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Wvaske: Correspondence section now generates itself from the Correspondence table (adds the founding letter and both Harper dispatches)

2026-09-17T19:43:40Z

Correspondence section now generates itself from the Correspondence table (adds the founding letter and both Harper dispatches)

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	=== Correspondence ===		=== Correspondence ===
	* [[Nightingale Dispatch: Eyes at the Bridge]] — her ~~first archive filing as Ciphermaster (Hammer 14~~, ~~1489)~~		''Everything sent or received under her name, each piece kept on its own page. The campaign-wide collection is at [[Correspondence]].''
	* [[~~Harper Reply: The Najara Question~~]] ~~— Leosin~~'~~s answer (Hammer 17~~, ~~1489)~~
	* [[Correspondence]] — the campaign-wide collection		{{#cargo_query:tables=Correspondence
			\|fields=date=Date,_pageName=Letter,sender=Sent by,recipient=To
			\|where=sender LIKE "%Gootcha%" OR recipient LIKE "%Gootcha%"
			\|order by=sortkey
			\|format=table
			}}

	== References ==		== References ==

Wvaske: Current-truth cleanup (issue #2): convert short-form (S NN) session citations to numbered references

2026-09-15T18:42:19Z

Current-truth cleanup (issue #2): convert short-form (S NN) session citations to numbered references

Wvaske: Current-truth cleanup (issue #2): move change commentary to edit summaries/Talk; session citations become numbered references

2026-09-15T18:39:18Z

Current-truth cleanup (issue #2): move change commentary to edit summaries/Talk; session citations become numbered references

Wvaske: Familiar's confirmed spelling is Beek-a-boo — fix Peekaboo/Beakaboo renderings, drop the spelling-unconfirmed note; clean stray escaped-newline artifact at top

2026-09-15T00:11:56Z

Familiar's confirmed spelling is Beek-a-boo — fix Peekaboo/Beakaboo renderings, drop the spelling-unconfirmed note; clean stray escaped-newline artifact at top

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	''For a beginner-friendly player guide, see [[Gootcha/Player Guide]].''~~\n\n~~		''For a beginner-friendly player guide, see [[Gootcha/Player Guide]].''

	== Gootcha ==		== Gootcha ==
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	Her squire is '''Will''', assigned from the [[Harpers]] in [[Baldur's Gate]] — and promptly deployed as a canary, sent to search a suspicious wagon on the road.		Her squire is '''Will''', assigned from the [[Harpers]] in [[Baldur's Gate]] — and promptly deployed as a canary, sent to search a suspicious wagon on the road.

	==== ~~Peekaboo~~ as Semaphore ====		==== Beek-a-boo as Semaphore ====
	Her familiar '''~~Peekaboo~~'~~'' ''(elsewhere recorded as "Beakaboo" — spelling unconfirmed)~~'' was used as a silent semaphore, circling pointedly over the position of a hidden enemy. Nobody in the party worked out what it meant.		Her familiar '''Beek-a-boo''' was used as a silent semaphore, circling pointedly over the position of a hidden enemy. Nobody in the party worked out what it meant.

	=== Session 53 — Wyrmling-Slayer on the Walls (2026-08-09) ===		=== Session 53 — Wyrmling-Slayer on the Walls (2026-08-09) ===
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	* '''[[Shadowfell Crossbow]]''' — as of S52, it need '''not''' be wielded for the Raven-Queen permanent-death effect; that rides on her '''pact weapon''', which can be any weapon she chooses.		* '''[[Shadowfell Crossbow]]''' — as of S52, it need '''not''' be wielded for the Raven-Queen permanent-death effect; that rides on her '''pact weapon''', which can be any weapon she chooses.
	* '''Gold ring with a blue gemstone''' (S51) — lifted from a Ship Kurth guard's purse; '''unidentified'''; worn anyway.		* '''Gold ring with a blue gemstone''' (S51) — lifted from a Ship Kurth guard's purse; '''unidentified'''; worn anyway.
	* A '''raven familiar''' she scouts and casts through — her earlier raven died to the [[Mind Gobbler]] in S45; by S50 her raven scout is named '''~~Beakaboo''' (rendered '''Peekaboo~~''' ~~in S52)~~; in S51 she re-summoned it in cat form as '''Catalicious''' (instantly mobbed by schoolchildren, adored by horses).		* A '''raven familiar''' she scouts and casts through — her earlier raven died to the [[Mind Gobbler]] in S45; by S50 her raven scout is named '''Beek-a-boo'''; in S51 she re-summoned it in cat form as '''Catalicious''' (instantly mobbed by schoolchildren, adored by horses). Beek-a-boo made his first kill in [[Session 55 - Antlered Shadows (2026-09-12)\|Session 55]] — a wounded [[Peryton]], slain in its own nest by a Chill Touch channeled through his beak — earning the title '''murder crow'''.
	* Her '''magic notebook''' — the channel through which Harper intelligence reaches her, and, since [[Ciphermaster]], the one her handler at [[Nuts Deep]] reads and answers.		* Her '''magic notebook''' — the channel through which Harper intelligence reaches her, and, since [[Ciphermaster]], the one her handler at [[Nuts Deep]] reads and answers.

