Pathfinder Adventure Path #151: The Show Must Go On (Extinction Curse 1 of 6)

25 APs so far have been built for four players. Don't expect they'll break the streak with #26.

Doug M.

And a possibly stupid question:

I was asked if Extinction Curse required four players.

I didn't believe it, but I came here to find out the range of players recommended. I could not find anything.

Now, I'd assume this AP is just as easy (or hard) to run for five players as any other AP. Please tell me that's the case.

Thx

All encounters are designed and balanced for a four player party of the recommended character level. If you stray outside that you may need to adjust the encounters (and loot) to make them more or less challenging.

And a possibly stupid question:

I was asked if Extinction Curse required four players.

I didn't believe it, but I came here to find out the range of players recommended. I could not find anything.

Now, I'd assume this AP is just as easy (or hard) to run for five players as any other AP. Please tell me that's the case.

Thx

All of the APs from the very beginning were designed for four players. From what I've seen, the new ones are just as easy to adjust as the old.

All of the APs from the very beginning were designed for four players. From what I've seen, the new ones are just as easy to adjust as the old.

Great, thanks, this is exactly what I was hoping!

Zapp wrote:

And a possibly stupid question:

I was asked if Extinction Curse required four players.

I didn't believe it, but I came here to find out the range of players recommended. I could not find anything.

Now, I'd assume this AP is just as easy (or hard) to run for five players as any other AP. Please tell me that's the case.

Thx

All encounters are designed and balanced for a four player party of the recommended character level. If you stray outside that you may need to adjust the encounters (and loot) to make them more or less challenging.

Starting at a circus, it seems like it could accommodate seven to nein mighty players.

I see what you did there! ^ The Traveler approves!

After reading the outlines of the 6 volumes of this AP, I am really excited about this.

My group plays Starfinder and is having a great time, but ... man ... maybe I can find an online group for this when it comes out.

Hopefully they don't forget to offer a continuous stream of new recruits - more and more exotic circus performer NPCs for the PCs to interact with as the whole circus levels up :)

Oh, we haven't forgotten that *at all*! As a wholly independent and not-at-all related issue, it's fun deciding what goes on the inner covers of our adventure path volumes...

And a possibly stupid question:

I was asked if Extinction Curse required four players.

I didn't believe it, but I came here to find out the range of players recommended. I could not find anything.

Now, I'd assume this AP is just as easy (or hard) to run for five players as any other AP. Please tell me that's the case.

Thx

Just like all our APs, this one assumes a four-person party. It's just as easy to adjust as our other APs have been (and, I now realize, I don't think I've ever personally run or played in an AP with exactly four people).

What I want to know is if the adventure features Jim Broadbent and Nicole Kidman absolutely killing it.

When can we expect a Players' Guide for this AP?

Zapp wrote:

Hopefully they don't forget to offer a continuous stream of new recruits - more and more exotic circus performer NPCs for the PCs to interact with as the whole circus levels up :)

Oh, we haven't forgotten that *at all*!

+++

IN any case, first in Council of Thieves, PCs got to be actors. Now they get to run a circus. Maybe next edition, they'll get to run an entire brothel! ;)

What’s strange is how many PCs want to visit the brothel, or run the brothel, but so few want their sisters and daughters to work in the brothel...

Thomas Seitz wrote:

IN any case, first in Council of Thieves, PCs got to be actors. Now they get to run a circus. Maybe next edition, they'll get to run an entire brothel! ;)

What’s strange is how many PCs want to visit the brothel, or run the brothel, but so few want their sisters and daughters to work in the brothel...

Don't know about "want" but I wouldn't have a problem with them working there.

Thomas Seitz wrote:

IN any case, first in Council of Thieves, PCs got to be actors. Now they get to run a circus. Maybe next edition, they'll get to run an entire brothel! ;)

What’s strange is how many PCs want to visit the brothel, or run the brothel, but so few want their sisters and daughters to work in the brothel...

What about brothers and sons?

Truth be told. I think my players would not mind their PCs working in a brothel. They would mind being slaves though.

But being paid to get laid? And maybe using their job to get information and connections? Awesome setting for an urban and intrigue AP IMO.

I do think that summarizing working in brothel as "getting paid to get laid" is kinda making it sound like there aren't downsides at all. You don't get to choose your clients. Shop were customers get turned away because employers don't think they are pretty enough wouldn't really get lot of customers.

^To add to that, you will have to spend some of your earnings on Remove Disease (which is also a known problem on Earth even though the technology is different), so if you're not working in a high-end brothel, you effectively will be getting paid a lot less than it looks like on paper (assuming that a proper paper trail is even kept).

My players' PCs usually love money so much that they would not mind having ugly clients.

And fantasy brothels do not need to follow RL examples. I think a Calistrian brothel could be a rather nice place for the workers.

My players' PCs usually love money so much that they would not mind having ugly clients.

And fantasy brothels do not need to follow RL examples. I think a Calistrian brothel could be a rather nice place for the workers.

