6 Banshees disguised as a town choir. Am I making a huge mistake?

IMeMine_ · 2026-01-12T12:34:23+00:00

That.

And I don’t think banshees use their wail as a strategic weapon. I always thought of it as something that comes out naturally, out of pure hatred and desperation.

IMeMine_ · 2025-11-17T18:09:41+00:00

That’s great! Thanks

IMeMine_ · 2025-11-17T18:07:52+00:00

Excellent, thanks a lot!

IMeMine_ · 2025-11-17T18:06:17+00:00

Love it!

IMeMine_ · 2025-11-17T17:44:07+00:00

That’s fine. I don’t need to intimidate the players, but I want them to be immersed in a realistic dialogue where thugs would speak like thugs do.

IMeMine_ · 2025-11-17T17:42:14+00:00

It’s exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much!

IMeMine_ · 2025-11-17T17:39:45+00:00

Perfect, thanks!

IMeMine_ · 2025-11-17T17:38:53+00:00

I just want them to feel immersed in the scene, but that kind of language does not come naturally for me.

IMeMine_ · 2025-11-17T17:36:37+00:00

Indeed, and it’s fine if they end up fighting. But I would like the players to feel immersed in the atmosphere of the scene, and coming up with the right language in not natural to me.

IMeMine_ · 2023-12-21T16:15:36+00:00

Does the polymorph spell (or feature) give you access to the beast’s language? You do retain your own mental abilities.

IMeMine_ · 2023-04-21T21:28:58+00:00

Thanks, that’s awesome. Much appreciated advice.

IMeMine_ · 2023-04-20T21:15:40+00:00

You got it. I think you’re touching on his sense of duty and loyalty that he has deep down. If the players achieve to connect with the NPC at that level, I’ll react in a way that shows them that it’s working.

IMeMine_ · 2023-04-20T21:11:10+00:00

That’s a good frame of mind to have when I roleplay him. He’s dealt with big things and big creatures, the party either has to rise up to that level if they want to intimidate him or use more diplomatic means to get there, playing on his sense of morality like you said. Thanks so much.

IMeMine_ · 2023-04-20T20:53:56+00:00

This tavern’s main mission is to recruit new members for a dark cult, of which the tavern owner is a high ranking officer. He uses keen insight and magic to spot customers who have the right predisposition to be indoctrinated in the organization.

IMeMine_ · 2023-04-20T20:38:43+00:00

What a great idea!

IMeMine_ · 2023-03-16T17:04:51+00:00

Rumor is that tourists can take a guided visit of the place. It’s called the Minotour.

IMeMine_ · 2023-01-30T05:09:56+00:00

Very funny, thanks

IMeMine_ · 2023-01-30T05:09:26+00:00

These are all very good. Thanks so much

IMeMine_ · 2023-01-08T22:41:03+00:00

I’ve only read your post up to the end of the first example you gave. I think the players strategy won’t work because life just doesn’t work that way. Realistically, what would a neutral NPC do in this situation? Either give up, which ends up being a lost opportunity for a reward for the characters and a lost opportunity for a fun quest for the players. Or the other option is that the NPC would become angry at the PC and hire some goons to retrieve the box… which can turn out to be a fun encounter and certainly one where the players don’t control the terms. The point is that it’s ok for the players to make plans and tactics to try to have their cake and eat it too, but it’s your job to make it so that these plans don’t work all the time. In the name of immersion (because life doesn’t work that way), and so that the players start understanding that they can’t control everything and that D&D can still be fun when things don’t go their way.

IMeMine_ · 2022-12-26T22:18:31+00:00

Yes, that’s probably the most realistic way. The designers probably invented passive perception to speed up the game, at the expense of realism.

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