Wvaske: Link broken-out correspondence pages

2026-09-12T14:46:25Z

Link broken-out correspondence pages

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	* [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)]]		* [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)]]
	* [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)]]		* [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)]]

			=== Correspondence ===
			* [[Nightingale Dispatch: Eyes at the Bridge]] — her first archive filing as Ciphermaster (Hammer 14, 1489)
			* [[Harper Reply: The Najara Question]] — Leosin's answer (Hammer 17, 1489)
			* [[Correspondence]] — the campaign-wide collection

	[[Category:Halfling Rogues]] [[Category:Campaign]]		[[Category:Halfling Rogues]] [[Category:Campaign]]

Wvaske: Harpers Rank 3 conferred — Ciphermaster; record the cell and her handler at Nuts Deep

2026-08-28T21:05:21Z

Harpers Rank 3 conferred — Ciphermaster; record the cell and her handler at Nuts Deep

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	=== Faction Membership ===		=== Faction Membership ===
	* [[Harpers]] – an agent of the Harpers; bears the Harper signet ring (see Equipment). Her squire, '''Will''', is a Harper placement out of [[Baldur's Gate]] (S52). '''Rank 3 ~~reached as of S53~~''', ~~boon feat pending~~. Harper intelligence (including [[The Grove Burnings]] and the [[Prophecy of the Thorn-Born Star]]'s third stanza) arrives directly in her magic notebook.		* [[Harpers]] – an agent of the Harpers; bears the Harper signet ring (see Equipment). Her squire, '''Will''', is a Harper placement out of [[Baldur's Gate]] (S52). '''Rank 3 — [[Ciphermaster]]''', conferred August 2026: she now runs a Harper cell of her own, with a cipher clerk posted to [[Nuts Deep]] to read her notebook and field agents she directs across the Sword Coast. Harper intelligence (including [[The Grove Burnings]] and the [[Prophecy of the Thorn-Born Star]]'s third stanza) arrives directly in her magic notebook.

	=== The Raven Queen ===		=== The Raven Queen ===
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	* '''Gold ring with a blue gemstone''' (S51) — lifted from a Ship Kurth guard's purse; '''unidentified'''; worn anyway.		* '''Gold ring with a blue gemstone''' (S51) — lifted from a Ship Kurth guard's purse; '''unidentified'''; worn anyway.
	* A '''raven familiar''' she scouts and casts through — her earlier raven died to the [[Mind Gobbler]] in S45; by S50 her raven scout is named '''Beakaboo''' (rendered '''Peekaboo''' in S52); in S51 she re-summoned it in cat form as '''Catalicious''' (instantly mobbed by schoolchildren, adored by horses).		* A '''raven familiar''' she scouts and casts through — her earlier raven died to the [[Mind Gobbler]] in S45; by S50 her raven scout is named '''Beakaboo''' (rendered '''Peekaboo''' in S52); in S51 she re-summoned it in cat form as '''Catalicious''' (instantly mobbed by schoolchildren, adored by horses).
			* Her '''magic notebook''' — the channel through which Harper intelligence reaches her, and, since [[Ciphermaster]], the one her handler at [[Nuts Deep]] reads and answers.

	=== Character Arc ===		=== Character Arc ===
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	* '''Named by the [[Cult of the Dragon]] as its central problem''' in [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]] — the reason Deez Nuts's victims stay dead. She is now, personally, the thing the Cult is trying to solve.		* '''Named by the [[Cult of the Dragon]] as its central problem''' in [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]] — the reason Deez Nuts's victims stay dead. She is now, personally, the thing the Cult is trying to solve.
	* Killed a [[Blue Dragon Wyrmling]] and saved her own squire in the Battle of [[Nuts Deep]] ([[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)\|Session 53]])		* Killed a [[Blue Dragon Wyrmling]] and saved her own squire in the Battle of [[Nuts Deep]] ([[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)\|Session 53]])
			* '''Raised to [[Harpers]] Rank 3 — [[Ciphermaster]]''' (August 2026), given a cell of her own: a cipher clerk resident at [[Nuts Deep]] and field agents posted across the Sword Coast at her direction.

	=== Relationships ===		=== Relationships ===
	* Fellow party members: [[Bechamel]], [[Bruder]], [[Keyleth]], [[Xanphina]], [[Cosima]], [[Shade]], [[Swarm of Rats]]		* Fellow party members: [[Bechamel]], [[Bruder]], [[Keyleth]], [[Xanphina]], [[Cosima]], [[Shade]], [[Swarm of Rats]]
	* The [[Raven Queen]] – the death goddess to whom she sends the souls of those she slays, and the source of her Soul-Token powers		* The [[Raven Queen]] – the death goddess to whom she sends the souls of those she slays, and the source of her Soul-Token powers
	* [[Harpers]] – her faction; source of her squire '''Will''' (S52) ~~and~~ of the intelligence in her notebook		* [[Harpers]] – her faction; source of her squire '''Will''' (S52), of the intelligence in her notebook, and of the cell she now runs as [[Ciphermaster]]
			* '''[[Merrivet Ashcombe]]''' – her Harper cipher clerk, posted to [[Nuts Deep]] to read and answer her notebook
	* [[Rook Blackstring]] – the captured cultist who revealed that the Cult has singled her out (S52)		* [[Rook Blackstring]] – the captured cultist who revealed that the Cult has singled her out (S52)
	* The Superior Stables proprietress ([[Luskan]]) – killed Karma's familiar Batty; on Gootcha's list ("Vengeance would be fine")		* The Superior Stables proprietress ([[Luskan]]) – killed Karma's familiar Batty; on Gootcha's list ("Vengeance would be fine")

Wvaske: Drop DM-voice attribution per player-page policy

2026-08-18T21:21:58Z

Drop DM-voice attribution per player-page policy

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	==== Aspect Mid-Combat ====		==== Aspect Mid-Combat ====
	Gootcha's '''[[Tempered Soul]] Aspect crystallized in the middle of a fight''' — on the hidden shortbow shot that opened [[The Turnip Wagon Ambush]]. The ~~DM ruled that the~~ spend ''itself'' tipped her over the threshold, and '''retroactively upgraded ~~her die~~''' for that very roll.		Gootcha's '''[[Tempered Soul]] Aspect crystallized in the middle of a fight''' — on the hidden shortbow shot that opened [[The Turnip Wagon Ambush]]. The spend ''itself'' tipped her over the threshold, and '''her die was retroactively upgraded''' for that very roll.

