Pathfinder Society Scenario #1-00: Origin of the Open Road

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A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for level 5 pregenerated characters.

Over recent decades, numerous incidents at the Pathfinder Society's Grand Lodge in Absalom have damaged the priceless collections, destroying many documents outright. The Society has sent the PCs to Nexus House in the arcane metropolis of Quantium, hoping that the second oldest Pathfinder lodge might contain duplicates of the lost texts to copy and study. Yet the PCs are not the only ones interested in the secrets preserved in Nexus House, and the PCs find themselves on the trail of unlikely criminals.

This adventure makes use of the 5th-level pregenerated characters available as a free download.

Written by Ron Lundeen.

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3/5


2/5

Adventure is okay.

Library goes on for too long.

The pregens here reduce the very okay 3 star adventure down to 2.


Fine now, would have been hell on release

3/5

I didn't play this until June 2020. If I had played this on-release while trying to learn PF2 I would have had an awful time.

Pregens only, combined with monsters who severely limit the effectiveness of some of the pregens is an awful combo.

as an adventure it does a reasonable job of setting off the events of Year 1, although it does seem really random out of context.

I'm glad I did it towards the end of year 1 rather than at the beginning. It wouldn't have had a brain-drop moment that 1-00 was important if I did it first, and it wasn't a -00 scenario, noting it as special


Excellent NPCs and had something for everyone!

5/5

This was a great adventure in that it had something for everyone. All classes had soemthing to do in all parts of the adventure. Ron's NPC characters are mutidimensional, well thought out, and I find it a pity to kill them off. But have you ever tried to talk a group of blood crazed murder hobos to NOT kill an NPC? DC:30

I also liked using the pre-gen characters, it got me out of my box and I got to flex those roleplaying muscles. Perfect adventure!


Good, but not without flaws.

4/5

From a player perspective, i enjoyed it. The story was compelling and the combats were exciting.

Overall though, some issues with this which are largely discussed in other reviews but to expand:

Potential spoilers:
- high potential of TPK
- Pregen's are not optimized for this, and this is compounded by you're not recommended which pre-gens to use
-It is entirely possible to go from full to dying 3 in one round which I think is a design flaw for that encounter.

Apart from that, this scenario I think adequately highlighted differences between PF1 and PF2. In my session we learned that assurance isn't very good for at-level DC's. We learned that crit fails on a non nat1 can happen. We learned the importance of learning about your enemy before charging into battle. Stuff like that.

So yeah, it has some flaws, but at a minimum provides a learning opportunity. If looking to run this scenario I strongly suggest steering PC's towards a pre-gen party composition that will succeed.


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The Exchange

Any word on the maps?

Sovereign Court RPG Superstar 2010 Top 16, 2011 Top 32

Seconded on the Maps list, please.

Paizo Employee Organized Play Lead Developer

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This scenario's still in development, and although I don't expect any map changes, I'd like to be clear that this is a non-final list.

Maps for Origin of the Open Road:

  • Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Arcane Library
  • Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Bigger Sewer

    There are no custom maps.

  • The Exchange

    Thanks John!

    Liberty's Edge

    How can it be in development? It says season 1 and we're in season 10 or something. Season 1 was passed long ago.

    Grand Lodge

    Pathfinder Adventure, Rulebook Subscriber

    There are two versions of PFS now.

    Liberty's Edge

    Oh! How do I know which one a product is? Is there something in this product webpage that should have told me the version?

    Grand Lodge

    Pathfinder Adventure, Rulebook Subscriber

    Not yet.


    Pathfinder Maps, Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Maps, Starfinder Roleplaying Game, Starfinder Society Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

    The products whose numbers start with 10- are PF1 products, while the ones that start with 1- are PF2 products, barring serious thread necromancy for the latter.

    Grand Lodge

    Pathfinder Adventure, Rulebook Subscriber

    PFS1E scenarios in Season 1 also don't start #1-XX. They were numbered #XX.


    2 people marked this as a favorite.
    Pathfinder Maps, Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Maps, Starfinder Roleplaying Game, Starfinder Society Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

    So no ambiguity until season 2 of 2nd edition. That is good to know.

    Scarab Sages RPG Superstar 2015 Top 16

    Will this be openly available on July 31st / August 1st or is this going to be restricted to conventions? Asking since this one says unavailable while the others are listed as being available on one of those dates.

    Thanks!

    Dark Archive

    Pathfinder Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber
    Rusty Ironpants wrote:

    Will this be openly available on July 31st / August 1st or is this going to be restricted to conventions? Asking since this one says unavailable while the others are listed as being available on one of those dates.

    Thanks!

    it’s also not listed in the list of scenarios in the PFS subscription, so i’m reasonably certain it’s either convention or star locked.

    Grand Lodge

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    Pathfinder Adventure, Rulebook Subscriber

    The last I heard none of the 2E scenarios are restricted. Unless something has changed that is likely a webstore issue.


