Curse of the Crimson Throne help Spoilers

[goforthekill]

Curse of the Crimson Throne:

So I'm somewhat new to DMing and I'm running Curse of the Crimson Throne for some of my friends and we are still early into the first book but I was wondering should I introduce them to who BlackJack is as per the rumors that their characters would know of him since they all grew up in or have been living in the area for some amount of time or should I wait until he intervenes at the execution site and after explaining the situation say oh by the way BlackJack is a town hero/vigilante think of batman except he has no real problems with the law...until now that is

I appreciate all the help in advance

[Asurasan]

Foreshadowing is preferable in this case. Like you said, the PC's should be pretty knowledgeable about the area.

CoCT:

Going for something a bit less overt than giving them a big spill about blackjack, they might see a group of children playing "BlackJack" in the middle of the street or something that might have them inquire about it themselves. Which will make things feel more natural.

[goforthekill]

That's perfect and I know exactly what I can

CoCT:

when they are in the town during the riots they can hear people wishing for BlackJack to come and save them

Thankyou very much for the help this is going to make the game much more enjoyable for all of us you're my hero Asurasan

[r-Kelleg]

On the other hand, players are not their caracters. There are a lot of things they (players) don't know that their caracters know. So it's no big deal to leave this point into the shadow until the perfect time.
Still, you are the DM, you choose.

BTW, he is introduced in the CoCT player's guide. My players remerbered this when they finaly meet him.

[Oragada]

If I could go back in my campaign, I would definitely foreshadow "that" more. Just be very careful not to overdo it.

Spoiler:

Casually mentioning Blackjack without doing anything else unless your players ask is probably a good way to go.

[Grandmikus]

I didn't want to create a second topic so I will post it here:

Dear people at paizo messageboard.

I'm in a pinch regarding advancing the story in COCT

COCT:

My players killed Lamm and found the booty. They went to the 'Gemshare Jewelers in the Slope to sell the loot. One of the players having backstory affairs with the nobility forbid the party to show the Queen's Broosh to the shop owners. I somehow convinced them to do it anyway and informed the group that the castle guard had put a reward for those who would find the brosh and deliver it to the castle. The PCs idea of being safe is to dig a hole and put the broosh in it so that people won't see them with such valuable item. I don't know why but they think that they will hang for retriving the broosh in spite of all the help the guard had offered them during the riot.

How can I make the PCs meet the queen and earn her trust?

[Oragada]

Grandmikus:

Spoiler:

That is one suspicious party :)

In the end, the brooch is only there to give the players a bit of gold in the beginning, introduce the Queen and Sabina Merrin and most importantly, channel them to Cressida Kroft.
I would suggest that Kroft or one of her lieutenants hear of the PCs exploit in clearing out Lamm's lair and contacts them.
You could even consider running Grau Soldado now and letting him be the introducer.

As you get further along in the adventure, you might try to see if you can somehow involve the Queen, so that the party is granted an audience and if you want to be heavy-handed, let slip that the reward is still out or that she heard that they were involved in Gaedren Lamm going down and wants to know if the recovered the brooch.

[r-Kelleg]

Oragada is rigth,

Spoiler:

jump to the next part and play the queen's passage after they succeed the first mission given by cressida.

[Grandmikus]

Thank you,

It worked wonders for me yesterday, I only hope that they won't think of smelting the broosh before giving it back