Pathfinder 1E Advice for way of the wicked?

[ahayford]

Quick question for you guys...about when did your players hit level 2?

 

[gdmcbride]

PCs should hit level 2 by the time they arrive at the manor house.

They should definitely be level 2 by the time they start the nine lessons.

Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games

 

[Fooly_Cooly]

Yeah that what my pc's were at. They were lvl 3 after the nine lessons and they just hit 4 and are about to infiltrate the fort.

 

[Drathir]

from my experience thats about right, also if they arent lvl 6 when done with book 1 book 2 blatantly states that the forest around the objective is a good way to force a small grind (ie lvl 5-6 so theyre at the right lvl) I can tell you one way to bypass it right now. The weak rule the Strong... theyre no where near strong enough to follow that one but still. (its like Asmodeus's key rule/comandment so yeah). And since "promise" 2 says they will follow master so long as it doesnt break "promise" 1 which is follow Asmodeus no matter what pretty much, Boom loop hole... unexploitable until later but loop hole non the less

 

[gdmcbride]

Before breaking out of infernal contracts, perhaps you should consult with a contract devil. Too bad you don't know any... yet...

This art by the way was available some time ago on Fire Mountain Game's facebook page. Join today!

Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games

 

[Fooly_Cooly]

Ahh.Thanks for the tips. Just had a player leave and a new one join.Drow anti pali of asmodeus.

 

[N'raac]

To the level issue, there's a lot to be said for advancement at the speed of plot.

I find a lot of battles at low levels, especially L1 are dicy. We just finished a (sub) scenario where one character was ambushed by an Invisible opponent - who missed that first attack. He was laid low by a (non-lethal) strike by a Dwarven War Axe, with "How do you know that's a critical" answered with "Double Twenties". 21 damage was a below average roll, but quite sufficient to end the battle.

I was looking around waiting for the ACTUAL final conflict, but apparently that was it! OTOH, had that first hit connected, it would likely have taken down (bleeding out) any of the characters in the group, save one, and it would have had the Bleeding add-on.

 

[triqui]

At first Level there is not a lot of encounters that you can't beat with a War Axe crit.

 

[Fooly_Cooly]

So true. So any advice for my group before the enter the second book?

 

[Fooly_Cooly]

So my players just had a session tryin to lower the defenses of the watch wall. They managed to make captain Mott kill captain Zak in a duel and get arrested. They snuck in through the secret door ant the inn.The ninja heard the inn keep sneaking out and managed to stay hidden while following him back. They know about the beef stew and bought the arsonic but are waiting for the right week to administer it. The dwarf fighter that just joined in drank the dwarf engineers under the table...all 10 of them.He then beat the captain in a fist fight.I dont think the plan on doing anything with the traveling show. They tried to ambush the patrol and sadly the captain escaped.They killed all his men though. Caught 1 alive but then skinned him burned him alive then bashed his face in with a morningstar..Ahh the 30 on a profession torturer check.So what would the forts reaction to the ambush be? They were all disguised as guards if that makes a difference.