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Pathfinder Adventure Path #50: Night of Frozen Shadows (Jade Regent 2 of 6) (PFRPG)

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Ninja versus Vikings!

Chapter 2: "Night of Frozen Shadows"
by Greg A. Vaughan

A faceless menace stalks the viking empire. For decades a sinister band of assassins has watched and waited, hiding among the rugged people of Kalsgard, capital of the fierce Lands of the Linnorm Kings. In all this time their mysterious prey has lain hidden away, but no longer. With their quarry revealed, death stalks the streets of a city of hardy warriors and viking raiders. Having traveled from distant lands to this notorious city, the heroes prepare to take their first steps on an expedition into some of the world’s most ferocious wilderness. Yet nothing is ever easy in dangerous Kalsgard, and soon they find themselves targeted by mysterious assassins. Can the heroes defend themselves and their friends from the blades of supernatural killers? Or will they meet their ends amid the ice and snow?

This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path includes:

  • “Night of Frozen Shadows,” a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 4th-level characters, by Greg A. Vaughan.
  • A trek through the crowded and deadly streets of Kalsgard, frigid capital of the Lands of the Linnorm Kings, by Matthew Goodall.
  • Insights into the ways and worship of the goddess Shelyn, deity of beauty, love, and music, by Sean K Reynolds.
  • Murder and mystery in the Pathfinder’s Journal, by Dave Gross.
  • Four new monsters, by Jesse Benner and Sean K Reynolds.

Each monthly full-color softcover Pathfinder Adventure Path volume contains an in-depth adventure scenario, stats for several new monsters, and support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the world’s oldest fantasy RPG.

ISBN–13: 978-1-60125-366-8

Night of Frozen Shadows is sanctioned for use in Pathfinder Society Organized Play. The rules for running this Adventure Path and Chronicle sheet are available as a free download (532 KB zip/PDF).

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Good on it's own, not that well fitting into the AP

3/5 —

Second episode of Jade Regent, the players and their caravan reach the Viking, sorry, Ulfen lands and apart from much-expected frothing-at-mouth blonde haired barbarians, they encounter Ninjas! And Tengu! And Tengu Ninjas too!

This adventure has one major problem: it's a Greg A. Vaughan adventure. Normally, that's great news as Greg is a dungeon crafter extraordinnare and is sure to deliver a deadly, memorable dungeon romp full of truly devious encounters. Of course, Greg does just that! Unfortunately...

...the AP is supposed to be a road movie, with players and their caravan on the move and travelling across the top of the world into lands unknown. This adventures gives us nothing of that, it's a static urban investigation followed by a major crawling episode. While it's all fine, it doesn't quite mesh with neither the caravan rules or extensive NPCs presented in the Player's Guide, and as a result feels out of place.

Support articles are, as usual, above and beyond. Again, the adventure itself would get easily 4 stars if not for the rather awkward way it feels in this Advenutre Path. Luckily, the next adventure makes up for any shortcomings here.

Good second part!

4/5 —

Read my full review here.

In Night of Frozen Shadows, the PCs travel to the city of Kalsgard in the Lands of the Linnorm Kings to find the legendary sword, Suishen, and then to find a guide across the Crown of the World to the far-off land of Minkai. The adventure is mostly event-based with a lot of role-playing opportunities, and ends with a dungeon crawl. It contains an interesting system for tracking the PCs’ “notoriety”, and from that, determining how and when their opponents react. It makes an excellent continuation of the adventure path, and only really suffers from having no explanation for the inaction of the party’s NPC allies.

Like all Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes, Night of Frozen Shadows also contains several support articles, including a gazetteer of Kalsgard, the most prominent city in the Lands of the Linnorm Kings and the setting of the adventure. There is also the latest article on the deities of Golarion, this one focusing on Shelyn. I have always looked forward to these articles (there is one every three volumes, in the second and fifth instalment of each adventure path), as they give a detailed insight into the religions of the world and are always highly entertaining and informative to read. This one does not disappoint, as Shelyn is one of the more intriguing deities in the Golarion pantheon. Finally, there are the latest instalments of the “Pathfinder Journal” (I’ll wait until all six instalments are available before reviewing this story) and the “Bestiary”, containing several new viking-inspired and oriental monsters.

