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I went through the scenario last nights and jotted down notes, highlighted stuff, etc. I have some questions regarding some of the stuff. Unluckily, I left my notes/the scenario at home so I don't have them with me and they're from memory. But I'll just list the ones I can remember.
Also, this is my first time GM'ing so in depth answers would be appreciated.
- For the Warehouse
- Part of it says "if the PCs can squeeze alongside the double doors they can open it with a DC 22 str check. It looks to me like the doors are literally on the side of the building facing the water. I don't see any mention of a ledge or anything that they would be able to stand on. And according to the text earlier, the warehouse is 10'-15' off of the water. So, how would I go about letting the PCs force that door from the outside?
- Should the PCs be able to spot the rats before the rats awaken? If they aren't spotted, should they do a charge for a surprise round or no because "that's not in their tactics"?
- For the old lady from the healing/orphanage place.
- It says she uses her first roll on Sense Motive or Diplomacy... But what would be 'diplom'ing?
- To spot her alcoholism it says it's a DC 12 heal check, should I roll this without the PCs knowing? Should I just say "give me a heal check" as soon as they see her? What would be a good way to go about doing this?
- One of the things to find out about her is via interacting with the children. How do I let the PCs (or some of the PCs) get away without having her chase them down/follow them around--obviously if one of them tries to stealth away, but eventually she might notice. Basically I don't want to make them think there's nothing else to find out by having the lady seem overly dissuasive about talking to the children.
- If she's forced into combat, it says she basically tries to wait for the guards to show up.. But I don't recall reading anything about guards.. So is that just for her to RP?
- Is she smart enough to know that sleep doesn't work on elves? (I really don't know whether or not this'd be considered common knowledge. Only thing that might help is her knowledge local +5 this being Absolom the melting pot of the inner sea)
- For the part with the 5 chests
- A couple of the chests are trapped, if the PCs don't actively check for traps, should I assume they're taking 10 and only tell them about the traps if their perception + 10 is high enough to spot it without actively looking?
- And how exactly does one interpret "poison (save Fort DC 9; frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d2 Con; cure 1 save)" It looks like every round for 6 rounds they take 1d2 Con damage? But I don't know what "cure 1 save" means--but I don't know what "cure 1 save" means. I'm guessing that overall it means they make a fort save every round for 6 rounds, if they fail they take 1d2 Con damage. If they succeed the save the effect ends. How do PCs at lvl 1 restore Con damage? Also, if someone cast Detect Poison, would that tell them "hey, there's a snake in there" or "there's some kind of poison in there (they can't focus on it through the basket so I'm guessing this one)"?
- For the imp in the bedroom
- It says the imp doesn't start actively fighting the PCs until reduced to half health...does it inactively fight them in some way...?
- It says that the NPC gave the PCs a silvered cat-o'-nine-tails but I only saw mention of the silvered dagger..editing typo (or conversion typo)?
- Ambush!
- It says they cast obscuring mist, and the the non-essentials flee and then leaving the area clear for both groups to deal with each other. This doesn't mean that the obscuring mist has already dissipated, does it?
- Miscellany
- Understanding DR - "DR 5/good or silver;" means that the first five damage of an attack doesn't go through, unless it's from a good aligned or silvered weapon, right? In this case, what about other materials such as adamantine--doesn't matter it's just dr 5?
That's all I can remember.. any help is appreciated.
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Going from memory. I've GMed this like 5 or 6 times, but it has been nearly a year since the last time.
Part of it says "if the PCs can squeeze alongside the double doors they can open it with a DC 22 str check. It looks to me like the doors are literally on the side of the building facing the water. I don't see any mention of a ledge or anything that they would be able to stand on. And according to the text earlier, the warehouse is 10'-15' off of the water. So, how would I go about letting the PCs force that door from the outside?
Maybe they climb up on the roof, and lower a rope down to that side? Players can sometimes surprise you with their creative ideas. But every time I've run this, people have just picked the lock and/or broken the door down from the pier, rather than messing with the doors facing the water, so don't worry about it.
Should the PCs be able to spot the rats before the rats awaken? If they aren't spotted, should they do a charge for a surprise round or no because "that's not in their tactics"?
I don't think I ever do a surprise round for this, in either direction. Either the rats are too hidden for the PCs to see (so the PCs can't surprise them when they're sleeping) or they wake the rats up and see them coming out of the boxes and barrels to attack (so the rats don't get a surprise).
It says she uses her first roll on Sense Motive or Diplomacy... But what would be 'diplom'ing?
She'd be trying to be nice to the PCs at first, I guess. I honestly don't remember how I handle this one. It's mostly a "play it out" section of the adventure, with minimal die rolling.
To spot her alcoholism it says it's a DC 12 heal check, should I roll this without the PCs knowing? Should I just say "give me a heal check" as soon as they see her? What would be a good way to go about doing this?
Most groups want to examine the sick kids, so you'll get a chance to find out their heal check modifiers at that point. Then you can roll in secret for this.
One of the things to find out about her is via interacting with the children. How do I let the PCs (or some of the PCs) get away without having her chase them down/follow them around--obviously if one of them tries to stealth away, but eventually she might notice. Basically I don't want to make them think there's nothing else to find out by having the lady seem overly dissuasive about talking to the children.
I usually have her let them talk to the kids, but she goes with them. Thus, some of the kids are less likely to say anything bad about her. Most groups find some creative way to split the group, so that half of them are dealing with her while the other half talks to the kids while she's not there.
If she's forced into combat, it says she basically tries to wait for the guards to show up.. But I don't recall reading anything about guards.. So is that just for her to RP?
