Leaving the Solacas tower [spoiler]

[Eretas]

Leaving the tower:

My party just met Alicavniss for the second time and were now back in the tower. Do they have to fight theirs ways out of the towers or Alicavniss let them escape the tower. It's not very clear if Alicavniss want her brother and other apprentices to be wipe by the party?

Thank

[justaworm]

That largely depends on whether you are just ready to start the next book or want to let them play in the darklands still.

Alcavniss:

Alcavniss' motives are set up very weakly. It seems that she wants Allevrah stopped as a primary motive for not just slaying the PCs outright after knowing what they really are. That would have to be a very, very strong motive to overcome what should be her great displeasure at having a bunch of spies parading in dead drow bodies and learning their house secrets (which should come back on her if other houses learned about it).

Well, if her motive is that strong against Allevrah, then why would she also drop the PCs cover and make them fight and flee instead of just making sure they leave to stop Allevrah? The whole final fight scene is seemingly put there just to give the players a break from all the non-fighting that happens in this chapter.

Her motive for dropping their cover is even weaker given the potential fallout of letting a bunch of weak top world spies escape, given that she is supposed to be a powerful house matriarch. Sure, she will probably take it out on her clan for letting them escape, but she stands to lose great credibility with the other houses as well.

Personally, I would have Alcavniss avoid dropping their cover, unless they stupidly try to attack her. What could be more fun is to have her use the PCs to infiltrate another house (as a favor to her) and let them fight their way through that. After that is complete, she can give them the information they need and let them waltz out of the darklands with their cover intact.

[Eretas]

Thanks for the good advice. I will take that path.