Pathfinder Module: Risen from the Sands (PFRPG)

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The deserts of Osirion—land of pharaohs and ancient tombs—hide not just untold wonders, but also unspeakable dangers. When the vast sand dunes part to reveal the ancient pyramid of the legendary Pharaoh of Sphinxes, glory seekers from across many nations race toward it, each fighting to be the first to claim its wonders. But the storied pharaoh doesn't rest quietly within this monument, and his tomb was designed to slaughter any who would dare trespass.

A band of bold adventurers are the first to arrive, and stand poised to claim what’s risen from the sands—but they're unaware of the doom that lurks inside. With daring on their side and strange, rarely seen powers at their disposal, the heroes may be the only force capable of containing the force of evil within and defeating its curse!

"Risen from the Sands" is a dungeon-based adventure for four 3rd-level characters, written for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and compatible with the 3.5 edition of the world's oldest RPG. It also provides four immediately playable previews of exciting new classes debuting in the upcoming Pathfinder RPG Advanced Class Guide, as well as a thematic supplement to the new Mummy’s Mask Adventure Path.

Written by Rob McCreary.
Cover Art by Tyler Walpole.

This special 16-page Pathfinder Module will initially be made available for Free RPG Day on June 21, 2014. Print editions will be available for sale on paizo.com beginning July 2014; the PDF edition will be available for free at that time.

Risen from the Sands is sanctioned for use in Pathfinder Society Organized Play. Its Chronicle Sheet and additional rules for running this module are a free download (393 KB zip/PDF). Pregenerated characters are available here (1.3 MB zip/PDF).

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Brutal and wimpy both.

2/5

This could be a half hour scenario considering you could wipe out the whole party in the first encounter. After the first two encounters it softens to a training day. The problem is none of the encounters except one seem level appropriate. Either the encounters are written to kill the party or are a cake walk. DO NOT RUN THIS WITH THE FOUR PREGENS! You will be the killer of a table that should never have gone on the mission and that is only fun for a sadistic GM. Also some of the box text is laughable. One is a tossed off sentence that must have been left when designing the module, while others waste game time on the writer’s ramblings about the color of a room.


Interesting Scenario

3/5

So the scenario itself is great. Great flavor, well-written, challenging encounters. However, I have an issue with the pregenerated characters that were specifically chosen for this scenario, as noted in my spoiler. Granted, the pregens are fantastic, and interesting characters and I love all of them.

What I Don't Like:

It really bothered me that the four classes cannot ID the various magic items that you find in the scenario. Each character has one of the requisities to do so (Oloch has detect magic but not spellcraft, Crowe and Quinn have Spellcraft but not detect magic. I realize that the players could buy scrolls of identify before they embark on their journey, but the pregens are supposed to be "ready to play", and were specifically chosen for this scenario. This to me is a flaw. But I did enjoy the scenario, nonetheless.


Fantastic Dungeon Crawl, great Pregens

5/5

When I heard that Pregens would be provided, I was a little hesitant, but I must say, the Pregens were absolutely fantastic. They gave a nice taste of the Advanced Class Guide classes, and I thought they were well-tailored to the adventure, as well as being great pregens all around.I hope versions for Pathfinder Society will be made, as I would love to use them. The module itself was great, and a lot of the encounters were challenging, but not broken. Additionally, the encounters and traps were specifically created so that each Pregen would have their time to shine. Overall great module, and I look forward to running it for PFS at my local game store.


An evocative, classic pyramid exploration

4/5

Just wanted to write a quick review of this module after a very enjoyable experience running it at Free RPG Day in Sydney. The writing and editing are solid, the encounters evocative, and the whole adventure hangs together very well, with a classic atmosphere to it: everything is in its proper place in this pyramid exploration.
I ran this for a PFS table of 6 players (4 new, 2 experienced, and 5 running pre-gens) with a second GM running another table of 6 (5 new, 1 experienced, and all 6 running pre-gens). Everyone loved it, and it looks as though we have 9 new PFS converts as a result. A very successful Free RPG Day experience!


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Sovereign Court

Interesting...
After reading about how much Rob likes Osirion in The Half-Dead City foreword, it makes sense that he's writing this.

EDIT: By the way, is that the final cover? Who are those two characters that are charging the mummy?

Dark Archive

We have a swashbuckler and I would say a Bloodrager or warpriest.

Liberty's Edge

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Almost certainly the warpriest - it has been confirmed elsewhere that the warpriest iconic is a half-orc and a Gorum worshiper.

Liberty's Edge

Free RPG plus Advanced Class Guide preview, what's not to like?


I am totally buying this and the Mummy's Mask AP. Gah... Paizo takes all my money!

n_n


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But Seth, its FREE!


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Timothy Ferdinand wrote:
But Seth, its FREE!

