Pathfinder Adventure Path #31: Stolen Land (Kingmaker 1 of 6) (PFRPG)

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Chapter 1: "Stolen Land"
by Tim Hitchcock

A Realm to be Tamed

Enter the Stolen Lands, a wilderness claimed by nobles, bandits, and beasts alike. Into this territory the fractious country of Brevoy sends its emissaries, tasking them with subduing the lawless folk and deadly creatures that have made it a realm of savagery and shame. Beyond the last rugged frontier stretches the home of voracious monsters, capricious fey, wily natives, and bandits who bow to the rule of a merciless lord none dare defy. Can the PCs survive the Stolen Lands, bring their dangers to heel, and lay the foundations of a new kingdom? Or will they just be one more fateful band, lost forever to the ravenous wilds?

    This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path launches the Kingmaker Adventure Path, and includes:
  • “Stolen Land,” a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 1st-level characters, by Tim Hitchcock.
  • A gazetteer of Brevoy, a country of ancient grudges and noble rivalries, by Steve Kenson.
  • New rules for turning exploration into a different kind of adventure, by James Jacobs.
  • A new misadventure for disgraced noble scion Ollix Kaddar in the Pathfinder’s Journal, by James L. Sutter.
  • Five new monsters, by Ed Greenwood, David Hill, Steven Kenson, Rob Manning, and F. Wesley Schneider.

Pathfinder Adventure Path is Paizo Publishing's monthly 96-page, perfect-bound, full-color softcover book printed on high-quality paper. It contains an in-depth Adventure Path scenario, stats for about a half-dozen new monsters, and several support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the standard 3.5 fantasy RPG rules set.

ISBN–13: 978-1-60125-229-6

"Stolen Land" is sanctioned for use in Pathfinder Society Organized Play. The rules for running this Adventure Path and Chronicle sheet are available as a free download (606 kb zip/PDF).

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Good intro to a very good adventure

5/5

I have been running this for my friends and they love the adventure path. Really solid beginning.


Good for self-starting players

4/5

I ran this adventure mostly as-is for a group of 5 players (4 veterans and 1 new player). We used the medium experience track. It took about 24 hours of play, not including leveling, over 6 4-hour sessions. They really enjoyed it. The only complaint was that the XP gain was slow. The encounter locations are loaded with intriguing details and creative connections between them. The terrain for the battles is varied and tactically complex. Almost every encounter has tips for how it could be handled in an unconventional way, but there's plenty of fights if that's what the group is in the mood for. It was a blast to GM.

Why only 4 stars? The adventure relies a little too heavily on random encounters to fill out its experience count, and some of the most plot-relevant and interesting details are difficult to convey to the players, especially the BBEG's origin story.

The back material is a basic explanation of hex exploration (which is basically a reminder of how long it takes to travel, plus an xp award), and a gazetteer on Brevoy. The latter is a good place to start for anyone who wants to take the AP in a political direction. The fiction is entertaining and the monsters are solid and useful. The carbuncle is so entertaining, I wish I had remembered to include it when it was CR appropriate.

If your players are self-starters with a drive to investigate and you want an AP that you and your players can develop into your own story, this is a great AP for you.


amazing!

4/5

This is the AP Ive been waiting for. I played in it once before and HATED. It. What a difference a new gaming group makes! This game finally gives PC's the chance to not only rule a kingdom but build it from the ground up! My group had endless fun building our kingdom and protecting it from various villians.


Win a Crown By Your Own Hand....

4/5

Kingmaker's sandbox approach was very new and innovative, and made for a very different experience. I love that my players had to pause and think, "If I waste him with my crossbow, how will he pay taxes?" Read my full review: Stolen Land




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Lisa Stevens wrote:


I am planning on doing a blog about my group someday soon, but the short hand is:

Vic Wertz (my partner in life and Paizo)
Skaff Elias (former WotC R&D guru and one of the designers that worked on 3.0)
Tom Des Brisay (original investor in WotC and a long-time friend)
Javier Garavito (works at Smith & Tinker, Vic's high school best friend)
Jessica Price (used to work with Jav, now works with the Borg...er Microsoft)
Jamie Fristrom (computer game designer friend of Skaff's)
-Lisa

Ooo!!!