    Pathfinder Maps, Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Maps, Starfinder Roleplaying Game, Starfinder Society Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber
    TriOmegaZero wrote:
    The last I heard none of the 2E scenarios are restricted. Unless something has changed that is likely a webstore issue.

    It is definitely not part of the PFS scenario subscription here.

    Grand Lodge

    https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sgme?Upcoming-Convention-Special- Events

    "Even though this is a special adventure, it's not an exclusive scenario; run and play it at any venue."

    Sounds like it'll be open to all :)


    Pathfinder Maps, Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Maps, Starfinder Roleplaying Game, Starfinder Society Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

    So now the question is when this adventure will be available.

    Dark Archive

    1 person marked this as a favorite.
    Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber

    Is there a product image that can be shared? I’m running this for a group that wants to try the new edition and I want to start promoting it.

    Developer

    8 people marked this as a favorite.
    Kurt Wasiluk wrote:
    Is there a product image that can be shared? I’m running this for a group that wants to try the new edition and I want to start promoting it.

    Tell them Ron Lundeen wrote it!

    ...wait, I don't know whether your group is going to consider that a plus or not.


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    Ron Lundeen wrote:


    Tell them Ron Lundeen wrote it!

    ...wait, I don't know whether your group is going to consider that a plus or not.

    That's a plus for me. ;)

    Dark Archive

    1 person marked this as a favorite.
    Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber
    Ron Lundeen wrote:
    Kurt Wasiluk wrote:
    Is there a product image that can be shared? I’m running this for a group that wants to try the new edition and I want to start promoting it.

    Tell them Ron Lundeen wrote it!

    ...wait, I don't know whether your group is going to consider that a plus or not.

    Definitely a plus! i will put your name in all caps and watch them line up around the block.

    Dark Archive

    1 person marked this as a favorite.
    Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber
    Kurt Wasiluk wrote:
    Is there a product image that can be shared? I’m running this for a group that wants to try the new edition and I want to start promoting it.

    Here you are.

    The Exchange

    5 people marked this as a favorite.
    Pathfinder Adventure Path, Lost Omens, Rulebook, Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

    How do you get access to this scenario? It's listed as unavailable.


    As a general rule, scenarios like this are only made available after the convention. I would expect it to become available next week.

    The Exchange

    Pathfinder Adventure Path, Lost Omens, Rulebook, Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

    Ok; that makes sense!


    1 person marked this as a favorite.

    I am confused about how we're supposed to award the credit for this scenario. The chronicle says it can be rewarded for levels 1-5, but they only show gold for level 5. Should we be awarding level 5 gold to level 1 characters? Or is the amount supposed to be different?

    Dark Archive

    2 people marked this as a favorite.
    Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber

    When will this be made available? I’m trying to kick off local PFS2 play with this in August but need to get prepping!

    Scarab Sages

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    Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Maps, Starfinder Maps Subscriber

    There seems to be a lot of confusion about this scenario. According to the blog it is not exclusive and will be open to all, but it is not dropping as part of the subscription, or to VOs, and is still listed as unavailable....which is it?


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    Pathfinder Battles Case Subscriber; Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber; Starfinder Superscriber
    Avram Suson wrote:
    I am confused about how we're supposed to award the credit for this scenario. The chronicle says it can be rewarded for levels 1-5, but they only show gold for level 5. Should we be awarding level 5 gold to level 1 characters? Or is the amount supposed to be different?

    At Gen Con we were informed that players could opt to save it for L5 and use the treasure table as written or apply it immediately at L1 in which case the treasure is 1.4 GP per treasure bundle (this is the standard L1 treasure) or 14 GP if all 10 treasure bundles are found.


    numbat1 wrote:
    Avram Suson wrote:
    I am confused about how we're supposed to award the credit for this scenario. The chronicle says it can be rewarded for levels 1-5, but they only show gold for level 5. Should we be awarding level 5 gold to level 1 characters? Or is the amount supposed to be different?
    At Gen Con we were informed that players could opt to save it for L5 and use the treasure table as written or apply it immediately at L1 in which case the treasure is 1.4 GP per treasure bundle (this is the standard L1 treasure) or 14 GP if all 10 treasure bundles are found.

    Thanks for the information! That definitely helps a lot and will make it easier to run.

    However, are you saying that they could gain more money from playing as level 1 and getting all treasure bundles than if they played at level 5? Or does the level 5 gold count as per treasure bundle?

    Paizo Employee Organized Play Developer

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    Avram Suson wrote:
    numbat1 wrote:
    Avram Suson wrote:
    I am confused about how we're supposed to award the credit for this scenario. The chronicle says it can be rewarded for levels 1-5, but they only show gold for level 5. Should we be awarding level 5 gold to level 1 characters? Or is the amount supposed to be different?
    At Gen Con we were informed that players could opt to save it for L5 and use the treasure table as written or apply it immediately at L1 in which case the treasure is 1.4 GP per treasure bundle (this is the standard L1 treasure) or 14 GP if all 10 treasure bundles are found.

