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#1 magiwildcard Mar 25, 2015 12:23:41	I'm running a game right now set in Eberron which revolves around catching a Carmen San Diego style thief. I'd like input on what to include, how the players might track her down, what I should expect and plan for, all that fun stuff. I've gotten really, really into running games since the new edition has come out, so I'll say I'm a beginning DM with a lot of experience with the game in general. Right now, the team wants to talk to their rogue's criminal connection in the city they are starting off in, and I have a few ideas about how I might mess with that, but I'd like any suggestions I can get from here.  Thanks guys!
#2 Tempest_Stormwind Mar 25, 2015 12:46:42	What sort of thief are we talking about? Carmen Sandiego was definitely showing the Gentleman Thief trope most of the time, but it's easy to re-imagine her in other contexts. (Our own game, for instance, has a villain thief of similar reputation who specializes in high-profile magical hijackings, up to and including an entire moving lightning rail car and the cargo hold of an in-flight experimental airship (escaping via feather fall and some anti-air countermeasures), with a rather... shall we say Chicago Gangster view on civilian casualties.)   Are the PCs law enforcement (or contractors in their employ), private citizens who have been wronged and are looking for vengeance, or a rival thief crew taking her down for other reasons?   Is the trail cold, or will it be ongoing, a la the criminal stealing more things to lead the PCs along, or the criminal stealing a honey trap (that is, an irresistable target the PCs are intending to use to catch her) from under the PC's noses?   What sort of story are you trying to tell within that plot framework?
#3 Varden_Khol Mar 25, 2015 16:33:16	If it's true 'gentleman thief' or Carmen Sandiego style then the culprit probably has a lot of panache and be the kind of person who would purposely leave clues behind. Maybe even taunting notes. They'd be out in the open because the thief wants the note to be found, but the clue would still need deciphering.