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Pathfinder Adventure Path: Curse of the Crimson Throne (PFRPG)

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Pathfinder Adventure Path: Curse of the Crimson Throne (PFRPG)
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A Campaign Fit For a Queen

The kings and queens of Korvosa have long ruled under the shadow of the Curse of the Crimson Throne—an infamous superstition claiming that no monarch of the city of Korvosa shall ever die of old age or produce an heir. Whether or not there is any truth to the legend of the curse, Korvosa's current king is but the latest victim to succumb to this foul legacy. Now, the metropolis teeters on the edge of anarchy, and it falls to a band of new heroes to save Korvosa from the greatest threat it has ever known! This hardcover compilation updates the fan-favorite campaign for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, including new and revised content and nearly 500 pages packed with mayhem, excitement, and adventure!

This hardcover edition of Curse of the Crimson Throne contains:

  • All six chapters of the original Adventure Path, expanded and updated for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.
  • An in-depth gazetteer of the city of Korvosa as it exists under the rule of its new queen.
  • An array of new rules options for characters, ranging from campaign traits to spells to magic items.
  • An expansive appendix with statistics, descriptions, backgrounds, and rules support for the 12 most important NPCs in the campaign.
  • A bestiary featuring nine monsters from the original Adventure Path making their debut under the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game rules.
  • Dozens of new illustrations, never-before-seen characters, location maps, extensive new encounter locations, and more!

ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-890-8

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Download the rules for running this Adventure Path and Chronicle sheets — (681 kb zip/PDF)

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5/5 —

A beautiful introduction to Golarion

5/5 —

I ran this AP for two years with five players. We're using the Pathfinder Second Edition ruleset (along with a resource document from pathfinderinfinite). After that much time, we've journeyed through 5 of the 6 chapters and I'm willing to give it a review!

It has been a blast! The city of Korvosa is very memorable, primarely in the atmosphere it breathes.. its people/npcs, locations, a tiny little bit of political intrigue.. the Chronicles Guide to Korvosa is another book that does a splendid job of painting the setting.

The adventure kicks off very, very strong! The first couple of sessions might be some of the best you've ever had while running an adventure. It is grim, realistic, exciting, it feels real! As if you're not sitting at that table but walking the streets yourself. Be that good or bad, there is no other chapter that quite reaches the heights of the first.

As people mention out, there is indeed a "leaving Korvosa" part in chapters 4 and 5, and they do feel very contrasted to the others. On the other hand, book 4 I found easier as a GM to adjust to my whims more than any chapter before it, and chapter 5 with its mega dungeon was a (for me) surprisingly appreciated intermediate after I had prepared all the resources (drawing the mega-dungeon on several huge 1-inched grid papers, making up the treasure table for 2nd edition) since it required much less effort from my part after that.

Now that we're about to crack the final chapter I can see my players have a lost of investment into returning to Korvosa and seeing all lose knots tied. I'm somewhat disappointed though, that, for the most part, the final chapter ALSO works as a mega-dungeon! I've explained this with my players and we've agreed that we don't need to chapters of that in a row; we'll take on the final one with a more narrative approach to the most interesting locations instead.

I'm certain that the final chapter will be a success and we'll have many, many opportunities yet to see how each relation of the pcs with the many npcs comes to an end. Many of them have become second family to our group!

Though it may require a bit of love in some spots to fit your needs, Curse of The Crimson Throne offers, without a doubt, a very memorable setting and storyline. It is harsh, often grim, with endless opportunities to bend it to a unique experience for your group!

The Gold Standard For Adventure Paths

5/5 —

This AP is widely considered one of the (if not THE) best Adventure Paths for good reason. It really is that good. Tons of really interesting NPCs and storylines. Lots and lots and lots of room for a GM to add their own touches. An excellent story that makes the PCs feel like heroes. Villains they really want to beat. Heck, it's even a good introduction to the pathfinder system and world.

Not only that, but since it's so popular, there's tons of advice about what changes to make, what to keep an eye on, and how to make changes that can improve it. This edition is a fantastic deal and an excellent campaign and I can't recommend it highly enough.

