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Roleplay EncounterDND5E 2024Party L3 · 4 PCs

The Tavern with Rooms Upstairs

Read Aloud

The tavern is warmer and more perfumed than it looked from the street. A singer stops mid-verse as four sharply dressed patrons glance over, while a tired-looking server quietly locks the front door. Behind the bar, a painted sign reads: ROOMS UPSTAIRS.

The Scene

NEUTRALTense social escapeBase DC 13

Stakes The party must get out before the house turns their confusion into a debt, a theft, or a scene.

20 to 30 minutes

NPC Goal

Mara Venn, the house manager, wants money and silence. She is protecting the workers from a violent regular and cannot afford police attention.

Leverage

The party can expose the false room charge, promise discretion about the business, or help the server leave safely.

Player Approaches
  • Ask the server for directions.
  • Offer payment for a quiet exit.
  • Call out the false bill in front of the room.
  • Trade useful information about an incoming customer.
  • Threaten to involve the town watch.
  • Create a harmless distraction near the kitchen.
NPC Gambits
  • A charming host offers a private room and asks intrusive questions.
  • A pickpocket brushes past the character carrying the most valuables.
  • The manager presents a bill for wine and a damaged room the party never used.
  • The server slips a character a folded note: Kitchen. Wait for the bell.
  • A patron loudly accuses the party of insulting the house.
NPC Reactions
  • Polite answers earn directions and a clean exit.
  • Blunt refusal makes Mara test the party with the false bill.
  • Public threats cause every worker to stop helping.
  • Respect for the staff makes the server risk opening the kitchen door.
  • A successful Insight check reveals Mara is frightened, not confident.

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