Shenmen: The Summer That Never Was
Pathfinder 2e | Campaign
About the adventure
Step into a world where the veil between the living and the dead grows thin, and ancient traditions clash with lurking supernatural threats. The Season of Ghosts Adventure Path transports you to a quaint town in the haunted nation of Shenmen, where you'll embark on a year-long journey that will test your courage, wit, and resolve. As the first day of summer dawns, you find yourself at the heart of the Reenactment Festival—a centuries-old tradition designed to ward off malevolent spirits. Chosen as this year's "abductees," you and your fellow adventurers are thrust into a playful charade that quickly takes an ominous turn. When your expected rescuer fails to appear, you realize that the line between festival pageantry and genuine peril has blurred. Set against the backdrop of a world in flux—you'll navigate the treacherous waters of local superstition, political upheaval, and supernatural incursion. From the mist-shrouded forests surrounding Willowshore to abandoned lumber camps reclaimed by nature, every step of your journey will be fraught with mystery and danger. Will you uncover the truth behind the increased hauntings that plague the woodlands each summer? Can you protect Willowshore from threats both seen and unseen? And as the seasons change and your power grows, will you be prepared to face the ghosts of the past—and perhaps become legends yourselves? The Season of Ghosts awaits, calling brave adventurers to write their names in the annals of Shenmen's history.
5.0
(11)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
37 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Sets the Mood, Teacher
Average response time: 4 hours
Response rate: 100%
Additional details
How to prepare
Players will be required to have a mic, discord and to have a stable internet connection. The only rules I ask you know are the one's involving your character. I am very familiar with most of the rules and I am always willing to help explain and streamline things for my players. I have ran with many new players and I am pretty confident in taking on and teaching new players.
What I provide
I will run this on foundry VTT hosted by the Forge. I have all the art, battlemaps, and cities setup for everyone. I am no voice actor, however, I am adept enough to do some different voices. I aim to have tactical games that are lethal if the players face things they are not prepared for or if they enact not very well thought out plans. However, It should be easy if the players properly prepare and investigate. I find this style rewards players for investing into Role Play elements and engaging with each other for more strategy. My philosophy is to focus on Rules as Written with exceptions. To elaborate, if something sounds cool and the player has invested skills, feats, consumables, or resources to accomplish something then I feel that it should be rewarded in some manner, so long as, it doesn't break immersion. I also do not mind working with you if you have a cool idea or theme for your character even if it isn't explicitly allowed in the rules.
Gameplay details
I will host a free session 0 to discuss expectations at the table and to give time for everyone to collaborate on making a cohesive party and possibly tie their backstories together or with the main plot of the campaign.
Content warnings
Safety tools used
• Breaks
• Open Door
• Session 0
How will character creation work
All characters should be created on or after session 0. Foundry VTT provides an excellent framework to make characters easily. You can also make characters on pathbuilder and import it directly into Foundry VTT. For this module the starting level will be 1. All information for making characters is available to the players for free on archives of nethys for pathfinder2e.
Players can expect
Combat / Tactics
High
Roleplay
Medium
Puzzles
Low
Experience level
Open to all
Platforms used
• Foundry VTT
• Discord
$20.00
/ Session
Each player will be charged when a session starts.
Details
Weekly / Wednesday - 11:30 PM UTC
2-4 Hour duration
2 / 6 Seats filled
Requirements
Experience required: Open to all
Age: 18+