Pathfinder Society Scenario #4–10: Feast of Sigils (PFRPG) PDF (based on
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A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 7–11.
In Kaer Maga, the mysterious and dangerous cliffside City of Strangers in untamed Varisia, the Pathfinder Society will come face to face with a sect of the cult of Lissala who prey upon the city's most vulnerable denizens to increase their own power. To what end do they conduct the ancient Feast of Sigils ritual, and can the Pathfinders stop them before their evil plans come to fruition?
Written by Dennis Baker.
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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Potential Spoilers: This was a nasty one for me. I don't get to play much anymore because of life. Spent pretty much the entire scenario KO'd(from failed saving throws). I had to retreat from the wisp battle, and the party didn't come and get me before the final battle so I participated in exactly 2(running, and then DDoor, so nothing even fun) rounds of combat the entire scenario. The wisps may have been fine, but I never thought they'd float away, and the 40 damage per wisp per turn was to much for my PC. The beginning part was slow as I think the party faces were a little slow in the RP department. All in all it was almost 6 hours of boredom and pain, and being my first play in over a month was highly disappointing.
Note: And whats up with this Boon...I got it,but its pretty OP'd...I hope Paizo tones these season 4 boons down some. Boons should be nice small little bonuses, not crazy power increases, especially if your a monostat character.
This adventure has some great characters, interesting and challenging encounters, and really rewards a well prepared party! The final map is amazing, but takes a bit of prep to draw correctly.
Love this one! I'm looking forward to running it again soon.
EDIT: In response to some of the other reviews::
The AC 30+ magic immune monsters can be dealt with without killing all of them. They simply want their feeding ground and will defend their food source. If the players choose to escape into the next area, they shouldn't follow. If the players decide to leave with the food source, that's another thing altogether. BBEG does not have a pact with them, and they are not guards to the BBEG lair so-to-speak.
The un-dispellable effect only happens once, when you walk into it. This can get worse if you enter the area more than once, but once you're in it the damage does not continue. A good description can allow the players to get a hint at the mechanics even without a high Spellcraft check. Casters and ranged support may never even enter the area, and still be effective. When the first or second melee character enters the effect, the players should have a good idea of who should enter and who should not.
This is a 7-11, and players should be well versed in combat tactics. Likewise, GMs should be well versed in likely strategies and how exactly the spell effects work.
Whilst the roleplay opportunities were well written and the background and plot fantastic Im forced to give this 1 star to make a point.
Stacking all the EL into two areas sucks for players, particularly where you use monsters at AC30+ and Magic Immunity at CL7, and place a spell effect that cannot be dispelled and requires 2 burst healers to allow party survival regardless of EL.
Challenging ecounters are great, ones that make you think, that force you to act tactically and punish the players for mistakes, but these encounters were more like a power trip. For those who remember greyhawk this is one of those `Arnt I Clever with templates and Encounter EL Manipulation I can TPK players' rather than a well designed combat encounter set.
Good story and great roleplaying opportunities in the first half and interesting encounters.
However there are a couple of unavoidable and powerful effects, the first one is demoralising and the second one can cause PC, animal companion or familiar deaths just by being there.
I like the story and roleplay, I really dislike the powerful unavoidable effects.
Not happy with the season 4 power boons either from a gamist standpoint, particularly this one, (are we bribing the players now?), but that isn't factored into my rating.
Solid 3-3/4 Star
I enjoyed running this scenario for a lot of reasons, it has interesting NCP's and had a very unusual set of tactics in one case that add humour and flavor. The group of players when I ran it had an over abundance of divine power and healing so none of the combats were very dangerous for them but for a team unprepared I could defiantly see some groups being very pressed by bad dice.
I would recommend that people GMing this take some extra time to work on voices & extra dialog outside the written text since there are some great personalities in this adventure and it could really help running this to be memorable to both your players & yourself by expanding on the fluff text.
Reason's for not 5 stars
As interesting as the enemy's are they feel under powered, NCP's supporting leaders can barely (most won't with a crit tossed in) survive a full attack of 2 handed weapon big hitter. The leaders fall a little short of offering a challenge with spell selection and ability's.
