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Pathfinder Module J5: Beyond the Vault of Souls (OGL)

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A journey-based adventure for 9th-level characters

Magical soul gems have been stolen from the secret vault of the goddess of death and scattered across the planes. Some want these gems to unlock the secrets of the multiverse. Others want them for personal power. Still others want them to resurrect a fallen deity. As the god of oblivion looms near, can the PCs retrieve the gems from their new owners in time to save their world?

Beyond the Vault of Souls is a planar adventure for 9th-level characters, compatible with the 3.5 edition of the world's oldest roleplaying game. Within you'll visit the Eternal City of Axis, brave the dangers of the Abyss, and match wits with the torturer daemons of Abaddon.

This adventure is set in the Outer Sphere of the Pathfinder Chronicles campaign setting, but can easily be placed in the strange planes and dimensions of any game world. It can be used on its own or enhanced with information from Pathfinder Chronicles: The Great Beyond—A Guide to the Multiverse.

Written by Colin McComb.

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3/5 —

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I ran (part of) Beyond the Vault of Souls in my "Roots of Golarion" campaign that integrated a bunch of 3.5-era adventures. The group only made it through the first couple parts before the campaign went on hiatus, and we decided to pick back up with something else. That shouldn't be seen as a criticism of the module itself. Reading through it carefully for the purposes of this review, I can say I really like how it fleshes out some interesting locations that could be reused for future adventures. The overall plot is interesting, but the problem is akin to that identified by Amy Farrah Fowler about the first Indiana Jones movie: the story would end in exactly the same way with if Indy (or here, the PCs) never participated at all. There's also a sort of metaphysical/philosophical complaint I have with how the module (or perhaps, by extension, the setting) treats atheists, which I'll get to in the spoilers section. And a last general note is that this is not an easy adventure to run--a GM should set aside a lot of prep time, as there are a lot of NPCs and the story can unfold in some different ways (which is a good thing, of course).

In terms of aesthetics, the cover art is pretty cool, and you can't go wrong with a giant demon crumpling Valeros' sword like it was made out of tin. The interior maps are really attractive, but for the purposes of encounters, a GM would need a *lot* of grid space--just an FYI for the old-fashioned tabletop gamers among us. The interior artwork is a real mixed bag, with the artwork for locations pretty good and atmospheric, but the artwork for NPCs very far from current Paizo standards.

SPOILERS!:

Beyond the Vault of Souls is one of those adventures that really ups the stakes. Not only are the PCs fighting to save a town, or even a country, or even all of Golarion, but to save the entire multiverse! (I guess the writer had a "go big or go home" mentality.) The premise of the adventure is that in Pharasma's Vault of Souls sits the hardened and crystalline souls of mortal atheists awaiting oblivion. These souls are ironically crucial to repelling the skeleton moon of Groetus from crashing into the Spire of the Boneyard, the event that will end all of existence. But someone has been stealing these soul gems, and if they're not returned soon, the entire multiverse could be destroyed! A couple of problems immediately present themselves to me with this premise. First, the adventure doesn't seem to really understand atheists, and how their beliefs would carry over into a fantasy setting where it's pretty obvious that magic, the supernatural, and other planes exist. They very well might believe that super powerful beings called "gods" exist, but that that doesn't make them worthy of worship. Second, an adventure writer has to always envision what happens if the PCs fail. In a novel or movie, the stakes can be as high as the author wants, because they control the outcome--but in an adventure, the stakes can't be so high that the entire campaign (and campaign setting!) is erased on a failure. Even the six-part adventure paths never have stakes that high. Unfortunately, the way the module deals with that problem is by making the PCs' actions irrelevant--everything turns out just fine whether the the PCs fail, succeed, or never turn up at all.

The module starts with the PCs in the Cheliaxian city of Westcrown. Why exactly they're in that specific city is something the GM will have to figure out, as the module doesn't provide any hooks beyond the most generic "maybe they're there to meet someone or researching something" advice. The PCs are contacted by Taibhill the Mystic, a cleric of Pharasma, who explains he's received a vision from his goddess that instructed him to contact the PCs specifically to help retrieve the stolen soul gems (though he doesn't explain why they're important). He does offer them a pretty good incentive: a free resurrection in the future. Taibhill points the PCs in the direction of a local Westcrown wizard named Khandescus Leroung. Khandescus has got his hands on three of the soul gems and is researching them in his tower. The PCs can persuad Khandescus to hand over the gems, but he explains he'll need to remove several magical wards he's set up to guard them, and that will take some time. He instructs the group to wait in a nearby tavern while he does so. In a very dramatic scene, the PCs see several masked wizards assaulting Khandescus' tower before there's a huge explosion. Rushing to the scene, they find a badly-wounded Khandescus who says the attackers set off his wards, which scattered the gems to various locations in the Outer Sphere. He conveniently opens a portal for the group to Axis, saying someone there named Torleinn will help them. Frankly, I'd be surprised if most groups actually go wait patiently in the inn as instructed so that the cut-scene can take place as planned. Most GMs will need to improvise here.

