Pathfinder 1E Pathfinder #4 - I have it!

[HeavenShallBurn]

Shinning Child of Thassilon: An Outsider from the fartherest reaches of the Far Planes.

Must Resist....fails Will save

There upon the road shinned a shinny demon

 

[freyar]

The interest in the beastiary here inspires me to plug this index of Pathfinder and Gamemastery monsters. Help is most definitely requested filling this in!

 

[theredrobedwizard]

Must Resist....fails Will save

There upon the road, there shinned a shinny demon

Play the Best Song in the World, Or I'll Eat Your Souls (Su) (1/Encounter): Each character within 30 feet of a Shiny Demon must make a DC 30 perform check or be the target of an Implosion spell (DC 29) and a Soul Trap spell (DC 29). Using this ability is an Immediate action.

-TRRW

 

[DM_Jeff]

Dunno, I just the overall dungeon ecology of this module seriously lacking. There was no interaction between the occupants or good explanations as to why they were there or what they did before the adventurers showed up to slaughter them.

I have to agree with Glassjaw here, I got the exact same impression. Specifically, the first three had amazing character interactions and storylines that involved NPCs with a host of negotiation, investigation, terror and meaningful combat. I have loved them all, it's turned my view of D&D in new directions.

But #4 will be getting quite a bit of add-ons and fixin's from me when I run it. NPC interactions are nearly gone, with the exception of a discussion or two that *might* take place once in the dungeons. Otherwise it's a big fightfest start to finish. A good one, no doubt, but it suddenly seems lacking that element the first thre thrived on so well.

Still, the artwork, the Pathfinder Journal, the new monsters, and the awesome article on Dragons easily still make this a winner.

-DM Jeff

 

[Festivus]

Hmm, I got PF4 and no card... perhaps I should recheck the envelope if I haven't tossed it yet.

 

[GlassJaw]

Hmm, I got PF4 and no card... perhaps I should recheck the envelope if I haven't tossed it yet.

Yeah, I almost tossed mine. Glad I saw this thread first!

 

[HeavenShallBurn]

Play the Best Song in the World, Or I'll Eat Your Souls (Su) (1/Encounter): Each character within 30 feet of a Shiny Demon must make a DC 30 perform check or be the target of an Implosion spell (DC 29) and a Soul Trap spell (DC 29). Using this ability is an Immediate action.

This Is Just a Tribute (Su) (1/day): The character gains a +10 bonus to one perform check as an Immediate action. But makes all subsequent Perform checks at -10 penalty for one day.

 

[GlassJaw]

But #4 will be getting quite a bit of add-ons and fixin's from me when I run it. NPC interactions are nearly gone, with the exception of a discussion or two that *might* take place once in the dungeons. Otherwise it's a big fightfest start to finish. A good one, no doubt, but it suddenly seems lacking that element the first thre thrived on so well.

Possible spoilers:

The first thing I would probably do is make the dungeon levels larger but remove some of the baddies. I'm not a fan of the one-room, one-monster design.

I do like the mummy monk in the outside tower but I thought the tower itself wasn't detailed nearly enough. I would probably flesh out the tower a bit more and make it the entrance to the lower level and make the mummy the guardian to the library. As-is, the mummy is a cool enemy but seems out of place (one-room, one-monster syndrome again).

The one RP encounter in the dungeon is with the Conna, the stone giant sorceress. I thought the background on her was cool but again, the "payoff" for forming an alliance with her wasn't that spectacular at all. I would definitely get her more involved and help the PC's more than saying "go this way".

I would also make the library level feel more like an actual library instead of a bunch of square rooms connected together, each with a different monster.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The only game I can think of where "Monster dies, little things come out and hit you" was "The Suffering".

Or WoW. There's lots of monsters with that trick there.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

If you ordered mail order from Paizo, you get the card, too. I got mine at work, and was expecting a work-related Christmas card.