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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dscrank" data-source="post: 140165" data-attributes="member: 3017">Once everyone arrives Pedron says, "Why would the Lieutenant send a beggar rather than one of his guardsmen?  This so-called messenger couldn't even tell me the Lieutenant's name!  I don't know who sent him or what he's up to, but he won't bring us to the Lieutenant."As I see it, we could just refuse to go with him.  Then whoever sent him will come up with a cleverer trap, one we can't see through.  We could try to get him to reveal who sent him, but I doubt he knows much.  Beggars are cheap--they likely gave him a few marks to tell us the Lieutenant wants us and then bring us somewhere.  I think our best bet is to spring the trap, but we need to be clever doing it."Some of us should go with him, but not all.  We'll say we couldn't find everyone.  Those of us who can keep out of sight should follow behind, far enough that they're not caught in the trap and can help out."It's the longest speech Pedron's made to this group, the longest one he's made to anyone in a while.  It seemed like a good plan, but now that he's laid it out he sees one very big flaw.  Under normal circumstances, Pedron should definitely be one of those following behind, out of sight and relatively safe.  The problem is he's the one who's actually spoken to the beggar, and it would take a very good liar to convince the beggar that they had lost him, which means that he will have to walk into the trap like a bullgoose fool, trusting this sorry lot to come to his rescue.  Pedron suddenly regrets presenting his plan.Pedron quickly checks the window's line-of-sight, trying to figure out who the beggar might have seen and whom he couldn't have. [Spot check.]  He also tries to figure out who can keep out of sight and who the beggar would spot in an instant.  [OOC: I think following someone through crowded streets without being spotted is a Hide check.  Ash, Jain, and I are the only ones with this skill, although anyone with a high dexterity might make an untrained check.]</blockquote>

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