The Hao Jin Hierophant
The Hao Jin Hierophant, a Pathfinder Society scenario written by Jessica Redekop for tier 5–9, was released on December 19, 2018.
“Seven years ago, the Pathfinder Society acquired the Hao Jin Tapestry, a powerful artifact and gateway to a wondrous yet slowly disintegrating museum-like demiplane. Despite the sacrifices made to preserve the Hao Jin Tapestry by one of the Pathfinder Society's most influential members, the realm's collapse seems inevitable. The Society has dispatched teams to high-value sites to salvage what they can of the historical treasures and knowledge, and the PCs are one of these first groups. However, their study of an ancient Tian site becomes far more complex thanks to not one but two burgeoning religions. It's up to the PCs to navigate this landscape riddled with hazards both extraplanar and political.
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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:
- 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)
- Ethereal Plane (Abducted in Aether, Excising Ruination, The Green Market, The Hao Jin Hierophant, King Xeros of Old Azlant, Night of the Gray Death, School of Spirits, Trapping the Hag's Claw, Who Wears the Mask, 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)
- Hwanggot (The Hao Jin Hierophant, The Mosquito Witch, Necessary Introductions)
- Lung Wa (Clash in Kaimuko Wood, Countdown to Round Mountain, Defenders of Nesting Swallow, The Hao Jin Hierophant, The Haunting of Hinojai, House of Harmonious Wisdom, The Lost Legacy, Of Kirin and Kraken, On Hostile Waters, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), Shrine of the Sacred Tempest, The Sundered Path, The Temple of Empyreal Enlightenment, Way of the Kirin (scenario))
- 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 or Pathfinder Map Pack products are used in this scenario along with one custom map:
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