Whilst doing the washing up this morning i thought of something that might be interesting to see. On page 3 of the Gazetteer it mentions about the Pathfinder Chronicles being published and adventurers flocking to a particular site for further exploration and adventure. Wouldnt it be a good idea for all the published Pathfinder Gamemastery adventures, i.e Into the Haunted Forest, etc, to have (maybe on the website as a download) a report from a Pathfinder in the field that could be given to players before an adventure, maybe using it as a lure to bring them into it. Just a thought and apologies if its already been mentioned before.
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Paizo beat you to it..
The Travelers Stop Inn stands just off the main trade route on the fringe ofthe Arthfell Forest. While it does not lie within any particular community,it often becomes a small settlement in its own right when large caravansstop by and attract locals from the surrounding area to view the available wares. As suchan important trade site, it falls within the jurisdiction of the nearby Shire of Elberwick andis policed by that district’s sheriff to ensure the peace is maintained and taxes are collected.
Despite the Travelers Stop Inn’s long tenure in the area, locals tell of an even older inn deeper in the Arthfell Forest that once served a now-abandoned trade route from the north. Nothing has been heard of that inn or its occupants for several years. - Pathfinder Chronicles
From page 2 of Into the Haunted Forest.
Every Gamemastery module has a similar entry. :)
Yeah, i'd alreay seen those. What i meant was something more along the lines of the journal of Eando Kline. A bit more involved. It doesnt have to be as long, (maybe one page). If i get a few moments i'll see if i can come up with something.
This is something along the lines of what I was thinking. its not much and I could probably do better given more time but you should get the idea...
"To Shevala, Pathfinder Venture-Captain
Grand Lodge, Absalom
By my oath, I swear that I have never seen rain like this in all my days. Surely a man could live out his life and not be as cold and damp as I have been these last few days. But I digress; for what does the plight of your loyal eyes mean to those who sit in that cosy, fire warmed library you frequent. Enough of my sarcasm Shevala. I apologise; it's not easy being positive on a night like this. On the morn I should pass out of the pass and get my first glimpse of Droskar's Crag. This time tomorrow I hope to gain some measure of comfort in the hamlet of Falcon's Hollow for surely a warm bed will await me there.
By my word,
Jylan Chantequi
Pathfinder
17 Pharast, 4708 ar
I thought the roadside inn's were rough! So far this day I have witnessed three fights and 'tis not even mid day. Truth be told though I don't think that rationality is on the side of the local populance right now. From what I have seen and the few locals that I have spoken with, a malady of some sort is aflicting the people. True, I have seen many a sickly individual but at first I had put it down to it being a backwater town. But as I looked deeper it seems that some hacking affliction does indeed curse the populance.
I enquired with a local missionary of Iomedae, Goddess of Valor, whom I stopped on Worship Way. All she would say was that they had tried but all prayers had gone unanswered. But she did reveal to me that a possible source to this strange malady may have been found by a local herbalist called Laurel who ,she said, had traced the source of the malady to a spring on the edge of town.
I only hope that the water I drank this morning was untainted. My journey West continues tomorrow and I do not relish a journey when I am not in good health. I will use the rest of this day to try and get a look at one of those rare Firefoot Fenec foxes and if possible sketch it for you as I promised..."
I think it would be fun for DMs to come up with ideas for their players and maybe put them here on the messageboards. I didnt intend forthe already pushed Paizo staff to come up with the goods.