The Golden Serpent

Pathfinder Society Scenario #3-24: The Golden Serpent

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Book - Pathfinder Society scenario

Author

Jim Groves

Publisher

Paizo Inc.

Rule set

PFRPG

Series

Season 3 scenarios and Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild

Follows

The Goblinblood Dead

Precedes

Storming the Diamond Gate

Releases

PDF

Date

July 2012

Price

$3.99

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The Golden Serpent, a Pathfinder Society scenario written by Jim Groves for tier 5-9, was released in July 2012.

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The Pathfinder Society sends a team of agents to meet an important contact in an unassuming restaurant in Absalom's Ivy District, but not everything is as it seems. What the Pathfinders find there will lead them into a lion's den of danger and intrigue in the City at the Center of the World.

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Scenario overview

Level	5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
Location(s)	Absalom Ivy District

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:

• Absalom (The Absalom Initiation, Assault on Absalom, Blood Under Absalom, The Broken Scales, Delirium's Tangle (scenario), The Disappeared, Echoes of the Overwatched, The God's Market Gamble, The Golden Serpent, Hall of Drunken Heroes, The Immortal Conundrum, In Service to Lore, The Infernal Vault, King Xeros of Old Azlant, The Paths We Choose, School of Spirits, Serpent's Rise, The Seven Secrets of Dacilane Academy, Sewer Dragons of Absalom, Shadows Fall on Absalom, Skeleton Moon, Slave Ships of Absalom, Sniper in the Deep, Song of the Sea Witch, A Vision of Betrayal, The Wounded Wisp, Year of Immortal Influence (scenario))
• Alain (The Golden Serpent)
• Ambrus Valsin (Balancing the Scales, Bandits of Immenwood, Betrayal in the Bones, The Blakros Matrimony, Call of the Copper Gate, The Consortium Compact, The Daughters' Due, Day of the Demon, Debt to the Quah, The Disappeared, Fragments of Antiquity, From the Tome of Righteous Repose, The Frostfur Captives, Fury of the Final Blade, The Glass River Rescue, The Golden Guardian, The Golden Serpent, Grand Convocation 4712, The Hellknight's Feast, In Service to Lore, In the Grandmaster's Name, The Paths We Choose, Poisonous Council, Ruins of Bonekeep Level 1: The Silent Grave, The Segang Expedition, Serpents Fall, The Shores of Heaven, Siege of Serpents, The Slave Master's Mirror, Slave Ships of Absalom, Trial by Machine, Trouble in Tamran, The Waking Rune, What Prestige is Worth, You Only Die Twice)
• Brotherhood of Abadar (The Golden Serpent)
• Grand Lodge (faction) (Among the Gods, Betrayal in the Bones, The Blakros Matrimony, Captive in Crystal, The Cultist's Kiss, The Cyphermage Dilemma, The Disappeared, Echoes of the Overwatched, The Edge of Heaven, The Fabric of Reality, Feast of Sigils (scenario), The Ghenett Manor Gauntlet, The Goblinblood Dead, The God's Market Gamble, The Golden Guardian, The Golden Serpent, The Golemworks Incident, The Green Market, Halls of Dwarven Lore, The Haunting of Hinojai, The Immortal Conundrum, In Wrath's Shadow, In the Grandmaster's Name, King of the Storval Stairs, Library of the Lion, The Night March of Kalkamedes, On Hostile Waters, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), The Price of Friendship, Red Harvest, The Refuge of Time, Refugees of the Weary Sky, Rivalry's End, The Sanos Abduction, The Secrets Stones Keep, Severing Ties, Sewer Dragons of Absalom, Snakes in the Fold, Song of the Sea Witch, Storming the Diamond Gate, The Sundered Path, Tapestry's Toil, The Technic Siege, Tide of Twilight, Tower of the Ironwood Watch, The Veteran's Vault, Words of the Ancients)
• Guaril Karela (A Bitter Bargain, The Bloodcove Blockade, The Burden of Envy, The Cindersworn Pact, Cleansed with Fire, The Goblinblood Dead, The Golden Serpent, The Golemworks Incident, Grand Convocation 4712, Halls of Dwarven Lore, In Service to Lore, King of the Storval Stairs, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), The Paths We Choose, Rivalry's End, Severing Ties, Storming the Diamond Gate, The Stranger Within, Trouble in Tamran, The Wardstone Patrol, Way of the Kirin (scenario), You Have What You Hold)
