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A secret vault beneath the Grand Lodge remains sealed after more than a century to hide an embarrassing event in the Society's past. When reports surface that the vault is open, the society sends the PCs to seal it and keep the Society's darkest secret forever hidden.

Obviously this is potentially a pretty significant scenario, but something that's not quite clear is whether or not the nature of the PFS' "darkest secret" is to be revealed in this scenario, and if it is whether it's to be described by the writer in the submission or will be specified by Paizo.

There's plenty of uncertainty around the backstory to the Pathfinders, certainly sufficient for somebody's submission to (unwittingly) do something that conflicts with (or complements) elements of the PFS origins/history/whatever that we're not (yet) aware of. If somebody's submission includes a "darkest secret" that (for example) touches on the background of one of the decemvirate, then to what extent is he up against a PFS writers bible that says that the decemvirate are a bunch of guys from Glasgow?


I second this question. It seems that someone could write an excellent adventure but get disqualified outright because their secret was either not dark enough, or too world-altering. Perhaps a little clarification could be given?


I wonder if such a 'secret' should be handled kind of like the briefcase from Pulp Fiction or the reel of film from The Rock, a McGuffin that the players never really need to see or identify?


Submit what you think is appropriate. These summaries are intentionally vague--I want to see what you can do with them in your outline.


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