PFS March 2022 GM Call
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2022 4:12 pm
Hail and Well Met Pathfinders!
Welcome to Season 3 of Pathfinder Society 2E. The Gunslinger and Inventor are now released for play; with the thaumaturge and psychic on the horizon – get your copy of Guns and Gears.
Please Note: There have been substantial changes to the PFS2E Organizational Play. Please review the following link to familiarize yourself with these changes and the impact they may have on you as a GM. Pathfinder Society (Second Edition) Guide to Organized Play
I do have a lot of requests for people to be able to GM a PF2E game. Please limit your signups to one game, but do sign yourself up to play games prior to the weekly sign-ups going out if you GM I do need PFS1 GM’s for a few scenarios.
I appreciate each and every one of you and appreciate the strong GM base I have
Just as a reminder:
This month will be different. Paizo only released one scenario for August, so I am going to try to fill in with a few things different. I was going to start with the Pathfinder Trials - a chance to make a new character for Season 3. Then a return to the one-shots, an opportunity to try a different ancestry and class combo. Week 3 will be more of an open session, we’ve had a mixed group the last few months and while I know there are a lot of people that can play a 3-6 there are still some that need 1-4, unfortunately this may be a repeat for a lot of people, so I’llset four 1-4 quests. The final week will be a couple of sessions of the first Season 3 game.
02 March 2022
PF2E 01-15 The Blooming Catastrophe Tier 1-4 - GM: TBD
The Pathfinders travel to Iobaria, where elven druids and centaur warriors are united against an unlikely threat: a self-propogating horde of corrupted leshys! The source of the Abyssal corruption may be tied to a previous trip to Iobaria by the Pathfinder Society, so it falls to the PCs to seek out the source of the leshy incursion and restore balance to the woodlands.
Scenario tags: Faction (Verdant Wheel)
Maps:
Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Deep Forest
Player 1:
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Player 5:
Player 6:
PF2E 03-19 Secluded Siege 5-8 - GM: Mitch
The Pathfinder Society has had a tenuous relationship with the government of the ancient nation of Osirion ever since the Ruby Prince increased restrictions on the activities of foreign-based explorers. Venture-Captain Norden Balentiir has worked hard to restore the Society’s reputation in the nation, and to push the Sandswept Hall, the Pathfinder lodge in Osirion’s capital, away from its dark past.
Recently, seemingly endless hordes of undead have been surging up from the depths of the Sandswept Hall. Norden Balentiir fears that knowledge of this threat from within the Society’s own lodge would compel the Ruby Prince to permanently shut down Pathfinder operations in Osirion. The lodge’s forces are locked in constant battle with the undead, and they need an experienced strike team to descend into the Hall’s lower levels and find the source of the undead menace!
The Secluded Siege is part of the ongoing story of the Year of Shattered Sanctuaries. It is the first scenario in a two-part arc detailing the events befalling a Pathfinder Society lodge in the nation of Osirion. Other arcs explore other locations across the Inner Sea. While the arcs can be played in any order, it is recommended that players experience the scenarios within each individual arc in order.
Scenario tags: Faction (Verdant Wheel)
Maps:
Pathfinder Flip-Tiles: Dungeon Starter Set
Pathfinder Flip-Tiles: Dungeon Perils Expansion
Pathfinder Flip-Tiles: Dungeon Vaults Expansion
Player 1: Richard
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Player 5:
Player 6:
09 March 2022
PF2E 03-10 Delve the Pallid Depths Tier 1-4 - GM1: Fichard, GM2: Erik
After a group of prospectors discovered an ancient, abandoned dwarven ruin within the mountain known as Droskar's Crag, they reported their finding to the Pathfinder Society. The Society sent a group to enter the peak and explore the sprawling complex within. In the process, they made some new allies, recovered some lost relics, and discovered multiple entrances leading deeper into the ruined site. What else lies within the depths of Droskar's Crag? Venture-Captain Luna Aldred has sent out a call for Pathfinders to delve the ruins once more in search of treasure and knowledge that might otherwise be lost to the ages, but there is no telling what dangers might lie in wait...
