Survival Dungeon Crawl Levels 4 to 10! Learn to Play PF2E!

Creating your character

You were hired as a research assistant to an astronomer who was hoping to study a stellar eclipse, a rare astronomical phenomenon. You arrive at Talmandor’s Bounty and take part in the preparations for an excursion into the jungle to study the event at an ancient Azlanti observatory—and then things go poorly. Can you help figure out what caused the column of shadow and put a stop to it? All player characters will be created together over session zero, using backgrounds from the player's guide.

Preparing for the session

For this Pathfinder game I will be using two platforms, discord for voice/messages and foundry for dice rolls/character sheets. Equipment-wise players are expected to bring a desktop computer or laptop with a stable internet connection and a working microphone. Voice chat and the majority of text messages will be done through a discord server, I will provide the invitation link to the server when players after join the game. It is preferred that players have a noise free environment or set push to talk when there is much background noise. All Player’s need to play this campaign is a computer that can run Foundry VTT and a working microphone. Owning the actual rulebooks is not required because most of the rules, spells, items, and abilities are already a part of the Pathfinder 2e Foundry Module which is regularly updated or easily accessible on sites such as Archives of Nethys. Knowledge of pathfinder 2e ruleset and/or lore not preferred but not required. For those interested in purchasing the rulebooks, this campaign will be primarily utilizing the Remaster Core rulebooks. Knowledge of Pathfinder lore is not required to enjoy this adventure path.

What James brings to the table

Hello, my name is James, I am a full term college student and started managing campaigns close to five years ago. I started hosting games professionally on StartPlaying more than one year ago. My first introduction to role playing games was Dungeons and Dragons 3.5, but the first game that I ever got to be a game master for was Pathfinder 1st edition. So Pathfinder 2nd edition holds a special place in my heart as the first real game that I got to experience right after its release in 2019, since then I have run the Beginner Box, two modules, and an entire adventure path. Foundry VTT is a great tool and has made running the game much smoother. The game is not for everyone and does require a decent amount of experience to run properly. Paizo’s adventure paths can make for great campaigns and I have played through a number of them in my time gaming. However, even the shorter ones require a decent amount of dedication in order to complete. How many times have you been part of a group and it fell apart due to scheduling? I’m happy to announce that because of Start Playing that I have been able to game almost every single week since I started. It is still my goal as your game master I promise to provide you an engaging, thoughtful, and dynamic experience each week. My greatest strength is my ability to adapt to the wishes of my table. My DMs are always open and my response times are lighting fast, so don’t hesitate to ask me a question.

How James creates a safe table

Most of my sessions have at least one 5-10 minute break and then typically there is time to discuss events that happened in the session afterwards. Pathfinder 2nd edition is a dungeon fantasy roleplaying game. While styles vary between groups and campaigns, it is often described as “swashbuckling fantasy adventure”, which means that there are lots of exotic locations and magical themes, and that conflicts are often resolves by defeating an enemy through force of arms. Compared to more recent releases, Shades of Blood is more of a classic Adventure Path most similar to Abomination Vaults in its focus on dungeon crawling. With this being said, there is more examples for solving some conflicts without the use of might of sword or spell. There is some investigation and exploration based play that unravels over the course of the Adventure, but for the most part is the background story. On rules, what I will say is that I am a GM who prefers Rules As Written style of judication and will adhere to the most up to date rules, at the same time I prefer to keep the flow of the game moving as opposed to stopping everything to look up the rule.