Weeks of and delays

The week off was good for me, and the wedding was delightful. But back to RP talk. Our heroes woke up the day after the party and meandered downstairs. They spotted a few gnomes and humans but no one they knew. After a little deliberation they decided to sneak back to the Sky Serpent Inn. Despite their excellent attempts at sneaking they picked up a gnome following them. Several of the group members recognized him from previous following encounters. They got back to the Sky Serpent without the gnome following them.

Once there they talked to Sevn who did not recognize them until they changed out of their disguises. Sevn let them in on rumors about their performance at the Duke's party the night before and tried to help them with their horned lady problem but was unsuccessful. He also warned them about trying to dig up information on the gnomish merchant guild. Then Sevn had to go as he had a meeting of innkeepers to attend. Once they exited the back room the gnome that was following them earlier walked in. Onala and Prosepon went out the door while Nessa, Tin, and Berenwick took a table near the back. The gnome simply walked to the bar and ordered a drink. They all breathed a sigh of relief until the gnome walked over to the table where Nessa, Tin, and Berenwick were sitting. He chitchatted with them for a moment or two and asked them to pass along a message to the Careening Antelopes to meet him at the Kestrel Inn for food and talk about people who wanted to know more about them. Then he left.

Outside Prosepon and Onala discovered that not every shopkeeper was alerted to the gnome riots, just the gnomish ones and human ones on good terms with the guild. They started spreading rumors about the Careening Antelopes. Prosepon intimated that they were the five remaining members of five grand performing groups, that one was a barbarian princess, and one had escaped a werewolf by performing so well as to reduce it to tears. The gnome waved to them cordially when he left the sky serpent inn. Then Onala and Prosepon came back inside and powwowed with Nessa, Tin, and Berenwick. Both sides shared their gnome stories and then we had to break for the night.

Thoughts: No combat this game so not a lot of experience to hand out. The skill encounter with stealth and the very short social encounter went well. The players got the feel I was trying to communicate, especially the talking with the gnome part. Next time we play should be lots of fun. I hope to give them answers, but answers that provoke more questions.