Scenario tags: None
Maps:
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Dungeons Multi-Pack
Pathfinder Flip-Tiles: Darklands Starter Set
Player 1:
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Player 5:
Player 6:
Player 7:
Player 8:
Player 9:
Player 10:
Player 11:
Player 12:
16 Mar 2022
PF2E 01-10: Tarnbreaker's Trail Tier 1-4 - GM Jen
Venture-Captain Bjersig Torrsen has set out the call for a group of Pathfinders to compete in a race known as the Balgirdtrek. Taking place in the Land of the Linnorm Kings, this race is an annual event that includes participants from both the Varki and Ulfen people of the region. Bjersig hopes that by having the PCs participate, they might not only bolster the Society's reputation in the Saga Lands, but also document this exciting event. Although the Society has the organizers' official permission, some of the Ulfen competitors in particular see the Pathfinders' participation as an intrusion on their time-honored pastime. The true challenge of this race is not monsters or villains, but the harsh nature of the grueling marathon itself.
Tags: Repeatable
Maps:
Flip-Mat: Bigger Forest
Flip-Mat: Winter Forest
Map Pack: Frozen Sites
Player 1:
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Player 5:
Player 6:
PF2E 03-11 No Time for Treason Tier 3-6 - GM Mitch
The Pathfinder Society has sent the PCs to the city of Oppara, capital of Taldor, for a clandestine meeting with Gloriana Morilla, a trusted ally who bears dire news. She reports that Venture-Captain Muesello has gone into hiding following a strange series of crimes during which the perpetrators used wayfinders, the magical compasses that are among the Pathfinders' most iconic tools. Perhaps more troubling, these wayfinders each bear signs of Muesello's unique tinkering, and all of the crimes have targeted the assets and allies of Grand Princess Eutropia Stavian, the nation's new monarch.
With the crime spree steadily escalating and Muesello suspiciously evading her agents at every turn, Gloriana Morilla needs a group of skilled Pathfinders to investigate the recent crimes and track down the wayward venture-captain.
No Time for Treason is part of the ongoing story of the Year of Shattered Sanctuaries. It is the first scenario in a two-part arc detailing the events befalling a Pathfinder Society lodge in the nation of Taldor. Other arcs explore other locations across the Inner Sea. While the arcs can be played in any order, it is recommended that players experience the scenarios within each individual arc in order.
Scenario tags: Metaplot (Shattered Sanctuaries)
Player 1: Richard
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Player 5:
Player 6:
23 March 2022
PF2E 01-18: Lodge of the LIving God Tier 1-4 - GM TBD
An unexpected alliance begins! The masked priest Narsen invites the Pathfinders to the city of Xer in Razmiran, a closed nation dedicated to Razmir, the Living God. Normally insular and isolated, access to Razmiran represents a unique opportunity for the Pathfinder Society. Narsen has even sweetened the pot by offering to fund the repair of an old keep to serve as the Society's new lodge. As the first Pathfinders arrive to oversee repairs on the lodge-to-be, will this mark the historic first moment in an unlikely partnership, or will it trigger a disaster of unmitigated proporitions?
Scenario tags: Faction (Envoy's Alliance)
Maps:
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Castles Multi-Pack
Player 1:
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Player 5:
Player 6:
PF2E 1-20: The Lost Legend Tier 3-6 - GM Richard
The Pathfinder Society begins a perilous trek through the swamps and jungles of the Mwangi Expanse, searching for the location where the founding members of their organization formed the Open Road Pact. The clues the Pathfinders must follow are centuries old, however, and their best lead is the final logs of an ancient Pathfinder whose true fate may be markedly different than the world has been led to believe.
