Quote Originally Posted by Palanan View Post
They’re PCs. This surprises you?

Honestly, selling the schema is a great plot point in itself. If Saber is still alive at this point, then he can arrange for a proxy to kill the buyer, take the schema and frame the PCs. That means the city guard is after the PCs, the Lady has reason to suspect them, and they’re on the run.
That's definitely worth keeping in mind. I'm not that experienced with DMing, especially not something with this level of intrigue, so I'm not that great at handling crazy amounts of derailing, especially in a setting I'm also still learning.