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<blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 9285706" data-attributes="member: 6787503">What you typically do at your table is not typical of play in general.The background feature, Criminal Contact, doesn't say your contact is always present in the same city where you happen to be. I can see why you might think that would be stupid, but that's not what it says. It says you know how to get messages to and from them &quot;even over great distances&quot; which it sounds like are involved if you're in a city of which you've never heard. Surely, the PCs aren't the only contact between where the criminal contact is located and this distant city where they happen to be at the moment. I think that would be stupid.Why wouldn't they? As they say, breeding recognizes breeding.Why, do you think no one ever sent messages? You don't have to be notorious to send someone a message. Neither should getting a response rely on there being a world wide broadcast. The feature contains suggestions of what the means might be of sending and receiving messages if the table is having trouble coming up with ideas of their own.I'm not sure what you're saying is not automatic. Assuming you're talking about the Entertainer background in the PHB, By Popular Demand says you can find a place to perform. Surely, that's what entertainers do - go to different cities in some of which no one's ever heard of them and do performances there. I don't think it's a stretch they could get free room and board from the venues in exchange for their nightly performances. Most taverns like to have entertainment because it brings in customers. It also says once you've performed in a place, you become somewhat of a local figure there, but at that point it's no longer a city that's never heard of you, so I'm not sure what you're saying here.I'm sure they appreciate you being upfront with them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hriston, post: 9285706, member: 6787503"] What you typically do at your table is not typical of play in general. The background feature, Criminal Contact, doesn't say your contact is always present in the same city where you happen to be. I can see why you might think that would be stupid, but that's not what it says. It says you know how to get messages to and from them "even over great distances" which it sounds like are involved if you're in a city of which you've never heard. Surely, the PCs aren't the only contact between where the criminal contact is located and this distant city where they happen to be at the moment. I think that would be stupid. Why wouldn't they? As they say, breeding recognizes breeding. Why, do you think no one ever sent messages? You don't have to be notorious to send someone a message. Neither should getting a response rely on there being a world wide broadcast. The feature contains suggestions of what the means might be of sending and receiving messages if the table is having trouble coming up with ideas of their own. I'm not sure what you're saying is not automatic. Assuming you're talking about the Entertainer background in the PHB, By Popular Demand says you can find a place to perform. Surely, that's what entertainers do - go to different cities in some of which no one's ever heard of them and do performances there. I don't think it's a stretch they could get free room and board from the venues in exchange for their nightly performances. Most taverns like to have entertainment because it brings in customers. It also says once you've performed in a place, you become somewhat of a local figure there, but at that point it's no longer a city that's never heard of you, so I'm not sure what you're saying here. I'm sure they appreciate you being upfront with them. [/QUOTE]

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