Pathfinder Adventure Path #71: Rasputin Must Die! (Reign of Winter 5 of 6) (PFRPG)

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Chapter 5: "Rasputin Must Die!"
by Brandon Hodge

Worlds at War
The search for the Queen of Witches finally ends when the Dancing Hut travels to Baba Yaga’s homeland of Russia on the planet Earth. The year is 1918, and the First World War rages throughout Europe. The heroes find themselves in the wilds of Siberia, where they must face Russian soldiers armed with twentieth-century technology to infiltrate an ancient monastery and rescue Baba Yaga from her estranged son, Grigori Rasputin. Can the heroes kill the “Mad Monk”—who has already cheated death once before—and free Baba Yaga, or will they fall before the horrors of modern war?

This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path continues the Reign of Winter Adventure Path and includes:

  • “Rasputin Must Die!”, a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 13th-level characters, by Brandon Hodge.
  • A look into the cultural climate of Russia in the midst of revolution, along with rules for her weapons of war, by Adam Daigle and Brandon Hodge.
  • Revelations on Szuriel, the Horseman of War, and her brutal quest for souls, by Sean K Reynolds.
  • Spiders versus sentient dolls in the Pathfinder’s Journal, by Kevin Andrew Murphy.
  • Four new monsters, by Adam Daigle, Brandon Hodge, and Sean K Reynolds.

Each monthly full-color softcover Pathfinder Adventure Path volume contains an in-depth adventure scenario, stats for several new monsters, and 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 world’s oldest fantasy RPG.

ISBN–13: 978-1-60125-496-2

Rasputin Must Die! 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 (639 KB zip/PDF).

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Player review.

I had been looking forward to this one simply on account of the title. I have to say that the story elements and the setting were top notch. Where we all found it lost points was just how overpowered we found most of the fights. Even for experienced players we found them too difficult for the levels.


Absolutely amazing!

5/5

Everything about this book - from Brandon Hodge's introduction to the back-matter to the inside-cover items - was a joy and a pleasure to read!

This is, by far, my favorite book/module/scenario/AP to have read and GM'd - slightly edging out "The Flesh Collector" PFS scenario, even!

My players were having so much fun with this book that I purposefully dragged out RP and certain sections of it so the book took us longer than any of the others, and they loved every minute of it.

Bravo!


Two words : Must-Buy

5/5

It is simply amazing.
There are several 'look so mad' things, but,
actually all of them are perfectly harmonized without way over the line.
Rasputin must Die! is definetly top of the adventure path line.
Highly recommend!


,One of the best adventures I have ever read

5/5

Brandon Hodge was definitely the best choice for this adventure. He expertly handled historical content and mixed the fantasy with real world elements in a way that enhanced the story. I love this adventure and he it gives me hope for seeing more boundary pushing content from Brandon and from Paizo as a whole.


Amazing adventure

5/5

I admit when this was first announced I was at best sceptical of the entire idea however having read and Dm'd it I can say I have never been happier to be completly wrong about a product before. Ths is an incredible adventure path instalment and I cant recomend it enough.


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I think the adventure broke the bag ;)

Dark Archive

How is the iconic art in this one also who are in the scenes and whats happening?

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Who are... who ... WHAT ARE THESE NOISES???!!!!


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Woah, I'm completely blown away by this issue. Hodge has really outdone himself with this chapter! I almost wish that my group wasn't about to start Shadows of Gallowspire just so we could jump into this adventure.


Stupid waiting... Hurry up PDF.


What are the monsters in the book?

What monsters (in the main story) got a picture in the book? Or are there only pictures of soldiers and tanks?


Monsters featured in the book:

Animated tank
Daemon, Genthodaemon (personification of death in futile wars and prolonged stalemates)
Fext (unkillable undead)
Trench mist and trench zombie

As far as monsters in the artwork, plenty of monsters are featured in the book.

Monsters featured in artwork:

There's a mandragora, a soulbound doll, a tombstone fairy, dullahans, a lantern goat, a ghost, a pale stranger, and a nosferatu.

Some of these monsters, such as the pale stranger and the dullahan are dressed in clothes representative of the WWI era, but if I remember correctly, only 2 pictures in the adventure portray human soldiers.


Animated Tank
Trench Mist and Trench Zombies
Fext
A new daemon of war. Forgot the name of it.

