Tusk 7.3 - PFS 5-05: The Elven Entanglement

Pathfinder RPG, Pathfinder Society, character levels 7-11
Written by Ryan Costello, Jr.

Nearly every nation has contributed to the Mendevian Crusade, but few are willing to send additional aid to assist the Pathfinder Society directly. Owed a favor the elves cannot refuse, Pathfinders travel to Kyonin to secure a force of some of the finest demon-hunters in Avistan only to find that the hunters are missing in action. Can the Pathfinders extract the lost elves from the depths of Tanglebriar, or will they become the latest casualties of Treerazer’s domain?

This was a lot of fun, my Druid was actually able to assist in combat and negotiations.

Tusk 7.2 - PFS 0-20: King Xeros of Old Azlant

Pathfinder RPG, Pathfinder Society, character levels 7-11

Written by Greg A. Vaughan

Panic grips Absalom when a huge crystalline sailing vessel appears suddenly in the harbor. Identified as the King Xeros of Old Azlant, the ship presents a great opportunity for the Pathfinder Society. You and your fellow adventurers are summoned by Venture-Captain Adril Hestram and dropped aboard the King Xeros to explore it and report back. Only, what you find isn't an empty vessel, but a sinister ship with a vile intent.

This was a lot of fun and very interesting. But I was really upset since I made a few stupid mistakes with my Druid character. You would think by this point I would do my homework before playing my character. But a lass, I didn't do that and I didn't play nearly as well as I would have liked. I thought when I wild shape I would have the same stats and the creatures I would wild shaping into, but that is totally not the case.

Final battle against tree trunk that grabs players and pulls them into wood

Entering the last room

Amazing painting of minis

First combat situation that had crystal Golem that I acted like a newb with...

Ace 2.3 - PFS 2-13: Murder on the Throaty Mermaid

While on a routine mission to escort a dignitary to the mysterious Mordant Spire aboard a disreputable smuggler's ship, the PCs find themselves embroiled in a murder mystery that could jeopardize the Pathfinder Society's relationship with the isolationist elves who call the citadel home. Can the cunning Pathfinders discover who among the ship's crew of scum and villains is responsible for the crime in time to clear their own names? This murder mystery upon the open sea features a mechanic allowing for a different killer each time it's run to ensure that no amount of word of mouth will spoil the investigation for any team of canny players.

One of our players had actually designed this mini for Reaper!!!

Rust monsters attack while storm is taking place!

The first time the players are talking to the captain

GM Improv, investigating when new shipment is coming to port

I painted the Orc to look human for my Bloodrager character

Tusk 7.1 - PFS 4-08: The Cultist's Kiss (levels 7-11)

An active cell of the cult of Lissala—ancient goddess of runes and obedience—has been discovered in the Varisian town of Palin's Cove. Seeking a chance to learn about this long-lost faith not from millennia-old relics but from its current practice, a team of Pathfinders travels to the industrial seaside settlement to uncover the secret coven and infiltrate its services in the guise of prospective converts. Will the Pathfinders discover the knowledge they seek, or will the evil cult subvert them with its vile and seductive faith?

Written by Sam Zeitlin

The GM had only an hour to prep and did an amazing job. This was fun, but my Druid wasn't really prepared for this one. I hadn't time to work on my character in preparation for this one.

Narakitul - 7.2 PFS 6-09: By Way of Bloodcove (levels 3-7)

For centuries the city of Bloodcove has controlled access to the invaluable Vanji River, and for nearly as long, the Aspis Consortium has controlled Bloodcove. If the Pathfinder Society is to move the equipment and personnel it needs into the Mwangi Expanse, it needs a reliable means of smuggling resources through this unforgiving settlement operated by its enemies. It’s up to the PCs to establish a backdoor through Bloodcove—all without being caught by Aspis agents.

Written by Justin Juan

Factions: The Exchange

Here I thought the GM did an amazing job with this one. But I didn't like the fact everyone at my table was playing with their laptops through the entire adventure. Felt more like work with everyone hiding behind their laptops. My sinuses were in full swing and I couldn't talk with laryngitis...

Narakitul 7.1 - Plunders and Peril - Black Coral Cove

Tall tales of hidden riches are common in the pirate-infested taverns of the Shackles, but when Captain Varossa Lanteri claims to know the location of the secret treasure hoard of legendary Captain Jemma Redclaw, it seems she may be telling the truth. Captain Lanteri hires the PCs on as crew to help her assemble the magic key that will open the door to Redclaw’s treasure... and the ancient cyclops stronghold in which it’s hidden! Can the PCs survive long enough to claim their share of the lost loot, or will their enemies—or their allies—send them to a watery grave?

