"Many warforged tend to think in straightforward terms." agree Zhora. "It's not strange he really wants to be left alone. At least you know how things were left at the end of the war; in these matters, tiny slivers of information are often vital pieces of the puzzle."
ooc: Some time ago you asked how I planned the chase scene at the beginning of the adventure to play. I hoped for something similar to what it came to be, but didnt' force it: railroading the scene would destroy it, specially with experienced players and DMs involved who would easily recognize that. I knew there were many things that could go wrong, but risked it anyway. It IMO turned to be great, if a bit confusing at times.
I also used it to experiment with a theory of mine; designing situations and encounters where pure damage output isn't the end of the story to encourage diverse, non-optimized characters. I tend to think that if you design encounters with weaker than normal enemies (you could have easily mopped the floor with the enemy party in a normal fight in a 30x30 foot room) but in which unusual circumstances play, the players will put less emphasis in raw damage output and defense on their characters and more in things like speed and mobility, social interaction, information gathering, and other, often less valued skills; also tend to think on a less killy approach and instead concentrate on unusual strategies and often unused maneuvers (like Bull rush). It's working in my games as far as I've tested it.
