'Breaking The Siege is one of the quests in The Age of Decadence.
Lore
Commercium Quest for Merchant
Rewards
Quick Walkthrough
- Seek help from Dux Paullus of Caer Tor
- Seek help from Antidas of Teron
- Seek help from other sources
Detailed Walkthrough
- 1. Seek help from Dux Paullus of Caer Tor
- 1.a. If you ask Paullus to side with Meru,
- 1.a.1. Once convinced (+4 civil SP), Paullus will ask you about the pyramid (Al-Akia).
- 1.a.1.a. If you convince him Al-Akia is harmless, the siege of Ganezzar will be lifted on better terms for Meru; Al-Akia is not mentioned again.
- 1.a.1.b. If you fail, he'll insist you follow him to Ganezzar, break the siege, and blow up Al-Akia.
- 1.b. If you ask Paullus to side with House Aurelian, he will detail his plan to take over all cities.
- 1.b.a. You can make a deal with him and Ganezzar will fall.
- 1.b.b. You can think about it and seek allies in Teron.
- 2. Seek help from Antidas of Teron
- 2.1. Talk to Antidas
- 2.2. Talk to Linos
- 2.2.a. If Linos is convinced (+3 civil SP)), he'll ask you to seek Mercato. If Mercato is dead, he'll point you to Brandir (unconfirmed).
- 2.2.a.a. Mercato would reject you straight away if you treated him badly. No skill checks.
- 2.2.a.b. You can speak to Brandir (unconfirmed).
- 3. Seek help from other sources
- 3.1. You can fly the airship from Old Facility to Ganezzar. You can have a parley with Legatus Hagon. Success would lead to destruction of Al-Akia by House Aurelian.
Statistics, Skills and Backgrounds checks
- 1.a. “Why would I do that? Meru's weak. He can't even defend his own town.”
- Streetwise:[9]
- Persuasion:[9]
- "An opportunity for whom?"
- Persuasion+Streetwise<=[16]
- "The offer's good", says Pallus, "but Meru's unpredictable. Today he's the First Acolyte and we're warriors of some temple. Tomorrow he might be a lord again, that temple all but forgotten and we with it."
- Persuasion+Charisma=[15]
- Streetwise+Lore<=[16]
- 1.a.1. "Yet Maru's loremasters spoke of the old gods. Of a way to bring them back. Do you claim to know nothing about it?."
- Persuasion<=[8]
- "That's all there is to it?" ask Paullus, relaxing visibly."
- Streetwise:[9]
- Streetwise:[10]
- Persuasion<=[8]
- 1.b. “Serenas must be even weaker than I thought,” observes Paullus, “if he lets the likes of Strabos pull his strings. Maybe I will side with Meru after all.”
- Persuasion:[7]
- Persuasion+Streetwise=[13]
- 2.2. "I didn't take you for a backstabber, [player], but I do take your point. Still, why should we risk all?"
- Persuasion+Trading=[15] "Because Meru's Creed offers us more than the Lords do. Today you have to bow to Antidas because of his lineage. Tomorrow you won't have. It's well worth the risk."
- 2.2. "Today I rule this town in all but name. Tomorrow I might not if I listen to you and take unnecessary risks"
- Streetwise+Charisma=[16]
- 3. Seek help from other sources
- 3.1. "If the ship was fully operational, you wouldn't have waste your time trying to convince me. You'd have used it already."
- 3.1.a. Streetwise<=[6]
- "Do you expect me to believe that you can handle it all by yourself?"
- Persuasion+Lore<=[17]
- 3.1.b.Persuasion<=[6]
- You notice that he no longer doubts your ability to unleash hell.
- Streetwise+Charisma=[15]
- 3.1.a. Streetwise<=[6]