Here I GM'ed the 3rd part. My players enjoyed the dungeon tiles I had made. But they really went through it quickly. With 6 strong players and motivation to finish the adventure in less time so they could play other games.

Final Boss fight on old derelict ship

The party is in the middle of the strange black coral rooms that are filled with aberrant creatures!

Party finds one of the Magpie Princess crew has gone crazy and attacks the party. Too bad he never did any damage...

First long hallway the party encounters that is filled with ancient Cyclop symbols and murals

Ace 2.2 - PFS 6-10: The Wounded Wisp

Pathfinder RPG, Pathfinder Society, character levels 1-2
Written by Thurston Hillman

More than 400 years have transpired since the Pathfinder Society began in a humble tavern that has quietly weathered the centuries without incident. When a routine errand there uncovers a clue left behind by one of the founding Pathfinders, it’s up to the PCs to solve a puzzle whose pieces are scattered across Absalom—and whose prize dates back to the Society’s darkest years.
"The Wounded Wisp" is an evergreen, replayable scenario designed to help introduce players to the history of the Pathfinder Society and Absalom’s greatest sites.

Here we found the secret cavern that had a slew of secret documents!

Cute castle that contained illusions and a clue where to go next!

Another secret tunnel in the bar cellar!

Ace 2.1 - PFS 1-43: The Pallid Plague

Reports from Andoran's Darkmoon Vale indicate that a new plague is causing the deaths of untold fey. The Pathfinder Society sends you there to aid the nymph queen in stopping the plague and finding and destroying its source. When the plague spreads to the human population of Falcon's Hollow, the need to find a cure grows more frantic. Can you save the many denizens of Darkmoon Vale from certain death?
This one I didn't get a chance to do any combat. Basically had nothing to do. The scenario is designed for 4 players, not 6.

Here we are diseased and trying to get cured!

Tusk 7.3 - PFS 0-28: Lyrics of Extinction

The fabled ruined city of Dokeran, deep inside the heart of the Mwangi Expanse, has been found and it's your job as a Pathfinder to explore it and discover how it fell. After fighting through fiends, enslaved warriors, and the damned spirits of Dokeran's dead, you find that the ruined city has a dark secret—one you might not survive.

Here I GM'ed this one and it went ok. The maps were not accurate and the final boss was easily destroyed by the players. The game is set for a smaller group, but I didn't want to add more creatures to it and then have someone get killed.

Finally had time to organize my roleplaying stuff!

Ace 1.3 - PF Mod: Dawn of the Scarlet Sun

Pathfinder RPG, Pathfinder Society, character levels 4-6
Written by James Jacobs

The coastal city of Magnimar is no stranger to crime, yet recently, a series of murders has sent a chill through the early morning streets. Someone—or something—is stalking and killing worshipers of Sarenrae, the goddess of the sun. The city guard is prepared to ambush the murderer, but they need help—help of the kind that adventurers are so good at providing. What is the sinister truth behind these violent acts?

Dawn of the Scarlet Sun is a Pathfinder RPG adventure for six 5th-level characters—such as the six iconic heroes provided. In addition, this adventure can be integrated into the Shattered Star Pathfinder Adventure Path, and uses the villains featured in the Pathfinder Battles Champions of Evil Encounter Pack.

Ummmmm - Wow! My table survived! But another table actually had half the party get litterally killed. Amazing.

Tusk 7.2 - PFS 3-04: The Kortos Envoy

The centaur tribes of the Isle of Kortos have long been an enigma to the people of Absalom. But the Pathfinder Society needs the help of one of the horsemen’s greatest heroes, in it falls to you to negotiate an agreement between the Decemvirate and the centaurs of the plains.

Fun game, enjoyed it.

Fighting Harpies! They love to "Captivate"!

Tusk 7.1 - 5-99 The Paths We Choose

Pathfinder RPG, Pathfinder Society, character levels 3-7

The failure of Mendev's wardstones set in motion not only a new crusade but also catalyzed a change in the Pathfinder Society's various factions. As the Pathfinders prepare to march on the Sky Citadel Jormurdun, members of the various factions scramble to consolidate their gains and neutralize their enemies. "The Paths We Choose" is a special event designed to highlight the changes in each faction over the course of Season 5, The Year of the Demon, and the adventure is different for each group depending on which factions are represented at the table.

