Pathfinder Adventure Path #64: Beyond the Doomsday Door (Shattered Star 4 of 6)

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Chapter 4 "Beyond the Doomsday Door"
by Tito Leati

The hunt for the seven shards of the Shattered Star leads the heroes back to the western coast of Varisia, to the multifaith monastery known as Windsong Abbey. The next shard appears to be hidden somewhere within the dungeons below the abbey. But when the PCs arrive, they find the monastery in ruins and held by savage giants and twisted fey! An ancient terror has returned home, and now dwells within the levels beneath the monastery—a terror who hopes to open the dread doomsday door within!

This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path continues the Shattered Star Adventure Path and includes:

  • “Beyond the Doomsday Door,” a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 10th-level characters, by Tito Leati.
  • Delve into the horrors of the Abyssal monstrosities known as qlippoth, by James Jacobs.
  • Learn about the faith of Groetus, God of the End Times, and the madness of his tortured clergy, by Sean K Reynolds.
  • The perils of being a junkie in Riddleport in the Pathfinder’s Journal, by Bill Ward.
  • Five new monsters, by James Jacobs, Sean K Reynolds, F. Wesley Schneider, and Jerome Virnich.

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: 978-1-60125-474-0

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Atmospheric string of dungeons with one of the most epic boss battles I've seen

5/5

I ran this adventure for my party of 4 and did not make any major changes to the adventure as written.

We had a great time playing through it and enjoyed pretty much every encounter. I strongly recommend to bring in Jasper from the web enhancement of Curse of the Lady's Light (book 2 of Shattered Star) for added role-playing gold.

Spoiler:
In our game, Jasper went through some mechanical adjustments and is a PC. The encounter with Kandamereus was therefore extremely fun!

The dungeons in this book are mechanically solid and very atmospheric with some cool and creative ideas.

What stuck out as particularly good was that the PCs learn early on who their enemy is and what is up to, something a lot of adventures seem to forget and just surprise you with the BBEG at the very end. Here, the PCs learn gradually more of their enemy that might even change their attitude towards him entirely.

The final encounter of this book is epic in every sense of the word. The stakes are extremely high, the enemies powerful, and the final few moments have the drama of a cut-scene while still giving the players agency. Brilliantly done!

I strongly recommend this adventure to anyone who enjoys dungeon crawls. It is also ridiculously easy to use this adventure in your own campaign since the Shard can easily be removed or replaced by your own McGuffin.


The most epic adventure so far...

5/5

Me and my group had found "Beyond the Doomsday Door" a very nice adventure. Very challenging one.

The scenario is very nice, the Windsong Abbey has a unique personality and a cool background. All the story behind the Ardanathus invasion is very original too. Brings a new perspective in the "dungeon type adventure".

Ardanathus himself is a very memorable villian, one with a personal background and a unique personality. One of my players ( a she) was in love with him. :P

Until I played this part of the "Shattered Star" adventure I was ignorant about the Qlippot theme and the existence of Yamasoth. They have result too be very interesting enemies with a unique personality and a strong challenge for my players.

I must to say this:

The player in love with Ardanathus had only 13 Hit Points (a Elf-Rogue), she was close to him and thrown to him a bottle of "Potion of Love" that they had found in previous adventures. The dices had spoken and Ardathus became in love on she.

That way the curse and the influence of Yamasoth was broken.

Something says me that me and my group will speak of this for the years to come.

<3

!Love the adventure!


Compelling story, great villain and theme

4/5

My reviews use bullet points, just how I roll.

The Good: -Location is very strong.
-Monsters and bonus monsters are very strong.
NPCs are strong.
-Backstory is strong.

The Bad: -If you're looking for more than a dungeon look elsewhere.

The Ugly: -Redemption option on main villain seems thin.

Overall: Can't give it a 5 star, I want more than just a dungeon. That said you can run this without the rest of the AP and be fine. Great back pocket dungeon.


Excellent Adventure

4/5

Read my full review on my blog.

The fourth instalment of Shattered Star, Beyond the Doomsday Door by Tito Leati, is an excellent adventure. It’s not perfect—there are some confusing inconsistencies in its setting’s history, for example, and it does start to feel a little drawn out by the end—but it contains a fascinating, dynamic setting, and a truly unique villain. It’s a dungeon crawl where you might not want to kill everything you meet along the way, and that’s the kind of thing I love.