Frick it my review got deleted

5/5 —

I wrote fricking long review about great time I had with running the whole campaign(and post campaign) and then it got deleted by the fricking "too much backtracking" page dagnabbit

I'm not gonna write the entire thing again, so here is in short: This campaign has great recurring NPC cast(most of later APs have problem with introducing cool NPCs and then rest of books never mentioning them again), great themes, great villains, Kazavon's awesome hair, allows multiple approaches to different situations(such as infiltrating with sneaking or talking through places instead of just fighting through them. Kinda reminds me of Deux Ex computer games in a way), awesome locations, awesome post campaign potential and is one of my favourite APs ever.

Good value, but some reservations

4/5 —

Short Version: A smart buy but held back by structural issues.

It's hard to get better adventure value for your dollar than this or the Rise of the Runelords collected edition. If I were reviewing on that alone, this would be 5 stars and then some. But there's more to an adventure than that.

The AP's hook is quite good, but almost immediately discarded in favor of saving the city. This can be helped a good session 0, but still feels artificial.

Even looking at the new plot, many elements feel shoehorned in. People point to volumes 4 and 5 for this, but there are sections in 2 that exist only to kill time as the plot advances and an entire dungeon in 3 that is cool but can seem forced if the players don't kick in the door right away. Any of these alone would be fine, but each makes the next more obvious.

That being said, there's a lot of cool stuff going on here, it just takes at least a star's worth of work to stitch it together.

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I would've also accepted the Dread Pirate Roberts.

I would have accepted Moon Knight myself.
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captain yesterday wrote:
I would've also accepted the Dread Pirate Roberts.

Zorro!

Silver Crusade
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Thomas Seitz wrote:
I would have accepted Moon Knight myself.

Or Nighthawk

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IT SHIPPED!
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Rysky wrote:
IT SHIPPED!

... but it's not in my downloads...

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Aw! I'm sorry Rysky! Maybe tomorrow!
Silver Crusade

Still not there :(

Paizo, why has thou forsaken me?!

Mine is still in my sidecart. The anticipation is killing me!

Ruyan.
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Mine still hasn't shipped. Killing me Paizo!
Customer Service Representative
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Rysky wrote:
Rysky wrote:
IT SHIPPED!
... but it's not in my downloads...

Hello Rysky,

You should see the PDF on your My Downloads page now. In the future please start a new thread in the customer service forums as we don't always see issues posted in a product discussion.
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Diego Valdez wrote:
Rysky wrote:
Rysky wrote:
IT SHIPPED!
... but it's not in my downloads...

Hello Rysky,

You should see the PDF on your My Downloads page now. In the future please start a new thread in the customer service forums as we don't always see issues posted in a product discussion.

It is! It is!

And I did send an email to customer service, but I'll start a thread next time (I was just amusingly languishing, I wasn't actually expecting someone from CS to take notice of these posts, sorry for the hassle)

Thankies!

*hugs Diego*
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Aw. Deigo gets 50,000 XP for making Rysky smile. ;) That and you know, cause CotCT is awesome. ;)
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P. 389

Oh F~~!...
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The book looks magnificent! I hope the art department is let out of the basement for an extra hour as reward for the spectacular job they've done here. :-)
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15 minutes. An hour is pretty excessive even for the wonderful job in this book.
Rysky wrote:

P. 389

Oh F**!...

Okay now you HAVE to tell me Rysky. PM me if nothing else!

Dark Archive

I'm now sad that getting hardcover version of this will probably take really long due to me having to wait it gets to store here first :/ And I won't get free pdf in progress xD Darn you international shipping costs!
Silver Crusade
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Thomas Seitz wrote:
Rysky wrote:

P. 389

Oh F**!...

Okay now you HAVE to tell me Rysky. PM me if nothing else!

Spoiler:
Illeosa gets a little friend during the final fight. the blood veil combines with Kazavon's will to make a unique Taniniver!
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Do I need to worry that goblins stole my order if I my book has not shipped yet?

I pre-ordered right away when it was announced but it is still listed as "pending".
Silver Crusade
Nullpunkt wrote:

Do I need to worry that goblins stole my order if I my book has not shipped yet?

I pre-ordered right away when it was announced but it is still listed as "pending".

As Diego suggested I would start a thread in customer service or email them about it.

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Product Description wrote:
Limited Edition: This version of Curse of the Crimson Throne is also available as in a paizo.com exclusive limited edition hardcover.

As the limitied edition has sold out, this passage should probably be removed or amended.

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Rysky wrote:
Nullpunkt wrote:

Do I need to worry that goblins stole my order if I my book has not shipped yet?

I pre-ordered right away when it was announced but it is still listed as "pending".

