All Hallows' Eve

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Its that time of year again, and if you’re anything like me, its time to run a spooky and frightful Halloween-themed game for your players. This year, we here on the design team thought we would give you a few tricks and treats to bring to the game table.

Frightening Encounters

d%	Encounter	Avg CR	Source
1–8	2d4 skeletons	2	Bestiary 250
9–13	1 dire wolf	3	Bestiary 278
14–19	1d3 giant spiders	3	Bestiary 258
20–22	1 vampiric mist	3	Bestiary 2 277
23–27	1 wight	3	Bestiary 276
28–33	1d3 dire bats	4	Bestiary 30
34–36	1d3 poltergeists	4	Bestiary 2 211
37–40	1 scarecrow	4	Bestiary 2 238
41–49	2d4 zombies	4	Bestiary 288
50–52	1d4 derro	5	Bestiary 70
53–54	1 giant crawling hand	5	Bestiary 2 59
55–57	1 skaveling bat	5	Bestiary 2 42
58–64	1d6 werewolves	5	Bestiary 198
65–67	1d3 gargoyles	6	Bestiary 137
68–72	1d6 ghouls	6	Bestiary 146
73–78	1 dullahan	7	Bestiary 2 111
79–83	1 flesh golem	7	Bestiary 160
84–88	1 ghost	7	Bestiary 144
89–94	1d6 mummies	8	Bestiary 210
95–100	1 vampire	9	Bestiary 270

You will also find that a lot of these monster entries have other versions presented on the spread, such as the bat swam on the same page with dire bat, giving you even more options to use in your game. Of course, no Halloween game would be complete with a treat to go with such mean tricks.

Disguise Masks

Aura faint illusion; CL 5th
Slot none; Price 400 gp; Weight 1/2 lb.

Description

Appearing to be little more than a flimsy paper mask with a crude face painted on the front, this simple magic item changes the appearance of the wearer for 1 hour, as if under the effects of disguise self. The appearance of the wearer is random, and always over-exaggerated and slightly whimsical (granting only a +5 bonus on Disguise skill checks instead of the usual +10). After 1 hour, the wearer returns to normal and the mask crumbles away. To determine the wearer’s appearance, roll on the following chart.

d6	Appearance
1	Dwarf
2	Elf
3	Gnome
4	Goblin
5	Orc
6	Skeleton
7	Werewolf
8	Zombie

Construction

Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, disguise self; Cost 200 gp

Exciting Taffy

Aura faint transmutation; CL 5th
Slot none; Price 500 gp; Weight —

Description

This sugary taffy comes in a wide variety of fruit flavors. Unwrapping the taffy and chewing it is a move action for the first round, and a swift action on each round after that. Those who eat this taffy act as if under the effects of haste for as long as they chew it, up to 5 rounds. Each round after the first, however, they must make a DC 15 Fortitude save or lose the effects of the haste and instead become sickened for 1 hour. The DC of this saving throw increase by 1 each round that the taffy has been chewed in the past 24 hours (after the first round).

Construction

Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, haste; Cost 250 gp

We hope these fun rules spark your imagination this holiday weekend. Got a Pathfinder-themed event planned? Tell us about it in the comments thread of this blog.

Jason Bulmahn
Lead Designer