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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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seems like a fun adventure

4/5 —

As a dungeon, Windsong Abbey proves to be fun and cool, and it has it all: exploration, traps, a wide array of baddies to fight, a fully developed history. However, it also has some very nice additions to it that send it over the top into more than just a solid crawl:

1) multiple ways to deal with several parts of the dungeon (many monsters can be interacted with in ways other than fighting, any number of alliances and relationship may be created)

2) the first part of the crawl is more dynamic than usual and allows PCs to get creative, resulting in either a long fight, constantly moving from area to area, or any number of subtler ways to deal with a large group of foes

3) The BBEG is a fleshed out character and the PCs get to learn about him before facing him, and they can even choose to try to set him back on the right path instead of killing him - that's a very nice breath of fresh air

4) the support article on the Qllipoth is not only very cool, it also features the stats of Yasamoth (CR 24), one of the most powerful Qlippoth in existance, and even better.... Yasamoth himself makes an appearance at the end of the adventure! exciting stuff.

5) boos fights are handled very well - no major boss is encounterd without a group of diverse goons helping it. I like this style

If every dungeon would be as good as this one, no one would have ever complained about crawling being boering and repetitive.

EDIT: forgot to mention why I knocked off a star. While this dungeon seems like a bunch of fun it could use a little trimming. Some rooms and encounters are a little redundant - for example there are two adjecant rooms, each with exactly the same monsters, both using exactly the same tactics... Why would the PCs need to go through two identical encounters? the second one only deminishes he first. Probably can be solved with ease by just removing some encounters, though.

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I like that were getting an article on Qlippoths but are there any new types of them in the book?
Dark Archive

Should this ones cover not be updated soon if it is supposed to be out for November?
Paizo Employee Creative Director
Dragon78 wrote:
I like that were getting an article on Qlippoths but are there any new types of them in the book?

There are...

Spoiler:
...stats for 2 new qlippoth, one of which is a unique qlippoth lord.

Final product image and description are up!
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber; Pathfinder Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Maps, Starfinder Roleplaying Game, Starfinder Society Subscriber

Groetus!!!!! Also, sweet cover.
Contributor, RPG Superstar 2010 Top 4

Jacobs tells us about the qlippoth!

Left Behind SKR style!
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber

I am totally digging this AP

nice artwork(as usual), those tentacles have spines, also I must have that sword.
Silver Crusade
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Suddenly reminded of a certain havero...

Oh man, that encounter.

Really, really like the look of that character whose name I'm sure I'll misspell without checking the books.

Cool, cool cover good work!

I really hope its an really nasty version of the Dust Digger.

BTW

Quote:
savage giants and twisted fey

Wait wait does this mean Giant + fey = fomorians or firbolgs?

Oh great, a tentacle monster. My party is going to have a field day with this one.

Well at least this will have five new monsters and we get to fight twisted fey and giants at the same time, or at least in the same place.
Pathfinder Lost Omens, Rulebook, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

Yes I too would love to have that Sword. What is it? Is it an item introduced in this adventure? or is it something out of the CR,ARG,or UE books?

When a sword glows you know its powerful.
Paizo Employee Creative Director
Sincubus wrote:

Cool, cool cover good work!

I really hope its an really nasty version of the Dust Digger.

nope. It's something far, far worse than a dust digger could EVER be.

Paizo Employee Creative Director
zergtitan wrote:

Yes I too would love to have that Sword. What is it? Is it an item introduced in this adventure? or is it something out of the CR,ARG,or UE books?

When a sword glows you know its powerful.

That sword is indeed an item in the adventure. It's wielded by the character on the cover, in fact.

James Jacobs wrote:
Sincubus wrote:

Cool, cool cover good work!

I really hope its an really nasty version of the Dust Digger.

nope. It's something far, far worse than a dust digger could EVER be.

Well if its Havaro (i'm not really fond of havaro) i'd rather see a very powerfull Dust Digger, if its something completly new i'm game!

Dust Diggers are pretty cool tho, they are based on the starwars creatures that resemble ant lions.
Paizo Employee Creative Director

It's not the havaro. The havaro isn't one of my favorite monsters.

It is, in fact, a monster whose stats appear in this volume, but who your characters really shouldn't want to fight...

Well I hope the sword is a unique item, maybe not an artifact or intellagent weapon, but something interesting non the less. Maybe it's a sword of sharpness for that tentacled horror.
Pathfinder Lost Omens, Rulebook, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

yes, three of them are doomed for tentacle hell(heaven?). However Harsk has his axe out and will chop up any tentacle that tries to get frisky.
Shadow Lodge
Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Rulebook Subscriber
James Jacobs wrote:

It's not the havaro. The havaro isn't one of my favorite monsters.

It is, in fact, a monster whose stats appear in this volume, but who your characters really shouldn't want to fight...

Mayhaps it is the previosly mentioned

:
brand new qlippoth lord

Cool I love tentacle monsters! BTW I Really enjoy the covers of AP where monsters from the bestiary appear on, can't this be on every cover? I also really adored the Rokurokubi cover, my favorite cover for an AP by far!
Scarab Sages
Pathfinder Adventure Path, Lost Omens, Rulebook Subscriber
Cat-thulhu wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:

It's not the havaro. The havaro isn't one of my favorite monsters.

