Pathfinder One-Shot

The cover of Sundered Waves.

Paizo's Pathfinder One-Shot product line was a downloadable adventure line introduced in March 2021.¹ Four One-Shot adventures were published between the launch and February 2022. As of October 2022, the line was on hiatus.²

Pathfinder One-Shots provided single-session adventures designed to fill three to four hours of gameplay. Each included pregenerated characters to make it easy to jump into the action. Illustrated character sheets contained fully developed characters with backstories related to the adventure and were designed for cooperative storytelling around the gaming table.¹

Pathfinder One-Shots could be played for Pathfinder Society credit or as short, casual, standalone adventures.¹

One-Shots provided players with what they need to play on virtual tabletops and across other platforms of choice, including high-resolution maps and image handouts. Fantasy Grounds planned to make these available in March 2021, with other partners to follow. Paizo announced no plans to offer these adventures as a subscription or print product.¹

History

Sundered Waves, by Jason Bulmahn, was the first Pathfinder One-Shot and was released on March 6, 2021. To celebrate the launch of the new product line, Sundered Waves was accompanied by two free web supplements—a set of pregenerated characters and some digital wallpapers¹—and a livestream.

Livestream

On March 6, 2021, from the Gen Con Spring Showcase, Paizo sponsored a livestream on the GenConTV Twitch channel called Pathfinder One Shot: Sundered Waves at Gen Con (direct link) based on the adventure to celebrate the launch of the new product line. Afterwards, the recording was published on Paizo's YouTube channel. The livestream featured the return of the original cast of the livestream series of Pathfinder Beginner Box: Troubles in Otari.

Hiatus

As of October 2022, no further One-Shots were on the Paizo publishing schedule, and the lead developer of non-Adventure Path adventures Thurston Hillman had been promoted to Starfinder Managing Creative Director.²

Releases

Title	Release date	Author	Level	Location
Sundered Waves Sundered Waves	20210306 March 6, 2021	Bulmahn Jason Bulmahn	05 5th	Shackles
Dinner at Lionlodge Dinner at Lionlodge	20210530 May 30, 2021	Jacobs James Jacobs	04 4th	Varisia
Head-Shot the Rot Head-Shot the Rot	20211027 October 27, 2021	Sayre Michael Sayre	03 3rd	Alkenstar
Mark of the Mantis Mark of the Mantis	20220223 February 23, 2022	Compton John Compton	06 6th	Absalom