I ran this module as a one off for a large group of players (8). What I liked best about this module is that at every stage of the adventure every PC had something they could contribute. In the beginning characters with social and knowledge skills get to really shine at the antiquities auction. They remain useful throughout the module, lots of chances for knowledge checks in the pyramid itself, and chances to talk to the rival gang of adventurers and the pharaohs.
Martial and stealthy characters get to have fun in Sothis as well, tracking down the mask, guarding anything they bought at the auction, and squaring off against their rivals, the Expeditionary. Out in the desert and the pyramid they are of course crucial.
The quality of the writing and the setting material were top notch as well. I hope paizo puts out a sequel.

I took my time reviewing this book. It is a little more in-depth and detail heavy than any of the previous GM modules I've looked at, and I wanted to have a fully-formed opinion on its many aspects before saying my piece.

Right, that said, it's bloody good! Once again it's set to be played in the sweet spot of level 6, and can be easily varied around that with no hard work.

The plot is designed to feel 'fun', kinda Indy or Mummy-like, which is great if your players will enjoy that kinda thing. hopefully the momentum won't stop once you hit the dungeon...

Speaking of the dungeon, it enjoys itself plenty. The rival team makes things interesting and the varied and interesting monsters make sure that about every character class should see use.

No real flaws, EwtP really packs 32-pages... I'm only beginning to regret that Paizo can't release this kind of adventure more often. I don't give 5 stars because I'm a fanboy... I give it because it truly is a great product.

It also gives you a glimpse of another part of the world, as well as my favourite new toy... The double-barrell wand-rifle! Awesome.

This is in my opinion a fantastic module. Few adventures I have picked up have ever made me want to run them near instantly but this module did. It is instantly captivating.

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Even the very first section is captivating. Starting in an auction house the PC’s instantly hit with the flavor of Osirion and the adventure. The PC’S are allowed to bid on a wide array of exotic items pilfered from ancient tombs and sold on the black market. Their company includes museum curators, shady collectors, wizened sages and a rival band of state sponsored adventurers on the look out for clues leading to the mother-load of Osirion tomb robbing.

From there it only gets better with several climatic set pieces, a multi planar pyramid and a host of interesting NPC’s both friend and foe. The dungeon is really well designed with interesting and unique challenges and the rival adventure party adds a whole extra level of depths to it. As other have said this really feels like a pulp adventure film, I personal think it has the feel of Indiana Jones crossed with a little bit of Tomb Raider (games not films).

The only downside of this module is that due to its 32 page format the background material is necessarily brief. It gives an interesting taster of Osirion but sadly doesn’t go into enormous depths and really leaves you wanting more.

In short this is a great module that should be a blast to run and is a joy to read.

With a very Egyptian flavour, this adventure casts the characters as tomb raiders out to find and explore a long-lost pyramid. The early stages involve investigation and intrigue as they find out about the pyramid and attempt to get hold of an artefact necessary to get in. Needless to say a rival group of treasure-hunters is on the same quest and do their best to get to everything before the characters do, if not worse. The characters then have to travel 50 miles across a desert and then venture into the pyramid itself.

The early stages of the adventure presuppose that the characters have an interest in antiquarian matters and exploration for the purpose of discovery (and maybe profit) rather than adventure. If your players don't fall into this model, the easiest way to use the adventure is to have them hired by someone who is. Despite the adventure being categorised as a 'journey' the trip across the desert, probably a couple of days on camelback, merits only a couple of paragraphs and only rival tomb raiders for opposition: if you think about the perils of a desert (or have Sandstorm) you can make the trip more challeging if desired.

The main bulk of the adventure is the exploration of the pyramid itself. Replete with numerological puzzles, mechanical and magical traps and the remains of those who were buried here, it gives an appropriate feel without drawing directly on Egyptian ideas. Some parties may not be inclined towards understanding what they find: if this is yours it may be best to pick another adventure. But for those who are curious about more than what they can hit or loot, this provides a memorable and different adventure.

I'm not going to spoil anything and I see no reason to repeat my sage peers below--so I'm just saying that this is a great adventure and you won't regret ordering it.

Tragically, this beautiful little folder is it's own worst enemy, because when you read it you'll want more on Osirion and right now it's not there.

This adventure by Michael Kortes is the height of the GameMastery Module line so far.

I feel like I walked into a movie theater to watch the new Indiana Jones film -- and it was as good as I'd hoped.

Have you ever read an adventure that immediately started your creative juices flowing, to the extent that you wanted to run the adventure right away? Entombed with the Pharaohs is just such an adventure.

I'd love to detail each and every component of this well-crafted adventure, but I do hope to provide a *mostly* spoiler-free review. (To avoid any spoilers, stop reading now.)

At its core, this adventure is a very well done Indiana Jones/Lara Croft-style, Egyptian-themed tomb exploration. Add to that a multiple trigger, impending curse and a rival group of tomb raiders, and you have an adventure that may play out completely differently every time it is run. Additionally, a lot of tantalizing background detail is sprinkled throughout the adventure, which makes one hope this adventure is just the first in a series of similar adventures.

Each encounter is fresh and unique, to varying degrees, and I particularly like the design of the rival group of tomb raiders, which includes a few simple variant class features and new magic items. Also, the first encounter (an auction) in some ways foreshadows the rest of the adventure, with all of the key parties present in some form. If the adventure were a Hollywood movie, I suspect this would be played up with a spooky event or two related to the Four Pharaohs, just to strengthen their "presence".

My one suggestion is that the provided adventure hooks and preliminary encounters seem to assume a relatively mercenary group of PCs, perhaps not unlike the rival group of tomb raiders. A sidebar with the author's suggestions for how to handle a predominantly lawful and/or benevolent party would be good to have. For example, might the mask be borrowed or purchased? If borrowed, would the owner want to send along his own representatives? If so, how loyal would they be (and to whom)?

In short, Entombed with the Pharaohs is an awesome adventure, and I am looking forward to more to come from the author.

Great adventure, with a feel that's like what you'd get if you crossed The Mummy, Stargate, and Tomb of Horrors.

There's stuff in there that's swashbuckling high heroism--and there's stuff that's just not fair, in a good way.

But beyond the adventure, for Golarion junkies like myself there's stuff you just really can't get anywhere else. You know about the Red and Green planets? Well now there's a third one! Acturn. Sweet huh? Think of it as Planet Stargate.

You get a background (not a lavish one unfortunately--it's still an adventure first and foremost) of the lands of Osirion, of the annual battles between rival clans of elementals that result in massive sandstorms.

You get the city of Sothis, built into and around the shining green-black exoskeleton of a giant scarab beetle, as well as all it's leaders and a snapshot of its districts.

You get a pack of rival NPC adventurers from the empire of Cheliax--Her Magestrix's Expeditionary with a fat paragraph on each member. These guys could become as big a deal as the signature party from pathfinder.

You also get a ton of new magic items--including wand rifles and ancient Osirion craft.

Good good stuff.