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--- scene_3a_rest_stop_in_hope [2026/05/28 05:38] – [5 | Triggers, Actions & Consequences] admin
+++ scene_3a_rest_stop_in_hope [2026/05/30 05:24] (current) – [DM Tutorial: How to approach the scene] admin
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 ===== 6 | DM Notes =====
-  * **Arrival State (Carry-Over):** PCs may arrive injured, exhausted, or robbed due to Scene 3 encounters. Let NPCs react with frontier pragmatism—offering stew, not sympathy.
+  * **Arrival State (Carry-Over):** PCs may arrive injured, exhausted, or robbed due to Phase I trade route hazards. Let local tavern staff react with cold, frontier pragmatism—offering hot stew and weak spruce beer, not sympathy.
-  * **This is not neutral downtime:** Scene 3a looks calm, but it is information-dense. The Kettler twins appear ordinary, helpful, and dull. That is the point. Clues (the handwriting, the Hale & Hook paper) should feel accidental. If players feel clever for connecting the dots, you are doing it right.
+  * **Information Density over Combat:** Scene 3a looks like neutral downtime, but it is highly information-dense. The Kettler twins appear ordinary, helpful, and dull. The handwriting link on the price tag should feel completely accidental. If the players feel clever for catching the 1mm stencil break and linking it back to Ezrah's office, you are running it correctly.
-  * **The Safeword is a warning, not a trigger:** "Cold salt" marks the PCs in the twins’ internal risk model. Treat it as a future-loaded gun, not a present threat. Do not start a bar brawl here.
+  * **Wanted Status Constraints:** Public spaces are dangerous infrastructure disguised as hospitality. If the PCs have a High Exposure level, emphasize that local patrons or service bots are scanning faces. Keep the threat of Guarding Trooper enforcement active if they blow their covers.
-  * **Wanted PCs:** Hope is hostile infrastructure disguised as hospitality. Bots recognize faces. Locals report quietly. Guarding Troopers respond procedurally.
+  * **Exit Cleanly:** Once the conversation concludes or the layover timer expires, gently push the party back onto the Trade Route to resume Phase III of their journey.
-  * **Exit Cleanly:** Once the PCs have rested or the Twins encounter resolves, the caravan horn blows (or they finish their drinks). Gently push the PCs back onto the road.
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 ==== DM Tutorial: How to approach the scene ====
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