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<blockquote data-quote="Percivellian" data-source="post: 2081929" data-attributes="member: 27824"><p>First off, congrats Shilsen, that's a great feeling. </p><p></p><p>I've only very recently (as in the current campaign I'm running) been fairly successful in getting players to realize hints had been dropping since session #1. Thing was, at one point, I didn't think I could get <strong>any more obvious</strong>, but it kept sliding right under their noses. It wasn't a very layered, complex thing, but it was hilarious to watch them stand about cluelessly about this one thing session after session. They were supposed to intercept this emissary who they discovered was dropping off a shipment of this rare, magic enhancing ore. They had stolen the orders from the mine it was from. They knew which day it would be arriving, where it was traveling from, and that it would be arriving by cart. Before they had stolen the orders, they met a <em>single cart</em> coming from the mine where the ore <em>originated</em>, and its driver had told them where he was heading, which happened to be where the <em>orders said</em> the emissary was heading...</p><p></p><p>Still no lightbulbs. Then, to make things worse, they met the same cart and driver at the destination a week or so later, and he was parked very suspiciously on some random side road. They talked to him... no lightbulbs, and <em>left</em> him there. Then they went back to speak with this noble, and during the conversation with him I tried to drop some final hints without flat out saying it, just hoping they would figure it out themselves before it was too late. Well, finally the light came on, and they 'graciously' responded with groans and "I hate yous." After a few moments of them lamenting their obliviousness, and some grinning on my part, they ran back to the cart, and found and killed the emissary hiding in the back. Sadly, the delivery had already been made.</p><p></p><p>I'm thinking about having <em>Dancing Lights</em> spells shaped like neon-signs reading "BBEG & Co.'s hideout here!" Heh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Percivellian, post: 2081929, member: 27824"] First off, congrats Shilsen, that's a great feeling. I've only very recently (as in the current campaign I'm running) been fairly successful in getting players to realize hints had been dropping since session #1. Thing was, at one point, I didn't think I could get [b]any more obvious[/b], but it kept sliding right under their noses. It wasn't a very layered, complex thing, but it was hilarious to watch them stand about cluelessly about this one thing session after session. They were supposed to intercept this emissary who they discovered was dropping off a shipment of this rare, magic enhancing ore. They had stolen the orders from the mine it was from. They knew which day it would be arriving, where it was traveling from, and that it would be arriving by cart. Before they had stolen the orders, they met a [i]single cart[/i] coming from the mine where the ore [i]originated[/i], and its driver had told them where he was heading, which happened to be where the [i]orders said[/i] the emissary was heading... Still no lightbulbs. Then, to make things worse, they met the same cart and driver at the destination a week or so later, and he was parked very suspiciously on some random side road. They talked to him... no lightbulbs, and [i]left[/i] him there. Then they went back to speak with this noble, and during the conversation with him I tried to drop some final hints without flat out saying it, just hoping they would figure it out themselves before it was too late. Well, finally the light came on, and they 'graciously' responded with groans and "I hate yous." After a few moments of them lamenting their obliviousness, and some grinning on my part, they ran back to the cart, and found and killed the emissary hiding in the back. Sadly, the delivery had already been made. I'm thinking about having [i]Dancing Lights[/i] spells shaped like neon-signs reading "BBEG & Co.'s hideout here!" Heh. [/QUOTE]
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