Vampire Heist

About the adventure

A city like London doesn’t lack for nocturnal diversions, which is of great comfort to its society of undead citizens, most of whom cannot travel by day. Theatres, bars, cinemas, clubs of all sorts — including their own social club, The Rymer — stay open late into the middling hours of the preternaturals’ day. One category of recreation, however, is normally inaccessible: museums. Closing well before the usual waking of the undead, museums and the treasures they hold remain beyond the reach of the children of the night. Once a year, however, the museums of London keep their doors open for The Late Shows, a programme of events held at various museums and cultural venues throughout the city. Crowded events such as these are a bit divisive amongst the undead — more humans means more prey, but also higher chance of detection and danger. In the few years these events have been running, very few of the preternatural population of London have attended. This year, one of your number, Countess Zaleska, took the opportunity to nose around the British Museum during The Late Shows and, brimming with frustration, returned to The Rymer the following night. Wild with rage, she repeated her story to everyone in the club who would listen; a ruby bracelet, one of her prized possessions she assumed was lost years ago, had been sitting right there in a display case. Of course, there had been too many witnesses milling about for her to do anything about retrieving her lost property then, and even if she went to the museum and demanded it back, the museum famously refuses to return stolen items. But she wants it. Discovering that the museum’s collection is searchable, many of the clientele of The Rymer have taken to treating it as a lost and found box, looking for all sorts of items they’ve lost over the years. A small group of vampires — yourself included — have indeed found lost items in the museum’s collection, and along with Countess Zaleska are planning to retrieve them. Though the Countess has declined to get her hands dirty, she’s willing to provide money and whatever other support the team needs to get back all their treasures. Vampire Heist is a homebrew mini campaign for 4-6 players, experienced or beginner alike. We will play at level 14, your race will be vampire, and you may play as any D&D 5e class. Further details to be hammered out at Session 0. Please feel free to get in touch with questions!