In Axis, the PCs meet Torleinn (an exiled Chelish wizard) in Norgorber's domain. She explains that the PCs need to head to Pharasma's domain to speak with the Keepers of the Vault (the ones charged with securing the soul gems from theft) because they're frantic to get the stolen soul gems back. There, a Keeper provides the group with a magical map that shows the location of the three gems across the multiverse (the Abyss, Abaddon, and a location that's initially unclear) and says that by touching the location, the PCs will be magically teleported there. It's ad hoc and suspiciously convenient magic, but I won't quibble. Neither the Keeper nor anyone else will have told the PCs why getting the missing soul gems back is so important. Another thing the PCs initially don't know is that another group is also pursuing the gems. The Children of the Reborn Glory believe that each gem contains a fragment of Aroden's soul, and that if they're all brought to particular place and a particular ritual is performed, the dead god will live again. The PCs will encounter the Children at multiple points in the adventure (and in the climax), and they can be enemies or allies.

When the PCs head to the Abyss, it may be different than they're expecting. Instead of a terrible wasteland, they'll arrive at a demon town called Taste of Anguish. It's actually a safer place than one might think, as I guess the demons want to encourage trade (!) and so visitors are welcome. I have to admit I never thought demons would have things like settlements, but the location is well-described and interesting, and it's a place GMs could use in the future. The soul gem is being guarded by an enhanced vrock named Tarigwydin the Upstart. Getting this gem should be relatively straightforward and easy. As an aside, I can't help pointing out there's a CR 30 vrock-like demon in the town! This fellow, Aahtsil, is apparently a historian of the demonic race. I've never seen Aahtsil referred to in any other Pathfinder product, but I wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley when he's in a bad mood.

The search for the soul gem on Abaddon is likely to be longer and move involved. The PCs appear at a sort of fortress/laboratory called The Cauldron. Again, some really nice flavour has been provided for it. This is a fifteen-room, multi-level dungeon crawl with foes like hydrodaemons, wraiths, and water elementals. The gem-holder here is a soul-gem-enhanced "meladaemon" (a new creature given a full write-up in an appendix). This is a hard encounter, and there's a lot the PCs need to contend with beside the "boss"--a machine oozing a nasty disease, a potentially deadly scythe trap, and worst of all, a "soul-fed golem" that, if it kills a PC, there's a 50% chance even a wish or miracle couldn't bring them back (and there are no retries if the attempt fails)! However, the PCs might not be on their own, as there are several opportunities to free prisoners held in the Cauldron, and they might join in the fight. It's likely to be a complicated sequence with so many moving parts, so a GM really needs to prepare well for it.

After the first two missing soul gems are recovered, the location of the third one becomes clear: it's back on Axis! The final part of the adventure has the PCs presumably interrupting a ceremony by the Children of the Reborn Glory to use soul gems to bring Aroden back. The complication here is that the Children are split into three different factions, each with a fully-statted NPC leader and several underlings, and the factions will inevitably try to betray one another during the ceremony. How this all plays out is very open-ended. The PCs may discover the cause of it all: a keketar protean named Song of Poison who first spread the idea of using the soul gems as a source of power so that they'd be stolen and order would unravel. Unfortunately for Song of Poison, he got it wrong and even if all the soul gems are destroyed in the ritual, the resulting portal to the Maelstrom is easily sealed by some axiomite soldiers. So, in retrospect, there was never really any danger to begin with, and Pharasma shouldn't have wasted her time giving the visions to Taibhill the Mystic, who shouldn't have wasted his time enlisting the PCs' aid, who shouldn't have wasted their time plane-hopping to get the soul gems back. As an existentialist, I'm all for the absurdity of existence and the ultimate futility of any endeavour, but I don't think that's the theme the author was trying to go for here.

