A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st to 5th level characters (Tiers: 1–2, 4–5).
Skelg the Ripper, envoy from the Land of the Linnorm Kings, lies wasting in his villa on the outskirts of Absalom. A frigid curse followed Skelg from his northern homeland and grips his bearish heart in its frosty embrace. As the bizarre freezing ailment pushes Skelg to the brink of death, the Society dispatches you and your fellow Pathfinders to uncover the secrets of the freezing curse before Absalom falls to its icy grip.
Written by Craig Shackleton
This scenario is designed for play in Pathfinder Society Organized Play, but can easily be adapted for use with any world. This scenario is compliant with the Open Game License (OGL) and is suitable for use with the 3.5 edition of the world’s most popular fantasy roleplaying game.
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Quite honestly, I don't think I can say anything new or original having read what Douglas Hirt wrote in his review, he covered it perfectly!
"I too played in 3 of the Pathfinder Society adventures at Gencon and this one was by far the best. It had a deep story with a good mix of roleplay, combat, and puzzle-solving including a very interesting moral dilema or two thrown in to push it over the top in my mind."
And yes, it was our group's (4 Pennsylvanian folks) favorite of the 3 modules we ran through as well. We were all glad we ran through this one first as it was inspiring and left us anxiously anticipating the other 2 adventures we had signed up for.
I too played in 3 of the Pathfinder Society adventures at Gencon and this one was by far the best. It had a deep story with a good mix of roleplay, combat, and puzzle-solving including a very interesting moral dilema or two thrown in to push it over the top in my mind. I was also fortunate enough to play at the table Craig was running and I thoroughly enjoyed the entire experience.
I likewise played this at GenCon. All four Pathfinder Society adventures were enjoyable, but I have to say that this one stood out. If you want a good taste of Pathfinder flavor, this is your adventure. The author did a fine job of combining an intriguing story, balanced combats, and controversy making for excellent role-play opportunities. Really, my hat is off to the entire Paizo staff for the thought and effort they have put into this endeavor. Great fun!
EDIT: I've run this scenario 8-9 times now and it's still one of my favorites. A great part of this is it has pleasing campaign world flavor loosely based on real European history & culture. It smacks of authenticity and an author that has done his homework. The players have several opportunities to resolve encounters without combat, which is a nice touch. I'm bumping this one to five stars based on how I feel after running 100+ tables of Pathfinder Society scenarios.
I played in this adventure at Gencon and it was the best event that I attended. The overall storyline was detailed and well conceived. Craig Shackleton does an excellent job of creating an intricate and enthralling adventure. A good mix of story, investigation and battle.
I can't wait until I have Internets at home so I can pick these up. Does anyone know approximately how many pages each of these adventures are? Either way, $3.99 seems like a pretty affordable price!
I can't wait until I have Internets at home so I can pick these up. Does anyone know approximately how many pages each of these adventures are? Either way, $3.99 seems like a pretty affordable price!
this one's 16. but three pages are dedicated to cover, small print and socitey submission form. and 2 pages are the faction handout, so 11 pages of adventure. and it's worth every last penny.
I can't wait until I have Internets at home so I can pick these up. Does anyone know approximately how many pages each of these adventures are? Either way, $3.99 seems like a pretty affordable price!
this one's 16. but three pages are dedicated to cover, small print and socitey submission form. and 2 pages are the faction handout, so 11 pages of adventure. and it's worth every last penny.
Excellent, thanks! I can't wait to run these scenarios. I am incredibly envious of all the people that got to play at GenCon! I'm going to have to try to make it out next year for sure.
Also, Craig, will you be writing more scenarios for PFS? Or is this the only one for now?
I hope to be writing more of these, and I hope I've made a good impression on the folks at Paizo with this one. I'm not sure how far ahead they have writers working already, but as of right now I am not scheduled to write another one. There are a lot of them coming out this year though, so maybe I'll get the chance!
I had an absolute blast running this adventure at GenCon. Don't forget that the adventures are tiered for levels 1 & 2 and levels 4 & 5. :)
i still don't get the tier 4 and 5 part. is it for people who choose not to run it now, but come back later when they're a higher level? or can people choose to start higher? since they get 1xp per adventure and level up in 3xp, they can only be level 2.33 assuming they run all 4.
All of the adventures for the next while will be tier 1-2 or 4-5. you can play them in any order, so theoretically, someone could play the upcoming adventures first and then these ones later, allowing the to play the higher tier version.
I played this on Friday at Strategicon's Gateway 2008 in Los Angeles, and it was FUN! I played a bard, and was worried beforehand that I would be underpowered and wouldn't be able to do anything useful because I wasn't a "core class" (Ft, Wiz/Sor, Cl, Rg), but I needn't have worried. Our group rocked!
Overall, these PS adventures are the perfect length, with just the right number of encounters. Our group played two (Frozen Fingers and Silent Tide) and there were no "dull spots" where the action bogged down or we had no clue what to do next. Excellent writing all around! And atmospheric too!
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Played this at GenConUK and had a blast (although that might have been due to having an Ulfen character and so being able to come up with all sorts of weird Nordic curses and insults while talking to Skeld). Very well done adventure (although they all were).
I hope to be writing more of these, and I hope I've made a good impression on the folks at Paizo with this one. I'm not sure how far ahead they have writers working already, but as of right now I am not scheduled to write another one. There are a lot of them coming out this year though, so maybe I'll get the chance!
Needed to do a bit of story editing- Skelg wrote a letter to the Adril asking for help, but failed to mention he was being held captive. Since that makes no sense, I mentioned that the letter went out before Bengierr's men came back to make sure he died in bed.
I played this in 2008 with Craig as DM at GenCon. I lost the character after the con and just found it. I'm going to use it and I cant find the chronicle sheet. Can someone tell me how to acquire a chronicle sheet from 8 years ago OR how much gold I would have earned at 1st level?