King of the Storval Stairs >> RotRL

[littlehewy]

Longwinded summary of my RotRL situation:

So on a whim I bought the PFS Scenario King of the Storval Stairs, and turns out it'll slot just nicely into my RotRL game. At the moment, my PCs are just heading back to defend Sandpoint from the stone giant raid, and have just gone level 11 at the nd of last session. I'm planning to include Sheila Heidmarch in Sandpoint so they can meet her (she'll know them from their extended exploits in Magnimar), and then recruit them.

Couple of things:
- The five person party is generally cruising through most battles in the AP. Xanesha was very tough, and tacticals errors made the battle with the scrag at Skull's Crossing a bit hairy, but overall I think they're itching for a real challenge.
- Their PCs are all very well made, but they're a bit under typical WBL.
- We're playing without XP, levelling at plot points.

So, I was thinking, given that I don't need to worry about over XPing them, this scenario would be a good one to boost their treasure with. Also, they seem to be craving a serious challenge, and this seems to be a tough little adventure!

Herein lies my worry. It looks really, really tough. So,

I thought I'd get some feedback from any paizo.com experts who have played King of Storval Stairs about how deadly it is (and how fun it is too, I guess), and how well it might slot into Fortress of the Stone Giants.

Please share your experiences with this scenario, PFS or not

[littlehewy]

Ba-dump

[MillerHero]

When I played this in Pathfinder Society, it was appropriately challenging for subtier 10-11. I don't think it would be too tough for 11th level home-game characters.

[littlehewy]

Good to know, thanks for the response.

[Haladir]

I picked it up, too, but haven't run it yet. I was planning to use a modified version of it when the PCs got to the Storval Stairs on their way to Jorgenfist. I still haven't figured out exactly how I'm going to play it.

At worst, I now have a map of the Storval Stairs to use for the encounter from the book!

[ThreeEyedSloth]

At the 10-11 subtier, it's pretty nasty. If you're concerned that your group might be a little overpowered for it still, just play up their tactics. There are two fights in particular that can be REALLY mean, depending on how you run them. Play them to their maximum evilness. :)

[NOG the Demoralizer]

I ran it once, and have since seen it run again. Depending on the tactics used by the GM, and the ability of the party to deal with what should now be common monster abilities, I would rank it middle of the road in terms of risk. It was a fairly long scenario though, when I ran it we were looking at close to 5.5 hours, the second time I saw it run it was closer to 6.5 hours. Effective crowd control and the ability to make some key saves will make this fun, but not overly challenging.