All in all, Beyond the Vault of Souls is a mixed bag. The plot doesn't hold up well to scrutiny and it's a real bear to prepare. On the other hand, I do like the flavourful descriptions of several places in the Outer Realms and it provides a manageable way to get the PCs out on some planar adventures. I'm going to mix the highs with the lows and settle on average.

Great ideas, sketchy execution

2/5 —

There are a lot of big, neat concepts here; it may be worth buying as an idea source. Some good description, too. But it reads more like an outline than a worked-out adventure. This is especially problematic in part I where I almost have the impression that the PCs are supposed to sit on their hands rather than attempting to complete their mission.

The only part that is really worked out is the large multi-faction battle at the end, which would be excruciatingly difficult to run; and even here, if you approach it as a political problem, there's not enough material on the factions. (If you approach it as a fight, frankly, it's probably best for the PCs if they nuke all three factions indiscriminately, at which point the complex situation hardly matters.)

The module also indulges itself in a lot of heavy-handed NPC pushing of the PCs. It is not really a good idea to say "This NPC is too powerful for the PCs to fight, therefore they won't even try, therefore no stats are needed." Players don't tend to like this, and sometimes the hapless GM *will* need some stats. While you could argue that the PCs should be more careful, frankly if I were a careful PC I would refuse this assignment, as it seems well above the pay grade of the 9th-10th level PCs it is supposed to be for. So the PCs must be bold enough to do this, but lose that boldness at key moments--a difficult line to walk for both players and GMs.

I'm not entirely sorry I bought it, but I can't run it. Parts II and III might work tucked into some other adventure, if I ever need a short scenario set on those planes.

Not as good as I hoped

2/5 —

The two big planar trips are quite similar and the cool new planar stuff the players get to mess with only makes the "boss" stronger. Not fun! Also the final battle is a nightmare to run. Finally there are a lot of monsters you will need to sub out unless you have Tome of Horrors as the stat blocks are not complete, giving only HP, CR and a page reference.

There is a lot of nice ideas to expand the scope of the adventure though - kudos for this!

We need more Planar stuff!!!

5/5 —

Amazing adventure. 32-pages of 3-4 session gaming. Planescape author with just as much psycodellic planar stuff as you remember from the good old days. A little effort on the DM side to make it run smoothly. Oh, for sake, just grab it.

Paizo! We want more planar stuff!!! Keep em coming!

A great Planescape module :)

5/5 —

Written by one of the authors of the Planescape setting line, this module is the first planar adventure in the Paizo lineup.

"Beyond the Vault of Souls" features everything that made Planescape unique and vibrant, with dimensional travel, dead gods, daemons, demons, philosophy and strange answers to weird questions.

It's not a dungeon crawl and it's not an urban intrigue. There's a strong feel of other-worldiness and mystery. The are no philosophy clubs here, only philosophers with clubs. No Modrons sadly, curse you Sorcerers at the Bay !

All in all, if you are a Planescape fan and/or you are looking for an unique adventure, this one is a keeper. Not up everyone's alley, but certainly up mine. Excuse me, there is a keketar protean in my garden and he sings his song of ten thousands poisons. Ohhh yes, Planescape is back.

SERIOUS NOTE (really): This module pretty much expects the DM to have access to Paizo's The Great Beyond and Necromancer Games' Tome of Horrors Revised. Which is okay, as both books are all kinds of awesome.

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Nice. Been looking forward to a Pathfinder-Planescape adventure.
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The Desctription wrote:
From the vault of the gods in the planar nexus of Axis, to the fields of Elysium where righteous heroes battle endlessly even in death, and on past the gates of Hell itself, the PCs must race through portal after portal to recover the lost souls before sinister outsiders can beat them to the prize.

You know, maybe it's just me but that description seems awfully ambitious for 32 pages. I'm not doubting it's possible, but you describe three planes there as well as where the players start, that's gotta be a lot of maps. and encounters.

Either way, I'm really looking forward to this. some of my players fondest memories are when I bounced them around Planes and Demiplanes.
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Colin McComb...of Birthright fame? I haven't seen anything from him in years, but look forward to checking this one out.

This module looks like its got a huge amount of potential and is one of the ones I'm really looking forward to. The J series has been pretty solid so far. Quick question for anyone in the know are the planes mentioned above the only ones the PCs will visit or will there be more as well?
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Cheddar Bearer wrote:
Quick question for anyone in the know are the planes mentioned above the only ones the PCs will visit or will there be more as well?

