A Step Away from Defeat

**A Step Away from Defeat** is a main quest in *Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous*.

## Walkthrough

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* The quest begins when you meet Anevia upon your return to Drezen at the start of Act 5. Must have Wardstone moved from Kenabres to Drezen, if it was destroyed then see Beaten but Not Broken quest.
* On the streets of Drezen you will meet some extra NPC encounters:
* Staunton Vhane, if he is dead *(TBD: check what happens for Aeon who changed the past, check what happen to Lich who recruited him already (you can?))*
	+ (Evil) Mythic Lich to recruit him as undead.
	+ (Good) Mythic Angel or (Good/Lawful/Evil) - he dies.
	+ (Chaotic/None) - he runs away. (Chaotic) choice available only if you didn't tell him that Minagho is dead.
* Hal, if you have completed The Dragon's Fate.
	+ You can either kill him with (Evil) action or leave peacefully, unlocking Mythic Dragon.

### Meet the One-Eyed Devil in the tavern

* Go to Half Measure Tavern and talk with One-Eyed Devil. There is an optional (Evil) alignment choice.

### Strike the Bell of Mercy

* Available if you have completed Bell of Mercy decree from A Demon's Heresy quest.
* It can be found right outside the temple on the scaffolding. Striking the bell will make most of the demons in the area permanently Sickened.

### Talk to the Storyteller

* Go the the citadel and approach Storyteller.
	+ If Galfrey is romanced you will get Between the Lines errand and Galfrey's Farewell Letter.

### Defend Drezen

* You will be moved outside to face Orengofta and his demons.
* First you get (Good/Evil/None) alignment choice.
* Then you get to make a Mythic Path response to defeat the demons, depending on your current one and extra ones you have unlocked.
	1. Legend, it also gives [Legend\_Choice\_Counter +1]
	2. (Evil) Swarm, Lich
	3. (Chaotic) Demon, Trickster
	4. (Good) Angel, Azata, Gold Dragon
	5. (Lawful) Aeon
		+ It can fail if [bb5accf7cd5e098429abbaab2b1d1197] is higher than [d5f52b1c57f6c644c8a7978cc0e612a9] and [83b4a33ef4cf5434a9b1eefb9234403e]
* After that Iomedae herself will descend to Drezen.
* You can greet her with (Lawful/Chaotic/Evil) or non-aligned responses.
* When Nocticula appears you get to make (Good/Chaotic/Evil/None/None) alignment response.
* In discussion of your and Areelu's wound you get:
	+ The following lines can be selected freely:
		- *"Why are you doing all this, Areelu?"*
		- Lore (Nature) DC 29 check (+90xp) *"Your wound..."*
		- Knowledge (World) DC 29 check (+90xp) *"History tells us a lot of curious things about the Worldwound's creation..."*
		- *"As I learned from the Lexicon of Paradox, to both create and expand the Worldwound, you needed a creature to serve as a key. Is that right, Areelu?"* - if you have read second part of Lexicon of Paradox or have it with you.
	+ The following lines will finish this segment:
		- Response hidden by Knowledge (Arcana) DC 38 check (+2592xp).
		- *"I don't want to play a guessing game. If you want to say something, Areelu, just say it."*
		- Response unlocked by passing at least 2 points: passing [Lore (Nature)] check, passing [Knowledge (World)] check, selecting Lexicon line.
* Then you get to ask Iomedae and Nocticula some questions, mostly they are just trivia.
	+ Asking *"Do you know what happened to your herald?"* begins Your Bones Will Join the Myriad Others objective about Hand of the Inheritor.
* Pick *"I've made my decision."* to choose to continue your current Mythic Path or switch to Legend, Swarm or Gold Dragon, whichever you have unlocked.
	+ For Mythic Legend you will have to do some extra steps:
		- If you have Nocticula's profane gift then you will have to break it with Will DC 35 check (+240xp). If you fail the check or submit to her will then you will continue your current Mythic Path with it's consequences.
			* Will DC 20 check (+24xp) for Mythic Demon with Arueshalae romance.
		- If you didn't have the profane gift or managed to break it then you have to pass a DC 25 check based on primary attribute of your choice to become a Mythic Legend.
			* [Legend\_Choice\_Counter] reduces the DC by 8, 15 or to 0 depending on counter amount. They gained by: refuse Lexicon powers in Areelu's Laboratory, refuse Areelu's powers during Walking on Corpses, pick Mythic Legend choice against Orengofta.
			* Mythic Demon with Arueshalae's romance also gets an extra 5 DC reduction.
		- If you failed the check you become a laughing stock for Nocticula, doubly so if you broke profane gift. *(TBD) consequences.*

## Aftermath

* If you swapped Mythic Lich to another Mythic Path then you will get Revolt at the Ziggurat errand.
* Depending on what Mythic Path you have chosen you get the following: