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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jkason" data-source="post: 5750619" data-attributes="member: 2710">[gm]I'm going to NPC Anna, since she can get this part done with little effort[/gm]The halfling grows more concerned as Elenka starts mentioning breaking things, and is about to boil over when Anna removes her mask and lowers her hood. It takes little more than a gentle smile and few calming words from the young sorceress and the baker's tensions ease. He nods."Aye, I'll help you. But we've still to provide payment to the temple, haven't we?" he says, a bit of worry returning. Quioan, meanwhile, casts his spell, summoning the clatter and racket of a proper trashing."Oi, they're giving that one what for, yeah?" Elenka hears as she peeks from the window."What the hells are you talking about?" Tarkan growls to the guard. He cocks his head, then shakes it. "Some sort of twittering's all I hear."Luckily, Tarkan's skepticism is suddenly distracted by the appearance of three vipers nearby. "You come with me. Hunting time!" he says to the nearest acolyte, leaving one at the door as he moves toward the commotion. The priest seems positively giddy at the prospect of some destruction of his own.[sblock=mechanics]Believe it or not, the module actually has mechanics for faking the beating. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  Here's the deal:* Party makes two Bluff checks: one to make enough noise so as not to rouse Tarkan’s suspicion, the other to make the bakery look as if you’ve properly wrecked it in pursuit of your task. * Since you're working together, it's fine to have a primary checker and roll the others as Aid Another. If you choose Anna, can someone else roll for her until toasterferret returns?* For every 5 gp in actual damage you cause, you receive a +1 circumstance bonus on ONE of these checks (either by breaking crocks and other noisy behavior, or spreading about flour and bread, which looks convincing). * You must cause at least 25 gp worth of damage to make it appear that you wrecked the place; you have a –2 penalty on your check for every 5 gp worth of damage that you do NOT cause below 25 gp (this is in addition to any bonuses earned by causing damage).Rather than run the viper encounter as a full fight, I'm going to give you guys a +2 circumstance bonus to the first Bluff (noise to avoid rousing Tarkan's suspicion) for the distraction the minor encounter provides. Also, as Dimplecotton says, you'll have to deal with the money in some way. And trashing things too much might turn Dimplecotton against you, so: fine line and all that. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Have at![/sblock]</blockquote>

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