Stats for Dr. Bensi Skule, Underground Troll Alchemist and Information Broker of Absalom

[Madokar Valortouched]

So the other night, I had a little idea. A potential springboard for a homebrew Pathfinder campaign. Thinking of the starting point of the campaign to be Absalom. The trick is, how do you get the PCs together to start everything?

While browsing the net (TVTropes, specifically), I came across some bare-bones information about Dr. Skule. He sounds interesting, and a potential springboard into the campaign proper. But I can't seem to find his stat block or where he was introduced into the lore of Pathfinder anywhere.

So before I really commit to this, I would like to know some things about him. His alignment is a big thing. As would be how he handles Skule's Army. He's a troll with levels in Alchemist, so he's probably a mid-level or above threat if the PCs try to fight him. Would be nice to know how I could control him in a fight with resulting a TPK of a new group. I don't WANT the PCs to fight him, but some people see a troll, they might attack him regardless of what I want to do with him.

[Joe Shmoe 741]

Madokar Valortouched wrote:

So the other night, I had a little idea. A potential springboard for a homebrew Pathfinder campaign. Thinking of the starting point of the campaign to be Absalom. The trick is, how do you get the PCs together to start everything?

While browsing the net (TVTropes, specifically), I came across some bare-bones information about Dr. Skule. He sounds interesting, and a potential springboard into the campaign proper. But I can't seem to find his stat block or where he was introduced into the lore of Pathfinder anywhere.

So before I really commit to this, I would like to know some things about him. His alignment is a big thing. As would be how he handles Skule's Army. He's a troll with levels in Alchemist, so he's probably a mid-level or above threat if the PCs try to fight him. Would be nice to know how I could control him in a fight with resulting a TPK of a new group. I don't WANT the PCs to fight him, but some people see a troll, they might attack him regardless of what I want to do with him.

There is no stat block for Skule in the books. You can find his story in "Classic Monsters Revisited", in the section under trolls though.

[blahpers]

If he's strong enough, he might be able to put the PCs in their place without just wasting them. Which is humiliating for the PCs, to say the least.

Of course, if they manage to kill him anyway, hey, great start to a campaign if you ask me. Think of the carnage it would cause in the Absalom underground!

[Red DM of Doom]

A mix of sticky bombs and poison bombs will put them in their place pretty easily.