Pathfinder Module: Master of the Fallen Fortress (PFRPG)

Cover art.

Sweet! Thanks, Ravenmantle.

Awesome cover art on this one!

Hm... is that the iconic oracle there?

Yes it is and she's looking awesome. Can't wait to see the witch getting some love. :)

Opens mouth...closes mouth.

Nice cover art, and more importantly, congrats, Rob!

I hope you managed to squeeze in some monkey-goblins . . .

Correct! Your FLGS *MUST* register with us and pay the minimum of $60 to participate. The charge pays for the shipping of the product, collating, boxes and promo material we put together for them for the event.

Again, the key is that your FLGS has to be the one to sign up...we cannot force them to give us $60...but, we have found that stores sign up fast if even only a few of their known customers ask them to participate.

Best,
Aldo

gigglestick wrote:

I run ROTR at my FLGS right now. So how can we arrange to get this for the free RPG day...etc.

Typically, I think your FLGS has to register with the Free RPG Day people first. Then, they get a shipment of whatever products the publishers provided for it...including Paizo's adventure.

Yes, and we send the kits out two weeks in advance to the stores for two reasons:

1) The below! (so GMs can get early to prep)
2) Just to make sure everyone gets theirs in time.

Best,
Aldo

Last year I coordinated with my FLGS to run a demo using the Bonus Bestiary on Free-RPG Day, and they got me a copy of the book early so I had a chance to look it over and prepare. Sadly, mine was the only demo people were running and no one wanted to stick around to play it. They just got their free swag and left. But my suggestion would be to talk to your FLGS as soon as possible, see if they can start posting notices about the game that'll be run that day and also see if they'll get you a copy to prep with as soon as they receive their shipment.

Will people who play this on Free RPG Day get PFS credit for playing this?

Yes. It has a chronicle sheet on the last page. Keep in mind that only brand new level 1 PCs can play this adventure--it's our first Tier 1 adventure (no sub-Tiers).

And the only opportunity for a 1st level PC to get a +4 vorpal greatsword.

And the only opportunity for a 1st level PC to get a +4 vorpal greatsword.

I don't remember putting one of those in, yoda...

I added it in development.

Will there be plenty of copies of this module for sale or do we need to be on the Paizo site at 12:01am to get one?

Unfortunately the GS I go to isn't local, nor is it participating in Free RPG day, so I'm going to have to pay to get this.

Is it time Free RPG Day yet? :)

Will there be plenty of copies of this module for sale or do we need to be on the Paizo site at 12:01am to get one?

There should be plenty here on paizo.com. Every year, we print the same amount to sell here on the site and only the first year's "Hollow's Last Hope" has sold out. We still have "Revenge of the Kobold King" from two years ago and of course the "Bonus Bestiary" from last year. So I wouldn't worry if you aren't here at 12:01 am. :)

-Lisa

Curses! I will be camping on a mountain at 9,000 feet with no iternet access for 7 days when this becomes available.

anyone happen to know who the artist for the cover is?

Tyler Walpole (credit to Ravenmantle for the link at the top of this page).

yoda8myhead wrote:

I like that it will "serve as an introduction to the Pathfinder Society Organized Play" though I'm curious how that will work.

It will function as a Tier 1 scenario, meaning it's only for beginning 1st level PCs and has no level range. The back inside cover is a chronicle sheet and anyone who plays through it can use that chronicle sheet to get their character in Pathfinder Society started. This allows us to effectively run Pathfinder Society events at every Free RPG Day store and gives us an introductory adventure for Pathfinder Society that can be downloaded for free and played anywhere.

It won't have faction missions or prestige award, though it will have the typical +1 XP and purchasable items off the chronicle sheet. Once the adventure is successfully completed, there's an option to join the Society as both a character and a player and if you do so, that's when you make all of the appropriate choices for your official character.

Hey Josh, I will be running this at the Local Game Shop here on Free RPG day, Quick question, Can I apply this 1XP to a first level character of mine as GM credit?

Yup! :-)

If I want to run this for some family and friends (a sort of "family con", basically an extended home game) do I need to register as a GM beforehand? Or can I join "on the fly" like players can? (As it sounds like above.)

To be clear, you don't need to register as a GM. If you want to sign up for a Pathfinder Society ID # before you run the session, you can. If you want to run the session and then later decide to report it, you'll need a Pathfinder Society ID # in order to create the event and report it and your players will need Society ID #s in order to be part of the reporting.

Hope that helps!

Thanks, Josh! I should have finished reading the GtPFSOP before posting that. 8^)

Congrats, Rob! This looks very cool. So, ready to run a game again?

Please note that thought the FREE PDF will automatically become available at midnight Pacific Time on Monday, the print edition will not be available to order until later in the day (probably sometime before noon).

Josh I am helping a friend make a character for this module right now. As this is an introductory scenario I am not having him pick a faction, but my question is should I have him pick traits or wait until the character joins the society after the adventure and then let him pick 2 traits?

Traits before. Faction after. :-)

Traits before. Faction after. :-)

One problem, faction traits...

If they know what faction they're going to choose, not so much. :-) If not, hold off on that trait. This is a pretty flexible set of circumstances.

I'm kind of dissapointed that the glowing bits for the Oracle( gem in scepter and "mystic writing" ) are blue instead of fiery looking. She is an Oracle of Flame after all... :( Other than that the cover looks awesome!

Blue is a hotter flame than red. :)

on the character download in the oracle section under more oracle mysteries a 'l' is missing from the word oracles

I like the (non-Wayne-Reynolds-iconics*) interior art on this one. It looks almost like cels from an animated series.

*Not that I don't like the Reynolds iconics, just trying to call out the style of the illustrations for the module.

Any link that that Free Pdf?

nevermind, I was thinking the post above meant last monday, not this coming monday...

Picked mine up this morning. looks very cool so far. Erik if you see this Burrell and the big guy (I think his name is Chad) at the Source say hi back.

Me like. Too bad my LGS is not a free RPG day participant.

So the PDF for this is available for free tomorrow?
I hope I haven't missed out....

So the PDF for this is available for free tomorrow?

I hope I haven't missed out....

Yes, it is. That's how they always do it, right?

My FLGS was participating. They'd planned to save all the goodies as prizes for those playing in their tournament, but I convinced them to give me a copy of Master of the Fallen Fortress for being a good customer.

So the PDF for this is available for free tomorrow?

I hope I haven't missed out....

Typically it will be the next day or the next. Plus often they will sell some hard copies that they saved as well. Least they did last year. But the PDF will always be there and free so you haven't missed out.

The PDF and print module will become available at 3:00 Am. Is that pacific time or Eastern standard time ?
thanks

ElyasRavenwood, if you look 17 posts above yours you should see that Vic says the Module will be available at midnight Pacific time.

Silverhair3008, Thank you that is very helpful.

The drive to Plano was well worth it. Seems like every year, less people participate. That's sad, and I'm sure to reward with a purchase those who do.

How long does it take to run this module?

How long does it take to run this module?

Shouldn't take more than four hours. I think even shorter, but if you use the pre-gens they'll take some getting used to.

Blue is a hotter flame than red. :)

Oh no. Not a Flame War!

... and the Oracle is hotter then the Witch!