Meta Plot Scenarios

[Shane Walden]

Is there a list somewhere of what scenarios play specifically into each season's meta plot?

I have just downloaded and going to prepare The Cyphermage Dilemma this weekend. It would be great to have a list of scenarios that contribute to season 4's meta plot so that I can try to run them in order. I know they don't have to be run in order, but it would be nice.

Shane

[redward]

Shane Walden wrote:

Is there a list somewhere of what scenarios play specifically into each season's meta plot?

I have just downloaded and going to prepare The Cyphermage Dilemma this weekend. It would be great to have a list of scenarios that contribute to season 4's meta plot so that I can try to run them in order. I know they don't have to be run in order, but it would be nice.

Shane

SammyT made a list for us locally, but it only covered PFS15-26. I added the others, but I can't guarantee accuracy or completeness. Edits welcome.

Spoiler:

PFS4-01 Rise of the Goblin Guild (1-5)
PFS4-02 In Wrath’s Shadow (3-7)
PFS4-03 The Golemworks Incident (5-9)
PFS4-04 King of the Storval Stairs (7-11)
PFS4-05 The Sanos Abduction (3-7)
PFS4-06 The Green Market (5-9)
PFS4-07 Severing Ties (1-5) Cheliaxian arc
PFS4-08 The Cultist's Kiss (7-11) Lissala S4 arc
PFS4–09 The Blakros Matrimony (1-5) Cheliaxian arc
PFS4–10 Feast of Sigils (7-11) Lissala S4 arc
PFS4–11 The Disappeared (1-5) Cheliaxian arc
PFS4–12 The Refuge of Time (7-11)
PFS4–13 Fortress of the Nail (5-9) Cheliaxian arc
PFS4–14 My Enemy's Enemy (3-7)
PFS4-15 The Cyphermage Dilemma (1-5)
PFS4-16 The Fabric of Reality (5-9)
PFS4-17 Tower of the Ironwood Watch (5-9)
PFS4-18 The Veteran's Vault (1-5)
PFS4-19 The Night March of Kalkamedes (1-5)
PFS4-20 Words of the Ancients (7-11) Lissala S4 arc
PFS4-21 Way of the Kirin (3-7)
PFS4-22 Halls of Dwarven Lore (5-9) End of S4 into S5 arc?
PFS4-23 Rivalry's End (3-7)
PFS4-24 The Price of Friendship (5-9) End of S4 into S5 arc?
PFS4-25 The Secrets Stones Keep (5-9) End of S4 into S5 arc?
PFS4-26 The Waking Rune (7-11) Lissala S4 arc

[Hayato Ken]

That´s really cool, thank you people. I will play Rise of the goblin guild with my crew here next anyway, perhaps i will then continue the story arc if possible.

[redward]

Corrections:

PFS4-01 Rise of the Goblin Guild (1-5)
PFS4-02 In Wrath’s Shadow (3-7) Lissala S4 arc correction
PFS4-03 The Golemworks Incident (5-9)
PFS4-04 King of the Storval Stairs (7-11)
PFS4-05 The Sanos Abduction (3-7)
PFS4-06 The Green Market (5-9)
PFS4-07 Severing Ties (1-5) Lissala S4 arc correction
PFS4-08 The Cultist's Kiss (7-11) Lissala S4 arc
PFS4–09 The Blakros Matrimony (1-5) Cheliaxian arc
PFS4–10 Feast of Sigils (7-11) Lissala S4 arc
PFS4–11 The Disappeared (1-5) Cheliaxian arc
PFS4–12 The Refuge of Time (7-11) Lissala S4 arc correction
PFS4–13 Fortress of the Nail (5-9) Cheliaxian arc
PFS4–14 My Enemy's Enemy (3-7)
PFS4-15 The Cyphermage Dilemma (1-5)
PFS4-16 The Fabric of Reality (5-9) Hao Jin Tapestry correction
PFS4-17 Tower of the Ironwood Watch (5-9)
PFS4-18 The Veteran's Vault (1-5)
PFS4-19 The Night March of Kalkamedes (1-5)
PFS4-20 Words of the Ancients (7-11) Lissala S4 arc
PFS4-21 Way of the Kirin (3-7)
PFS4-22 Halls of Dwarven Lore (5-9) End of S4 into S5 arc?
PFS4-23 Rivalry's End (3-7)
PFS4-24 The Price of Friendship (5-9) End of S4 into S5 arc?
PFS4-25 The Secrets Stones Keep (5-9) End of S4 into S5 arc?
PFS4-26 The Waking Rune (7-11) Lissala S4 arc

Updated with Pirate Rob's corrections below.

[Pirate Rob]

Corrections:

Refuge of Time is part of the Lissala arc, and Fabric of Reality takes place in the Hao Jin Tapestry.

