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DnD - For a few Credits More

Far below, the sounds of traffic and the nightlife were a dull roar.  The wind pulled at a few stray hairs, and Salvador aka Point Five tsked, tucking them under her hat.  Dressed in a black, thermo-regulated jumpsuit, the assassin focused on the task at hand.

On the other end of her scope, a private cocktail party, on the penthouse level of a corporate plaza building.  A gathering of Night City's top executives, city officials and diplomatic envoys.  Rumours had been circulating for weeks that the city was going to secede from the Union of City States.  Rumours had it that it was being announced officially at this party, and then tomorrow morning to the world.

The sound of wings flapping nearby momentarily distracted her and she tensed, trying to see what the source of the noise was, without moving.  She relaxed a few moments later when the crow let out a few raspy caws, which were answered from a building nearby.

" ... Eyes on target.  I've got the bird." scrolled across the bottom of her vision in dull text.  "Seems like one of your feathered friends."

"Shut it." was her reply.

Back across the several block gap, the party seemed more animated.  Someone'd just arrived, and the other people were gathering around them.  Several signals popped up in her scope, indicating with a ninty-seven percent certainty that this was the target.

Point Five waited as drinks were circulated, and as the drinks were raised in toast, she held her breath and squeezed the trigger.  A thump was more felt than heard, the silencing system including enough magic to limit the sound of the weapon to a very small radius.

Her pleased expression quickly turned into one of shock, as the round flattened against the side of the building, the wall surrounding the impact area turning a bright blue, rippling like a stone tossed into a still pond.

"Impossible!  The runes were weakened!  Ge.."

The assassin shut off the feed, zeroing in for a second shot.  Then a heavy weight landed upon the barrel of the rifle, the muzzle quickly pointing down.

"QUOTH THE RAVEN: nEvERmOrE!", screeched the bird.  The assassin grunted in surprise, but fluidly swung the rifle around, dislodging the critter from her gun.  The move continued with the stock of the rifle sending the bird across the rooftop, where it crashed into the HVAC system with a metallic sound.

Aiming the scope at the party, she was pleased to see that it had descended into chaos, as multiple security teams struggled to get their clients out of the line of fire.  Then a recognizable face appeared in her scope, one that seemed to be looking right at her.  The Dwarf grinned suddenly, and winked.  Raising a hand, he mimicked pulling a trigger, his index finger pointed right at her.  That's when the spotlight highlighted her position, and it took all of her speed to throw herself from the top of the building.  The sound of impacts followed her, dimples appearing in reinforced concrete.

Spreading her arms wide as she fell, the suit began to inflate, and deploy small wings.  As she began to glide away from the building, she turned her feed back on, waiting for a pause in the stream of text.

"... The run was compromised.  The target had extra security in the form of Night City's best troubleshooters.  Zero point five alpha."

Salvador switched the feed off again, and moved to quickly toss several pieces of incriminating equipment to the wind.

"Always wanted to know what Sunset Cove was like this time of year.."

For a few Credits More is a cyberpunk game that uses D&D 5e and the Technomancer's Toolkit.

Players play troubleshooters, characters from a variety of backgrounds out to earn a few credits.  They are hired by those who would not dirty their hands with the tasks at hand, be it data theft, corporate kidnapping, destruction of property or outright murder.  As such, the characters keep to the shadows, on the edge of the knife so to speak.  (Think Shadowrunners or Edge Runners)

Characters will start at level 3, and use both the base PHB as well as the Technomancer's Toolkit.