Scenario 27 Brainstorms?


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I'm having some difficulty coming up with a feasible and coherent plot for this one, and I'm wondering if anyone out there would like to brainstorm with me. I realize that ideas can be valuable, but anyone else who is having difficulty with this scenario is invited to post half-formed ideas and comment on my own half-formed ideas. This is spoilered to protect the eyes of the innocent, who may not want to know generalities about scenarios--but if so, what are you doing looking at this thread anyway?! :P

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I'm finding it particularly difficult to reconcile the "political intrigue" noted in the brief blurb about 27 with the tomb-raiding and artifact-getting goals of the Pathfinder Society. The obvious solution seems to be that there is an ancient artifact floating around in the Qadiran city, and different merchant lords are plotting against each other to possess this valuable item. Next, I assume that the PCs, as Pathfinders, have been dispatched into this mess of intrigue to find and spirit away the artifact for the Pathfinder Society. Alternatively, I am envisioning a more standard, "Oh, look! They've discovered ancient ruins near [Qadiran city]! Pathfinders dispatch, and loot!" Again, the PCs would be competing against the minions of the merchant lords to recover the artifact.

Again alternatively, I've thought of "Our Lady of Silver" being the adventure location itself--perhaps a lost temple--recently discovered, and the PCs arrive to explore, map, and report about this place. With this particular scenario, the "political intrigue" aspect becomes more of a stretch--although certainly still doable. Part of me wants to lean towards developing this because I think it is a more original idea than the others.

Any thoughts? Anyone else willing to share their ideas, or discarded ideas?

Thanks in advance!

Liberty's Edge Contributor, RPG Superstar 2012

With the caveat that I'm submitting only for #28 and staying away from this one:

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I think the idea behind this one is to have an alternative to a dungeon-crawl/wilderness-crawl type adventure. That's not to say there won't be combat, but there will be more role-playing involved. Given that, your first idea is closer to what I think (and, this is just my humble guess) the expectation is. Therefore, the scenario should play along the lines of, maybe, trying to play two factions off each other in order to retrieve the relic. I hope that is helpful.

Scarab Sages

I don't have the campaign setting handy....isn't Qadira a merchant society? There's your "political intrigue"...competing merchants.

With the same caveat as taig (I don't have time to adequately develop two submissions this time around)....here was my concept

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Two merchants have come into possession of a map to an ancient treasure, a silver statuette of Desna owned by someone famous long ago. The problem is each only has half of the map and they're too greedy to share.

Dispatch the Pathfinder's to obtain both halves of the map by hook or by crook.

The map is what the PFS wants. They'll send someone else to follow the map after you obtain it.

Like taig, I was envisioning a mainly role-playing scenario with challenges involving obtaining the maps or copies of them. Plenty of traps and maybe a few guardians to overcome.


Thanks for the feedback.

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I worked on a sort of pursuit scenario today, with competing factions on the tail of the PCs smuggling an artifact out of the city. It seems too linear and heavy-handed, though. After reading that both of you envision this as a role-playing scenario, I am taking the best aspects from my first attempt and salvaging them into something a bit more devious and conspiratory.

Liberty's Edge Contributor, RPG Superstar 2012

A 2E Floppy-Eared Golem wrote:

Thanks for the feedback.

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I like it. Good luck with your submission!


I haven't had time to pull together a submission (too many other projects on the go) but my vague idea was something like this:

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There is a third party playing rival merchant houses off against each other - trade rights for maps to hidden treasures, trade deals for artifacts with no questions asked about their origin, knowledge of trade routes and information for info about ancient things etc.

PFS wants in on the deal/to take the third party's place/to retrieve something used in one of the deals.

RPG Superstar 2011 Top 16

I have to say, 27 was hard to think of something for this one.

Hope your submission turned out alright.

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