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OOC: we need a Character Sheet in the OOC topic, which you can Spoiler bracket if you care about GM editing and Theophilus cares to keep secrets. This way we would know our Skills, etc...
Currently the fulcrum would be skills socially applied, such as Perception or Insight, to garner more social info so as to guess Kwaku's reluctance and what we could counter-offer. I assumed my Leadership & Tactics would make such a logical offer to solve the adventure, and I am roleplaying without rolling.
I think we could safely use skill presence for GM Baeraad to feed differing degrees of obvious impressions so we can roleplay this exchange. Negotiating is often more fun than letting a roll decide -- and it often changes the context of any roll, too. Up to you guys, but I think there's more to dig out of this dialogue, even if we did "outsmart" the setup.
If Sabu has ideas on how to reassure Kwaku, Antwi is ready to listen.
OOC: Uh, yes seriously, because the context does lead to that conclusion. It's weird that the easier solution seems too much. If Spears of the Dawn can logically be viewed with reticence, then vice versa as well. I am treating the setting's logic as a real place with real risk and asking real questions.
If you want to fiat it that this is the understood starter quest and its expected best practices approach, OK. But normally as GMs we usually just roll with the punches of our context if a better solution is found. Why are you so upset that it's been "solved" at the start? These things happen and yet complications still always happen along the way. Relax, make some content up or shrug, admit to an unexpected painting into a corner, and we move on to rolling or handwaviums to continue the game.
Eh, it's par for the course of logical caution. Kwaku worried all his life about this heirloom, sure. Antwi worries that he doesn't want the plague OR on the bad side of the oba & merchants OR caught in a political play. Nothing wrong with either lacking trust. All our assurances from Kwaku are similarly as flimsy, so there is no harm in pushing back with questions. This is the fun back & forth of socializing!
edit: And I am not even playing up Antwi's CHA 8 yet. He's just playing naïve to milk more info from Kwaku out of caution. This is part of the fun!
How much time will Sabu have before Antwi has finished his own errands? Sabu might poke around, look for provisions, etc.
I assume we have a previously designate meeting space, likely our mutual "inn."
That said, OOC anticipation, I don't imagine our IC discussion about this quest will be all that fruitful. Antwi is not seeing much benefit here risking the plague, starvation, and wasted time. He'll be looking for other side quests, or main quest leads.
Antwi's compromise would be to let Sabu go in alone and wait on the other side, going in later if the quarantine takes way too long -- but he is otherwise unconvinced at the point. He would need a "plague healer" item/person to be persuaded this is worthwhile. Antwi would offer one of the River God rumors (known to heal, know source of plagues, etc.) as a palliative to Sabu's conscience.
I agree that splitting the part is a bad idea. With all due respect to opaopajr , I don't feel we have particularly compatible playing styles. Antwi certainly shouldn't have to do whatever Sabu is doing, but neither should Sabu have to do what Antwi prefers. I'm increasingly not "feeling it" here, and wondering if we shouldn't just call it ...