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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 5315960" data-attributes="member: 92305">It is the job of the DM to guide the story and keep the intriguing and addicitive.  But, in this situation, I say, "Let the Players have one." I bet most of your players, besides the one you mention, are patting themselves on the back for a job well done.   Make a big deal out of it.  Slap some praise out of it.  They are heroes, and they pulled off the IMPOSSIBLE.  Make them feel that way.  Make them feel like they've just done something amazing. Then... Use what they did in your plot. I don't know how your story is going, but, off the top of my head, let's say their fame grows a bit "on the street" for their deed.  Inside their own organization, word of what they did spreads. At first, this will be cool--a sense of celebrity.  The local whores will sleep with the PCs for free.  The alekeep won't accept their gold when they drink. Then, after a night of revelry, a man comes knocking.  He's heard of them.  "Oh, cool!"  The players think, "Man, we did so good its turned into work!" The job....Somebody has killed this big wig in the other organization, and the organization wants to find out who did it.  They're distrustful of people in their own organization and needed to go outside to hire professionals.  The PC's fame has spread, even to them, though the organization doesn't know exactly what the PC's did. So...the PCs are hired, if they take the job, to find out who killed the big wig.  I'd save this part--let them find out the details of the job after being hired. Ever seen that movie No Way Out with Kevin Costner?  Rent it.  Pay attention to how the drama unfolds as he has to search for himself. So, the PCs can start feeding false information to the organization.  Maybe they try to set someone up. But, there're in some hot water now....because the big-wig's brother is even higher up in the organization and is leading up the investigation. If not this, then some other idea.  You understand where I'm going.  Don't turn your game into a "bad game" because the PCs' plan worked.  Use it in your game to build it up and make it fantastic. What the PCs did can be a stepping stone to a bigger, badder, more absorbing adventure down the road.</blockquote>

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