Pathfinder Society Scenario #5–01: The Glass River Rescue (PFRPG) PDF

Announced for GenCon 2013!

Sounds like a great start for season 5 :D

Its nice to finally know what it is that I'm running at GenCon... ;D

Its nice to finally know what it is that I'm running at GenCon... ;D

Same here; and it's written by Mike Shel. GenCon keeps looking better and better.

Its nice to finally know what it is that I'm running at GenCon... ;D

Same. Just hoping I have more than 12 hours to download, print, and prep it...

We're going back to the wilderness! It's like going back to Season 0 adventures all over again! But not quite. Cause they are in Pathfinder RPG now. :D

I'll be running this at GenCon as well. I'm getting super excited about Season 5!

It is getting close to release, when are we going to see the final cover art updated on the website?

For those running this scenario at GenCon:

With your permission I'll be sitting in on several sessions and would be happy to answer questions for you, especially if you don't get lots of time for prep. Feel free to private message me here if you don't mind me sitting in to watch the action.

For those running this scenario at GenCon:

With your permission I'll be sitting in on several sessions and would be happy to answer questions for you, especially if you don't get lots of time for prep. Feel free to private message me here if you don't mind me sitting in to watch the action.

Thanks for being available Mike! I'll let you know if I have any questions once I get it in my downloads. :)

Mike, Hope to see you sitting at my table again this year!

That said... what are the chances we will see this (and the other scenarios we are wiaitng on) given to the GenCon GMs today?

Because of odd situation I am going through right now, if I don't get it today it will be very difficult for me to be able to prep this before Gen Con.

I got 5 sessions of this to run at GenCon - cant wait to bring the awesome!

Feel free to sit in on my games and see how its done! ;-)

It's my first day back after Gen Con, and I've caught up on reading reviews. I appreciate the feedback—especially for it being predominantly positive.

Small point, but I was reviewing this scenario to get an idea what secondary success conditions would look like (running #13 tomorrow). I really like the addition of boons to the chronicle for faction goal advancement.

The small point I really wanted to make was that the chronicle lists gear rewards for all subtiers and subtler 8-9. I'm sure this was a layout/cut paste over sight as the scenario is level 1-5.

Just thought I would point it out in case no one has said anything yet.

Played it today.

Kind of meh...in the end it seemed just like any other have this one skill or fail scenario.

On the plus side, I did enjoy the story. Pretty nicely written, thanks.

Going to see if it runs a bit different, maybe it was our GM and group.

** spoiler omitted **

I do apologize for my part in not keeping people on track and shutting them up so others could play. I also apologize for mis-speaking.

Any flip maps or map packs required for this scenario?

or are the maps easy to create on a blank map?

Map Pack: Waterfront and Flip-mat Country Inn. They are pretty complex.

Rerednaw wrote:

** spoiler omitted **

I do apologize for my part in not keeping people on track and shutting them up so others could play. I also apologize for mis-speaking. ** spoiler omitted **You lot absolutely trounced the final fight. I was left in the dust trying to catch up. Not much I could have done different with those tactics.

@Sior

Did we play the same session? As I recall, we basically popped cover and fled. :) I don't consider fleeing and module failure a big success. On the other hand nobody died which was a nice plus.

I thought your GM style was fine, BTW. That other stuff wasn't your fault.

I still have a fundamental issue with "one skill check or fail" but that's just how it's written is all. I prefer something along the lines of make at least 3 out of 4 or similar. That way when the dice pulls a Han Solo Stealth/Bluff check we can make it up. Also if it is a round of such rolls it encourages more player engagement out of combat something PFS still has some difficulty with. I guess more like the way skill challenges are done in 4th DND. :)

Played this about a month ago. 2nd level greatsword paladin > river drake, apparently.

Sadly the local PFS group has a few people who basically play murderhobos and made a hash out of the whole inn infiltration (you'd think it would be the paladin screwing up the bluffing, but nope, it was the rogues), but we managed to rescue the prisoners and destroyed the final encounter; I wasted smite because the cleric (I guess not a cleric from the discussion? She died too quickly to say) got completely gibbed before I could get a second turn.

The Urban Ranger Tiefling with HUMAN as his Preferred Enemy - took this to mean he hates humans....

