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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 1144102" data-attributes="member: 5137">One thing I've found is that injecting a certain amount of realism into the cliche makes it almost invisible. For example, the last Inn Job I did, I used the following cliches:1. You all meet in the inn.2. There is a scholar who comes to the inn and has a job.3. Someone nearby (a future foe) overhears and rushes out.4. (51-65) A saucy tart.But I gave the characters more depth than their roles required - the saucy tart was not described as such, she was simply saucy in personality, and latched onto one of the characters; and the future foe was no personality-less minion, but a full and interesting character in his own right (although still definitely a minion). The scholar was actually one of the players, who was prepped ahead with the details of the wonderful thing she thought she might find.And the inn had a name, history, and the sorts of very nice rooms and solid security that only successful adventurers can afford. The PCs didn't blink an eye - it just seemed an interesting coincidence that they had, in fact, met there.</blockquote>