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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 9702673" data-attributes="member: 87792">And this shows that even all this you still haven't understood basic motivations. In D&D a common tension draining thing from e.g. stealth or social missions is that the characters were designed to kick ass and take names. And the PCs know that if they fail and a fight breaks out they are going to have to carry it out unarmed and, especially unarmoured.I shouldn't have got so sidetracked. The relatively important NPCs in the situations often aren't unarmoured. They just aren't expected to fight.You can't go into the king's presence armed or armoured  - unless you are one of the Royal Guard. Who are standing right there with halberds and ornate and very visible armour. The PCs are now sweating buckets at the interview the way they ought to be.The guests at the wedding or ball left combat gear behind ... and then one of the PCs realises that the orchestra have crossbows and have been practicing The Rains of Castamere. They probably have a few minutes - but if they are visible in alerting people the massacre can be triggered early and charging in is brave but probably suicidal.The PCs have been captured and want to escape, and there are patrols around.Assassins while the PCs are asleep and they don't sleep in armour (and the watch failed). The assassins would be slaughtered in a straight up fight - which is all the more reason not to fight fair. This is the only one where a fight is actually intended rather than simply the stakes having got a lot higher and things have gone very wrong.</blockquote>

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