Hello!
I'm getting ready to start a brand new campaign for some friends of mine at work. For the first time ever, I have decided to start the campaign in the official Golarion setting. And they will be starting in Absalom. I have bought the official Absalom guide, downloaded several free starter pdfs, and bought one of the PFS Season 0 modules to get things going!
The best thing is that they have absolutely no idea about any of it, they also have no idea that I'm going to be recording it XD.
WHAT I NEED:
I'm looking for help from experienced PFS and other Inner Sea veterans to help construct a toolkit for a 2 player Level 1 party. Ideas to get them started on the adventure. Since its a two man team there's going to be very fast combat and if its anything like our previous sessions in my personal setting, they get combat done in minutes.
SOME COOL THIGNS:
I will be tracking time progression using the Golarian Calendar. That includes swapping out names of days and months XD also I will be using the online Calendar to track holidays and special events.
THE FIRST SESSION:
The story will begin with the two on a ship arriving at The Docks below The Beast. A Sea King Co. Emmisary named Bradley, along with a party of guards will greet them and welcome them to Absalom. He will ask them to fill out some paperwork and they'll be on their way. At that point I'll hand each of them some blank character sheets and they will roll up their characters.
I'm doing 25 point buy because there's two of them. I'm only letting them choose races and classes that are in the PFSRD on the paizo site.
After that I will cut them loose and much like Skyrim there will be the main quest in their pocket (An invitation to join the Pathfinder Society) and there will be plenty of opportunities along the way!
QUESTIONS:
I cannot seem to find the name of the official guards that are in The Docks. Also I would like to invite the community to name the first tavern they arrive at, UNLESS there's already a named one in the setting. This is just on the docks. A place for them to lay their heads down and get a rest.
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Tavern: The Gropey Gillman. Gillmen aren't unheard of in Kortos and maybe have a dive ran by one in the seedier parts of the district.
For the guards I would probably have more private security. The major shipping companies could have enforcement contracts with the city in the docks to both protect their assets and let the city worry about the rich folks atop the plateau.
If your're looking for a good Golarion calender, there's one right here. I don't believe the Absalom dock guards have an official name, but the Absalom Dock Guard would likely work well. The town of Escadar is home to the Sea Cavalry, an elite hippocampus-riding military group, but that's the closest thing to a named dock guard.
Done and Done. The party went waaaay off the rails. They had an invitation to the Pathfinder Society and for the first few hours of the session they rolled their characters and just wanted to go surfing.
Well, that combines two of life's greatest pleasures, surfing and getting completely sidetracked in Pathfinder.