I hope this is an appropriate section to ask this, but at the end of the month I'm running an RPG table at a fan convention in Toronto. Now, the room is going to be dominated by D&D 4e tables, so I wanted to offer Pathfinder and help get more people interested in it. However I, myself, am rather new to it (Though not to 3.x), so I'm looking for suggestions for low level adventures to run.
I have Crypt of the Everflame and I've run and even modded that a couple times, but are there any others? Should I just write my own?
Or is there some kind of "demo" module available somewhere, that showcases the best of Pathfinder?
Thanks in advance!
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Even though you're not running a Pathfinder Society Event, you could probably run one of the Pathfinder Society Modules. They're designed to be completed in a short time frame and provide quite a few different challenges for the PCs. They're also relatively cheap downloads.
Hope this helps!
Soudns good, thanks Larry!
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PURELY a matter of opinion but, having been part of demos at cons before, I suggest low'ish level characters so that the players aren't overwhelmed with options but not SO LOW that they're constantly dealing with resource issues and not really seeing much of the game in action.
My humble suggestion is 5th - 7th level. Casters get some of the flashier spells, non-casters are getting some of the flashier combat abilities, monsters start getting more interesting and you can slap on most templates to something really familiar to add a little extra "It did what?!?" shock value.
Thanks Roccojr, I've considered that, and it's likely the direction I'll go.
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To make things go smoother I'd recommend making some pregen characters (about twice as many as you intend to have players) and let them pick from those. Let them pick their name, personality, alignment, etc as long as it doesn't conflict with a class feature they have. This is what a group I play Savage Worlds with does (though the system is much simpler than Pathfinder) since we only play for 3 hours every other week. It actually works out quite well, IMO.
Pregens were the way I was going, for sure. It just takes too long to roll up a fresh character, and we've only got a certain timeframe to play. Thanks for the input!
I'd recommend either the Pathfinder Society adventure Silent Tide, or the Free RPG Day scenario from a few years ago, Hollow's Last Hope (Available from Paizo as a free download)
While these scenarios work well for 1st level characters, I've found that Pathfinder's 1st level PCs are resilient enough to handle a convention-slot scenario without running out of cool options halfway through.
There is also this year's Free RPG Day module, Master of the Fallen Fortress. It is for 1st level characters and can be used as is or as an introduction to the Pathfinder Society.
Sir_Wulf, Enevhar, thank you for the suggestions! I'll certainly be using those at some point!