Who plays what?

Sovereign Court

gang wrote:
Rauol_Duke wrote:
Just got my "shipping in the next week or so" email!!!
JEALOUS.

+1

Dark Archive

Rauol_Duke wrote:
Just got my "shipping in the next week or so" email!!!

+uno


Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber
Ravenmantle wrote:
Rauol_Duke wrote:
Just got my "shipping in the next week or so" email!!!
+uno

Me too. I can't wait!

Dark Archive

At 50 pages of AP that is 300 pages total of a mini-campaign detailed environment once the AP closes! And that is not counting supplemental material or creatures.

The very cool thing about this (and I wish there was more of it in Golarian) is that the area is open - you don't need to be in a story, just in the area.
It is reminiscent of having detailed encounters just as you travel the map of the world - so a party passing through the area can have these encounters (and maybe get drawn into the AP story arc) or with some work the encounters can be dropped into similar environments piecemeal.

It sounds like the first few Lof APs, location specific desert mod/story arc plus some cool environs
AKA Arabian Nights meets the Road Warrior.

Paizo Employee CEO

baron arem heshvaun wrote:
Lisa Stevens wrote:
I am planning on doing a blog about my group someday soon, but the short hand is ...

So in other words a bunch of newbies and young whippersnappers ... ;-)

Real question time.

As a GM, how many, if any, TPKs have you had?

Which player's characters have you killed the most, counting all role playing game cross generes?

And yes, it's not a GMs job to kill the players, but I'm am interested in a good story or two.

I've never had a TPK. Matter of fact, I don't think I have ever killed two characters in one battle. I've had a few times where more than half of the characters were down for the count, and the others were just hanging on with a few hp's left, but they managed to pull out the victory.

As for player's characters that get killed the most, I tend to spread the love around to everybody. However, Jeremy Walker had two different characters killed in the Shackled City campaign I ran, and he was really pissed about both of them. One was killed when he was a the back of the party, but had his back to this underground lake, and this aquatic demon snuck up, plucked him from the shore, and killed him in one fell swoop. :) His next character got killed on part of the Abyss when he set up a Leomund's Tiny Hut and forgot that the slaad's could target an area. When two fireballs landed on the hut in the middle of the night, his character died without waking up. Nasty.

-Lisa

Paizo Employee CEO

vagrant-poet wrote:
Lisa Stevens wrote:


I am planning on doing a blog about my group someday soon, but the short hand is:

Vic Wertz (my partner in life and Paizo)
Skaff Elias (former WotC R&D guru and one of the designers that worked on 3.0)
Tom Des Brisay (original investor in WotC and a long-time friend)
Javier Garavito (works at Smith & Tinker, Vic's high school best friend)
Jessica Price (used to work with Jav, now works with the Borg...er Microsoft)
Jamie Fristrom (computer game designer friend of Skaff's)
-Lisa

Ooo!!!

Who plays what?

That is what the blog will be for! :)

-Lisa


Lisa Stevens wrote:


That is what the blog will be for! :)

-Lisa

Can't wait!!


Sounds great indeed. When is the kick-off?


No problem, and I understand the no time/room.

I'll be creating the table for all six chapters. I presume that it is permissible to post the table in the Kingmaker's thread.

-- david
Papa.DRB

James Jacobs wrote:
Papa-DRB wrote:

Please oh Please consider putting an index in the last issue (or as a web-supplement) that simply lists:

1. Encounter level
2. Which chapter it is in
3. Page in the chapter
4. Encounter persons/monsters/area

Something like:
EL..Book..Page..Encounter
.7...32....63...4 Trolls under the bridge crossing the Selarin River near Fort something-or-other

While this is an interesting idea... it's not one we'll have either the time or the room to do, unfortunately.

