Café de Nuit

Adam wrote: Also, I thought we were here for questioning, not under arrest.

That's what Fild thought too...
My guess is they 100% don't want us to go away, but in case we find a foot with the big ones (we've dropped some attention-grabbing names) they want to make it seem as if we have a choice.

A kind of "You can pick any one of those three cards!" "I want the left one" "The left? Are you sure you don't want the middle one?" "Yes" "Sorry forgot to mention, you're free to pick the left one of course, but I'll have to crush your hand if you do. So, still going for the left one with your completely free choice?"

I could be wrong, but that's what it seems to me. In fact...
Ewan, can I get a wisdom check for Fild to gauge the reason of the false appearances? Why not just grab Fild and tell him in no uncertain terms that he has to follow or else?

Practically I want Fild to check if the theory of "they may know important people, so let's not put the heat on them unless they don't do exactly what we want" is correct. Not sure if it's wisdom or intelligence or whatever.

[dice]0[/dice]

FILD...

Detect noise: [dice]0[/dice]

So Tom hears nothing...

And I'd better check something



1 in 6

[dice]0[/dice]

VAN wrote:Detect noise: [dice]225970:0[/dice]

So Tom hears nothing...

It was worth a try.

Detect Noise for what?

steveflam wrote:Detect Noise for what?

Van was seeing if Tom could catch any of the noise/argument/tussle going on out in the hall, beyond a closed door.

There's a guard by the door, so you cannot just walk up and listen.
Listening from the middle of the room is a DETECT/HEAR NOISE check.

Do we know theres a tussle or not? If not IM not doing one.

[dice]0[/dice] I'll bite. Maybe I hear something.

Adam wrote:[dice]225979:0[/dice] I'll bite. Maybe I hear something.

Indistinct voices, a loud murmur. And clattering and bumping.
Not loud or clear enough for him to get a sense of what it was about.

The noises stop a little before the doors open and the new people come in.

steveflam wrote:Do we know theres a tussle or not? If not IM not doing one.

You do not know more than I have written, without doing a check.

1 in 4 chance Gubbio sees Gertie's face as she mouths a word.

INT guards


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Note to players:

You left the module behind midway through Chapter Six.
The ambush scene is the climax. After that ( if it even occurs-- the module is not linear) further action is left up to the DM, with a few hints about how to proceed.

And of course there were some things added before play began by me, in case you decided to poke into certain matters. The old vineyard location and a fuller development of the thugs you encountered early on, for example.
I have planned ahead for multiple possibilities, expanded on baddies' schemes, fleshed out the city a bit more, etc. so I am able to keep running the game.