Overall, Night of Frozen Shadows is a worthy continuation of the Jade Regent adventure path. It is sure to provide players and Game Masters alike with many hours of fun and excitement.

Good; just don't point out on the boards that a caravan isn't necessary...

4/5 —

If you pay attention to the details of the adventure, and ignore the posters who insist that there is 'only one true way to run this module!' this module is actually quite good, with a lot of built-in flexibility which allows for customisation by GMs.
It's sufficiently open-ended, in fact, that even if you're not running the Jade Regent path, you could probably use this module as a stand-alone adventure around any or all of 'hunt the magic item'/'rescue the prisoner'/'destroy the evil guild' themes it offers, and it comes with a brief overview of the city where some of the action is scheduled to take place.

There are also an examination of the goddess Shelyn and her faithful plus the usual Pathfinder fiction and a short bestiary...

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[Suishen] will be able to gain new powers depending on the PCs' actions throughout the AP.

Like Briar in KM, but even more PC-action centered and accessible way earlier!

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Any idea as to when the initial email, the one informing you that you will be charged soon, will be sent out for subscribers??? Just chomping at the bit to read part 2!!!
Another Screen Name wrote:
as much as i personally like ameiko kajitsu's story and reappearance after rotrl, i dont think my players will enjoy travelling across golarion to make an npc the empress

Assassinate her, take her place, be the pretender.

And as you can see, my ancestry here dates back to...
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Is there any news as to when this issue will begin to ship for subscribers???
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the Haunted Jester wrote:
Is there any news as to when this issue will begin to ship for subscribers???

Sara Marie told me September the other day when I asked.

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Justin Franklin wrote:
the Haunted Jester wrote:
Is there any news as to when this issue will begin to ship for subscribers???
Sara Marie told me September the other day when I asked.

Thanks Justin. I was hoping for more of a specific answer but I will take what I can get. Thank you :)

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the Haunted Jester wrote:
Justin Franklin wrote:
the Haunted Jester wrote:
Is there any news as to when this issue will begin to ship for subscribers???
Sara Marie told me September the other day when I asked.
Thanks Justin. I was hoping for more of a specific answer but I will take what I can get. Thank you :)

So was I when I asked.:) My guess is they start shipping the Tuesday after Labor Day though.

Something about the new monsters for this book: according to what I've read, Golarion selkies are evil? Wow, that is a change from their mythic origins.

I am so looking forward to this book!
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I just realized that with the Paizo offices being closed on Monday, I'll see my PDF the soonest on Tuesday.

Nooooooo! :(
Silver Crusade
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magnuskn wrote:

I just realized that with the Paizo offices being closed on Monday, I'll see my PDF the soonest on Tuesday.

Nooooooo! :(

The Americans have an awful lot of work-free-days for a country where everybody goes sheer bloody panic the moment the word "socialism" is used. ;-)

Gorbacz wrote:
The Americans have an awful lot of work-free-days for a country where everybody goes sheer bloody panic the moment the word "socialism" is used. ;-)

Can you think of a better way to celebrate labor than by taking a day off and doing nothing?

...

Yeah I probably can too.
Gorbacz wrote:
magnuskn wrote:

I just realized that with the Paizo offices being closed on Monday, I'll see my PDF the soonest on Tuesday.

Nooooooo! :(

The Americans have an awful lot of work-free-days for a country where everybody goes sheer bloody panic the moment the word "socialism" is used. ;-)

Actually i think we are some of the least vacationed people, especially compared to our Euro bros

chrids wrote:
Actually i think we are some of the least vacationed people, especially compared to our Euro bros

That would be a negative. At least for some European nations.

My favorite AP cover evah!
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Gorbacz wrote:
magnuskn wrote:

I just realized that with the Paizo offices being closed on Monday, I'll see my PDF the soonest on Tuesday.

Nooooooo! :(

The Americans have an awful lot of work-free-days for a country where everybody goes sheer bloody panic the moment the word "socialism" is used. ;-)

I don't know about the number of holidays in comparison to other countries, but some studies have come out stating that Americans on the average vacation less than most other countries in the world and tend to work more unreported overtime in a typical workday (though that does not make them any more productive in any way - they only think they are); especially in the last few years. The studies state that this is mainly due to Americans fearing the perception that they will be perceived as a lazy employee for taking time off, even if it is time they have rightfully earned. The studies also state that they are less productive because they don't take enough time off to relax and reinvigorate themselves. The main study I am referencing I saw reported on CNN a couple of months ago, but I cannot recall who conducted the study.

