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I like to get as much mileage from my setting books as I can, and I've always really loved the Ghostwalk setting. At the same time I don't have as much time to write adventures as I would like (when I do write adventures I tend to plunder liberally from my Dungeon Magazines).
So Faithful Paizoans (Paizites? Paizans? Italiono?) I ask you this, which Adventure Path would best suit a Ghost Walk setting.
Things to keep in mind for those unfamiliar with the setting-
Ghostwalk is primarily an urban setting (set in the city of Manifest).
When characters die in Ghostwalk they come back as a ghost, essentially getting a second chance.
The city of Manifest is sort of a boiling pot of civilizations as the majority of people believe their bodies need to be shipped to Manifest to be sent through the veil of souls.
Anyway let me know.
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Damn.
I really don't think you're going to find an easy fit with an AP. In the setting in general, sure. But an AP?
Hm.
Wow, this is a hard one. Honestly, I think the only way to have Ghostwalk work out well in any of the APs is to abandon the Manifest concept and have the quirks of that place spread out over the world or at least available in other cities/towns. Some cosmology is going to have to be tweaked as well(I imagine the gods, especially Pharasma, will have different attitudes about ghosts in such a setting).
They're not APs, but some of the modules could work into Ghostwalk easily. Hangman's Noose seems like as good a place as any for players to get deaded and still have unfinished business to take care of.
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I would suggest Council of Thieves. From what it looks like, it all takes place in or at least, very near the city of Westcrown with little to no travel beyond. Of course since its not out yet I can't say. However, of the others currently available, Crimson Throne is the most localized but the presence of ghosts would require a lot more work to explain events of the path, especially the first adventure. Just my 2cp.
This just an idea you understand, but I had been thinking of placing Ghostwalk in Arcadia. With the gold mines in northern Terrepek it seemed to me that it could work just south of the Chelaxian gold mines.
Just my 2 cp.
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I'm waiting for my CotCT adventure to arrive, so I haven't read it yet. Since I'll be running it anyway fear not about spoilers. What are the specific issues that would get in the way?
I've never had a problem twisting a plot for my players, my time constraints are usually related to the creation of creative encounters.