Pathfinder Adventure Path #156: The Apocalypse Prophet (Extinction Curse 6 of 6)

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The heroes have at last earned the magical energies drawn from the life-giving aeon orbs. They must now scale the highest peaks of the Starstone Isle, outwitting wily demons and facing the mightiest xulgath invaders from deep beneath the earth. In a trap-laden vault constructed by Aroden himself, the cunning high priest of the xulgaths labors to unlock the secrets of the dreaded extinction curse. If the heroes cannot stop him, an apocalyptic devastation will wipe out all life in Absalom and beyond!

“The Apocalypse Prophet” is a Pathfinder adventure written by Lyz Liddell for four 18th-level characters. This adventure concludes the Extinction Curse Adventure Path, a six-part, monthly campaign in which the heroes lead a traveling circus as they unravel a plot to eradicate all life from the islands of the Inner Sea. This volume also includes a gazetteer of the forbidding Kortos Mountains, an examination of relics left by the dead god Aroden, new monsters, and new rules.

Each monthly full-color softcover Pathfinder Adventure Path volume contains an in-depth adventure scenario, stats for several new monsters, and support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the world's oldest fantasy RPG.

ISBN: 978-1-64078-241-9

The Extinction Curse Adventure Path is sanctioned for use in Pathfinder Society Organized Play. The rules for running this Adventure and Chronicle sheet are available as a free download (972 kb PDF).

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5/5


A good conclusion

4/5

The book brings a well earned conclusion to the AP.
It flows organically from approach to obstacle to final dungeon.
The approach as fun with a little side quest that had my players on edge.

The obstacle is a series of trials that can get cumbersome.

The final chapter is your standard dungeon crawl which concludes with the final boss fight. The boss seemed a bit underwhelming. It hits hard but is positioned as a caster which is odd given his poor selection of spells. Still a fun fight and some special mechanics to boot.

Minus one star for terrible low quality maps in the last chapter.


3/5


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I like the rider on this horse. Plus you know, demons.

Dark Archive

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Where the heck is that character art from? ._.; I'd think I'd remember this cool knight from something

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"If the heroes cannot stop him, an apocalyptic devastation will wipe out all life in Absalom and beyond!"

So if the players fail this AP, the next one which takes place in Absalom won't be playable.

Maybe these two APs should be switched?

Also a trap-laden vault (dungeoncrawling) is not something our group wants for the finale of an AP.

I'll definetly buy book 4 (dinosaurs assault) & 5 (undead drow) of this AP and maybe book 1 if it's a good whodunnit.
The Rest doesn't interest me.


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Marco Massoudi wrote:

"If the heroes cannot stop him, an apocalyptic devastation will wipe out all life in Absalom and beyond!"

So if the players fail this AP, the next one which takes place in Absalom won't be playable.

Maybe these two APs should be switched?

A group failing to succeed at an AP is not something Paizo can count on. It is up to you / your GM to work out the ramifications.

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Franz Lunzer wrote:
Marco Massoudi wrote:

"If the heroes cannot stop him, an apocalyptic devastation will wipe out all life in Absalom and beyond!"

So if the players fail this AP, the next one which takes place in Absalom won't be playable.

Maybe these two APs should be switched?

A group failing to succeed at an AP is not something Paizo can count on. It is up to you / your GM to work out the ramifications.

Yeah, i meant GMs should probably switch these two APs if they want to play on Golarion, otherwise a TPK in "Extinction Curse" will make "Agents of Edgewatch" impossible.

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I mean "beyond" might imply that entire inner sea area or humans completely might die :p not much of extinction curse if specie survives else where on planet.

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CorvusMask wrote:
I mean "beyond" might imply that entire inner sea area or humans completely might die :p not much of extinction curse if specie survives else where on planet.

Sounds like you should open a consulting business for villains. :-)

"Yet, that plan is quite villainous. But you know what would crank it up to the next level of evil is..."

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BTW, still want to know were the placeholder green knight picture is from :D Its one of coolest evil looking knight pictures I've ever seen

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Umm, yeah, still needing help with this one :'D Still at least half a year time to figure out where the cool evil knight is from


CorvusMask wrote:
Umm, yeah, still needing help with this one :'D Still at least half a year time to figure out where the cool evil knight is from

You probably want to focus on the runes. They are too simplistic to resemble Thassilion wizard schools, but there is at least a pentagram. Given the full plate, it might be some kind of Hellknight. Couldn't find the art in Path of the Hellknight or Hell's Vengeance 1-4, though.


SheepishEidolon wrote:
CorvusMask wrote:
Umm, yeah, still needing help with this one :'D Still at least half a year time to figure out where the cool evil knight is from
You probably want to focus on the runes. They are too simplistic to resemble Thassilion wizard schools, but there is at least a pentagram. Given the full plate, it might be some kind of Hellknight. Couldn't find the art in Path of the Hellknight or Hell's Vengeance 1-4, though.

The knight's from the villain codex pawn set.

Dark Archive

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Oh oki, so its one of the villain codex npcs which didn't have pictures in the book :D Thank you!


I love the baddie on the cover

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Terevalis Unctio of House Mysti wrote:
I love the baddie on the cover

I hope you'll love the baddie on the final cover even more!


We will have to wait until we see it, lol.


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When can we finally see the finale cover for this? I for one would LOVE to see it! THANKS!

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kevin bienhoff wrote:
When can we finally see the finale cover for this? I for one would LOVE to see it! THANKS!

