Post by Mr. Pooka on Jun 2, 2015 18:29:12 GMT -5
Hand of Darkness Thieves
The Hand of Darkness are the worst of the worst. They are out for fear, respect, wealth, dominance and fear... and fear. They had a major set back a few years ago and were chased right out of the city for over a year with their strongholds broken and their guild members hunted. During this time Ninja factions moved in and took over a huge slice of the tasty underworld pie. The Hand of Darkness can be brutal and cruel. They are cutthroats, robbers, extortionists, blackmailers and many are taken into the ranks of assassins.
Rank 1
1. How did you join the Hand of Darkness? (Were you invited/forced? did you seek them out for your own means? part of a family legacy or something else?)
2. Describe an initiation right you had to do before entering low level acceptance? (rough someone up? steal your costume certificate from Satiah's shop? betray a friend?)
3. How did this affect you or change you? (I didn't at all, your already a cold monster? you reveled in the power and found your calling? struggled with second thoughts but kept them hidden?)
4. Where do you live? (Guild flophouse? outside the city walls in a training camp? lead a completely double life and live with an unsuspecting husband?)
5. Show/describe a moment of victory concerning your job/faction! (revenge on your rivals/teen bullies/cruel orphanage matron? your first decent treasure haul? impressing someone else who's respect/love you crave/desire?)
Rank 2
1. Do you have a regular method or play things by ear? (extort/blackmail some shopkeepers/nobles? opportunistic predator or the drunk or vulnerable? do the bidding of someone scarier then you?)
2. A local Golden Paw thief somehow makes you look foolish or foils one of your big plans, what do you do? (watches over a shop so you can't pressure the owner, steals your ill gotten gains and donates them to your victims, leads you into an embarrassing trap? ... plot their long and painful demise? forget about it, who cares if you lose the game occasionally, you'll come out on top? go berserk and take your anger out on those who you can't fight you so easily?)
3. Do you have any friends or allies and how does this work? (like minded gang members? disapproving relatives who only tolerate you because of blood? a nobleman/barmaid who gets excited about how dangerous your image is?)
4. Do you have a favorite place to relax or unwind? (sailing on your ship... and shooting at the dolphins? in the bottom of a wine jug? with your true love who you hide what you do from them? only by yourself or with your likeminded guild mates?)
5. You stumble into a scene you were unprepared for. (try to mug a drunk who turns out to be a vampire/werewolf/wizard? rob a cart to steal some merchants goods to find they were smuggling a foreign prince? mess up an assassins long planned job?)
Rank 3
1. Describe a long lasting repercussion from number rank 2, number 5. (you become a vampire? you ransom a prince for a huge prize? an assassin becomes your rival or mentor?)
2. You are given a curse magical trinket by an elder assassin and told to put it to good use. What is it and what does it do? (plant it for a rival Golden Paw to find and have fun watching the fallout? give it as a piece offering to a rival? develop an elaborate master plan using the item to impress the assassin?)
3. Someone has been leaving you cryptic messages that you can't yet understand but are unsettling. (bloody wedding rings keep popping up in meals you order? shurikens are stuck into the nearest doorway where ever you sleep? detailed, elaborate and well done drawings (creepy? beautiful? inappropriate?) of you keep being slid under your door?)
4. Another Hand of Darkness thief with a murderous reputation comes to you asking for help with a bit score. (refuse her and face her wrath? double cross him and manipulate the situation so the other gets caught and you get all of the prize? Go through with everything and earn her respect and favour?)
5. Describe a repercussion from number 2, 3 or 4 ... or perhaps a combination of the three? (one/all of these was a test to promote you in the guild and you passed/failed? 3 was a ninja is out to kill/romance you but has no idea of local customs or is just plain bad with flirting? you reap the extra unexpected rewards from some of your plans?)
The Hand of Darkness are the worst of the worst. They are out for fear, respect, wealth, dominance and fear... and fear. They had a major set back a few years ago and were chased right out of the city for over a year with their strongholds broken and their guild members hunted. During this time Ninja factions moved in and took over a huge slice of the tasty underworld pie. The Hand of Darkness can be brutal and cruel. They are cutthroats, robbers, extortionists, blackmailers and many are taken into the ranks of assassins.
Rank 1
1. How did you join the Hand of Darkness? (Were you invited/forced? did you seek them out for your own means? part of a family legacy or something else?)
2. Describe an initiation right you had to do before entering low level acceptance? (rough someone up? steal your costume certificate from Satiah's shop? betray a friend?)
3. How did this affect you or change you? (I didn't at all, your already a cold monster? you reveled in the power and found your calling? struggled with second thoughts but kept them hidden?)
4. Where do you live? (Guild flophouse? outside the city walls in a training camp? lead a completely double life and live with an unsuspecting husband?)
5. Show/describe a moment of victory concerning your job/faction! (revenge on your rivals/teen bullies/cruel orphanage matron? your first decent treasure haul? impressing someone else who's respect/love you crave/desire?)
Rank 2
1. Do you have a regular method or play things by ear? (extort/blackmail some shopkeepers/nobles? opportunistic predator or the drunk or vulnerable? do the bidding of someone scarier then you?)
2. A local Golden Paw thief somehow makes you look foolish or foils one of your big plans, what do you do? (watches over a shop so you can't pressure the owner, steals your ill gotten gains and donates them to your victims, leads you into an embarrassing trap? ... plot their long and painful demise? forget about it, who cares if you lose the game occasionally, you'll come out on top? go berserk and take your anger out on those who you can't fight you so easily?)
3. Do you have any friends or allies and how does this work? (like minded gang members? disapproving relatives who only tolerate you because of blood? a nobleman/barmaid who gets excited about how dangerous your image is?)
4. Do you have a favorite place to relax or unwind? (sailing on your ship... and shooting at the dolphins? in the bottom of a wine jug? with your true love who you hide what you do from them? only by yourself or with your likeminded guild mates?)
5. You stumble into a scene you were unprepared for. (try to mug a drunk who turns out to be a vampire/werewolf/wizard? rob a cart to steal some merchants goods to find they were smuggling a foreign prince? mess up an assassins long planned job?)
Rank 3
1. Describe a long lasting repercussion from number rank 2, number 5. (you become a vampire? you ransom a prince for a huge prize? an assassin becomes your rival or mentor?)
2. You are given a curse magical trinket by an elder assassin and told to put it to good use. What is it and what does it do? (plant it for a rival Golden Paw to find and have fun watching the fallout? give it as a piece offering to a rival? develop an elaborate master plan using the item to impress the assassin?)
3. Someone has been leaving you cryptic messages that you can't yet understand but are unsettling. (bloody wedding rings keep popping up in meals you order? shurikens are stuck into the nearest doorway where ever you sleep? detailed, elaborate and well done drawings (creepy? beautiful? inappropriate?) of you keep being slid under your door?)
4. Another Hand of Darkness thief with a murderous reputation comes to you asking for help with a bit score. (refuse her and face her wrath? double cross him and manipulate the situation so the other gets caught and you get all of the prize? Go through with everything and earn her respect and favour?)
5. Describe a repercussion from number 2, 3 or 4 ... or perhaps a combination of the three? (one/all of these was a test to promote you in the guild and you passed/failed? 3 was a ninja is out to kill/romance you but has no idea of local customs or is just plain bad with flirting? you reap the extra unexpected rewards from some of your plans?)
