paizo.com Recent Reviews of Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)paizo.com Recent Reviews of Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)2020-01-15T01:27:42Z2020-01-15T01:27:42ZPathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired): Short, Straightforward, and Combat-Heavy (3 stars)Jhaemanhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy860c?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-9-Eye-of-the-Crocodile-King2020-01-15T01:25:41Z<p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>NO SPOILERS</p>
<p>Although <b><i>Eye of the Crocodile King</b></i> was officially retired from PFS play years ago, I recently ran it at Subtier 1-2 in my homebrew "Roots of Golarion" campaign that integrates Paizo's pre-Pathfinder modules, retired PFS scenarios, and other odds and ends. The scenario has an interesting (if not exactly original) backstory, but (like most Season 0 scenarios) a plot structure that is very much in the "follow A to B and then B to C" vein. Simply put, at its core, it's a very straightforward dungeon (sewer) crawl. But, that being said, it has some good flavour and characters, and there are worse ways to spend a couple of hours.</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p><p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>NO SPOILERS</p>
<p>Although <b><i>Eye of the Crocodile King</b></i> was officially retired from PFS play years ago, I recently ran it at Subtier 1-2 in my homebrew "Roots of Golarion" campaign that integrates Paizo's pre-Pathfinder modules, retired PFS scenarios, and other odds and ends. The scenario has an interesting (if not exactly original) backstory, but (like most Season 0 scenarios) a plot structure that is very much in the "follow A to B and then B to C" vein. Simply put, at its core, it's a very straightforward dungeon (sewer) crawl. But, that being said, it has some good flavour and characters, and there are worse ways to spend a couple of hours.</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>Jhaeman2020-01-15T01:25:41ZPathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired): An RPG Resource Review (3 stars)Megan Robertsonhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy860c?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-9-Eye-of-the-Crocodile-King2016-01-17T16:03:56Z<p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>A tale of magical experiments gone awry, semi-sentient crocodiles living in the sewers and journeyman mages in over their heads... and to whom does one turn but the Pathfinder Society of course to sort everything out. And they turn to the party and send them down the sewers to deal with the problem.</p>
<p>The adventure starts with the party being sent to the Arcanamirium in Absalom, the great school of magic, to speak to the hapless journeyman wizard whose transmutation experiement it is which has escaped, apparently either with the aid of or due to the carelessness of, the rather stupid animal handler who took care of his experimental animals. All he knows is that there was a loud explosion and when he regained consciousness there was a hole in the floor of the laboratory and his crocodilian experimental creature was gone. That was a week ago, he's taken this long to screw up enough courage to ask for help.</p>
<p>The party will have to scramble down the hole - which leads to the sewers - and brave the dangers, natural and otherwise, in the hunt for the escaped experiment. This involves a fairly linear trek, dealing with hazards as they go. Basic maps are provided, of particular use (if you scale them up a bit) for those who like to use miniatures in combat. The climax is a brawl with the escaped experiment.</p>
<p>It's a combat-oriented adventure, the denizens of the sewer are inclined to attack first and talk, if at all, only after they have been defeated, and the Big Bad at the end is no exception. The Faction missions lead to furtive attempts to fulfil them without letting anyone else see what's happening, but do not add much to the adventure.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>A tale of magical experiments gone awry, semi-sentient crocodiles living in the sewers and journeyman mages in over their heads... and to whom does one turn but the Pathfinder Society of course to sort everything out. And they turn to the party and send them down the sewers to deal with the problem.</p>
<p>The adventure starts with the party being sent to the Arcanamirium in Absalom, the great school of magic, to speak to the hapless journeyman wizard whose transmutation experiement it is which has escaped, apparently either with the aid of or due to the carelessness of, the rather stupid animal handler who took care of his experimental animals. All he knows is that there was a loud explosion and when he regained consciousness there was a hole in the floor of the laboratory and his crocodilian experimental creature was gone. That was a week ago, he's taken this long to screw up enough courage to ask for help.</p>
<p>The party will have to scramble down the hole - which leads to the sewers - and brave the dangers, natural and otherwise, in the hunt for the escaped experiment. This involves a fairly linear trek, dealing with hazards as they go. Basic maps are provided, of particular use (if you scale them up a bit) for those who like to use miniatures in combat. The climax is a brawl with the escaped experiment.</p>
<p>It's a combat-oriented adventure, the denizens of the sewer are inclined to attack first and talk, if at all, only after they have been defeated, and the Big Bad at the end is no exception. The Faction missions lead to furtive attempts to fulfil them without letting anyone else see what's happening, but do not add much to the adventure.</p>Megan Robertson2016-01-17T16:03:56ZPathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired): *Snore* (1 star)Endzeitgeisthttps://paizo.com/products/btpy860c?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-9-Eye-of-the-Crocodile-King2010-02-08T16:49:35Z<p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>The premise of this adventure is cool. The set-up is cool. Then it becomes the Pen & Paper equivalent of a sewer level. The faction missions are uninspired, the combat is boring and the story goes nowhere. The background hinted at completely breaks down and gives way to one of the most boring crawls I've ever played. It was boring to read and my players did not enjoy this slugfest either.
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The one PF scenario I don't want to run EVER again.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>The premise of this adventure is cool. The set-up is cool. Then it becomes the Pen & Paper equivalent of a sewer level. The faction missions are uninspired, the combat is boring and the story goes nowhere. The background hinted at completely breaks down and gives way to one of the most boring crawls I've ever played. It was boring to read and my players did not enjoy this slugfest either.
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The one PF scenario I don't want to run EVER again.</p>Endzeitgeist2010-02-08T16:49:35ZPathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired): A direct delve (5 stars)Masikahttps://paizo.com/products/btpy860c?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-9-Eye-of-the-Crocodile-King2009-09-20T11:41:28Z<p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>This adventure is a very straight forward, well paced delve and heavily combat orientated - what I think a crawl should be. In saying that, there is a need for a very well balanced party to succeed. I played 1-2 and was personally awed by the last act.</p>
<p>This is a great adventure for beginning characters or to introduce players to PFS/PFRPG. Particularly good for getting power players to realise that there is more than optimising characters and that they know all that there is to know in the game.</p>
<p>PS. I recently ran this scenario for my local players and they loved it! Highly recommend, particularly for hack and slashers.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>This adventure is a very straight forward, well paced delve and heavily combat orientated - what I think a crawl should be. In saying that, there is a need for a very well balanced party to succeed. I played 1-2 and was personally awed by the last act.</p>
<p>This is a great adventure for beginning characters or to introduce players to PFS/PFRPG. Particularly good for getting power players to realise that there is more than optimising characters and that they know all that there is to know in the game.</p>
<p>PS. I recently ran this scenario for my local players and they loved it! Highly recommend, particularly for hack and slashers.</p>Masika2009-09-20T11:41:28ZPathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired): Raw Sewage (2 stars)Deussuhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy860c?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-9-Eye-of-the-Crocodile-King2009-08-24T07:56:07Z<p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>A very generic "Fetch me my MacGuffin" dungeon crawl. Filled with deadly encounters and awful maps, this doesn't rank very high. The amount of roleplaying is close to naught. After the briefing it's just walking through a railroad under the city, seeing the wonderful sights of the sewers.</p>
<p>Last encounter is really some shafting. Most likely will make at least one player just leave the table to read a book or something, unless he/she is sadistic.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>A very generic "Fetch me my MacGuffin" dungeon crawl. Filled with deadly encounters and awful maps, this doesn't rank very high. The amount of roleplaying is close to naught. After the briefing it's just walking through a railroad under the city, seeing the wonderful sights of the sewers.</p>
<p>Last encounter is really some shafting. Most likely will make at least one player just leave the table to read a book or something, unless he/she is sadistic.</p>Deussu2009-08-24T07:56:07ZPathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired): Focused and combat heavy, but intentionally so. (4 stars)KnightErrantJRhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy860c?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-9-Eye-of-the-Crocodile-King2009-07-04T20:05:28Z<p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>The adventure doesn't have a lot of RP built into in (though there is some if the PCs go out of their way to make it). On the other hand, the way the scenario is set up, it makes sense that the PCs will be fighting their way through this.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>The adventure doesn't have a lot of RP built into in (though there is some if the PCs go out of their way to make it). On the other hand, the way the scenario is set up, it makes sense that the PCs will be fighting their way through this.</p>KnightErrantJR2009-07-04T20:05:28ZPathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired): Great potential, doesn't quite deliver. (3 stars)KarateFriendshiphttps://paizo.com/products/btpy860c?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-9-Eye-of-the-Crocodile-King2009-04-24T22:03:56Z<p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>The entire time I ran this scenario, I felt the encounters were far too difficult for a group of characters of the first level to deal with and the adventure constantly throwing copious amounts of Cure spells in the form of a myriad magic items did little to offset the disproportionately powerful creatures the players were pitted against.
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A specific encounter in which I felt that the players had little chance to survive without the DM's intervention:
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The faction missions, although not brilliant, were a relative strong point of the Scenario. It was entertaining seeing the group's rogue shout in glee as he completed his faction's second task.