As Diego suggested I would start a thread in customer service or email them about it.

I was about to do that but thought that I might be a little too impatient and wanted to check if other people who pre-ordered are still waiting as well.

I guess I'll post in the customer service forum, then.
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Still waiting here for mine to ship with my subscriptions.
Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber

Same here.
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Oh, mine just shipped. Shiny!
Dark Archive

Mine says it shipped September 30th. Still waiting on the slow boat from Seattle to Chicago.
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Well that's a difficult boat route, I guess.
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*dons his cape and pistol, mounts the horse, prepares to highwayman ... or rather, AUTOBAHNMANN the Deutsche Post truck en route to Zaister*
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My brain is struggling to put that image together. A bag...in a cape, with a pistol, on a horse...
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Steve Geddes wrote:
My brain is struggling to put that image together. A bag...in a cape, with a pistol, on a horse...

It's the teeth.. they're opposable.

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Gorbacz wrote:
*dons his cape and pistol, mounts the horse, prepares to highwayman ... or rather, AUTOBAHNMANN the Deutsche Post truck en route to Zaister*

Hey!

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Rysky wrote:

P. 389

Oh F**!...

What a nice little twist!

Ruyan.
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RuyanVe wrote:
Rysky wrote:

P. 389

Oh F**!...

What a nice little twist!

Ruyan.

Agreed!

LOVE THE FACT THEY HAVE INCLUDED RULES FOR UNCHAINED SUMMONER KYTON EIDOLONS!

ALSO INTRIGUED BY THE REFERENCE ON PG395 TO SORSHEN APPEARING IN A MAJOR ROLE IN AN UPCOMING PAIZO PRODUCT AND THE HINT IT MAY INVOLVE THE MYTHIC RULES
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Tim,

It's been a rumor for a while. Not sure if that's definitive.

Rysky,

I has a question!

Spoiler:
Does the Haevo(sp) tentacle still show up and is it also stat-ted out in the bestiary index?

Silver Crusade Contributor
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Why wait? ^_^

Spoiler:
The havero and its tentacles are still very much present - statistically and otherwise - weird reach mechanics and all.
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Kal,

Thank you! I just wanted to be sure because I was looking a jar of pennies a while back...
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Zaister wrote:
Gorbacz wrote:
*dons his cape and pistol, mounts the horse, prepares to highwayman ... or rather, AUTOBAHNMANN the Deutsche Post truck en route to Zaister*
Hey!

VERFLUCHTE!

*realises that once more he confused Kiel with Cologne*

(It's super easy, given that in Polish one is "Kilonia" and the other is "Kolonia")
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Gorbacz wrote:

VERFLUCHTE!

*realises that once more he confused Kiel with Cologne*

(It's super easy, given that in Polish one is "Kilonia" and the other is "Kolonia")

Phew!

Also, my packages come with UPS :)
Dark Archive
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*crosses fingers* Here's hoping that this week is THE week.

Hoping to run this much sooner than I thought.

How much involvement does Asmodeus and other devils have in this adventure path? From what I've heard, it's nowhere near as much as Hell's Rebels.
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Axial wrote:
How much involvement does Asmodeus and other devils have in this adventure path? From what I've heard, it's nowhere near as much as Hell's Rebels.

Definitely nowhere near as much.

Curse of the Crimson Throne:
Devils, by and large, don't appear until Book 6. They're all minions of a specific devil with whom the Queen has formed an infernal contract.

While the exiled duke Lorthact is technically involved, he only really gets involved in the Continuing the Campaign section.

Itching to get my copy! Haven't heard anything but good things so far. :)

Do we get full-fledged stats for Kazavon? If so, does he have the Herald subtype, a fiendish or half-fiend template, or some divine-based class levels to indicate his devotion to Zon-Kuthon? Or is he a mythic great wyrm blue dragon with some sadistic chain-based abilities? Do tell. :D

We do!

Kavazon

:
He is an Advanced great wyrm blue dragon Fighter 1/ Eldritch Knight 4. For a grand total of CR 25 they also have his human form, which you have to get through to defeat his dragon form, if he gets away when first resurrected I mean, about his human form.

Enjoy!

Bit underwhelming but STILL! Kavazon is better than others I expected.

How is CR 25 underwhelming?

I was expecting him to have something like templates. Or Mythic. That's all. I also I said a BIT, not completely.

Fair enough, I can see that, I thought as much. :-)
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