The Hao Jin Cataclysm
The Hao Jin Cataclysm, a Pathfinder Society scenario written by Mike Kimmel for tier 1-11, is a convention special that debuted at Gen Con 2018 and was released for sale on September 10, 2019.
“Many centuries ago, the legendary sorceress Hao Jin crafted a museum demiplane, ripping locations from across Golarion to add to her personal collection. When she vanished without a trace, the demiplane began falling into disrepair. Ever since the Pathfinder Society gained access to this realm seven years ago, its agents have been gradually exploring the demiplane's wonders, meeting its people, and cataloging its preserved historical relics.
Former Pathfinder Master of Spells Aram Zey has just made a terrible discovery—the demiplane's deterioration has reached a critical stage. Unless the Pathfinder Society intervenes, the entire demiplane will rip apart violently, ejecting most of its contents into the Astral Plane and killing everyone inside. Yet it isn't as simple as sewing the demiplane back together with some metaphysical thread. Powerful forces from both within the tapestry and outside of it seek to hasten the destruction or profit off the chaos, and the impending apocalypse has thrown the tapestry's civilizations into turmoil.
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Adventure 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:
- Aram Zey (Abducted in Aether, The Blakros Connection, The Bloodcove Disguise, Captive in Crystal, The Confirmation, The Dog Pharaoh's Tomb, The Elven Entanglement, The Fabric of Reality, Grand Convocation 4712, The Hao Jin Cataclysm, The Hao Jin Hierophant, The Icebound Outpost, The Jester's Fraud, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), The Pathfinder Trials, Portal of the Sacred Rune, Rescue at Azlant Ridge, The Sealed Gate, Serpent's Rise, Siege of Serpents, The Sky Key Solution, The Slave Master's Mirror, Slave Ships of Absalom, The Sundered Path, Tapestry's Toil, The Temple of Empyreal Enlightenment, Where Mammoths Dare Not Tread)
- Aslynn (Abducted in Aether, The Arclord Who Never Was, Battle for Star's Fate, The Blakros Connection, The Confirmation, The Daughters' Due, The Hao Jin Cataclysm, The Hao Jin Hierophant, Tapestry's Trial, The Traitor's Lodge, Trapping the Hag's Claw, Year of Boundless Wonder (scenario))
- Astral Plane (Beneath Forgotten Sands, Cleansed with Fire, First Taste of Eternity, Freedom for Wishes, The Hao Jin Cataclysm, The Hao Jin Hierophant, Mistress of the Maze)
- Grand Lodge (The Absalom Initiation, Assault on Absalom, Blood Under Absalom, Eye of the Crocodile King, First Taste of Eternity, Grand Convocation 4712, The Hao Jin Cataclysm, Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained, The Overflow Archives, The Pathfinder Trials, The Paths We Choose, Serpent's Rise, Shadows Fall on Absalom, Siege of Serpents, Who Speaks for the Ten, The Winter Queen's Dollhouse, The Wounded Wisp, Year of the Shadow Lodge (scenario))
- Hao Jin (Ageless Ambitions, 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 (scenario), Where Mammoths Dare Not Tread)
- Muckmouth tribe (The Dog Pharaoh's Tomb, The Hao Jin Cataclysm, Snakes in the Fold)
- Round Mountain (Countdown to Round Mountain, The Hao Jin Cataclysm, The Icebound Outpost, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), The Sundered Path)
- Sorrina Westyr (Abducted in Aether, The Absalom Initiation, Captive in Crystal, The Cosmic Captive, Graves of Crystalmaw Pass, The Hao Jin Cataclysm, The Hao Jin Hierophant, The Pathfinder Trials, The Second Confirmation, Struck by Shadows, Tapestry's Trial, The Thorned Monarch, Ungrounded but Unbroken, Unleashing the Untouchable)
Map support
The following Pathfinder Flip-Mat products are used in this scenario along with one custom map:
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