From the Tome of Righteous Repose
From the Tome of Righteous Repose, a Pathfinder Society scenario written by Vanessa Hoskins for tier 3–7, was released on October 26, 2016.
“When the necromancer-king Tar-Baphon rose as a lich and threatened to conquer all of Avistan, Taldor rallied its neighbors and led the Shining Crusade, a glorious campaign that defeated the Whispering Tyrant's armies and sealed him away. For the better part of a millennium, Lastwall has guarded Tar-Baphon's prison and fended off the orc tribes to the north, rarely sparing a second thought to the rich archaeological secrets that lie just below the soil. A local venture-captain has found a lost chapter to the Tome of Righteous Repose, which chronicles the demise of countless heroes of the Shining Crusade. At long last, this has earned the Society Lastwall's blessing to uncover these lost sites, lay to rest the fallen crusaders, and repatriate the family heirlooms they carried to battle.
From the Tome of Righteous Repose is an evergreen, replayable scenario designed to provide a flexible adventure that confronts the PCs with a variety of threats more common to higher-level characters—all while uncovering the history of one of Avistan's greatest conflicts. Depending on which lead the PCs take, they might explore the proud crusader nation of Lastwall, travel into the gloom-shrouded mountains of Ustalav, or risk an expedition into the orc-ruled wastes of Belkzen in pursuit of lost history.
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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:
- Ambrus Valsin (Balancing the Scales, Bandits of Immenwood, Betrayal in the Bones, The Blakros Matrimony, Call of the Copper Gate, The Consortium Compact, The Daughters' Due, Day of the Demon, Debt to the Quah, The Disappeared, Fragments of Antiquity, From the Tome of Righteous Repose, The Frostfur Captives, Fury of the Final Blade, The Glass River Rescue, The Golden Guardian, The Golden Serpent, Grand Convocation 4712, The Hellknight's Feast, In Service to Lore, In the Grandmaster's Name, The Paths We Choose, Poisonous Council, Ruins of Bonekeep Level 1: The Silent Grave, The Segang Expedition, Serpents Fall, The Shores of Heaven, Siege of Serpents, The Slave Master's Mirror, Slave Ships of Absalom, Trial by Machine, Trouble in Tamran, The Waking Rune, What Prestige is Worth, You Only Die Twice)
- Argrinyxia (From the Tome of Righteous Repose, Mean Streets of Shadow Absalom, The Penumbral Accords, True Dragons of Absalom)
- Boartusk Twins (All the Gods Beyond, First Taste of Eternity, From the Tome of Righteous Repose, Serpents Fall)
- Creepers (Cavern of the Sundered Song, The Darkest Vengeance, From the Tome of Righteous Repose, The Pathfinder Trials)
- Garl (All the Gods Beyond, First Taste of Eternity, From the Tome of Righteous Repose, Serpents Fall)
- Knights of Ozem (Escaping the Grave, From the Tome of Righteous Repose)
- Lastwall (Against the Unliving, Escaping the Grave, The Fall of Plaguestone, Flooded King's Court, From the Tome of Righteous Repose, Grim Symphony, In Glorious Battle, Killer in the Golden Mask, The Prisoner of Skull Hill, Reaver's Roar, Return to the Grave)
- Leng (From the Tome of Righteous Repose, Hall of the Flesh Eaters, Hrethnar's Throne, The Labyrinth of Hungry Ghosts, On Sevenfingers's Sails, Phantom Phenomena, Shadows at Sundown)
- Minkai (From the Tome of Righteous Repose, The God's Market Gamble, The Haunting of Hinojai, Karma Reclaimed, Lost on the Spirit Road, Mountain of Sea and Sky, The Penumbral Accords, Silver Bark, Golden Blades, Way of the Kirin (scenario))
- Shadow Absalom (The Daughters' Due, Dreams of a Dustbound Isle, From the Tome of Righteous Repose, Grand Convocation 4712, Mean Streets of Shadow Absalom, The Penumbral Accords, Struck by Shadows, True Dragons of Absalom, Year of Boundless Wonder (scenario), Year of Shattered Sanctuaries (scenario))
- Shevar Besnik (From the Tome of Righteous Repose, Reaver's Roar, Siege of Gallowspire)
- Shining Crusade (Birthright Betrayed, The Daughters' Due, From the Tome of Righteous Repose, Library of the Lion, Reaver's Roar, The Shattered Shield, Trouble in Tamran)
- Shizuru (From the Tome of Righteous Repose)
- Shrade (All the Gods Beyond, First Taste of Eternity, From the Tome of Righteous Repose, Serpents Fall)
- Tar-Baphon (Birthright Betrayed, Escaping the Grave, Flooded King's Court, From the Tome of Righteous Repose, Grim Symphony, In Burning Dawn, In Glorious Battle, Killer in the Golden Mask, Library of the Lion, Lodge of the Living God, Of Myths and Legends, Putrid Seeds, Reaver's Roar, Return to the Grave, The Shattered Shield, Siege of Gallowspire, The Tireless Path, Who Speaks for the Ten, Who Wears the Mask)
- Uscalin Lodge (From the Tome of Righteous Repose)
- Vellumis (Escaping the Grave, From the Tome of Righteous Repose)
Map support
The following Pathfinder Flip-Mat or Pathfinder Map Pack products are used in this scenario:
- Real-world articles
- Works by Vanessa Hoskins
- Artwork by Pavel Guzenko
- Artwork by Jason Engle
- Artwork by Giorgio Baroni
- 2016 adventures
- Adventures
- PFRPG adventures
- Pathfinder Society scenarios
- 3rd level adventures
- 4th level adventures
- 5th level adventures
- 6th level adventures
- 7th level adventures
- Tier 3-7 scenarios
- Adventures in Lastwall
- Pathfinder Society scenarios set in Lastwall
- Adventures in Ustalav
- Pathfinder Society scenarios set in Ustalav
- Adventures in Hold of Belkzen
- Pathfinder Society scenarios set in Hold of Belkzen
- Tar-Baphon appearances
- Shevar Besnik appearances
- Ambrus Valsin appearances
- Argrinyxia appearances