Hey all! I'm a DM for a gaming group at one of my local universities and we're starting to wrap up our current AP. I've been trying to do some research into other APs, but it's hard to find what I'm really looking for without actually buying the full APs and reading them all. So my question for you is what APs you would recommend playing (or which ones you definitely recommend avoiding).
A few things about our group -
We do have several players now that are very familiar with Pathfinder, since they've been part of the group for a couple years, but we do also have a LOT of new players. So I don't want a more complex rules like Wrath of the Righteous or Kingmaker.
We've also played through most of Jade Regent, and are in Book 5 of Shattered Star.
Beyond that, I'm pretty open to any AP. I just want to get some other suggestions for an AP that would specifically not be intimidating for new players to pick up.
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I'm running Mummy's Mask right now, and I can highly recommend it for a group like you describe. It does a good job of presenting things in a way that would work very well for new players and for more experienced players alike. It also doesn't make major expectations about who the PCs are - they just need to have made their way to a town in Osirion where some tombs are being opened up for adventurers to explore. For an adventure path that starts out with tomb-raiding, there are surprisingly frequent (and very cool) opportunities for role-play interactions, from other adventuring groups to (at one point) an absolutely hilariously fun section where you need to cultivate an important NPC as a patron.
Reign of Winter is said to be extremely good, too, from what I hear and from my initial read-through when it was published (but I don't have the experience of running it to give much advice there).
I agree with you about avoiding Wrath of the Righteous or Kingmaker. Probably avoid Iron Gods for similar reasons - keeping to more typical fantasy is probably better for a group that includes newer players.