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I'm planning to add an encounter to Curse of the Crimson Throne in chapter 1. The city is in chaos and some hellknights are working to restore order - but being a little too extreme about it. Some people are caught stealing and the hellknights are getting ready to do some killing justice.

The party will run across this, but the hellknights will be too powerful for them to take. A vigilante in the city will appear, release some of the thieves, decry the tyranny of the hellknights, and run off. Two of the three hellknights try to chase him down and run off, leaving one remaining to give some deadly justice to a final thief. This will be who the party needs to contend with.

I want to make it clear that this does not have to be a combat encounter, and it might be bad for the PCs if it resorts to that. There are 5 PCs, all level 2.

I'm new to 2e, especially with encounter building. What is a good fight to give them? I thought about potentially having a minor devil in the mix to help the hellknight so it's not just a Hellknight Armiger vs the party. I'm open for suggestions here, and please point out any issues you see.

I found there to be a lack of maps for much of chapter 5 so I made some. PNG and Webm format (for most anyway). Beware large file sizes (the webm files are much smaller.)

Rise of the Runelord Maps - Chapter 5

Askar, did you create all the statblocks in hero-lab? If so, do you have the .por files for them?

I was reading through Abadar's description in Gods & Magic. I get that Abadar is supposed to be the embodiment of straight up law, but the description seems to indicate he's a pretty good bloke. It's all "he's anti-slavery, pro-social mobility, pro-spirit of the law in addition to letter of the law, his clergy charge for services aside from when it's directly related to the health and wellbeing of the community.

I was waiting for the shoe to drop, but it never did. I kind of expected him to have something about not minding corruption as long as it ultimately advances society or something, but it never came.

So what makes Abadar a lawful neutral dude instead of lawful good?

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I made up some windows for the Foxglove Manor when my players went through it. Here's a link to them.

Foxglove Windows

@Makin

These are really nice! Thanks for sharing!

I’m sort of missing one window from the Musicians Gallery though.

B12 Musicians Gallery
a gaunt man holding out his arms as a dozen bats hang from him

Was this replaced by the Onyx Gem window or did you miss/skip one window?

Sorry, I forgot to mention that. I had trouble finding a good picture of a guy with bats hanging from his arms that I could turn into stain glass. I ended up going with an Onyx gem instead, since it's closely related to necromancy (basically a required component for any spells that create undead.)

I made up some windows for the Foxglove Manor when my players went through it. Here's a link to them.
Foxglove Windows

Hoping for a rules clarification from Paizo on the Order of the Cockatrice Braggart Ability.

Order Abilities: A cavalier that belongs to the order of the cockatrice gains the following abilities as he increases in level.

Braggart (Ex): At 2nd level, the cavalier can spend a standard action to extol his own accomplishments and battle prowess. He receives Dazzling Display as a bonus feat. He does not need a weapon in hand to use this ability. The cavalier receives a +2 morale bonus on melee attack rolls made against demoralized targets.

The bolded sentence ends in a period; separating clauses and causing a minor dispute.

Is the intent that he can use dazzling display as a standard action (it is normally a full-round action)?

Or does he gain Dazzling Display as a bonus feat, and he gains a separate special ability to extol his accomplishments and battle prowess as a standard action. This would allow him to boast very quickly, by using this ability to condense everything he says into a six second period of time.