It is, in fact, a monster whose stats appear in this volume, but who your characters really shouldn't want to fight...

Mayhaps it is the previosly mentioned ** spoiler omitted **

But...

Spoiler:
Mythic Rules aren't out yet. how would you kill it?
Stratagemini wrote:

But... ** spoiler omitted **

With great difficulty.

I think Qlippoth Lord can be any powerful and unique Qlippoth with a CR of 21 or higher. The 21-25 range is certainly within the capabilities of a high level party to encounter without mythic rules.
Paizo Employee Creative Director
Dragon78 wrote:
Well I hope the sword is a unique item, maybe not an artifact or intellagent weapon, but something interesting non the less. Maybe it's a sword of sharpness for that tentacled horror.

It's not anything crazy special... the character in question is an NPC that you actually encountered in the very first scene of the AP, and she plays a bigger role in this part of the adventure. When we ordered art from her from Wayne, we asked for "a sword and an aklys" more or less. The fact that the sword looks cool is because Wayne's good at making things cool. As a result... this NPC does have a magic sword that's a bit more powerful and more expensive than an NPC of that level should have... but it's not a specific new magic item or intelligent weapon or anything like that.

Paizo Employee Creative Director

A qlippoth lord can be CR 25 or lower, and as such doesn't need mythic rules.
Shadow Lodge

Care to give us any idea on what to expect from the article on groteus?
Contributor, RPG Superstar 2010 Top 4
doc the grey wrote:
Care to give us any idea on what to expect from the article on groteus?

Speaking as a fan.. I would delight in a little JJ teaser on this too.

Groteus has always been pretty mysterious in a scary cool way. I'm looking forward to this one.
Paizo Employee Creative Director
doc the grey wrote:
Care to give us any idea on what to expect from the article on groteus?

A lot more doom and gloom than normal, for one!

I can't wait to read more about qlippoths.
The Exchange

Nice cover, though I can't help thinking of the rather nasty spell Evan's Spiked Tentacles of Forced Intrusion from Order of the Stick when I look at that tentacle monster in the background.
Liberty's Edge
Brakkart wrote:
Nice cover, though I can't help thinking of the rather nasty spell Evan's Spiked Tentacles of Forced Intrusion from Order of the Stick when I look at that tentacle monster in the background.

I thought the same! I know THAT is something I don't want to face!

Shadow Lodge
James Jacobs wrote:
doc the grey wrote:
Care to give us any idea on what to expect from the article on groteus?
A lot more doom and gloom than normal, for one!

Well here's hoping for a teaser or something to wet the appetite, I have a Groteus cleric in PFS that I want to buff out some more with interesting material.

The store blogs always give a little more info but I don't remember them ever having a preview for an AP on the Paizo blog.
Scarab Sages
Pathfinder Adventure Path, Lost Omens, Rulebook Subscriber

They generally don't Preview APs. Probably because the nature of the book is that only GMs will read it generally.

Also APs sell well so they more then likely have no need to preview something that tends to do well.
Paizo Employee Creative Director

There's generally a lot of spoilers in an Adventure Path, so that's one reason we don't do previews.

Furthermore, unless we start doing multiple blog posts a day, there's just not a lot of open spots to do previews for every thing we do.

It looks like a brilliant energy sword. Wayne Reynolds are is so good it's sick-making!
Pathfinder Lost Omens, Rulebook, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

no, brilliant energy swords have their blades made of pure energy like a lightsaber, this looks more like a bastard sword version of Sting. (the dagger, not the band.)

Has anyone already got it?

If yes, how´re the Qlippoth and Groetus articles? And what about the new monsters?

Thanks!
Dark Archive

Nope. Shipping won't start until Monday.

I usually get mine ether later on monday or sometime on tuesday.
Silver Crusade
James Jacobs wrote:
doc the grey wrote:
Care to give us any idea on what to expect from the article on groteus?
A lot more doom and gloom than normal, for one!

Lol. This doesn't excite me, must the end always be so gloomy?

Pathfinder Lost Omens, Rulebook, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

If you have it, please share with the rest of the class what that sword is. I'm dying to know!
zergtitan wrote:
If you have it, please share with the rest of the class what that sword is. I'm dying to know!

+1 frost.

Scrunchy-frown-face.
Sczarni
Akram Alhazrad wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
doc the grey wrote:
Care to give us any idea on what to expect from the article on groteus?
A lot more doom and gloom than normal, for one!
Lol. This doesn't excite me, must the end always be so gloomy?

Hey, just because Groetus *thinks* he knows how it's going to end doesn't mean he's right! ;)

Shadow Lodge
Trinite wrote:
Akram Alhazrad wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
doc the grey wrote:
Care to give us any idea on what to expect from the article on groteus?
A lot more doom and gloom than normal, for one!
Lol. This doesn't excite me, must the end always be so gloomy?
Hey, just because Groetus *thinks* he knows how it's going to end doesn't mean he's right! ;)

Was sold when I saw the summons list and some of the worshipping options, it really does make me that much more excited to play Akram and get him to divine scion.

Scarab Sages
Pathfinder Adventure Path, Lost Omens, Rulebook Subscriber

I am so sad my shipping notice hasn't shown up yet.

Any cool new info in the Qlippoth article to share? Which Qlippoth lord is featured?
And what about the new monsters?

Thanks in advance.
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