	==== Will the Squire ====		==== Will the Squire ====

Wvaske: S53: wyrmling poison kill, nat-20 archer kill, squire triage, Aspect domain, level 9

2026-08-09T19:30:47Z

S53: wyrmling poison kill, nat-20 archer kill, squire triage, Aspect domain, level 9

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	=== Faction Membership ===		=== Faction Membership ===
	* [[Harpers]] – an agent of the Harpers; bears the Harper signet ring (see Equipment). Her squire, '''Will''', is a Harper placement out of [[Baldur's Gate]] (S52).		* [[Harpers]] – an agent of the Harpers; bears the Harper signet ring (see Equipment). Her squire, '''Will''', is a Harper placement out of [[Baldur's Gate]] (S52). '''Rank 3 reached as of S53''', boon feat pending. Harper intelligence (including [[The Grove Burnings]] and the [[Prophecy of the Thorn-Born Star]]'s third stanza) arrives directly in her magic notebook.

	=== The Raven Queen ===		=== The Raven Queen ===
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	==== Peekaboo as Semaphore ====		==== Peekaboo as Semaphore ====
	Her familiar '''Peekaboo''' ''(elsewhere recorded as "Beakaboo" — spelling unconfirmed)'' was used as a silent semaphore, circling pointedly over the position of a hidden enemy. Nobody in the party worked out what it meant.		Her familiar '''Peekaboo''' ''(elsewhere recorded as "Beakaboo" — spelling unconfirmed)'' was used as a silent semaphore, circling pointedly over the position of a hidden enemy. Nobody in the party worked out what it meant.

			=== Session 53 — Wyrmling-Slayer on the Walls (2026-08-09) ===
			In the Battle of [[Nuts Deep]] (played by Ashley, remoting in from Patty's) she was ice-cold from the crenellations:
			* '''Evasion''' zeroed the second [[Blue Dragon Wyrmling]]'s 28-damage lightning breath — the same blast that dropped her squire Will beside her.
			* When [[Baelgrum]]'s Command grounded that wyrmling on the wall, she '''poisoned it''' (poison sneak attack — trading a sneak die to force a Con save; it failed) and '''killed it''' the next round with crossbow and poisoned sneak.
			* A '''natural 20''' crossbow crit '''blasted a skeleton archer clean off the wall'''.
			* She spent her bonus action on triage — '''administering a healing potion to the downed Will''' ("Don't try to be a hero. That was a lucky first hit.")
			Her '''[[Tempered Soul]] Aspect domain''' was defined: '''name, memory, and what has passed''' — rolls drawing on memory, past knowledge, or experience, aligned with the [[Raven Queen]]'s dominion over death and memory (the DM intends to tighten the wording). Now '''level 9'''. At the harvest her Thieves' Tools were ruled a generalist fine-work column — her 10 stripped the first wyrmling's '''Azure Scale Coat''' and talons.

	=== Equipment ===		=== Equipment ===
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	* Cracked the Luskan coin mystery with a pickpocket and pulled off two leave-the-gold heists in [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]]		* Cracked the Luskan coin mystery with a pickpocket and pulled off two leave-the-gold heists in [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]]
	* '''Named by the [[Cult of the Dragon]] as its central problem''' in [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]] — the reason Deez Nuts's victims stay dead. She is now, personally, the thing the Cult is trying to solve.		* '''Named by the [[Cult of the Dragon]] as its central problem''' in [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]] — the reason Deez Nuts's victims stay dead. She is now, personally, the thing the Cult is trying to solve.
			* Killed a [[Blue Dragon Wyrmling]] and saved her own squire in the Battle of [[Nuts Deep]] ([[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)\|Session 53]])

	=== Relationships ===		=== Relationships ===
	* Fellow party members: [[Bechamel]], [[Bruder]], [[Keyleth]], [[Xanphina]], [[Cosima]], [[Shade]], [[Swarm of Rats]]		* Fellow party members: [[Bechamel]], [[Bruder]], [[Keyleth]], [[Xanphina]], [[Cosima]], [[Shade]], [[Swarm of Rats]]
	* The [[Raven Queen]] – the death goddess to whom she sends the souls of those she slays, and the source of her Soul-Token powers		* The [[Raven Queen]] – the death goddess to whom she sends the souls of those she slays, and the source of her Soul-Token powers
	* [[Harpers]] – her faction; source of her squire '''Will''' (S52)		* [[Harpers]] – her faction; source of her squire '''Will''' (S52) and of the intelligence in her notebook
	* [[Rook Blackstring]] – the captured cultist who revealed that the Cult has singled her out (S52)		* [[Rook Blackstring]] – the captured cultist who revealed that the Cult has singled her out (S52)
	* The Superior Stables proprietress ([[Luskan]]) – killed Karma's familiar Batty; on Gootcha's list ("Vengeance would be fine")		* The Superior Stables proprietress ([[Luskan]]) – killed Karma's familiar Batty; on Gootcha's list ("Vengeance would be fine")
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	* [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)]]		* [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)]]
	* [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)]]		* [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)]]
			* [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)]]