Scenario tags: Metaplot
Maps:
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Forest Multi-Pack
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Ambush Sites Multi-Pack
Player 1:
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Player 5:
Player 6:
30 March 2022
PF2E 01-13: Devil at the Crossroads Tier 3-6- GM Richard
The Sarkoris Scar still aches from the recently closed Worldwound, but that hasn't stopped the Pathfinder Society and their allies in the Farheavens Clan from maintaining their efforts to reclaim the Sarkorians' ancestral homelands. At a trading post near the southern border of the Sarkoris Scar, the PCs meet their contact from the Farheavens but not all is as it seems. The PCs and their allies will need to unravel the twisted skeins of an infernal plot if they have any hope of avoiding becoming the next victims of a fiendish spirit. This adventure was concepted at Paizo's Adventure Design Workshop panel during GenCon 2019.
Scenario tags: Faction (Vigilant Seal)
Maps:
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Ambush Sites Multi-Pack
GameMastery Map Pack: Hellscapes
Player 1:
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Player 5:
Player 6:
PF2E 01-14:: Lions of Katapesh; Tier 1-4 - GM Jen
Goblin patriarch, merchant, and Pathfinder Society ally Yigrig Moneymaker needs help! The cunning goblin merchant has big plans to build a bridge that will connect two promising trade partners, but something is stirring up the local wildlife and convincing the lions and other predators of the Katapeshi plains that goblins are more tasty than can possibly be true. The PCs must find out who's responsible for the trials Yigrig's family faces before the lions of Katapesh devour the entire goblin clan and end the chance for trade between two desert cities.
Scenario tags: Repeatable
Maps:
Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Dragon's Lair
Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Desert
Player 1:
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Player 5:
Player 6:
Welcome to Season 3 of Pathfinder Society 2E. The Gunslinger and Inventor are now released for play; with the thaumaturge and psychic on the horizon – get your copy of Guns and Gears.
Please Note: There have been substantial changes to the PFS2E Organizational Play. Please review the following link to familiarize yourself with these changes and the impact they may have on you as a GM. Pathfinder Society (Second Edition) Guide to Organized Play
I do have a lot of requests for people to be able to GM a PF2E game. Please limit your signups to one game, but do sign yourself up to play games prior to the weekly sign-ups going out if you GM I do need PFS1 GM’s for a few scenarios.
I appreciate each and every one of you and appreciate the strong GM base I have
Just as a reminder:
- Games start at 6pm and end at 10pm. Let's be respectful of our hosts and try to end on time!
- We follow the D11 weather closure schedule; if D11 is closed on Wednesday, PFS/SFS is canceled for the night. Please be safe and plan accordingly.
- Please make sure that your real name (or at least whatever you'd like me to call you on the schedule) is listed in your post. If your account is ChunkyLover53 and you don't list your real name, you will be christened...
- Sign up as soon as possible, you can always cancel if you need to
- Please do not hot-swap tables!
- Any sign ups on the day of the game (Wednesday) may not get a slot at the table, but do show up. We will always try to fit you in to a game!
- GMs: if you need to cancel, let me know ASAP so I can find a replacement!
- If you want a game scheduled, please ask!
This month will be different. Paizo only released one scenario for August, so I am going to try to fill in with a few things different. I was going to start with the Pathfinder Trials - a chance to make a new character for Season 3. Then a return to the one-shots, an opportunity to try a different ancestry and class combo. Week 3 will be more of an open session, we’ve had a mixed group the last few months and while I know there are a lot of people that can play a 3-6 there are still some that need 1-4, unfortunately this may be a repeat for a lot of people, so I’llset four 1-4 quests. The final week will be a couple of sessions of the first Season 3 game.
02 March 2022
PF2E 01-15 The Blooming Catastrophe Tier 1-4 - GM: TBD
The Pathfinders travel to Iobaria, where elven druids and centaur warriors are united against an unlikely threat: a self-propogating horde of corrupted leshys! The source of the Abyssal corruption may be tied to a previous trip to Iobaria by the Pathfinder Society, so it falls to the PCs to seek out the source of the leshy incursion and restore balance to the woodlands.