Given that we've seen adventures and product descriptions change pretty drastically between announcement, development and release, I'd say that anything here is subject to alteration down the road. I imagine we'll know more specifics when it's closer to coming out or after it's on the shelves (to avoid spoilers and all).

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Davelozzi wrote:
Colin McComb...of Birthright fame? I haven't seen anything from him in years, but look forward to checking this one out.

Yes, of Birthright and Planescape, my buddy, Colin. :)

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Cheddar Bearer wrote:
This module looks like its got a huge amount of potential and is one of the ones I'm really looking forward to. The J series has been pretty solid so far. Quick question for anyone in the know are the planes mentioned above the only ones the PCs will visit or will there be more as well?

I'm not certain the planes in the description are precisely all those in the module -they're included among possibly more- but that's not my question to answer. Sean or Colin can say more.

That said, it rocks to have Colin writing something planar again.

True it is a bit early to tell what the final content will be, regardless it sounds like a great theme for an adventure. Thanks for the answers guys.

32 pages for multi-planar travel?
I guess there will be Campaign Chronicles and maybe Pathfinder Companions to supplement this adventure, but still... 32 pages!
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Sean K Reynolds wrote:
Davelozzi wrote:
Colin McComb...of Birthright fame? I haven't seen anything from him in years, but look forward to checking this one out.
Yes, of Birthright and Planescape, my buddy, Colin. :)

Birthright was my favorite 2nd Ed. setting, and Planescape second favorite. I'm looking forward to this product. A dream come true would be an resurrection of Birthright. Is there any possibility for Paizo to make that dream come true?

nightflier wrote:
Sean K Reynolds wrote:
Davelozzi wrote:
Colin McComb...of Birthright fame? I haven't seen anything from him in years, but look forward to checking this one out.
Yes, of Birthright and Planescape, my buddy, Colin. :)
Birthright was my favorite 2nd Ed. setting, and Planescape second favorite. I'm looking forward to this product. A dream come true would be an resurrection of Birthright. Is there any possibility for Paizo to make that dream come true?

i'll beg that'll work.................

Scarab Sages
elf_in_boots wrote:

32 pages for multi-planar travel?

I guess there will be Campaign Chronicles and maybe Pathfinder Companions to supplement this adventure, but still... 32 pages!

I think this is what you would be looking for:

The Great Beyond - Guide to the Multiverse

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nightflier wrote:
Sean K Reynolds wrote:
Davelozzi wrote:
Colin McComb...of Birthright fame? I haven't seen anything from him in years, but look forward to checking this one out.
Yes, of Birthright and Planescape, my buddy, Colin. :)
Birthright was my favorite 2nd Ed. setting, and Planescape second favorite. I'm looking forward to this product. A dream come true would be an resurrection of Birthright. Is there any possibility for Paizo to make that dream come true?

Birthright is owned by Wizards. I don't think they have any interest in bringing it back as a full setting, or licensing it for other companies to develop.

That said, who knows what the future holds? We have some interesting things bouncing around Ideas For Future Product Land, one of them may end up like BR.

sounds very very cool
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MerrikCale wrote:
sounds very very cool

If I may say so myself, it is. :)

It is heading out for playtesting right now, and I am overall very happy with it. We'll see my reaction when Sean's done "developing" it - we might also say he'll be "taking a chainsaw" to it.

I'm incredibly honored to have been asked to write this, and I hope everyone has as much fun playing it as I did writing it.

-Colin
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Davelozzi wrote:
Colin McComb...of Birthright fame? I haven't seen anything from him in years, but look forward to checking this one out.

No Colin McComb of PLANESCAPE fame!

I'm really looking forward to this one. Paizo, you guys are awesome!

Holy shit, haven't seen this yet. Consider it bought.
Liberty's Edge
Colin McComb wrote:
MerrikCale wrote:
sounds very very cool

If I may say so myself, it is. :)

It is heading out for playtesting right now, and I am overall very happy with it. We'll see my reaction when Sean's done "developing" it - we might also say he'll be "taking a chainsaw" to it.

I'm incredibly honored to have been asked to write this, and I hope everyone has as much fun playing it as I did writing it.

-Colin

Colin,

It is great to see you on the boards. Hopefully we will see more of you and (better yet) more products from you!
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Mr Baron wrote:


Colin,

It is great to see you on the boards. Hopefully we will see more of you and (better yet) more products from you!

