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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7365545" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>In a bazaar, which the PCs might want to further explore. (though if this was the very start of the campaign they might not have much money to spend...) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>If framed into this situation as the puck-drop scene my first (and probably second, and third...) question would be something like "OK, there's a pedlar selling feathers. What else is here? What's the weather doing? What else is for sale at the other vendors? [which of the following I'd ask would be dependent on what I'm running as a character] What are my opportunities for stealing stuff? Do I see any thieving going on that I need to act upon, or report to the authorities? Does the general atmosphere of the place make me think I need to take extra precautions? Etc. Etc.</p><p></p><p>Just because my story and drama might be best served by the feather-selling dude doesn't for a second mean I-as-PC am going to ignore everything else around me; I-as-player want to know what's going on around my PC and whether I either need to or want to interact with it, and if I see some thieving happening and I'm playing the sort (or, if I've given this no forethought, I decide on the spur of the moment that I'm playing the sort) who would be honour-bound to report it the feathers are just going to have to wait.</p><p></p><p>Still a false lead though - nice. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Lanefan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7365545, member: 29398"] In a bazaar, which the PCs might want to further explore. (though if this was the very start of the campaign they might not have much money to spend...) :) If framed into this situation as the puck-drop scene my first (and probably second, and third...) question would be something like "OK, there's a pedlar selling feathers. What else is here? What's the weather doing? What else is for sale at the other vendors? [which of the following I'd ask would be dependent on what I'm running as a character] What are my opportunities for stealing stuff? Do I see any thieving going on that I need to act upon, or report to the authorities? Does the general atmosphere of the place make me think I need to take extra precautions? Etc. Etc. Just because my story and drama might be best served by the feather-selling dude doesn't for a second mean I-as-PC am going to ignore everything else around me; I-as-player want to know what's going on around my PC and whether I either need to or want to interact with it, and if I see some thieving happening and I'm playing the sort (or, if I've given this no forethought, I decide on the spur of the moment that I'm playing the sort) who would be honour-bound to report it the feathers are just going to have to wait. Still a false lead though - nice. :) Lanefan [/QUOTE]
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