When my party did the glassworks, Tsuto escaped down the smuggler's tunnel. They have yet to enter the CoW (next session).
Tsuto is obviously headed for Thistletop. However, when the party investigates the glassworks, it is morning. I am thinking perhaps Tsuto would hide in the CoW until nightfall, and then make his way to Thistletop.
The question is: would putting Tsuto in the room with Erylium make that encounter too difficult? If he is in the CoW anywhere he would probably be there. It basically turns it into an APL +4 encounter, which is "beyond" epic. Also, Erylium seems pretty difficult to deal with to begin with. My party is not especially well optimized either, though they aren't terrible. They do have a good healer though.
Peet
Might not be the first rule of DMing but it's in the top 5: Trust your gut. If you think an encounter will be too hard, there's a good chance it is. Better to err on the side of caution. A fight that goes too easy is better than one that gets out of control, TPK, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria, etc.
In my interpretation of Tsuto, he wants to be with Nualia. He isn't going to stop a few hundred feet away from the people that just kicked his butt and might still be following him. Just to stay with that crazy quasit in a space with no escape route? Entrance and exit from the Catacombs can be pinched at one spot. What if those meddling kids went to tattle and Hemlock and some of his thugs came down here too?
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Tsuto almost caused a TPK by his lonesome in my game...he surprised 2 of the players and stunning fisted one...then beat him in initiative and hit him 2 more times...then using acrobatics got around to the Druid of the group and almost took him down
in fact if I hadn't forgot that he had sneak attack the first character would have just flat out died
Tsuto is a scary, scary guy to 1st level party. Just teaming him up with two goblins, will let him plow through a party of 4.
Tsuto is a scary, scary guy to 1st level party. Just teaming him up with two goblins, will let him plow through a party of 4.
Well, having completed the glassworks the party is now 2nd level.
Not catching Tsuto puts the party a bit behind in terms of treasure though. The party rogue found Tsuto but he was on his own and fell back to the stairs. I figured that Tsuto would have realized that they had defeated the goblins and just went down the tunnel. I'm kind of regretting not having Tsuto at least try to engage the party but they just left it wide open for several rounds.
Does Tsuto have a boat hidden somewhere? Or is he really going to try going on foot?
Peet
It's not mentioned in the AE version but I had him heading for the small cave at the northern end/beginning of the tunnels outside Sandpoint. There he used a boat (somewhat logical: the cave opens to the sea and it's a steep climb upwards to reach road level) to escape to Thistletop.
Even if you decide against him using a boat, getting to Thistletop on foot would only take him half a day or so.
I had him leave his notes behind when he tricked the PCs into allowing him to slink back behind the lines while the group dealt with the three goblins...
Ruyan.
It seems to me that if Tsuto went on foot then the party could probably catch him enroute to Thistletop. If they saddled up their horses they could probably get ahead of him on the road.
Then again, maybe that isn't necessarily a bad thing.
I'd just have to think about where they might catch him. I doubt that he'd stick to the road.
Peet
Tsuto almost caused a TPK by his lonesome in my game...he surprised 2 of the players and stunning fisted one...then beat him in initiative and hit him 2 more times...then using acrobatics got around to the Druid of the group and almost took him down
in fact if I hadn't forgot that he had sneak attack the first character would have just flat out died
We shot him to death and he rolled poorly, so I am glad he was such an action hero for your game.
Maybe you can even set up an ambush by him.
Ruyan.