Assault on Absalom
- The World Guide canonized the events depicted in this scenario as the Fiendflesh Siege.1
Assault on Absalom, a Pathfinder Society multi-table interactive special for Tier 1-11 by Mikko Kallio, debuted at Gen Con 50 on August 18, 2017, and was released to the Paizo store on August 2, 2018.
“Glorious Absalom has stood strong against attackers for nearly 5,000 years, and the land around it remains littered with the siege castles of failed invaders. However, centuries have passed since Absalom last repelled a siege in earnest, and a new warlord has gathered a supernatural army and ghastly allies that will test the city—and perhaps be the first to conquer the so-called City at the Center of the World. When chaos erupts in the streets, the Pathfinder Society and its factions rally to the defense of their home, uncover the identity of the would-be conquerors, and seek a way to break the siege.
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Scenario overview
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Recurring characters, concepts, and locations
The following characters, concepts, or locations can be found in this scenario, but also significantly appear in the publications listed below:
- Aaqir al'Hakam (The Absalom Initiation, Assault on Absalom, Bid for Alabastrine, A Bitter Bargain, The Blakros Matrimony, The Cindersworn Pact, The Fabric of Reality, The Ghol-Gan Heresy, The Goblinblood Dead, Grand Convocation 4712, The Immortal Conundrum, The Merchant's Wake, On Hostile Waters, The Paths We Choose, Port Godless, Signs in Senghor, The Stranger Within, The Sundered Path, To Delve the Dungeon Deep, The Veteran's Vault)
- Absalom (The Absalom Initiation, Assault on Absalom, Blood Under Absalom, The Broken Scales, Delirium's Tangle (scenario), The Disappeared, Echoes of the Overwatched, The God's Market Gamble, The Golden Serpent, Hall of Drunken Heroes, The Immortal Conundrum, In Service to Lore, The Infernal Vault, King Xeros of Old Azlant, The Paths We Choose, School of Spirits, Serpent's Rise, The Seven Secrets of Dacilane Academy, Sewer Dragons of Absalom, Shadows Fall on Absalom, Skeleton Moon, Slave Ships of Absalom, Sniper in the Deep, Song of the Sea Witch, A Vision of Betrayal, The Wounded Wisp, Year of Immortal Influence (scenario))
- Black Echelon (Assault on Absalom, Silent Tide (scenario))
- Cairnlands (Assault on Absalom, Fires of Karamoss, Ruins of Bonekeep Level 1: The Silent Grave, Ruins of Bonekeep Level 2: Maze of the Mind Slave, Ruins of Bonekeep Level 3: The Wakening Tomb, Silent Tide (scenario), To Delve the Dungeon Deep, Trial by Machine)
- First Guard (Assault on Absalom, The Hellknight's Feast, King Xeros of Old Azlant)
- Flotsam Graveyard (The Absalom Initiation, Assault on Absalom, King Xeros of Old Azlant, The Paths We Choose, Sniper in the Deep)
- Forae Logos (Assault on Absalom, The Blakros Connection, Echoes of the Overwatched)
- Gloriana Morilla (The Absalom Initiation, Ageless Ambitions, Assault on Absalom, Assault on the Wound, Birthright Betrayed, The Blakros Matrimony, Escape from Oppara, Grand Convocation 4712, A Gilded Test, The Hellknight's Feast, Honor's Echo, The Horn of Aroden, The Immortal Conundrum, The Jarlsblood Witch Saga, Library of the Lion, The Lion's Justice, No Time for Treason, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), The Paths We Choose, Slave Ships of Absalom, The Sun Orchid Scheme, The Sundered Path, A Vision of Betrayal, Year of Shattered Sanctuaries (scenario))
- Grand Lodge (The Absalom Initiation, Assault on Absalom, Blood Under Absalom, Eye of the Crocodile King, First Taste of Eternity, Grand Convocation 4712, The Hao Jin Cataclysm, Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained, The Overflow Archives, The Pathfinder Trials, The Paths We Choose, Serpent's Rise, Shadows Fall on Absalom, Siege of Serpents, Who Speaks for the Ten, The Winter Queen's Dollhouse, The Wounded Wisp, Year of the Shadow Lodge (scenario))
