Pathfinder Society Scenario #6–10: The Wounded Wisp (PFRPG) PDF

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A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1–2.

More than 400 years have transpired since the Pathfinder Society began in a humble tavern that has quietly weathered the centuries without incident. When a routine errand there uncovers a clue left behind by one of the founding Pathfinders, it’s up to the PCs to solve a puzzle whose pieces are scattered across Absalom—and whose prize dates back to the Society’s darkest years.

"The Wounded Wisp" is an evergreen, replayable scenario designed to help introduce players to the history of the Pathfinder Society and Absalom’s greatest sites.

Written by Thurston Hillman.

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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Good for both new and veteran players

5/5

Introduce the settings of Society and the Innersea, no matter you are new for PF, veteran player just into PFS, or experienced PFS player, are all strongly suggested playing Wisp.

Combine with combats, investigations, diplomats, and excellent NPCs, can make a enjoyable time. The BBEG combat is not as violent as First Step I, but still not too easy. And the investigation is actually a little mess for GMs, have to do hard work or your PCs may not know what to do.


Excellent Work

5/5

My criteria for judging scenarios is that up to three stars can be awarded for fluff and three for crunch. Obviously I can only award 5 stars though.

I have reviewed another scenario by Mr. Hillman, and was pretty merciless in tearing it apart. I therefore had low expectations walking into this mission.

I was very pleasantly surprised. The mission is similar in many ways to The Confirmation, but just...better. I like the Confirmation too, this just had a few nuances that made for a better time.

The combats are well designed for prospective agents, the dialogue with other agents gives a sense of belonging to something bigger, and there are enough little twists in the story to maintain forward momentum for the party.

The mechanic for the random encounter is brilliantly conceived, and what took my rating from 4 to 5 stars.

Well done, Thurston.


Great Introduction to The Pathfinder Society

5/5

I've GMed this three times now and it's a super adventure!

It needs a some prepping by the GM (do NOT go into this cold. Make your various decisions before you start, and note them down...) but it's worth it. The mix of combats. social, skills, and roleplaying is pretty much spot on.

It's not The Confirmation part II, but does make reference to that adventure which is nice.


Too convoluted

3/5

Let me first say that we played this in the middle of: First Steps > Wounded Wisp > Confirmation. That trio is an absolutely fabulous way to introduce your players to PFS. Wonderful.

It was also one of the first PFS scenarios I ran in real life for friends (as opposed to over PbP for strangers).

This scenario requires prep time. Too much prep time. There are so many random elements in it that are just there for replay purposes that it's hard to maintain the thread. One of the handouts you need to cut and paste by hand! Seriously. Get out the scissors and the glue stick.

I really prefer that an adventure has a cohesive plot that has been

Why 3 stars and not 2? Drandle Dreng rocks in the intro, and I love that guy. There's also an encounter with a gnome that I (for once) won't spoil that has to be one of my favorites in PFS so far. Also, they really do a pretty good job of keeping the plot in there despite all the randomness. I just don't want to spend more than twice as long prepping as I do running it.

As an aside... there is also a cleric of Sarenrae in there who is just awful. We had the misfortune to randomly roll her before I realized. Everyone was "Sarenrae? Are you sure?" Divine justice does strike, her, but she's really, really poorly done. The backstory doesn't come close to justifying her set up or the roleplaying conditions placed around her in that encounter.

My recommendation would be to make all the random rolls ahead of time, and prepare that plot alone (whatever it ends up being). If you get the cleric of Sarenrae? Fudge it.


Excellent for those New to PFS

4/5

This scenario is a good spiritual successor to #5–08: The Confirmation and I recommend running both scenarios for each character to begin their careers. One or two experienced players at the table would be welcome, but I do not recommend this scenario for a table full of PFS veterans. Roleplaying is good. Combats are good. The flexibility of encounters is welcome for a re-playable tier 1–2 adventure.


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Announced for December!

Grand Lodge

Pathfinder Adventure, Rulebook Subscriber

FINALLY.

Scarab Sages

I know that as always the cover is subject to change, but ...

Iron Gods Book 1 minor spoiler:
That's the art used for the named gargoyle in the boss encounter of Fires of Creation. Is there an Iron Gods connection in the scenario?

Webstore Gninja Minion

The cover art is not final, and the mockup we have for this season's scenarios is the junkyard stylin' gargoyle that you see there—doesn't necessarily mean there's an Iron Gods connection.

Scarab Sages

Liz Courts wrote:
The cover art is not final, and the mockup we have for this season's scenarios is the junkyard stylin' gargoyle that you see there—doesn't necessarily mean there's an Iron Gods connection.

Heh, sorry. I guess I just didn't notice it before and my group just fought him last week so it stuck out. Thanks for the quick reply Liz!