	[[Category:Halfling Rogues]] [[Category:Campaign]]		[[Category:Halfling Rogues]] [[Category:Campaign]]

Wvaske: Session 52 ingest: Gootcha — mid-combat Aspect crystallization, the Cult names her its central problem, pact-weapon Raven Queen reveal, 2 more Soul Tokens (party at 4), squire Will, Peekaboo semaphore, class snobbery

2026-07-13T19:25:58Z

Session 52 ingest: Gootcha — mid-combat Aspect crystallization, the Cult names her its central problem, pact-weapon Raven Queen reveal, 2 more Soul Tokens (party at 4), squire Will, Peekaboo semaphore, class snobbery

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	''For a beginner-friendly player guide, see [[Gootcha/Player Guide]].''\n\n		''For a beginner-friendly player guide, see [[Gootcha/Player Guide]].''\n\n

	== Gootcha ==		== Gootcha ==
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	=== Personality ===		=== Personality ===
	A clever infiltrator who maintained deep cover within the Cult of the Dragon.		A clever infiltrator who maintained deep cover within the Cult of the Dragon.

			A streak of class snobbery surfaced in [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]] when the party was handed a ruined fort to restore — "''rebuilding this structure sounds like peasant work, not… Deez Nuts type of work.''" So did a rare flicker of conscience, after she put an arrow into an unidentified invisible target: "''I also feel bad because we don't know if she's an enemy or not.''"

	=== Faction Membership ===		=== Faction Membership ===
	* [[Harpers]] – an agent of the Harpers; bears the Harper signet ring (see Equipment)		* [[Harpers]] – an agent of the Harpers; bears the Harper signet ring (see Equipment). Her squire, '''Will''', is a Harper placement out of [[Baldur's Gate]] (S52).

	=== The Raven Queen ===		=== The Raven Queen ===
	Gootcha has a personal, defining bond with the '''[[Raven Queen]]''', goddess of death and fate (first explored in [[Session 36 - Gootcha Talks to Death]]). She regards the souls of those she kills as offerings sent on to the Raven Queen's domain. In [[Session 44 - Garmok's Mine]] she made a point of slaying a bearded devil with her crossbow specifically so that its soul would be carried to the Raven Queen's realm rather than reforming in the Hells — quipping, "''Go visit my Raven Queen, see what she thinks of all these souls I've been sending her.''" Her death-aligned powers flow from this patronage, and even her resurrection in the Hells required her to remain death-aligned.		Gootcha has a personal, defining bond with the '''[[Raven Queen]]''', goddess of death and fate (first explored in [[Session 36 - Gootcha Talks to Death]]). She regards the souls of those she kills as offerings sent on to the Raven Queen's domain. In [[Session 44 - Garmok's Mine]] she made a point of slaying a bearded devil with her crossbow specifically so that its soul would be carried to the Raven Queen's realm rather than reforming in the Hells — quipping, "''Go visit my Raven Queen, see what she thinks of all these souls I've been sending her.''" Her death-aligned powers flow from this patronage, and even her resurrection in the Hells required her to remain death-aligned.

			==== The Pact Weapon Reveal (S52) ====
			A major mechanical clarification landed in [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]]: the Raven-Queen effect rides on her '''pact weapon''', not on any one item. Gootcha can make '''any weapon''' her pact weapon, and a kill with it sends the soul '''permanently''' to the [[Raven Queen]] — no resurrection. The [[Shadowfell Crossbow]] '''does not need to be wielded''' for this to work.

			=== The Cult's Central Problem ===
			As of [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]], the [[Cult of the Dragon]] has identified '''Gootcha herself''' as the reason [[Deez Nuts]] cannot be dealt with. Under interrogation, [[Rook Blackstring]] laid it out: prior hit squads sent after the party "''have not been able to resurrect them. So we know it's a problem, and we expect that it's due to her.''"

			The consequence is chilling. Enemies dispatched against Deez Nuts now come to the fight having '''already made peace with permanent death''' — because they know they will not be coming back.

	=== Soul Tokens ===		=== Soul Tokens ===
	Gootcha's Raven Queen abilities are fueled by '''Soul Tokens''' — a rare, hoarded resource earned only by killing something that has itself "escaped death." As of the [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)\|Session 50]] voyage home the party held two (taken from [[Lord Valtheran]] and an assassin). Spending a token powers abilities such as:		Gootcha's Raven Queen abilities are fueled by '''Soul Tokens''' — a rare, hoarded resource earned only by killing something that has itself "escaped death." As of the [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)\|Session 50]] voyage home the party held two (taken from [[Lord Valtheran]] and an assassin). In [[The Turnip Wagon Ambush]] she took '''two more''' — from [[Rook Blackstring]] and [[Keith Sorrowmere]], both previously-resurrected creatures (only such creatures yield a token) — bringing the party's total to '''four'''.

