Bard and former thief out of Waterdeep.
Background
Born in Waterdeep to a poor family, Cisco’s parents passed at a very young age. Forgotten with no family to take care of him, he found himself out on the street until some members of a local thieves guild took pity and brought him in. With them he learned how to make quick cash, running scams or pickpocketing unwitting people.
In his free time he eventually learned the lute, and into adulthood parlayed it into a legitimate career — gaining minor celebrity status among Waterdeep’s “less classy” taverns, still mixing in plenty of ill-gotten gains between performances. Always yearning to be part of the city’s upper class, he wanted more and more until finally some gambles didn’t pay off, and with too many debts owed he was forced to flee with the money in his pocket. Eventually found work and passage to a new land, far away from those looking for trouble.
In the campaign
- Met Captain Stormeye aboard the Harrow’s Wake and noticed his arcane prosthetic eye early in Session 02.
- Maintains a working relationship (mostly cordial, sometimes adversarial) with Lyle, the general-store owner with the secret magical inventory.
- Recovered the Ring of the Phantom Carriage off Lord Alric’s body in Session 15.
- Revived Alicia (his former manager) at the boss fight against the Forest Hag in Session 09.
- Talked the eye out of Stormeye’s skull in Session 28 — currently keeping it.
- Hat of rats reveal outside Greyhaven in Session 29 (Gregory forgery scam) and again as illusion+actual-throw at Warehouse 17 in Session 32.
- Took disadvantage Persuasion in Session 31 to misdirect Vaerix Thalos toward the lower banks.
- In Session 32 secretly cast Minor Illusion to give Lorien’s sermon angelic sounds — Lorien doesn’t know. Later cast Minor Illusion to make Seris’s ledger entries vanish in front of her.
- In Session 33 proposed intercepting the courier to Thrain. Cautioned about the guards. Activated his Mustard Tunic at The Boutique and rolled 31 on style to get The Boutique Mistress to take Elijah seriously.
Notable items
- Ring of the Phantom Carriage (looted from Lord Alric)
- The sentient prosthetic eye (acquired in Session 28)
- Mustard Tunic — silk tunic from Lyle (Session 04), grants +1d4 on Charisma checks when activated
- Hat of Rats — used to scatter crowds and weaponize against guards