He smirked. "I said I hadn't had dealings with them, not that I was unaware of the power they could wield. Although, most of them seem to think it is a sap, to be used as bluntly and obviously as possible. The few who are smart enough to realize it doesn't has to be used that way were the ones that became the next nobles."<br/><br/>He also asked about, using whatever stories he felt as a reason for the questioning, all of them false, and all of them plausible, so by the time he had left the tavern he had a good half dozen possible stories for who he might be and why he was asking.<br/><br/>(Bluff 23 = d20+10<br/>Diplomacy 36 = d20+17)