On the Border of War
On the Border of War, a Pathfinder Society scenario by Crystal Malarsky for Tier 5-9, was released on August 17, 2017.
“Brevoy may seem a united country, but its noble houses are ever on the brink of warfare while King Noleski Surtova struggles to keep the peace and prove his legitimacy. A neutral township's baron has died, and the loyalists of several houses have rekindled old rivalries while maneuvering for their respective lords to control the region. As the noble houses maneuver armies nearby in the name of "peacekeeping," the nation teeters on the precipice of war. Hostilities could spell the end of a famous ruin that the Society is yet to document, and Pathfinders must travel into the powder keg region to delay hostilities long enough to salvage and study the site. For the truly ambitious, it may be possible to avert the war altogether, but canny nobles are as likely to see the PCs as pawns as mediators.
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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:
- Alvar Hadrias (On the Border of War, The Swordlord's Challenge)
- Army of Exploration (Among the Gods, Assault on the Wound, Library of the Lion, Lost Colony of Taldor, On the Border of War, The Stolen Heir, Voice in the Void)
- Brevoy (The Horn of Aroden, Library of the Lion, On the Border of War, The Swordlord's Challenge)
- Choral Rogarvia (On the Border of War)
- Golushkin (On the Border of War)
- House Garess (On the Border of War)
- House Lebeda (The Horn of Aroden, On the Border of War)
- House Orlovsky (On the Border of War)
- House Rogarvia (The Horn of Aroden, On the Border of War)
- House Surtova (The Horn of Aroden, On the Border of War)
- Iobaria (Balancing the Scales, Bastion in Embers, The Blooming Catastrophe, Breath of the Dragonskull, Catastrophe's Spark, Citadel of Corruption, Excising Ruination, The Fanciful March of Urwal, Lost in Flames, On the Border of War, Parting Clouds, Scourge of the Farheavens, Year of Shattered Sanctuaries (scenario))
- Lander Lebeda (The Horn of Aroden, On the Border of War)
- New Stetven (The Horn of Aroden, On the Border of War)
- Noleski Surtova (The Horn of Aroden, On the Border of War)
- Poul Orlovsky (On the Border of War)
- Restov (On the Border of War, Parting Clouds, The Swordlord's Challenge)
- Silvermane (On the Border of War)
Map support
The following Pathfinder Flip-Mat or Pathfinder Map Pack products are used in this scenario along with one custom map:
- Real-world articles
- Works by Crystal Malarsky
- Artwork by Rob Lazzaretti
- Artwork by Jason Engle
- Artwork by Josef Kučera
- Artwork by Leon Tukker
- 2017 adventures
- Adventures
- PFRPG adventures
- Pathfinder Society scenarios
- 5th level adventures
- 6th level adventures
- 7th level adventures
- 8th level adventures
- 9th level adventures
- Tier 5-9 scenarios
- Adventures in Brevoy
- Pathfinder Society scenarios set in Brevoy
- Lander Lebeda appearances
- Poul Orlovsky appearances
- Noleski Surtova appearances
- Silvermane appearances
- Choral Rogarvia appearances
- Alvar Hadrias appearances