There is a decent amount of pictures of different creatures, though it'd spoil the adventure if I said which ones.


Heine Stick wrote:

Monsters featured in the book:

Animated tank
Daemon, Genthodaemon (personification of death in futile wars and prolonged stalemates)
Fext (unkillable undead)
Trench mist and trench zombie

As far as monsters in the artwork, plenty of monsters are featured in the book.

** spoiler omitted **

I do love the soldier pictures. Very awesome.


Spoiler:
What does the Trench Mist do? Create zombies?

What does the Fext look like? Like a modern soldier zombie or like a fantasy undead? I thought Fext were already in a bestiary?

Don't care much about that tank monster, but the Daemon sounds cool. (hopefully its a monster and not a modern-looking one.

Tombstone Fairy and Lantern Goat for the win!

Spare for the Fext and Animated Tank I think I still like this part afterall, I think its abit strange that Fext (a rather unknown myth, gets more love than many other myths tho)


Sincubus wrote:
What does the Fext look like? Like a modern soldier zombie or like a fantasy undead? I thought Fext were already in a bestiary?

The fext looks like a cross between a modern soldier (uniform) and a fantasy undead (sword and shield). That said, the fluff is Golarion-specific so it's easily reskinned for use in a fantasy setting.

I have to say, in my opinion the fext is a beauty and will work very well in any war-themed campaign. I'm currently tinkering with the idea of a Chelish officer whose many war crimes turned him into a fext.

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Don't care much about that tank monster, but the Daemon sounds cool. (hopefully its a monster and not a modern-looking one.

There are certain modernesque elements to the daemon (barbed wire wrapped around it) but it's very much a Pathfinder monster.

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(a rather unknown myth, gets more love than many other myths tho)

We're currently at adventure path #71 and in the years between Burnt Offerings and Rasputin Must Die! lots of myths have been introduced to the Pathfinder setting AND the Pathfinder RPG. I'm quite sure Paizo isn't done introducing myths from our own world into their setting and game.


Considering fexts are Slavic and fit very well with the war theme, I'm glad they are finally in.


I just don't like modern elements in fantasy so the Fext wouldn't fit in my version of Golarion. But there is also this spell Fext in one of the bestiaries tho, I use that instead.

Is the barbed wire the only element from modern times? I actually love barbed wire and think it can be a fantasy element as its just steel woven in a sertain form.


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Alain is now Gaston.


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*grumbles when Lirianne just keeps laughing*

Yes I know that's utterly out of character, but I've been dying to use that line.

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Sincubus wrote:

I just don't like modern elements in fantasy so the Fext wouldn't fit in my version of Golarion. But there is also this spell Fext in one of the bestiaries tho, I use that instead.

Is the barbed wire the only element from modern times? I actually love barbed wire and think it can be a fantasy element as its just steel woven in a sertain form.

Barbed wire is actually quite anachronistic. It may just be steel wire twisted into shape, but getting a hold of steel wire in this setting would be pretty tough.

The reason being that steel wire is made by drawing it through a draw plate and that requires mechanical force for everything but the most ductile of materials, in other words you basically need machines to do it. Also when you draw steel this way, the deformation hardens the material so it will need to be annealed to soften it enough to be suitable for making the barbed wire. Heating up metal is certainly the easiest part of this process, but if you want specific material features the heat treating has to be controlled, which is likely beyond the limited metallurgical knowledge of the time.

Also a quick search of wikipedia seems to support this as barbed wire didn't exist until the mid to late 19th century.


Atrocious wrote:
Sincubus wrote:

I just don't like modern elements in fantasy so the Fext wouldn't fit in my version of Golarion. But there is also this spell Fext in one of the bestiaries tho, I use that instead.

Is the barbed wire the only element from modern times? I actually love barbed wire and think it can be a fantasy element as its just steel woven in a sertain form.

Barbed wire is actually quite anachronistic. It may just be steel wire twisted into shape, but getting a hold of steel wire in this setting would be pretty tough.

The reason being that steel wire is made by drawing it through a draw plate and that requires mechanical force for everything but the most ductile of materials, in other words you basically need machines to do it. Also when you draw steel this way, the deformation hardens the material so it will need to be annealed to soften it enough to be suitable for making the barbed wire. Heating up metal is certainly the easiest part of this process, but if you want specific material features the heat treating has to be controlled, which is likely beyond the limited metallurgical knowledge of the time.

