New Pathfinder Society Scenarios, What's In a Name?

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

March has been a month for announcements, most notably the Pathfinder Second Edition announcement two weeks ago. In case you missed it, also be sure to check out the FAQ for Pathfinder Society in the new edition as well as the follow-up blog from last week, when we provided even more information about the upcoming campaign and how we're soliciting your feedback to help shape the experience. Expect another blog soon, exploring ways we're aiming to handle the playtest and other topics.

Speaking of exploration, we have new adventures this week!

Ever since Pathfinder Society Scenario #8-16: House of Harmonious Wisdom, the team's been excited to include more quest content into our yearly schedule. This season we take a long-overdue trip to Isger, where the government has recently declassified documents from the Goblinblood Wars, whose wounds still feel fresh two decades later. Among the papers is a reference to the Irrica family, who possessed a powerful weapon that kept them safe from House Thrune's interference. These documents provide enough leads to reassemble that tool, but anything potent enough to spook Cheliax's ruling family is too dangerous to leave where anyone can find it. In the Tier 1-5 Pathfinder Society Scenario #9-16: Fallen Family, Broken Name, the PCs dig into the wars' aftermath—including the involvement of the goblins, Druman Blackjackets, and Hellknights—and travel across Isger.

Not only has this been a great opportunity to work with the authors Saif Ansari, Louis Manko Levite, Kendra Leigh Speedling, Kevin Willis, and Scott Young, but it's also been a great chance for our newest developer Michael Sayre to work on scenarios. It's the kind of experience you'd want to repeat again and again, which is great because these quests are freely replayable with 1st-level characters.

Illustrations by Tawny Fritz

Looking to our next scenario, let me step aside to let Linda Zayas-Palmer take over.

What if you're in the mood for something a bit more dangerous? Then check out this month's Tier 5-9 scenario, Pathfinder Society Scenario #9-17: Oath of the Overwatched, brought to you by Isabelle Lee. The Blakros Museum has seen its fair share of troubles over the years, but today's events have Zarta Dralneen and Venture-Captain Ambrus Valsin rushing to the scene personally. The mysterious copper gate beneath the museum is dissolving into a morass of twisted space at the behest of beings from beyond the stars. The PCs will need more than strength in battle if they hope to charge beyond the gate, stop these beings' foul plots, and return with their sanity intact. The poor soul shown in this image by Teresa Guido was not so fortunate. Isabelle did a great job providing interesting and varied ways for the PCs to unravel the story of the accursed realm, including a particularly unusual NPC in the second portion. If you want to know more, you'll need to send your PCs in to find out, or gather up a group of brave players.

Illustrations by Teresa Guido

And with that, we're back to developing more scenarios, sanctioning more playable content, and working toward our best convention season yet!

John Compton
Organized Play Developer