Origin of the Open Road
Origin of the Open Road, a Pathfinder Society special scenario written by Ron Lundeen for level 5 pregenerated characters, debuted at Gen Con 2019, and was released to the public on August 17, 2019.
“Over recent decades, numerous incidents at the Pathfinder Society's Grand Lodge in Absalom have damaged the priceless collections, destroying many documents outright. The Society has sent the PCs to Nexus House in the arcane metropolis of Quantium, hoping that the second oldest Pathfinder lodge might contain duplicates of the lost texts to copy and study. Yet the PCs are not the only ones interested in the secrets preserved in Nexus House, and the PCs find themselves on the trail of unlikely criminals.
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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:
- Adolphus (Opal of Bhopan, Origin of the Open Road, Pathfinder Society Guide, Seekers of Secrets, A Guide to the Pathfinder Society, The Wounded Wisp)
- Durvin Gest (The Confirmation, The Lost Legend, The Maze of the Open Road, Origin of the Open Road, Requiem for the Red Raven, Revolution on the Riverside, The Sealed Gate, Serpent's Rise, Siege of Serpents, The Wounded Wisp)
- Ganjay (Origin of the Open Road)
- Gregaro Voth (The Confirmation, Flames of Rebellion, King in Thorns, The Lost Legend, Origin of the Open Road, Thick as Thieves)
- Kanker (Origin of the Open Road)
- Kerinha Napsunar (Flames of Rebellion, The Lost Legend, Origin of the Open Road, Revolution on the Riverside)
- Kreighton Shaine (Abducted in Aether, The Absalom Initiation, The Blakros Connection, Captive in Crystal, Cavern of the Sundered Song, The Confirmation, The God's Market Gamble, Grand Convocation 4712, The Immortal Conundrum, Legacy of the Stonelords, Origin of the Open Road, The Overflow Archives, The Pathfinder Trials, Ruins of Bonekeep Level 2: Maze of the Mind Slave, Ruins of Bonekeep Level 3: The Wakening Tomb, The Second Confirmation, Serpent's Rise, Siege of Serpents, Siege of the Diamond City, The Sky Key Solution, Student Exchange, The Technic Siege, What The Helms Hide)
- Nex (The Absalom Initiation, Ancients' Anguish, The Arclord Who Never Was, Arclord's Abode, Beacon Below, The Flesh Collector, A God Falls Where Magic Fails, The Hydra's Fang Incident, Lost at Bitter End, Origin of the Open Road, Putrid Seeds, The Slithering, The Thorned Monarch, The Twisted Circle, You Only Die Twice)
- Oenopion (Lions of Katapesh, Origin of the Open Road, The Slithering)
- Open Road Pact (King in Thorns, The Lost Legend, Opal of Bhopan, Origin of the Open Road)
- Quantium (The Arclord Who Never Was, Arclord's Abode, Opal of Bhopan, Origin of the Open Road, The Wounded Wisp)
- Selmius Foster (The Confirmation, The Lost Legend, Opal of Bhopan, Origin of the Open Road, Serpent's Rise, The Thorned Monarch, The Wounded Wisp)
Map support
The following Pathfinder Flip-Mat or Pathfinder Map Pack products are used in this scenario:
- Real-world articles
- Works by Ron Lundeen
- Artwork by Rogier van de Beek
- Artwork by Maichol Quinto
- Artwork by Jason Engle
- Artwork by Emanuele Desiati
- Artwork by Riccardo Rullo
- 2019 adventures
- Adventures
- PFRPG 2E adventures
- Pathfinder Society (2E) scenarios
- 5th level adventures
- Adventures in Quantium
- Pathfinder Society scenarios set in Quantium
- Adventures in Nex
- Pathfinder Society scenarios set in Nex
- Kanker appearances
- Kreighton Shaine appearances
- Adolphus appearances
- Durvin Gest appearances
- Gregaro Voth appearances
- Kerinha Napsunar appearances
- Selmius Foster appearances