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All in all, with some alteration this adventure shows great potential but if it is run "out of the box" you may encounter some problems. It is highly recommended to bring characters of the second level if playing the Tier 1-2 version.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>The entire time I ran this scenario, I felt the encounters were far too difficult for a group of characters of the first level to deal with and the adventure constantly throwing copious amounts of Cure spells in the form of a myriad magic items did little to offset the disproportionately powerful creatures the players were pitted against.
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A specific encounter in which I felt that the players had little chance to survive without the DM's intervention:
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[Spoiler omitted]
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The faction missions, although not brilliant, were a relative strong point of the Scenario. It was entertaining seeing the group's rogue shout in glee as he completed his faction's second task.
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All in all, with some alteration this adventure shows great potential but if it is run "out of the box" you may encounter some problems. It is highly recommended to bring characters of the second level if playing the Tier 1-2 version.</p>KarateFriendship2009-04-24T22:03:56ZPathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired): Short on intrigue, long on crawl (3 stars)Doug Mileshttps://paizo.com/products/btpy860c?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-9-Eye-of-the-Crocodile-King2009-04-14T13:59:32Z<p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>I’ve run this four times and I still don’t get a lot out of it as a GM. The players haven’t complained though so it’s not one I’ll avoid running. The scenario misses a great opportunity to flesh out the Absalom wizard’s college known as the Arcanamirium. Instead the PCs are hustled into the sewers with a very thin story from an NPC most players would rather beat to a pulp than assist. The maps are another disappointment. Paizo might believe they are helping out by using their Gamemastery line of map packs instead of creating original maps for the sewers. It’s a matter of opinion in my case, but the Sewers map pack is shoehorned into the scenario. The combats are balanced however, although the high tier faces a very tough fight. The faction missions are a letdown, more of the ‘find this item/item found on/near bad guy’. The item access on the Chronicle sheet is a step in the right direction, but I think allowing only a single purchase of an undercharged you’ll-find-out is being too miserly.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>I’ve run this four times and I still don’t get a lot out of it as a GM. The players haven’t complained though so it’s not one I’ll avoid running. The scenario misses a great opportunity to flesh out the Absalom wizard’s college known as the Arcanamirium. Instead the PCs are hustled into the sewers with a very thin story from an NPC most players would rather beat to a pulp than assist. The maps are another disappointment. Paizo might believe they are helping out by using their Gamemastery line of map packs instead of creating original maps for the sewers. It’s a matter of opinion in my case, but the Sewers map pack is shoehorned into the scenario. The combats are balanced however, although the high tier faces a very tough fight. The faction missions are a letdown, more of the ‘find this item/item found on/near bad guy’. The item access on the Chronicle sheet is a step in the right direction, but I think allowing only a single purchase of an undercharged you’ll-find-out is being too miserly.</p>Doug Miles2009-04-14T13:59:32ZPathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired): Hack-n-Slash Fun (4 stars)Hank McCoyhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy860c?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-9-Eye-of-the-Crocodile-King2008-12-14T02:29:33Z<p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>This module was fairly straight forward hack-n-slash, but definitely fun hack-n-slash. Very little prep work would be needed to run it straight from the boxed text.</p>
<p>The storyline was interesting, but linear and not necessarily engaging. While fighters and healers are needed, beyond the ability to do damage other classes are not required or utilized. There was minimal role-playing and no real traps of which to speak. Combat was varied and involved a some terrain challenges. Monsters were setting-appropriate and the appearance of a new aberration added to the enjoyment. Some faction quests seemed a little disconnected from the story, asking players to track down random items for reasons unrelated to the plot or meta-plot.</p>
<p>Overall, an enjoyable, solid module that most players will enjoy. Not the module for role-play intensive groups or players who want an involved, detailed story.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9: Eye of the Crocodile King (OGL) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>This module was fairly straight forward hack-n-slash, but definitely fun hack-n-slash. Very little prep work would be needed to run it straight from the boxed text.</p>
<p>The storyline was interesting, but linear and not necessarily engaging. While fighters and healers are needed, beyond the ability to do damage other classes are not required or utilized. There was minimal role-playing and no real traps of which to speak. Combat was varied and involved a some terrain challenges. Monsters were setting-appropriate and the appearance of a new aberration added to the enjoyment. Some faction quests seemed a little disconnected from the story, asking players to track down random items for reasons unrelated to the plot or meta-plot.</p>
<p>Overall, an enjoyable, solid module that most players will enjoy. Not the module for role-play intensive groups or players who want an involved, detailed story.</p>Hank McCoy2008-12-14T02:29:33Z