Venture-Agent, Netherlands—Utrecht
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Good question. Page 31 specifically calls out treasure bundles from items recovered or obtained, so my first guess is, as long as they've been found in the first place, it's fine. But yeah, if they've handed them over, it would stand to reason they're also lost (and crossed off your chronicle sheet), as it's the "easy way out," so to say.
I'm leaning towards "gone is gone," but I can see it going either way.
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The list of treasure bundles at the end cites specific items found throughout the adventure and provides specific values in GP so that they can be used for the final negotiation. However, the last 4 treasure bundles are "recovered from the relics in the laboratory" but the players only earn two specific relics from the laboratory: the sheaf of notes and the prototype aeon stone.
If it was simply for providing treasure bundles, I would hand-waive those last two bundles as rewards for making it that far, or for recovering the key or something, but since they need to be used in the final negotiation, I am planning on just creating 2 more relics of the same GP value and adding them to the loot.
Other than this, and the to-be-expected typos and number mixups here and there that we can easily work around, this appears on paper to be one of the most well-written scenarios for 2nd edition that I've read. I am thrilled to try this out tomorrow and present all of the options. It really seems to play a lot like a classic TTRPG dungeon where you need to use your wits as a player to solve some puzzles, and it provides multiple avenues for success and it leaves room for even somewhat catastrophic failures but the plot can still fall forward.
I'll reserve my final judgement until I run it at least once, but props to the author; I don't usually participate in online discussions much but going over this scenario again has prompted me to do so.
I am prepping this for PaizoCon, and I see one question that really should have a clarification:
If the PCs give up the items (TBs) found in the scenario, do they lose the TBs? Normally I would say no, but with the specific line of "Any items given to her are lost, however." in the conclusion, I am confused.
The intent is that any treasure bundles given away are not recovered so they are lost.
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Is the challenge point calculation table in this adventure just... wrong?
Unlike the normal challenge points of 2,3,4,& 6; this adventure lists the the points thusly: Levels 5 & 7, 4 points per character; levels 6 & 8, 6 points per character.
This feels off.
Also, there is no map for the mirror room or the laboratory itself? It seems likely that there could be a fight in the mirror room. Any suggestions on what to use? Just draw a room? Use the theatre of the mind?
I'm running this Saturday, 29 November 2025, so answers before then would be most helpful for me, but after that may be helpful for other GMs, so don't let timing stop you from answering.
