paizo.com - Pathfinder Adventure Path #33: The Varnhold Vanishing (Kingmaker 3 of 6) (PFRPG)

Quandary, Fri, Jun 19, 2009, 04:23 PM

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"This volume of Pathfinder contains the first detailed look at the blasted plains east of the Inner Sea region, a ruined swath of the realm of Iobaria ruled today by sinister druids, feral barbarians, centaur tribes, and an ancient slumbering menace whose remnants still haunt this realm today."

Nice...
The whole northern Casmaron sounds very Conan-esque to me...

Looking forward to this!

Dark_Mistress (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Fri, Jun 19, 2009, 04:42 PM

Another interesting AP.

stuart haffenden (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 09:38 AM

Part 3 starts at level 5? When will it finish...level 10? That's only half an adventure!

Part 3 of RotRL starts at level 7
Part 3 of CotCT starts at level 7
Part 3 of LoF starts at level 7...

James Jacobs (Editor-in-Chief, Pathfinder), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 12:34 PM

stuart haffenden wrote:

Part 3 starts at level 5? When will it finish...level 10? That's only half an adventure!

Part 3 of RotRL starts at level 7
Part 3 of CotCT starts at level 7
Part 3 of LoF starts at level 7...

We expect it to start at level five, yah. We haven't done a PFRPG adventure path all the way to the end yet, and since we're taking the middle track for XP rather than the fast one (so that folks who do the fast or slow track have to do less work adding or subtracting encounters), that does move more slowly than XP in 3.5.

For now, it's looking like both Council of Thieves and Kingmaker will go from 1st level to 13th level, but we won't know for sure for a bit. If that estimate changes, we'll change the summary here.

EDIT: That said... no matter HOW many levels the AP covers, since the PFRPG has 3 advancement tracks, you'll be able to play it using the fast track and reach higher level than if you were playing the medium track, if that's your preference (or you can play the slow one and never hit double digit xp levels). The GM in this case will need to do more adjustment of monster power levels, but that's a little simpler in PFRPG than it is in 3.5 for a few reasons that the Bestiary will reveal in late September...

Dark_Mistress (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 12:39 PM

I actually find this to be good news.

1) it focuses on the levels I most enjoy more. (purely selfish reason)
2) I think this might increase the chance of seeing a return to AP at some point as it gives Paizo more levels to work with for a return to AP series.