Alien Winter
Continuing their search for Baba Yaga, the heroes take the Dancing Hut to the planet of Triaxus, the seventh world in Golarion’s solar system, now in the midst of its decades-long winter. On the hunt for more clues as to the whereabouts of Baba Yaga, the heroes soon find themselves embroiled in a conflict between the alien dragonriders of the Skyfire Mandate and the barbarian armies of a white dragon warlord looking to conquer the lands of humanoids. Will the PCs ally with one of the warring factions to get the information they need, or will their quest come to an end on a distant, alien world?
This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path continues the Reign of Winter Adventure Path and includes:
“The Frozen Stars,” a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 10th-level characters, by Matt Goodall.
A special double-sized gazetteer of Triaxus, a strange planet of dragon-riding warriors and seasons that last for generations, by James L. Sutter.
A look across the Bone Bridge and into the terrifying secret of Irrisen’s magical dolls, by Kevin Andrew Murphy.
Four exciting new monsters, by Adam Daigle, Amanda Hamon, and James L. Sutter.
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: 978-1-60125-495-5
The Frozen Stars is sanctioned for use in Pathfinder Society Organized Play. The rules for running this Adventure Path and Chronicle sheet are available as a free download (639 KB zip/PDF).
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This book is basically two smaller adventures back-to-back. That's true of quite a few AP volumes, but is really obvious here. That doesn't bother me, but I could see it bugging some people.
One adventure is fairly straight-forward... kill the big bad, take his stuff. There are a lot of nice touches here. The whole thing is well-designed enough to keep things fresh on it's own.
The other adventure is a gem: a keep under siege that you can defend, help invade, or sneak in without helping either side. The module does a good job outlining the various paths and their consequences.
Tying the two adventures together, you have Triaxus and the information about this strange world. It's really cool and, in my opinion, worth the price of admission by itself.
Short version: It's definitely a worthy part of the Reign of Winter, but might also be worth picking up if you're a Distant Worlds fan who wants information about Triaxus.
Here's hoping for a full Pathfinder RPG Sword & Planet Ruleset. with rules for sailing ships riding the solar winds through the Aether, alternate planet ecologies/fauna/flora, and low gravity/super strength shenanigans. Because nothing says super strong like training at 100x Earth's gravity :)
Well if they were doing a hardcover book for each planet then the book itself would have a nice size bestiary of 12-20 creatures. That would be more for each planet then you would get for a mini paperback bestiary.
Just wondering - am I the only one to have a copy of this issue with the inside cover flavour pieces reversed? I received it today and the front cover is about the aftermath of the war of heroes, whilst the back cover is talking about 'in the beginning...'
Just wondering - am I the only one to have a copy of this issue with the inside cover flavour pieces reversed? I received it today and the front cover is about the aftermath of the war of heroes, whilst the back cover is talking about 'in the beginning...'
Or has this already been discussed?
Reggie.
Mine's that way too, I think the developers will chime in on this, but to me it makes sense.
Spoiler:
When the PCs arrive on Triaxus they are caught up in the turmoil of an invasion of the Skyfire Mandate, but only when they learn more about Triaxus and it's history do they discover how the Mandate came to be.
Also if you look at the shape of the illustrations they are shaped like bookends, it makes sense to have the majority of the art on the outer edge of the page, not tucked away near the spine.
That's an oversight. The easiest fix is to tank some ranks from Heal (which he has to create the carrion golem in area D16) and put them in Spellcraft instead.