Paizo Employee Contributor

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MUAH HA! Ha... ha ha ha ha... ha... ha!

Alrighty, now that I've got that out of my system. I can't wait for everyone to get a chance to play this. I'm hoping it fills a niche similar to the Confirmation, but is different enough to let them compliment one another.

Dark Archive

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So, looks like my favorite PFS author is writing the new evergreen. I guess It's time for me to have a billion level one characters! :P


Dresden, I think you stole the very ideas I was thinking!

Grand Lodge

Alright, Thursty! I look forward to running and playing this adventure.


Soon? :)

(BTW, which map packs/flip maps are used in this?)


What time will this be released "today" ??? I've been waiting all day to read it so I can judge it on Friday.

Sovereign Court

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So did you all forget you were releasing this today and just went home early for New Years? I mean I like the bar as much as the next guy but come on now. :-(

@Duncan don't worry it will use at least 2-3 out of print flip mats

Liberty's Edge

Pathfinder Rulebook, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

I've found that new scenarios drop around (or after) close of business. Scenarios have been released as later than 9 PM EST in the past.

Sovereign Court

@slothsy Thanks haven't ever actually been waiting for a scenario before. Usually other PDF stuff I have looked for on day one (Ex: player companions) releases early to mid day (thus would be out by now). So it is good to know this "delay" on scenarios is normal.

That said my original comment was mostly tongue in cheek

Grand Lodge

Pathfinder Adventure, Rulebook Subscriber

Yeah, it's still only 2:38PM there right now if my timezones are correct.


Still it is a little disappointing. It's getting late over in my timezone and being New Year's Eve I have to be heading out soon. Not sure why but I really was looking forward to giving this scenario a glance today.

Liberty's Edge

Pathfinder Rulebook, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

I remember that feeling while waiting for Destiny of the Sands Part III to come out!

Grand Lodge

Pathfinder Adventure, Rulebook Subscriber

I have to prep Slave Master's Mirror for Saturday, so I know the feeling.

Paizo Employee Developer

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Duncan7291 wrote:

Soon? :)

(BTW, which map packs/flip maps are used in this?)

Answers!:
Flip-Mat: Necropolis and Map Pack: Wizard's Tower
Paizo Employee Developer

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Regarding the scenarios' time of release, scenarios typically release around the close of Paizo's business day, which ends up being somewhere in the 5–8 pm range, local time (Pacific Standard Time). This is how things have gone for virtually every release since I have worked here—and possibly before.

This month's scenarios are finished and should be showing up on the website shortly.

Grand Lodge

thanks for the update John, I am also excited to pick this one up as soon as it releases!


John,

Thank you for all of your hard work. I plan on using this for my first GMing attempt.

“I’m sure you all know that in time travel, we work with the past, present and future. But you may not know that there are different verb tenses that can be used with each of these. Before we can tell a story about the past, we need to master the verbs in the present. And there are four different types of present tense verbs. How many types are there, recruits?”

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book series)
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Sovereign Court RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32, 2010 Top 8

F5... F5... F5... F5...


Matthew Morris wrote:
F5... F5... F5... F5...

Doing the same here.


John Compton wrote:

Regarding the scenarios' time of release, scenarios typically release around the close of Paizo's business day, which ends up being somewhere in the 5–8 pm range, local time (Pacific Standard Time). This is how things have gone for virtually every release since I have worked here—and possibly before.

This month's scenarios are finished and should be showing up on the website shortly.

GOT IT AND THE MAPS. YOU ROCK.


John Compton wrote:

Regarding the scenarios' time of release, scenarios typically release around the close of Paizo's business day, which ends up being somewhere in the 5–8 pm range, local time (Pacific Standard Time). This is how things have gone for virtually every release since I have worked here—and possibly before.

This month's scenarios are finished and should be showing up on the website shortly.

Re: Page 26 top left

A sincere thank you so very much for doing this. This should keep the evergreen fresh.


John Compton wrote:

Regarding the scenarios' time of release, scenarios typically release around the close of Paizo's business day, which ends up being somewhere in the 5–8 pm range, local time (Pacific Standard Time). This is how things have gone for virtually every release since I have worked here—and possibly before.

This month's scenarios are finished and should be showing up on the website shortly.

Re: Top-most magic item on chronicle sheet

Thank you for taking the time to think this through. This particular aspect of the game can be a huge nuisance and this should help clear things up.


Thurston Hillman wrote:

MUAH HA! Ha... ha ha ha ha... ha... ha!

Alrighty, now that I've got that out of my system. I can't wait for everyone to get a chance to play this. I'm hoping it fills a niche similar to the Confirmation, but is different enough to let them compliment one another.

Thank you. From what I have read so far you have done an excellent job.

Liberty's Edge

The maps in this scenario only copy as black so I cannot import them into Roll20... Please help!

