The Swordlord's Challenge
The Swordlord's Challenge, a Pathfinder Quest for tier 1–4 written by Tineke Bolleman, was released in April 2023. It is the first quest to be published in Series 2.
“An Aldori swordlord who fought alongside Pathfinders years ago is looking for a way to push her students harder. She issues a challenge to Marcos Farabellus, the Master of Swords, boasting that her most promising young pupils can defeat any Marcos has trained. She stakes her pride as a teacher and a powerful weapon she used during the Fifth Crusade on the outcome. Marcos both believes such a relic, taken to the very heart of the Worldwound, would be an excellent addition to the Society's vaults and that the PCs are the perfect students on which to stake his own pride. The PCs must do their utmost to justify the faith he has placed in them and win a great victory—and perhaps a new ally—for the Pathfinder Society.
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Quest 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:
- Aldori swordlords (The Horn of Aroden, The Swordlord's Challenge)
- Alvar Hadrias (On the Border of War, The Swordlord's Challenge)
- Brevoy (The Horn of Aroden, Library of the Lion, On the Border of War, The Swordlord's Challenge)
- Galfrey (The Paths We Choose, Siege of the Diamond City, The Swordlord's Challenge, The Wardstone Patrol, Weapon in the Rift)
- Marcos Farabellus (Ageless Ambitions, All the Gods Beyond, Assault on Absalom, Assault on the Wound, The Confirmation, First Taste of Eternity, Let Bygones Be, The Midnight Mauler, The Pathfinder Trials, The Sealed Gate, The Second Confirmation, Serpent's Rise, Serpents Fall, Siege of Gallowspire, Siege of Serpents, Storming the Diamond Gate, The Swordlord's Challenge, Vengeance at Sundered Crag, Where Mammoths Dare Not Tread)
- Nerosyan (Assault on the Wound, Breath of the Dragonskull, Demonic Afterparty, Devil at the Crossroads, From Family Lost, The Sarkorian Prophecy, Scars of the Third Crusade, Siege of the Diamond City, The Stolen Heir, The Swordlord's Challenge, Thralls of the Shattered God, The Traitor's Lodge, The Wardstone Patrol, Weapon in the Rift, Where Mammoths Dare Not Tread)
- Restov (On the Border of War, Parting Clouds, The Swordlord's Challenge)
Map support
The following Pathfinder Flip-Mat product is used in this scenario:
- Real-world articles
- Works by Tineke Bolleman
- Artwork by Corey Macourek
- Artwork by Gabriel Scavariello
- Artwork by Allan Santos da Silva
- Artwork by María Rosario Arteta Chagüi
- 2023 adventures
- Adventures
- PFRPG 2E adventures
- Pathfinder Quests
- 1st level adventures
- 2nd level adventures
- 3rd level adventures
- 4th level adventures
- Tier 1-4 scenarios