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Spoilers ahoy, for anyone playing!
I've been having a good run, and enjoying Strange Aeons so far. My group have finally arrived at Iris Hill, and are making there way through the mansion. However, I've discovered a small flaw in the design of the mansion denizens...specifically, the two undead inhabitants of the mansion are major parts of the threat, but they are only active threats at night. My group of amnesiacs have, of course, entered the mansion first thing in the morning. They are currently undertaking an 8 hour rest inside one of the bedrooms of the mansion, with the doors barricaded.
Clearly, the leadership won't be happy upon discovering this, but...during the day, their capabilities are quite weak! Anyone have any suggestions on how they might deal with this situation?
Contributor, RPG Superstar 2010 Top 8
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The penanggalen can actually be active during the day:
“...but at night or when provoked, the creature's head rips free from the rest of her body, coils of viscera and entrails dangling from her throat as she launches into the air, seeking blood to sate her unholy thirst.”
As for the manananggal, you’re right that it shouldn’t be active during the day. Honestly, I just ran it as is. If my players had asked, I’d have spun them a story about the sinister influence of the star stelae allowing the monster to remain active 24-7.
Alternative, you could have the manananggal try to trick the players. Pretend to be a captive/victim of the cult, and ask to be escorted to safety. That night, the monster comes out to play and attacks the PCs while they’re sleeping.
I made the mannanaggal attack them in the Pharasmin church. In fact, I made it to be the missing cleric, and then surprise them at night
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In the end, I decided Rumatri and her 'pet' had been out and about in the town during the day, while the rest of the cultists were down in the basement. When Rumatri arrived back at the mansion, she found the dead gate guards, and then made her way to Melisenn to report the problem, and on her way, saw the window shutters on the second floor had all been opened. This alerted them to where the group was, and Melisenn used the Hound of Tindalos to scry on them.
And so it was that the group were attacked in the middle of their rest by most of the remaining creatures in the mansion. And, interestingly, Rumatri stayed in humanoid form, and got away...