Café de Nuit

That was also my first thought when the girl came to the table light a candle. But saw no good reason for Vincent to act on it.

Ah....

See? I had forgotten about it completely! Though I found that 'candle maven' suggested something I had heard before, but knew not where. It is perhaps the first time I hear the word 'maven', anyway. She got an upgrade then From Knave to Maven, I see...

See? There is a plot!

lol...

Well, if there is any character with good memory and attention, the name Marri was referred in the church in Port d'Elhour and now in the conversation Lucien eavesdropped. So there is enough to make a connection. Of course, this has to be role-played.

Right. I think once Zumba comes back to the table and relays the information about how the candle girl just started working there (which should prompt a suspicious reaction from the others), then Lucien can mention her name and we can take it from there.

Yes, I guess so. I'm just delaying this a bit further because the inn-keeper is unusually communicative for a D&D game
Please, Rock, don't change that. I think it is credible, given that Zumba is almost a local.

This is the bartender, not the innkeeper. ^^ Bartenders are supposed to be chatty, especially when you're drinking their stuff -- which you technically are, since there are drinks with your three-course meal.

Oh =)
Bartender, innkeeper... all the same to me and if he stops talking, I'll pay him one more drink!

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Ken of Ghastria wrote:Right. I think once Zumba comes back to the table and relays the information about how the candle girl just started working there (which should prompt a suspicious reaction from the others), then Lucien can mention her name and we can take it from there.

All Vincent needed was a name. The whole discussion with Greenleaf about that girl is what stuck with him, not necessarily the candles.

Nice post by the way, Guzrath

Yep, very nice bluff. I'd be convinced myself, no dice-roll needed

thank you thank you

that is good for my ego

Before I reply on the cautious bartender
I'm going for a Sense Motive
Sense Motive 20

Would he react well to a bribe to simply go see Marri.
Was his overall reaction and explanation truthfull or is this guy playing his own game?
What else can I read from him.

He's a genuinely friendly man, who isn't playing his own game in any way, and his answers have been truthful. He's genuinely worried about Marri going into Lac Noir, not just because she seems like a nice girl - despite their brief acquaintanceship - but because it's a grueling test usually undertaken only by hermits or aspiring Voodan.

If you try to bribe him, he's likely to warn her some rich sieur is asking after her, instead of arranging a meeting. He knows she's scared of something, but not what it is she's scared of, and her fear of being thought a prostitute suggests some rather horrible possibilities to even the most kindly of people. He'd still take your money, though, and would try to spin you a tale. But in the end, both Marri and he are Souragnien, and you, Vincent? Are not. If you don't give him a name to give Marri, he's going to be suspicious. If Marri doesn't recognize the name you give him, he'll be doubly suspicious.