Hey guys.... So I doubt anyone will see this post but I have run into a bit of a problem with the beginning of this module. So the group got back to the lodge after the hunt the night before and was greeted by the gnome (or halfling can't remember right now) then went to be introduced to Estivon. Per the module the group was given a sense motive which one of the players succeeded and was passed a note that said "he seems distracted." That's it that's all the note said. After the introduction the group talked a bit and seeing it was the middle of the night went to bed but not before being told what the note said.
I should have said in the note that there was a dead baby on the wall behind him and he was the devil incarnate cause the group decided they HAD to get into his office. The next morning after breakfast the group goes to Estivon's office to talk to him. Of the party of four the paladin was in the library while the sorc and priest went to knock on the door with the ninja invisible behind them. They knocked on the door and Estivon answered but seeing has he is paranoid by the groups presence he asked where the other TWO were cause while this was happening the ninja snuck into the room. The Sorc being the "face" tried to bluff which he has points in but Estivan has points into sense motive and made his save. So now this group that he is already skeptical of lied to him. He then asked the question again more or less telling the party they weren't getting one over on him they lied again and he slammed the door with the ninja in the room and locks the door. So obviously the only course here is to up his paranoia level. So the ninja sees that he becomes more worried (made it a dc 15 SM and he rolled a 19). So the ninja hides under his desk and after a few rounds he gets the idea to use forgotten trick to use the swift disguise trick to turn into the gnome halfling guy. So out from his desk pops the ninja (who's a goblin) so looks like Belik (I think that's his name) and moves toward the window.
Now these two have worked together for a very long time and it is quiet unlikely that Belik frequents the underside of Estivon's desk unless there is something that the module doesn't tell me ;). The next round the ninja jumped out the window and took the 9 points of damage.
I don't know what to do now there is stuff that Estivon is supposed to throw at the PCs over the next week or so and now the only logical thing to do is skip all the way to event six where he summons the wolf and get otta dodge. But then the group misses out on EXP and time they could have used to research. What should I do?
