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Roleplay EncounterDND5E 2024Party L2 · 4 PCs

The Miller's Last Sacks

Read Aloud

Rain taps on the mill roof while the village children wait beside empty flour sacks. The miller bars the grain store with one hand and grips a bloodstained ledger with the other. “You want the grain? Then tell me why I should trust strangers with it.”

The Scene

NEUTRALNEGOTIATIONBase DC 13

Stakes The village has food for two days; if the store stays closed, families begin leaving or fighting over scraps.

20 to 30 minutes

NPC Goal

Keep his family alive, protect the hidden grain, and avoid the reeve's punishment.

Leverage

The party can offer protection, expose the reeve's theft, or promise a fair count and repayment after the next harvest.

Player Approaches
  • Show proof taken from the reeve's men.
  • Offer to guard the mill through the night.
  • Ask the waiting villagers to witness the grain count.
  • Promise the hidden sacks will be rationed, not seized.
  • Name the miller's missing brother and ask what happened.
NPC Gambits
  • Persuasion: promise a witnessed ration.
  • Insight: identify whether fear or greed is driving him.
  • Investigation: compare the ledger marks with the village ration list.
  • Intimidation: threaten to expose the hoard, marking one failure unless backed by proof.
NPC Reactions
  • A calm offer of protection earns one success.
  • A public accusation makes him defensive but reveals the reeve's threat.
  • A sincere question about his brother lowers his guard.
  • An empty threat marks one failure and sends him toward the back door.

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