Dramatis Personae
Beltin (Aasimar Dirge Bard/Cleric 10).
Bradley Weatherby (Human Dervish Dancer 10/Knife Master Rogue 7/Duelist 3).
"Jake" aka Alex, the actual character name but I refuse to go back and edit the old entries (Human Wizard/Rogue 10).
Astar Luno (NG Human Kata Master, Many of Many Styles Monk 10/Sacred Fist War Priest 10).
BW adds "terrorism" to his resume, Session 13.1 - 9/13/14
A brief rewind to explore BW's last day in Camp before heading out with the rest of the party to investigate the rumors of an undead army.
Day 18
In the morning BW receives a message ridden with innuendo and code speak from Floyd the bartender of the Dancing Bear: His boss has approved the plan to hit Lucky and a meeting is requested to work out the details, perhaps in a place where they can speak more openly.
BW, remembering the last time he tried to do such business, namely with the Benders, demands they meet on neutral ground to discuss business. He sends his reply off with the courier and about 10 minutes later gets a message back from Floyd mentioning how the outskirts of the Camp, just a small ways into the Desolation are such lovely places. So calm and flat you can see things coming for miles.
BW sends a brief response to that: East of camp, noon. He gets a polite confirmation back.
Planning on getting there first to scout it out, BW attempts to be there early enough to beat Floyd but instead finds him waiting, serenely smoking a fancy cigaret from the South. They don't make small talk for long before Floyd gets to the point. Lucky is to die, but quietly. They don't want a scene. Given Lucky's lack of security and the general ease in which he can be taken down, but also considering his status, the Hospitality Guild is willing to offer BW the going rate for such a job in the south: 1,000 gold.
BW thinks this a low offer for a man of his caliber, but then again the job is one doesn't necessarily need a master to complete. BW counter offers: Let them think of this as his job application, his initiation. Once it is done he will be an "employee" of the Hospitality Guild. Floyd smokes his cig and considers it for a moment, and then accepts the deal. He shakes hands with BW and again stresses that the elimination should be something that can't be traced back to them.
That won't be an issue, says BW, and as it would be awkward to walk back to town with the man he just did business with, he stays to enjoy the view of nothing while Floyd walks back first.
He has a plan. One that is hilarious to the DM given how it was independently thought up, but practically identical to the scheme the rest of the party would that night pull off against the Dancing Bear. BW makes up a large batch of contact poison. Here the two parallel party plans split; while the poison procured and placed by Jake to indiscriminately affect patrons of the Dancing Bear was meant just to ruin their day, the poison BW makes to indiscriminately affect patrons of the Sip of Blood, including Lucky, is meant to end their lives.
That night BW enters the Sip invisibly and rubs contact poison in various spots of the bar that Lucky is likely to touch as well as customers. There is no concern for "innocent" casualties, nor is there any guarantee Lucky will even be exposed to the poison; a percentile roll will tell, but he is called "Lucky" for a reason.
BW is now a terrorist!
With his biological terrorism plan now in motion, BW goes back to his lair at the Bender Brothers inn and sleeps like a baby. He has a big day in the Desolation tomorrow after all.
And then all the stuff that happened in the Desolation in session 12 occurred with him there of course.
To be continued...
