Pathfinder Adventure Path #143: Borne by the Sun's Grace (Tyrant's Grasp 5 of 6)

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Mighty magic has hurled the heroes across the world to the continent of Arcadia, but their remarkable travel is no accident. In the land of Xopatl, the heroes find ancient legacies that unlock the secrets they have carried ever since they awoke in the realm of the dead. But this land of magic and wonder is no safe haven—agents of the Whispering Tyrant terrorize even this distant nation. If the heroes can overcome followers of wicked new gods and defend a city desperate to revitalize its lost magic, they might learn how to turn the tide against the Whispering Tyrant and put an end to his fearsome weapon forever. From lively festivals and masked brawlers to undead terrors and arcane botany gone horribly wrong, the heroes are sure to find more than they bargained for in a land unlike any other they've seen.

This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path continues the Tyrant's Grasp Adventure Path and includes:

  • "Borne by the Sun's Grace," a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 14th-level characters, by Luis Loza.
  • An extensive gazetteer of the nation of Xopatl, Lands of Promise, including its legacy of wonders and its modern disasters, by Luis Loza.
  • An examination of the enigmatic and powerful psychopomp usher called Barzahk the Passage, warden of the Dead Roads, by Crystal Frasier.
  • A bestiary of powerful monsters, including new couatls of vengeance and verdant growth, an undead dwarven victim now carrying a mummy's ruinous curse, a psychopomp who ministers to survivors of tragedy, and Barzahk the Passage themself, by Carlos Cabrera, Crystal Frasier, Luis Loza, and Mikhail Rekun.

ISBN-13: 978-1-64078-140-5

The Tyrant's Grasp Adventure Path is sanctioned for use in Pathfinder Society Organized Play. The rules for running this Adventure Path and Chronicle sheet are available as a free download (1.5 MB PDF).

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More Arcadia, please!

5/5

The Xopatl gazetteer is a joy; it also isn't nearly enough! Love everything we got here, and cannot wait to see more.


First adventure in Arcadia!

5/5

...Wait, how come on nobody has reviewed this yet? Arcadia is pretty popular on this forum.

...Anyway, so lots of things again to love :D Maps firstly. Still love the maps in the final 1e aps. And I do like how book's adventure takes high level magic in account. Miraina casts tongues if conversation is going nowhere and if PCs ask her where they are, she responds with country, planet and plane in case they are from somewhere else in multiverse :D

So the book starts with PCs looking around in new city while parade is going on and has fun moments were they can take break from apocalyptic undead events happening and let loose. Then when things get serious again, its followed up by location where if PCs are sneaky, they can talk every human being into peacefully leaving including the baddie of the place :D My inner pacifist is happy! Even in the final dungeon with mostly monstrous foes, there is one surprising case of evil being that can be reasoned with.

Sooo yeah, I love when adventures that allow for sneaking and diplomancying so of course I'm gonna rate this highly.

Besides this, Xopatl gazetteer is great. Its detailed enough that you could run your own campaign in Xopatl if you wanted to and I definitely want to see more adventures in Xopatl :3 And I like how geography is hidden on map by clouds because while I know its fog of war basically, I just find it funny imagine that no its just Xopatl is surrounded by really heavy fogs :p

So besides Xopatl being great, the article also includes two new cool gods, one who is Coatl :D Yay for snake gods!

Barzahk the Passage has article so thats nice. I like crows and psychopomps and while guardian of Dead Roads is god I can't really imagine making cleric for(as first choice at least, I could imagine making one eventually), having statblock for them and more detailed psychopomp usher article is nice :3 And its great to have psychopomp usher traits, especially when kyton demagogue that got statted didn't have kyton demagogue traits...

So yeah, bestiary has demigod in it so thats always great :D I'm only sad we didn't get all demigod types statted before end of 1e. Besides this, more cool coatls, more mortics and very cool new psychopomp in Calaca :3


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Lindley Court wrote:
Zaister wrote:
Then what's the etymology of these very similar names?

In a wholly unprofessional and unofficial guess, Azlant seems pretty similar to Atlantis, while Razatlan seems pretty similar to Mazatlan, a city in Mexico.

The idea that two cultures on different continents must be related because their names are similar doesn't make much sense to me. Do you assume that everyone with the last name "Smith" is related, and when told that they are not, challenge them and ask for a family tree?

If you are looking for genesis of 'Azlant', check this link: Aztlan

Silver Crusade

Zarus wrote:
Lindley Court wrote:
Zaister wrote:
Then what's the etymology of these very similar names?

In a wholly unprofessional and unofficial guess, Azlant seems pretty similar to Atlantis, while Razatlan seems pretty similar to Mazatlan, a city in Mexico.

The idea that two cultures on different continents must be related because their names are similar doesn't make much sense to me. Do you assume that everyone with the last name "Smith" is related, and when told that they are not, challenge them and ask for a family tree?

If you are looking for genesis of 'Azlant', check this link: Aztlan

Fascinating.

Though to my knowledge Azlant is based on Atlantis.


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Was anybody else weirdly excited about the idea that Arcadians are on the cusp of inventing automobiles?


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This suggests an idea for a future adventure path. A powerful Caldaru spellcaster with mythic tiers (or the PF2 equivalent) leads an expedition from Arcadia to the Sodden Lands, where one of his first acts is to dissipate the Eye of Abendego. After consolidating power there, he begins conquering his neighbors. Since his nearest neighbors are not very popular locally, he would be able to gain an empire of considerable size before the other nations of the Inner Sea recognize the threat that he poses and react by sending adventurers to assassinate him. The "success" condition of this adventure path would be that this new Caldaru empire breaks up, re-establishing the conquered nations as monarchies under the rule of the Caldaru generals who conquered them.

Scarab Sages

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David knott 242 wrote:
Wiki Minister wrote:

Am I failing Perception or are the page numbers missing in this pdf volume?

Any chance that could be remedied please?

Well, the page numbers aren't really needed in the PDF.

But doesn't that mean that they are also missing from the printed copy, where they really are needed?

Just got my physical copy today, it has page numbers. So this was just a PDF glitch. (Figured some folks would want to know).


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Saleem Halabi wrote:
Was anybody else weirdly excited about the idea that Arcadians are on the cusp of inventing automobiles?

I took that line to mean trains, but yes, I was excited.

Shadow Lodge

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Rysky wrote:
What a band of Calaca looks like.

I would watch that sitcom too, and as the designer of the calaca, your link HONORS me.

Silver Crusade

Carlos Cabrera wrote:
Rysky wrote:
What a band of Calaca looks like.
I would watch that sitcom too, and as the designer of the calaca, your link HONORS me.

Yay!

Thankies for designing them, they're really awesome ^w^

(I had to link that, HAD TO, fit too well)

Dark Archive

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Reviewed x-x; I'm think I'm gonna review one more book because of peer pressure(:p) but after that I'm definitely gonna take break. (and maybe review final two ruisn of azlant book when I finish running that campaign :p That sounds like nice long break regarding 1e book reviews at least)

Silver Crusade

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CorvusMask wrote:
Reviewed x-x; I'm think I'm gonna review one more book because of peer pressure(:p) but after that I'm definitely gonna take break. (and maybe review final two ruisn of azlant book when I finish running that campaign :p That sounds like nice long break regarding 1e book reviews at least)

*headpats the tired review dragon*

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