Also a quick search of wikipedia seems to support this as barbed wire didn't exist until the mid to late 19th century.

I think a ferromancer (or anything with magnetic powers) can easily create something like Barbed Wire in a fantasy setting, or something that looks like barbed wire :-p

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I think an awesomancer could create an animated tank.

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Sincubus wrote:
I just don't like modern elements in fantasy so the Fext wouldn't fit in my version of Golarion.

That's up to you, of course, but there's nothing modern about the fext other than the artwork for it. That's just its clothes, though, and it can easily be described wearing different clothes in your game.

The fext's stat block doesn't include any modern elements at all. Its attacks are very fantasy'ish (bastard sword or slam+energy dragin and various spell-like abilities) as is the only means of truly killing a fext outright.

So yeah, other than the artwork that was ordered for it, artwork that shows it wearing a WWI-ish uniform, there's nothing particularly modern about the monster, and as mentioned the fluff is Golarion-specific. So if you can get past the artwork itself (the style of which makes sense given the subject matter of the adventure path installment in which the monster is featured), then you have a pretty cool monster that'll challenge your players.

It seems a shame to pass on a monster just because you don't like the clothes it wears in a piece of artwork. That's easily fixed and the monster itself, as I've mentioned once or twice, isn't modern at all. No more so, at least, than a goblin or vampire (examples).

Liberty's Edge

Stuck in pending...why did I add Ultimate Combat and slow the order...


I'm going to need a desktop background image of the picture on page 62.

Pleeeeeeeeassee

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For those that have it, I just incepted the idea of Laori Vaus X Bear Hunter fan fiction into your minds.

Too late, it's in there now!

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ciretose wrote:
Stuck in pending...why did I add Ultimate Combat and slow the order...

You don't need Ultimate Combat for this adventure, and the PRD contains anything you might want to refer to. That said, I think Ultimate Combat might compliment this adventure nicely and you might be happy you have a paper copy to refer to. Just sayin' there is a bright side.


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ciretose wrote:
Stuck in pending...why did I add Ultimate Combat and slow the order...

Because you wanted to support Paizo for doing such a ballsy thing.


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Mikaze wrote:

For those that have it, I just incepted the idea of Laori Vaus X Bear Hunter fan fiction into your minds.

Too late, it's in there now!

One hug, and nothing could tear them apart.


Still waiting...sigh


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LIRIANNE: We're bringing this with us! No questions!

IMRIJKA: How are you even to be carrying that unaided?!

LIRIANNE: I HAVE THE STRENGTH OF MADNESS!

...I haven't gotten mine yet, but "I have the strength of madness" may be my new favorite phrase ever.


Countdown: T-Minus 10 days for us non-subscribers before the PDF becomes available.


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OMG!!!

Just downloaded the PDF, which I have so far only skimmed, but...

WOW!!!!

Pathfinder #71: Rasputin Must Die! is an AwesomeSandwich dripping with Awesomesauce with a side of Awesomechips!

It's also one of the darkest adventures I've ever encountered... which makes sense since it's set during freakin' World War I!!!

To the writers and development team: Seriously, this is really impressive stuff. You guys have outdone yourselves with this one.

I can hardly wait for my print copy to arrive so that I can curl up and really read this thing!

Six stars out of five!


Back it up with a review, Haladir. *grins*

After Mr. Hodges' delivery of "Awesome on Paper" with this chapter ... well, my guess is that there won't be much that tops it for a good, long time.

Once again, o7 to Brandon Hodge.

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MOSKAUUUUUUUUUU....

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"OH MYYYY...."


Damn! pdf available June 26, and the dead tree version will probably not reach me for several weeks...

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Stebehil wrote:
Damn! pdf available June 26, and the dead tree version will probably not reach me for several weeks...

The PDF release date listed is the retail release date—since you're a Pathfinder AP subscriber, you should be able to download it once you receive notification that your order has shipped (which is generally before retail release date).

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Please dear merciful Paizo, let my order go through soon. The pending/waiting is killing me.


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Love the

Spoiler:
Cossack Dullahan! And that Pale Stranger picture is nice.

