Greetings, all,
I recently ran the above module for a group, and have come across an ambiguity in the interaction between the module itself and the Pathfinder Society guidelines.
Basically, the situation is this: While the Red Raven escaped (just), the party contacted the Red Raven by using a message spell through scrying (using the dagger that the Raven used to kill Adril) and thus received the password in order to see his evidence implicating Adril. This meant Geppa was present for the encounter in the caves and, thus, they both had the password and someone to recognise the password when they reached that encounter, and thus bypassed the combat entirely.
This meant that they never had the opportunity to pick up the ring that controls the phoenix (or even know about it), and thus get the campaign point for that encounter.
The ambiguity is that the section on "Creative Solutions" in the Guide says that players who find a creative means of avoiding a combat encounter (and this counts) should get the rewards. However, the section in question talks about rewards in money and access, and talks about rewards for a combat encounter - freeing the phoenix is effectively a roleplaying encounter that follows the combat encounter.
For the record, if this was a home campaign I would have no objection to giving them a point on the basis that they also managed to rescue the naga (a personal agent of one of the Ten) from Condria's control - something that isn't listed as being worth a campaign point, but which possibly should be. Given that this is organised play, however, I'd like a precise ruling before I award (or otherwise) the point.
