Reworked Abomination Vaults - FA + GAB - 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

About the adventure

Welcome to the Abomination Vaults: Reworked. If you're brand new to the system and haven't heard of Abomination Vaults, I'll sum it up as quickly as possible: Peaceful seaside town of always-do-wells is surprised when ancient haunted lighthouse begins to do ancient haunted lighthouse things. 4-5 people with a bone to pick with the idea of hitting retirement age decide to head into the lighthouse to un-haunt it. 10 levels of hitting things ensues. This is Pathfinder 2e’s most infamous dungeon crawl—remastered. That means around 30-40% reworked/changed encounters, tighter pacing, more personalized story elements for the players, and removing a LOT of the common AV complaints (PL+4 boss fight in a phone booth) while not only maintaining, but in many areas increasing the difficulty. If you’re new to Pathfinder or tabletop RPGs in general, don’t worry—beginners are absolutely welcome. Just be warned: this is not an adventure that breaks you in slowly. It’s 10 levels of encounters that are always challenging and frequently have the capacity to TPK careless/underprepared/unlucky players...with story beats. Death is on the table. But so is glory. Our table is fun-first and pressure-free. I'm not going to pressure you for having a long turn or asking 100 questions - I'm here to help and I want you to know you're in a cool place at all times. I run games rules as written (RAW) 95% of the time, but if something’s cool or cinematic and fits the moment, I’ll try to find a way to make it happen. I’m happy to help with rules, builds, or questions at any time, and I believe games are best when everyone is on the same page. If I ever introduce a change or homebrew idea, you’ll always have a say. I've been in the boat of "this game sounds great but that house rule is so bad I don't want to join" before so it's VERY important to me that, as much as possible, every player gets exactly what they came for. This is a combat-heavy adventure with a rich (if hidden) lore core, and while dungeon delving is the name of the game, I will try to tie in your characters’ pasts, goals, and weird secrets whenever possible. Whether you’re here for the challenge, the camaraderie, or the chance to watch your character grow—or die dramatically—you’re in the right place. Additionally: - PF2e wealth by level tables suck. I ramp up the gold and gear acquisition considerably and you're going to start with more than 15gp. It's virtually impossible to break game balance with loot as long as you can't purchase above your level and I like players to feel well prepared. - I run some light houserules (extra info on Recall Knowledge is the main one) and have some more extensive houserules ready IF all players agree on them ("Last Stand" rules to give a character that just died one final turn of glory to turn the tide for their friends has been popular.) - I am specifically reworking a good chunk of encounters to allow more caster contribution. Let’s descend.

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