Pathfinder Modules Advancement Speed?

[Demonskunk]

I'm running Iron Gods, and I'm not sure what the intended advancement speed for the module is?

I have a 4 man group, and I don't want them to end up over or under leveled.

Thanks c:

[Jander Reiss]

Most adventure paths tell you towards the beginning what levels the pcs should be when they get to each part in the adventure. I just use that as a guideline and ignore Xp. I think they are designed for the medium advancement track, though.

[James Jacobs]

With the exception of the hardcover versions of Runelords and Crimson Throne (both of which use Fast XP since that's the closest track to the old 3.5 XP progression), ALL of our adventures assume Medium XP track for advancement.

(For the curious, this information is repeated at the start of each adventure, usually on the first page of the actual adventure under the "Advancement Track" section.)

[Captain Battletoad]

James Jacobs wrote:

With the exception of the hardcover versions of Runelords and Crimson Throne (both of which use Fast XP since that's the closest track to the old 3.5 XP progression), ALL of our adventures assume Medium XP track for advancement.

(For the curious, this information is repeated at the start of each adventure, usually on the first page of the actual adventure under the "Advancement Track" section.)

So given that the website lists the end of CotCT being made for level 14-16 characters, does that mean the the 16 part of that is fast track, or should we expect to be even higher at the start of the last adventure of the hardcover (which I 100% preordered already, since I've heard nothing but good things about the AP)?

[GM Rednal]

I've always been under the impression that the second number is about what characters should be by the *end* of the adventure, as it's usually assumed they'll level up once or twice along the way. ^^

[James Jacobs]

Captain Battletoad wrote:

James Jacobs wrote:

With the exception of the hardcover versions of Runelords and Crimson Throne (both of which use Fast XP since that's the closest track to the old 3.5 XP progression), ALL of our adventures assume Medium XP track for advancement.

(For the curious, this information is repeated at the start of each adventure, usually on the first page of the actual adventure under the "Advancement Track" section.)

So given that the website lists the end of CotCT being made for level 14-16 characters, does that mean the the 16 part of that is fast track, or should we expect to be even higher at the start of the last adventure of the hardcover (which I 100% preordered already, since I've heard nothing but good things about the AP)?

When we say an adventure is for a specific level, we mean that's the starting level. In the case of Crimson Throne, you can expect to reach 17th level by the end of the campaign.

The hardcover assumes you're using the Fast track for XP from the very start though, because the original adventures used D&D's 3.5 XP track, which was even faster than Pathfinder's Fast Track.