[Sammy T]

Yeah, I made that list a while back before I had first hand experience with them (or the scenarios had even been released) Minor additions:

Spoiler:

PFS4-01 Rise of the Goblin Guild (1-5)
PFS4-02 In Wrath’s Shadow (3-7) Lissala S4 arc
PFS4-03 The Golemworks Incident (5-9)
PFS4-04 King of the Storval Stairs (7-11)
PFS4-05 The Sanos Abduction (3-7)
PFS4-06 The Green Market (5-9)
PFS4-07 Severing Ties (1-5) Lissala S4 arc
PFS4-08 The Cultist's Kiss (7-11) Lissala S4 arc
PFS4–09 The Blakros Matrimony (1-5) Cheliaxian arc
PFS4–10 Feast of Sigils (7-11) Lissala S4 arc
PFS4–11 The Disappeared (1-5) Cheliaxian arc
PFS4–12 The Refuge of Time (7-11) Lissala S4 arc
PFS4–13 Fortress of the Nail (5-9) Cheliaxian arc
PFS4–14 My Enemy's Enemy (3-7)
PFS4-15 The Cyphermage Dilemma (1-5)
PFS4-16 The Fabric of Reality (5-9) Hao Jin Tapestry
PFS4-17 Tower of the Ironwood Watch (5-9) S5 foreshadowing
PFS4-18 The Veteran's Vault (1-5)
PFS4-19 The Night March of Kalkamedes (1-5)
PFS4-20 Words of the Ancients (7-11) Lissala S4 arc
PFS4-21 Way of the Kirin (3-7)
PFS4-22 Halls of Dwarven Lore (5-9) End of S4 into S5 arc?
PFS4-23 Rivalry's End (3-7)
PFS4-24 The Price of Friendship (5-9) End of S4 into S5 arc?
PFS4-25 The Secrets Stones Keep (5-9) End of S4 into S5 arc?
PFS4-26 The Waking Rune (7-11) Lissala S4 arc[spoiler]

PFS4-EX Day of the Demon(3-7) Connects multiple scenarios. Positioned Post-Storming the Diamond Gate, Pre-Chelaxin Arc, and has S5 foreshadowing.

[Iammars]

Day of the Demon:

Day of the Demon is actually post-Blakros Matrimony, since the Blakros' get control of the property from the wedding. The point of the journals is that some of it is past plans (allowing you to recognize that they are the plans of Tancred Desimire/identify that Tancred Desimire was behind the wedding attack if you didn't figure that out) and some of it is future plans.

[Drogon]

Iammars wrote:

** spoiler omitted **

More Day of the Demon stuff:

It is also post-Fortress of the Nail. Zarta's faction mission in this is to find out why Tancred targeted her and had her imprisoned (which is kind of dense, considering the way she treated his brother).

[Sammy T]

*dismissively waves hand*

Details, details.

;)

[Iammars]

Oh, also 4-18:

Spoiler:

4-18 is related to the cheliaxian arc, since the quest-giver is rescued from the fortress of the nail.

[Lady Ophelia]

Here is a more detailed breakdown:

More specific:

General Varisia Related:

PFS4-01 Rise of the Goblin Guild (1-5)
PFS4-02 In Wrath’s Shadow (3-7)
PFS4-03 The Golemworks Incident (5-9)
PFS4-04 King of the Storval Stairs (7-11)
PFS4-05 The Sanos Abduction (3-7)
PFS4-06 The Green Market (5-9)
PFS4–14 My Enemy's Enemy (3-7)
PFS4-15 The Cyphermage Dilemma (1-5)
PFS4-17 Tower of the Ironwood Watch (5-9)
PFS4-18 The Veteran's Vault (1-5)
PFS4-19 The Night March of Kalkamedes (1-5)

Faction Specific:

PFS4-21 Way of the Kirin (3-7)
PFS4-23 Rivalry's End (3-7)

Hao-Jin Tapestry:

PFS4-16 The Fabric of Reality (5-9)

Chelaxian Arc:

PFS4–09 The Blakros Matrimony (3-7)
PFS4–11 The Disappeared (1-5)
PFS4–13 Fortress of the Nail (5-9)
PFS4-EX: Day of The Demon (3-7)

Lissalan Arc:

PFS4-07 Severing Ties (1-5)
PFS4-08 The Cultist's Kiss (7-11)
PFS4–10 Feast of Sigils (7-11)
PFS4–12 The Refuge of Time (7-11)
PFS4-20 Words of the Ancients (7-11)
PFS4-26 The Waking Rune (7-11)

Season 5 Foreshadowing:

PFS4-EX: Day of The Demon (3-7)
PFS4-22 Halls of Dwarven Lore (5-9) End of S4 into S5 arc?
PFS4-24 The Price of Friendship (5-9) End of S4 into S5 arc?
PFS4-25 The Secrets Stones Keep (5-9) End of S4 into S5 arc?

[redward]

Lady Ophelia wrote:

Here is a more detailed breakdown:

** spoiler omitted **

This is great! Thanks!

[Hayato Ken]

Regarding the story arcs, is there any recommendation in which order to play them or just by level and release order?

Like if i have a group of level 1 players, which order would you recommend to get the most out of the metaplots and other stories for season 4?

[redward]

If you had a group of level 1 players, I would recommend they play First Steps 1 - 3 or a level 1 mod and then start Season 4.

[Hayato Ken]

Really? We started last week with Frostfur Captives, that was pretty nice, given they had very unoptimal characters and 2 complete newbies.

[redward]

Frostfur's fine. I just wouldn't drop new level 1s into Season 4 unless they were experienced players or had a very comfortable relationship with death.

[Mike Lindner]

I've found 4-18 Veteran's Vault to be a very good scenario and while it can punish poor tactics it is quite survivable for newish players (some XP would be good). It can be an excellent scenario to use for teaching new players both good tactics including working together as a team as well as some things to expect and be prepared for in PFS scenarios.

[Dragnmoon]

Other Link questions

link into Rivalry's End & Way of the Kirin:

I know Pathfinder Society Scenario 4-14 - My Enemy's Enemy links into Pathfinder Society Scenario 4–23 - Rivalry's End, does anything link into Pathfinder Society Scenario 4–21 - Way of the Kirin?

[KestlerGunner]

Dragnmoon,
First Steps Part 2
and Haunting of Hinojai
all have little plot tidbits leading up to 4-21.