D&D 5E [5e] QL's Al-Qadim Game

[Ancalagon]

Erm.... is it me or does this scream vampire?

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[Shayuri]

Yeah, I admit, that occurred to me too.

Can any of the rest of us hear this, IC?

 

[Ancalagon]

Mention of blood, and almost all of the things he doesn't want are essentially items that would hurt a vampire... holy water, relics, sunblades...

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[Matthan]

His picture looks like a vampire...

 

[Shayuri]

The list was highly suspect yes. Then the pic and the mention of bleeding neck...well, I won't say it's cinched, because I could see a clever GM laying out a breadcrumb trail to mess with folks...but yeah. It's looking pretty Twilight in here.

 

[Ancalagon]

His picture looks like a vampire...

I couldn't see the image on the app, so I looked in web view... yeah, that is veeeery dodgy.

And Lal had such a nice gift too...

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[Matthan]

I wouldn't put it past Quickleaf to pull a fast one and just have a pale hemophiliac hanging around. In character though, would any of us even know enough (or anything) about vampires to be suspicious? I know most of us aren't hearing any of this, but Lal is in the middle of it. He's pretty well traveled. Is Lal getting concerned?

 

[Ancalagon]

Undeath is definitely a problem in Yoon Suin, and Lal is getting spooked, to the point he will deliver a subtle threat.

Stolen water... does the Jinn mean his blood?!

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[Quickleaf]

I'm wearing my evil DM grin now.

Can any of the rest of us hear this, IC?

Nope. The rest of you are with Hadia's sons Naji and Na'im & the janni Usqual. The chamber with the water-bearer is much deeper into the caves of the caravanserai.

The Persuasion check [MENTION=23]Ancalagon[/MENTION] made was to determine how much access Hadia would permit to the "water-bearer." I should have mentioned that but was pressed for time when posting; since he just made the Difficulty 13, I determined that would allow him and one other.

I wouldn't put it past Quickleaf to pull a fast one and just have a pale hemophiliac hanging around. In character though, would any of us even know enough (or anything) about vampires to be suspicious? I know most of us aren't hearing any of this, but Lal is in the middle of it. He's pretty well traveled. Is Lal getting concerned?

Such a suspicious mind Actually, yeah, that's totally something I would do.

While your PCs can't hear any of this currently, generally I think it's safe to assume you can apply whatever monster knowledge you have as a player that you want to apply. I mean, your PCs are 11th level. What's great about having a group of experienced players is that you have lots of D&D monster lore to draw from; so the fun becomes trying to guess what I as DM am up to (since I re-flavor and tweak stuff all the time to suit the setting/game) and to find a way to portray your PC's knowing a given piece of information in a way that's convincing/entertaining according to what you envision their past looks like.

Generally, that hyper-vigilant "does my PC know what I know about the monsters" makes sense at lower levels, but I feel comfortable letting go of it at higher levels.

 

[Ancalagon]

I would go as far as saying that having the player and the characters being suspicious in equal amount is pretty plausible at this point - this *is* dodgy as heck, but we don't *know* so we have to play along.