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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CruelSummerLord" data-source="post: 3539117" data-attributes="member: 48692">Party is sent to try and warn the inhabitants of a small city about the BBEG's army coming to destroy them.  Guard captain at the gate is a secret agent of the BBEG, and is coming up with all the BS excuses he can think of to not let us in, insulting the party members and calling them liars and forgers.  The short-tempered dwarf is by now livid, shouting back at the top of his lungs, but he doesn't attack-the townsfolk will never believe people who come and murder the very citizens they're supposed to protect.  With the dwarf and the rest of the party providing a distraction, the thief pulls the wizard back.  Thief is suspicious, as the guard captain seems much more rigid than he might expect.  He has the wizard cast a mind-reading spell, which is not noticed due to the dwarf's distraction, and the wizard learns that the guard captain is very, very nervous, his mind racing and thinking frantically.  Thief realizes something fishy is going on, and so asks to speak to the guard captain in private.  He uses his own BSing skill to claim that the party was sent by the mayor in secret to investigate and see if there was any truth to the town council's fears of invasion.  The adventurers have found that there actually is no invasion, but they're still pretending that there is one, putting on an act to test the vigilance of the guards.  Letters of introduction from the Good Wizard are forgeries, all an elaborate set-up to strengthen the disguise.  Guard captain buys the story, and lets them in.  Party then shows letter of introduction to the town council, who accept the warning and call a meeting to deal with the situation.  Traitorous guard captain is not pleased, but he can't speak out-thief spoke to him privately, and there's no one who could back up his claim, as the thief could just deny it.  Party has town council's ear, and guard captain would just be calling undue attention to himself.  Guard captain and his followers are reduced to sneaking out of the city at night, but one of them has remorse, and alerts the heroes as to what the guard and his men are pulling.  Guard captain and his men are caught at the city gates and slain for their treachery.</blockquote>

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