Thanks! I don't know if I'm allowed to say anything about any potential new products or anything, so I'll say, "yeah, me too!", and maybe make a cryptic wink or something.

Paizo Employee Chief Creative Officer, Publisher

Colin McComb is the very first professional game designer I ever worked with, as he referenced some of my notes on the AD&D Abyss for his excellent Planescape book, FACES OF EVIL: THE FIENDS.

That is, incidentally, the first D&D book in which I received a name credit, which was a HUGE deal to me at the time.

Colin is a class act, and I think the Planescape line sticks out as a silver lining of Second Edition (which was mostly cloud) in large part because of Colin's writing.

I am thrilled to be working with him on a Pathfinder product.

And we'd be thrilled to work with him on more of them. :)
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Cheddar Bearer wrote:
This module looks like its got a huge amount of potential and is one of the ones I'm really looking forward to. The J series has been pretty solid so far. Quick question for anyone in the know are the planes mentioned above the only ones the PCs will visit or will there be more as well?

The module focuses on a site in the Abyss, a site in Abaddon (Grey Wastes), and a border town that may well be in the Outlands. There are side notes that a DM could easily spin into several others.

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apexut wrote:
Cheddar Bearer wrote:
This module looks like its got a huge amount of potential and is one of the ones I'm really looking forward to. The J series has been pretty solid so far. Quick question for anyone in the know are the planes mentioned above the only ones the PCs will visit or will there be more as well?
The module focuses on a site in the Abyss, a site in Abaddon (Grey Wastes), and a border town that may well be in the Outlands. There are side notes that a DM could easily spin into several others.

I should add that my original thought was to have about eight planes until I was rightly convinced that I could hardly do justice to any of them in that limited amount of space. I trimmed it back, and then discovered I was over by about 10,000 words (approximately 16 pages).

Hell and Elysium will have to wait - but the way the adventure is set up, you can have side quests and attachments to this adventure without disturbing the overall flow. If you'll pardon my saying so, it's... ahem... modular.
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Erik Mona wrote:

Colin McComb is the very first professional game designer I ever worked with, as he referenced some of my notes on the AD&D Abyss for his excellent Planescape book, FACES OF EVIL: THE FIENDS.

That is, incidentally, the first D&D book in which I received a name credit, which was a HUGE deal to me at the time.

Colin is a class act, and I think the Planescape line sticks out as a silver lining of Second Edition (which was mostly cloud) in large part because of Colin's writing.

I am thrilled to be working with him on a Pathfinder product.

And we'd be thrilled to work with him on more of them. :)

In case the credits for Faces of Evil weren't specific enough, I would like to reiterate that Erik's notes on the Abyss were incredible, and that I had many thought-provoking discussions with him about the nature of evil. FoE would not have been nearly as good without his input, and I was/am delighted to see him become a superstar in the industry.

There. That should satisfy the mutual admiration society. :D
Liberty's Edge

I will take that as we should expect more from Colin, which is very good news ;)

Without a doubt, Planescape sticks out as a cutting edge product from the 2nd ed days, and Colin was one of key writers of that product line.

As an aside, it seems that every writer from earlier editions of D&D that I wonder what happened to, pops up as a contributor for Paizo. I am hopeful that there will be more of these "old timers" making appearances as writers for the Pathfinder line up.

The blog preview on this module has impressed me more than any module to date. Anybody else feelin' it or am I just succumbing to the advanced stages of fandom?
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Mairkurion {tm} wrote:
The blog preview on this module has impressed me more than any module to date. Anybody else feelin' it or am I just succumbing to the advanced stages of fandom?

I've read the rough draft, and trust me, it's awesome. :D

Mairkurion {tm} wrote:
The blog preview on this module has impressed me more than any module to date. Anybody else feelin' it or am I just succumbing to the advanced stages of fandom?

I thought exactly the same thing. I read it, sat back, and said "woah, that's gonna be pretty cool!" I had to re-read it to believe this was just a module.

The line of J-series awesomeness continues!

I missed out on Planescape, so I hope this adventure will give me a feel for some of what I missed. I love the premise, and I can't wait to see how it works.
Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

I've updated the cover and description to match the finished product.
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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

I love how you did the title of the book on the cover.

Todd Stewart dropped a little hint that some more daemons would be showing up soon.