    Thanks for the information! That definitely helps a lot and will make it easier to run.

    However, are you saying that they could gain more money from playing as level 1 and getting all treasure bundles than if they played at level 5? Or does the level 5 gold count as per treasure bundle?

    Since gold is determined by character level, we no longer list the total gold for the scenario; instead we provide a table right before the Chronicle sheet that shows you the per bundle value for treasure bundles at that level, and then you simply multiply that by the number of treasure bundles the party actually finds. The section immediately below that table should call out any easily missed or tricky bundles.

    Unfortunately, we lost the 1-4 table entries for this scenario (likely an accidental last minute "clean up" since this is only intended for play with 5th level pregens), but if you have any of our other scenarios, you can pull the treasure bundle values from those when applying the Chronicle to a level 1, 2, 3, or 4 character.
    If you don't have another scenario to check that table, the numbers are:
    1 - 1.4 gp
    2 - 2.2 gp
    3 - 3.8 gp
    4 - 6.4 gp

    We should have a full table for these values added to the guide in the near future, and I'll look into seeing if we can get the table in this PDF updated appropriately.

    The Exchange

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    You use the 5th level treasure bundle value per bundle found.

    SUPER Ninja'd by Michael!


    I would love an update on when this will be available, I played this at Gen Con and it would be perfect for getting my group into 2e.

    The Exchange

    Me too... just a release date would be great, as I am trying to plan a one-shot to get us to switch.

    Silver Crusade

    Missing some monster stats, and Aonprd.com doesn't have the full stat blocks either, so currently you can't run this scenario without access to the bestiary. Hopefully, this will be resolved soon.

    Missing monster stats:

    Gelatinous Cube & Sewer ooze


    3 people marked this as a favorite.
    Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber

    Will this be made available to buy soon?


    I'm supposed to run this next weekend. Please make available as soon as possible. Thanks!

    Scarab Sages

    Pathfinder Adventure, Lost Omens, Maps, Rulebook Subscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber

    VOs might want to email them if they have not got the PFS2 scenarios yet. I email them and received mine the next day. Hopefully they will get it worked out for everyone else soon. Since this is a Special, you will have to buy it separately from any subscription, or that is how it has worked in the past.


    maldar wrote:
    VOs might want to email them if they have not got the PFS2 scenarios yet. I email them and received mine the next day. Hopefully they will get it worked out for everyone else soon. Since this is a Special, you will have to buy it separately from any subscription, or that is how it has worked in the past.

    Who did you email exactly? Just so I can make sure to contact the right people.

    Sovereign Court

    Pathfinder Adventure Path, Lost Omens, Maps, Rulebook Subscriber

    I have a non spoilery question. There is an opportunity for the players to acquire something for 15gp. If they spend money from their pregens do they have to show that as spent on their chronicle? What if they are taking 1st level rewards? Would seem cruel to charge them 15gp on their 14gp income.


    Pathfinder Maps, Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Maps, Starfinder Roleplaying Game, Starfinder Society Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber
    Donovan Du Bois wrote:
    maldar wrote:
    VOs might want to email them if they have not got the PFS2 scenarios yet. I email them and received mine the next day. Hopefully they will get it worked out for everyone else soon. Since this is a Special, you will have to buy it separately from any subscription, or that is how it has worked in the past.
    Who did you email exactly? Just so I can make sure to contact the right people.

    The contact e-mail at the bottom of this page: customer.service@paizo.com


    Joining of the ranks of the people who would like an answer to the question: when is this being released? Please?

    Liberty's Edge

    Pathfinder Battles Case Subscriber; Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber

    Many of us could really use this going up for sale. I know it had been a pain in the ... to get this to my GMs because I am the only one that has it.


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    Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber

    I just got an email advertising this adventure, and it's still unavailable. Weird.

    The email also advertises a new ACG guild scenario, but that links just goes to the front page.

    Dark Archive

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    Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber

    The communication on this has been terrible! It's frustrating that you have people anxious to try your new system and maybe pull in new players with what seems like a kick-off scenario. You've previously communicated it would be available at launch. You're advertising it in your e-mails. Yet people can't buy it and no one is sharing what the deal is or when it will be available. If there's a reason to hold back (such as an intention to make it a convention exclusive for a period of time) then please let people know.

    Dark Archive

    Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber

    Looks like it's available! Thank you, Paizo.

    Sovereign Court

    Is there a link somewhere to the pregens? Not seeing them? (Or do we just use the 5th level Iconic pregens?)

    Paizo Employee Organized Play Developer

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    Jib916 wrote:
    Is there a link somewhere to the pregens? Not seeing them? (Or do we just use the 5th level Iconic pregens?)

    Use the 5th level iconic pregens.


    Is this a multitable special or can it be run with a single table?

    Grand Lodge

    nick gray 117 wrote:
    Is this a multitable special or can it be run with a single table?

    Single table. "Multi-table special" would (probably) be listed in the Scenario Tags section.

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