Questions - Diaspora IV

[DM Juan]

Yes, and they can also buy the early casting for bards.

[TF - The Fortress]

Cool.

[CIC - Duke Cicero]

How exactly does item theft work? Does the thief need to know that the item they're trying to steal exists/is possessed by the target? Do you just say you're going to steal an item from player X, and then if successful you get a list of their items and can pick one? Do you get a random one? Can you steal multiple items if you exceed the DC by enough? There's very little detail on the actions page.

[WM - The Waste Mage]

Gotta know they have it or had it. One item. Espionage action should give a list or partial list depending on success of roll. I think.

[DM Juan]

You have to know they had the item, to steal the item. I am not opposed to making it a blind shot, and I decide the item stolen based on the success.

[WM - The Waste Mage]

How sad to end up stealing a potion.

[TH - The Hunt]

Could work well if you stole a healing potion right when they were in the middle of an adventure, though.

Especially if you did it by swapping it out.

[CIC - Duke Cicero]

I love the new Apollyon event. I can't be the only one who could already qualify for like half of these ... I imagine initiative will be important here.

1) do you still have to use a seek LT action if you're banishing them? It's just a ... banish LT instead?

2) if you have a LT who meets the criteria, can you have them do it?

[YK - Yuri Khavlor]

Juan will need to confirm but my intention was:

Random historical figure appears is random events.

These events are resolved like any Great Captain event.
If failed: normal consequences
If succeed: Gain the Great figure as a recruitable candidate
Meet the pre-req? yes. Use a seek LT action to acquire
else
Banish the character forever (gain a thematic reward)
Dismiss them, they return to a hidden pool of candidates. Someone else may appear, or they may reoccur later if you want a second chance.

[DM Juan]

New Plan, since yes, they may be too easily acquired by people this way.

They will show up in Great Captain events, out of that list posted, randomly. A few per turn. Initiative will matter, of course.