I find this a wonderful module to run for Pathfinder Society. How does one get good at something? Repetition, repetition, and then more repetition. I find the difficulty, amount of combats, and lack of story to all be positives. If you want your PFS players to be hard-bitten grizzled veterans ready to tackle the higher tiers later on in their careers, RUN THIS MODULE.

No plot. No story. No problem. What can be said about this dungeon crawl? I ran this for a group of 6 level 1 characters. Half of which are noobs. I did this according to Pathfinder Society rules (for credit), so I wasn't allowed to go 'off book'. This is a fun intro to Pathfinder. You learn a lot about different low CR baddies. However, there is no real story. Just go here and explore it.

This is a good intermediate step for bringing new people in to Pathfinder. You don't have to deal with faction missions or hearing a long schpeel at the Lodge. My biggest complaint about this beginner mod is that there are a lot of combats, probably twice as many as a normal scenario. This made our pregen cleric Kyra work overtime. She could have ran out of spells and channels really quickly. It would have been nice to have some potions of cure light wounds to make an appearance a little more frequently. Also, some of the rooms (like the stupid bat swarm*) was just a room with something to fight, and no treasure to reward the PCs.

Still, a nice noobie mod, and everyone had a good time.

* I hate swarms

I used Fallen Fortress for my very first module and heavily modified it with a new story, replacing some nonsense encounters, populating boring areas, and made it into a sandbox dungeon crawl trying to rescue a damsel in distress. It turned out great and the players had a blast.

What made it wonderful is that the map is absolutely fantastic. It's an intriguing shape with plenty of ways for you to set up alternate routes and surprises. It's small enough to make the adventure short, but large enough to keep players wanting to explore. It's also easy to add floors, if you wish to make it bigger.

The downfall is that the story is lackluster and many of the encounters don't make any sense, like a giant frog that's isolated in a room and one large room that has absolutely nothing in it except for a javelin trap. If you must make any change, I recommend swapping the fire skeletons for normal ones. Those things can easily kill a 1st level PC in one round, never mind the damage reduction.

I love that this is free however i have no use for it considering i only have the beginner box. This means that i can't get the stats for most monsters(i recognize that there would be a noticable difference for the variety of troglodytes), yes i know that i can find the stats online(but this will take time and require to print more stuff out). I do however like the previews of the iconic characters(i could use them for beginner box bash games). Overall i think this is a nice download.

This was a great way to start a Pathfinder group full of complete noobs to the PnP RPG world. The game went smoothly and within minutes, the group wizard was casting burning hands instead of the basic magic missle. The pre made characters were a nice addition but we disregarded them. Climbing was nice to have for it showcased some of the other mechanics PCs have to encounter in the world. This was my 2nd time being a GM and I would say this is a great module for new GMs. Great Work!