Bid for Alabastrine
Bid for Alabastrine, a Pathfinder Society scenario written by Thurston Hillman for tier 1-5, was released on May 25, 2016.
“Decades ago, the merchant nation of Druma anticipated a wave of migrants and built the city Alabastrine to accommodate them. The mass migration never happened. Always seeking a return on investment, Druma recently began auctioning off control of the city to the highest bidders and wealthiest entrepreneurs for five years at a time. The next auction begins soon, and the powerful Aspis Consortium gold agent Myrosype—an enemy of the Society responsible for countless Pathfinders' deaths—is poised to take control of the whole city for her own nefarious ends. The Society has secured a few invitations for the PCs to attend the auction. Can they disrupt the event's delicate politics in order to stop their rival, or will the Aspis Consortium gain an unassailable stronghold?
Content in "Bid for Alabastrine" also contributes directly to the ongoing storyline of the Exchange Faction. Content in this scenario also ties into a special metaplot element from Pathfinder Society Special #6-98: "Serpents Rise". Players who have completed that special event are encouraged to bring its Chronicle sheet when playing this adventure.
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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)
- Alabastrine (Bid for Alabastrine)
- Aspis Consortium (Abducted in Aether, Ageless Ambitions, All the Gods Beyond, Assault on the Kingdom of the Impossible, Assault on the Wound, Bid for Alabastrine, The Blakros Connection, Blood Under Absalom, The Bloodcove Blockade, The Bloodcove Disguise, The Bronze House Reprisal, By Way of Bloodcove, The Consortium Compact, Day of the Demon, Dead Man's Debt, The Deepmarket Deception, The Dog Pharaoh's Tomb, Encounter at the Drowning Stones, The Fabric of Reality, Fingerprints of the Fiend, First Taste of Eternity, Fury of the Fiend, The Ghenett Manor Gauntlet, The Ghol-Gan Heresy, The Golden Guardian, The Golemworks Incident, Grand Convocation 4712, The Green Market, The Icebound Outpost, The Infernal Inheritance, Kaava Quarry, King of the Storval Stairs, Lost Colony of Taldor, On Sharrowsmith's Trail, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), Portal of the Sacred Rune, Race for the Runecarved Key, Race to Seeker's Folly, Rescue at Azlant Ridge, Rivalry's End, The Rules of the Swift, Sanctum of the Sages (scenario), Serpent's Rise, Serpents Fall, Serpents' Ire, Severing Ties, Shipyard Rats, Siege of Serpents, Signs in Senghor, Skeleton Moon... further results)
- Axion Forge (Bid for Alabastrine, First Taste of Eternity)
- Axis (Bid for Alabastrine, Fragments of Antiquity, Mistress of the Maze, The Pathfinder Trials, Tapestry's Trial)
- Brackett (At Shadow's Door, The Beggar's Pearl, Bid for Alabastrine, Down the Verdant Path, The East Hill Haunting, Falcon's Descent, Fallen Family, Broken Name, Flames of Rebellion, The Flesh Collector, Inheritor's Rite, The Pallid Plague, The Stolen Heir, Tide of Twilight, Web of Corruption, Year of Shattered Sanctuaries (scenario))
- Druma (Bid for Alabastrine, Blood of the Beautiful, A Curious Claim, The Goblinblood Dead, In the Grandmaster's Name, The Merchant's Wake, Trailblazer's Bounty)
- The Exchange (faction) (Bid for Alabastrine, The Bloodcove Blockade, By Way of Bloodcove, The Cindersworn Pact, Cleansed with Fire, The Ghol-Gan Heresy, On Sharrowsmith's Trail, Returned to Sky, Signs in Senghor, The Technic Siege)
- Iblydos (Bid for Alabastrine)
- Isger (Bid for Alabastrine, Blood of the Beautiful, Enter the Pallid Peak, The Fall of Plaguestone, Fallen Family, Broken Name, The Goblinblood Dead, Lost Colony of Taldor, Trailblazer's Bounty)
- Kalistrade (Bid for Alabastrine, The Ghenett Manor Gauntlet, In the Grandmaster's Name, The Merchant's Wake)
- Kerse (Bid for Alabastrine, A Curious Claim, The Glass River Rescue, In the Grandmaster's Name)
- Korholm (Ageless Ambitions, All the Gods Beyond, Bid for Alabastrine, The Bronze House Reprisal, The Deepmarket Deception, First Taste of Eternity, Serpents Fall, Serpents' Ire)
- Korholm Agenda (Ageless Ambitions, All the Gods Beyond, Bid for Alabastrine, The Bronze House Reprisal, The Deepmarket Deception, First Taste of Eternity, Serpent's Rise, Serpents Fall, Serpents' Ire)
- Macridi (Bid for Alabastrine, The Stolen Heir)
- Mercenary League (Bid for Alabastrine, A Curious Claim, Fallen Family, Broken Name, The Goblinblood Dead, In the Grandmaster's Name)
- Myrosype (Bid for Alabastrine, Serpent's Rise)
- Petitioner's Port (Bid for Alabastrine, Blood of the Beautiful)
- Prophecies of Kalistrade (All That Glitters, Bid for Alabastrine, The Ghenett Manor Gauntlet, In the Grandmaster's Name)
- Rataji (Bid for Alabastrine, Serpent's Rise, Serpents' Ire)
- Suliji Peshar (All the Gods Beyond, Bid for Alabastrine, The Deepmarket Deception, First Taste of Eternity, Serpent's Rise, Serpents Fall)
- Temel Passad (Bid for Alabastrine, A Curious Claim, The Ghenett Manor Gauntlet, The Glass River Rescue, The Merchant's Wake)
Map support
Bid for Alabastrine uses one custom map.
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