I'm just realizing that chances are that I would never be able to have the time to play through all the adventure paths, and I'm thinking of skipping around to playing the ones I want to make sure to play sometime instead of foolishly thinking I'll ever have time to play them all in order... But just curious based on this statement about Shattered Star from someone on BGG:
it is the first adventure path to assume the completion of another - in this case, Rise of the Runelords, Curse of the Crimson Throne, and Second Darkness.
In general, I was wondering if it ever matters if you play them 'out of order'.
In the example above, would playing Shattered Star first make it either unfeasible or a spoiler for the earlier adventure paths?
Also, I had debated doing 'We be Goblins' for fun some week or two where I needed to catch up on preparation for the main campaign, but then I heard that it works best as an prologue to the Jade Regent adventure path.
Are there any Adventure Paths since then where the order is important? Or is not not even that important in the examples above?
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You can play any and all of the APs in any order you choose; they don't really impact any of the others. The default assumption of the publishers is that they are all self-contained, and the events of the APs are not reflected in the timeline of the world itself.
That said, there are some "easter eggs" in a couple of the APs that sort of tie them together. The aforementioned Shattered Star features the most call-outs to other APs, referencing Rise of the Runelords, Second Darkness, and Curse of the Crimson Throne, but it is certainly very easy to play it without having assumed those APs took place (or running them, even).
Shattered Star is really the only AP that is a "sequel" in a way. The other APs are standalone. It would probably spoil RotRL, but I don't see it spoiling the other two.
Well, there's also a later Adventure Path that has
Anyhow, we're running through RotR now, so sounds like I'm good for later stuffs. Thanks for the replies!
Well, there's also a later Adventure Path that has ** spoiler omitted ** originally from Runelords as a major character as well (though I could see just changng their name in Runelords making them a different character if you wanted to play it second)
Anyhow, we're running through RotR now, so sounds like I'm good for later stuffs. Thanks for the replies!
If you're referring to Jade Regent, the very first volume has advice on how to replace her with another character if needed.
If you're referring to Jade Regent, the very first volume has advice on how to replace her with another character if needed.Well, there's also a later Adventure Path that has ** spoiler omitted ** originally from Runelords as a major character as well (though I could see just changng their name in Runelords making them a different character if you wanted to play it second)
Anyhow, we're running through RotR now, so sounds like I'm good for later stuffs. Thanks for the replies!
Do you mean the first volume of Rise of the Runelords or the first volume of Jade Regent has said advice?
Do you mean the first volume of Rise of the Runelords or the first volume of Jade Regent has said advice?If you're referring to Jade Regent, the very first volume has advice on how to replace her with another character if needed.Well, there's also a later Adventure Path that has ** spoiler omitted ** originally from Runelords as a major character as well (though I could see just changng their name in Runelords making them a different character if you wanted to play it second)
Anyhow, we're running through RotR now, so sounds like I'm good for later stuffs. Thanks for the replies!
The Jade Regent has advice on how to replace Ameiko if she died before the start of Jade Regent.
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Considering how long it takes to play each Adventure Path, I would not worry about the order. Just pick the ones you want to play. Other than Jade Regent and Scattered Star which are supposed to be after Runelords, I wouldn't worry. I did Jade Regent and Rune Lords and the overlap is very small. Both start in the same town, but don't stay there long. Our GM on Runelords did not even use the couple of NPCs in Rune Lords which later appear in Jade Regent. I don't know the details of Shattered Star. I hear it is mainly a dungeon crawl. I hear rumors that Giant Slayer is also supposed to follow Rune Lords, it starts out in the same area as the end of Runelords.
Side note, the APs I am familial with tend to have an over abundance of NPC, a lot of whom you can sideline if you want.
I hear rumors that Giant Slayer is also supposed to follow Rune Lords, it starts out in the same area as the end of Runelords.
Not even close. Crimson Throne is closer, geographically, than Runelords. GiantSlayer starts in the Holds of Belkzen & Runelords never gets much farther East than the Storval Rise, which is at the Westernmost edge of the Storval Plateau, which is West of the Holds.
The Holds of Belkzen used to be Gastash, which was one of the sub-nations which made up Thassilon, yes; but James Jacobs is already on record as saying that there will be no links/continuity with previous Runelords/Crimson Throne/Second Darkness/Shattered Star events. The only thing that might show up, is possibly some ancient Thassilonion ruins, which won't have any more connection to the previous AP's than the fact that all the PC's will be assumed to speak Common & they are all set in Northern Avistan...
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Giantslayer, like every other AP we've published (with the single exception of Shattered Star) does not assume any order for previous APs. It, like the other non-Shattered Star APs, can star and happen in any order.
Giantslayer is not a "sequel" to Runelords, and doesn't particularly start out all that close to the same area as the end of Runelords, in fact... it starts over 300 miles away.