Starfinder Society Scenario #1-31: Treading History's Folly

5/5, would get ass kicked by stone again.

(Disclaimer: i'm fairly new to Starfinder. Was a player in the scenario recently.)

An interesting scenario which felt like a chapter in an epic story related to the Scoured Stars.

The best part of the adventure was the story. The adventure had a large amount of exposition, but it was done in an interesting, varied way which made learning this material feel like an earned reward and not just the grind.

A couple of critiques:

- The adventure felt very skill-dependent. One skill in particular was instrumental in both the mission and the final fight. Our party had this skill, so did well, but it's possible that a party could be out of luck without it.

- The combats felt way too easy. We were barely in the upper tier (average party level 4.75). Our characters were nothing too fancy, and the dice were pretty average. That said, the opponents put up barely more of a fight than a few stalks of wheat vs. a skythe. Perhaps we had the exact right party / tactics, but I don't recall anyone taking hit point damage during the entire adventure.

Overall I liked it, but IMHO it's a scenario where you should relax and soak in the details and flavor and not worry about anything bad happening to your character.

This is a fun adventure that features a few interesting social interactions, and plenty of traps, hazards, and enemies. My favourite part was the exploration of Xaharee. It’s a really cool, atmospheric location, that gives clever PCs the chance to learn a LOT about the Scoured Stars trinary system and the Tears. Although some of this information can be gleaned from previous scenarios, a lot of the information is brand new. Very cool! There’s also a surprisingly touching player hand-out, which I always enjoy. My one nit-pick is that final encounter has the potential to be very hard or repetitive.