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asdsdfsdagfadg* that Shelyn illo!

Spoiler:
*incoherent babble, rather long
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golem101 wrote:

asdsdfsdagfadg* that Shelyn illo!

** spoiler omitted **

Looks like the first person has theirs.

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I'm going into withdrawal here. :(
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Lots of viking-goodness too. Kudos to the artists.
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Sadly it could be til friday until some of us get the opportunity to see such Viking awesomeness!!!
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the Haunted Jester wrote:
Sadly it could be til friday until some of us get the opportunity to see such Viking awesomeness!!!

Yeah i think the kingmaker dice is going to kick mine towards the end this time.

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Dark_Mistress wrote:
the Haunted Jester wrote:
Sadly it could be til friday until some of us get the opportunity to see such Viking awesomeness!!!
Yeah i think the kingmaker dice is going to kick mine towards the end this time.

I added a large side order weeks ago and this morning I added two more items so it looks like "Back of the Line" for me!!!!

Silver Crusade
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And even haven't got my "in the next week or so..." e-mail :(
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Gorbacz wrote:
And even haven't got my "in the next week or so..." e-mail :(

Thats really odd I got mine last week, the it will ship next week email.

Dark_Mistress wrote:
Gorbacz wrote:
And even haven't got my "in the next week or so..." e-mail :(
Thats really odd I got mine last week, the it will ship next week email.

Same here, though I did add a few thing after the e-mail

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Azure_Zero wrote:
Dark_Mistress wrote:
Gorbacz wrote:
And even haven't got my "in the next week or so..." e-mail :(
Thats really odd I got mine last week, the it will ship next week email.
Same here, though I did add a few thing after the e-mail

I am adding my "me, too"; right now I am waiting for the shipment email.

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Got my shipped e-mail last night.
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I'm really pretty surprised I haven't gotten my shipping note yet... the first email got in five days ago. :(
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magnuskn wrote:
I'm really pretty surprised I haven't gotten my shipping note yet... the first email got in five days ago. :(

Please note that Monday was a holiday for us in the U.S., so that has added a bit of a delay to our normal process.

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I got my "will be shipped" email last Thursday, but have not yet received my actual "shipped" email that will let me download the PDF yet. The only items in my shipment this month is the AP issue and the new adventure module; for once, I don't have anything else in the shipment - just the two books.

I know it is a bit of a process though and, hopefully, I will see the PDFs by tonight, but if not I am hoping for no later than tomorrow. It isn't the end of the world though if I don't get it until the end of the week.

No promises about the world not ending after the weekend though. ;)
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Ashanderai wrote:

I got my "will be shipped" email last Thursday, but have not yet received my actual "shipped" email that will let me download the PDF yet. The only items in my shipment this month is the AP issue and the new adventure module; for once, I don't have anything else in the shipment - just the two books.

I know it is a bit of a process though and, hopefully, I will see the PDFs by tonight, but if not I am hoping for no later than tomorrow. It isn't the end of the world though if I don't get it until the end of the week.

No promises about the world not ending after the weekend though. ;)

Well that gives me a frame of reference then. Yours should go out before mine as I have the kingmaker dice added on mine. Which means I will like get mine the day after you at soonest and if you still don't have your's it makes me very sad. Now I will have to take it out on my gimp in the basement. :(

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Phew, I finally got it. :)
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magnuskn wrote:
Phew, I finally got it. :)

Same here and a little surprised to be honest.

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Just now giving it a once over and I just had to stop and say I LOVE the pigtails Feiya is sporting on page 6. (8th page of the PDF)
Shadow Lodge
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Dark_Mistress wrote:
Just now giving it a once over and I just had to stop and say I LOVE the pigtails Feiya is sporting on page 6. (8th page of the PDF)

TEASE!

