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Pathfinder Adventure Path #170: Spoken on the Song Wind (Strength of Thousands 2 of 6)

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Trouble in the Academy! The heroes have proven themselves to be worthy additions to Magaambya school of magic, but they are still students. Trusted to handle important school business in the surrounding city of Nantambu, the Song-Wind City, the heroes confront a vengeful alchemist, stealthy infiltrators, and other dangers. A mysterious artifact housed within the Magaambya might be the source of the school's recent troubles, but can the students discover its secrets, protect their fellow students, and still graduate?

“Spoken on the Song Wind” is a Pathfinder adventure for four 4th-level characters by Quinn Murphy. This adventure continues the Strength of Thousands Adventure Path, a six-part, monthly campaign in which the heroes rise from humble students to influential teachers, and ultimately decide the fate of the Magaambya. This adventure also presents several Mwangi folktales, as well as new monsters and new rules from the Song-Wind City!

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-13: 978-1-64078-356-0

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just here to offset the guy 1- & 2-starring all the PF2E products

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An Amazing AP for RP-focused groups

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(This is a holistic review that’s been written for the AP as a whole, excepting the 6th book which has been delayed for shipping delays.)

Although I love Paizo APs, there are certain features of them that have always felt a bit awkward .

1. Most APs will bring the PCs from level 1-20 in a matter of months. It’s hard to square this with typical fictional narratives, where one becomes a mighty wizard, or the world’s best swordsman, over decades of study and experience.

2. When it gets to higher level play, many APs at least partially fail to appropriately justify the higher-level challenges that the PCs face in a way that feels appropriately epic. (For one of the most glaring examples of this, the last book of Age of Ashes has the PCs dealing with level 19(!) city guards.)

3. And pretty much every AP is written with the implicit assumption that the PCs will resolve most encounters violently, with enemies fighting to the death, and the PCs expected to wrack up an impressive body count along the way.

In light of all of this, the Strength of Thousands AP feels like a breath of fresh air. Advancement takes place at a narratively satisfying rate. Years can pass between levels, and the players are doing things in the meantime that lend themselves to the fiction of advancement and improving their knowledge and magical abilities.

The higher level books really “amp up” as the party gains levels. The first book *feels* like a book with challenges for students, the second and third books feel like books with challenges for competent teachers, and the fourth and fifth books are appropriately epic — books four and five have the PCs doing more epic things than many book six adventures of other APs.

And the book assumes and incentivizes peaceful resolutions to a much broader range of encounters than any previous AP I can think of. And when violence is likely to occur, the books generally incentivize non-lethal approaches to dealing with enemies.

Add to that a sea of interesting and detailed NPCs for the PCs to engage with, and this is a perfect AP for role-play focused groups, and groups that really enjoy digging into the downtime aspects of the game, and building lives for their characters that stretch beyond their martial prowess.

The Mwangi Expanse was one of Paizo's best lore books. I’m grateful to see that it's been paired with one of Paizo’s best APs!

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Announced for August! Product image and description are not final and may be subject to change.
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"And Prom is Tomorrow!"
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QUINN MURPHY! Nice!
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Aaaaaaaaaah this sounds so cool!! And I'm stoked to hear the folk tales too!

What do we think the odds of “new rules” being an Archetype here?
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keftiu wrote:
What do we think the odds of “new rules” being an Archetype here?

"Rules" is plural and vague, so I would guess that it is more than one different thing. I would not be at all surprised if these things include an archetype.

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David knott 242 wrote:
keftiu wrote:
What do we think the odds of “new rules” being an Archetype here?

"Rules" is plural and vague, so I would guess that it is more than one different thing. I would not be at all surprised if these things include an archetype.

It is indeed many things--including two archetypes!

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Ron Lundeen wrote:
David knott 242 wrote:
keftiu wrote:
What do we think the odds of “new rules” being an Archetype here?

"Rules" is plural and vague, so I would guess that it is more than one different thing. I would not be at all surprised if these things include an archetype.

It is indeed many things--including two archetypes!

You spoil us too much :D

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ooooh are we allowed to ask for any hints on these two archetypes?
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Lonesomechunk wrote:
ooooh are we allowed to ask for any hints on these two archetypes?

Oh, I could tell tales about them now, but maybe better wait until this releases, then ring people up for details.

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"tell tales" huh?
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new cover! Frog!!

I dont see new cover :(
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its the grippli crime boss looking dude that they showed off during paizo con. I have to click on it to open it up and see the new version
Lonesomechunk wrote:
its the grippli crime boss looking dude that they showed off during paizo con. I have to click on it to open it up and see the new version

Weirdly, I see the grippli, but when I open it up it's still the temporary one.

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Ron Lundeen wrote:
Lonesomechunk wrote:
ooooh are we allowed to ask for any hints on these two archetypes?
Oh, I could tell tales about them now, but maybe better wait until this releases, then ring people up for details.

I guess "Ring people up" is a teaser for the other archetype. So, Tale-teller and Ringleader ?

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The Raven Black wrote:
Ron Lundeen wrote:
Lonesomechunk wrote:
ooooh are we allowed to ask for any hints on these two archetypes?
Oh, I could tell tales about them now, but maybe better wait until this releases, then ring people up for details.
I guess "Ring people up" is a teaser for the other archetype. So, Tale-teller and Ringleader ?

The tale teller is correct. It’s called the Folklorist and lets you utilise your knowledge of stories to affect the world around you.

The other is linked to the Chime Ringers, Nantambu’s city watch, and has some useful party buff abilities.

Other things included are a new ritual, 16 magic items including a couple of mwangi figurines of wondrous power, and 8 monsters, including one based on a Zambian myth.
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So overnight, this release has jumped from today to Sep 1st? Way to manage those expectations. #thumbsdown
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There have been numerous news posts and updates about the August shipment being delayed for at least a week now.
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While we communicated the release date delay on social media and in several forums posts, our product pages were only recently updated. We do apologize for the miscommunication and hear your frustration. Thank you.
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Grankless wrote:
There have been numerous news posts and updates about the August shipment being delayed for at least a week now.

Sadly, news posts and updates are more fleeting than a product's page.

Thankfully, I know thanks to skimming the boards that Paizo is deeply aware of this and are trying to improve their IT and organization and recruit people so that things are better communicated in the future.

Thanks to Aaron and all the people involved for all the hard work. We do appreciate it even when we're grumbling because we love your excellent products so much and would want to give you our money yesterday.

Looking forward to buying this tomorrow, unless there are more posts on social media that I've missed... (kind of joking, but not really).
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mikeawmids wrote:
Looking forward to buying this tomorrow, unless there are more posts on social media that I've missed... (kind of joking, but not really).

All systems are go for launch.

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We expect Roll20 to have this product at launch.
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No bestiary spoiler?
Are the PCs actually fighting serpentfolk in this volume?
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Spoiler:
Yes
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