Liberty's Edge

Cronge wrote:
The maps in this scenario only copy as black so I cannot import them into Roll20... Please help!

Fixed... had to use a pdf to jpeg extractor to get the map images out of the scenario.


Reading through this it almost feels like First Steps and the Confirmation had a baby that inherited the best traits of both its parents. I'm really loving the potential for roleplay that this scenario seems to offer. I just hope I can do it justice when I run it next week.

Liberty's Edge

1 person marked this as a favorite.

Looks like a small but meaningful typo on page 11:

Quote:
Rewards: If the PCs to defeat the creatures in area A13, (with or without help), reduce each PC’s gold earned by 50 gp.

Think we're missing the word "fail" in there.

Liberty's Edge

Pathfinder Starfinder Society Subscriber

I'm not sure I am as pleased with this as I was the Confirmation - some parts of this are just needlessly complicated and could have been drastically simplified and still be as re-playable. Especially part B - that's a lot of resource for very little table play time.

Silver Crusade

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Is Onyeka Chaotic Good or True Neutral? Her stat block says one and her description says the other. Either one is legal (wouldn't have been in 3.5, which almost threw me for a second) but they're radically different in how they behave beyond the narrow confines of her description.

Edit: Also, I believe from context that Fimbrik has a cane in his hand, not a can. ;)

Paizo Employee Developer

Renegade Paladin wrote:

Is Onyeka Chaotic Good or True Neutral? Her stat block says one and her description says the other. Either one is legal (wouldn't have been in 3.5, which almost threw me for a second) but they're radically different in how they behave beyond the narrow confines of her description.

Edit: Also, I believe from context that Fimbrik has a cane in his hand, not a can. ;)

In Response:
Onyeka should be neutral--largely tied into her present low-pity/patience style of Sarenrae worship and past events.
Silver Crusade

I see the term "Evergreen" mention what does this pertain too?

thanks!
RM


Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

It can be replayed for PFS credit with a different first level character over and over.

Same as First Steps I and The Confirmation.

Silver Crusade

Ok, thanks for the clarification!

I'm thinkin of running this one at ReaperCon this year.

RM

Grand Lodge

Yeah, this needed a more thorough edit before getting put up. Hopefully that happens relatively soon. Otherwise our VC will have to add a few sticky notes to the pages as to what's what.

Silver Crusade

By the by, the cover page with all the layered images is such a huge file that the game shop's printer can't handle it; it's an older one that wants to cache the page before printing it and it's too big for its memory. XD Actually the file in general could be optimized to be a lot smaller than it is, I think; I'd try running it through Acrobat to shrink it down but I don't know if the security features would allow it.

Grand Lodge

Is there a reason why the taven that the Pathfinder Society was started in, in PFS 5-08 The Confirmation, is named The Pigs Paunch and not The Wounded Whisp as it is in this scenario?

Paizo Employee Contributor

balakus01 wrote:
Is there a reason why the taven that the Pathfinder Society was started in, in PFS 5-08 The Confirmation, is named The Pigs Paunch and not The Wounded Whisp as it is in this scenario?

Continuity error. Addressed by John HERE.

Grand Lodge

Pathfinder Adventure, Rulebook Subscriber

I got a very Da Vinci Code vibe playing this. Looking forward to running this myself down the line.

Lantern Lodge

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My team also picked up on the pubs name change.

A few other things that would be helpful. Only one is really an error though.

Error: Tomb moving?:

The map and Section C have the tomb of Arkath the Stonemason in the Eastgate, but the note the players find says Ivy district. It would be nice to get that fixed.

Where is Dreg?:

It would also be helpful to know where Dreng is (players ask this sort of thing). I stuck him in the Docks 'a street corner far from the Grand Lodge'. I guess he can move around and keep the ever green feel going.

Timing:

Is it anticipated that the whole adventure takes one day? Or that the team rests in the middle. It would be kind of nice to set expectations here. It first comes up in the Wisp when folk overhear about Sir Reinhart's intentions - I guess this is kept loose so the team can stop and heal if necessary? I just had the patrons reply with different times, as nobody is too sure about exactly when he's going to try. As this is a module that new GMs might want to run, extra guidance on this would be helpful.

Grand Lodge

Shisumo wrote:

Looks like a small but meaningful typo on page 11:

Quote:
Rewards: If the PCs to defeat the creatures in area A13, (with or without help), reduce each PC’s gold earned by 50 gp.
Think we're missing the word "fail" in there.

Glad I remembered to come here. Have to run the game tomorrow, and that bit confused me.

Community & Digital Content Director

Updated to include updated Season 7 and 8 versions of one of the Player Handouts.


Dotted

Grand Lodge

Got my copy. Will be running it near the end of the month.

Grand Lodge

Is this getting a Season 9 update, or is it just going to have 6-8?

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