Pyramid Review
Gamemastery Module: Into the Haunted Forest (for the d20 System)
Published by Paizo Publishing
Designed by Greg A. Vaughan
Developed and edited by Jason Bulmahn, Mike McArtor, and Jeremy Walker
Art and cartography by Drew Pozca, James Davis, Andrew Arconti, Vincent Dutrait, James Zhang, Wayne Reynolds, and Corey Macourek
16-page full-color softcover; $5.00
GameMastery Map Pack: Inns
Cartography by Corey Macourek
18 cards, full color, $12.99
GameMastery Flip-Mat: Woodlands
24"×30" foldout mat, full color, $12.99
GameMastery Item Cards: Elements of Power
54 full-color cards; $9.95
Paizo Publishing has continued to put out adventures for its Pathfinder periodical, but while it already has at least half a dozen such on the shelves so far, not all are as intricately staged as Into the Haunted Forest. The company has combined four releases to tell one story -- and no, that's not as cheesy as it sounds.
The adventure that sits at the center of it all is a brief story -- a mere 16 pages, and much of that background stats or setup -- but that's probably to be expected since it's a simple effort geared toward inaugurating first-level characters.
[SPOILER ALERT!]
The adventure concerns a small tavern (don't they all?) in the woods where a dispute over ownership of a magic item turns rough and puts all the guests at the inn under house arrest. To pay for the hefty damages, the pragmatic sheriff assigns the heroes to find some missing artifacts of magical and historical significance. They're . . .
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Article publication date: March 7, 2008
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