Pathfinder Adventure Path #71: Rasputin Must Die! (Reign of Winter 5 of 6) (PFRPG)

We SO wanted to use Tunguska, but the timing was problematic.

Meteor Swarm gone awry?

I just wanted to say, I was going to cancel my AP subscription at the end of Shattered Star. I thought, I've got Runelords, Jade Regent and Shattered Star. That's a great set of adventures there. How many adventures do I really need? A the Winter AP? Kind of dull.

And then they went to Triaxus, and I was interested, but...

Alternate History Civil War Russia?!?

Damn you, Paizo! I was almost out!

I was almost free...

I just wanted to say, I was going to cancel my AP subscription at the end of Shattered Star. I thought, I've got Runelords, Jade Regent and Shattered Star. That's a great set of adventures there. How many adventures do I really need? A the Winter AP? Kind of dull.

And then they went to Triaxus, and I was interested, but...

Alternate History Civil War Russia?!?

Damn you, Paizo! I was almost out!

I was almost free...

Yea... me too...

Adam Daigle wrote:

We SO wanted to use Tunguska, but the timing was problematic.

Meteor Swarm gone awry?

Somebody used a portable hole and a bag of holding as Dancing Hut keys?

I was thinking of an explanation that involved the Mana Wastes, but I like that too

Wow... I did not Expect this...

Though I am excited now that I know...

That said... you are really running out of Chapters for Greg A. Vaughan to write... Don't ruin your perfect record... ;)

That said, Love seeing Brandon Hodge!

Will there be Spads, Sopwith Camels, Albatrosses, and Fokkers.

Will we see the Ghoul Lord Barron Von Richthofen and his undead flying circus.

We SO wanted to use Tunguska, but the timing was problematic.

I'll back Daigle up here. Even months after we'd totally discounted Tunguska from the equation, I was trying to figure out some way to pull it back in, even during my final weeks of writing.

"But...but...Rob. Adam. Listen. What if the events of the finale are so awesome they shunt the hut back in time 10 years, just so the PCs can look out of the window, see what they did, acknowledge the real-world reference, fist bump, and then start Chapter 6??? Pleeeease?"

This adventure breaks some crazy ground, but even we have our limits. =-)

Thanks Paizo! This, and Memories of Light coming out tomorrow have made my night!

Artwork of Lem driving a Renault FT-17 tank or I start a Monk thread.

Technically we want Lem riding the Renault, otherwise we would never know...

On the other hand, Lem is one of the few who could drive it & not be cramped as all hell, those things were tiny.

In my opinion adventures like this are awesome, however if it happens in any time period WWII and later, the ability to romanticise and put fantasy into an earth senerio are lost and are not possible without greatly changing the game of the pathfinder universe.

So thumbs up on remembering this unspoken golden rule of earth magic fantasy RPGs.

Not only can't I wait for this one to come out, but it makes me wonder, is this a Paizo test of modern day (and possibly future) gaming, akin to Pathfinder Modern?

WANT.

:::wipes drool from her mouth:::

I have to get a job!

Calling it now. This will be my favorite AP installment this year, if not of all time.

YES!

Could the Tunguska event been similar to the star stone and the characters need to race verious competing factions Red, White, Green, & Black Russians, Germans, Japanese, Austro-Hungarians, Turks, Americans, British and French to find the stone.

Next AP, 8th. =-)

Excuse me while I kiss the sky.

All of Reign of Winter is one big roller coaster.

So it's gonna be rail-roady? ;p

Excuse me while I kiss the sky.

I doubt the authors would be allowed to tell us the Dancing Hut key combo needed to meet him.

Jim Groves wrote:

All of Reign of Winter is one big roller coaster.

So it's gonna be rail-roady? ;p

How close to the Trans-Siberian railroad does this take place?

(I actually just recently saw an old Christopher Lee/Peter Cushing/Telly Savalas(?!) movie set in this area, set in 1906. The monster was weird enough to be right at home in old D&D.)

We SO wanted to use Tunguska, but the timing was problematic.

It was used in FGG's Fane of the Fallen already. Not that you couldn't use it again though...

Adam Daigle wrote:

We SO wanted to use Tunguska, but the timing was problematic.

I'll back Daigle up here. Even months after we'd totally discounted Tunguska from the equation, I was trying to figure out some way to pull it back in, even during my final weeks of writing.

"But...but...Rob. Adam. Listen. What if the events of the finale are so awesome they shunt the hut back in time 10 years, just so the PCs can look out of the window, see what they did, acknowledge the real-world reference, fist bump, and then start Chapter 6??? Pleeeease?"

This adventure breaks some crazy ground, but even we have our limits. =-)

You could retroactively claim that the Tunguska Event was a glancing blow from the shot fired ages ago by the weapon that did in both Eox and the probably the Twins. ;)

(I actually just recently saw an old Christopher Lee/Peter Cushing/Telly Savalas(?!) movie set in this area, set in 1906. The monster was weird enough to be right at home in old D&D.)

I have seen that flick! Heh. Blast from the past.

Hoorah! I seem to be in the minority about wanting tanks or Tunguska, but I'll darn sure be looking at every possible way to instead shoehorn in the Ogdru Jahad, the founding of the BPRD, an infant demon with a stone Right Hand of Doom, and of course rules for the Good Samaritan and a swarm of cats (with obligatory Spooky and Kai cameos).

I can't wait to see what the twisted and vile mind of the Hodge has cooked up for this, awesome!

and of course rules for the Good Samaritan

Modified siege weapon? ;)

(when the nature of Baba Yaga and Rasputin's relationship in Pathfinder was revealed in the description, Hellboy was the first thing to come to mind)

Normally I'd avoid this kind of module like the plague but I'm actually pretty excited about this one. Why? Because there's a Paizo logo on the cover. Paizo's track record with adventure design is second to none and I have no doubt that this kind of wackiness is in good hands.

Ambrosia Slaad wrote:

and of course rules for the Good Samaritan

Modified siege weapon? ;)

(when the nature of Baba Yaga and Rasputin's relationship in Pathfinder was revealed in the description, Hellboy was the first thing to come to mind)

Her reach is long.

...I want to marry this adventure and have its children.

Is that legal?

I-I-I thought I c-could handle this, but-but,.....the tears of joy, they won't stop coming. This is too awesome, and I must keep this secret from my players at all cost!

....tear, they wont stop.....

I feel so... dirty for getting excited about this.

Artwork of Lem driving a Renault FT-17 tank or I start a Monk thread.

I want to ride an animated tank myself. Pretty sure I'd be able to pull off a better pose if I don't have to bother with the steering.

I'd name it Thomas.

Cuing up "Once Upon a December...."

Gorbacz wrote:

Artwork of Lem driving a Renault FT-17 tank or I start a Monk thread.

Technically we want Lem riding the Renault, otherwise we would never know...

On the other hand, Lem is one of the few who could drive it & not be cramped as all hell, those things were tiny.

Double or nothing, he pulls the old "DRIVE ME CLOSER! I WANT TO HIT THEM WITH MY SWORD!"

And dammit, I was planning on canceling my AP sub once Shattered Star was done! How do you keep doing this sort of awesome thing!?

Cuing up "Once Upon a December...."

Damn it, Kevin! Now I HAVE to use that song in this adventure. Or, more like, CAN use now that I think about it...:D

Soo many awesome options for soundtrack:
RA RA RASPUTIN!

Cuing up "Once Upon a December...."

"Come my minions!

Soo many awesome options for soundtrack:

RA RA RASPUTIN!

This too (MILDLY NSFW)

*jibber, jibber* OMG! Sqweeee!

I'm actually unable to express how insanely excited I am for this AP not only because I can finally play again (I always GM ALL the APs) but because of the great writer line up and fantastical setting and storyline. Now please let Greg A. Vaughan bring this baby home for volumne 6 - he HAS to, it's been way too long since he was allowed to write a high level chapter.

I'm in shock.

I'm still in shock about how amazingly awesome this is.

Please for the love of madness include a robust section on 20th-century weapons!

But my one, serious question about this all, is that does this adventure also involve an element of time travel as well? Or is it presumed now that Golarion's 4713 is parallel to Earth 1918?

This. This adventure right here makes me want to run this Adventure Path.

I had recently resigned to the fact that GMing wasn't currently for me, but this...this might bring me back.

Weird. This would be completely unacceptable for my players, but fascinating nonetheless. Subscription not renewed.

wow. just, wow.

Interesting.

GM Lilith wrote:

This. This adventure right here makes me want to run this Adventure Path.

I had recently resigned to the fact that GMing wasn't currently for me, but this...this might bring me back.

Everybody should GM at some point. Running an adventure that you're excited for can only help.

Welp, this makes some definite ontological claims to the Golarion universe (that it is 'real' - coexisting with our own reality).
This opens the door to all sorts of possibilities.
Hey, what if a bunch of kids get stuck on a carnival ride and get transported to Golarion, only to be come heroes fighting ultimate evil in a desperate attempt to get back home?