It is, but you see, that's how they hook you. They throw you a few freebies, then they ask you buy some dice, next thing you know you're scrounging the net trying to find Kingmaker 1 and ready to drop $300 for it!

Also, I was referencing me buying the Mummy's Mask AP, FYI XD

Editor-in-Chief

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I'm going to jump out in front of this WAY before it even comes up (which it certainly will).

Risen from the Sands is awesome—I just ran it last week and we had an absolute blast. Rob McCreary did a fantastic job and poured equal shares of artistry and sadism into this work.

Not detracting from any of that in the least, but still a thing of note, is the fact that there's a very visable typo marring the back cover. In the tagline at the top, in about 1,000-point font, the word "Pharaoh" is misspelled "Pharoah."

And that is TOTALLY my fault.

I made a change to the line during my final approval and no one past me ever saw it. So 100%, unequivocally, absolutely, without a doubt, my fault.

Of course, as always happens in cases like this, that means I learned about this when we got our first printed copies in house. You know, when it's absolutely too late to correct the issue.

So that's a thing. A personally and professionally embarrassing thing that—along with 10 years of dishonor—has resulted in the hanging of a very clearly lettered Post-It note in my office.

While the print copies will bear this beauty mark, the error has already been corrected on all PDF copies.

In any case, my deepest, most sincere apologies to gamers, Egyptian nobility, and literate sorts everywhere. Fortunately, though, my utter failure has absolutely zero impact on the awesomeness you'll find on the front cover or on any of the pages within.

On a slightly lighter note (if there are such things as lightness and joy anymore), if you're a fan of schadenfreude (and who isn't?), here's a link to the moment this was brought to my attention. Enjoy... you jackals.

Editor-in-Chief

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brad2411 wrote:
We have a swashbuckler and I would say a Bloodrager or warpriest.

Swashbuckler and Warpriest, yup.

Expect names and details on these characters closer to Free RPG Day and the Advanced Class Guide's release!


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Time for seppeku.


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F. Wesley Schneider wrote:

I'm going to jump out in front of this WAY before it even comes up (which it certainly will).

Risen from the Sands is awesome—I just ran it last week and we had an absolute blast. Rob McCreary did a fantastic job and poured equal shares of artistry and sadism into this work.

Not detracting from any of that in the least, but still a thing of note, is the fact that there's a very visable typo marring the back cover. In the tagline at the top, in about 1,000-point font, the word "Pharaoh" is misspelled "Pharoah."

And that is TOTALLY my fault.

I made a change to the line during my final approval and no one past me ever saw it. So 100%, unequivocally, absolutely, without a doubt, my fault.

Of course, as always happens in cases like this, that means I learned about this when we got our first printed copies in house. You know, when it's absolutely too late to correct the issue.

So that's a thing. A personally and professionally embarrassing thing that—along with 10 years of dishonor—has resulted in the hanging of a very clearly lettered Post-It note in my office.

While the print copies will bear this beauty mark, the error has already been corrected on all PDF copies.

In any case, my deepest, most sincere apologies to gamers, Egyptian nobility, and literate sorts everywhere. Fortunately, though, my utter failure has absolutely zero impact on the awesomeness you'll find on the front cover or on any of the pages within.

On a slightly lighter note (if there are such things as lightness and joy anymore), if you're a fan of schadenfreude (and who isn't?), here's a link to the moment this was brought to my attention. Enjoy... you jackals.

Man, you must really be upset! You completely forgot the golden rule of Paizo: Blame Cosmo!

;)

Sovereign Court RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32, 2010 Top 8

Awesome, so we've

We Be Goblins level 1

We Be Goblins II level 2

Risen from the Sands level 3

Dawn of the Scarlet Sun, level 4

Am I right?

Editor-in-Chief

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DM Barcas wrote:
Time for seppeku.

I started editing with blood years ago. No one ever mentioned it.

Either we have a very high tolerance for gore here, or folks are too busy to notice.

So I'm looking for something a mite flashier.


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Matthew Morris wrote:

Awesome, so we've

We Be Goblins level 1

We Be Goblins II level 2

Risen from the Sands level 3

Dawn of the Scarlet Sun, level 4

Am I right?

We Be Goblins Too! was level 3.

Sovereign Court Senior Developer

Matthew Morris wrote:

Awesome, so we've

We Be Goblins level 1

We Be Goblins II level 2

Risen from the Sands level 3

Dawn of the Scarlet Sun, level 4

Am I right?

We also have Master of the Fallen Fortress, for level 1.


Rob McCreary wrote:
Matthew Morris wrote:

Awesome, so we've

We Be Goblins level 1

We Be Goblins II level 2

Risen from the Sands level 3

Dawn of the Scarlet Sun, level 4

Am I right?

We also have Master of the Fallen Fortress, for level 1.

Your forgetting the other earlier ones

Hollow's Last Hope Level 1
and
Revenge of the Kobold King level 5

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Or really, just head here to find an adventure for the level you need. :D

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Liz Courts wrote:
Or really, just head here to find an adventure for the level you need. :D

Thanks again for making this. :)


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F. Wesley Schneider wrote:
DM Barcas wrote:
Time for seppeku.

I started editing with blood years ago. No one ever mentioned it.

Either we have a very high tolerance for gore here, or folks are too busy to notice.

So I'm looking for something a mite flashier.

{covers eyes} NOOOO!!! Please, no mite flashers in the modules!!! I already have a difficult enough time making my saves against nymphs' blinding beauty... Tha poor eyeballs kinna take dat mooch ugly, Cap'in!

Grand Lodge

How many players is this for? I know most of the time it's for 4, but Dawn of the Scarlet Sun was for 6 players.


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I just put it down to reigonal differences in spelling.


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Steve Geddes wrote:
I just put it down to reigonal differences in spelling.

That's just downright cruel!


Wait a minute! If this module provides an early preview of the final ACG classes, does it contain the updates that were made after the last playtest document?


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Axial wrote:
Wait a minute! If this module provides an early preview of the final ACG classes, does it contain the updates that were made after the last playtest document?

Unlikely. But we will almost certainly see the significant changes that were made which apply to the first three levels of four of the ten classes.

In other words it will most likely be a teaser in the truest sense.

Editor-in-Chief

Strife2002 wrote:
How many players is this for? I know most of the time it's for 4, but Dawn of the Scarlet Sun was for 6 players.

4.

Editor-in-Chief

Axial wrote:
Wait a minute! If this module provides an early preview of the final ACG classes, does it contain the updates that were made after the last playtest document?

The pregens were created with the class rules available in February. These are refined from the playtest, but we also put in the caveat that these might not be the final-final builds.

Liberty's Edge

Wesley, can you tell us which are the pregens?

Editor-in-Chief

Paladinosaur wrote:
Wesley, can you tell us which are the pregens?

Yes I can. But to do so would break my new BLOOD OATH.

So, as not to risk the wrath of my esteemed colleagues, I'm going to let everyone be surprised come Free RPG Day.


Question: Is "strange, rarely seen powers" an allusion to mythic, or to the advanced class guide pregens?

Editor-in-Chief

bugleyman wrote:
Question: Is "strange, rarely seen powers" an allusion to mythic, or to the advanced class guide pregens?

Advanced Class Guide. There is no mythic content in this adventure.


F. Wesley Schneider wrote:
Advanced Class Guide. There is no mythic content in this adventure.

Great; thanks for the clarification.

Shadow Lodge

Pathfinder Lost Omens, Maps, Rulebook Subscriber

The product page is missing a word:

This special 16-page Pathfinder Module will initially be made available for Free RPG Day ..

(adhering to the proof-reading standards set by your Editor-in-Chief?)

Shadow Lodge

Pathfinder Lost Omens, Maps, Rulebook Subscriber
Feros wrote:
Matthew Morris wrote:

Awesome, so we've

We Be Goblins level 1

We Be Goblins II level 2

Risen from the Sands level 3

Dawn of the Scarlet Sun, level 4

Am I right?

We Be Goblins Too! was level 3.

.. and Dawn of the Scarlet Sun was level 5.

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JohnF wrote:

The product page is missing a word:

This special 16-page Pathfinder Module will initially be made available for Free RPG Day ..

(adhering to the proof-reading standards set by your Editor-in-Chief?)

That was my typo this time. :D

Editor-in-Chief

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Liz Courts wrote:
JohnF wrote:

The product page is missing a word:

This special 16-page Pathfinder Module will initially be made available for Free RPG Day ..

(adhering to the proof-reading standards set by your Editor-in-Chief?)

That was my typo this time. :D

Oh to live entirely in the virtual world, where one's blackest sins prove so fleeting.

Boo hoo. Etc.

Webstore Gninja Minion

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F. Wesley Schneider wrote:

Oh to live entirely in the virtual world, where one's blackest sins prove so fleeting.

Boo hoo. Etc.

Right? Now I gotta go find my Sin-B-Gone Soap.

...aww man, I'm out... ;_;


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Liz Courts wrote:
F. Wesley Schneider wrote:

Oh to live entirely in the virtual world, where one's blackest sins prove so fleeting.

Boo hoo. Etc.

Right? Now I gotta go find my Sin-B-Gone Soap.

...aww man, I'm out... ;_;

Cosmo got his mouth washed out with it.


F. Wesley Schneider wrote:

I'm going to jump out in front of this WAY before it even comes up (which it certainly will).

Risen from the Sands is awesome—I just ran it last week and we had an absolute blast. Rob McCreary did a fantastic job and poured equal shares of artistry and sadism into this work.

Not detracting from any of that in the least, but still a thing of note, is the fact that there's a very visable typo marring the back cover. In the tagline at the top, in about 1,000-point font, the word "Pharaoh" is misspelled "Pharoah."

And that is TOTALLY my fault.

I made a change to the line during my final approval and no one past me ever saw it. So 100%, unequivocally, absolutely, without a doubt, my fault.

Of course, as always happens in cases like this, that means I learned about this when we got our first printed copies in house. You know, when it's absolutely too late to correct the issue.

So that's a thing. A personally and professionally embarrassing thing that—along with 10 years of dishonor—has resulted in the hanging of a very clearly lettered Post-It note in my office.

While the print copies will bear this beauty mark, the error has already been corrected on all PDF copies.

In any case, my deepest, most sincere apologies to gamers, Egyptian nobility, and literate sorts everywhere. Fortunately, though, my utter failure has absolutely zero impact on the awesomeness you'll find on the front cover or on any of the pages within.

On a slightly lighter note (if there are such things as lightness and joy anymore), if you're a fan of schadenfreude (and who isn't?), here's a link to the moment this was brought to my attention. Enjoy... you jackals.

Hey Wes- How hard would we get punched if we bring you a copy of this to be signed at a con some time?

Shadow Lodge

Pathfinder Lost Omens, Maps, Rulebook Subscriber

Hmm. Free RPG Day comes just a couple of weeks before PaizoCon ...


Calex wrote:
Hey Wes- How hard would we get punched if we bring you a copy of this to be signed at a con some time?

More importantly, how hard would it be for Wes to not cross the offending word out with the sharpie?


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Tirisfal wrote:
Calex wrote:
Hey Wes- How hard would we get punched if we bring you a copy of this to be signed at a con some time?
More importantly, how hard would it be for Wes to not cross the offending word out with the sharpie?

How cruel would it be to get a mass of people to do this?


Editor-appropriate way to commit seppuku: Make an edit of The Eye of Aargon.


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Sissyl wrote:
Editor-appropriate way to commit seppuku: Make an edit of The Eye of Aargon.

That's not seppuku; that is an editorial equivalent of the punishment of Sisyphus.


Pathfinder Lost Omens, Rulebook, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

Have the back cover mounted on his wall as a constant reminder to always double-check.


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This sounds cool, really. And I understand that you want to preview the new ACG, but is there a reason why you couldn't do that with We Be Goblins 3? I love the We Be Goblins series, I buy it every year (my local FLGSs dont do Free RPG Day) but I guess I'll just get the free PDF of this one this year.

Please, bring back more Goblin focused adventures (or an AP, everyone else is behind a Goblin AP, right?), they were seriously some of the best fun I've ever had running or playing PF.

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Coz wrote:

This sounds cool, really. And I understand that you want to preview the new ACG, but is there a reason why you couldn't do that with We Be Goblins 3? I love the We Be Goblins series, I buy it every year (my local FLGSs dont do Free RPG Day) but I guess I'll just get the free PDF of this one this year.

Please, bring back more Goblin focused adventures (or an AP, everyone else is behind a Goblin AP, right?), they were seriously some of the best fun I've ever had running or playing PF.

You may have fun running/playing goblin adventures, but they are some of the stupidest things I have seen out of Paizo. I would be happy if there was never another We Be Goblins again, but I understand that due to the popularity of We Be Goblins, that a part 3 will be due at some point. However, please understand that the entire fanbase doesn't like Goblin adventures, and we would like to get some love from Paizo during Free RPG Day too.

Sczarni

I look forward to playing this.

Do we have to use the ACG pregens or can we use our own pfs characters? My Crusader Cleric of Gorum will be lvl 3 by then and will love going up against a few undead.

I assume this will be like the recent modules and will be 1XP and 2PP.

Scarab Sages

Is it even PFS sanctioned at this time? Will we get chronicle sheets if we play on RPG day?

Dark Archive

Pathfinder Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber
Coz wrote:

This sounds cool, really. And I understand that you want to preview the new ACG, but is there a reason why you couldn't do that with We Be Goblins 3? I love the We Be Goblins series, I buy it every year (my local FLGSs dont do Free RPG Day) but I guess I'll just get the free PDF of this one this year.

Please, bring back more Goblin focused adventures (or an AP, everyone else is behind a Goblin AP, right?), they were seriously some of the best fun I've ever had running or playing PF.

I would note that there was a spare free RPG day between We Be Goblins & We Be Goblins Too, so it may well be that next year that we get another taste of Gobliny Madness.

There is also the concern of Richard Pett's schedule as well.

Silver Crusade

Will there be PFS credit for playing/GMing this module, much like there is for the "We Be Goblins" modules?

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