Don’t mess with Dave
Other homes/businesses were also burgled, and they investigate. The first thieves they find end up rather dead, but the 3rd they get to talk, and they’re very specifically told not to mess with Dave. Later what do they do... They mess with Dave. I had 2 stat blocks for dave, just in case they didn’t listen to the npcs, but it was still a considered deadly encounter. Though they won, a bit of poor planning, and a few bad rolls mean, they’ve got 1 unconscious player, 1 one dead player, and 1 nearly unscathed gunsmith sniping from the top of the valley.














