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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eltab" data-source="post: 7255270" data-attributes="member: 6803337">Decide on a few outcomes you want from the party - goals the participants have - and work backwards from there.- Merchant wants to work a deal to buy raw materials.  You need a buyer (him) and a seller.  You also need a quiet niche in the room where they can talk.  Maybe a third party, rival to either main participant, tries to horn in or offer a better deal.  Is this transaction above-board or shady?- Romeo wants a little alone time with Juliet.  Can two non-Sneaks get out of a crowded room without anybody else noticing?  Is there a place for them to go?  Do they want a bedroom or a secluded bench in the hedge garden?- Milady (hostess) has arranged for a secret contact to sneak into the manor.  You need a quiet room where nobody else will disturb the contact.  Does the contact walk in the front door as an invited guest, or does he climb the ivy-covered wall and clamber in a window?  (Is there a secret identity involved?)- Several gossipy old biddies are looking for something to talk about.  Feed them a story - rumors about the PCs, say - and let the PCs in on the conversation.  Are the rumors true or false?- A drunken nobleman is hovering near the punchbowl and bothering the other guests.  The PCs can do Milady a favor by persuading him to move elsewhere.  Or they can tick off Milady by causing a scene.- Ruling noble wants to get a final Yes or No from a recalcitrant lesser lord.  The lesser lord wants some task (dangerous or maybe dirty) done first - and the PCs have the skills to do it.  The ruler comes to the PCs during the social time and asks for their help / offers them a quest.</blockquote>

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