RPG Superstar 2013 Top 32
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Paths, Modules & Scenarios -
Aren't they the same thing?
Not exactly.
The Adventure Paths are 6-part campaign arcs that follow a continuous, linking storyline. You may, of course, run any one of the individual adventures as a stand-alone game, but they are mostly designed to be used in succession.
The Modules are stand-alone adventures with (usually) no grounding in other adventures and are, essentially, designed to be used as one-shot campaigns or to be inserted as "filler" material when running other, longer campaigns. Most modules are intended to be completed in a single game session.
The Scenarios are like modules, but they are specifically designed for the Pathfinder Society, which is basically like the Living campaigns that Wizards of the Coast has going. You don't HAVE to use the Scenarios as part of a sanctioned official event, but, if you want to, you CAN.
Hope that clears things up a bit.
To expand on that,
Companions are 32-page booklets (so far) that explain a country or a race or otherwise a single topic in some detail.
Chronicles cover a wide range of topics, from the campaign setting to monster-themed books to map collections for adventure paths. These have wildly varying physical shapes, obviously (even cards in one instance).
EDIT: It is explained perfectly here.
Stefan
Your cookies should arrive without delay!
No cookies? Ee gads man! *cooks crude dough lumps*
Want to try my alternative?
Welcome, Airhead.
Welcome, Airhead.
Man, I'm glad that's their screen name. For a second I thought you snapped and started insulting the new people . . . ;)
Welcome aboard Airhead.
Come on, KEJR, I don't start abusing people until they're not new anymore!
Come on, KEJR, I don't start abusing people until they're not new anymore!
Ah, right . . . familiarity breeds contempt! ;)
Welcome new person! Have some cookies. *shares virtual cookies*
Welcome, noob, welcome! Hope ya have a great time!!
Right... Welcome to these boards, Airhead. Have a good time and don´t be afraid to ask. You will get answers - from humorous to sarcastic to caustic, but it will be an answer :-) No, honestly, most folks here are quite friendly, and those who are not leave sooner or later.
Stefan
Right... Welcome to these boards, Airhead. Have a good time and don´t be afraid to ask. You will get answers - from humorous to sarcastic to caustic, but it will be an answer :-) No, honestly, most folks here are quite friendly, and those who are not leave sooner or later.
Stefan
I'm not friendly! FEED ME!!!!
GET YOUR FLA-MING PITCHFORKS!
Can't kill a troll without the fire.
Get 'em while they're hot!
I'm not friendly! FEED ME!!!!
Your food bowl is down in the 4e section. Now shoo.
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Thanks for the welcome all.
I'm no noob to D&D, been at is since my white box where I had to add the Grayhawk and Blackmoor rules. (yes, I've been playing since before most of you were born.)
No noob to Paizo either... my collection includes Dungeon from #2 on and several old Polyhedron mags as well.
Been lurking here a while. I only cought up with PF when the hardcover came out last week.
And what I am seeing here with PF looks GOOOOD.
And thanks for the cookies....
I'm not friendly! FEED ME!!!!
I think this calls for a discussion about me, the cleric in heavy armor. It's way overdue.
I'm no noob to D&D, been at is since my white box where I had to add the Grayhawk and Blackmoor rules. (yes, I've been playing since before most of you were born.)
You would be surprised how many folks around here are old grognards as well... I´m a late starter, my first contact to D&D was with the red Basic Box back in ´84. (Mainly because D&D was not readily available in Germany before that translation, so I didn´t know about it earlier.)
Stefan
Please no one talk about the heavily armored cleric!
I also started with the red box version then Quickly went to the AD&D books
(yes, I've been playing since before most of you were born.)
And you use "words" like noob? You should be ashamed of yourself, old man!
No noob to Paizo either... my collection includes Dungeon from #2 on and several old Polyhedron mags as well.
Dungeon #2 was long before Paizo's time unless I'm mixing things up here.
It's not nice to make fun of old folk's memory.
Is it just me or are the folks with heavily armored cleric avatars all old school grognards?
-W. E. Ray
>wait, I'm an old school grognard. hmmm, wierd<
I'm not an old school grognard. I'm an ubiquitous Paizo messageboard meme.
*hides his collection of D&D rulebooks from the early 1970's*
Feel the Wind of Change. It's a hurricane.
Welcome to the Pizo boards. Hope you enjoy your time here.
Change is an old grognard.
Listen to the Daigle's Green Manthis. It speaks win!
Welcome to the boards
*Licks Airhead*
