Pathfinder Beginner Box

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Beginner Box

PATHFINDER SOCIETY

Pathnder Beginner Box

Pathnder Beginner Box: Menace Under Otari can be

run or played to gain specic benets for the Pathnder

Society Organized Play campaign.

KEY DIFFERENCES FROM SCENARIOS

The Pathnder Beginner Box uses a streamlined

version of the Pathnder ruleset. The Pathnder Beginner

Box has variable playtimes. It doesn’t contain specic

faction-related elements, nor is it designed for play by

characters over a wide range of levels. Sometimes they

include pregenerated characters tailored and themed to

the adventure. While not required, we recommend using

the provided characters, as they strengthen players’

immersion in the story.

Thematically, the Pathnder Beginner Box doesn’t

assume the characters are members of the Pathnder

Society. Menace Under Otari is therefore offered outside

of the standard Organized Play environment; characters

don’t need to conform to the standard Organized Play

requirements laid out in the Guide to Organized Play:

Pathnder Society, and they do not receive the school

benets from Pathnder Training listed in the Additional

Character Options section of the Guide.

Running the AdventuRe

The Pathnder Beginner Box Game Master’s Guide

outlines how to run the adventure Menace Under

Otari. GMs should use the adventure as a framework

and make adjustments for their table, focusing on the

goal of providing an enjoyable, engaging experience for

all participants. Players earn one set of rewards after

completing the upper oor and again after nishing the

adventure.

The Beginner Box Heroes Handbook describes the

rules for character creation, or players can use the

four pregenerated characters included in the Pathnder

Beginner Box. Alternatively, GMs may allow players to

bring their own characters built using rules found outside

the Pathnder Beginner Box. GMs should be advised that

challenges may need to be adjusted to compensate for

characters built using other character options.

APPLYING CREDIT

Players who play through Menace Under Otari,

as well as GMs who run the adventure, can apply the

adventure’s Chronicle Sheet to any rst level Pathnder

Society Organized Play characters. Players and GMs

must decide which character to apply credit to when they

receive the Chronicle Sheet. Each Chronicle Sheet gives 4

Experience Point(s), 4 Reputation with one faction, and

14 gold pieces. It also grants 8 days of Downtime. This

adventure is repeatable, therefore an individual may earn

a chronicle each time they play or GM the adventure.

Players earn access to the items and options listed on

the Chronicle Sheet through their actions during the

adventure. If the PCs don’t discover an item or fulll the

conditions described in the adventure to gain access to an

option, cross that option off of each player’s Chronicle

Sheet. If a PC gains access to an option presented on the

Chronicle Sheet that can only be obtained by one member

of the party, they earn that option on the Chronicle Sheet

for all members of their group.

About the Pathnder

Society

The Pathnder Society is a worldwide fantasy living

campaign that puts you in the role of an agent of the

Pathnder Society, a legendary league of explorers,

archaeologists, and adventurers dedicated to discovering

and chronicling the greatest mysteries and wonders of

an ancient world beset by magic and evil. A Pathnder’s

adventures explore the dark alleys and political intrigues

of Absalom between far-ung travels to the most

interesting and remote locales in the world of Pathnder.

In an organized play campaign, characters exist in a

common setting shared by tens of thousands of other

gamers from around the world. Paizo’s Organized Play

programs, including Pathnder Society and Starnder

Event Reporting Form

Date Event Code:

Location

GM Org Play #: GM Name: GM Faction:

Adventure #: Adventure Name:

Reporting Codes: (check when instructed, line through all if no conditions to report)

□ A □ B □ C □ D

Fame Earned:

Bonus Faction Goal Achieved:

□ Yes □ No □ N/A

Scenario-based Infamy earned?

□ Yes □ No □ N/A

Faction:

Character Name:

□ Grand Archive □ Envoy’s Alliance

□ Slow Track

□ Radiant Oath □ Horizon Hunters

□ Dead

Org Play #: Level

□ Vigilant Seal □ Verdant Wheel

□ Infamy

□

Faction:

Character Name:

□ Grand Archive □ Envoy’s Alliance

□ Slow Track

□ Radiant Oath □ Horizon Hunters

□ Dead

Org Play #: Level

□ Vigilant Seal □ Verdant Wheel

□ Infamy

□

Faction:

Character Name:

□ Grand Archive □Envoy’s Alliance

□ Slow Track

□ Radiant Oath □ Horizon Hunters

□ Dead

Org Play #: Level

□ Vigilant Seal □ Verdant Wheel

□ Infamy

□

Faction:

Character Name:

□ Grand Archive □ Envoy’s Alliance

□ Slow Track

□ Radiant Oath □ Horizon Hunters

□ Dead

Org Play #: Level

□ Vigilant Seal □ Verdant Wheel

□ Infamy

□

Faction:

Character Name:

□ Grand Archive □ Envoy’s Alliance

□ Slow Track

□ Radiant Oath □ Horizon Hunters

□ Dead

Org Play #: Level

□ Vigilant Seal □ Verdant Wheel

□ Infamy

□

Faction:

Character Name:

□ Grand Archive □ Envoy’s Alliance

□ Slow Track

□ Radiant Oath □ Horizon Hunters

□ Dead

Org Play #: Level

□ Vigilant Seal □ Verdant Wheel

□ Infamy

□

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PATHFINDER SOCIETY ADVENTURE

Society, are campaigns produced by Paizo and used by

a volunteer community of organizers and GMs in more

than 36 countries on six continents.