>Paces waiting for his copy<
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Attempting to wait patiently as well.......I cannot wait to read this issue!!
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Hrm... I hate the waiting game. So do I understand you guys correctly and orders with a sidecart take longer to process?

Not necessarily. I have only the AP module, and I have not gotten my shipped notice yet. Lisa and Vic and others have explained in one of the bazillion monthly threads that always pop-up when stuff is being shipped that side carts do not necessarily mean stuff waits.

-- david
Papa.DRB

Nullpunkt wrote:
Hrm... I hate the waiting game. So do I understand you guys correctly and orders with a sidecart take longer to process?

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Dark_Mistress wrote:
Ashanderai wrote:

I got my "will be shipped" email last Thursday, but have not yet received my actual "shipped" email that will let me download the PDF yet. The only items in my shipment this month is the AP issue and the new adventure module; for once, I don't have anything else in the shipment - just the two books.

I know it is a bit of a process though and, hopefully, I will see the PDFs by tonight, but if not I am hoping for no later than tomorrow. It isn't the end of the world though if I don't get it until the end of the week.

No promises about the world not ending after the weekend though. ;)

Well that gives me a frame of reference then. Yours should go out before mine as I have the kingmaker dice added on mine. Which means I will like get mine the day after you at soonest and if you still don't have your's it makes me very sad. Now I will have to take it out on my gimp in the basement. :(

I didn't have time to post again yesterday, but I received my "it has shipped, so you can download the PDFs now" email a couple hours after my post.

the Haunted Jester wrote:
Attempting to wait patiently as well.......I cannot wait to read this issue!!

Same here.. my paladin of Shelyn wants his pdf ;p

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Guaril wrote:
the Haunted Jester wrote:
Attempting to wait patiently as well.......I cannot wait to read this issue!!
Same here.. my paladin of Shelyn wants his pdf ;p

And she looks very hot in pictures on page 70 and 73. One of her in combat and the other posing for a statue. :)

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Still attemtping to patiently await my ability to gain access to pdfs. Attempting mind you very impatient right now, I may need to plunder a ship and take copies for myself.
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Gruumash . wrote:
Still attemtping to patiently await my ability to gain access to pdfs. Attempting mind you very impatient right now, I may need to plunder a ship and take copies for myself.

I imagine it is hard, what with the stunning art work. Not all of it is stunning but the ones that are stunning and just amazing. Not to mention ninja's, vikings, ravens, fey, and witches. I mean really what more could you ask for? :)

* looks at Dark_Mistress *
I guess I should try my Detect evil ability..that was rather diabolic..
;)
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Guaril wrote:

* looks at Dark_Mistress *

I guess I should try my Detect evil ability..that was rather diabolic..
;)

You need to use detect evil to tell? Sheesh i must be slipping.

Dark_Mistress wrote:
Guaril wrote:

* looks at Dark_Mistress *

I guess I should try my Detect evil ability..that was rather diabolic..
;)
You need to use detect evil to tell? Sheesh i must be slipping.

Well.. I usually try to be sure.. you could be a poor lonesome tiefling trying to live a life of goodness and piety. ..

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Dark_Mistress wrote:
Gruumash . wrote:
Still attemtping to patiently await my ability to gain access to pdfs. Attempting mind you very impatient right now, I may need to plunder a ship and take copies for myself.
I imagine it is hard, what with the stunning art work. Not all of it is stunning but the ones that are stunning and just amazing. Not to mention ninja's, vikings, ravens, fey, and witches. I mean really what more could you ask for? :)

Ha ha so cruel,... hopefully it will not take the 11 business days maximum to process and ship but I would gladly wait now to be the the first in line for Rise of the Runelords Anniversary HC!! Come on Jade Regent send me an email!!!

Shadow Lodge
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Dark_Mistress wrote:
I imagine it is hard, what with the stunning art work. Not all of it is stunning but the ones that are stunning and just amazing. Not to mention ninja's, vikings, ravens, fey, and witches. I mean really what more could you ask for? :)

You cruel tease you :)). Luckily I just started downloading.

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You guys wouldn't want me any other way.

I do want to comment on the new interactive maps. I absolutely love them. I do wish ALL the maps in the book was done this way though and I would love to see previous products get the same treatment.

So are the bookmarks broken for anyone else, or is it just me?
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