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Pathfinder #17 -- Second Darkness Chapter 5:

Pathfinder #17—Second Darkness Chapter 5: "A Memory of Darkness" (OGL)
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Chapter 5: "A Memory of Darkness"
by J.D. Wiker

Armed with the knowledge that an elven traitor supplied the drow with the magical means to call down the stars and devastate Golarion, the PCs arrive at the elven nation of Kyonin to find their claims falling on deaf ears. Courtly intrigue leads to a confrontation with a mysterious elven order called the Winter Council, deep in the demon-haunted shadows of the legendary forest known as the Tanglebriar. Yet one final tragic and horrific secret awaits them as they discover the true source of the dark elves' curse.

This volume of Pathfinder also features an exploration of the faith of Calistria (goddess of lust, revenge, and trickery), a gazetteer of the elven nation of Kyonin and demon-haunted Tanglebriar, a bonus adventure detailing the lair of a powerful demon, and several new monsters that lurk in this dangerous realm.

For characters of 12th to 14th level.

Pathfinder is Paizo Publishing's 96-page, perfect-bound, full-color softcover Adventure Path book printed on high-quality paper that releases in a monthly volume. Each volume is brought to you by the same staff which brought you Dragon and Dungeon magazines for over five years. It contains an in-depth Adventure Path scenario, stats for about a half-dozen new monsters, and several support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Because Pathfinder uses the Open Game License, it is 100% compatible with the 3.5 edition of the world's most popular fantasy roleplaying game.

ISBN–13: 978-1-60125-130-5

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FullStarFullStarEmptyStarEmptyStarEmptyStar Needs work, sadly.
Reviewer: Gorbacz

I usually sing high praise of Paizo's products, but this is apparently the biggest miss in whole Pathfinder range so far.

This module is basically a giant railroad set, kicking off with the players being betrayed by their apparently only ally and forced into some choo choo train of an intrigue which they can't really break off from and have to play along. Sure, it's all explained and makes sense, but betrayal and deception is a very risk plot tool, as few things irk players more than becoming pawns of all-mighty NPCs who can just sneeze them off the Prime Material.

Coming up next are a few random "tour the Golarion" encounters with little cohesion ...

And then PCs meet the Winter Council, who are basically a bunch of douchebags who sit around and pick their noses. And whoever ordered the art for Hialin ... how am I supposed to show him to players ? He should have a "I'm a very bad person !" t-shirt, because it's not really obvious from the artwork. (SARCASM MODE OFF)

And on the top of that, in the end you get a massive highish level combat with dozens of stat blocks that have to be handled by the GM, some of them casters. Ever tried that ? I did, and it's no fun !

What I love about Paizo stuff it that it requires very little DM work, because most bases are covered and there are almost no glaring logical errors or possible exploits. The MoD is so underwhelming that I will likely have to scrap it and rewrite, something I loathe to do as it drains my already limited time.

The saving grace for this book are the backup material (Calistra article is great, but where did the prestige class go ?). They bump the score by one star.


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Pathfinder #17 -- Second Darkness Chapter 5: "A Memory of Darkness" (OGL)
Osirion fray (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber),

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What are those weapons...????

Paizo Employee James Jacobs (Creative Director),

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fray wrote:
What are those weapons...????

Bladed Gauntlets. They're basically the same as a spiked gauntlet, but they do slashing damage instead of piercing damage.

Evil Genius (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber),

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They look more like modified katars... Though, having a single cutting edge like that and no point would make fighting with them much different than a normal katar...

Osirion fray (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber),

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ooooooo!
purty!

Lord Vile,

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Is it just coincidence that Brandon Sanderson hopes to submit Robert Jordan's "A Memory of Light" manuscript for editing in December of 08'as well

Just saying.

"What is Light without Darkness" Lord of Darkness from Legend

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