Pathfinder Society Scenario #4–22: Glories of the Past—Part I: Halls of Dwarven Lore (PFRPG) PDF

This scenario is purely a dungeon crawl, with little to no RPing. The only part of the scenario I even remotely liked was the first floor. I like that there is an assortment of traps throughout the first floor, but after the first floor traps were forgotten about completely.

The first fight is long and monotonous. Sure the nubglub with its high AC is fine, but at least give it some buddies that can do more then 1d3-2 dmg and 1d6 for SA. I have GMd this 3 times and played once and this fight takes at least 1 hr and its ends with the PCs take very little or no dmg.

The water fight is ok. The idea behind it is nice, the execution is poor. The unaltered aquatic ghouls are very under powered for a 5-9. The statues take penalties when they are in the water, so had it be given a piercing weapon would have been a huge improvement.

The party fight is dumb. The cleric is completely screwed over making this fight a complete cakewalk.

The puzzle is just confusing to understand and after you figure out what is going on, it makes no sense to even try to play through this.

I would have rated this 2 stars, but the absolutely terrible maps make this a 1 star. Not only is there the same circular room over and over, but they entire map is done on a 10 ft scale. Making ALL of the maps a b%*$& to draw and forget about printing because of the 10 ft scaling.

I have played this scenario in a group of 6. While certainly not a bad scenario, it (like most of Season 4) has at least one encounter that borders on the hard end of things without a well designed/optimized group, but otherwise is fairly straightforward and easy.

Roleplay (2/5): Don't expect much except that which you make for yourself. This is a dungeon crawl, plain and simple. So while there is some here and there, it's on the light end of things.

Combat (3/5): Oddly, encounters range from trivial to difficult (depending on your group composition and tactics). There is one interesting combat, otherwise the rest are really nothing to write home about.

The X-Factor (4/5): A really cool dungeon with an equally cool story really props up everything though. The puzzle at the end surprised me, and it was fun to come up with something of a solution that was more than simply solving the puzzle itself.

Overall it's certainly not the most exciting scenario I've played, but the story is interesting and the elements it puts in motion are worth trying to pay through.

I found it to be a pain to run, it had lot of traps to play with but with a rogue in the party and the perception checks required were so low that they were almost not worth the time. The puzzle at the end was confusing to understand, and really just a waste. If it was clearer and earlier in the scenario if might of been more fun.

The flooded chamber was silly, you have to go through several hoops just to have an encounter that would of just slowed the game down and offered nothing in return. If there was a chance at some role playing or some lore (flavor) in the room then i could see it worth it.

The encounters were ok but over all this scenario failed to live up to a Dwarven setting. The rooms were small and cramped. I expected more from an ancient Dwarven society.

The scenario it self was poorly written, information was tossed throughout it and required to much flipping back and forth. The trap at the end was hard to picture with how the description was written and i had to hit the forums for clarification. (thank you Mike Brock for clarifying it for us).

This was a definite 1 star until the puzzle, then shot up to a 3.5. It had 4 star potential with very excellent writing, lore, 600 year old plots tied in... I pray that parts 2 and 3 deliver.

I honestly give the last 1/3rd of it a solid 5 star. Its just the fist 2/3rd are THAT BAD

Ran this on the low tier

This one receives threes stars only because of the story and lore focus. The combats involve little danger and simply serve to extend the amount of time you need to play. The puzzle is quite nice with open ended solution and a nice tie in to the lore. It advances a rarely seen race ( dwarves ) and gives it it's own nice little metaplot. I am really hoping for more from the remainder of the series.

Conclusion? Only run it if you intend to do the full arc, hopefully it gets better.