Starfinder Adventure Path #22: The Forever Reliquary (Attack of the Swarm! 4 of 6)

If this is supposed to be part #4, it has to be AP # 22, not 21.

Yay Kate, looking forward to it!

Yay, Kate! This is the big time for you! I know it will be awesome!

Congratulations Kate!!! This adventure will be amazing I am sure of it :)

Woo!

Max grats, all the grats!

Congrats! Anything written by Kate is going to be amazing! I am so excited!

Thanks, all! This adventure path should be pretty amazing, and I’m so glad I got to be a part of it.

Huzzah!

Awesome, Kate!

"...the heroes strike against a massive Swarm creature that is draining the world's resources dry."

Ah, this world must be rich in Vespene gas and More Minerals.

Awesome, Kate! I can't wait for this AP!

"...the heroes strike against a massive Swarm creature that is draining the world's resources dry."

Ah, this world must be rich in Vespene gas and More Minerals.

Lol- nice one. Thinking along those lines, I just gotta saw that it'd be a shame if there isn't at least some kind of Infested Kerrigan parody in this AP- either as a boss, or even just a character mention. Or maybe they could throw in something similar to the corruptions from the Song of Screams AP, that affects the players. EDIT: Oh, wait- maybe THAT'S why they haven't put up something on Part Two yet- that's where they've added the Kerrigan tribute! Lol.

Generic Villain wrote:

"...the heroes strike against a massive Swarm creature that is draining the world's resources dry."

Ah, this world must be rich in Vespene gas and More Minerals.

Lol- nice one. Thinking along those lines, I just gotta saw that it'd be a shame if there isn't at least some kind of Infested Kerrigan parody in this AP- either as a boss, or even just a character mention. Or maybe they could throw in something similar to the corruptions from the Song of Screams AP, that affects the players. EDIT: Oh, wait- maybe THAT'S why they haven't put up something on Part Two yet- that's where they've added the Kerrigan tribute! Lol.

We bandied that idea around with our authors, but really, the Swarm don't work that way. They prefer to consume your flesh for its precious nutrients and DNA.

okay I realize this is a silly question to ask here on volume 4 of this particular AP but, this has me a bit confused. First off thanks to the people over at Paizo for putting out this particular AP I have to admit the swarm have been one of the topics and concepts that has frequently been one of the things that have intrigued me most about starfinder.

But I've looked through the alien codexes I've been able to obtain at this point and with all the references people have been making to the Zerg and Tyranids etc. I feel a little confused I was hoping someone could clarify what the difference or differences were between say the Paizo race known as the Hive or the Dominions of the Black? Because from what I've seen popping up they seem similar enough that figuring out the core identity of the race or what really sets them apart is becoming a bit tricky.
Sorry for the goofy question.

okay I realize this is a silly question to ask here on volume 4 of this particular AP but, this has me a bit confused. First off thanks to the people over at Paizo for putting out this particular AP I have to admit the swarm have been one of the topics and concepts that has frequently been one of the things that have intrigued me most about starfinder.

But I've looked through the alien codexes I've been able to obtain at this point and with all the references people have been making to the Zerg and Tyranids etc. I feel a little confused I was hoping someone could clarify what the difference or differences were between say the Paizo race known as the Hive or the Dominions of the Black? Because from what I've seen popping up they seem similar enough that figuring out the core identity of the race or what really sets them apart is becoming a bit tricky.
Sorry for the goofy question.

The DoB are more lovecraftian in nature, dealing with damaging the mind and warping the flesh, the Swarm are more about augmenting themselves.

If you’re talking about the Hive from Pathfinder they’re basically the Aliens from the film series of the same name.

Eternally Lost Boy wrote:

okay I realize this is a silly question to ask here on volume 4 of this particular AP but, this has me a bit confused. First off thanks to the people over at Paizo for putting out this particular AP I have to admit the swarm have been one of the topics and concepts that has frequently been one of the things that have intrigued me most about starfinder.

But I've looked through the alien codexes I've been able to obtain at this point and with all the references people have been making to the Zerg and Tyranids etc. I feel a little confused I was hoping someone could clarify what the difference or differences were between say the Paizo race known as the Hive or the Dominions of the Black? Because from what I've seen popping up they seem similar enough that figuring out the core identity of the race or what really sets them apart is becoming a bit tricky.
Sorry for the goofy question.

The DoB are more lovecraftian in nature, dealing with damaging the mind and warping the flesh, the Swarm are more about augmenting themselves.

If you’re talking about the Hive from Pathfinder they’re basically the Aliens from the film series of the same name.

So more bio ships or very gigantic transport creatures to travel between the stars.