Scenario tags: Faction (Verdant Wheel)
Maps:
Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Deep Forest
Player 1:
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Player 5:
Player 6:
PF2E 03-19 Secluded Siege 5-8 - GM: Mitch
The Pathfinder Society has had a tenuous relationship with the government of the ancient nation of Osirion ever since the Ruby Prince increased restrictions on the activities of foreign-based explorers. Venture-Captain Norden Balentiir has worked hard to restore the Society’s reputation in the nation, and to push the Sandswept Hall, the Pathfinder lodge in Osirion’s capital, away from its dark past.
Recently, seemingly endless hordes of undead have been surging up from the depths of the Sandswept Hall. Norden Balentiir fears that knowledge of this threat from within the Society’s own lodge would compel the Ruby Prince to permanently shut down Pathfinder operations in Osirion. The lodge’s forces are locked in constant battle with the undead, and they need an experienced strike team to descend into the Hall’s lower levels and find the source of the undead menace!
The Secluded Siege is part of the ongoing story of the Year of Shattered Sanctuaries. It is the first scenario in a two-part arc detailing the events befalling a Pathfinder Society lodge in the nation of Osirion. Other arcs explore other locations across the Inner Sea. While the arcs can be played in any order, it is recommended that players experience the scenarios within each individual arc in order.
Scenario tags: Faction (Verdant Wheel)
Maps:
Pathfinder Flip-Tiles: Dungeon Starter Set
Pathfinder Flip-Tiles: Dungeon Perils Expansion
Pathfinder Flip-Tiles: Dungeon Vaults Expansion
Player 1: Richard
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Player 5:
Player 6:
09 March 2022
PF2E 03-10 Delve the Pallid Depths Tier 1-4 - GM1: Fichard, GM2: Erik
After a group of prospectors discovered an ancient, abandoned dwarven ruin within the mountain known as Droskar's Crag, they reported their finding to the Pathfinder Society. The Society sent a group to enter the peak and explore the sprawling complex within. In the process, they made some new allies, recovered some lost relics, and discovered multiple entrances leading deeper into the ruined site. What else lies within the depths of Droskar's Crag? Venture-Captain Luna Aldred has sent out a call for Pathfinders to delve the ruins once more in search of treasure and knowledge that might otherwise be lost to the ages, but there is no telling what dangers might lie in wait...
Scenario tags: None
Maps:
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Dungeons Multi-Pack
Pathfinder Flip-Tiles: Darklands Starter Set
Player 1:
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Player 5:
Player 6:
Player 7:
Player 8:
Player 9:
Player 10:
Player 11:
Player 12:
16 Mar 2022
PF2E 01-10: Tarnbreaker's Trail Tier 1-4 - GM Jen
Venture-Captain Bjersig Torrsen has set out the call for a group of Pathfinders to compete in a race known as the Balgirdtrek. Taking place in the Land of the Linnorm Kings, this race is an annual event that includes participants from both the Varki and Ulfen people of the region. Bjersig hopes that by having the PCs participate, they might not only bolster the Society's reputation in the Saga Lands, but also document this exciting event. Although the Society has the organizers' official permission, some of the Ulfen competitors in particular see the Pathfinders' participation as an intrusion on their time-honored pastime. The true challenge of this race is not monsters or villains, but the harsh nature of the grueling marathon itself.
Tags: Repeatable
Maps:
Flip-Mat: Bigger Forest
Flip-Mat: Winter Forest
Map Pack: Frozen Sites
Player 1:
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Player 5:
Player 6:
PF2E 03-11 No Time for Treason Tier 3-6 - GM Mitch
The Pathfinder Society has sent the PCs to the city of Oppara, capital of Taldor, for a clandestine meeting with Gloriana Morilla, a trusted ally who bears dire news. She reports that Venture-Captain Muesello has gone into hiding following a strange series of crimes during which the perpetrators used wayfinders, the magical compasses that are among the Pathfinders' most iconic tools. Perhaps more troubling, these wayfinders each bear signs of Muesello's unique tinkering, and all of the crimes have targeted the assets and allies of Grand Princess Eutropia Stavian, the nation's new monarch.