Scarab Sages Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games

Papa-DRB wrote:

No problem, and I understand the no time/room.

I'll be creating the table for all six chapters. I presume that it is permissible to post the table in the Kingmaker's thread.

-- david
Papa.DRB

James Jacobs wrote:
Papa-DRB wrote:

Please oh Please consider putting an index in the last issue (or as a web-supplement) that simply lists:

1. Encounter level
2. Which chapter it is in
3. Page in the chapter
4. Encounter persons/monsters/area

Something like:
EL..Book..Page..Encounter
.7...32....63...4 Trolls under the bridge crossing the Selarin River near Fort something-or-other

While this is an interesting idea... it's not one we'll have either the time or the room to do, unfortunately.

That sounds like a fab idea, and should be great for all of us running it!

Dark Archive

Just skimmed through my PDF of Stolen Land. Lookin' very good. For the most part the art's great and they weren't kidding when they said "sandbox"!

Contributor

Oh. Somehow something in Ravenmantle's post got eaten. I gotcha:

Ravenmantle and not Wes totally wrote:

And OMG the Carbuncle is now the most kewlest monstar in all the worlds ever evar! Thank You Thank You for bringing back the Carbuncle!

Not a problem my friend. Our pleasure. ^_~

Dark Archive

Except for the "OMG" part, I could totally see that being a part of my post. :D

Grand Lodge

I was browsing the PDF and it looks great, but I was wondering if there's a reason for the change in the naming convention used in the previous "one file per chapter" releases? It's difficult to actually know what each part is in this file.


I´m excited to see the release of Kingmaker #1. I´m from Germany and I ordered it from Amazon.de. How long does it take to get the copies to Germany? I just can´t wait... :)

Dark Archive

Lisa Stevens wrote:
CEO dishing ...

Thanks Lisa !

poor Jeremy

Contributor

Andrew Betts wrote:
I was browsing the PDF and it looks great, but I was wondering if there's a reason for the change in the naming convention used in the previous "one file per chapter" releases? It's difficult to actually know what each part is in this file.

Maybe but probably not, what's the issue?

Contributor

Ravenmantle wrote:
Except for the "OMG" part, I could totally see that being a part of my post. :D

Huh... must be part of the bug that ate that part of your original post. I'll get that checked out. :P


I read some of the introductory text from the Players' Guide for Kingmaker to my fiance. She said: "Awesome, old school D&D at last!!"

There are times when it is good to have played since the 1e days . ^_^


Most of the files do NOT have what they are, just page numbers. IE. In AP5, Book 30, The Twice Damned Prince the actual adventure file is labeled: "006-055 PZO9030 Prince.pdf". For Stolen Lands the adventure file is labeled: "006-055 PZO9031.pdf". Notice no hint of what the file actually is. Same for Into the Wild, Brevory, etc.

-- david
Papa.DRB

F. Wesley Schneider wrote:
Andrew Betts wrote:
I was browsing the PDF and it looks great, but I was wondering if there's a reason for the change in the naming convention used in the previous "one file per chapter" releases? It's difficult to actually know what each part is in this file.
Maybe but probably not, what's the issue?

Jon Brazer Enterprises

Read about 15 pages between last night and this morning. Excellent work all. knocked another one out of the park.

Dark Archive

Okay, I may have spotted a potential error in the PDF.

The stat block on page presents a CR 6 NPC with 8 class levels. Shouldn't the CR be 7? Mind you, I haven't actually read the adventure yet so it might not be a mistake.


Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber
Ravenmantle wrote:

Okay, I may have spotted a potential error in the PDF.

The stat block on page presents a CR 6 NPC with 8 class levels. Shouldn't the CR be 7? Mind you, I haven't actually read the adventure yet so it might not be a mistake.

Does he have NPC class levels? Then it's CR = Level minus two.

Dark Archive

Nope.

Just in case...

Spoiler:
ranger/rogue combo.

The Concordance RPG Superstar 2008 Top 32

Is the player's guide available? Or when will it be available?

Grand Lodge

That's it on the head. You don't know which file is the adventure, which is the bestiary, etc.

Papa-DRB wrote:

Most of the files do NOT have what they are, just page numbers. IE. In AP5, Book 30, The Twice Damned Prince the actual adventure file is labeled: "006-055 PZO9030 Prince.pdf". For Stolen Lands the adventure file is labeled: "006-055 PZO9031.pdf". Notice no hint of what the file actually is. Same for Into the Wild, Brevory, etc.

-- david
Papa.DRB

F. Wesley Schneider wrote:
Andrew Betts wrote:
I was browsing the PDF and it looks great, but I was wondering if there's a reason for the change in the naming convention used in the previous "one file per chapter" releases? It's difficult to actually know what each part is in this file.
Maybe but probably not, what's the issue?


Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories, Starfinder Society Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber
Stephan Schmidt wrote:
I´m excited to see the release of Kingmaker #1. I´m from Germany and I ordered it from Amazon.de. How long does it take to get the copies to Germany? I just can´t wait... :)

It depends. Most packages from Paizo arrive in about three weeks, one broke all records with only just over one week. Some need more time; my January delivery from the 21st actually arrived a few days after my February delivery from the 10th (this 6 1/2 weeks for the former and 3 weeks for the latter).

Amazon is another chapter. They have to wait for the books to arrive from their distributor, and that may cause longer delivery times than ordering directly here at Paizo.


catdragon wrote:
Is the player's guide available? Or when will it be available?

Yes. Now.

Dark Archive

catdragon wrote:
Is the player's guide available? Or when will it be available?

HERE.

EDIT: And I'm 6(!) minutes late!

Paizo Employee Creative Director

The file names are named the way they are because those are the names our art director generates for them for printer purposes and for our own organization uses. I'm not sure we can change them, but I'll look into it.

Paizo Employee Creative Director

Ravenmantle wrote:

Okay, I may have spotted a potential error in the PDF.

The stat block on page presents a CR 6 NPC with 8 class levels. Shouldn't the CR be 7? Mind you, I haven't actually read the adventure yet so it might not be a mistake.

Ok; I just downloaded the book here at home and checked out the NPC in question... SPOILER for Kingmaker below...

Spoiler:

Check out the Stag Lord's "Before Combat" notes; he's more or less perpetually drunk and is constantly sickened. He takes a -2 penalty on pretty much EVERYTHING he does, and he makes a lot of unwise decisions against the PCs and on how to set up his fort's defense. As mentioned in his "Before Combat" notes, his CR is lower than normal by 1 as a result.

Grand Lodge

James Jacobs wrote:
The file names are named the way they are because those are the names our art director generates for them for printer purposes and for our own organization uses. I'm not sure we can change them, but I'll look into it.

Ah ok, I was just surprised to see it change so drastically compared to the previous five adventure paths.

Paizo Employee Creative Director

Andrew Betts wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
The file names are named the way they are because those are the names our art director generates for them for printer purposes and for our own organization uses. I'm not sure we can change them, but I'll look into it.
Ah ok, I was just surprised to see it change so drastically compared to the previous five adventure paths.

Can't you rename the files once they're downloaded, though?

Grand Lodge

James Jacobs wrote:
Andrew Betts wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
The file names are named the way they are because those are the names our art director generates for them for printer purposes and for our own organization uses. I'm not sure we can change them, but I'll look into it.
Ah ok, I was just surprised to see it change so drastically compared to the previous five adventure paths.
Can't you rename the files once they're downloaded, though?

I can, it's no big deal, I just wondered if there was a reason for the sudden change.

Paizo Employee Creative Director

Andrew Betts wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
Andrew Betts wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
The file names are named the way they are because those are the names our art director generates for them for printer purposes and for our own organization uses. I'm not sure we can change them, but I'll look into it.
Ah ok, I was just surprised to see it change so drastically compared to the previous five adventure paths.
Can't you rename the files once they're downloaded, though?
I can, it's no big deal, I just wondered if there was a reason for the sudden change.

