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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TaranTheWanderer" data-source="post: 7974621" data-attributes="member: 15882">1) You dealt with your player 'problem' so no worries2) bad rolls happen some time.  If there are multiple ways to gain information, then it's fine that they failed one avenue.  The other avenue escalated but no worries because...3)  naughty word happens.  They could have knocked people out but (chose?) not to - do they know a melee attack allows you to render a person unconcious? - In any case, as previously mentioned they have a boat filled with important people.  How will they deal with the situation?If no-one has a way to contact the world outside the boat, they will show up at the dock and will probably be able to run before things get bad.  The rogue's ruse will not hold up under scrutiny so even a good bluff to get them past the guards will still involve them getting arrested and taken in for questioning.If they run, continue the adventure module but add this awesome advice:After all my years of DMing, I never thought to do something like this.  It's great. Also, this (almost) exact thing happened to the Defenders of Daybreak.  Want to know what happened to them?  Read the story hour and get piles of ideas:[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.piratecat.org/spira/eversinktrial1.htm[/URL]The 'mission dossier':  can give you lots of ideas on noble houses and possible NPCs that might be on the boat:  <a href="http://www.piratecat.org/spira/eversinkdossier.htm" target="_blank">Defenders of Daybreak</a>TLDR:  let them slip off the boat to do their mission but let this event complicate their progress until they do something to fix it.  Once the adventure path is done, they might have to go back and deal with it.ORLet it derail the adventure while they deal with the fallout.  The delay on dealing with the Adventure Path should create complications for them when they do go back to the adventure.  What was were the main factions doing while the PCs were distracted dealing with the Law?Who knows, maybe those complications will balanced with new allies.  Think about the politics and the other nobles...maybe one of them wanted that Lord dead.  That's convenient.  Maybe they'll have other jobs or maybe an enemy of his enemy will want to help the PCs.... In any case, let it be a major Setback.  Setbacks are fun and lead to new adventures and rewards.</blockquote>

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