Sigh.... "trained to fight against" is not the same as "hates", but it's a pity folks don't realize that.

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The Urban Ranger Tiefling with HUMAN as his Preferred Enemy - took this to mean he hates humans....

Sigh.... "trained to fight against" is not the same as "hates", but it's a pity folks don't realize that.

Unfortunately, the mechanics of the class can be argued to favor the player's interpretation. When the only way you can take your own race as a Favored Enemy is be being of an evil alignment, it rather implies an antagonistic relationship with said Favored Enemy...

When the only way you can take your own race as a Favored Enemy is be being of an evil alignment, it rather implies an antagonistic relationship with said Favored Enemy...

[citation needed]

Favored Enemy (Ex): At 1st level, a ranger selects a creature type from the ranger favored enemies table. He gains a +2 bonus on Bluff, Knowledge, Perception, Sense Motive, and Survival checks against creatures of his selected type. Likewise, he gets a +2 bonus on weapon attack and damage rolls against them. A ranger may make Knowledge skill checks untrained when attempting to identify these creatures.

At 5th level and every five levels thereafter (10th, 15th, and 20th level), the ranger may select an additional favored enemy. In addition, at each such interval, the bonus against any one favored enemy (including the one just selected, if so desired) increases by +2.

If the ranger chooses humanoids or outsiders as a favored enemy, he must also choose an associated subtype, as indicated on the table below. (Note that there are other types of humanoid to choose from—those called out specifically on the table below are merely the most common.) If a specific creature falls into more than one category of favored enemy, the ranger's bonuses do not stack; he simply uses whichever bonus is higher.

It's kind of a throw back. In 2E, a Ranger had to attack their favored enemy to the exclusion of others unless it was completely impractical. In 3.0, you had t be evil to select your own race as a Favored Enemy unless they where normally evil (like Drow), (I think it was something like that). In 3.5 that mostly went away and a bit more social effects where added in. It still retains the Favored Enemy rather than something like Favored Target/Subject.

This question was put up on Facebook's PFS page. Putting it here to see if anyone can help this person out.

"I'm looking the old Pathfinder Society module, Glass River Rescue, and I've noticed Passad, Metella, and Amauhak don't have stat blocks. Do those stat blocks exist elsewhere?"

I see that 5-21 has stats for Passad and Metella as experts (merchants). Still nothing on Amauhak so far.

There are not stat blocks for any of these three NPCs at this time. It's possible that a future scenario might provide them full stat blocks.

There are not stat blocks for any of these three NPCs at this time. It's possible that a future scenario might provide them full stat blocks.

Okay. So nothing in 5-01. This is how it reads right now in the 5-21 adventure:

TEMEL PASSAD
LN male human expert/prophet of Kalistrade

METELLA RAUGER
LG female dwarf expert/fighter

Tier 1-2
TEMEL PASSAD OR METELLA RAUGER CR 1
Shopkeep (Pathfinder RPG Gamemastery Guide 284)
hp 13

Tier 4-5
TEMEL PASSAD OR METELLA RAUGER CR 5
Traveling merchant (Pathfinder RPG Gamemastery Guide 285)
hp 31

Yep, noted. The NPC Codex reference is very useful for approximating their statistics in that adventure, but that sample expert does not reflect their exact class mixes. Likewise, the differences over the subtiers (important for the adventure) make the substitution a little less satisfying in the long run. I would want to provide a definitive character level before saying that something is the canonical stat block for one or the other. Any one of them is probably in the level 5-8 range.

Might I ask why it is important to have their exact stats? Is there a compulsion or charm spell involved?

Yep, noted. The NPC Codex reference is very useful for approximating their statistics in that adventure, but that sample expert does not reflect their exact class mixes. Likewise, the differences over the subtiers (important for the adventure) make the substitution a little less satisfying in the long run. I would want to provide a definitive character level before saying that something is the canonical stat block for one or the other. Any one of them is probably in the level 5-8 range.

Might I ask why it is important to have their exact stats? Is there a compulsion or charm spell involved?

Apparently it makes it easier to run. I've never ran the adventure myself, but it's been brought up a few times in the reviews, and someone on FB was in need of it for their game. Apparently a number of people required it for one reason or another.