throws it across to Dora. "There is a total of 5 Constantines in that pouch, that will give you an initial stake. Come and see me if you need any more funds... Any thoughts as to how you might go about catching these criminals?"
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Sir, wide-eyed country girl staying with my aunty, sent to the markets each day to pass the time."
"How do I summon the Watch should I need assistance? My thoughts are that I should not make the arrest as if there are several pairs of theses scalliwags then I should maintain my cover till we clean out the entire nest."
"Not to offend, but you are a bit too old to old for the 'girl' part of that story, but otherwise it should work," says the sheriff in an offhand manner. "For any longer con play you should have time to come in here to arrange backup, but for anything that needs immediate response use your watch signal whistle. Did you bring it with you?"
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
The sheriff opens a draw and pulls out a brass whistle that he rubs the dust from before passing it across the table to Dora. "Here, use mine... But I want it back when you get your own. I have a sentimental attachment to that one."
He then refers to his notes again and then says, "Someone wrongfully claimed they had paid their stallholder's fee yesterday when they hadn't. You might start by looking for people in the market pretending to be city officials collecting fees."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Dora leaves the sheriff's office and makes her way back to the street. It is early afternoon and the open-air market where the confidence tricksters have been operating is not very far away.
[What are you going to have Dora do now?]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
I walk to the market, I decide to walk around the stalls and look for some lunch and then to find somewhere to sit and eat it where I can fade into the background.
For the cost of 4 cubs (I have updated the contents of her purse on her character sheet), Dora is able to get a still-warm meat pie and a crockery mug of char from a stall in the market; the mug will need to be returned. The eatery also has a single, long, trestle table and two benches—for customer use only—where they can eat their food out of the way of the crowd of people walking the narrow paths of the market. Fortunately, she is able to get a seat where she can observe the passers-by.
[OOC: Please make a Perception check for me.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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I enter the building. I remind myself that as I am in civilian clothes I probably need to act the part and not to announce myself as a member of the Watch.
Dora enters the building walking past the two members of the Watch standing guard at the entrance. One of them nods at her in recognition but says nothing. She knows his face but can't remember his name.
Inside, she finds a number of people waiting to talk to the officer of the watch. This Watch office is bigger than the one of her own Ward and is probably the largest Sheriff's Office in the city. Wanting to keep her position in the Watch secret, she joins the queue.
[Make a Perception check.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[Perception 4]
There are lots of new people in this room and it is a little bit bewildering to Dora.
[I will give some experience points for this failed roll.]
Dora patiently waits her turn and then is able to step up to the officer of the watch. There are people behind her in the queue. What does she say?
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
I think to myself - keep it simple.
"Sir, I have an appointment to see the Sheriff."
"And your name is?" replies the duty officer, looking at a list on the desk beside him.
When Dora tells him her name is Wallus, she is asked to step aside for a moment until someone can be got to direct her through to the Sheriff's Office.
The wait is not long and Dora is shown upstairs to the waiting room of the upstairs office of Sheriff Vosel where she is told she must wait again by the sheriff's secretary. At least this time the woman asks if Dora would like a cup of char while she waits.
[OOC: Is there anything she wants to ask or do while she waits.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
I thank her for the char and I think about chatting but I decide to play it safe and sit and sip my char.
While Dora is waiting, several 'more important' things/people intrude of the sheriff's time; clearly he is a very busy person. Eventually, it is Dora's turn and she is shown into the man's office by the secretary.
Sheriff Vosel is a thin, unprepossessing Sorendenese man of middle age with the beginnings of a ringleted patrician beard. He is sitting at a desk strewn with papers, pens and a variety of objects, some of which have an arcane appearance to Dora's eye.
"Ah, Handleader Wallus," says the sheriff, gesturing towards one of the two chairs opposite him. "Thank you for coming. Please take a seat."
Once Dora is seated, he asks, "Have you had any experience dealing with confidence tricksters?"
---
Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"No sir, but in the Watch one develops a sense of when a citizen is truthful or dishonest."
"Good," says Sheriff Vosel. "We have a number of such tricksters operating in our public marketplace but they seem to always be one step ahead of the watch... I suspect it is because they know what all my regular men are. Which is why I asked Sheriff Tambor if he could spare me a new face for a couple of days."
He looks at Dora shrewdly for a moment and then asks, "Is this something you think you can do?"
---
Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Sir, I will answer that but if I may have the liberty of a few questions?"
Pause and continue.
"Surely the market folk are well placed to identify these villains, have we made any approaches to the stallholders? Also could you tell me what exactly we do know? I particularly need to know whether these characters are organised or individuals and what likelihood that they will resort to violence."
"Oh and lastly if I am walking around the market I will have to buy goods otherwise I be quite conspicuous, could I have the cost of moderate purchases reimbursed?"
"It is not the market folk that are being conned," begins the sheriff. "It is the general public... And, unfortunately, most of the market folks really do not want to talk with the watch unless they themselves have been duped or robbed."
He then refers to a piece of paper before adding, "The swindlers seem to be working in pairs and most such criminals tend to be more clever than prone to violence, but who really knows what someone will do in anxious circumstances."
He then grabs a small coin purse out of a draw and throws it across to Dora. "There is a total of 5 Constantines in that pouch, that will give you an initial stake. Come and see me if you need any more funds... Any thoughts as to how you might go about catching these criminals?"
---
Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Sir, wide-eyed country girl staying with my aunty, sent to the markets each day to pass the time."
"How do I summon the Watch should I need assistance? My thoughts are that I should not make the arrest as if there are several pairs of theses scalliwags then I should maintain my cover till we clean out the entire nest."
"Not to offend, but you are a bit too old to old for the 'girl' part of that story, but otherwise it should work," says the sheriff in an offhand manner. "For any longer con play you should have time to come in here to arrange backup, but for anything that needs immediate response use your watch signal whistle. Did you bring it with you?"
---
Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"No sir."
The sheriff opens a draw and pulls out a brass whistle that he rubs the dust from before passing it across the table to Dora. "Here, use mine... But I want it back when you get your own. I have a sentimental attachment to that one."
He then refers to his notes again and then says, "Someone wrongfully claimed they had paid their stallholder's fee yesterday when they hadn't. You might start by looking for people in the market pretending to be city officials collecting fees."
---
Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Yes Sir and thanks for the whistle loan."
I arise and leave the room.
[OOC: Sorry, missed this post yesterday.]
Dora leaves the sheriff's office and makes her way back to the street. It is early afternoon and the open-air market where the confidence tricksters have been operating is not very far away.
[What are you going to have Dora do now?]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
I walk to the market, I decide to walk around the stalls and look for some lunch and then to find somewhere to sit and eat it where I can fade into the background.
For the cost of 4 cubs (I have updated the contents of her purse on her character sheet), Dora is able to get a still-warm meat pie and a crockery mug of char from a stall in the market; the mug will need to be returned. The eatery also has a single, long, trestle table and two benches—for customer use only—where they can eat their food out of the way of the crowd of people walking the narrow paths of the market. Fortunately, she is able to get a seat where she can observe the passers-by.
[OOC: Please make a Perception check for me.]
---
Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.