Rysky the Dark Solarion wrote:

Eternally Lost Boy wrote:

okay I realize this is a silly question to ask here on volume 4 of this particular AP but, this has me a bit confused. First off thanks to the people over at Paizo for putting out this particular AP I have to admit the swarm have been one of the topics and concepts that has frequently been one of the things that have intrigued me most about starfinder.

But I've looked through the alien codexes I've been able to obtain at this point and with all the references people have been making to the Zerg and Tyranids etc. I feel a little confused I was hoping someone could clarify what the difference or differences were between say the Paizo race known as the Hive or the Dominions of the Black? Because from what I've seen popping up they seem similar enough that figuring out the core identity of the race or what really sets them apart is becoming a bit tricky.
Sorry for the goofy question.

The DoB are more lovecraftian in nature, dealing with damaging the mind and warping the flesh, the Swarm are more about augmenting themselves.

If you’re talking about the Hive from Pathfinder they’re basically the Aliens from the film series of the same name.

So more bio ships or very gigantic transport creatures to travel between the stars.

The former is definitely a DoB thing (not sure what the Swarm use but wouldn’t put the latter past em).

Swarm starships are indeed living creatures, and are basically considered part of the Swarm.

The Swarm can be considered to be more of a natural disaster; we sometimes refer to them as interstellar locusts. They are driven by an insatiable hunger to consume organic material and other resources to propagate their species.

The Dominion of the Black is a more calculating group, working toward some unknown purpose or for some ancient entity. They might steal your brain, but only for the knowledge it contains.

Both are pretty terrible large-scale threats, but each has its own flavor of dread.

I'm getting a major tyranid/xenomorph/bug vibe from this adventure path, and I'm HYPED!

This might just be the first Starfinder adventure path I run, when/if I re-emerge from my GM hiatus.

Way to go Kate. Keeping my subscription through all this.

After hearing what Jason Keeley said about this episode on Starfinder Wednesday, I am more psyched than ever to play or GM it!

Hmm

Oh hey, art got updated :D Yay for trox!

(I wonder if philosopher worms from alien archive 3 got in this book, or if they were developed after this book..)

I have to say the new smaller, low resolution covers don't excite me anymore.

Yeaaah it makes it hard to see the art so less dat feeling you get when you look at movie posters and such

"Um, is that er, Obozaya in the background picture of the ah cover? It's really, um, hard to ah, make out details!"

full res cover

Alien Archive for this one

ASHYPSOZOAN Large Aberration (10)
FLASHFIRE DEMON Medium Outsider (chaotic, demon, evil, extraplanar) (12)
STELEZORM Medium Fey (shapechanger) (7)
STROXHA Large Magical Beast (8)
SWARM DRAMOVIRE Medium Monstrous Humanoid (8)
SWARM MOLITERA Large Monstrous Humanoid (6)
TRINIR Small Humanoid (trinir) (4) - includes racial traits

SKITTERMANDER IN ZERO-G!!!!

Is it just me or is the MAP KEY numbers for SDF Rampart way off compared to the numbers on the interior map. According to the map key the captain quarters (3) is the airlock on the interior map. The elevator on the map is listed as Crew quarters (4) on the map key.

These are just two of the errors. All the numbers are off.

Is it just me or is the MAP KEY numbers for SDF Rampart way off compared to the numbers on the interior map. According to the map key the captain quarters (3) is the airlock on the interior map. The elevator on the map is listed as Crew quarters (4) on the map key.

These are just two of the errors. All the numbers are off.

I noticed that too. Though it is kind of funny, the escape pods all have beds in them. Must be upgrades. LOL!

Oops! Looks like some wires got crossed when we made the PDF and you might be seeing the map key for #23's inside back cover! Its a preview!

I have a print copy of Forever Reliquary, and the map key is correct there, so no worries on that front. We'll try to correct the PDF as soon as we can! Thanks for your patience!

Also, I've put the correct map key over in the GM reference thread for this adventure.

Oops! Looks like some wires got crossed when we made the PDF and you might be seeing the map key for #23's inside back cover! Its a preview!

I have a print copy of Forever Reliquary, and the map key is correct there, so no worries on that front. We'll try to correct the PDF as soon as we can! Thanks for your patience!

Yep, just got my hard copy and I was laughing at the difference between the two of them. LOL!

Someone really should have told here that trinirs are biotech penguins :D (as in they reaaally look like robot penguins. They also are small and thawed out of frozen planet, so I can't be only one thinking they are penguins!)

I can’t believe the Drumans made it to Akiton

We just wrapped this last night, and hooboy! This is a superb AP volume.