			Spending a token powers abilities such as:
	* '''Threshold Walk''' — teleport the whole party to a place Gootcha vividly remembers.		* '''Threshold Walk''' — teleport the whole party to a place Gootcha vividly remembers.
	* '''Stolen Vitality''' — over half a long rest, restore all of a companion's spell slots ''or'' all their HP, and cure their diseases, curses, and exhaustion.		* '''Stolen Vitality''' — over half a long rest, restore all of a companion's spell slots ''or'' all their HP, and cure their diseases, curses, and exhaustion.
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	She also carries a fresh grudge: the Superior Stables proprietress horsewhipped [[Karma]]'s bat familiar Batty out of the air and killed it. Gootcha's verdict: "'''Vengeance would be fine.'''" And she handed the [[Prophecy of the Thorn-Born Star]] research to [[Maccath the Crimson]].		She also carries a fresh grudge: the Superior Stables proprietress horsewhipped [[Karma]]'s bat familiar Batty out of the air and killed it. Gootcha's verdict: "'''Vengeance would be fine.'''" And she handed the [[Prophecy of the Thorn-Born Star]] research to [[Maccath the Crimson]].

			=== Session 52 — The Reason They Stay Dead (2026-07-12) ===

			==== Aspect Mid-Combat ====
			Gootcha's '''[[Tempered Soul]] Aspect crystallized in the middle of a fight''' — on the hidden shortbow shot that opened [[The Turnip Wagon Ambush]]. The DM ruled that the spend ''itself'' tipped her over the threshold, and '''retroactively upgraded her die''' for that very roll.

			==== Will the Squire ====
			Her squire is '''Will''', assigned from the [[Harpers]] in [[Baldur's Gate]] — and promptly deployed as a canary, sent to search a suspicious wagon on the road.

			==== Peekaboo as Semaphore ====
			Her familiar '''Peekaboo''' ''(elsewhere recorded as "Beakaboo" — spelling unconfirmed)'' was used as a silent semaphore, circling pointedly over the position of a hidden enemy. Nobody in the party worked out what it meant.

	=== Equipment ===		=== Equipment ===
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	* '''Gauntlets of Ogre Power''' — gives her surprising raw strength for a halfling (used in S44 to shove aside rubble the others struggled with).		* '''Gauntlets of Ogre Power''' — gives her surprising raw strength for a halfling (used in S44 to shove aside rubble the others struggled with).
	* '''Patron Signet''' pact item (from [[A Compact of restoration and continuance\|the Compact]], S50): Hex / Blindness-Deafness / Hypnotic Pattern. She also gained the universal '''[[Tempered Soul]]''' feat.		* '''Patron Signet''' pact item (from [[A Compact of restoration and continuance\|the Compact]], S50): Hex / Blindness-Deafness / Hypnotic Pattern. She also gained the universal '''[[Tempered Soul]]''' feat.
			* '''[[Shadowfell Crossbow]]''' — as of S52, it need '''not''' be wielded for the Raven-Queen permanent-death effect; that rides on her '''pact weapon''', which can be any weapon she chooses.
	* '''Gold ring with a blue gemstone''' (S51) — lifted from a Ship Kurth guard's purse; '''unidentified'''; worn anyway.		* '''Gold ring with a blue gemstone''' (S51) — lifted from a Ship Kurth guard's purse; '''unidentified'''; worn anyway.
	* A '''raven familiar''' she scouts and casts through — her earlier raven died to the [[Mind Gobbler]] in S45; by S50 her raven scout is named '''Beakaboo'''; in S51 she re-summoned it in cat form as '''Catalicious''' (instantly mobbed by schoolchildren, adored by horses).		* A '''raven familiar''' she scouts and casts through — her earlier raven died to the [[Mind Gobbler]] in S45; by S50 her raven scout is named '''Beakaboo''' (rendered '''Peekaboo''' in S52); in S51 she re-summoned it in cat form as '''Catalicious''' (instantly mobbed by schoolchildren, adored by horses).

	=== Character Arc ===		=== Character Arc ===
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	* Died with the party against [[Arauthator]] (run by Patty in [[Session 49 - Old White Death (2026-04-26)\|Session 49]]); reforged in the Hells and bound into [[A Compact of restoration and continuance\|the Compact]] in [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)\|Session 50]].		* Died with the party against [[Arauthator]] (run by Patty in [[Session 49 - Old White Death (2026-04-26)\|Session 49]]); reforged in the Hells and bound into [[A Compact of restoration and continuance\|the Compact]] in [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)\|Session 50]].
	* Cracked the Luskan coin mystery with a pickpocket and pulled off two leave-the-gold heists in [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]]		* Cracked the Luskan coin mystery with a pickpocket and pulled off two leave-the-gold heists in [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]]
			* '''Named by the [[Cult of the Dragon]] as its central problem''' in [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]] — the reason Deez Nuts's victims stay dead. She is now, personally, the thing the Cult is trying to solve.

