Put on Your Sneaking Shoes

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Recently, we released Pathfinder Module: Fangwood Keep by veteran Pathfinder Society author Alex Greenshields. This adventure holds a special place in my heart for a few reasons. First, on a personal level, it was Alex who first ran me through a Pathfinder Society scenario (Pathfinder Society Scenario #1: Silent Tide way back in 2008) and he's been a constant contributor to my other passion, the PathfinderWiki, for nearly just as long. It makes me happy to see him get his first printed cover credit in a Pathfinder product, and on such an amazing adventure, too!

Second, I've always been a fan of adventures that provide the PCs lots of different options. When I was working on this scenario with Alex, we wanted to make sure that it offered as many choices as possible. For example, the adventure takes place in the Southern Fangwood, on the ever-shifting border between warring nations Molthune and Nirmathas. It was important to us to ensure that the PCs could be agents of either nation when they set off on the adventure, making it easier for GMs to place the adventure into their ongoing campaigns or for PCs for better integrate characters of varying backgrounds into the plot.


Illustration by Eric Braddock

Additionally, one of the main objectives we set for ourselves was to provide written-in options for players to take two different approaches to taking the adventure's eponymous fortress. Some players love the thrill of combat and taking on imposing odds, and for these players, a full frontal assault on the fortress is likely the most fun approach. Other players like to use stealth, guile, and trickery to win the day, and we made sure there were just as many opportunities for PCs to infiltrate Fangwood Keep in secret and take the fortress one room at a time without raising any alarms. Hollow walls, secret escape (or entry, in the PCs' case) tunnels, and hidden doorways are just a few of the ways PCs can explore the tower without tipping off the soldiers who guard it.

Fangwood Keep is available now, so try it today! What's your preferred method of ridding a forest stronghold of its current occupants?

Mark Moreland
Developer

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Sczarni RPG Superstar Season 9 Top 16, RPG Superstar 2015 Top 32

Wow, I am going to have to play/run this one!

Too bad it is for 4th level. I could have put this into my Kingmaker game if it was for a higher level group.

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You probably could add some class levels to some of the opponents in this module and create quite a nice fight for higher level groups.

The Exchange RPG Superstar 2010 Top 16

I've got a pretty intense schedule of this adventure over the next three weeks. I'll let you know what people do. ...


Isn't that the same hobgoblin monk from the Advanced Race Guide?
Is he like going to be the new iconic for hobgoblins now?

Paizo Employee Developer

Sometimes artists interpret a piece of reference art not as "here's what hobgoblins look like" but rather "this is the hobgoblin Merisiel is sneaking up on." Any similarity between Gomwai and the hobgoblin in this picture are purely coincidental.

Sovereign Court

I do enjoy the design approach in this module.

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