INFILTRATOR
CHAPTER 3
ITEMS OF LEGACY Illus. by D. Crabapple
member of opposing forces and boldly moved among Infiltrator is a sturdy chain shirt assembled from shiny their encampments, specifically noting officers, rings of mithral, constructed primarily for military use assessing personalities, and paying close attention to but not without a discerning eye for craftsmanship. command styles. Dekarius even managed to overhear Nonlegacy Game Statistics: +1 mithral shirt; Cost specific strategies being discussed by senior commanders. All of these accomplishments made him 2,100 gp. Omen: When wearing Infiltrator, you can focus your an invaluable resource to the royal army. (DC 20; vision, gaining the visual effects of a magnifying glass Behind the Lines) or a spyglass (see pages 130 and 127 of the Player’s Dekarius made a reputation for himself among his Handbook, respectively). superiors, who came to rely on the information he provided. His spying was so dependable that battles HISTORY were often delayed until he returned The product of a misspent youth, from a mission. Eventually, Dekarius was given the most covert Dekarius Daystorm was a sneaky adolescent scion of a wealthy assignment he had ever taken. merchant family that made He was to infiltrate a retreating enemy army, earn the its fortune building siege engines for its nation’s trust of their commanding armies. Dekarius was deofficers, and serve as their termined to learn all his scout. Only Dekarius and family’s dark secrets, and his superiors were privy he had a knack for serto this plan. Dekarius endipitously overhearing was allowed to provide whispered confidences. the enemy leaders some According to his father, the useful intelligence, but only to gain their trust. Sly lad possessed too much talent for this skill. Something about Dekaridisinformation would follow. us caused people to open up around The operation worked perfectly, him. The entire family came to fear allowing Dekarius to send crucial facts to his commanders on a his insatiable curiosity and powers of deduction—extortion, infidelity, regular basis. During a stay in an enand even murder ran through their emy metropolis, however, Dekarius history, all there for the idle young was taken aback when he spotted his man to discover. So, without telling father in the streets. Younger shadowed elder through the city’s avenues his son beforehand, Dekarius’s father enlisted him into the royal army, hopand byways. The older man went into The wearer of Infiltrator can avoid various sorts of detection ing the military could make good use a military barracks, and Dekarius realized he was supplying siege engines of his incisive skills. Dekarius was sent on his way with the shirt of mithral chain that to both sides in the war. (DC 25; Inside Track) When Dekarius discovered his father was doublewould later become Infiltrator. (DC 15) Dekarius raged and fumed at the underhanded dealing, his patriotism wrestled with his family loyalty. The young soldier confronted his father, who way his father had enrolled him into the army, but revealed he had been secretly traveling back and the youth could do nothing about it. The paperwork forth across the war lines for years. The Daystorm was signed. To spite his father, Dekarius excelled in cartel even worked to maintain an artificial balance all tasks assigned him and quickly demonstrated a of power to keep its industry alive. Dekarius’s father natural aptitude for gathering information about any enemy. As a result, he was sent deep into hostile made it clear the whole family would suffer if this territory, always returning with, at the very least, a duplicitous trading were stopped. Such deals were detailed report of armaments, deployments, and troop wholly responsible for the family’s current wealth. numbers. Dekarius, however, was never satisfied with Dekarius weighed these words against everything such a superficial accounting. He often dressed as a he knew about his kin and the corruption running
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