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Message: <blockquote data-quote="weem" data-source="post: 5063886" data-attributes="member: 9470">Yea, this here.I ran one particular game where the PC's came into a town that was being harassed at night by goblins who were lead by a band of human rebels. This group of rebels would not care so much about this town, but the sheriff there had captured one of their leaders - so the rebels were (during the night) coming in, setting fires, looting and just generally causing a disturbance while demanding the release of this leader (they didn't know where he was being held).This leader happened to have once been a popular figure in the military in this town, so the sheriff was faced with a growing number of soldiers wanting to kill him outright for treason, and some who he imagined would want to see him freed - it was getting harder for him (the sheriff) to maintain control of the situation.When the PC's came in, news of their helping a town to the North arrived before them and the Sheriff was waiting to ask for their help. Basically, he wanted this prisoner to be taken out of town to the capital for the empire to deal with justly. He claimed that he could not trust his people to do it as he would probably be assassinated in transit (or perhaps even freed), or the rebels would find out and spring him loose. Stealth was of the essence and nothing the Sheriff or his men could do would go un-noticed.When I planned this, I thought I might give them some ideas (via the Sheriff) - but instead, I left it to them... the Sheriff said, "I can give you supplies, whatever you need... you tell me what you want to do"... so MUCH of the session went into the planning - the players talked amongst themselves asking the Sheriff a number of questions trying to get a plan in motion. Their plan worked (posing as merchants, they boxed him up with some other supplies and made their way out of town with only a few snags and close calls here and there, hehe).The point of this long post is that if you present a large situation like that, there's almost no telling how they will end up going about it's completion, so keep it open. It's easier on you and they will probably have a lot more fun with it (that game ended up being one of their favorites of the campaign).</blockquote>

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