Countdown to Round Mountain
Countdown to Round Mountain, a Pathfinder Society scenario written by Jerall Toi for tier 7-11, was released on May 29, 2019.
“As the Hao Jin Tapestry demiplane collapses at an increasing rate, the Pathfinder Society has decided that it must evacuate the surviving inhabitants using a powerful ritual that can return one of the demiplane's monumental sites back to the Material Plane. The only candidate large enough is Round Mountain, an immense, tunnel-ridden stone sphere pulled from the Darklands of Tian Xia centuries ago. However, in the generations since Round Mountain vanished from the Darklands, countless subterranean creatures moved into the vast cavern left behind. If the mountain returns—and it must return to save the demiplane's refugees—it would crush all those who have moved into the cavern since.
The Society must move quickly. The PCs are one of several teams tasked with exploring the vast cavern, cataloguing the doomed architecture, and above all coordinating the occupants' evacuation before the long ritual concludes.
Contents in Countdown to Round Mountain also contribute directly to the ongoing storyline of the Exchange faction.
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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:
- Amara Li (Clash in Kaimuko Wood, Countdown to Round Mountain, The Deepmarket Deception, Defenders of Nesting Swallow, The Disappeared, The Edge of Heaven, The Fabric of Reality, The God's Market Gamble, Grand Convocation 4712, The Green Market, Halls of Dwarven Lore, The Haunting of Hinojai, King of the Storval Stairs, Lost on the Spirit Road, Of Kirin and Kraken, On Hostile Waters, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), Rain Falls on the Mountain of Sea and Sky, Red Harvest, The Sealed Gate, Shrine of the Sacred Tempest, Silver Bark, Golden Blades, Song of the Sea Witch, To Delve the Dungeon Deep, Ward Asunder, Way of the Kirin (scenario))
- Diguo-Dashu (Countdown to Round Mountain, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario))
- Hao Jin (Ageless Ambitions, Blood Under Absalom, Countdown to Round Mountain, The Deepmarket Deception, The Dog Pharaoh's Tomb, The Elven Entanglement, The Fabric of Reality, Fragments of Antiquity, From Under Ice, The Green Market, The Hao Jin Cataclysm, The Hao Jin Hierophant, The Icebound Outpost, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), Portal of the Sacred Rune, Prisoners of the Electric Castle, The Sealed Gate, Serpent's Rise, Siege of Serpents, Snakes in the Fold, Storming the Diamond Gate, The Sundered Path, Tapestry's Toil, Tapestry's Trial, The Temple of Empyreal Enlightenment, Ward Asunder, Where Mammoths Dare Not Tread)
- Hao Jin Tapestry (Ageless Ambitions, The Blakros Matrimony, Countdown to Round Mountain, The Deepmarket Deception, The Dog Pharaoh's Tomb, The Elven Entanglement, The Fabric of Reality, Fragments of Antiquity, From Under Ice, The Green Market, The Hao Jin Cataclysm, The Hao Jin Hierophant, The Icebound Outpost, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), Portal of the Sacred Rune, Prisoners of the Electric Castle, The Sealed Gate, Serpent's Rise, Serpents Fall, Severing Ties, Siege of Serpents, Snakes in the Fold, Storming the Diamond Gate, The Sundered Path, Tapestry's Toil, Tapestry's Trial, The Temple of Empyreal Enlightenment, Ward Asunder, Way of the Kirin (scenario), Where Mammoths Dare Not Tread)
- Lung Wa (Clash in Kaimuko Wood, Countdown to Round Mountain, Defenders of Nesting Swallow, The Hao Jin Hierophant, The Haunting of Hinojai, House of Harmonious Wisdom, The Lost Legacy, Of Kirin and Kraken, On Hostile Waters, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), Shrine of the Sacred Tempest, The Sundered Path, The Temple of Empyreal Enlightenment, Way of the Kirin (scenario))
- Nagajor (Countdown to Round Mountain, Red Harvest, Ward Asunder)
- Pan Majang (Countdown to Round Mountain)
- Round Mountain (Countdown to Round Mountain, The Hao Jin Cataclysm, The Icebound Outpost, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), The Sundered Path)
- Shu (Clash in Kaimuko Wood, Countdown to Round Mountain, Feast of Sigils (scenario), Fragments of Antiquity, Halls of Dwarven Lore, House of Harmonious Wisdom, Of Kirin and Kraken, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), Red Harvest, The Sundered Path)
- Xa Hoi (Burden in Bloodcove, Countdown to Round Mountain)
- Zho (Countdown to Round Mountain, Foundation's Price, Murder on the Silken Caravan, Our Lady of Silver, A Parchment Tree)
Map support
The following Pathfinder Flip-Mat or Pathfinder Map Pack products are used in this scenario:
- Real-world articles
- Works by Jerall Toi
- Artwork by Jesper Ejsing
- Artwork by Tadas Sidlauskas
- Artwork by Jason Engle
- 2019 adventures
- Adventures
- PFRPG adventures
- Pathfinder Society scenarios
- Season of the Ten scenarios
- 7th level adventures
- 8th level adventures
- 9th level adventures
- 10th level adventures
- 11th level adventures
- Tier 7-11 scenarios
- Adventures in Darklands
- Pathfinder Society scenarios set in Darklands
- Adventures in Tian Xia
- Pathfinder Society scenarios set in Tian Xia
- The Exchange scenarios
- Zho appearances
- Amara Li appearances
- Hao Jin appearances