	=== Relationships ===		=== Relationships ===
	* Fellow party members: [[Bechamel]], [[Bruder]], [[Keyleth]], [[Xanphina]], [[Cosima]], [[Shade]], [[Swarm of Rats]]		* Fellow party members: [[Bechamel]], [[Bruder]], [[Keyleth]], [[Xanphina]], [[Cosima]], [[Shade]], [[Swarm of Rats]]
	* The [[Raven Queen]] – the death goddess to whom she sends the souls of those she slays, and the source of her Soul-Token powers		* The [[Raven Queen]] – the death goddess to whom she sends the souls of those she slays, and the source of her Soul-Token powers
	* [[Harpers]] – her faction		* [[Harpers]] – her faction; source of her squire '''Will''' (S52)
			* [[Rook Blackstring]] – the captured cultist who revealed that the Cult has singled her out (S52)
	* The Superior Stables proprietress ([[Luskan]]) – killed Karma's familiar Batty; on Gootcha's list ("Vengeance would be fine")		* The Superior Stables proprietress ([[Luskan]]) – killed Karma's familiar Batty; on Gootcha's list ("Vengeance would be fine")

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	* [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)]]		* [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)]]
	* [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)]]		* [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)]]
			* [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)]]

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Wvaske: Session 51 ingest: Kurth guard pickpocket (18 red coins + mystery ring), Catalicious familiar, thief's-code heists, Superior Stables grudge

2026-07-04T15:50:30Z

Session 51 ingest: Kurth guard pickpocket (18 red coins + mystery ring), Catalicious familiar, thief's-code heists, Superior Stables grudge

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	* '''Queen's Veto''' — a reaction to overrule a creature dropping to 0 HP, restoring it to half its maximum.		* '''Queen's Veto''' — a reaction to overrule a creature dropping to 0 HP, restoring it to half its maximum.
	The party voted to hoard the tokens rather than spend them freely.		The party voted to hoard the tokens rather than spend them freely.

			=== Session 51 — Old Instincts, New Rules (2026-06-28) ===
			Back in [[Luskan]], Gootcha's +10 Sleight of Hand finally got its exercise: she '''pickpocketed a Ship Kurth bridge guard''' and found the answer to the city's sickness in his purse — 20 gold, '''18 of them blood-red''' (the party's first hard evidence of the coin corruption), plus an '''unidentified gold ring set with a blue gemstone''', which she immediately put on and now wears.

			She re-summoned her familiar in cat form as '''Catalicious''' to scout the Superior Stables (the horses approved), then ran two clean heists under the Cloak of Invisibility and [[Keyleth]]'s Pass Without a Trace — a 34 Stealth safecrack at the stables and a Gaseous Form infiltration of the school. Both jobs followed her own thief's code: she took '''only the red coins''' and left equal ordinary gold in their place. "What little bit of goodness that I have, I am only going to take the red."

			She also carries a fresh grudge: the Superior Stables proprietress horsewhipped [[Karma]]'s bat familiar Batty out of the air and killed it. Gootcha's verdict: "'''Vengeance would be fine.'''" And she handed the [[Prophecy of the Thorn-Born Star]] research to [[Maccath the Crimson]].

	=== Equipment ===		=== Equipment ===
	* '''Harper signet ring''' (acquired [[Session 45 - The Mind Gobbler\|Session 45]]): casts ''Disguise Self'' at will, and carries 3 charges shared between ''Gaseous Form'' and ''Expeditious Retreat''.		* '''Harper signet ring''' (acquired [[Session 45 - The Mind Gobbler\|Session 45]]): casts ''Disguise Self'' at will, and carries 3 charges shared between ''Gaseous Form'' and ''Expeditious Retreat''. (Two Gaseous Form charges spent in the S51 school heist.)
	* '''Gauntlets of Ogre Power''' — gives her surprising raw strength for a halfling (used in S44 to shove aside rubble the others struggled with).		* '''Gauntlets of Ogre Power''' — gives her surprising raw strength for a halfling (used in S44 to shove aside rubble the others struggled with).
	* '''Patron Signet''' pact item (from [[A Compact of restoration and continuance\|the Compact]], S50): Hex / Blindness-Deafness / Hypnotic Pattern. She also gained the universal '''[[Tempered Soul]]''' feat.		* '''Patron Signet''' pact item (from [[A Compact of restoration and continuance\|the Compact]], S50): Hex / Blindness-Deafness / Hypnotic Pattern. She also gained the universal '''[[Tempered Soul]]''' feat.
	* A '''raven familiar''' she scouts and casts through — her earlier raven died to the [[Mind Gobbler]] in S45; by S50 her raven scout is named '''Beakaboo'''.		* '''Gold ring with a blue gemstone''' (S51) — lifted from a Ship Kurth guard's purse; '''unidentified'''; worn anyway.
			* A '''raven familiar''' she scouts and casts through — her earlier raven died to the [[Mind Gobbler]] in S45; by S50 her raven scout is named '''Beakaboo'''; in S51 she re-summoned it in cat form as '''Catalicious''' (instantly mobbed by schoolchildren, adored by horses).

	=== Character Arc ===		=== Character Arc ===
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	* Confirmed as a [[Harpers\|Harper]] agent with the signet ring in [[Session 45 - The Mind Gobbler\|Session 45]]		* Confirmed as a [[Harpers\|Harper]] agent with the signet ring in [[Session 45 - The Mind Gobbler\|Session 45]]
	* Died with the party against [[Arauthator]] (run by Patty in [[Session 49 - Old White Death (2026-04-26)\|Session 49]]); reforged in the Hells and bound into [[A Compact of restoration and continuance\|the Compact]] in [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)\|Session 50]].		* Died with the party against [[Arauthator]] (run by Patty in [[Session 49 - Old White Death (2026-04-26)\|Session 49]]); reforged in the Hells and bound into [[A Compact of restoration and continuance\|the Compact]] in [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)\|Session 50]].
			* Cracked the Luskan coin mystery with a pickpocket and pulled off two leave-the-gold heists in [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]]

