The threats have been getting taller; goblins, cultists, ogres, then giants. Now the real enemy is the character's own weaknesses and the sins that rule them! Great adventure: read my full review: Sins of the Saviors

Eu posso compreender o motivo da existência dessa aventura, a Paizo queria testar o gosto do publico. Não é meu estilo de jogo, mas mestres que gostem de dungeons mortais sádicas vão adorar. Agora, como fonte de ideias para magos especialistas e as defesas de seus lares é interessante. Outro ponto diferencial é que uma masmorra onde quase todos os oponentes são magos de uma forma ou outra, isso é bem raro.

The fifth instalment of Rise of the Runelords is a straight up dungeon crawl. The adventure quickly sends the PCs into a massive complex, divided into 7 wings, each themed after a deadly sin of ancient Thassilon.

Well, make that 5 wings - the adventure is a clear victim of limited space available in a 96-page book, and 2 wings are pretty much "castrated". On a plus side, it allows the DM to plug in any dungeons of his own creations or from other sources.

The remaining part of the adventure is old-school deadly, bringing back memories of killer dungeon crawls from D&D history. The quality of encounters and locales ranges from excellent to "meh". There are several nice bits of backstory scattered here and there, but the overall link with the main plot of the campaign is rather hazy.

The adventure does a good enough job of introducing the players to Thassilonian magic, culture and history firsthand, and sets the tone for campaign finale. Yet, the adventure didn't lodge itself in memory of me and my group as much as the first three RotRL modules did.

Of course, the backup material is of prime quality. The article on Lamashtu, the evil demon queen, was wickedly - and at times revoltingly - fun to read.

Disclaimers:
Review may contain spoilers
My Experience with it:
DM for one 3.5 Group and one PFRPG Group (as is, no conversion)
Overview (no spoilers):
Dungeon Crawl, solid but not great, nice theme
Changes (with spoilers):
Not much, fleshing out the Maze of Sloth a bit
Details:
Solid dungeon crawl, the dragon attack was a nice surprise, some of the wings of runeforge are a bit boring, iron cages was fun role-playing, ravenous crypts was creepy and by far the toughest fight, both groups had to retreat with one member down from there and came back buffed up to finish it. The sin-Point revelation was a nice touch and a unusual way to reflect on the last 4 adventures (by telling where they "earned" their sin-points). Role-playing was non-existed in this adventure with the exception of the iron cages, everything else was solved by beating on it with swords
overall:
When I was reading it I loved it, when we played it it was nothing memorable

I love this book, even though I got it by itself (it's part of a six-book series) and was completely lost on so many things, from new character classes (like the demon-loving Thaumaturgist) to monster templates to feats. But enough was given that I could use everything... and the background! Even a cursory reading reveals that there is an entire WORLD beyond what we read here.

The backup articles are grand as well, especially the one about the Mother of Monsters, Lamashtu. Really a great buy for your money!

This one starts up with a cool comeback to re-search an old dungeon at the "homebase" to find a cooler enemy and the trail to a deady dungeon, more specificaclly, seven deadly dungeons.
To enter the dungeon you have to bypass a nasty "classic" encounter and a devious gate "lock". Afterwards you enter an isolated dungeon -really big dungeon- that breaks down in seven different scenarios. I'm not too pro-large dungeons due to my players preference, but since this one can be deployed as different scenarios its a lot easier to digest. The leaders of every dungeon are quite fleshed out and adds a lot of flavor to the dungeons.

Way to go Paizo!

This adventure basically presents a seven-in-one mid/high level dungeon for the PCs to explore and ultimately defeat.

The politics of the place and events that precede the PCs' arrival are well detailed and compelling - it gives a real feeling of "life" to a place that would otherwise have felt dull and static.

The villains are all original in their own right. The challenges interesting and very "typical" for that kind of arcane dungeon for higher level characters. This is classic with a bunch of twists, which makes for great game play.

The Magic of Thassilon article is excellent.

The Cult of Lamashtu article is one of the best cult descriptions I've ever read in a D&D product. This makes the issue worth it on its own, to me. Absolute BLISS for a fan of ancient religions like me. Kudos for Sean Reynolds on this one. I'm very, very impressed.

The roster of monster is alright. Some very good, others less. But overall good.

Globally, this is one of the best issues of Pathfinder to date. Some of the material included here is a must-have for any Golarion fan.

Runeforge would make a great base for future adventures in that area.

The adventure is well done and follows the pattern of a dungeon crawl.

The rest of the book is loaded with an interesting set of monsters, fiction, an exploration of Thassilonian magic, and information on Lamashtu (a deity named the Mother of Monsters).

4 Stars for the adventure but overall the product is a solid 5 stars!

The free PDF that comes with a subscription is an over-the-top bonus!

While I took the time to review part six first, this is one of the best dynamic dungeons I've ever seen. There are limitations to it, of course, but the fact that the Dragon can run away and just pursue the PC's into the place at the end makes it quite a challenge. Ideally, around the time the final encounter starts, that's when it's time to drop the dragon on them. Just wait for round two, and BOOM!

While the dungeons themselves were not particularly original, I actually LIKED that classicism and what they were trying to hearken back to. It's Paizo's respect for history that wizards lacks that makes these adventures great.