Well yeah, because they aren't themselves having sex with clients they couldn't stand or forced to satisfy weird fetishes :p

I think there is difference between fantasy brothels and fetish fantasy brothels :P

Okay?

Last I heard this was about a travelling circus and not a travelling brothel.

Okay?

I have lot of topics I take overly seriously ;P

Last I heard this was about a travelling circus and not a travelling brothel.

It's an American forum, you've misspelled "dance hall"!

captain yesterday wrote:

Last I heard this was about a travelling circus and not a travelling brothel.

It's an American forum, you've misspelled "dance hall"!

Quiet you.

captain yesterday wrote:

Last I heard this was about a travelling circus and not a travelling brothel.

It's an American forum, you've misspelled "dance hall"!

G*%$+~n foreign phone.

How...did we get here...

I just want to play an Ikeshti Clown whose weapons are his juggling pins.

And then get to ride Dinosaurs later in the Campaign

Why are we talking about the merits of a brothel and if they are s&&$ty or not?

How...did we get here...

I just want to play an Ikeshti Clown whose weapons are his juggling pins.

And then get to ride Dinosaurs later in the Campaign

Why are we talking about the merits of a brothel and if they are s%+!ty or not?

Wait, how are you playing akitonian reptilian person in circus?

Darn portals!

Iruxi*

But...hmmm now I have to wonder about that one.

Gorbacz wrote:

captain yesterday wrote:

Last I heard this was about a travelling circus and not a travelling brothel.

It's an American forum, you've misspelled "dance hall"!

Quiet you.

If the discussion should continue (and I'm not sure it should) could someone start a thread to continue it and not derail further?

You can call it "Dance Halls: Ethical or Not?"

;)

Rysky wrote:

Gorbacz wrote:

captain yesterday wrote:

Last I heard this was about a travelling circus and not a travelling brothel.

It's an American forum, you've misspelled "dance hall"!

Quiet you.

If the discussion should continue (and I'm not sure it should) could someone start a thread to continue it and not derail further?

You can call it "Dance Halls: Ethical or Not?"

;)

Eh, it would be off topic discussion anyway, plus I didn't even comment on whether brothels are ethical or not.(that would be entire other can of "Hey, this really isn't right topic for discussing that!") I commented on making light of prostitute's job by making it sound like they have easy job.

To be specific, I really find it annoying whenever anyone's job is made to sound like "its practically free easy money you get for doing something fun!" because no matter the topic, I find it disrespectful.

It's funny, usually when an AP comes out, i file it in my head as one I'd love to play or one I'd rather run. This one hits in such a way that I want to do both lol. Cant wait til it comes out!

Does anyone mind sharing what's in the Bestiary?

Does anyone mind sharing what's in the Bestiary?

I don't think anyone has this book yet. I think the January releases are going out to subscribers around the 9th? Unless there's more I don't know.

Order finalization/generation starts on the 9th, shipping starts on the 13th I believe.

Anyway, nothing will ship before the 10th due to warehouse inventory.

Thinking more on the Circus:

https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42w9i?Managing-a-circus-troupe

I am looking forward to this

With this shipping in a few days and open to the public in a month... is there any news on whether when this will have a players guide?

edit to change a bit of language.

With this shipping in a few days and open to the public in a month... is there any news on whether when this will have a players guide?

edit to change a bit of language.

Generally, player’s guides are released around the street date or so.

I don't want to give a date and have something go wrong, but expect the Player's Guide in the next few weeks. Somewhere between the 15th and 29th. I always aim for sooner rather than later, but sometimes things happen.

This would be a perfect AP to run my Nightwing based character.

Okay, so generally the first adventure is finalized (even only to select customers) a couple weeks before the player's guide.

Good to know.

Okay, so generally the first adventure is finalized (even only to select customers) a couple weeks before the player's guide.

Good to know.

It's all about expectations. The usual pattern is "subscribers get it, then players guide comes out, then it ships to non-subscribers and your FLGS". They've maintained that pattern pretty consistently for literally years now, so everyone is cool with it.

A couple of years ago there was a hiccup with the Crownfall AP, and the Players Guide was delayed by a couple of weeks. There was some anxiety and some acting out, because people had gotten very used to the schedule.

Doug M.

I'm cool with it.

Shipping Starts today, the Players Guide is expected for tomorrow!

Shipping Starts today, the Players Guide is expected for tomorrow!

Apparently gremlins got into the system and Authorization starts today and shipping begins Wednesday. :(

Shipping Starts today, the Players Guide is expected for tomorrow!

I hope so! It speaks to the quality and volume Paizo blesses us with that the break from late November to now feels like eternity.

Shipping Starts today, the Players Guide is expected for tomorrow!

Actually, the schedule has slightly changed, according to the January shipment thread on the Customer Service forum. Order authorization will start today, shipping is expected to start on Wednesday.

Players guide is set to launch at 2pm Pacific time. https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42wfx?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-Extinction-Cur se

Hooray! Thanks for the information on the Player's Guide.