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Keep Kett Gurok Alive Until He Names the Payer

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Roleplay EncounterDND5E 2024Party L6 · 4 PCs

Keep Kett Gurok Alive Until He Names the Payer

Read Aloud

Kett Gurok sits bound to a chair beneath the council hall’s cracked grain ledger, one eye swollen shut and blood drying at his collar. Through the shutters, townsfolk argue over empty granaries. A lantern gutters as footsteps approach from the corridor. Kett leans toward you and whispers, “They paid me to haul it. I saw who signed the orders. Give me one breath, and I’ll name the payer.” The door latch begins to turn.

The Scene

NEUTRALAccusation and pressured testimonyBase DC 15

Stakes A guilty councilor can erase a town-wide grain theft by killing the only witness.

30 to 45 minutes

NPC Goal

Kett Gurok wants to survive the night and make the people who hired him pay before he is silenced.

Leverage

The party has proof that the fire began inside the locked storehouse, while Kett knows where the missing ledger page is hidden.

Player Approaches
  • Promise Kett witness protection or a clean escape route.
  • Ask who knew the storehouse lock was broken.
  • Put the missing ledger page on the table.
  • Separate Councilor Tetsa from the questioning.
  • Offer the council a public culprit before market bells ring.
NPC Gambits
  • Cross-examine one claim at a time.
  • Trade a secret for a secret.
  • Force a council vote before Tetsa can confer with the clerk.
  • Use silence after naming the emergency fund.
  • Let Kett describe the fire in his own order, then catch the changed detail.
NPC Reactions
  • On the first success, Kett stops joking and asks which party member will keep him alive.
  • On the second success, Councilor Tetsa calls the party meddlers and demands Kett be removed.
  • On the third success, the clerk quietly admits the emergency fund was short before the fire.
  • On the first failure, Kett invents a false employer to test whether the party will protect him.
  • On the second failure, Tetsa produces a forged confession and calls for an immediate vote.

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