Pathfinder Society Scenario #3-05: Tide of Twilight (PFRPG) PDF (based on
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A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for Levels 1–5.
In researching a recently recovered druidic lorestone, the Pathfinder Society learns of a powerful artifact with the power to turn men into bestial abominations. Amid claims of increased werewolf activity in the region, the PCs travel into the heart of the Verduran Forest to retrieve the valuable relic from a cabal of evil druids believed to currently hold it.
Written by Ron Lundeen.
This scenario is designed for play in Pathfinder Society Organized Play, but can easily be adapted for use with any world. This scenario is compliant with the Open Game License (OGL) and is suitable for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.
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I played this scenario at a convention about one week ago, so my perspective is that of a player. For reference, I played it in the lower tier (1-2). Be warned, spoilers will follow.
"Tide of Twilight" has an interesting premise, and the flavor was instantly set. Werewolves, evil druids, a threatening ritual... what's not to like!
Encounters
The encounters were rather interesting. I liked most of them (my favourite being the first one with Falbin and the fire). My only concern (and that scenario's major flaw imho) was that there were just too many fights. Granted, we failed at convincing the elf to let us pass, but I think that's still too many encounters. Our GM had to hand-wave the second fey encounter in the maze in order for us to be able to finish within the 4-hour timeframe. One or two encounters less would have been more manageable, I think. For example, having only one fey encounter, and making the elf more prone to be convinced to let the PCs pass (she initiated combat, so those -10 penalties on diplomacy were really hard to deal with at level 1).
Mechanics
The handling of the curse was interesting because while it weakened the group, it gave us other opportunities (roleplay, alternate fighting tactics). I also liked the fact that the mission was on a timer. It really made us feel on edge.
My faction mission (Grand Lodge) was interesting, but it was too bad that it relied only on one roll, which I botched of course!
I ran this for my home group, and we had a blast! The criticism about the maps given by other reviewers is fair, but I drew all of my maps ahead of time. If you have game paper or two chessex battlemats, I recommend pre-drawing the maps. I mapped the henge on a hex grid, which my players really liked.
My only criticism is
Spoiler:
the fire mechanic in the first encounter. It seems inevitable that the fire will get away from the PCs. Maybe that is the intention. If not, a 1-in-6 chance of adjacent squares igniting would have made for a more exciting fire. My players simply gave up on fighting the fire at all.
This was the first adventure the group ran after First Steps. They had a blast! I would recommend definitely recommend this. I even had fun GMing this too!
Spoiler:
The party took a long time at Falbin's, though I suspect this was the party dynamic. They made it Brier Henge with only an hour left. And the game ran an extra 30 minutes. And the trap in Act 3 almost caused a party wipe, but the party bounced back. All in all, the group had a Blast! It was Epic! Can't wait for next week!
The idea of this scenario was a good one. It wasn't boring but there was a lot of combat and a truly nasty debuff that, while good for flavor, made two of the characters nearly useless toward the end. My group made it about 3/4 of the way through the scenario before a pair of nasty crits took down our highest level character (and the only front liner). At that point the group as a whole was given a choice to keep going and risk a TPK or stop there. We decided to quit while we were ahead, mostly because two of our characters had been hit where it counts from the aforementioned debuff. I was disappointed. I would have loved to play the game until the end and find out what happened. I really was having fun but the group felt that going on would have been too risky. We still got our XP but now I can never play that scenario again.
There was absolutely nothing wrong with the scenario. My table's problem was that we had an imbalanced group from the beginning. I suggest you don't let that happen if possible!
For the most part I enjoyed this scenario. I thought it had good flavor, and felt a sense of urgency to complete in time. It seemed like there were a couple combats that were just designed to suck up resources. Even though we avoided two! Enjoyed the fae aspect of things.
