Race for the Runecarved Key
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| Race for the Runecarved Key | |
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| PZOPSS0400E | |
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| Author(s) | Kyle Baird and Tim Hitchcock |
| Publisher | Paizo Publishing, LLC |
| Price | PDF: $3.99 |
| Released | August 2012 (Gen Con), August 2013 (Paizo store) |
| Type | Pathfinder Society scenario |
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| Rules set | PFRPG |
| Series | Pathfinder Society Season 4 scenarios |
| Artwork from Race for the Runecarved Key | |
Race for the Runecarved Key, a Pathfinder Society Special by Kyle Baird and Tim Hitchcock, debuted in August 2012 at Gen Con Indy. The special was made available thereafter to regional conventions and game days and was released publicly in August 2013. At its Gen Con debut, the top-ranked tables in each subtier progressed to a second round of the adventure offered only that single time at Gen Con.
| “ | An ancient Thassilonian artifact has been unearthed in Magnimar and is to be auctioned off by the city government. In order to maintain good relations with those in power in the City of Monuments, the Pathfinder Society must obtain the relic without simply stealing it, although employing any other means necessary. It falls to the PCs to infiltrate the auction, sabotage the other bidders’ efforts, and call in favors from those in the Society’s debt to ensure the Runecarved Key (and the secrets it unlocks) belongs to the Pathfinders when the adventure draws to a close. | ” |
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Recurring characters, concepts, & locations
The following characters, concepts, or locations can be found in this scenario, but also significantly appear in the following publications. Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild scenarios are listed first, with material from other product lines shown thereafter:
- Aspis Consortium (#12 The Third Riddle; #16 To Scale the Dragon; #19 Skeleton Moon; #22 Fingerprints of the Fiend; #29 Shipyard Rats; #33 Assault on the Kingdom of the Impossible; #34 Encounter at the Drowning Stones; #48 The Rules of the Swift; #2-01 The Bloodcove Disguise; #2-02 Rescue at Azlant Ridge; #2-10 Fury of the Fiend; #2-24 Web of Corruption; #3-00 Blood Under Absalom; #3-003 A Vision of Betrayal; #3-03 The Ghenett Manor Gauntlet; #3-12 The Dog Pharaoh's Tomb; #3-14 Snakes in the Fold; #3-19 The Icebound Outpost; #3-20 The Sundered Path; #3-22 Pagoda of the Rat; #3-25 Storming the Diamond Gate; #3-26 Portal of the Sacred Rune; Grand Convocation 4712; #4-00 Race for the Runecarved Key; #4-03 The Golemworks Incident; #4-04 King of the Storval Stairs; #4-06 The Green Market; #4-07 Severing Ties; #4-16 The Fabric of Reality; #4-23 Rivalry's End; #5-15 Race to Seeker's Folly; #5-16 Sanctum of the Sages; #6-09 By Way of Bloodcove; #6-10 The Wounded Wisp; #6-12 On Sharrowsmith's Trail; #6-14 Kaava Quarry; #6-16 The Golden Guardian; #6-12 Tapestry's Toil; #6-97 Siege of Serpents; #6-98 Serpent's Rise; #7-03 The Bronze House Reprisal; #7-07 Trouble in Tamran; #7-09 The Blakros Connection; #7-10 The Consortium Compact; #7-15 The Deepmarket Deception; #7-16 Lost Colony of Taldor; #7-18 The Infernal Inheritance; #7-20 First Taste of Eternity; #7-21 The Sun Orchid Scheme; #7-22 Bid for Alabastrine; #7-23 Abducted in Aether; #7-24 Dead Man's Debt; #7-26 All the Gods Beyond; #7-28 Ageless Ambitions; #7-29 Serpents Fall; #7-98 Serpents' Ire; #8-05 Ungrounded but Unbroken; #8-25 Unleashing the Untouchable; Faction Guide; The Inner Sea World Guide)
- Venture-Captain Canayven Heidmarch (#4-00 Race for the Runecarved Key; #4-13 Fortress of the Nail; #4-18 The Veteran’s Vault; #4-24 The Price of Friendship; #4-25 The Secrets Stones Keep; #5-23 Cairn of Shadows; Pathfinder Society Primer; Magnimar, City of Monuments)
- Council of Ushers (#7-03 The Bronze House Reprisal; The Skinsaw Murders; Magnimar, City of Monuments)
- Hellknights (#2-10 Fury of the Fiend; Grand Convocation 4712; #4-00 Race for the Runecarved Key; #4-09 The Blakros Matrimony; #4-13 Fortress of the Nail; #4-18 The Veteran's Vault; #5-03 The Hellknight's Feast; #5-17 Fate of the Fiend; #7-14 Let Bygones Be; #7-16 Lost Colony of Taldor; #7-18 The Infernal Inheritance; #7-25 Orders from the Gate; What Lies in Dust; Knights of the Inner Sea; Cheliax, The Infernal Empire; Faction Guide; The Inner Sea World Guide; Path of the Hellknight)
- Lissala (#3-26 Portal of the Sacred Rune; #4-00 Race for the Runecarved Key; #4-02 In Wrath’s Shadow; #4-03 The Golemworks Incident; #4-06 The Green Market; #4-07 Severing Ties; #4-08 The Cultist's Kiss; #4-10 Feast of Sigils; #4-12 The Refuge of Time; #4-20 Words of the Ancients; #4-26 The Waking Rune; #7-98 Serpents' Ire; Into the Nightmare Rift; Faiths of Corruption; Inner Sea Gods; The Inner Sea World Guide; Pathfinder Society Primer)
- Thassilon (#3-26 Portal of the Sacred Rune; #4-00 Race for the Runecarved Key; #4-01 Rise of the Goblin Guild; #4-02 In Wrath’s Shadow; #4-03 The Golemworks Incident; #4-04 King of the Storval Stairs; #4-10 Feast of Sigils; #4-12 The Refuge of Time; #4-13 Fortress of the Nail; #4-15 The Cyphermage Dilemma; #4-17 Tower of the Ironwood Watch; #4-19 The Night March of Kalkamedes; #4-20 Words of the Ancients; #4-23 Rivalry's End; #4-26 The Waking Rune; #7-03 The Bronze House Reprisal; #7-04 The Ironbound Schism; #8-22 Wrath of the Fleshwarped Queen; Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path; Shattered Star Adventure Path; Varisia, Birthplace of Legends; The Inner Sea World Guide; Lost Cities of Golarion; Lost Kingdoms)
Available resources
The following Pathfinder Flip-Mat or Pathfinder Map Pack products are used in this scenario:
