High level PFS play - suggestions and experiences


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Hi all,

I recently ran The Moonscar for the second time at a local convention (Kublacon) which means that at least a dozen local players (in the Bay Area) have very high level characters (16-18th level). The run went well - took an entire convention day (9am to midnight) skipping only a few encounters. So overall a good experience if exhausting.

I offered to run Witchwar Legacy for some of the players in the future (probably not at a convention but over multiple long game sessions so time and sheer exhaustion is less of a factor - and probably only for a 4-5 person table not a full 6 person table).

But I had the thought that would it be even more thematic to run the last book of Reign of Winter (which is also 15-17 tier) first before running Witchwar Legacy? Has anyone done this (run it for a group of characters that haven't been playing the whole AP previously)?

How did it go?

Has anyone run other last books of sanctioned APs as standalone adventures for high level PFS characters? If so how did that go?

Many of the best chronicle sheet boons for the adventure assume that the character has played one or more of the earlier books - so that is a factor - and the culminating book of an AP also has a lot of AP specific components and assumptions which might not work as well for a table of PFS characters. But the options for high level sanctioned play are limited.

Grand Lodge 4/5

Pathfinder Adventure, Rulebook Subscriber

I have heard from my fellow Seeker GM that Witchwar is more of a prequel to RoW, so I'm not sure how well it works the other way around.

Dark Archive 5/5

Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber

Having played both RoW and Witchwar, I can tell you that Witchwar would be better run between books 5 and 6, instead of after book 6.

Of all the lvl 18 content out there, though, I would suggest Strange Aeons book 6. Near as I can tell, the chronicle doesn't require you to have played the other 5 books to earn the rewards.

(Other options are Rise of the Runelords, Curse of the Crimson Throne, Hell's Rebels, Serpent's Skull, and Shattered Star. All of these have a 16-18 lvl range for Book 6)

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