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<blockquote data-quote="jollyninja" data-source="post: 3203648" data-attributes="member: 3208">O.K. now take into account that I am a rat bastard DM. They enter the house and find the dogs and the noble lady dead in a gruesome fashion. Just as they make the discovery of the lady, find out the book is gone and decide to bolt, the watch knock at the door yelling her name and asking if she is O.K.&nbsp; The watch start banging on the door and actually chop it down so great is their desire to gain entry. The PC's of course find a way to the roof or some such thing and escape, without the book. The guild will assume that they took it and killed the lady, presumabley more hot water then the guild was looking for. It leaves the question of who did it for the PC's to look into, a thieves guild to dodge until they figure it out. If they didn't immediately flee the scene, it might be that the watch saw their outlines on the rooftops or bolting into an alley. of course the guilty party is in fact a jilted lover who was hoping to inherit her fortune but was recently sent packing and stole the book to sell on the open market. He snuck in using his key, was attacked by the dogs, then killed the lady to silence her yelling. He took the book and bolted moments before the PC's hit the scene. It get's really good when He turns up dead or has already sold it and a rival guild starts churning out cheap healing potions. The first guild suddenly takes the stance of, get us that book or we turn you in to the watch for some good PR with the town.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jollyninja, post: 3203648, member: 3208"] O.K. now take into account that I am a rat bastard DM. They enter the house and find the dogs and the noble lady dead in a gruesome fashion. Just as they make the discovery of the lady, find out the book is gone and decide to bolt, the watch knock at the door yelling her name and asking if she is O.K. The watch start banging on the door and actually chop it down so great is their desire to gain entry. The PC's of course find a way to the roof or some such thing and escape, without the book. The guild will assume that they took it and killed the lady, presumabley more hot water then the guild was looking for. It leaves the question of who did it for the PC's to look into, a thieves guild to dodge until they figure it out. If they didn't immediately flee the scene, it might be that the watch saw their outlines on the rooftops or bolting into an alley. of course the guilty party is in fact a jilted lover who was hoping to inherit her fortune but was recently sent packing and stole the book to sell on the open market. He snuck in using his key, was attacked by the dogs, then killed the lady to silence her yelling. He took the book and bolted moments before the PC's hit the scene. It get's really good when He turns up dead or has already sold it and a rival guild starts churning out cheap healing potions. The first guild suddenly takes the stance of, get us that book or we turn you in to the watch for some good PR with the town. [/QUOTE]

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