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Pathfinder Society Scenario #6–05: Slave Ships of Absalom (PFRPG) PDF

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Pathfinder Society Scenario #6–05: Slave Ships of Absalom (PFRPG) PDF

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A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1-5.

The metropolis of Absalom promotes commerce in its many forms, and although slavery is legal, it is increasingly common for citizens to frown on the institution. The practice becomes more questionable when an ally of the Pathfinder Society traces an attempt at supernatural surveillance through a slave. Sent as independent sleuths, the PCs must track down the source of this espionage, which takes them deep into underbelly of one of Absalom’s darkest industries.

Content in “Slave Ships of Absalom” also contributes directly to the ongoing storylines of the Liberty’s Edge and Sovereign Court factions.

Written by Mark Garringer.

This scenario is designed for play in Pathfinder Society Organized Play, but can easily be adapted for use with any world. This scenario is compliant with the Open Game License (OGL) and is suitable for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

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5/5 —

I played this together with Damanta (review below mine).

This scenario is for the players who love diplomacy, intrigue and investigation.

You definitely can and must bring your roleplaying a-game for this! You start off with two leads to this investigation. Cunning and diplomacy must be used to get the ball rolling. Once you are off to a start, weaseling, palm greasing and more diplomacy are what’s in store.
If the cards are played right, a nice little conspiracy will unfold, and it all ends with a solid endbash against the BBEG.

Face characters will really shine here. Jack of all trades characters will also have a solid good time here, being able to help out in every part of the investigation.
Characters with very little skills or with very low charisma will lag behind in this scenario, although the end battle does give them their own moment to shine.

Even with characters without the right skills, good roleplay will get you through (nearly) everything.

My only gripe with this scenario is that the overall enjoyment will not only hinge upon the GMs portrayal of the NPCs, but also on where you play this. With all the information you need to remember, and the fragile egos of Nobles you have to tiptoe around, missed or misheard information might bite you. Definitely something you want to run in a more quiet environment.

Summary: Real Solid scenario. This if for you if you love: roleplay, investigations, diplomacy.
This scenario is not really suited for the younger (maturity or age) players as it requires a lot of patience and a solid attention span.

It has it all

5/5 —

Played this quite impromptu this afternoon. Party of 6 in the low tier.

Partysetup:
Human Barbarian 1, Human Barbarian 1, Human Fighter 1(lorewarden), Kitsune Sorceress 1(wildblood sylvan, with snapping turtle animal companion), Sylph Druid 1(skydruid, with roc animal companion), Aasimar Oracle 2

This is an awesome adventure, and it rewards players for being capable of more things than just smashing stuff. There was investigation, there was intrigue, there was the need for tactical thinking, the whole gamut.

More of these please.

I loved it.

5/5 —

This scenario has it all: intrigue, combats, lots of social encounters, sneaky stuff, deducing, and to top it all a very climactic ending.

Prepare this well, and tell your players to prepare themselves as well. They must pay attention and write down notes lest they forget what they were doing and miss out all the best stuff.

Sports a minor nostalgia trip for Season 0 veterans.

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Webstore Gninja Minion

Announced!
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Congratulations Mark! Can't wait to run this a few times at FlatCon now.
Liberty's Edge

Other than the name, does this scenario have a link back to #8: Slave Pits of Absalom?
Grand Lodge
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*eep!* That's my name up there! :D
Scarab Sages
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Congratulations, Mark!

Looking forward to playing (and hopefully running) this one.
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Congratulations Mark! I'm looking forward to playing this one!
Shadow Lodge
Paz wrote:
Other than the name, does this scenario have a link back to #8: Slave Pits of Absalom?

I've been wondering, too, but I'm starting to think since it hasn't been really answered or mentioned, probably not related at all.

Grand Lodge

I was kind of leaving it for an official answer. :)
Paizo Employee Developer
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DM Beckett wrote:
Paz wrote:
Other than the name, does this scenario have a link back to #8: Slave Pits of Absalom?
I've been wondering, too, but I'm starting to think since it hasn't been really answered or mentioned, probably not related at all.

There are some significant thematic ties, but I think it's just a bit to much of a stretch to call this a true sequel.

Shadow Lodge

Sounds good. Not really a great deal to be a sequel too, story-wise, but it sounds like it could work very well for a follow-up scenario, doing the two close to together.
Sovereign Court
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I'm counting on a visit to Misery Row. And possibly to a certain drug den to yet again pouch their profits for the good of society.

Also, I'm hoping on running this ASAP, possibly on Friday (GMT+2...) so if Paizo releases this on Thursday afternoon (say, 5pm), I'll have maybe 15 hours before I'm supposed to run it.
Paizo Employee Developer

It is worth noting that Slave Ships of Absalom references a particular Chronicle sheet that the player might have earned, even if her PC did not. Having this Chronicle sheet on hand can influence a minor element of the adventure, and there are alternative means to accomplish that feature.

Virtually non-spoiler detail that is spoiler-ed just for spoilers' sake:

Pathfinder Society Scenario #5–03: The Hellknight's Feast

Deussu wrote:

I'm counting on a visit to Misery Row. And possibly to a certain drug den to yet again pouch their profits for the good of society.

Also, I'm hoping on running this ASAP, possibly on Friday (GMT+2...) so if Paizo releases this on Thursday afternoon (say, 5pm), I'll have maybe 15 hours before I'm supposed to run it.

That's a side effect of our production schedule and differing time zones. As always, we're striving to get a quality adventure into GMs' hands in a timely fashion, and the last Wednesday of each month is our target for…9 months out of each year (conventions actually push up the June–August schedule).

