Linking Scenarios for a Path [PFS1e]


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Hey friends, I'm preparing a home game campaign and I'm thinking the best approach will be to string together a series of PFS scenarios since they play smoothly in a single session with a contained story (mostly). I ran events for a local lodge back in PFS1e and kinda fell in love with the scenarios

If you were building a campaign of scenarios, what would you include?

I'm looking mostly at 1e PFS scenarios because I already have a bunch but also because they're cheaper. I'd love to have a somewhat cohesive narrative if possible. I would also love to have a handful of scenarios for the party to choose from at any given time. Free RPG Day adventures are good to go too. Back when I was running the lodge I ran Master of the Fallen Fortress about a billion times. My big draw here over the slew of adventures and APs I have is the benefit of essentially being a series of one-shots

I'm considering starting with First Steps since I'm familiar with them and they seem a good introduction but maybe not, I don't know...

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You can find a list of scenarios with links between them here that is a pretty good starting point.

First Steps can be a good kickoff for a campaign that is meant to be generally about the society, but if you're focusing on specific events it can be a little too general, as not all of the faction leads are relevant to a lot of the later seasons.

I recommend seeing what big event scenarios you want the party to reach and build out the scenarios that lead up to them. When I was running a group headed for Eyes of the Ten, I made sure to include as many season 1 and 2 scenarios that involved the NPCs from that arc to give the party history with them and have the characters all familiar with each other.

If you want to run All For Immortality, the Thuvia scenarios and plenty of Aspis Consortium involved scenarios should be prioritized. Unleashing the Untouchable would benefit from a heavy focus on season 8 adventures. And if you want to cap the campaign with Passing the Torch, make sure to focus on Grandmaster Torch and the scenarios dealing with the Decemvirate.

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Ooh sweet! I didn't find that post when I went looking, thanks for the link. I like your idea of working backward from the campaign endpoint. I'm sure all of this will help me put something together and it should allow me to build around what I already own

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