The Adventures of Heidi in Dark City

preparation phase

> Retrieve arms from shoes.

How would you fit weapons inside of your shoes? Sounds like the kind of thing a member of a wealthy, internationally renowned, paranoid group of noblemen would do. But not you.

You usually keep weapons inside of your backpack. But you didn't bring it with you on this recon mission.

Wait...


Did you mean these crappily, barely drawn pair of shoes left by the doorway? Whose are these even.


You investigate one of them and find a holy cross, one of the Bernstein family weapons. These things are so impractical they're so short, you're pretty sure the hilt is longer than the blade itself. You've never fought with this thing before. But a weapon's a weapon.

>Investigate couch + plant.

Nothing in the couch. No one was actually living in this dorm room, so you don't think you'll gain much from scouring the room. Other than the artifact that was being hidden here, it's just got ordinary house stuff, and you didn't find any evidence during your initial investigation. (This only makes the shoes more mysterious.) It's not like it's a video game where there'll be a bunch of random crap lying around for you.


Just in case though, you check the potted plant.

You find one (1) assassin's token.

attack phase


Without warning - the glass window behind you shatters.