8-162: Merchant Freighter Spanial – Common Room
Metagame
Her bonuses are probably good enough for success, but she could use Diplomacy too; I didn’t actually check her skill levels.
I like that your intuition was good; it suggests you’re/we’re empathising with Lia and her environment.
Dinner
Karmen gives a little semi-formal welcome to everyone while Kwint serves up.
Kwint has made a salad and serves up warm bowls of steaming fresh vegetables done in some sort of tasty sauce, and some fresh (real) grilled fish steaks. Being along for the shop she will have guessed some of what’s coming, but not how he’s prepared the ingredients.
Karmen toasts, “To a successful venture!”
There is initial discussion of the food, and those who have been off the ship are encouraged to talk about what they saw. This particularly means Lia and Kwint, and their mission to buy a book.
Lia is successful in getting Kort into the conversation. He tells a couple of amusing anecdotes that may or may not be true; his delivery is as dry and serious as can be, right down to some amusing punchlines.
How much detail would you like to go into conversation-wise?
You can choose which skill is more appropriate!
Lia will be enthusiastic about the food and happily entertain the table with the industrious young shoe seller and the deal she made in the shop where they bought the book. She will be charming and amusing to the tune of 8 vs 10 or 13, depending on whether you think Carousing or Diplomacy is the most appropriate skill.
The level of detail on the conversation would depend on how interesting or entertaining it’s likely to be…😉