Here I had 5 players that played the upper tier. It was fun, but a lot of work since I had to prep 7 mini adventures, even though we only played through 3 of them.

Ace 1.1 - SilverHex Chronicles - Episode 1

Played a pre-gen through the first silverhex chronicles.

Vadid 1.3 - PFS 0-05: Mists of Mwangi

Pathfinder RPG, Pathfinder Society, character levels 1-5
Written by Nicolas Logue

Pathfinder Lugizar Trantos recently returned from the Mwangi Expanse with haunted eyes and a pack full of strange idols. Absalom's famed Blakros Museum purchased his pieces and Lugizar vanished. The strange monkey idols he pulled from the misty jungles of Mwangi carry with them a fell curse, and now their power has laid claim to the museum. Can the Pathfinder Society uncover the source of the curse in time, or will the Blackros Museum be forever lost to the mists of Mwangi?

Here I prepared minis and map

We had a wizard that had a special spell he could cast that would view the contents of rooms. Which then helped the group discover to go to the final room. After destroying the wooden idols and defeating the big Gorilla they completed the 2 quests. Which then had us finish the game an hour early.

Vadid 1.2 - PFS 3–23: The Goblinblood Dead

Pathfinder RPG, Pathfinder Society, character levels 1-5
Written by Jerall Toi

More than a decade has passed since the Goblinblood Wars left the nation of Isger in shambles, and the Pathfinder Society uses the many abandoned roads through the county's interior to smuggle valuable relics. But when a series of attacks on the Varisian caravans carrying the illicit cargo puts the route in jeopardy, it falls to the PCs to investigate and rid the region of the threat to the Society's operations.

Here I have the caravan the party is guarding and the wizard just cast a web spell on the undead Bugbears

Voren 2.3 - PFS 0-17: Perils of the Pirate Pact

PFS 0-17: Perils of the Pirate Pact

Pathfinder RPG, Pathfinder Society, character levels 1-7
Written by Matthieu Dayon

When the Black Marquis lost all of the men he could trust on a failed treasure hunt, he did the only thing he could: turned to the Pathfinder Society for help. Offering an ancient lost text in return for assistance, the Black Marquis of Deadbridge sends you deep into the spider-haunted Echo Wood of the River Kingdoms to track down his missing pirates and recover an ancient treasure for the Society. You'll face brigands, pirates, spiders and more—but will you survive the perils of the Pirate Pact?

Final battle, where we find out there is nothing to find here in the spider cave...

ship to ship combat, our casters took them out

Tusk 6.3 - PFS 3-02: Sewer Dragons of Absalom

Pathfinder RPG, Pathfinder Society, character levels 3-7
Written by Dennis Baker

Absalom is Golarion’s busiest and most populous city, but one of its largest populations goes largely unnoticed. You must venture into the sewers beneath the City at the Center of the World to stop the meddling dragons within from disrupting a vital Pathfinder Society operation.

Someone let me use an bright orange mini for my ape!

We fell into a pit of garbage and some monsters showed up!

Long view

Vaddid Peabottoms 1.1 - We Be Goblins

I GM'ed We Be Goblins for the second time with a group of folks who hadn't signed up for other games. I had signed up for a full table and didn't want to play in an adventure with a large party. So it was fun to GM it again. I think everyone had fun, even though I gave everyone 2 Prestige Points when they should've only received 1 prestige point.

Here I painted a friend of mine's crow, and I have a couple of the Goblins I used in the We Be Goblins adventure

Narakitul 6.3 - PFS 5-23: Cairn of Shadows (levels 5-9)

The innumerable cairns and burial mounds of Barrowmoor in northern Nidal contain untold treasures and terrors, and the local taboos and Nidalese theocracy are typically enough to keep any but the boldest from exploring the site; however, when the Blakros family informs the Pathfinder Society that their shared enemy is in pursuit of a dangerous artifact, the PCs must brave the shadow-stricken region to keep this object from falling into the wrong hands.

Top view of the chains hanging down that we had to get around.

Here we had finally climbed up the chains to the top most platform, that was filled with bad guys from the shadow plane!

This was a fun adventure where we were able to take out the bad guys with the help of our adventurers kicking butt quickly.