	=== Relationships ===		=== Relationships ===
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	* The [[Raven Queen]] – the death goddess to whom she sends the souls of those she slays, and the source of her Soul-Token powers		* The [[Raven Queen]] – the death goddess to whom she sends the souls of those she slays, and the source of her Soul-Token powers
	* [[Harpers]] – her faction		* [[Harpers]] – her faction
			* The Superior Stables proprietress ([[Luskan]]) – killed Karma's familiar Batty; on Gootcha's list ("Vengeance would be fine")

	=== Appearances ===		=== Appearances ===
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	* [[Session 49 - Old White Death (2026-04-26)]]		* [[Session 49 - Old White Death (2026-04-26)]]
	* [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)]]		* [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)]]
			* [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)]]

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	=== Faction Membership ===		=== Faction Membership ===
	* [[Harpers]] – an agent of the Harpers; bears the Harper signet ring (see Equipment). Her squire, '''Will''', is a Harper placement out of [[Baldur's Gate]] (~~S52~~). '''Rank 3 — [[Ciphermaster]]''', conferred August 2026: she now runs a Harper cell of her own, with a cipher clerk posted to [[Nuts Deep]] to read her notebook and field agents she directs across the Sword Coast. Harper intelligence (including [[The Grove Burnings]] and the [[Prophecy of the Thorn-Born Star]]'s third stanza) arrives directly in her magic notebook.		* [[Harpers]] – an agent of the Harpers; bears the Harper signet ring (see Equipment). Her squire, '''Will''', is a Harper placement out of [[Baldur's Gate]] <ref name="s52">[[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]].</ref>. '''Rank 3 — [[Ciphermaster]]''', conferred August 2026: she now runs a Harper cell of her own, with a cipher clerk posted to [[Nuts Deep]] to read her notebook and field agents she directs across the Sword Coast. Harper intelligence (including [[The Grove Burnings]] and the [[Prophecy of the Thorn-Born Star]]'s third stanza) arrives directly in her magic notebook.

	=== The Raven Queen ===		=== The Raven Queen ===
	Gootcha has a personal, defining bond with the '''[[Raven Queen]]''', goddess of death and fate (first explored in [[Session 36 - Gootcha Talks to Death]]). She regards the souls of those she kills as offerings sent on to the Raven Queen's domain. In [[Session 44 - Garmok's Mine]] she made a point of slaying a bearded devil with her crossbow specifically so that its soul would be carried to the Raven Queen's realm rather than reforming in the Hells — quipping, "''Go visit my Raven Queen, see what she thinks of all these souls I've been sending her.''" Her death-aligned powers flow from this patronage, and even her resurrection in the Hells required her to remain death-aligned.		Gootcha has a personal, defining bond with the '''[[Raven Queen]]''', goddess of death and fate (first explored in [[Session 36 - Gootcha Talks to Death]]). She regards the souls of those she kills as offerings sent on to the Raven Queen's domain. In [[Session 44 - Garmok's Mine]] she made a point of slaying a bearded devil with her crossbow specifically so that its soul would be carried to the Raven Queen's realm rather than reforming in the Hells — quipping, "''Go visit my Raven Queen, see what she thinks of all these souls I've been sending her.''" Her death-aligned powers flow from this patronage, and even her resurrection in the Hells required her to remain death-aligned.

	==== The Pact Weapon Reveal ~~(S52)~~ ====		==== The Pact Weapon Reveal ====
	A major mechanical clarification landed in [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]]: the Raven-Queen effect rides on her '''pact weapon''', not on any one item. Gootcha can make '''any weapon''' her pact weapon, and a kill with it sends the soul '''permanently''' to the [[Raven Queen]] — no resurrection. The [[Shadowfell Crossbow]] '''does not need to be wielded''' for this to work.		A major mechanical clarification landed in [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]]: the Raven-Queen effect rides on her '''pact weapon''', not on any one item. Gootcha can make '''any weapon''' her pact weapon, and a kill with it sends the soul '''permanently''' to the [[Raven Queen]] — no resurrection. The [[Shadowfell Crossbow]] '''does not need to be wielded''' for this to work.<ref name="s52" />

