New Thief Abilities: Con Artist, Assassin, and In Plain Sight

Con Artist [5/lvl]

This new talent gives +1/level (max 4 levels) to Acting, Disguise, Fast-Talk, Gambling, and Merchant.  Con Artist is meant to emphasise the "social" aspect of Thieves, and to replace Craftiness/Street-Smart, both of which already have skill overlap with Skulker.

Reaction Bonus: Street urchins, scammers, forgers, and the like.

Alternate Benefit: +1/level in Contests against somebody trying to fool you.

Assassin [5/lvl]

This talent gives +1/level (max 4 levels) to Garrote, Knife, Poisons, Fast-Draw (Potion), and Fast-Draw (Knife).  Assassin is meant to replace the Assassin template from DF12: Ninja, which makes the same mistakes the Thief did (that is, inefficiently spending points on skills).

Reaction Bonus: Other assassins.

Alternative Benefit: +1/level to avoid self-inflicted poisons.

In Plain Sight [1]

In Plain Sight is a perk that allows a Thief to try to sneak in areas where this would normally be impossible: guarded well-lit hallways, open fields, and the like.  They suffer a base -10 to Stealth to do so.

GURPS DF Free Cities Season 2 Session 16: Help, I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up

Archer Arrowsmith - Human Scout (260 points)
Elana - Human Holy Warrior of Melora, goddess of the wilderness and sea (262 points)
"The" Lukas Zombanyi - Human Cleric of Bahamut, god of justice and protection (260 points)
Masha Deathfoot - Human Martial Artist (265 points)
Puddin' Noddington - Gnome Thief (272 points)
        Mahk Strawngmussle - Human Labourer (62 points)
Vaelcor Treehippie - Human Druid (271 points)
        Jahn the Bear - Bear (201 points)

Amothius 37th 2546, Outside Kral Aklaz
Lukas showed back up, having changed his name (and religion).  The party asked if he knew anything about "Giant Law", but he came up blank.  They headed to the Observatory chute, looping north around the valley with the stone bridge.  Masha was lowered first with the Lantern of Continual Light and confirmed the room was empty, save for the now-dead tree that Vaelcor had created last session.  The others made it down without issue (though Lukas had to use Luck after failing a roll); Puddin' rediscovered her Laziness and demanded a 1cp ($1) fee to tie people off.

The party decided they wanted to investigate the crypts, now that they had a cleric with True Faith, and followed their map to loop around back to the staircase where the floor had been smashed away.  Puddin' remembered that they'd never told Celebor that they had cancelled their plan from last night, so he was probably annoyed.  They headed south, Puddin' scouting ahead (after removing her medium plate sabatons), and made it back to the 4-way intersection by the door down without seeing any giants.  The giants had smashed the floor here in their last encounter, so they'd have to jump across a small gap above the floor below to actually get to the stairs.

They decided to check out some unexplored doors in the "fey" sector first instead, but the first two fairly large rooms, made of natural stone with crude wooden doors, both turned up empty except for some mundane vines and ferns.  The next door had a 2' door built into the bottom of it, including a tiny doorknob.  Puddin' opened that one, and looked through to see another plant-choked room, but with a pot of gold!  She ran through (after failing a Will roll) and started shoving coins into her pockets, though the number in the pot never seemed to drop.  Masha, hearing this, took a look through the door and (after also failing her roll) somehow managed to squeeze through it, and started filling her pockets too.

GURPS DF Free Cities Season 2 Session 15: Giant Law

Archer Arrowsmith - Human Scout (250 points)
Elana - Human Holy Warrior of Melora, goddess of the wilderness and sea (262 points)
Masha Deathfoot - Human Martial Artist (265 points)
Puddin' Noddington - Gnome Thief (272 points)
        Mahk Strawngmussle - Human Labourer (62 points)
Uncle Ruckus - Human Wizard (250 points)
Vaelcor Treehippie - Human Druid (271 points)
        Jahn the Bear - Bear (201 points)

Amothius 36th 2546, Kral Aklaz, Upper Floor (Cont.)
Puddin' showed up beside the rest of the party and started to lead them down the unlit hall with her Dark Vision, when one of the giants shouted that he was the Thane Ingmar, and that they were accused of Trespassing, Theft, and Murder.  They were to come to court, and face trial by a jury of their peers.  Instead of that, the party continued down the hall.  After rounding a corner, Masha turned the lantern of Continual Light back on, and, following a Cartography roll and a look at their map to get their bearings, they made their way back to the displacer beast room to rest and plan.

After much conjecture, they decided the best course of action was to assemble a team of "Superfriends", and went to talk to Celebor.  There were a pair of guards outside the fey court, and blocked the party's way with their glaives.  When Ruckus asked to be let past, one of the guards let him know that the Princess of Snowflakes was still upset with their presentation, and it would probably be best if they didn't go back into the court.  One of them guards went and fetched Celebor for them instead.  They thanked the guards, and, once he returned with their friend and his five hounds, they went out of earshot to discuss their plans.

The party informed Celebor that the giant thane had the fourth key to the vault on his necklace.  Celebor was on board to attack them and take it, though he requested that the party come up with some sort of plan other than "full frontal attack" first.  When asked what resources he could contribute, Celebor said that he was a skilled archer, and, though he was not a wizard, knew some spells like Dark Vision and Hush.  Ruckus pored over his maps for a while, and figured out that the room in the "wizard area" where they'd found the fancy robes should line up with the throne room on the floor below.