Disparate Elements, Epic Stories

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

While we're excited for the launch of so many new adventures at Gen Con in a few more weeks, Season 8 cannot be overshadowed with its last two scenarios. Just as the Society has gathered extraordinary tools with which to crack the Untouchable Opal, so too has Season 8 brought together exciting scenarios to explore the elemental planes. Both of these adventures are fitting capstones.

If you haven't heard, in Season 8 we've been preparing to destroy a major artifact, in the process unleashing a long-imprisoned demigod. That demigod's enemies are equally immortal, and they've been none too pleased to learn about the Society's intentions. Fortunately, the Pathfinders have teamed up with an extraplanar operation known as the Concordance of Elements, and together in Pathfinder Society Scenario #8-24: Raid on the Cloudborne Keep they're poised to neutralize one of these enemies before they can become an insurmountable threat. This Tier 5-9 scenario by Sean McGowan takes the PCs on a dangerous mission of infiltration, airships, and skullduggery deep within the Plane of Air, where a recklessly ambitious elemental is assembling an army. Defy the Duchess of All Winds and bring light back to the Elemental Planes in this scenario with a special opportunity for the Silver Crusade faction.

Illustrations by Tom Ventre

Last year we launched our first exclusively seeker-level content in years with the All for Immortality series, and ever since it's been our aim to continue releasing seeker content—not necessarily in extensive series but rather as stand-alone features. For something as monumental as unleashing a demigod on where the Planes of Earth and Fire meet with tectonically unbearable heat, we knew that level 12+ adventurers would be the right choice. Season finales are difficult, and high-level content is difficult. Fortunately, we also had Robert Brookes (caught him between Aethera projects, which you should also check out) ready to tackle this challenge. He delivered. Pathfinder Society Scenario #8-25: Unleashing the Untouchable is a Tier 12-15 adventure that showcases both your powerful PCs' strengths as well as the serious ramifications that accompany any mortals' efforts to revise the setting's extended pantheon. You won't want to miss it.

As a production update for Gen Con adventures, we're making great progress. As I write this, we're running our final passes on most of the Starfinder Society adventures, which should be ready to distribute to Gen Con's Starfinder Society GMs at the end of the week. Likewise, most of our Pathfinder Society adventures are nearing completion, and we'll be delivering those to the convention's GMs next week.

John Compton
Organized Play Lead Developer