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[X] Plan: Spontaneous Heart Attack
-[X] Sneak into the Tzar's room, use mockery of death on him then implant him with a Matrix loaded with Shadow Dagger loaded. Set the matrix to go off the next day at a time the Tzar is likely to be in a public place.

[X] Plan: Spontaneous Nighttime Heart Attack
-[X] Sneak into the Tzar's room, use mockery of death on him then implant him with a Matrix loaded with Shadow Dagger loaded. Set the matrix to go off the following night.

[X] Plan: Nighttime Heart Attack

A bit of strategic voting and adding a variation on my Spontaneous heart attack plan, basically having it happen the following night so Mathilde would be long gone by the time it goes off.
 
[X] Nighttime Visit

[X] Plan: Nighttime Heart Attack

[X] Plan: Spontaneous Nighttime Heart Attack

I suppose my issue with 'Nighttime Visit with Style' is that its obviously an assassination.

We're supposed to be imitating a Lahmian that doesn't want to get caught or implicate the Lahmians in general.

While I can't peer into the mind of a Lahmian assassin and find out how exactly they'd play this, I can peer into the mind of a different kind of magical assassin- namely, Mathilde.

Before we knew we needed to frame the Lahmians, we were heavily discussing how to assassinate the Tzar- and almost every single suggestion was some variety of 'make it look natural' or 'make it look like an accident'.

The first layer of obfuscation for an assassin that doesn't want to be caught is, generally speaking, hiding that there was an assassination at all.
 
Changed my note to Nighttime Visit With Style, it just feel very straightforward and fool proof. Keeping it simple is the best way to handle this.
 
[X] Plan: Spontaneous Heart Attack
-[X] Sneak into the Tzar's room, use mockery of death on him then implant him with a Matrix loaded with Shadow Dagger loaded. Set the matrix to go off the next day at a time the Tzar is likely to be in a public place.

[X] Plan: Spontaneous Nighttime Heart Attack
-[X] Sneak into the Tzar's room, use mockery of death on him then implant him with a Matrix loaded with Shadow Dagger loaded. Set the matrix to go off the following night.

[X] Plan: Nighttime Heart Attack

Yeah, I really would prefer that it not *immediately* look like a murder. Makes it feel subtler.
 
I am against heart attack over the simple fact that we let our target out of sight. Who know what the hell can happen between visiting them and then setting it off at a later date. Anything could happen in that time span.

Style means we finish the whole deal in one go.
 
A few points to note:
  • We have a personal dungeon back at K8P
  • We've proven the dungeon can hold people indefinitely with no one else knowing
  • We've been talking about learning Kislev
Why not use the same method that we used for learning Queekish? It worked so well the first time!
I mean we *are* coming up on Qrech's 10 year imprisonment anniversary, perhaps a new roommate would be a good gift :V

[X] Plan: Nighttime Heart Attack
 
[X] Nighttime Visit With Style
-[X] Use Mockery of Death so there is no sign of struggle, then stab him in the heart with a Shadow Knife. Leave the room by Substance of Shadows or Smoke and Mirrors, leaving behind an unnaturally quiet death.
 
@Boney Is Boris saying that he would prefer for it to look like a Lahmian disguising their assassination as an accident/natural causes, or a Lahmian disguising it as someone else's assassination?
 
No, because that's not part of the plan. That would need to be written into the plan, which it most certainly isn't. NIghttime Visitor is accepting failure.
*sighs* I was hoping with being specific on an action during the turn plan vote not being as necessary then meant that wasn't needed now, but if you say so then so be it.

Since basically every plan so far focuses on the moment and method of the kill and none on the evidence that would come of getting in and out, I'll write one up.


[X] Conspicuous Exfiltration: After securing a kill during a nighttime visit, leave a trail of sightings and evidence that points to a Lahmian trying, and failing, to move subtly and cover her tracks.


Aiming for setting an overall story of "The Lahmian got in quietly, got her kill successfully, and then she relaxed. Which made her sloppy."

Mathilde's Unseen trait and Advanced Infiltration --- going on Master --- isn't just really good for the sake of accomplishing what it does, but it occurs to me that the pair being world class also means that same skill might make for a great deal more leeway when it comes to planting evidence and being fancy with her methods. She's an advanced assassin, but doesn't have a dedicated trait for it in the way she does for Infiltration. Assuming there's a similar principle to what's said about non-lethal subdual in a fight being more difficult than just killing them.

I note the action for exfiltration, specifically, because while the sequence doesn't lend itself nearly as well to providing answers about "how the vampire got in," it's also at the point where there's no longer a worry about any raised suspicion from planting evidence preventing the kill.

And, yes, it being a single action rather than a plan vote is specifically so that people can use it as a component to build other things, if desired. I don't have the brainpower right now for that task, but I can provide the piece.

Still approving of all of:

[X] Nighttime Visit With Style
-[X] Use Mockery of Death so there is no sign of struggle, then stab him in the heart with a Shadow Knife. Leave the room by Substance of Shadows or Smoke and Mirrors, leaving behind an unnaturally quiet death.
[x] The Locked Room Murder: Too perfect version
- [X]Use Mockery of Death so there is no sign of struggle when he is stabbed in the heart, then lock all the doors and windows from the inside and leave the room by Substance of Shadows or Smoke and Mirrors, leaving behind a perfect murder in a completely locked room.
[X] Plan: Nighttime Heart Attack
[X] Nighttime Visit


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On a related note: While reading recent discussion It occurs to me that, while you can't Mindhole your disguise without Mindholing yourself entirely, you probably could make an illusion of a servant/guard/etc, talking to a mysterious person they have never met, and know nothing of.
Were a suspicious third party to see that illusion, what would they think happened if the details ever came up in conversation?

(Assuming they or someone they told the story to knew about Mindhole, of course. Geologists, common knowledge of rock chemistries, etc.)
 
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