Participants in the Pathnder Society can take their

characters to any public Pathnder Society event

anywhere in the world, and any Game Master can gather

a group of players to run through dozens of different

pre-made adventures. It’s a great way to get in touch with

other local gamers, meet new people, and play regularly

without all the prep work and scheduling of a traditional

campaign.

Players and GMs both earn special Achievement Points

for participating, which they can use to buy special

options for their characters on paizo.com. GMs earn

double Achievement Points rewards for the games they

run. For more information on the Pathnder Society, on

how to read the attached Chronicle Sheet, and to nd

games in your area, check out the campaign’s homepage

at pathndersociety.club.

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EVENT

FOR GM ONLY

Character Name Organized Play # Character #

TOTAL VALUE OF ITEMS SOLD

Add 1/2 this value to the GP Gained Box

TOTAL COST OF ITEMS BOUGHT

GP Gained

XP Gained

Reputation Gained

DATE

EVENT CODE GM Organized Play #

Chronicle Code: KZ0P

Pathnder Beginner Box: Menace Under Otari

Upper Dungeon Level

Adventure Summary

Boons Rewards

Purchases

Items Sold / Conditions Gained

Items Bought / Conditions Cleared

Items

Notes Downtime

hunter’s bow (level 3, 60 gp; Pathnder Beginner Box Game Master’s

Guide 51)

smoking sword (level 3, 60 gp; Game Master’s Guide 51)

pyrite rat (level 2, 32 gp; Game Master’s Guide 54)

storm hammer (level 3, 60 gp; Game Master’s Guide 51)

Note: Weapons refered to as +1 magic in the Pathnder Beginner

Box are the same as +1 weapons in the Pathnder Core Rulebook,

and use the standard rules for upgrading named weapons.

Adventure begins in Otari! Investigating a beast feeding on stored sh, you faced a number of trials including giant rats and spiders,

undead in a forgotten tomb, a band of kobolds and a golden puzzle. You’ve done well and proved your mettle, but the darkness beyond

that spiral staircase promises more trials—and more treasure!

Congratulations on completing the adventure! You’ve earned Pathnder Society (second edition)

Achievement Points, a currency that be redeemed on our website at paizo.com for special character boons,

such as access to rare or uncommon ancestries, feats, and more! To redeem your Achievement Points, go to

paizo.com/organizedPlay/myAccount and click on the Boons tab. Note that you must have created a paizo.

com account and registered a character before you can begin making Achievement Point transactions.

Playing or GMing this adventure earns double the regular amount of Achievement Points .

This adventure qualies you for a unique Achievement Point boon: Deckhand

EVENT

FOR GM ONLY

Character Name Organized Play # Character #

TOTAL VALUE OF ITEMS SOLD

Add 1/2 this value to the GP Gained Box

TOTAL COST OF ITEMS BOUGHT

GP Gained

XP Gained

Reputation Gained

DATE

EVENT CODE GM Organized Play #

Rewards

Chronicle Code: ECEK

Pathnder Beginner Box: Menace Under Otari

Lower Dungeon Level

Adventure Summary

Boons Rewards

Purchases

Items Sold / Conditions Gained

Items Bought / Conditions Cleared

Items

Notes Downtime

belt of good health (level 4, 85 gp; Pathnder Beginner Box Game Master’s

Guide 54)

green wyrmling breath potion (level 5, 30 gp; Game Master’s Guide 53)

poisonous dagger (level 5, 150 gp; Game Master’s Guide 51)

wand of heal (level 3, 60 gp)

Delving into the lower levels of the tunnels under Otari, you discovered more peril! You faced a trio of foul xulgaths and a mechanical

mermaid before discovering the true source of the missing sh. A gang of kobolds had hatched a green dragon and needed to sate its

appetite, but you defeated the wyrmling and restored peace to the shing village. This adventure has awakened a taste for adventure;

who knows what lies in store for you?

Congratulations on completing the adventure! You’ve earned Pathnder Society (second edition)

Achievement Points, a currency that be redeemed on our website at paizo.com for special character boons,

such as access to rare or uncommon ancestries, feats, and more! To redeem your Achievement Points, go to

paizo.com/organizedPlay/myAccount and click on the Boons tab. Note that you must have created a paizo.

com account and registered a character before you can begin making Achievement Point transactions.

Playing or GMing this adventure earns double the regular amount of Achievement Points .