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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7121162" data-attributes="member: 20323">[MENTION=22387]Scott_Holst[/MENTION] You know, it would be fun to subvert the cliche "starting in a tavern" trope and drop the PCs into the tavern en media res...The Dwarven Cleric is locked in an arm-wrestling contest with Gulthor the Crusher, as the crowd cheers around them, the table littered with coins and other items being wagered.The Fighter knows Gulthor's weakness, trying to find a way to covertly convey that to the Dwarf without arousing the anger of Gulthor's onlooking mercenaries.The Wizard, concerned that the inebriated Dwarf is in over his head, is looking for an opportunity to cast a subtle spell to tip the odds in the Dwarf's favor. That little side wager the Wizard made might complicate matters, however.The Rogue is using the distraction to pickpocket a key to the dungeons from one of Gulthor's mercenaries...but soon discovers that Gulthor's mercenaries have poisoned the Dwarf's new tankard!So rather than the usual "what's my motivation? / meet-and-greet / mysterious patron in the tavern", really frame the heck out of the scene.</blockquote>