The Great Parisian Jewel Robberies

Scribe Notes

Summary

Adventure: The Great Parisian Jewel Robberies

• aka: To Catch A Thief

GM: Marc H
Season: Spring 791 WK
Level: Low

Party

1. Braegon, Earth Human Male (Official Scribe)
2. Aqualina, Water Human Female (Actual Scribe)
3. Drover, Earth Human Male
4. Fred, Celestial Shadow Dwarf Male
5. Glass, Illusionist Human Male (Leader)
6. Logan Bury, E&E Human Male
7. Villa, E&E Human Male

Time on adventure

01/01/91 to 15/01/91

Employer

Captain Jon Baptiste

Mission

Track down a magic using thief in the (fairly non-magical) world of Musketeer-France.

Plane

France

Places Visited

Paris

The Adventurers Club

The Hotel Rene

Hotel du Rone

Residence of Madame Focan - 23 Park Avenue

A diamond house

The Le Blaze restaurant

Major NPCs encountered

Sergeant LeClair

Monsieur Rene Artois

Mirium Carone

Caroline McLeod

Monsieur Sanda

Monsieur Varatouse - Binder liason

Monsieur Picard

Original Scribe Notes

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Scribe Notes

31/12/90 My first adventure - at last. We had to go to France, in order to find out who had pinched some jewellery. The chap who announced it had a strange way of sounding his words. He said that the local police are baffled and magic may be involved. So the Adventurers Club of Paris were asking the Guild for help. Soon after that I met my fellow adventurers. They turned out to be: Glass - He's a 5'4" human male looking about age 30. He's got brown hair, brown eyes and looks a little overweight. He was wearing a moderate grey cloak & outfit with blue boots. He said he was an illusionist, philosopher, spy, and troubadour. He also said he had been to France before. Braegan - Av height, medium build human male. He has white hair but I saw some red at the base of each hair. He was dressed in leathers and was carrying a club. He said he was an Earth Mage and a Healer. Vila - Another human male (in fact I was the only female) looks about 20, 5'4" white hair, light build and scrawny and moderately dressed. He's an E&E mage and a spy. He says he's fairly stealthy and a non-combatant. Drover - A rather nondescript person. Another Earth mage, 5'9" average weight. He prefers not to fight and he's a trainee healer. Logan Berry - 6'1", skinny, long straggly hair (at least mine is neat), dull coloured clothes in greens & browns. Another E&E and also a ranger. He reckons he's a non-combatant. Fred - Until this guy walked in I thought I was the shortest in this party. He's a dwarf (the only non-human) and looks scrawny. He's a ranger and a Celestial Shadow mage. Aqualina - I'm a short (5'1") human female, and was dressed in my aqua skirt & black boots as well as my fur coat (which I kept wrapped up in - it's cold here). I've got long black hair, green eyes, and a dark complexion. I told the others I knew water magic and was an excellent swimmer and beginning navigator. Just after we finished the introductions the gentleman, who had been speaking, walked in. He said he was Captain Jon Baptiste and briefed us on the situation. The language of France is French, which is like Elvish. To help us we were given some rings of Elven Speech which added 4 to our rank (Glass turned one down - he was already proficient in the language). We were told not to lose them. They were to be returned when we finished. We were to be paid 3000 sp per person for this job, 1500 in advance as we needed to be outfitted to their fashion. We also decided Glass was to be the party leader and Braegan was the scribe (I was going to volunteer but my spelling is rather bad. I'm practising however - that's why I keep a diary) France is a low mana area - especially in Paris. This meant it was going to be harder to cast spells. I'm not worried. Unless there's lots of water around, not many of mine are very useful. I intended relying on my natural agility. The Adventurers Club was providing transport but we had to pay for accommodation and other expenses. Captain Baptiste also explained about things called guns. They were shaped devices that, when loaded and activated, shot a small projectile rather rapidly towards a target. They were usually used as weapons. Another common weapon are swords. We were warned not to annoy people dressed in red or blue. The red ones are the Cardinal Guards and the blue ones are the Kings Musketeers. Both groups are skilled and serve to uphold the Church (some sort of religious group called Catholics) and the Crown (to do with the ruler - somebody called a King). They both ruled the area. We were also told it was illegal to duel in Paris but people do it anyway. I asked about local bodies of water. Baptiste replies that the River Seine flows through the middle of Paris but they're not quite sure if it can still be classed as water. He reckons, that at some places, it's thick enough to walk on. He doesn't think that there's any life in it but I was welcome to find out. I said that I'd think about it - if there was time. Braegan then asks about the local religion and a philosophical discussion breaks out between him and Baptiste. Baptiste hands Braegan a book and explains that this book holds the answers. I was hoping that the journey to France was going to be by sea but Baptiste explains that we are going to use a rune portal. However it could only be used once a fortnight - something to do with the stars he thinks - and the next opportunity is tomorrow. We were asked to meet him here early tomorrow morning with the equipment we wanted to take. .2.