Adventure Paths Question

[Talysian]

I'm considering running one of the pathfinder adventure paths, and I was wondering which one has the least amount of dungeon crawl, and tends to heavier rp focus. (if any)

 

[Kvantum]

Kingmaker. It's about founding your own country. Tons of NPC interaction and only a couple of dungeons of any real size, especially if you omit the final chapter altogether.

 

[mxyzplk]

Agreed; also Curse of the Crimson Throne is very RP-heavy with loads of city adventuring and some wilderness too; Chapter 5 is the one megadungeon.

 

[Herremann the Wise]

I'm running a Kingmaker campaign at the moment and can fully recommend it for what you are looking for: any dungeon areas or dungeon vignettes as it were tend to be smaller six room affairs. There's a couple of more extensive dungeon areas in latter books but on the whole, you should be sweet.

I suggest you also listen to episodes 8 and 12 of the pathfinder podcast here for more in depth information on the first two books out of six. In fact, listen to their podcasts regardless as they are the best on the net in my opinion.

Best Regards
Herremann the Wise

 

[Steel_Wind]

Herremann exaggerates and is being overly kind

Kingmaker 1 and 2 are "dungeon lite", that's true. Not that there aren't any -- there are lots. Simply that the ones present are small of the 6 to 8 room variety. But all APs have some significant dungeons in them and Kingmaker does too. Some more than others, to be sure, but ALL APs have them.

If you are a relatively new GM? Then I would not recommend Kingmaker. Otherwise, that should be fine for you.

For roleplaying focus, the gem of Paizo's entire Pathfinder AP line -- and the best overall AP module yet released in my opinion -- is Richard Pett's The Six-Fold Trial. That's Vol II of the Council of Thieves AP for Pathfinder RPG. The Six Fold Trial has a relatively large dungeon in it -- but it has *lots* of RP too. A perfect balance that eluded both Paizo and Richard in the Age of Worms AP instalment for 3.5, The Prince of Redhand. This module was their second at-bat to hit that perfect blend -- and this time, they nailed it.

For all that, I am extremely keen on Carrion Crown which should be released to subscribers in under 2 weeks. Listen to Episode #014 of the Podcast for more on Michael Kortes' Carrion Crown 1: The Haunting of Harrowstone.

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Herolab - We interview Colen McAlister- Lead Developer of Herolab at Lone Wolf Development; and
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Curse of the Riven Sky: We Review Monte Cook's Curse of the Riven Sky, a 10th level stand-alone adventure for Pathfinder RPG

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[Jhaelen]

Kingmaker 1 and 2 are "dungeon lite", that's true. Not that there aren't any -- there are lots. Simply that the ones present are small of the 6 to 8 room variety.

Interesting, that's precisely how I prefer my dungeons!

This is the first thing about Kingmaker I've been reading that I actually like, since I don't care about 'sandboxes'!

 

[Celtavian]

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Kingmaker is extremely customizable. Most of what is in it is general guidelines. You can run with it as you wish. Lots of options for the PCs.

Excellent mix of battle and RPing. One of the best adventure paths I've ever ready.

Now I'm playing in Rise of the Runelords. That one is a blast too. Most awesome haunted house I've ever seen in a tabletop RPG. Great story too.

You really can't go too wrong with any Paizo adventure path I've read to date. They all have excellent material for any DM to run as is or modify into a flavor they like.

I'll probably end up running every adventure path Paizo has they are so good. I'm looking forward to Carrion Crown next.

 

[Talysian]

Thanks All, I'm currently playing curse of the Crimson Throne, and Running War of the Burning Sky Using Fate, and was looking for something to convert over next using Fantasy Fate, as my group tends to prefer that to d20. (I like both personally )