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If an NPC is telling the truth, what's the Insight DC to know they're telling the truth?
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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7591666" data-attributes="member: 97077"><p>That's so true. Last night, my Eberron session kicked off with an important social interaction challenge that was pivotal to their success on the overall adventure. They needed to team up with NPCs who were hostile toward them without letting them know their true motives for helping (which would undermine a kingdom's plot to overthrow the government of another nation). I prepared the central NPC's ideal, bond, flaw, and agenda, and fleshed out the personality traits of the other four NPCs. I then presented a series of objections to what the players were putting forward. Overcoming those objections would slowly improve the NPCs' attitudes. Once the "final attitude" was resolved, then came the ask - could they work together? </p><p></p><p>They overcame some objections handily, gaining automatic success. But some weren't so clear cut and I called for rolls. Every single one was filled with tension as the mostly un-charismatic PCs considered what arguments to make and what limited resources to apply to improve their odds. You'd think they were trying to avoid disintegration traps.</p><p></p><p>In the end, they succeeded in convincing the NPCs to team up. It was as tense and interesting as any combat. And being an alliance built upon a lie, we'll see how this goes awry soon, I'm sure!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7591666, member: 97077"] That's so true. Last night, my Eberron session kicked off with an important social interaction challenge that was pivotal to their success on the overall adventure. They needed to team up with NPCs who were hostile toward them without letting them know their true motives for helping (which would undermine a kingdom's plot to overthrow the government of another nation). I prepared the central NPC's ideal, bond, flaw, and agenda, and fleshed out the personality traits of the other four NPCs. I then presented a series of objections to what the players were putting forward. Overcoming those objections would slowly improve the NPCs' attitudes. Once the "final attitude" was resolved, then came the ask - could they work together? They overcame some objections handily, gaining automatic success. But some weren't so clear cut and I called for rolls. Every single one was filled with tension as the mostly un-charismatic PCs considered what arguments to make and what limited resources to apply to improve their odds. You'd think they were trying to avoid disintegration traps. In the end, they succeeded in convincing the NPCs to team up. It was as tense and interesting as any combat. And being an alliance built upon a lie, we'll see how this goes awry soon, I'm sure! [/QUOTE]
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