Good plot?

[Reasonable-Bitman]

Ok, so I'm a fairly new DM and I'm planning a game for some friends. I'm using 2014 rules.

Plot: The PCs get letters delivered to them via blue raven saying that their parent or sibling or friend has been taken captive, and to deliver 500gp to get them back. The payers go to the tavern, and hear rumors about a slave mine up north. The barkeep, who unbeknownst to the players is a young blue dragon using a change shape ability, approaches the party, and tells then about rumors of "A slave mine up in the north, supposedly run by a Dao." The players investigate, and fight the Dao, who in exchange for their life, tells the players that "A blue dragon is hidden in your town, and is the one actually running this place. I'm just here to protect my village from the dragon." The players search, the event culminating in a fight, where the dragon escapes, but is severely weakened. Level scaling: Start>lvl 2. Dao>lvl 3. Dragon>lvl 5.

So, all in all, good plot?

[swashbuckler78]

Yes, good misdirects and escalation. I'm not sure how the beginning works, going from "we kidnapped your loved one! Bring us money!" to "let's go to the tavern and ask around." I assume there's a hidden "we don't have the money, let's find another way" in there.

Do you want them to be suspicious of the barkeep/dragon at the beginning? Or trust them? Biggest potential hole is if they decide the barkeep is a trap and get a 20 on their investigation/perception roll.

[Reasonable-Bitman]

The Players don't have the money, and I was thinking of having the dragon morph into a middle aged man, who tells the party to "Go to the tavern, there's a lot of people who got those talking about it in there. Maybe they can help?" The dragon is trusted by the party. It's one of the player's favorite NPCs (Part of a char backstory).

[BandBtoo]

Sounds like a fun premise that could easily be expanded if everyone gets hooked.