Burnt Offerings

Burnt Offerings, an adventure by James Jacobs with support articles by Wolfgang Baur, Erik Mona, Richard Pett, and F. Wesley Schneider, is the first chapter in the Rise of the Runelords adventure path and debuted on August 29, 2007. A special Gen Con edition of the book was released featuring a different cover. Burnt Offerings won three ENnie Awards in 2008—two Golds for Best Adventure and Best Cover Art and a Silver for Best Interior Art.

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We Be Goblins—You Be Food!

The Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path begins here, in the small coastal town of Sandpoint. Five years after a tragic fire and spate of brutal murders, the people of Sandpoint eagerly anticipate the Swallowtail Festival to commemorate the consecration of the town's new temple. At the height of the ceremony, disaster strikes!
In the days that follow, a sinister shadow settles over Sandpoint. Rumors of goblin armies and wrathful monsters in forgotten ruins have set the populace on edge. As Sandpoint's newest heroes, the PCs must deal with treachery, goblins, and the rising threat of a forgotten empire whose cruel and despotic rulers might not be as dead as history records.
This volume of Pathfinder includes:

"Burnt Offerings," an adventure for 1st-level characters, by James Jacobs.

An exploration of your PCs' new hometown of Sandpoint, by James Jacobs.

A history of the ancient empire of Thassilon, by Wolfgang Baur.

The first installment of the Pathfinder's Journal, by Erik Mona.

Six new monsters by James Jacobs, Richard Pett, and F. Wesley Schneider.

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This volume of Pathfinder is not only the first adventure in the Rise of the Runelords Adventure path, but also the first issue of the new monthly publication from Paizo! Aside from the main adventure, it includes extensive details on the town of Sandpoint, several new monsters, and information on the mysterious ancient empire of Thassilon, whose cruel and despotic rulers may not be as dead as history would have us believe. Also, one can find within these pages the first of many bestiaries introducing new monsters to the world and an introduction to the Pathfinder Society and the ongoing Pathfinder's Journal series of serialized fiction.

Foreword

by James Jacobs

pp. 6–7

Burnt Offerings

by James Jacobs

pp. 8–57

Sandpoint

by James Jacobs

pp. 58–71

The History of Thassilon

by Wolfgang Baur

pp. 72–79

Pathfinder's Journal: "Opening Moves"

by Erik Mona

pp. 80–85

Unlike later installments of short fiction, this Pathfinder's Journal describes the Pathfinder Society and Pathfinder Chronicles.

Bestiary

by James Jacobs, Richard Pett and F. Wesley Schneider

pp. 86–95

Pregenerated Characters

p. 96

Preview

p. 97

Adventure overview

Level	1st
Type	Dungeon Event
Location(s)	Sandpoint Varisia

In a time when rumors of rampaging dragons and massing armies of giants have everyone on edge, the people of Sandpoint eagerly anticipate the coming festival to commemorate the consecration of a new temple. Yet, at the height of the ceremony, disaster strikes. A band of goblins assaults Sandpoint, and it falls to the heroes to defend the new temple. In the days that follow, a mysterious malady that leaves its victims monstrously deformed and dangerously insane spreads through the town. The PCs must not only determine what's causing this strange contagion, but also discover the sinister connection between the plague, the goblin attacks, and the emergence of a strange rune from an empire thought to be long dead.

Characters and creatures

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Covers

Standard edition
Gen Con special edition

Contents

Adventure overview

Characters and creatures

Covers