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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 8008198" data-attributes="member: 20323">Yeah, multiple competing plans to steal the item – that's totally <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Apples" target="_blank">The Three Apples</a> approach (from an Arabian Nights myth where the vizier questions all these people he thinks are guilty of stealing the king's apple, and each of them are guilty of awful crimes, but in the end he can't solve the case and is to be executed for his failure, when he hugs his daughter goodbye and discovers the apple on her person – given to her by the vizier's servant, who was the thief all along).I was leaning that way as I was combing over my notes last night. Great minds think alike!Here's an example! Again, spoilers, in case my players are on here...[SPOILER]The gnomish river merchant Sotheret is not the thief, but she paid off the guard Chairemon (offering to restore his position in a new gladiator school) in exchange for him bringing the McGuffin to her… in the event that she was losing the auction. With the recent theft, Sotheret believes that Chairemon acted prematurely, and hasn’t been able to have a private moment with him to confirm what actually happened.However, if asked specifically about “stealing” under zone of truth, well, she doesn't believe she is a thief because the McGuffin doesn’t belong to the Auction Leader – it belongs to the gnoll tribe it was originally taken from.[/SPOILER]</blockquote>

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