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I am currently running Second Darkness (converting to pathfinder as I go). Chapter 4 leaves the characters at 11th level, but chapter 5 starts at 12th. What could some quick adventures be to gain a level while their plea is caught in the dense elven bureaucracy?
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Hmm... I dont know where in Kyonin that AP crosses but here are 2 examples you can develop further:
- There is always the Winter Council, a group of ultra conservative elves who don't want members of other races stepping into their lands; they often push their agenda violently (whether queen Telandia knows about it or not). If there're any non-elven characters in the party, the White Council can send some rangers/assassins/wizards to "compel" them to leave.
- If the characters get near the Tanglebriar, there are Treerazer's demonic horde, blighted fey and oozes to deal with. Not to mention some cultist devoted to the Lord of the blasted tarn (clerics of Treerazer), who would love to sacrifice the characters to their master.
Thats great! Thank you. I am looking for maybe somethin g a little more unique or refreshing for the party, as they have been fighting almost exclusively drow and demons (and are rather optimized to face them).
Here are some suggestions:
-Bonesage of Eox invasion: A bonesage from the dead world of Eox has found a way to teleport himself and his minions trough the ruins of a forgotten elf gate. Using dominated formians and lashunta he wants to trigger a casus belli , forcing Kyonin to declare war on a specific lashunta city state or formian hive. Good chance to let the PCs fight undead minions armed with futuristic weaponry from the Technology Guide.
-Vikings and ninjas!: A quite particular ulfen raid has managed to get into Kyonin trough navigating the Sellen River. The thane commanding it not only haves tian blood but also some of his family members are adepts to the path of shadow to the point their drakkar can become "invisible" at the eyes of the elf patrols. Finding themselves in the legendary land of the elves, they decided the main objective of this raid will be kidnap beautiful elven maidens to warm their Linnorm Kings lands' winter.
-Dragonchess: A young adult green dragon who has been pestering some elven communities has agreed to leave Kyonin woods if an elven aristocratic famed for be a chessmaster accepts his challenge of a living pieces match. The elven aristocrat knows the green dragon is going to use constructs for his side and he doesn't want to sacrifice elven lives, so goes to the PCs offering the chance to fight for him for a reward (the rest of the pieces can be played by NPC followers or become a good way to introduce new helpful NPCs in the campaign).
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Having read some of the Pathfinder novels, here are some ideas.
Ruins: There are ruins in Kyonin, dating back to before Earthfall. The party may be asked to investigate.
Elven border party: An elven border patrol has to rusn to a crisis, and asks the PCs for some help. (Ideally, the leader can be someone that they encountered before or is connected to someone that they have worked with before.) As for the threat, how about a group of Razmiran cultists who have uncovered an artifact tied to the Old Ones and are now about to try to modify an elf gate to let something from the Dark Tapestry in to Golarion. Or have the cultists trying to infiltrate Kyonin.
From the depths: Something is causing some elven farmers or horse ranchers to disappear, and the party is tasked to get to the bottom of it. Enemies could be drow, aboleth or other horrors.
King Xeros Gambit. See the Pathfinder Wiki entry on King Xeros of Old Azlant, which is featured in a PFS adventure. An uncovered carving shows that the ship visited Kyonin and a diviner has determined that it will appear again soon in Kyonin -- near the border with Treerazer's turf. The party must get to the ship before some of Treerazer's agents do and try to rescue a helpful NPC -- who can hep advance the plot.
Level 11 you say? Why don't you introduce them to the rather regular hordes of hezrou that occupy the Tanglebriar in the south? If you need extra flavor information about them, there's a section devoted to them in the Campaign Setting book "Demons Revisited". They're a CR 11 creature, which means your party is at just the right point for them to play in heavily first as lieutenants and enforcers, and in a few levels as mooks.
*Reads bit about them already being used to fighting demons*
Shoot. Well, there's always that gate the elves used to travel to another realm during Earthfall, perhaps the portal is stirring again, and spewing out beings from the elemental planes?