Absurdly Awesome

5/5

You probably know what to expect from Shattered Star so far: dungeon crawls done right. You won't miss out of that with this installment.

Basically the whole adventure is set within one dungeon and it's a doozy, with several intertwined threads of backstory and a lot of cool monsters.

But the backmatter is actually my favorite here. The new monsters are great and the articles on the Qlippoth and Groteus are amazing.

Overview: Get your sinister powers from before the dawn of time here, along with an adventure bringing those threads together.

Many Years Later: This played out quite well, with more roleplaying hooks than I expected, inspiring the players to push the limits of the narrative. It's not without flaws, but those are easy to overlook when the players are having so much fun.


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Six Qlippoth lords given the alignment (all CE), areas of concern, domains, and favored weapon treatments, as well as one paragraph descriptions, ala the other Outer Planar exemplars in the ISWG.

Plus a big secret for one of the twenty main deities is hinted at or flat-out revealed.

Spoiler:
Rovagug might actually be a Qlippoth deity.


Pathfinder Lost Omens, Rulebook, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber
Kvantum wrote:
Plus a big secret for one of the twenty main deities is hinted at or flat-out revealed. ** spoiler omitted **

Yeah I had him pinned as that or one of the old gods.

Silver Crusade

Kvantum wrote:

Six Qlippoth lords given the alignment (all CE), areas of concern, domains, and favored weapon treatments, as well as one paragraph descriptions, ala the other Outer Planar exemplars in the ISWG.

Plus a big secret for one of the twenty main deities is hinted at or flat-out revealed. ** spoiler omitted **

Well that certainly casts any possible relations between demons and that deity in a whole new light...

Scarab Sages

Pathfinder Adventure Path, Lost Omens, Rulebook Subscriber
Albus wrote:

Any cool new info in the Qlippoth article to share? Which Qlippoth lord is featured?

And what about the new monsters?

Thanks in advance.

Qlippoth Lord:
It's Yamasoth. He's CR 24, with a Full Statblock and art.

There's also a list of Qlippoth Lords, their Domains, areas of concern, and Favored Weapons. a Short blurb about each Lord on the chart. There's also bits on how to Conjure Qlippoth, and Qlippoth runestones, which are shards of the primordial abyss. And there's a Sidebar regarding Rovagug.

Shadow Lodge

Love getting some Lord love, one of them literally fell right into a perfect niche in my homebrew for a world-ender and had to use her. Really hope we get more info on them as well as more qlippoth to round out the cr list.

Also, liked the new kyton but was I the only one that was a little disappointed by how plain the art came off after reading the racial description in the normal text?

Silver Crusade

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Still reading and processing but I have to say:

I'm loving Gein Kafog. For a lot of reasons.


New monster list please! + descriptions if possible! thanks


Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories, Starfinder Society Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

Was the cover art an homage to the art on the 2ed Spawn of Azathoth cover? Or is that just a happy coincidence?


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Sincubus wrote:
New monster list please! + descriptions if possible! thanks

Spoiler:

Cephalophore CR 8 - A Caryatid Column's Big Papa
"Holding its own severed head in its hands, this marble statue
looms forbiddingly over what it protects."

End’s Voice CR 15 - Groetus’s herald
"A long crimson cloak drapes over the form of this large faceless
being, which floats just above the ground on footless legs as its
menacing flail crackles with blue currents of electricity."

Kython, Ostiarius CR 5 - Gatekeepers between the Material Plane and the Plane of Shadow.
"Cloaked in shadows, every curve and sculpted muscle of this
vision of physical perfection suggests some new gasping pleasure
or titillating torture."

Psychopomp, Kere CR 10 - Graveyard guardian
"This unnaturally pale woman is dressed in the somber garb of a
mourner, her countenance covered by a lengthy black veil."

Qlippoth, Gongorinan CR 10 - Egg implanting spawn of Yamasoth (who has a write-up in the Qlippoth article, "Before Sin")
"This human-sized crablike creature scuttles on six stumpy legs, and
each of its four arms sports a different method of inflicting pain."

