Scarlet Brotherhood questions [SPOILERS]

SPOILERS!!!

So... help me understand how this is supposed to be working, exactly. Apparently they have poisons which bypass poison *immunity* AND allow no saving throw. Even when I managed to kill three of the four of them in the first round, they STILL beat me automatically. Scripted losses aren't fun for anyone.

 

Ok, cool; I replayed it and was able to kill them all before they auto-won. Is that going to screw anything else up later?

 

Let them drug you, u will wake and have a tough fight ahead of you.

 

I'm aware of that, but I can't let them drug me. It breaks my immersion too much to just let them win, given that they realistically couldn't in the structure of D & D versus a large party of 15th level characters.

Content that requires you to lose, or that completely ignores the immunities or strengths of your characters, is badly designed.

I wonder if the content could be changed to activate after you rest in the wild, so that they take your weapons while you sleep, or something; that would be more palatable, I think.

 

Agreed. Auto-fails goes against the very fabric of the game! I think it should be changed in SOME way.

 

I've never been able to experience this scenario in the game. Could you guys in the know please inform me how to initiate this scenario and inform me exactly what happens in the scenario so that I can include this important information in the walkthrough? Use spoiler tags in your answer. Thanks in advance.

 

I also look forward to the information. I have never been able to initiate it either. Is it an evil only quest?

 

Is it something goodies can do? or is it evil only? No paladins in my current group so I don't mind pretending to be evil to narc them out. Same with the hexorites. Though I have already won the WOTGS.

 

I think you actually have to talk to Darlia in his jail cell after he is arrested, and then he tells you that you are going to be ambushed.

 

Looked at the code. It's (spoilers):

Spoiler

Accept a quest to do bad things from Darlia > Turn darlia in > a bit later, darlia is in prison, talk to him > ten days later, the random encounter is in the queue, and so you can get it wandering around outside > auto-lose to deus ex machina poison after 2 rounds or less > fade to black > cliche Bond villain monologue > fight some monsters in your boxers.

 

Yep, HeJason, you are right - that's where I went wrong - I didn't go talk to Darlia in gaol. I re-read Gaear's old summary about that scenario in the walkthrough, and sure enough, he stated that the player needs to talk to Darlia in gaol in order for the RE (Random Encounter) to happen. I look forward to my next playthrough of the modpack where I will be able to experience some cool new content (for me). Thanks for your help, guys.

 

Sorry, no offense intended; it is my natural medium of communication.