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The group I'm running through SCAP just hit the battle with Fetor Abradius in Secrets of the Soul Pillars. He tossed the lightning bolts at them (with little damage delt) and then got nailed with a Feeblemind spell. He failed his save--miserably.
The now gibbering idiot Fetor Abradius tried to run and got beat down in a hurry. The Cleric stabilized him and the Rogue bound and gagged him.
The party has one more battle before the Kurran Kurral level is done and will have Fetor Abradius as a hostage. They found all his paperwork and writings (which basically tells the whole Cagewright story anyway) but now they also have an actual Cagewright member in custody.
How would you handle this?
Opinions welcome.
Hi Josh !
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As long as he is Feebleminded Fetor can say nothing. Creatures without Int 3 don't have access to language . If your PCs cures him remember Greater Teleport only has a verbal component. That means as soon as he's ungagged to be interrogated he can simply wish to be away. Hence IMHO there is not much PCs can learn about him except if they kill him and interrogate his corpse later on ;o))
If they manage to foil his escape attempt (readying an action to hit him if he starts to cast or threatening him with a coup de grâce while interrogating him) well, you have clever and lucky players who should be rewarded with extra information like location and purpose of the Fiery Sanctum, location and purpose of the Shatterhorn Ruins, the purpose and the imminence of the ritual of planar binding, etc. In fact it'll help to smooth transitions in the last chapters of the campaign and put the fate of Cauldron more in their own hands. What I wouldn't give away is House Rhiavadi meeting, especially if you want your party to settle things with Jil at the beginning of Lords of Oblivion. I wouldn't give away Mister V. true nature as well to keep the surprise. IMC, V. is a mentor of one of my player who admires him very much for making hard decisions lol. If your PCs have such a relationship you'd prefer to keep the shock of its true nature discovery intact.
However Fetor is a clever opponent (well not in your campaign at moment :p) and I will try to play his cards right, first by trying to escape. Then if it doesn't work by trying to get a "pleading guilty" deal with the Lord Mayor. Oh the Lord Mayor is away for the moment ? Well guess who's in charge ? :))
Hope this helps.
Bran.
...Fiery Sanctum, location and purpose of the Shatterhorn Ruins, the purpose and the imminence of the ritual of planar binding, etc.
Some of this they gathered from Abradius' notes but I like the idea that because of their luck they may be able to gather more intricate information about Shatterhorn--might make that encounter interesting if they already know some of the layout and defenses.
Thanks for the opinion!
How many of you guys at paizo are running a SCAP campaign at the moment anyway :)
Remember that all cagewrights are in some way infected by the demon prince’s madness. As Fetor’s statue of Adimarchus was the original focus of the madness, he was hit first and hardest. Keep that in mind when your PC’s interrogate him. His answers may be garbled and incoherent… a lot like zenith’s prophecies.
I don't remember Fetor being one of the Thirteen. I thought he was more of a Cagewright wannabe...
I don't remember Fetor being one of the Thirteen. I thought he was more of a Cagewright wannabe...
That is true, but he is also how Adimarchus' taint was introduced to the Cagewrights. Remember the Cagewrights just want to connect Carceri and the Prime Material, they don't really have a plan for releasing, or in most cases even knowledge of, Adimarchus.
Fetor Abradius was guided by Adimarchus, through a cute little stuff anima... er... statue to the soul pillars where he convieniently found the cagewrights what they needed. And it just happened the best place to do that was right outside of Skull rot in Carceri... hrmm... coincidence? Nope, that is Adimarchus pulling the strings.
Sean Mahoney
How many of you guys at paizo are running a SCAP campaign at the moment anyway :)
As far as I know, just myself and Paizo CEO Lisa Stevens are running one right now. There are two AoW campaigns being run by Paizo employees too.