General Skill Prerequisites master in Performance Frequency twice per day
You’ve picked up a few things on the stage. You can attempt a Performance check to be considered trained in a skill you are not trained in. The DC is usually a standard-difficulty DC of a level equal to your level. If you succeed, you are considered trained in that skill for your next use of that skill. You still use the normal ability score to determine your total bonus to all checks with that skill.
Basics-Time to keep exploring! Archives of Eternity continues the main metaplot as the Starfinders continue to explore Aballon. This time an old archive is found. Who was there, why where they there, and what secrets are hidden in the archive?
Mechanics or Crunch– This is a very story forward adventure. If you are a combat monkey, then you might not enjoy this adventure as much as some others. The combats that are here are good, but they tend to be kind of short. That’s not bad as the math that’s here works well. But, if you wanted four hours of just crunch, you will be slightly disappointed. 4.75/5
Theme or Fluff– The story is the main focus of this scenario. I’m saying this because the whole point of this adventure is to explore a long lost archive of materials. And with that, it succeeds well. Several questions are answered, but many more are presented. That’s fun world building for the Starfinder society. 5/5
Execution– This is the Paizo I know and love. We have solid layout with solid text, with solid pictures, and an overall ease of reading. This is the Paizo quality I love. 5/5
Summary– Starfinder society for 1st ed is almost done. I love what’s here, and Paizo is giving this world a fun sendoff. These adventures are key to helping with that send off. It’s not perfect, as its maybe a bit too story focused. I like the story, but some of my more combat oriented players were a bit disappointed. It won’t take four hours, but it will build out your Starfinder experience. 98%
People just know who you are! When another creature, NPC, or character attempts an apposed performance check and they know it is against you, they gain a -2 penalty to their performance check. Multiple of these penalties can be placed on a creature if multiple different characters with this feat oppose them.
roll 1d4: (1) You move so fast it looks like a shimmer. (2) You just flash between points. (3) The world slows to a crawl around you. (4)Things just happen around you.
1
failure, power may not be used again today
2-11
failure
12-13
Increase your Agility by 1 and your AC by 1
14-17
Increase your Agility by 1, your reflex save by 1 and your AC by 1
18-19
Increase your Agility by 2, your reflex save by 2 and your AC by 1
20-23
Increase your Agility by 3, your reflex save by 3 and your AC by 2
24-27
Increase your Agility by 3, your reflex save by 3 and your AC by 3
28-29
Increase your Agility by 4, your reflex save by 4 and your AC by 3
30-31
Increase your Agility by 4, your reflex save by 4 and your AC by 4
32+
Increase your Agility by 5, your reflex save by 5 and your AC by 5
General Skill Prerequisites expert in Performance and a second skill
Learn from all the things you can do! When you attempt a performance check, if you have a skill that is appropriate and you are an expert in that skill, you can attempt a check with that skill. If you succeed at the same DC as the performance check, you gain a +2 circumstance bonus to your performance check. Attempt the second skill check before you attempt the performance check. Th GM is the final arbiter if a second skill is appropriate.
Hit Points: Skeletons gain 1d8 hit points at each level. Skeleton Powers: Skeletons have a number of random skeleton powers determined by their level. Agility Bonus: Skeletons get a bonus to all agility rolls for weapons and melee attacks were applicable. This is in addition to the bonus from the ability score AC Bonus: Skeletons gain a bonus to AC based on their level. Graveburn: Skeletons can elect to use gravburn like spell burn when using skeleton powers.
the last occultism feat, and times for the one for level 20!
Occult Master Variable actions Feat 20
General Skill Prerequisites legendary in occultism
Even the most powerful spirits will do your bidding. Once per day, you can choose an Occult 3rd level spell that is not uncommmon and attempt a DC35 occultism check. If you succeed, you cast the spell using as many actions as that spell normally takes. You use either your Charisma or Intelligence as the spell casting ability and are considered legendary proficiency to determine spell casting attack or save DC.
TL; DR-Good, but outside flaws hurt the adventure. 95%
Basics– Hey Kid, want to find some miners for us? Rescue at Shimmerstone Mine is a quick adventure for level 15 Starfinder 2nd Ed characters. Players are contracted to find some missing miner after communications went dark. What happened in the mines?
Mechanics or Crunch– It’s high level Pathfinder/Starfinder 2nd Ed content by Paizo-it’s good. The math works well here as it’s more of the classic formula with players attempting to find all the missing miners. There are fights, traps, and puzzles for them to solve. Mathematically it works well. 5/5
Theme or Fluff– For what it is, it’s a solid adventure. This is a three hour adventure, so if you want more story, you will be a bit out of luck. It is an engaging story of a mine that went crazy and understanding why the mine exploded into crazy riots is part of the Starfinder RPG system and Starfinder universe update, but the adventure’s story works well enough all on its own. For a short adventure, it’s a fun one. 5/5
Execution– Paizo did a good job here, but dropped the ball in some very serious ways. It’s hyperlinked, well laid out, yadda yadda and the standard good things that Paizo does. But, there are serious issues as well as some minor issues. The minor: the adventure says there are x number of miners and you will not find that number. That’s minor, but it drove a player of mine mad! The majors are Paizo didn’t put in a separate picture page for the NPCs. They do that in the Pathfinder and Starfinder adventures, but why not here? It’s even more of an issue because they literally put pictures of the NPCs in the text. Give me a page with them alone to show the players. But the biggest sin here is the lack of pregens. Paizo wants players to make level 15 characters. No, give me some you think my players would build. You did it for level 1 and 5, but why not 10 and 15? You can find them online as people are making them, but that’s a big issue here. This is a good adventure with some serious outside execution issues. 4.25/5
Summary– I like this one, but the flaws are here. In terms of pure math and crunch, it’s solid workmanship showing off the system. For the story itself, it’s fun and expands the world. For the execution, there are a few faults. No pregens is a big red flag. GIVE ME THOSE PREGENS! Make this plug n’ play for tables! Beyond those issues, it’s a good adventure that will play in 2-3 hours while expanding a bit on the world. 95%
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