My guess: Different person made the files, therefore they named it something different. I'm not a part of the PDF creation process so I really can't say.

Contributor

James Jacobs wrote:
My guess: Different person made the files, therefore they named it something different. I'm not a part of the PDF creation process so I really can't say.

That's exactly what the deal is. I'll ping folks about this come Monday, and we can likely get this fixed but at the very least we'll make sure the rest in the series aren't like this. Thanks for the heads up Andrew!


Are the maps on pages 58-59 supposed to be blank?

Paizo Employee Creative Director

Shivok wrote:
Are the maps on pages 58-59 supposed to be blank?

If by "blank" you mean "No labels or tags," yes. They're more intended to be illustrations than maps. It's just for GMs to see how the whole region looks. The versions of the maps that'll appear in the adventures as needed will be fully tagged.

If you mean that in your PDF that part of the page is just totally blank, that's a problem with the PDF.

Dark Archive

James Jacobs wrote:

Ok; I just downloaded the book here at home and checked out the NPC in question... SPOILER for Kingmaker below...

** spoiler omitted **

*nods* Glad I was wrong. For some reason it didn't occur to me to check the tactics section of the stat block. Next round's on me!

Dark Archive

James Jacobs wrote:
Okay, I may have spotted a potential error in Ok; I just downloaded the book here at home and checked out the NPC in question... SPOILER for Kingmaker below...

I wonder whom Tim was trying to evoke with that one. ; )


Is there a reason my copy of Stolen Land says it's expected to ship in April?


Prince That Howls wrote:
Is there a reason my copy of Stolen Land says it's expected to ship in April?

Do you have something else ordered that is scheduled to go out with your next issue? For example, some pre-order item?


I have multiple subscriptions, but I have my combined shipping settings set to ship out the adventure path as soon as possible.


Think I found the problem. For some reason my first issue was sent to my side cart and set to ship with my second issue. I told it to ship as soon as possible and now it's in pending. Wierd.

Dark Archive

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber
Prince That Howls wrote:
Think I found the problem. For some reason my first issue was sent to my side cart and set to ship with my second issue. I told it to ship as soon as possible and now it's in pending. Wierd.

Pending is normal. I got the email Wed that mine would be shipping in the next few days. After that mine has shown pending, i know mine will be near the end as I have 2 mini's shipping with it. So it sounds like if yours is showing pending now that it will ship this coming week. You should likely get a email Monday to that effect. If not you might want to mention it again. But I would post in costumer service as you will likely get more help there.


Dark_Mistress wrote:
Prince That Howls wrote:
Think I found the problem. For some reason my first issue was sent to my side cart and set to ship with my second issue. I told it to ship as soon as possible and now it's in pending. Wierd.
Pending is normal. I got the email Wed that mine would be shipping in the next few days. After that mine has shown pending, i know mine will be near the end as I have 2 mini's shipping with it. So it sounds like if yours is showing pending now that it will ship this coming week. You should likely get a email Monday to that effect. If not you might want to mention it again. But I would post in costumer service as you will likely get more help there.

I realize that pending is normal, it’s the part where my first issue got tacked onto my second issue in the first place that I found weird.


James Jacobs wrote:

If by "blank" you mean "No labels or tags," yes. They're more intended to be illustrations than maps. It's just for GMs to see how the whole region looks. The versions of the maps that'll appear in the adventures as needed will be fully tagged.

If you mean that in your PDF that part of the page is just totally blank, that's a problem with the PDF.

This is great! Maps with no labels on them... exactly what customers were asking for. Tops for listening to us, Paizo!

Can't wait to start reading through the PDF when I get home from work. Can't wait for the printed edition (lounging in the chair) either!

Sovereign Court

Mistral wrote:


This is great! Maps with no labels on them... exactly what customers were asking for. Tops for listening to us, Paizo!

You know you've been on the internet too long, when you can't tell if this is sarcastic or not.


Is that supposed to be Erastil on the cover?

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