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I appreciate the answers from everyone, and I already suspected it was more plot element than combat encounter.
Duiker, I understand your intentions but the reason I presumed there will be an initially hostile encounter is because the GM indicated he expected such to happen. We have spent a lot of time rallying the citizenry to be helpful to each other in times of crisis. However if this situation happens in rounds of combat I want advice about what toto do. If I can stealthily gather intelligence because they do not intend to do immediate violence I will develop a guerrilla resistance movement. I however can't initiate any of the strategies you discuss immediately. The sewers in korvosa are grated and locked heavily because of Otyugh they use, which also makes them dubious evacuation routes even if forced open. A football field sized contraption of iron isn't on hand and coordinate a siege weapon sized net isn't going to happen spontaneously in the campaigns that my group runs. Collapsing a building isn't an option because they are filled with thousands of people in this area and an evacuation will take time. The percentage of spell casters in korvosa is fairly large but the Acadamae has had its doors shut for three weeks (and could very well be responsible for this) The other large group of mages Thaumenexus (I think) is already coordinating with a depleted watch because of our efforts. The resources of the city I would imagine will be taxed dealing with the other 7 CR 14 encounters. I appreciate the sentiment but we are fairly saavy at dealing with situation using diplomatic and dynamic solutions.

I will roll with situation and had already planned to come at overwhelming force with an oblique or cerebral solution, but at the end of the day my ranger is a big d@mn hero to the people of the neighborhood where no one else gives a d@mn and if they start killing innocents in that area he will give it a go combat even if he dies. I have a limitless supply of characters in my head luckily. I was looking for advice if the worst happens and have gotten some pretty solid ideas that for the most part reinforce my own assessment.

I will let people know how it shakes out.

Ok my paizo people, I play in city based home campaign. We left off at a cliffhanger that went like this: all the characters are in different parts of the city during downtime (aka shopping etc) A giant red summoning circle appears overhead in the sky and sends down 12 columns of light one of which lands near each of us. Out of each light appears a barbed devil and four erinyes.

We have just reach level eight after a brutal dungeon crawl in some a noble family that were secretly raksashas. I am playing a Sable Company ranger with the hippogriff rider archetype. The place I am in is Bridgefront in Korvosa, think ultra population dense slums. This is a neighborhood I have been trying to protect the entire campaign. The GM and I believe it would metagaming to flee with out trying to fight.

I in no way believe I can win this fight because of meta knowledge as a player of the monsters. My character however flubbed his Knowledge: Planes. How do I survive this? I am a switch hitting ranger, max stealth +23, perception +21, and ride auto a 20. I have a +14(+11) to hit in melee and power attack, I have +14(11) to hit with my bow rapid shot, manyshot, deadly aim. Urban is my favored terrain. I do not have a good aligned weapon.

How about head to toe armor with a helmet? I think that a disguise, some perfume, and a cloak on top with a good bluff skill and you're pretty set. Tell people they are vow of silence bodyguards or have had their tongues cut out depending on how vicious you want to be perceived. I mean armor can get pricy but not in comparison to hats of disguise. Also a game master and party who want to be a part of this. If they don't want to buy in you will be thwarted at every turn, if they do then just find out what is considered enough for the majority of gameplay. And to be fair there will be a big blow up where your crimes against the natural cycle of death are exposed. It is too juicy to not happen with that character.