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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 5218200" data-attributes="member: 2">[Merchant Prince] In the steam baths? The elderly crime boss's minions, sent by a lieutenant who hoped to curry favor with his boss. The PCs encountered and killed a dragonborn pirate named Karlak the Black on the way to Snakejaw, and entered the harbor towing his ship with his severed head displayed on the yardarm. Karlak turns out to have been the crime boss's son. Killing Karlak was one thing, but flaunting his head apparently was taken as a personal insult. Go figure.Karlak had originally been exiled for inciting a rebellion, but he helped redeem himself in some peoples' eyes by consistently destroying foreign (ie Caprian) ships before they reached the harbor. It's fair to say that certain anti-Caprian politicians in Snakejaw encouraged him in this, exile or no. So the PCs have to placate the Inperator and his senior ministers before they can legitimately leave Snakejaw to head north, and they aren't going to get an appointment with the Imperator for weeks if they don't do something to speed things along. As neutral third parties they have plausible deniability; they could act as spies for the city, take down this crime boss without anyone local getting their hands dirty, or something else. Bribes, probably. They could just sneak out of the city if they don't mind burning their diplomatic bridges behind them, and someone is trying to convince them to use the Ridolfi house army to invade and conquer the city themselves. Or I'm sure they could wait for an appointment!This seems important to me in a partially political game. I want to make sure there isn't one "right" answer for the PCs to achieve their goals. There are a number of approaches they can take, each of which has its own challenges and ramifications, and (hopefully!) each of which is fun. Then the group can decide for themselves.</blockquote>

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