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Finally, after a campaign spanned over more than 3 years in real time, the players are about to enter the Spire in Alhaster and confront the last minions (incl. Lashonna) before facing the Wormgod himself.

Problem: they have rather cleverly negotiated all the encounters in Alhaster and succeded in them all (+ a few I added from suggestions in these boards, like a Loris Raknian returned as a Death Knight!). The negative energy nexus under the cemetary is destroyed and the despair of the population successfully countered.

Now, after a thorough review of the abilities of Kyuss and those of the characters... I am affraid that as a Divine Rank 0 Deity he may be too weak against them.
True, they may be as many as 6 in front of him. But most importantly, the Paladin/Grey Guard (currently lvl 13/8, may be 14/8 when reaching the top of the spire) crowned with Zosiel's circlet (mind blank, weapon considered epic, Charisma +6 etc) is a terrible foe for a "diminished Kyuss". With the feats at hand (4-5 smites available), his lay on hands ability (with a Charisma bonus around 13), a permanent mind blank, probably invisible and hasted among other spells he will benefit from (some of them increase further his damage)... he can deliver several hundred points of damage in a first round of attacks (around 450-500 from my estimation) and touching ACs in the 50-60 range (far above the 39 Kyuss is claiming).

In 2 rounds he could zap Kyuss by himself.

Of course I can "forcecage" or "maze" him, but the others are not weak either.

I am toying with the idea of leaving Kyuss as he is described at full power, considering that... without all what they did, he would just be immune to their weak mortal powers.

What do you think DMs? I am very interested in your advice or first-hand experience here.

Hey fellow Paizonians, do you know what is the reason why a location/nation is treated in Pathfinder Chronicles or Pathfinder Companion (for instance Taldor in "Companion" line vs Guide to the River Kingdoms in "Chronicles") ? Size of the book ?

This has probably been addressed in another thread before, but I could not find it.

My players are entering the last tier of AoWAP, and at the moment I think I will run STAP as their next campaign.

What are the suggestions of those who Dmed or played through the path ?

What would you change, redo, emphasize, suggest... to players or DM alike ?

Hi all, my Age of Worms campaign involves a tie-in of Expedition to the Ruins of Castle Greyhawk (and Return of the Eight by the way). My players are finished with Castle GH now, and are currently exploring Tilagos Island.

The wizard in the group expressed some interest in Maure Castle as he wonders if the Octych (not sure I spell it correctly) discovered in the recesses of Castle GH might be used to open a portal down there. He wonders because:
- they found the name of one of the Maure in the log of one of Zagyg's libraries,
- and because the rogue of the band, a Seeker, discovered that one Eli Tomorast, another Seeker, has developed an interested in Maure Castle...

Do you know if there is a mention of this Octych in the different official levels of Maure Castle ?

Thks for the help.

Hi, I just received Pathfinder 8 + Demon Within + ...
The package was slightly damaged but has probably been torn. Result is minimal damage for the 2 adventures, but the Pathfinder book's spine is broken 1 inch from the lower end... Sad. I am a compulsive collector and like to look at my books in good shape and neatly arranged on my shelves. This one will not fit nicely in.

Any possiility to reinforce slightly the packs especially for oversea delivery ?

Thks in advance for your good work anyway.

Dear fellow french speaking gamers, Pathfinder is being translated into French.

Black-Book Editions (www.black-book-editions.fr), a French company, will start releasing Rise of the Runelords next week, with first episode "Les offrandes Calcinées" (Burnt Offerings). The player's guide is already available for free download.
My understanding is that they will also offer Gamemastery scenarii translations. I knew this was coming, and here it is at last!

Now I assume that if you are a native french speaker and reading this post you do not really need those translations yourself, but I know that most of my players do!

Pass on the message to your non-english-fluent friends. A new era begins!

Hello, I am considering adding Gamemastery monthly subscription on top of Pathfinder's.

Can you tell me what would be the combined shipping cost to France considering my chosen option (USPS package service) ?

Thks in advance

I am thinking it a few steps ahead as we are about to finish CoC now.

I re-read the Last Resort module and I am pretty disappointed with it: not much background about the druids order, only a few high-level encounters... I was considering adding background encounters (more ruins with infos about the druids and their allies, may be glimpses of other past cultures and so on). Also, more roleplay or non-combat encounters involved would be ok for me.

Also, (as explained in the "AOW Campaign Arc Design" thread)I plan to start my tie-in with Castle Greyhawk and Return of the Eight just after CoC, I am considering using Isle of the Ape instead of the Island of Last Resort. I will of course adapt and transfer some of the encounters.

Do you have any suggestions or comments on this one ? May be some of you already have modified Last Resort, or used another adventure to add some flavor to it ?

Thanks in advance guys