| McCleak |
Just to cap it off, the next time someone is looking for advice:
Spoilers:
I mixed the stuff a little bit. I had Garavel pick up the PCs, along with a bunch of other mercs, from Katapesh. Garavel was tense along the way, and mysteriously stopped them for the evening. Shortly after midnight they heard a mysterious howling from down the road, soon answered by another one ever farther off. The carts then took off at a full gallop to Kelmarane, passing by a mysterious three story hexagonal building that smelled of blood and smoke. Eventually, they reached Kelmarane, only to find it under attack by 2d8 gnolls! After defeating them, Almah greets the group, and explains to them about being sent by the PactMasters to retake Kelmarane, and even though they did so, the gnolls have used the battle market as a fort to cut the town off from the outside. Almah tasks the party with using the also cleared out old monastery as a forward base, which gave the PCs opportunities to explore that area as well.
I mixed the stuff a little bit. I had Garavel pick up the PCs, along with a bunch of other mercs, from Katapesh. Garavel was tense along the way, and mysteriously stopped them for the evening. Shortly after midnight they heard a mysterious howling from down the road, soon answered by another one ever farther off. The carts then took off at a full gallop to Kelmarane, passing by a mysterious three story hexagonal building that smelled of blood and smoke. Eventually, they reached Kelmarane, only to find it under attack by 2d8 gnolls! After defeating them, Almah greets the group, and explains to them about being sent by the PactMasters to retake Kelmarane, and even though they did so, the gnolls have used the battle market as a fort to cut the town off from the outside. Almah tasks the party with using the also cleared out old monastery as a forward base, which gave the PCs opportunities to explore that area as well.
tl;dnr: I moved the Battle Market outside of the town, which meant I could start off at Part 4 with the town (liberated by Almah) under siege. The PCs are then tasked with clearing out the Battle Market.