Hope that helps.


Mikaze wrote:

Still reading and processing but I have to say:

I'm loving Gein Kafog. For a lot of reasons.

You're loving a character that isn't evil despite what some preconceived notions would expect? Color me shocked! :P

Paizo Employee Creative Director

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WampaX wrote:
Was the cover art an homage to the art on the 2ed Spawn of Azathoth cover? Or is that just a happy coincidence?

Coincidence.

It was actually a Wayne version of a cover I did for one of my own adventures about 27 years ago—"The Underground Kingdom of Yamasoth."

Needless to say... Wayne's cover is better than mine.

Contributor, RPG Superstar 2010 Top 16, 2011 Top 32, 2012 Top 4

James Jacobs wrote:
It was actually a Wayne version of a cover I did for one of my own adventures about 27 years ago—"The Underground Kingdom of Yamasoth."

You should put up your original cover art on the blog, James!

Scarab Sages

Pathfinder Adventure Path, Lost Omens, Rulebook Subscriber
Tom Phillips wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
It was actually a Wayne version of a cover I did for one of my own adventures about 27 years ago—"The Underground Kingdom of Yamasoth."
You should put up your original cover art on the blog, James!

Seconded!

Paizo Employee Creative Director

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Tom Phillips wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
It was actually a Wayne version of a cover I did for one of my own adventures about 27 years ago—"The Underground Kingdom of Yamasoth."
You should put up your original cover art on the blog, James!

Heh... maybe I will.


I really like the article on Groetus and Yamasoth!
Sorry to say, I got a Flumph vibe looking at the Gongorinan.

Ruyan.

Sczarni

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RuyanVe wrote:

I really like the article on Groetus and Yamasoth!

Sorry to say, I got a Flumph vibe looking at the Gongorinan.

Ruyan.

You say that like it's a bad thing. Flumphs are awesome.


Maybe true, I never cared for them. The only insight I have is from reading OOTS. And looking at a CE qlippoth and being reminded of the flumph from the comic is kinda weird.

Ruyan.


My only use for flumphs is from The Order Of The Stick as well...

Darn...now where is my OOTS Collection?

Silver Crusade

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Mechalibur wrote:
Mikaze wrote:

Still reading and processing but I have to say:

I'm loving Gein Kafog. For a lot of reasons.

You're loving a character that isn't evil despite what some preconceived notions would expect? Color me shocked! :P

Well that and... ;)

Spoiler:
It's always fun to see priests of that particularly crazynasty god playing nice with others, and it's fun to get a more indepth look inside the head and beliefs of an LN Kuthonite.

The big thing is that his beliefs actually raise a lot of interesting questions and possibilities, and touch a bit on some ideas that have been thrown back and forth on the forums for a while.

That and I love his tactics. Having a priest of an evil god showing that kind of restraint as his standard M.O. certainly helps push some expectations of heroic behavior from allegedly good-aligned PCs, which may be very useful for some GMs.

For me personally, it plays perfectly into the plot for a mythic-ish campaign I've wanted to run ever since Crimson Throne wrapped up, especially since he could easily wind up in conflict with the other major non-evil NPC that would be kicking off the plot.

And Laori Vaus finally has a male counterpart for those with different preferences. (Cause srsly, did any appreciable number of gamers swooned over Sial?)

Going to have to hunt for appropriate ambient tracks on YouTube or iTunes to represent the Windsong. That detail's too rich to not use for all it's worth.

Dig the new kyton, psychopomp, and qlippoth too. I can see the complaint about the new kyton's art lacking in the shudder factor though, what with him just having tattoos and...wait

Those aren't tattoos. D:


Normally I buy these from the local comic store, but is there any reason why Diamond Comics would have this release in June of next year, when its "already out" now???

Webstore Gninja Minion

Grollub, I've notified our Sales Sensei to look into it.

Director of Sales

I will get this corrected. Just a glitch in the Diamond system.


Qlippoth favored weapon: Horrible, horrible tentacles

Owner - House of Books and Games LLC

Devastation Bob wrote:
Qlippoth favored weapon: Horrible, horrible tentacles

Leading to qlippoth spiked tentacles of forced intrusion.

Wait, what?

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