A tournament-style adventure for 11th-level characters
Once every 10 years, the cosmopolitan city of Goka on the western coastline of Tian Xia hosts the Ruby Phoenix Tournament on an island off the coast. Infamous for its strange spectacles and exciting mix of fighting styles, the contest draws combatants and spectators from all over the world. The tournament’s winner gets his choice of a single item from the legendary treasury of an ancient spellcaster and earns a reputation beyond imagining. But this year, not all who have come to compete do so out of respect for the traditions of battle or even out of greed for the reward. They seek instead nothing so much as red revenge and political domination!
Can the PCs’ team of contestants survive six bouts in the Grand Pavilion arena against the mightiest combatants and cleverest battle mages on Golarion? Can they prove their mettle in tests of mind and body? Can they foil the plans of an evil organization and its powerful allies who hope to destroy the Ruby Phoenix Tournament and see its champions dead? Step into the arena to find out!
The Ruby Phoenix Tournament is an event-based adventure for 11th-level characters, written for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and compatible with the 3.5 edition of the world’s oldest RPG. Set in the Dragon Empires of the Pathfinder campaign setting, the adventure serves as an ideal introduction to the folk and fighting styles of the lands encompassing the Eastern-inspired continent of Tian Xia, and contains a fully detailed island location and a brand-new monster sure to challenge players in any campaign setting.
Written by Tim Hitchcock
Pathfinder Modules are 32-page, high-quality, full-color, adventures using the Open Game License to work with both the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and the standard 3.5 fantasy RPG rules set.
ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-381-1
The Ruby Phoenix Tournament is sanctioned for use in Pathfinder Society Organized Play. Its Chronicle Sheet and additional rules for running this module are a free download (236 KB zip/PDF).
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As written, only 1 item period. That was why my post and the responses above on how to give something to each of them. But modify as you see fit for your group.
I also had to drastically increase the power level of each combat to challenge my players. I mean come on, it is supposed to be a world class challenge. With, for example, the whole party attacking 1 caster?
I thought this was out before the mythic book, so I would just assume well above level 20.
One thing that really puzzles me about this otherwise great adventure is this: Why are some of the tournament contenders single single PCs? From a logical point of view, a lone participant would have a very hard time against a full-blown group of experienced warriors and mages. Is it that they simply do not want to share their prize?
One thing that really puzzles me about this otherwise great adventure is this: Why are some of the tournament contenders single single PCs? From a logical point of view, a lone participant would have a very hard time against a full-blown group of experienced warriors and mages. Is it that they simply do not want to share their prize?
I would say yes. It's based on martial arts movies where some the contestants have huge egos.
How does this module and the Fists of the Ruby Phoenix adventure path work? Is the AP a sequel to this module or is the AP a complete remake of this adventure for PFRPG 2e?
Pathfinder Lost Omens, Rulebook, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber
The AP is a sequel to this module, in a sense. The tournament (in-setting) occurs every ten years, with this module being the 4711 tournament and the new AP being the 4721 (or thereabouts). I believe the Fist of the Ruby Phoenix Player's Guide mentions a bit more on the format differences, but the adventure path includes an expanded version of the tournament.
