Doomsday Dawn

For other meanings of "Doomsday Dawn", please see Doomsday Dawn (disambiguation).

Doomsday Dawn, a Pathfinder Playtest adventure by Logan Bonner, Jason Bulmahn, James Jacobs, Amanda Hamon, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, and Mark Seifter, was released on August 2, 2018. Each of the 96-page super-adventure's seven multi-encounter scenarios is designed to test specific elements of the playtest rules and was the focus of a two-week feedback cycle during the Pathfinder Playtest between August and November 2018. With adventures spanning all 20 levels and featuring most of the game's newest rules, Doomsday Dawn provides a thrilling tour of the new rules, and of the Pathfinder world itself!

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The Final Countdown!

Mysterious ancient artifacts from sand-choked Osirion count down the years until a rare planetary conjunction that will align Pathfinder's world of Golarion with the hostile planet Aucturn, allowing the ravenous hordes of the Dominion of the Black to surge forth and harvest the brains of the Inner Sea, remaking the world in their terrible, alien image. Doomsday Dawn takes the heroes on a decade-long journey throughout Golarion as they attempt to understand and defeat the otherworldy menace and avoid utter catastrophe.

This collection of seven multi-encounter scenarios is designed to introduce the Pathfinder Playtest rules in a guided, shared playtest experience coinciding with regular surveys and feedback from players like you!

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Adventure overview

Unlike most Pathfinder adventures, the adventures in Doomsday Dawn are each set in a different period of the Pathfinder campaign setting.

The Lost Star

Level	1st
Location(s)	Magnimar Varisia

Set in 4707 AR before the events of Burnt Offerings, a group of adventurers attempt to find a lost Deverin family heirloom.

In Pale Mountain's Shadow

Level	4th
Location(s)	Katapesh

Set in 4709 AR after the events of Howl of the Carrion King, adventurers meet with an enigmatic member of the Esoteric Order of the Palatine Eye, who hires them to retrieve an item from the tomb of Tular Seft.

Affair at Sombrefell Hall

Level	7th
Location(s)	Versex Ustalav

Set in 4711 AR during the events of The Haunting of Harrowstone, agents of the Esoteric Order pursue Dr. Verid Oscilar, a scholar of the countdown clocks of Ancient Osirion.

The Mirrored Moon

Level	9th
Location(s)	River Kingdoms Thicketfell

Set in 4713 AR during the events of War of the River Kings, the agents of "Affair at Sombrefell Hall" must confront a dangerous cult bent on finding the Moonmere, site of the ruins of Ramlock's Tower.

The Heroes of Undarin

Level	12th
Location(s)	Undarin Worldwound

Set near the end of the Fifth Mendevian Crusade,¹ the Esoteric Order hires a team of crusaders to protect an expedition into the demon-infested ruins of Undarin to retrieve an object of obscure lore.

Red Flags

Level	14th
Location(s)	Shackles Plumetown

Set in 4717 AR after the events of the Skull & Shackles Adventure Path, agents of the Esoteric Order track a critical tome to a Free Captain of the Shackles and must infiltrate a pirate gala to acquire it.

When the Stars Go Dark

Level	17th
Location(s)	Ramlock's Hallow

Set in 4718 AR, agents of the Esoteric Order must prevent the awakening of an alien god and destruction of Golarion on the date of the "Doomsday Dawn".

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:

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References

↑ "The Heroes of Undarin" states that its events take place in 4715 AR, "a year after the events chronicled in the Wrath of the Righteous Adventure Path", with the Worldwound closed. The year of the Worldwound's closure was later retroactively changed to 4718 AR, which breaks Doomsday Dawn's timeline in an irreconcilable conflict. See Talk:Mendevian Crusades/Conflicts.

[1] "The Heroes of Undarin" states that its events take place in 4715 AR, "a year after the events chronicled in the Wrath of the Righteous Adventure Path", with the Worldwound closed. The year of the Worldwound's closure was later retroactively changed to 4718 AR, which breaks Doomsday Dawn's timeline in an irreconcilable conflict. See Talk:Mendevian Crusades/Conflicts.

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