She's supposed to make a fuss and try to call the town guard if the PCs attack. Assume the town guards are able to easily overpower a group of level 1 adventurers. Most PCs won't want to fight them, anyway. In fact, I've only had one group attack her. They knocked her unconscious, then tried to carry her back to the temple of Sarenrae where they were given the assignment to check up on her. I had city guards stop them on the way, and they went back to the orphanage and talked it out with the guards at that point.
Is she smart enough to know that sleep doesn't work on elves? (I really don't know whether or not this'd be considered common knowledge. Only thing that might help is her knowledge local +5 this being Absolom the melting pot of the inner sea)
I'd say she's too much of a bigot to get a bonus to knowledge: local, but that's just me. Don't remember if she has it trained, but I'd say that's common enough knowledge to allow an untrained check, maybe at DC somewhere around 5-10. Also, remember that Sleep is a full round cast, so the PCs are likely to interrupt her if she tries to cast it.
For the part with the 5 chests
A couple of the chests are trapped, if the PCs don't actively check for traps, should I assume they're taking 10 and only tell them about the traps if their perception + 10 is high enough to spot it without actively looking?
They're only taking 10 if they say they are. If they don't remember to check for traps, then they set them off without a check. Most groups are pretty paranoid about traps on these things, though, so they'll probably say they're checking for traps. And if they're not paranoid before, then getting hit with a trap will be a good learning experience for them. :P
And how exactly does one interpret "poison (save Fort DC 9; frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d2 Con; cure 1 save)" It looks like every round for 6 rounds they take 1d2 Con damage? But I don't know what "cure 1 save" means--but I don't know what "cure 1 save" means. I'm guessing that overall it means they make a fort save every round for 6 rounds, if they fail they take 1d2 Con damage. If they succeed the save the effect ends. How do PCs at lvl 1 restore Con damage? Also, if someone cast Detect Poison, would that tell them "hey, there's a snake in there" or "there's some kind of poison in there (they can't focus on it through the basket so I'm guessing this one)"?
I'm not sure if Detect Poison would spot the snake. I'd have to look up the spell.
As for reading the poison entry, it means they get a fort save every round for 6 rounds, or until they make one of the saving throws, whichever comes first. Each time they fail, they take 1d2 Con damage. As soon as they make a save, they're cured (though previous Con damage remains until they sleep it off or get a Lesser Restoration cast on them, which is unlikely at level 1). I believe there's a section near the back of the Core Rulebook (I forget which chapter) that covers how to read poison entries.
It says the imp doesn't start actively fighting the PCs until reduced to half health...does it inactively fight them in some way...?
Not really. It's busy trying to open the box by banging it around, though it might move away from them to avoid getting hit, or even turn invisible on them.
It says that the NPC gave the PCs a silvered cat-o'-nine-tails but I only saw mention of the silvered dagger..editing typo (or conversion typo)?
I do not remember that. The letter opener counts as a silver dagger. If it mentions another silver weapon, that's probably a typo.
It says they cast obscuring mist, and the the non-essentials flee and then leaving the area clear for both groups to deal with each other. This doesn't mean that the obscuring mist has already dissipated, does it?
Nope. Most of the fight takes place inside the Obscuring Mist, which slows things down for both sides. There's a 20% miss chance on all attacks, and it takes the ranged combatants out of the fight altogether, including the evil arcane caster.
Understanding DR - "DR 5/good or silver;" means that the first five damage of an attack doesn't go through, unless it's from a good aligned or silvered weapon, right? In this case, what about other materials such as adamantine--doesn't matter it's just dr 5?
Correct. Any attack that isn't good aligned (magically, such as from Bless Weapon, not just a good aligned PC making an attack) or silver will do 5 points less damage than normal. Remember that this only applies to physical damage. Energy damage (fire, acid, lightning, cold, force) always overcome DR. So any PC with Burning Hands, Magic Missile, Acid Splash, Ray of Frost, any of the 1st level cleric domain blast attacks, etc will ignore this DR.
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Thanks. About Det Poison
You determine whether a creature, object, or area has been poisoned or is poisonous.
The basket obviously isn't thick enough to blank out a Detection spell but I don't know if they would be able to discern between "there's a poisonous snake in there" or just "there's some kind of poison in there."
Venture-Captain, California—Sacramento
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If she's forced into combat, it says she basically tries to wait for the guards to show up.. But I don't recall reading anything about guards.. So is that just for her to RP?
Basicly, if the PCs get caught commiting blatently criminal acts, the town guard should show up in a reasonable time.
In the case that the PCs unwisely attack the town guard, you can use the stats from the NPC codex. (there doesn't seem to be a hard link, but you can find the info on the PRD, in the apendix to the NPC Codex, after the animal companions.)
City Defenders
Civil peace and prosperity must often be defended with force of arms. These men and women defend the people of their settlement.
Low-Level (CR 4)
A veteran guard leads a cadre of raw recruits on a patrol through lower-class sections of the city to show them the ropes and toughen them up for future challenges.
Venture-Captain, Netherlands
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For the Warehouse
Part of it says "if the PCs can squeeze alongside the double doors they can open it with a DC 22 str check. It looks to me like the doors are literally on the side of the building facing the water. I don't see any mention of a ledge or anything that they would be able to stand on. And according to the text earlier, the warehouse is 10'-15' off of the water. So, how would I go about letting the PCs force that door from the outside?
There is also a boat tied up to the pier they can use. Either to get it under the hole in the floor, or use it to open the door.