• House Foxglove (The Golden Serpent, The Green Market, Portent's Peril)
• Ivy District (Black Waters, Delirium's Tangle (scenario), The Frozen Fingers of Midnight, The Golden Serpent, In Service to Lore, School of Spirits, Sewer Dragons of Absalom, The Wounded Wisp)
• Lantern Lodge (faction) (Among the Gods, The Blakros Matrimony, The Cultist's Kiss, The Dog Pharaoh's Tomb, Echoes of the Overwatched, The Edge of Heaven, The Fabric of Reality, Feast of Sigils (scenario), Fortress of the Nail, The Goblinblood Dead, The God's Market Gamble, The Golden Serpent, The Golemworks Incident, The Green Market, Halls of Dwarven Lore, The Immortal Conundrum, King of the Storval Stairs, The Kortos Envoy, The Midnight Mauler, The Night March of Kalkamedes, On Hostile Waters, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), The Price of Friendship, Red Harvest, The Refuge of Time, Rise of the Goblin Guild, Rivalry's End, The Sanos Abduction, The Secrets Stones Keep, Severing Ties, Sewer Dragons of Absalom, Song of the Sea Witch, Storming the Diamond Gate, The Sundered Path, The Temple of Empyreal Enlightenment, Tide of Twilight, Tower of the Ironwood Watch, The Veteran's Vault, Way of the Kirin (scenario), Words of the Ancients)
• Mag (Blood Under Absalom, The Cultist's Kiss, Feast of Sigils (scenario), The Golden Serpent, The Golemworks Incident, In Wrath's Shadow, King of the Storval Stairs, The Secrets Stones Keep, Words of the Ancients)
• Rin (The Golden Serpent, In Wrath's Shadow, Portal of the Sacred Rune, Rivalry's End, Ruins of Bonekeep Level 1: The Silent Grave, Ruins of Bonekeep Level 2: Maze of the Mind Slave)
• Sczarni (faction) (Among the Gods, A Bitter Bargain, The Blakros Matrimony, The Cultist's Kiss, The Cyphermage Dilemma, Defenders of Nesting Swallow, The Disappeared, The Dog Pharaoh's Tomb, Echoes of the Overwatched, The Edge of Heaven, The Fabric of Reality, Feast of Sigils (scenario), Fortress of the Nail, The Frostfur Captives, The Goblinblood Dead, The God's Market Gamble, The Golden Serpent, The Golemworks Incident, The Green Market, Halls of Dwarven Lore, The Haunting of Hinojai, The Icebound Outpost, The Immortal Conundrum, In Wrath's Shadow, King of the Storval Stairs, The Midnight Mauler, My Enemy's Enemy, The Night March of Kalkamedes, On Hostile Waters, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), Portal of the Sacred Rune, The Price of Friendship, Red Harvest, The Refuge of Time, Rivalry's End, The Sanos Abduction, The Secrets Stones Keep, Severing Ties, Sewer Dragons of Absalom, Snakes in the Fold, Song of the Sea Witch, Storming the Diamond Gate, The Stranger Within, The Sundered Path, The Temple of Empyreal Enlightenment, Tide of Twilight, Tower of the Ironwood Watch, The Veteran's Vault, The Wardstone Patrol, Way of the Kirin (scenario)... further results)
• Sendeli Foxglove (The Golden Serpent, The Green Market)
• Shadow Lodge (faction) (The Blakros Matrimony, The Cultist's Kiss, The Cyphermage Dilemma, The Dog Pharaoh's Tomb, The Edge of Heaven, The Fabric of Reality, Feast of Sigils (scenario), The Frostfur Captives, The Goblinblood Dead, The God's Market Gamble, The Golden Serpent, The Golemworks Incident, The Green Market, Halls of Dwarven Lore, The Icebound Outpost, The Immortal Conundrum, In Wrath's Shadow, The Kortos Envoy, The Midnight Mauler, My Enemy's Enemy, The Night March of Kalkamedes, On Hostile Waters, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), Portal of the Sacred Rune, The Price of Friendship, Red Harvest, The Refuge of Time, Rivalry's End, The Sanos Abduction, The Secrets Stones Keep, Severing Ties, Sewer Dragons of Absalom, Song of the Sea Witch, Storming the Diamond Gate, The Temple of Empyreal Enlightenment, Tide of Twilight, Tower of the Ironwood Watch, The Veteran's Vault, Way of the Kirin (scenario), Words of the Ancients)
• Tab (Blood Under Absalom, The Golden Serpent)
• Westerhold (The Golden Serpent)

Map support

The following Pathfinder Flip-Mat or Pathfinder Map Pack products are used in this scenario along with one custom map:

• Urban Tavern Flip-Mat