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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sagan Darkside" data-source="post: 760908" data-attributes="member: 9270">Murder mysteries always end up horrible for me, but here is something I stole from somewhere (don't recall where) that actually worked out for me:A small bard outfit starring/owned by two brothers is staying at an inn. There is obvious animosity between the brothers (jealousy and greed), but their manager helps keep them together. They have a big fight that night- both threaten violence against the other publically.One brother is assaulted in the night- stabbed from behind when in his room. He was sitting at a desk facing a window and says he saw a man come in and before he could turn- he was attacked, but after the one stab the man must have run away. A bit later- one of the female dancers is found hung in the kitchen with a note claiming guilt.Ok, so what happened: The injured brother did it to himself- he wedged a knife in he doorjam and rammed himself into it. He hoped to lay the blame on his brother and get him arrested.The dancing girl was killed by the manager- she turned down his advances one too many times and he stangled her, faked the hanging, and penned the note. He screws up by the knocked over chair not reaching her feat.You could expand this idea to a powerful guild run by two brothers- as the party investigates.. loyal thugs from both side try to "influence" the pc's.Good luck!SD</blockquote>