A Starfinder Society Special designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters (subtiers 1-2 & 3-4).
The Szandite Collective is an alliance of seven planets spread across four adjacent star systems in Near Space, and connected by a psychic network of szandite crystals. Although the Collective has consisted of seven planets for all of its post-Gap history, long ago, it once numbered eight, as the planet Krethiskar failed to reconnect following the Gap. With only an approximate idea of where the planet existed in relation to the rest of the Collective home worlds, Krethiskar is lost, and progress on its rediscovery is painfully slow.
Palivhar Chooser of Hues, a respected scholar, astronomer, and member of the Starfinder Society’s Forum, is a citizen of the Szandite Collective and has long sought the missing planet Krethiskar. After decades of sifting through psychic echoes stored within szandite crystals, leveraging potent divinations, and cross referencing the Starfinder Society’s vast galactic databases—all to meet with failure—Palivhar experienced a vivid, recurring dream of a voice, reaching across time and space, to guide them to Krethiskar. Following their dreams into the unexplored reaches of Near Space, Palivhar discovered the very planet that had eluded them for so long: Krethiskar.
Now, Palivhar leads an expedition of Starfinders to Krethiskar’s surface, to survey the planet, locate its szandite crystals, and determine what happened to the citizens of this lost collective. Unfortunately for the Starfinder Society, Krethiskar is a huskworld consumed by the voracious Swarm in ages past. Palivhar’s survey expedition is doomed to become a desperate fight for survival, as the hibernating Swarm awaken. Can you escape the planet alive?
Written by Joseph Blomquist and Mike Kimmel
Scenario tags: Exclusive, Nova, Repeatable
Note: Due to the special nature of this product, it is NOT part of the Starfinder Society Scenario Subscription. It will be made available upon request to conventions with event support after Gen Con 2024 (August 1-4) and will go on sale to the general public in May of 2025.
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It's a good solid adventure but suffers from the same problems that all specials do. It is time locked; your party has to know the rules; your GM has to be on the spot, and you need to be able to make quick decisions. Otherwise you tend to miss parts of the special. It can be very frustrating when your group wants to explore the game but you have the one person who hogs the spotlight.
We have been told not to really go into spoilers by Paizo Con. So I'll just say. There is tension and excitement and it's a good time. Still I wish there was more time to explore the special as it felt more rushed than the specials usually are.
Why is there a cap at level 4 when the campaign is ending and nobody is making low level characters anymore? This is the time to let the level 10s shine.
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thistledown wrote:
Why is there a cap at level 4 when the campaign is ending and nobody is making low level characters anymore? This is the time to let the level 10s shine.
poretty sure we'll have a 7-99 that'll be the capstone
Oh hey new Forum members :O How many members does Society's Forum even have?
We've never been given solid numbers, but the Scoured Stars hardback suggests that the Forum is actually fairly large. The Forum is "the most numerous of the Society's leaders" and made up of veteran field agents, managers, scholars, and some venture-captains. They're essentially the entire upper-management bureaucracy running the Society.
For me it actually raises the question of whether the faction leaders shouldn't be officially considered Forum members as well.
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A 1-4 multi-table really boxes a lot of characters out.
And given the content, it seems very odd that a multi-table would mobilize a large number of society members but bring none of the veterans for leadership.
"We have an important mission. We're going to need dozens, maybe even hundreds of Starfinders. I need a list of our newest, least experienced, least capable agents for this important work."
Honestly, I would have loved to bring my old Attack of the Swarm character out of retirement and have him throw down with the bugs for one last hurray.
Really???? Season 6 feels like such a weird showing compared to the others I have participated in. I love the story but the game design and the level restrictions are really odd. And now the finally is levels 1-4?!? I really don't understand the marketing behind this season. Hopefully they listen to the confusion and mild outrage and adjust this. - David