	=== The Cult's Central Problem ===		=== The Cult's Central Problem ===
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	* '''Patron Signet''' pact item (from [[A Compact of restoration and continuance\|the Compact]], S50): Hex / Blindness-Deafness / Hypnotic Pattern. She also gained the universal '''[[Tempered Soul]]''' feat.		* '''Patron Signet''' pact item (from [[A Compact of restoration and continuance\|the Compact]], S50): Hex / Blindness-Deafness / Hypnotic Pattern. She also gained the universal '''[[Tempered Soul]]''' feat.
	* '''[[Shadowfell Crossbow]]''' — as of S52, it need '''not''' be wielded for the Raven-Queen permanent-death effect; that rides on her '''pact weapon''', which can be any weapon she chooses.		* '''[[Shadowfell Crossbow]]''' — as of S52, it need '''not''' be wielded for the Raven-Queen permanent-death effect; that rides on her '''pact weapon''', which can be any weapon she chooses.
	* '''Gold ring with a blue gemstone''' (~~S51~~) — lifted from a Ship Kurth guard's purse; '''unidentified'''; worn anyway.		* '''Gold ring with a blue gemstone''' <ref name="s51">[[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]].</ref> — lifted from a Ship Kurth guard's purse; '''unidentified'''; worn anyway.
	* A '''raven familiar''' she scouts and casts through — her earlier raven died to the [[Mind Gobbler]] in S45; by S50 her raven scout is named '''Beek-a-boo'''; in S51 she re-summoned it in cat form as '''Catalicious''' (instantly mobbed by schoolchildren, adored by horses). Beek-a-boo made his first kill in [[Session 55 - Antlered Shadows (2026-09-12)\|Session 55]] — a wounded [[Peryton]], slain in its own nest by a Chill Touch channeled through his beak — earning the title '''murder crow'''.		* A '''raven familiar''' she scouts and casts through — her earlier raven died to the [[Mind Gobbler]] in S45; by S50 her raven scout is named '''Beek-a-boo'''; in S51 she re-summoned it in cat form as '''Catalicious''' (instantly mobbed by schoolchildren, adored by horses). Beek-a-boo made his first kill in [[Session 55 - Antlered Shadows (2026-09-12)\|Session 55]] — a wounded [[Peryton]], slain in its own nest by a Chill Touch channeled through his beak — earning the title '''murder crow'''.
	* Her '''magic notebook''' — the channel through which Harper intelligence reaches her, and, since [[Ciphermaster]], the one her handler at [[Nuts Deep]] reads and answers.		* Her '''magic notebook''' — the channel through which Harper intelligence reaches her, and, since [[Ciphermaster]], the one her handler at [[Nuts Deep]] reads and answers.
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	* Fellow party members: [[Bechamel]], [[Bruder]], [[Keyleth]], [[Xanphina]], [[Cosima]], [[Shade]], [[Swarm of Rats]]		* Fellow party members: [[Bechamel]], [[Bruder]], [[Keyleth]], [[Xanphina]], [[Cosima]], [[Shade]], [[Swarm of Rats]]
	* The [[Raven Queen]] – the death goddess to whom she sends the souls of those she slays, and the source of her Soul-Token powers		* The [[Raven Queen]] – the death goddess to whom she sends the souls of those she slays, and the source of her Soul-Token powers
	* [[Harpers]] – her faction; source of her squire '''Will''' ~~(S52)~~, of the intelligence in her notebook, and of the cell she now runs as [[Ciphermaster]]		* [[Harpers]] – her faction; source of her squire '''Will''' <ref name="s52" />, of the intelligence in her notebook, and of the cell she now runs as [[Ciphermaster]]
	* '''[[Merrivet Ashcombe]]''' – her Harper cipher clerk, posted to [[Nuts Deep]] to read and answer her notebook		* '''[[Merrivet Ashcombe]]''' – her Harper cipher clerk, posted to [[Nuts Deep]] to read and answer her notebook
	* [[Rook Blackstring]] – the captured cultist who revealed that the Cult has singled her out ~~(S52)~~		* [[Rook Blackstring]] – the captured cultist who revealed that the Cult has singled her out <ref name="s52" />
	* The Superior Stables proprietress ([[Luskan]]) – killed Karma's familiar Batty; on Gootcha's list ("Vengeance would be fine")		* The Superior Stables proprietress ([[Luskan]]) – killed Karma's familiar Batty; on Gootcha's list ("Vengeance would be fine")

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	=== Character Arc ===		=== Character Arc ===
	* Successfully infiltrated the Cult of the Dragon as a possible double agent		* Successfully infiltrated the Cult of the Dragon as a possible double agent
	* Had a cultist contact named Murray who was mysteriously murdered (Session 25)		* Had a cultist contact named Murray who was mysteriously murdered <ref name="s25">[[Session 25 - Murder on the Trade Way (1/28/24)\|Session 25]].</ref>
	* Navigated the delicate balance of maintaining cover while helping the party		* Navigated the delicate balance of maintaining cover while helping the party
	* Serves as a sender of souls to the [[Raven Queen]] (see above)		* Serves as a sender of souls to the [[Raven Queen]] (see above)
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	* Cracked the Luskan coin mystery with a pickpocket and pulled off two leave-the-gold heists in [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]]		* Cracked the Luskan coin mystery with a pickpocket and pulled off two leave-the-gold heists in [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]]
	* '''Named by the [[Cult of the Dragon]] as its central problem''' in [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]] — the reason Deez Nuts's victims stay dead. She is now, personally, the thing the Cult is trying to solve.		* '''Named by the [[Cult of the Dragon]] as its central problem''' in [[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|Session 52]] — the reason Deez Nuts's victims stay dead. She is now, personally, the thing the Cult is trying to solve.
	* Killed a [[Blue Dragon Wyrmling]] and saved her own squire in the Battle of [[Nuts Deep]] ([[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)\|Session 53]])		* Killed a [[Blue Dragon Wyrmling]] and saved her own squire in the Battle of [[Nuts Deep]] <ref name="s53">[[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)\|Session 53]].</ref>
	* '''Raised to [[Harpers]] Rank 3 — [[Ciphermaster]]''' (August 2026), given a cell of her own: a cipher clerk resident at [[Nuts Deep]] and field agents posted across the Sword Coast at her direction.		* '''Raised to [[Harpers]] Rank 3 — [[Ciphermaster]]''' (August 2026), given a cell of her own: a cipher clerk resident at [[Nuts Deep]] and field agents posted across the Sword Coast at her direction.

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	* [[Harper Reply: The Najara Question]] — Leosin's answer (Hammer 17, 1489)		* [[Harper Reply: The Najara Question]] — Leosin's answer (Hammer 17, 1489)
	* [[Correspondence]] — the campaign-wide collection		* [[Correspondence]] — the campaign-wide collection

			== References ==
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	[[Category:Halfling Rogues]] [[Category:Campaign]]		[[Category:Halfling Rogues]] [[Category:Campaign]]