So, is planning a game day to play this on October 4th a good idea or a bad idea? That is, how reliable is the release date for this?
I would like to see these Pathfinder Society Scenarios available free to Pathfinder Sunscribers. Especially Superscribers.
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I would like to see these Pathfinder Society Scenarios available free to Pathfinder Sunscribers. Especially Superscribers.
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I wouldn't go that far. Paizo needs to pay for these to get made, after all, and they're quite cheap if you think of the page count and quality production values etc. Though I'm a fellow Charter Superscriber like yourself, I don't begrudge Paizo making a small profit on these. Even if you finished one in an evening's session, that's a small price to pay. Like renting a movie.
However, if we Charter Superscribers were to, say, receive a discount on them...I wouldn't complain ;-)
Nice avatar choice. You're either a Downer fan like myself, or a Drow fan (that works too). If the former, we need to put the pressure on Paizo to do something really important. Like print the 2nd volume of those Downer strips...
I would like to see these Pathfinder Society Scenarios available free to Pathfinder Sunscribers. Especially Superscribers.
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I wouldn't go that far. Paizo needs to pay for these to get made, after all, and they're quite cheap if you think of the page count and quality production values etc. Though I'm a fellow Charter Superscriber like yourself, I don't begrudge Paizo making a small profit on these. Even if you finished one in an evening's session, that's a small price to pay. Like renting a movie.
However, if we Charter Superscribers were to, say, receive a discount on them...I wouldn't complain ;-)
Nice avatar choice. You're either a Downer fan like myself, or a Drow fan (that works too). If the former, we need to put the pressure on Paizo to do something really important. Like print the 2nd volume of those Downer strips...
Both, and I think there were like only 8 avatars available when I picked it out ;-)
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I would like to see these Pathfinder Society Scenarios available free to Pathfinder Sunscribers. Especially Superscribers.
ASEO out
We still have to pay the authors, cartographers, and artists (as well as the developers, editors, and graphic designers) responsible for the production of the scenarios. Given we're releasing 28 a year and that these take work to produce, there is no way we could just give them away for free.
Rather, we set a low price point to make them accessible.
We still have to pay the authors, cartographers, and artists (as well as the developers, editors, and graphic designers) responsible for the production of the scenarios. Given we're releasing 28 a year and that these take work to produce, there is no way we could just give them away for free.Rather, we set a low price point to make them accessible.
I just thought it would be a nice feature for superscribers who are already investing on the Pathfinder game. but I can see how an extra $100 a year can make a difference in spending on both sides of the table.
Maybe at some point there can be a complied print edition of the previous years senarios. "Pathfinder Happinings Year X"
I'm much more willing to pay for print editions than I am soley e-copies.
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Can anybody tell me wether this module is easy to convert to PFRPG? Especially the template.
I was under the impression all the Pathfinder scenarios were compatable with the PFRPG.
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Can anybody tell me wether this module is easy to convert to PFRPG? Especially the template.
It shouldn't be hard at all. In fact, I ran this as written for four Pathfinder characters at an unofficial game at GenCon and it was still so challenging that they didn't even finish it, fleeing from the museum with their near-dead comrades in tow. I wouldn't change anything, except maybe using PFRPG stats for any monsters that now exist in updated form (vargouille, snake, ghoul, etc.) Even the template doesn't need any work as far as I can tell.
Great news! Thank you!
So Pathfinder society scenaries aren't set up for use with the Pathfinder RPG? I've only played the once, last gencon...and we played Pathfinder. I'm so very very lost right now...
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So Pathfinder society scenaries aren't set up for use with the Pathfinder RPG? I've only played the once, last gencon...and we played Pathfinder. I'm so very very lost right now...
Before the final Pathfinder RPG rules were out, all PFS scenarios used standard 3.5 rules. So all 28 Season 0 scenarios need minor conversion to the current rules set, but they are mostly compatible since PFRPG is backwards compatible.
So Pathfinder society scenaries aren't set up for use with the Pathfinder RPG? I've only played the once, last gencon...and we played Pathfinder. I'm so very very lost right now...