Taw 3.1 PF Mod: Emerald Spire—The Cellars (levels 1-3)

The foundations of the tower are a confusing maze of vermin-infested chambers and clever pit traps. A dangerous undead spellcaster known as Gorloth, the Bone Priest, ambushes adventurers who blunder into the pits and spiderwebs.

Written by Ed Greenwood

Here we were fighting undead, cute markers for numbering the creatures.

Beginning with 7 players

This was an interesting dungeon crawl that had loads of traps and spiders. The final boss was a wash since he would have dogged us endlessly.

Taw 2.3 PFS 6–01: Trial by Machine (levels 1-5)

More than a millennium has passed since the "machine mage" Karamoss's failed siege of Absalom, and for years the Pathfinder Society has used upper reaches of his subterranean siege tower as a training ground for initiates. During a routine drill, the once-dormant dungeon springs to life, and it will take all the PCs' resourcefulness and skill to make it out alive.

Written by Sean McGowen

This game went smoothly. The DR 5 of the robots I didn't take into account, which would have made them a little bit harder to this. Also screwed up a surprise round that I had setup.

Tusk 6.2 - PFS 0-16: To Scale the Dragon (levels 5-9)

The last remains of a sage from an age long past rests high atop the snow-covered tips of the Fog Peaks in Southern Galt and the Society wants his bones in order to study them and learn from them. They've sent you into a wintry wilderness of primordial beastmen and snow creatures not seen below the snow line to do just that. With the Aspis Consortium also seeking the bones, the race is on to beat them to the top and, once the bones are recovered, to make it back down alive.

Written by Tim Hitchcock
Here my character Tusk died, attempting to attack a 'huge' creature that was resistent to fire. And if you physically attacked it, you would take serious fire damage.

The room where Tusk and our Gunslinger died

Here we are first starting to use the dog sleds...

Voren 2.2 PFS 05-04: The Stolen Heir (levels 1-5)

The Mendevian Crusade draws heavily on the Pathfinder Society’s resources, and unless the Decemvirate can secure the assistance of generous patrons, the society may not have sufficient capital both to fight off the demonic invasion and to prepare its expedition to a lost historical site within the Worldwound. Upon hearing that the daughter of an eminent and wealthy of citizen of Sauerton has gone missing, the Pathfinders rush to her aid in the hope of earning her father’s goodwill and support in upcoming endeavors.

Written by David N. Ross

Factions: Andoran and Taldor

Here someone has gone invisible! And their mini changed to glass!

Taw 2.2 PF Mod: We Be Goblins Too! (level 3) Pacificon 2014

This was my last game GM'ing and we really enjoyed it. I borrowed the maps and print out of the characters from Wendy-Ann and John.

Taw 2.1 PFS 5-24: Assault on the Wound (levels 3-7) Pacificon 2014

I GM'ed this one as well. Here I learned how this large armed forces game works. We finally enjoyed it once we understood the rules. I had gone over it a number of times and still wasn't sure how it would work. We were able to use pyramids and poker chips for staking and represented the good and bad guys. Pacificon 2014

Taw 1.3 PFS 5-20: The Sealed Gate (levels 7-11)

I had a full table with senior players. All of which I had really high level characters that were able to do stuff I could only Dream of. But with the help of Vu I was able to get everyone through the scenario. Since I had only a few hours of sleep from Thursday night, Friday night, and Saturday night. The help was crucial. I learned a lot about GM'ing higher level games, etc.

Taw 1.2 PF Mod: We Be Goblins (for kids 7-12 and their parents) (levels 1-2)

Had 4 kids and 2 fathers at my table. The kids really enjoyed it and a father new to PFS because really interested in it. Which I hope doesn't detract his Son from enjoying it. Always seemed like things my dad was into I stopped enjoying around that age. But all the boys thanked me afterwards for GM'ing it. And they had enjoyed it because I listened to all the cool interesting ways they wanted to complete the mission.

Taw 1.1 - 6-02: The Silver Mount Collection (levels 3-7)

I jumped into this one with a GM that I know. I played a pre-gen Samari and had a lot of fun. Others did a great job of healing me while I played the meat shield!

Voren PFS 6-00: Legacy of the Stonelords (Season 6 special) (levels 1-11)

This was interesting. We had numerous groups playing, with a moderator that actually had a video screen displaying progress of the tables. I was playing my Magos Voren and John Francis was GM'ing. It was like Gandalf with Frodo. But I was helping as much as Frodo did...

Our team was tired. But I was doing double damage to the robots in the scenario.