The Waking Rune
The Waking Rune, a Pathfinder Society scenario for tier 7-11 written by Tim Hitchcock, was released in July 2013. This adventure serves as the culmination of the Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild campaign's Year of the Risen Rune, and presents the second runelord returned to modern Golarion: Runelord of Sloth Krune.
“After a year of searching and risking life and limb, the agents of the Pathfinder Society have discovered the resting place of the Runelord of Sloth, who has been sequestered from the world at large for 10,000 years awaiting the proper time for his return. Thanks to the efforts of the sinister cult of Lissala, that time is now. In a desperate attempt to defeat this ancient evil once and for all, the Decemvirate sends its best agents, armed with relics found throughout ancient Thassilon, to foil the cult's last-ditch efforts to usher in a new era of tyranny and strife. Will the party succeed in preventing Krune's return to Golarion, or will the Pathfinder Society serve simply as a speed-bump in the runelord's path to domination over the entire region?
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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:
- 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)
- Krune (The Cultist's Kiss, Feast of Sigils (scenario), The Refuge of Time, The Waking Rune, Words of the Ancients, Wrath of the Fleshwarped Queen)
- Kurshu the Undying (The Waking Rune)
- Lissala (The Cultist's Kiss, Feast of Sigils (scenario), The Golemworks Incident, The Green Market, In Wrath's Shadow, Portal of the Sacred Rune, Race for the Runecarved Key, The Refuge of Time, Serpents' Ire, Severing Ties, The Waking Rune, Words of the Ancients)
- Sheila Heidmarch (Beyond the Halflight Path, The Bronze House Reprisal, The Burden of Envy, City of Secrets 1, City of Secrets 6, The Cultist's Kiss, The Cyphermage Dilemma, Feast of Sigils (scenario), The Golemworks Incident, Halls of Dwarven Lore, Heidmarch Heist, The Howling Dance, In Wrath's Shadow, Iolite Squad Alpha, King of the Storval Stairs, A Lie Told to Strangers, Murder on the Throaty Mermaid, My Enemy's Enemy, The Night March of Kalkamedes, Orders from the Gate, Pathfinder Origins 1, Pathfinder Origins 2, Pathfinder Origins 3, Pathfinder Origins 4, Pathfinder Origins 5, Pathfinder Origins 6, Portent's Peril, Race for the Runecarved Key, The Refuge of Time, Rise of the Goblin Guild, The Sanos Abduction, Severing Ties, Snakes in the Grass, Testament of Souls, Tower of the Ironwood Watch, The Waking Rune, Words of the Ancients, Wrath of the Fleshwarped Queen)
- Thassilon (The Bronze House Reprisal, The Cyphermage Dilemma, Feast of Sigils (scenario), Fortress of the Nail, The Golemworks Incident, In Wrath's Shadow, The Ironbound Schism, King of the Storval Stairs, The Night March of Kalkamedes, Portal of the Sacred Rune, Race for the Runecarved Key, The Refuge of Time, Rise of the Goblin Guild, Rivalry's End, Tower of the Ironwood Watch, The Waking Rune, Words of the Ancients, Wrath of the Fleshwarped Queen)
- Vandiana (The Cultist's Kiss, The Waking Rune)
Map support
The following Pathfinder Flip-Mat or Pathfinder Map Pack products are used in this scenario along with one custom map:
- Real-world articles
- Works by Tim Hitchcock
- Artwork by Fernanda Suarez
- Artwork by Corey Macourek
- Artwork by Quincy Boyd
- Artwork by Sean Macdonald
- 2013 adventures
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- PFRPG adventures
- Pathfinder Society scenarios
- Season 4 scenarios
- 7th level adventures
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- Tier 7-11 scenarios
- Adventures in Varisia
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