Set Piece

Set Pieces were eight-page adventures which appear in Pathfinder Adventure Path issues to supplement the primary adventure. Tied to that month's adventure path entry, Set Pieces presented GMs with a host of options, whether they were playing the ongoing Adventure Path, running their own games, or simply needed an iconic location.

Each Set Piece was built as an optional Adventure Path episode and included details on how to incorporate it in the month's adventure. These scenarios were also flexible enough to adapt to any ongoing campaign, or to serve as short one-session adventures. From a thieves' guild, pirate ship, monster-haunted ruin, or other archetypal adventure sites, Set Pieces were useful to GMs who needed a locale on the fly when their players zigged when they were supposed to zag.

Set Pieces first appeared in Shadow in the Sky and ran throughout the Second Darkness and Legacy of Fire adventure paths. Due to difficulties presented in the editing and development processes and in response to fan feedback, Paizo discontinued the Set Piece feature in August 2009 with the start of the Council of Thieves adventure path.

References

For a list of Set Pieces, see Category:Set Pieces.