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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sadras" data-source="post: 8022290" data-attributes="member: 6688277">My last session had no combat and ran for just under 2 hours on Discord.ToD/SKT mashup.Lady Laeral Silverhand requested a secret meeting with the PCs - informing them of the ongoing investigation into the murder of the prisoner, Wyrmspeaker Varram, and the leads into the existence and identity of a mole within the Council of Waterdeep or the delegates' aides.  She expressed her concerns of the delegates' commitment to the united effort against the Cult of the Dragon and pleaded that perhaps it would help, given their impartial political position, the PCs each approach a delegate, form a personal connection and encourage them to be open to the idea of pledging resources in the fight against the cult.So we roleplayed out the conversations each PC with their chosen delegate. The DC 10 + x, where x was the points still required on homebrewed council scorecard for the factions/delegates to commit forces. I had created write ups on our Obsidian Portal page on each of the delegates listing traits and ideals. Only two of my players wisened up to the fact of tapping into those to get additional bonuses which I only revealed made a difference at the end of the session. Roleplaying each conversation in character (with much back and forth and counter points) was awesome and a great way to further connect PCs with the NPCs.Overall the players enjoyed the session, 3 succeeded in their goal whilst 2 failed. However all is not lost as the they still have various quests to undertake before the 4th and final Council Meeting which may influence some of the delegates' positions.Furthermore the PCs learned that their good friend Marshall Ulder Ravenguard was withholding information from the Council. The Flaming Fist had discovered the location of the Stone Giant Thane whose kin had been causing so much destruction in the small outlying settlements. This information came via pillow talk by one of the Flaming Fist who had been having an on-an-off affair with one of the PCs for the better part of a year, ever since they helped deal with Bhaal (Murder in Baldur's Gate).The PC decided to address this with Ulder separately the next day giving their friend the benefit of the doubt, so as not to perhaps infer anything in a public forum. (Which was smart as the latter would have incurred -1 penalty on the scorecard)</blockquote>

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