To be specifically clear:
Scenarios #1 through #28 were designed using 3.5. They are compatible with Pathfinder RPG and need nothing more than a CMB/CMD calculation for each stat block in order to be run under Pathfinder RPG (the current rules set for Pathfinder Society).
Scenarios #29 and up were designed using Pathfinder RPG.
Gotcha....I think I knew that, just got it in my head this was a new adventure (not looking at the numbers, just saw the name and got interested). Thanks for clearing it up guys.
thank you for the tip. any idea where i can find this "template spreadsheet"? i haven't found it via the search function on these boards. :(
Thank you. :)
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Pathfinder Society Scenario #5: Mists of Mwangi has been updated for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Purchasers have access to both 3.5 and Pathfinder RPG editions, but as of today, only the Pathfinder RPG edition is legal for Pathfinder Society organized play.
Anyone who has purchased the 3.5 edition may download the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game edition for free from your My Downloads page.
Anyone who has purchased the 3.5 edition may download the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game edition for free from your My Downloads page.
Thanks very much for not asking me to buy this again for the PfRPG update, especially since I've never gotten around to running it since buying the 3.5 edition. :)
Paizo rocks!
Sozin - I'm showing that you have access to both versions. However, they are likely not directly next to one another, since they were granted on differing days. Your browser's Find function may be helpful.
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I played in the updated version of this at Penguicon 2011. I liked the setting a lot, but there were some problems. If I could rate it, I would give it 3 stars.
We had a party of 4 characters (Clr1, Fig1, Wiz2, Fig1). We *barely* survived the first encounter.
The final encounter was good fun.
In the final analysis, I'd like to see this tweaked a little bit more to accommodate first level characters.
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Sunday my friends joined me to go play a TBD game at PFS. A fellow player and PFS enthusiast RT had come to play but took pity on us and ran Mists of Mwangi for us. I played my dwarven wizard from Cheliax.
This was "Jumanji" and a dangerous "Night at the Museum" all rolled up into one. I really enjoyed this scenario, it was hard in places, and could be bit deadly in others if the entire party failed their rolls, but very rewarding.
Paranoid players are going to have to remember at tier 1-2 not to over think things. Other than some RIDICULOUS spot checks required to find an item, the rest just requires you to use a calm rational approach. Course that's that's easier said than done, with dark mists full of crazies and poo flinging primates!
I give this scenario a solid 4 out of 5 stars fun fun fun! Again thanks to RT (prolly stands for REAL TEXAN) for running this for us all.
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This was the first scenario I ever ran as a character of my own. I decided to play it risky, and play the 4-5 subtier. Fortunately, I survived. But the final boss...pulled something unexpected that wasn't in the scenario. I was surprised that even though that was stated as a possibility, it didn't occur to the makers of this scenario to make the schematics for said situation.
If that could be rectified somehow, I'm sure others would appreciate it...though I doubt that this is a common occurance lol
All in all, it was a blast however. Gotta love dat curse.
Just finished playing this one at Tier 4-5 and am now running it (as a PbF) at Tier 1-2.
I'm not sure if the "person" is an intentional qualifier of if one would merely be arguing semantics; but raising Da'Tunga as a fast zombie makes a difficult encounter nearly impossible.
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Just downloaded the PF version of it. Didn't realize it'd been updated. Only ever had the 3.5 one.
I have a couple of questions though. Firstly, why does the tier 1-2 version not have the spear listed as treasure? Is it because it's actually jeweled treasure and not a real weapon like the tier 4-5 one? Also, why does the 3.5 version have it listed at 2000 gold but the PF version is only 750?
Ran this just recently and had a couple questions.
The mists provide cover and a stealth bonus in some rooms, does this same bonus and cover apply to all the other rooms where the mist is present? It seems to be the only way to make certain areas even a minor challenge, including the bathroom and final battle.
In the descriptor of the grand hall, "Mock vines cling to the walls and hang from the fifty-foot-high domed ceiling, and huts of grass are strewn about the open area."
Would this count as enough vegetation for the Tik Taan to use Entangle to fill the room?