Are there any in this module?
vagrant-poet wrote:

Todd Stewart dropped a little hint that some more daemons would be showing up soon.

Are there any in this module?

"Well, I don't exist in this cosmology, but for the moment I'll be Trelmarixian the Black's press secretary. And on behalf of my syrupy employer the Lord of Wasting, I can answer that one with an emphatic yes since the module takes place partly inside of his native plane.

Trelmarixian will make some appearance as an alt on the boards at some stage once there's an appropriate picture for an avatar."

*daemonic grin*
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/boot

Get outta here, you sly fox!
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Cheddar Bearer wrote:
This module looks like its got a huge amount of potential and is one of the ones I'm really looking forward to. The J series has been pretty solid so far. Quick question for anyone in the know are the planes mentioned above the only ones the PCs will visit or will there be more as well?

Ir was a hoot to playtest! I think you guys will like it a lot.

Dark Archive

Just wondering if there has been a delay on this product? I thought it would have started shipping to subsribers by now (email said a week on the 25th of june)
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Kevin Mack wrote:
Just wondering if there has been a delay on this product? I thought it would have started shipping to subsribers by now (email said a week on the 25th of june)

Delivery to our warehouse has been delayed... we're now anticipating arrival on Monday.

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Vic Wertz wrote:
Kevin Mack wrote:
Just wondering if there has been a delay on this product? I thought it would have started shipping to subsribers by now (email said a week on the 25th of june)
Delivery to our warehouse has been delayed... we're now anticipating arrival on Monday.

Dude, I'm stircrazy waiting to see how the artwork on the interior turned out.

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Vic Wertz wrote:


Delivery to our warehouse has been delayed... we're now anticipating arrival on Monday.

So uh I guess it's been delayed a bit more then?

Dark Archive

bump
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We're awaiting word from the trucking company.
Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer
Vic Wertz wrote:

We're awaiting word from the trucking company.

They're shooting for tomorrow. We have heard that before, of course... but maybe this time it's for real.

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I want this, but I don't... It is so close to full PFRPG, that I don't really want to up convert ): I know releases are planned way out and commissions commissioned well in advance, but shucks, I'm a lazy GM...
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Galnörag wrote:
I want this, but I don't... It is so close to full PFRPG, that I don't really want to up convert ): I know releases are planned way out and commissions commissioned well in advance, but shucks, I'm a lazy GM...

Well, it is backwards compatible. And anything straight from the MM will most likely just be a reference to a page number. So you can refer to the Bestiary in September instead. You'd only "need" to convert any NPCs with class levels and perhaps some skill checks or traps depending what they are and how the skill in question changed from 3.5 to PFRPG. Having not read the adventure yet, I can't say how much it would lean to one extreme of ease of conversion to the other, though.

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There's nothing in here that would require you to expend any effort converting. If you really wanted to, you could add a couple of feats to the high-HD "bosses" of each section to account for the change in the number of feats creatures get, but if you don't, no biggie.
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber

Just downloaded and glanced through - Wow! This is going to be one cool adventure!!

At first glance, the artwork is stunning, and wonderfully evocative of the multitude of very different settings that are present. Kudos art director!
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By the way, Colin realized about halfway through designing this that he was going to be WAY over if he included a chapter about Elysium, so we decided to cut it. Now he's finishing it up and he and I are going to self-publish it as an inexpensive tie-in PDF encounter site. :)
Sean K Reynolds wrote:
By the way, Colin realized about halfway through designing this that he was going to be WAY over if he included a chapter about Elysium, so we decided to cut it. Now he's finishing it up and he and I are going to self-publish it as an inexpensive tie-in PDF encounter site. :)

Sounds cool! Consider it sold to me!

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Sean K Reynolds wrote:
By the way, Colin realized about halfway through designing this that he was going to be WAY over if he included a chapter about Elysium, so we decided to cut it. Now he's finishing it up and he and I are going to self-publish it as an inexpensive tie-in PDF encounter site. :)

Having read over it, that's awesome that it's not going to waste on the editorial desktop recycle bin.

Shame the thanodaemon working for Charon couldn't make it in either.
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Sean K Reynolds wrote:
By the way, Colin realized about halfway through designing this that he was going to be WAY over if he included a chapter about Elysium, so we decided to cut it. Now he's finishing it up and he and I are going to self-publish it as an inexpensive tie-in PDF encounter site. :)

rawk on!!!

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