The Deepmarket Deception
The Deepmarket Deception, a Pathfinder Society scenario written by Nathan King for tier 3-7, was released on January 27, 2016.
“When the Pathfinder Society claimed the Hao Jin Tapestry in Tian Xia, it seemed as though the Aspis Consortium's influence there had ended. An anonymous informant recently identified an Aspis resurgence in Goka's Deepmarket, and Venture-Captain Amara Li hopes that a small, well-trained team can ferret out the villains and prevent any greater atrocities. Can the PCs traverse the Deepmarket's treacherous politics and tunnels and neutralize the Consortium's local ringleader?
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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:
- A. X. Adrius (The Deepmarket Deception)
- Amara Li (Clash in Kaimuko Wood, Countdown to Round Mountain, The Deepmarket Deception, Defenders of Nesting Swallow, The Disappeared, The Edge of Heaven, The Fabric of Reality, The God's Market Gamble, Grand Convocation 4712, The Green Market, Halls of Dwarven Lore, The Haunting of Hinojai, King of the Storval Stairs, Lost on the Spirit Road, Of Kirin and Kraken, On Hostile Waters, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), Rain Falls on the Mountain of Sea and Sky, Red Harvest, The Sealed Gate, Shrine of the Sacred Tempest, Song of the Sea Witch, To Delve the Dungeon Deep, Ward Asunder, Way of the Kirin)
- Ascalar Vruul (The Deepmarket Deception, The Fabric of Reality)
- Aspis Consortium (Abducted in Aether, Ageless Ambitions, All the Gods Beyond, Assault on the Kingdom of the Impossible, Assault on the Wound, Bid for Alabastrine, The Blakros Connection, Blood Under Absalom, The Bloodcove Blockade, The Bloodcove Disguise, The Bronze House Reprisal, By Way of Bloodcove, The Consortium Compact, Day of the Demon, Dead Man's Debt, The Deepmarket Deception, The Dog Pharaoh's Tomb, Encounter at the Drowning Stones, The Fabric of Reality, Fingerprints of the Fiend, First Taste of Eternity, Fury of the Fiend, The Ghenett Manor Gauntlet, The Ghol-Gan Heresy, The Golden Guardian, The Golemworks Incident, Grand Convocation 4712, The Green Market, The Icebound Outpost, The Infernal Inheritance, Kaava Quarry, King of the Storval Stairs, Lost Colony of Taldor, On Sharrowsmith's Trail, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), Portal of the Sacred Rune, Race for the Runecarved Key, Race to Seeker's Folly, Rescue at Azlant Ridge, Rivalry's End, The Rules of the Swift, Sanctum of the Sages (scenario), Serpent's Rise, Serpents Fall, Serpents' Ire, Severing Ties, Shipyard Rats, Siege of Serpents, Signs in Senghor, Skeleton Moon... further results)
- Deepmarket (The Deepmarket Deception)
- Dorianna Ouidda (At Shadow's Door, The Dalsine Affair, The Deepmarket Deception, Escorting a Mirage, Exiles of Winter, The Mantis's Prey, My Enemy's Enemy, Rivalry's End, Severing Ties, The Twofold Demise, Web of Corruption, Who Speaks for the Ten, Wrath of the Accursed)
- Goka (Blood Under Absalom, The Deepmarket Deception, The Edge of Heaven, The Fabric of Reality, The Icebound Outpost, The Kortos Envoy, On Hostile Waters, The Penumbral Accords, Red Harvest, Rivalry's End, The Sanos Abduction, Song of the Sea Witch, Tide of Twilight, Way of the Kirin)
- Golden League (The Deepmarket Deception, The Fabric of Reality, The Haunting of Hinojai, The Icebound Outpost, Way of the Kirin)
- Hao Jin (Ageless Ambitions, The Blakros Matrimony, Blood Under Absalom, Countdown to Round Mountain, The Deepmarket Deception, The Dog Pharaoh's Tomb, The Elven Entanglement, The Fabric of Reality, Fragments of Antiquity, From Under Ice, The Green Market, The Hao Jin Cataclysm, The Hao Jin Hierophant, The Icebound Outpost, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), Portal of the Sacred Rune, Prisoners of the Electric Castle, The Sealed Gate, Serpent's Rise, Siege of Serpents, Snakes in the Fold, Storming the Diamond Gate, The Sundered Path, Tapestry's Toil, Tapestry's Trial, The Temple of Empyreal Enlightenment, Ward Asunder, Where Mammoths Dare Not Tread)
- Hao Jin Tapestry (Ageless Ambitions, The Blakros Matrimony, Countdown to Round Mountain, The Deepmarket Deception, The Dog Pharaoh's Tomb, The Elven Entanglement, The Fabric of Reality, Fragments of Antiquity, From Under Ice, The Green Market, The Hao Jin Cataclysm, The Hao Jin Hierophant, The Icebound Outpost, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), Portal of the Sacred Rune, Prisoners of the Electric Castle, The Sealed Gate, Serpent's Rise, Serpents Fall, Severing Ties, Siege of Serpents, Snakes in the Fold, Storming the Diamond Gate, The Sundered Path, Tapestry's Toil, Tapestry's Trial, The Temple of Empyreal Enlightenment, Ward Asunder, Way of the Kirin, Where Mammoths Dare Not Tread)
- Korholm (Ageless Ambitions, All the Gods Beyond, Bid for Alabastrine, The Bronze House Reprisal, The Deepmarket Deception, First Taste of Eternity, Serpents Fall, Serpents' Ire)
- Korholm Agenda (Ageless Ambitions, All the Gods Beyond, Bid for Alabastrine, The Bronze House Reprisal, The Deepmarket Deception, First Taste of Eternity, Serpent's Rise, Serpents Fall, Serpents' Ire)
- Lamashtu (The Beggar's Pearl, The Deepmarket Deception, The Dog Pharaoh's Tomb, Fury of the Fiend, Murder on the Silken Caravan, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), Race to Seeker's Folly, The Slave Master's Mirror, Storming the Diamond Gate)
- Madreki Gael (The Deepmarket Deception, Portent's Peril, Serpents' Ire, Trouble in Tamran)
- Marnarius (The Deepmarket Deception, Serpent's Rise)
- Suliji Peshar (All the Gods Beyond, Bid for Alabastrine, The Deepmarket Deception, First Taste of Eternity, Serpent's Rise, Serpents Fall)
- Tseka (The Deepmarket Deception)
- Undermarket (The Deepmarket Deception)
Map support
The following Pathfinder Flip-Mat or Pathfinder Map Pack products are used in this scenario along with one custom map:
Notes
- ↑ Note that this map is not depicted in the scenario, but suggested as possibly appropriate for one encounter.
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