Final cover was just posted! Might take a moment for the changes to trickle through, but you should be able to see it shortly if you can't already. Have a great weekend! :D


I like it but why is there a month delay in the product release?


Terevalis Unctio of House Mysti wrote:
I like it but why is there a month delay in the product release?

June is on schedule?


I thought it ended in May.


Terevalis Unctio of House Mysti wrote:
I thought it ended in May.

Nah, should just be January through June and July through December.


oh okay.

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Now THAT'S a sexy Xulgath!


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Ooooo, got a preview of the Kortos Mounts map in the PaizoCon stream today. Looks really cool!


Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber

Is this Lyz's first Author credit for an AP chapter? Excited to see it!

Dark Archive

So any subscribers gotten there Pdf copies yet?


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I’ve got my confirmation Thursday, but no shipment yet.


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Question for when people get their subscriber copies:

I know that the last volume of Age of Ashes had a few Rare Backgrounds for campaigns taking place after the AP that tied into the events of the AP. Are there backgrounds like those in this volume?


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There are new class capstone abilities based on the campaign but no new backgrounds.


Cyder wrote:
There are new class capstone abilities based on the campaign but no new backgrounds.

Any of those capstones stand out to you?


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Annihilating Swing (for barbarian) looks pretty damn cool.


And what new critters are in the bestiary?

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Aww for no new backgrounds, but I guess capstones are still nice


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Benjamin Tait wrote:
And what new critters are in the bestiary?

Spoiler:
Deghuun (Child of Mhar)

Demon, Vavakia
Saurian Warmonger
Saurian Worldwatcher
Elysian Titan
Thanatotic Titan
Viskithrel
Xulgath Thoughtmaw

Dark Archive

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Yay for

Spoiler:
saurians :3 And vakakias. And Mhar related content!


I'm trying really hard to hope for this book to ship out really late for me... I would rather have better odds to be early next month. :)

That said, I'm really excited to see this one. I hopefully will start running it around August after the APG and stuff comes out too. I just love high level content! Never been there as a GM or a player in any system, so hopefully I can drag a table there and see how it plays.

All the really cool, weird ideas happen in book 6. Everybody knows this.


Wasn't expecting

Spoiler:
the Titans
to show up, but as a lot of these beasties tie into my homebrew I'm happy they're coming this way!


Fumarole wrote:
Benjamin Tait wrote:
And what new critters are in the bestiary?
** spoiler omitted **

Awesome. Can we get a brief description of how they looks please? Thanks :D


I wonder if Paizo will ever develop a dinosaur like playable race similar to the sauriels?


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Anyone feeling generous enough to share some info on whatever the new Sorcerer capstone is :)


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xNellynelx wrote:
Anyone feeling generous enough to share some info on whatever the new Sorcerer capstone is :)

You can extend the duration of your bloodline's blood magic effect


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[looks to the left]

[looks to the right]

[whispers]

"Psst. The Kortos Mounts Gazetteer has giant corgis."

[skulks away]


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Terevalis Unctio of House Mysti wrote:
I wonder if Paizo will ever develop a dinosaur like playable race similar to the sauriels?

Iruxi?

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xNellynelx wrote:
Anyone feeling generous enough to share some info on whatever the new Sorcerer capstone is :)

Tenacious Blood Magic turns 1 round blood magic effects into 1 minute effects.


Zaister wrote:
Terevalis Unctio of House Mysti wrote:
I wonder if Paizo will ever develop a dinosaur like playable race similar to the sauriels?
Iruxi?

Those are nice but they arent dinos.


logic_poet wrote:
Tenacious Blood Magic turns 1 round blood magic effects into 1 minute effects.

Thanks for sharing. Does anyone else feel like that's incredibly weak for a capstone? Wow +1 to skill checks or AC for a minute! Glad I didn't take that extra 10th level spell.

Even with the more interesting blood magic abilities this feels like a waste of print space. Even for damaging ones like Elemental, Dangerous Sorcery a FIRST level feat is better. Anyone seeing a good interaction I'm not?


I mean, Elemental Bloodline basically turns in to persistent damage, getting 5% success chance increases on things for a minute sounds good...


ArenCordial wrote:
logic_poet wrote:
Tenacious Blood Magic turns 1 round blood magic effects into 1 minute effects.

Thanks for sharing. Does anyone else feel like that's incredibly weak for a capstone? Wow +1 to skill checks or AC for a minute! Glad I didn't take that extra 10th level spell.

Even with the more interesting blood magic abilities this feels like a waste of print space. Even for damaging ones like Elemental, Dangerous Sorcery a FIRST level feat is better. Anyone seeing a good interaction I'm not?

This is a game where every +1 means a lot, given the degrees of success. Granting a +1 to AC, skill checks, or saving throws for 1 minute means a major buff you can apply to your allies. And since it's 1 minute instead of 1 round, you can apply that buff to ALL of your party.

Same with the (now) persistent damage you're applying with the other bloodlines. With no basic saving throw for them to save themselves, you can easily exploit weaknesses with every single bloodline spell you cast on them. And you can apply that same tactic to multiple enemies in the same combat.

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BTW, all the capstone have specific text that link them to events from the AP. That’s really cool.
The rogue one is awesome IMHO.

Rogue Alternate Capstone:
They can steal the magic from one item within reach (even if wielded) and give that magic to a non magic item of the same kind for 24 hours. (From headgear to headgear, or weapon to weapon) (excluding cursed or artifact items) This is a Steal action, using Thievery, vs DC of the item level or Steal DC (if on a creature), whichever is higher.

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