The Stranger Within

Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-18: The Stranger Within

PZOPSS0518E

Book - Pathfinder Society scenario

Author

Sam Polak

Publisher

Paizo Inc.

Rule set

PFRPG

Series

Year of the Demon and Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild

Follows

Fate of the Fiend

Precedes

The Horn of Aroden

Releases

PDF

Date

April 2014

Price

$3.99

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The Stranger Within, a Pathfinder Society scenario for tier 5-9 written by Sam Polak, was released in April 2014.

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Guaril Karela, a close ally of the Pathfinder Society and the leader of the Sczarni faction, made dangerous enemies during his bid for territory and influence, and several of the rivals that he once thought defeated have returned with every intention of ending Guaril's little empire and his life. The PCs must travel to the dangerous city of Kaer Maga, track down these assassins, and sabotage their efforts in order to save one of the Society's most reliable spymasters.

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Scenario overview

Level	5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
Location(s)	Kaer Maga Varisia
Faction(s)	Andoran Qadira Sczarni

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:

• Aaqir al'Hakam (The Absalom Initiation, Assault on Absalom, Bid for Alabastrine, A Bitter Bargain, The Blakros Matrimony, The Cindersworn Pact, The Fabric of Reality, The Ghol-Gan Heresy, The Goblinblood Dead, Grand Convocation 4712, The Immortal Conundrum, The Merchant's Wake, On Hostile Waters, The Paths We Choose, Port Godless, Signs in Senghor, The Stranger Within, The Sundered Path, To Delve the Dungeon Deep, The Veteran's Vault)
• Ardoc family (Beyond the Halflight Path, The Shadow Gambit, The Stranger Within, The Twofold Demise)
• Augurs (Beyond the Halflight Path, Legacy of the Stonelords, The Stranger Within, The Twofold Demise)
• Blushing Rose (Feast of Sigils (scenario), The Stranger Within)
• Brothers of the Seal (The Stranger Within)
• Coins (Absalom) (Boom Town Betrayal, Of Kirin and Kraken, The Paths We Choose, Race for the Runecarved Key, Slave Pits of Absalom, Slave Ships of Absalom, The Stranger Within, The Wounded Wisp)
• Commerce League (Red Harvest, The Shadow Gambit, The Stranger Within, The Twofold Demise)
• Common House (The Stranger Within)
• Dakar (Red Harvest, The Shadow Gambit, The Stranger Within, The Twofold Demise)
• Freemen (Beyond the Halflight Path, The Stranger Within)
• Gael family (The Paths We Choose, The Stranger Within, Trouble in Tamran, Way of the Kirin (scenario))
• 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)
• Halman Wright (Beyond the Halflight Path, The Stranger Within)
• Kaer Maga (Beyond the Halflight Path, A Bitter Bargain, The Bronze House Reprisal, Feast of Sigils (scenario), Iolite Squad Alpha, A Lie Told to Strangers, Lost and Forgotten, The Price of Friendship, The Refuge of Time, The Shadow Gambit, The Stranger Within, The Twofold Demise)
• Miss Feathers (Feast of Sigils (scenario), The Shadow Gambit, The Stranger Within, The Twofold Demise)
• 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)
• Sweettalkers (The Stranger Within)
• Urgathoa (The Goblinblood Dead, The Merchant's Wake, No Plunder, No Pay, The Pallid Plague, The Stranger Within, You Only Die Twice)

Map support

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

• Marketplace Map Pack