- Grandmaster Torch (Assault on Absalom, Betrayal in the Bones, A Bitter Bargain, Delirium's Tangle (scenario), The Eternal Obelisk, Exiles of Winter, The Frostfur Captives, The God's Market Gamble, The Golemworks Incident, Grand Convocation 4712, Halls of Dwarven Lore, In the Grandmaster's Name, The Mantis's Prey, The Many Fortunes of Grandmaster Torch, Race to Seeker's Folly, The Refuge of Time, Rivalry's End, Salvation of the Sages, Sanctum of the Sages (scenario), Silent Tide (scenario), Snakes in the Fold, The Sundered Path, The Unseen Inclusion, Valley of Veiled Flame, A Vision of Betrayal, Way of the Kirin (scenario), Who Speaks for the Ten, Who Wears the Mask, Words of the Ancients)
- Ivory Labyrinth (Assault on Absalom, Betrayal in the Bones)
- Koth'Vaul (Assault on Absalom, Betrayal in the Bones, In the Grandmaster's Name, The Night March of Kalkamedes, The Rasping Rebirth, Vengeance at Sundered Crag, Who Speaks for the Ten)
- Marcos Farabellus (Ageless Ambitions, All the Gods Beyond, Assault on Absalom, Assault on the Wound, The Confirmation, First Taste of Eternity, Let Bygones Be, The Midnight Mauler, The Pathfinder Trials, The Sealed Gate, The Second Confirmation, Serpent's Rise, Serpents Fall, Siege of Gallowspire, Siege of Serpents, Storming the Diamond Gate, The Swordlord's Challenge, Vengeance at Sundered Crag, Where Mammoths Dare Not Tread)
- Muckruckers (Assault on Absalom, Flooded King's Court)
- Muhlia Al-Jakri (Among the Dead, Assault on Absalom, Betrayal in the Bones, Black Waters, The Dalsine Affair, The Eternal Obelisk, Fingerprints of the Fiend, In the Grandmaster's Name, Keep of the Huscarl King, Mists of Mwangi, The Rasping Rebirth, The Rules of the Swift, The Slave Master's Mirror, Slave Ships of Absalom, The Trouble with Secrets, Who Speaks for the Ten)
- Ollysta Zadrian (Assault on Absalom, Assault on the Wound, Grand Convocation 4712, In Service to Lore, The Paths We Choose, Reaver's Roar, The Refuge of Time, The Shores of Heaven, Siege of Gallowspire, Song of the Sea Witch, Thralls of the Shattered God, Way of the Kirin (scenario), Weapon in the Rift)
- Silent Tide (The Absalom Initiation, Assault on Absalom, Silent Tide (scenario))
- Tamrin Credence (The Absalom Initiation, Assault on Absalom, The Infernal Inheritance, Let Bygones Be, Lost Colony of Taldor)
- Thurl (Assault on Absalom, Assault on the Wound, Betrayal in the Bones, The Confirmation, In the Grandmaster's Name, Prisoners of the Electric Castle, The Rasping Rebirth, The Sarkorian Prophecy, The Shores of Heaven, Siege of the Diamond City, Thralls of the Shattered God, The Traitor's Lodge, Vengeance at Sundered Crag)
- Wave Riders (Assault on Absalom, King Xeros of Old Azlant)
- Wynsal Starborn (Assault on Absalom, Siege of Gallowspire)
- Zarta Dralneen (The Absalom Initiation, Assault on Absalom, Bandits of Immenwood, The Blakros Matrimony, Call of the Copper Gate, Captive in Crystal, The Disappeared, Escorting a Mirage, Fate of the Fiend, Fortress of the Nail, Grand Convocation 4712, The Immortal Conundrum, The Infernal Inheritance, Orders from the Gate, The Overflow Archives, The Paths We Choose, What Prestige is Worth, Year of Boundless Wonder (scenario))
Map support
The following Pathfinder Flip-Mat products are used in this scenario along with one custom map:
- Arcane Library Flip-Mat
- City Gates Flip-Mat
- Desert Ruins Flip-Mat
- Red Light District Flip-Mat
- Ship Flip-Mat
Pathfinder Society Adventure Card Guild scenario
A Pathfinder Society Adventure Card Guild scenario bundle written by Keith Richmond and John Compton was designed to be run alongside the Roleplaying Guild scenario. The bundle contains five scenarios for Tiers 2 and 5, and are designed to use the Mummy's Mask Base Set and its adventure decks.
References
- ↑ “Absalom and Starstone Isle” in World Guide, 15. Paizo Inc., 2019 .
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- Artwork by Andrew Hou
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