Sovereign Court

Regarding stuff John Compton just wrote:
Curious as I am, would it be advisable for the GM to know what happens in that particular scenario? As a matter of fact I belive most of the players coming to play Slave Ships of Absalom have played Hellknight's Feast whereas I have not.
Paizo Employee Developer
Deussu wrote:
** spoiler omitted **

In Response:
The Chronicle sheet has a boon that explains in broad terms how the PC earned it, and this should provide a basis for the GM to provide roleplaying context in addition to the mechanical benefit presented in #6–05. It is not essential to have read or played #5–03 to implement the feature, yet knowing more can't hurt.
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Who's this Garringer fellow?

Hey there, just wondering if there is a likely release time for this? I'd like to block out some time for making the first in-scenario post on a PbP I'm running. Really looking forward to this - we've been bar-fighting on the forums just to pass the time. ;-)
Grand Lodge
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New products are usually posted for purchase at close of business in the Pacific timezone. Hopefully this isn't delayed or anything!

New products will always have a release/ship date of "Soon."
Paizo Glitterati Robot

Hey guys, this one has been pushed out to tomorrow afternoon. #6-04 is available tonight, however.
Grand Lodge

I missed the previous scenario tie-in until now! Very much looking forward to running these back to back over the next month :)
Sovereign Court
Chris Lambertz wrote:
Hey guys, this one has been pushed out to tomorrow afternoon. #6-04 is available tonight, however.

I noticed, and actually I'm surprised #6-04 got released one day early!

Lantern Lodge
Chris Lambertz wrote:
Hey guys, this one has been pushed out to tomorrow afternoon. #6-04 is available tonight, however.

Ooohh! Wonder what is reason the delay? :S

Set to run #6-05, the following week.
While #0-8 Slave Pits is set for next week in my area.

"Soon". (All in good natured fun)

;)

Afternoon PDT has officially become evening PDT... we're hanging out, man! I'm wearing out the refresh key.
Paizo Glitterati Robot

Now available!

Woot. Thanks Chris

Yay!
Dark Archive

Will be available today still.
Grand Lodge

It was announced as now available... has anyone had any success of adding it to their cart? It is still showing up as "will be available today" for me too.
Grand Lodge

I was able to download it! :D

Clear your cache. It showed up for me.

Got it. Yeah, browser caches are your enemy. Got my first post up on the PbP. Looks good. Anyone else notice that the cover changed... is that normal?

Not sure if Paizo ever does re-prints of Scenarios, but there is a typo on page 3: "She magically the spell back to its source...". Presumably the word "tracked" or something similar is missing.
Paizo Employee Developer
jmclaus wrote:
Not sure if Paizo ever does re-prints of Scenarios, but there is a typo on page 3: "She magically the spell back to its source...". Presumably the word "tracked" or something similar is missing.

"Traced" or "tracked" would be the correct word. I'm surprised it disappeared.

Webstore Gninja Minion
John Compton wrote:
jmclaus wrote:
Not sure if Paizo ever does re-prints of Scenarios, but there is a typo on page 3: "She magically the spell back to its source...". Presumably the word "tracked" or something similar is missing.
"Traced" or "tracked" would be the correct word. I'm surprised it disappeared.

Probably because there wasn't a tracker on it. :D

Liz Courts wrote:
John Compton wrote:
jmclaus wrote:
Not sure if Paizo ever does re-prints of Scenarios, but there is a typo on page 3: "She magically the spell back to its source...". Presumably the word "tracked" or something similar is missing.
"Traced" or "tracked" would be the correct word. I'm surprised it disappeared.
Probably because there wasn't a tracker on it. :D

I'm going to have to ask you to reTRACt that statement. *rimshot*

Paizo Employee Developer
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bugleyman wrote:
Liz Courts wrote:
John Compton wrote:
jmclaus wrote:
Not sure if Paizo ever does re-prints of Scenarios, but there is a typo on page 3: "She magically the spell back to its source...". Presumably the word "tracked" or something similar is missing.
"Traced" or "tracked" would be the correct word. I'm surprised it disappeared.
Probably because there wasn't a tracker on it. :D
I'm going to have to ask you to reTRACt that statement. *rimshot*

Every time someone tells a pun that bad, Grandmaster Torch betrays a kitten.

Shadow Lodge

I should add an entry for him here.
Sovereign Court

Man this was a hard read. The simular names make it way way to confusing.
Silver Crusade

My local player pool has a lot of Silver Crusade and Liberty's Edge players. This thing right here? This is gonna be fuuuuuuun. >:)
Scarab Sages

A grief I have on this, is with the treatment of slavery.

It's OK for the rich to own slaves. In fact, we should help them be compensated for getting a 'bad' slave.
It's OK to be the middle man and negotiate a good price. We can intimidate them for a better price, but not beat them up.
It's BAD to be the people capturing and selling them. Those people we can beat up and kill.

Because slavery will only end if we stop all the people from capturing and selling them.
NOT IF WE STOP BUYING THEM.

This is the flawed morality that allowed slavery to persist for so long.
Speaking of that, when are we going to get a season where Liberty's Edge and Silver Crusade finally get to end slavery?
I'm getting tired of explaining that slavery is OK in Pathfinder.
Shadow Lodge
John Compton wrote:
bugleyman wrote:
Liz Courts wrote:
John Compton wrote:
jmclaus wrote:
Not sure if Paizo ever does re-prints of Scenarios, but there is a typo on page 3: "She magically the spell back to its source...". Presumably the word "tracked" or something similar is missing.
"Traced" or "tracked" would be the correct word. I'm surprised it disappeared.
Probably because there wasn't a tracker on it. :D
I'm going to have to ask you to reTRACt that statement. *rimshot*
Every time someone tells a pun that bad, Grandmaster Torch betrays a kitten.

Yeah guys, it really burns him up.

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