Hi guys, haven't been posting much lately, but want to chime in to say I'm glad this PbP is still going strong! I'm still having a blast with my PF Zeitgeist campaign (due to moving, we're playing via Skype/Maptool, which works fine). We're past the mid point of Skyseer now, and I've run into a little problem.
During the intended-to-be-frustrating abandoned temple encounter, the group not only discovered the chimney exit before the bad guys were even there (!), they also one-shotted Cillian Creed pretty thoroughly: the group's Gunslinger/Paladin rolled a crit plus a hit with his two pistols, using Focused Aim (Mysterious Stranger archetype deed), Smite Evil, and being boosted by the Bard's Inspire Courage, for a whopping 85 points of damage! Even halved (incorporeal enemy), that's still enough to down Creed instantly. Just to be on the safe side, they lopped off the body's head and scrambled up the chimney, making their stealth checks easily for an unlooked-for complete triumph over the forces of bleakness.
So far, so awesome - I heartily congratulated, and the players seem to feel pretty good about themselves. They earned it, too: they really worked hard to follow all the leads, obey proper procedure, piss nobody off they'd need later on, and protect the innocent at the same time. However, I'm now missing a crucial boss for Dawn Square, don't I? I guess I could just put in a random technician controlling the flayed jaguars, but it just won't feel as good. You just sorta want a named character for this kind of role. However, there doesn't seem to exist an easy replacement, since Creed himself is just the right-hand man of Macbannin, after all.