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Cthulhudrew wrote:
Love the ** spoiler omitted **

Yeah the

Spoiler:
Cossack dullahan
is some nightmare fuel.

Whoops! Sorry about the lack of spoiler tags! :(

And thank you for fixing it. :)


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Shipped! Can read when I get home, sweet!


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Gorbacz wrote:
MOSKAUUUUUUUUUU....

Congratulations, Brandon. You've done what a million trolls have failed to do.

You broke Gorbacz.

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I just gave this the initial skim, and MAN is it brutal; the entire thing is a meat grinder mixed with lots of post-WWI historical awesomeness - in other words, exactly what you expect from this subject matter cranked up for level 13+ pathfinders. Well done!

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Cheapy wrote:
Gorbacz wrote:
MOSKAUUUUUUUUUU....

Congratulations, Brandon. You've done what a million trolls have failed to do.

You broke Gorbacz.

This is entirely temporary, I assure you. The fact that my table is full of matryoshkas and the samovar is getting warm nicely SPEAKS NOTHING OF MY CURRENT LEVEL OF SANITY. NOTHING. YOU, BRANDON HODGE, GET NOTHING. YOU LOSE. GOOD DAY, SIR!


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Gorbacz wrote:
This is entirely temporary, I assure you. The fact that my table is full of matryoshkas and the samovar is getting warm nicely SPEAKS NOTHING OF MY CURRENT LEVEL OF SANITY. NOTHING. YOU, BRANDON HODGE, GET NOTHING. YOU LOSE. GOOD DAY, SIR!

Nice Wonka reference...

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Gorbacz wrote:
Cheapy wrote:
Gorbacz wrote:
MOSKAUUUUUUUUUU....

Congratulations, Brandon. You've done what a million trolls have failed to do.

You broke Gorbacz.

This is entirely temporary, I assure you. The fact that my table is full of matryoshkas and the samovar is getting warm nicely SPEAKS NOTHING OF MY CURRENT LEVEL OF SANITY. NOTHING. YOU, BRANDON HODGE, GET NOTHING. YOU LOSE. GOOD DAY, SIR!

But what if he is sorry and returns the gobstopper...

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I'LL HAVE MIKAZE SORT IT OUT THEN (that is, once he gets over his Laori Vaus/Bear Hunter thing).

OhmygodimagesofLaori/BHnonononoMikazewhathaveyoudone?

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Oh my god the pale sniper.

Oh my god.

I'm not sure if it's possible to give eleven stars in review of an AP.

Maybe I will just do several 5-star reviews. I can't even--


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ciretose wrote:
Gorbacz wrote:
Cheapy wrote:
Gorbacz wrote:
MOSKAUUUUUUUUUU....

Congratulations, Brandon. You've done what a million trolls have failed to do.

You broke Gorbacz.

This is entirely temporary, I assure you. The fact that my table is full of matryoshkas and the samovar is getting warm nicely SPEAKS NOTHING OF MY CURRENT LEVEL OF SANITY. NOTHING. YOU, BRANDON HODGE, GET NOTHING. YOU LOSE. GOOD DAY, SIR!
But what if he is sorry and returns the gobstopper...

I have to comment on this just so I can favorite it more than once.

edit: I just read all the reviews currently & I have only one further things to add; in response to Turin's review...

I'm going to hell for this...:
'Show us on the doll where the Adventure Path touched you...'


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Irnk, Dead-Eye's Prodigal wrote:
ciretose wrote:
Gorbacz wrote:
Cheapy wrote:
Gorbacz wrote:
MOSKAUUUUUUUUUU....

Congratulations, Brandon. You've done what a million trolls have failed to do.

You broke Gorbacz.

This is entirely temporary, I assure you. The fact that my table is full of matryoshkas and the samovar is getting warm nicely SPEAKS NOTHING OF MY CURRENT LEVEL OF SANITY. NOTHING. YOU, BRANDON HODGE, GET NOTHING. YOU LOSE. GOOD DAY, SIR!
But what if he is sorry and returns the gobstopper...

I have to comment on this just so I can favorite it more than once.

edit: I just read all the reviews currently & I have only one further things to add; in response to Turin's review...
** spoiler omitted **

There are insufficient manipulative appendages on the human body to reflect your spoiler for PF #71.

*grins evilly*


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