With the crime spree steadily escalating and Muesello suspiciously evading her agents at every turn, Gloriana Morilla needs a group of skilled Pathfinders to investigate the recent crimes and track down the wayward venture-captain.
No Time for Treason is part of the ongoing story of the Year of Shattered Sanctuaries. It is the first scenario in a two-part arc detailing the events befalling a Pathfinder Society lodge in the nation of Taldor. Other arcs explore other locations across the Inner Sea. While the arcs can be played in any order, it is recommended that players experience the scenarios within each individual arc in order.
Scenario tags: Metaplot (Shattered Sanctuaries)
Player 1: Richard
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Player 5:
Player 6:
23 March 2022
PF2E 01-18: Lodge of the LIving God Tier 1-4 - GM TBD
An unexpected alliance begins! The masked priest Narsen invites the Pathfinders to the city of Xer in Razmiran, a closed nation dedicated to Razmir, the Living God. Normally insular and isolated, access to Razmiran represents a unique opportunity for the Pathfinder Society. Narsen has even sweetened the pot by offering to fund the repair of an old keep to serve as the Society's new lodge. As the first Pathfinders arrive to oversee repairs on the lodge-to-be, will this mark the historic first moment in an unlikely partnership, or will it trigger a disaster of unmitigated proporitions?
Scenario tags: Faction (Envoy's Alliance)
Maps:
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Castles Multi-Pack
Player 1:
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Player 5:
Player 6:
PF2E 1-20: The Lost Legend Tier 3-6 - GM Richard
The Pathfinder Society begins a perilous trek through the swamps and jungles of the Mwangi Expanse, searching for the location where the founding members of their organization formed the Open Road Pact. The clues the Pathfinders must follow are centuries old, however, and their best lead is the final logs of an ancient Pathfinder whose true fate may be markedly different than the world has been led to believe.
Scenario tags: Metaplot
Maps:
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Forest Multi-Pack
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Ambush Sites Multi-Pack
Player 1:
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Player 5:
Player 6:
30 March 2022
PF2E 01-13: Devil at the Crossroads Tier 3-6- GM Richard
The Sarkoris Scar still aches from the recently closed Worldwound, but that hasn't stopped the Pathfinder Society and their allies in the Farheavens Clan from maintaining their efforts to reclaim the Sarkorians' ancestral homelands. At a trading post near the southern border of the Sarkoris Scar, the PCs meet their contact from the Farheavens but not all is as it seems. The PCs and their allies will need to unravel the twisted skeins of an infernal plot if they have any hope of avoiding becoming the next victims of a fiendish spirit. This adventure was concepted at Paizo's Adventure Design Workshop panel during GenCon 2019.
Scenario tags: Faction (Vigilant Seal)
Maps:
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Ambush Sites Multi-Pack
GameMastery Map Pack: Hellscapes
Player 1:
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Player 5:
Player 6:
PF2E 01-14:: Lions of Katapesh; Tier 1-4 - GM Jen
Goblin patriarch, merchant, and Pathfinder Society ally Yigrig Moneymaker needs help! The cunning goblin merchant has big plans to build a bridge that will connect two promising trade partners, but something is stirring up the local wildlife and convincing the lions and other predators of the Katapeshi plains that goblins are more tasty than can possibly be true. The PCs must find out who's responsible for the trials Yigrig's family faces before the lions of Katapesh devour the entire goblin clan and end the chance for trade between two desert cities.
Scenario tags: Repeatable
Maps:
Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Dragon's Lair
Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Desert
Player 1:
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Player 5:
Player 6: