Product– Pathfinder Society Scenario #7-06: Brastlewark at War Part 1: The Gnome Defection

System- Pathfinder 2nd ed

Producer– Paizo

Price– $8.99 here https://store.paizo.com/pathfinder-society-scenario-7-06/  

TL; DR-Go save gnomes!  95%

Basics– Let’s explore…. no wait, OFF TO SAVE THE GNOMES!  This adventure takes place on the border of Cheliax, and your job is to enter, get the gnomes, and get out!  Can you do it without opening up the mouth of hell itself?

Mechanics or Crunch– This adventure has some solid skill challenges, combat, and social, but there isn’t much exploration for an outdoor adventure.  The skill challenges are fun and are a fun part of running in the woods.  The social is another solid addition that helps the players learn about the world around them.  Combat is good, but maybe a bit too easy.  The nature navigation is pretty low key here.  I’d almost like a map and a bit of a hex crawl for outdoor fun in this one.  But, what’s here is a solid.  4.5/5

Theme or Fluff–  The adventure moves the world forward in fun ways. The story of the war with Cheliax gets an interesting point of view as gnomes take center stage.  Halflings and slavery are a common enough staple of Cheliax adventures, but I haven’t seen as much about the gnomes.  If the players want to dig in, they can get some insights and have a fun time along side killing a bunch of hellknights and woodland monsters.  Solid fun!  5/5

Execution– This adventure is a bit of a mix of the old adventure style and the new.  There are pictures in the back of most of the monsters and pictures in the back giving their stats.  Most of the time. Some monsters get the treatment of “see another book”.  That’s annoying.  Print it here and just be done with it.  Don’t make GMs hunt down other things online.  But the rest reads fast and is easy to understand.  It’s good, but bring more into the book itself.  4.75/5

Summary–  This is a fun, light adventure.  You get to be good guys with no real moral quandaries aside from deciding what happens to something at the end.  And even that’s not a major bad choice. Go save those gnomes, and have a blast doing it.  95 %