If the Big Bad is disguised as your innkeeper while the real innkeeper is tied up in the cellar, I think I can say ‘The innkeeper tells you it’ll be six silver for a room’, I don’t think I need to say ‘The man who introduced himself to you as the innkeeper.’
Perhaps, but you could also simply say “Yeah, the guy at the counter tells you the room will be 6 silver.”
Perhaps, but you could also simply say “Yeah, the guy at the counter tells you the room will be 6 silver.”