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Menace Under Otari an adventure created by Paizo for the Pathfinder Beginner Box. The Pathfinder Beginner Box contains everything you need to learn how to play Pathfinder!

Menace Under Otari is designed for Pathfinder 2e.

Menace Under Otari is set in the city of Otari. Otari is a small port town in the world of Pathfinder, located on the Isle of Kortos.

Yes, Pathfinder has another adventure for you after Menace Under Otari. Players can check out the adventure Troubles in Otari, which is designed as a sequel to Menace Under Otari.

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This is the Platonic ideal of what an into-to-a-system box set should be. The included materials are high-quality and functional, great for explaining how to play (even the dice are colour-coded for complete newbies); and the adventure checks all the bases for the skill and combat mechanics.

D&D's Starter Sets and Essentials Kit could take a page from Paizo, who clearly set people who actually play RPGs to the task of building the product.

Mark

"Menace Under Otari" is the introductory adventure included in the Pathfinder 2E Beginner Box, designed to teach the system through play. Set beneath the town of Otari, it features a classic dungeon crawl filled with traps, puzzles, and combat encounters, making it an excellent starting point for new players and Game Masters alike. But how does it hold up beyond its tutorial purpose? Let's break it down.

Pros:
✅ Great for Beginners – The adventure is structured to gradually introduce Pathfinder 2E mechanics, making it easy for newcomers to learn while playing.
✅ Engaging Dungeon Crawl – A well-designed underground adventure with a variety of encounters, traps, and puzzles to keep players invested.
✅ High-Quality Materials – The Beginner Box includes beautifully illustrated maps, sturdy cardboard tokens, and a well-organized rulebook.

Cons:
❌ Limited Roleplaying Opportunities – The adventure is mostly combat and exploration-focused, with little emphasis on interacting with Otari’s townsfolk.
❌ Short Duration – It serves as a great introduction, but at just a few sessions long, groups will likely want more content soon after completing it.

Final Rating: 
"Menace Under Otari" succeeds at what it sets out to do—providing an easy and engaging introduction to Pathfinder 2E. While it doesn’t offer much in terms of roleplaying and may feel short for experienced players, it’s a fantastic starting point for anyone new to the system.

Darren

The small seaside town of Otari is known for its fresh fish and skilled sailors, but above all, it's a big logging town, providing valuable wood to the nearby metropolis of Absalom. But for you, Otari is home. You grew up playing on the docks, getting lost in the nearby
woods, and hearing the fantastical stories of travelers from faraway lands, tales of terrifying dragons and virtuous knights. Such adventure always seemed so distant-until today! Word has begun to spread around Otari that there's a problem down at the Otari Fishery. Some are saying that some sort of beast is lurking in the basement, feeding on the stores of salted fish. Folks are worried that whatever is eating the fish might get hungry enough to eat the fishers next! You've received a letter from Tamily Tanderveil, the owner of the Fishery. Inside is a desperate plea for help. With the town guard busy protecting the loggers, she needs a few brave souls to venture down into the basement of her warehouse and put an end to the beast that's feasting on her fish! Do you have the courage to face the menace under Otari?

Menace Under Otari

Pathfinder 2e

You have been awakened to the power of the mind, tapping into your very will to manifest your magic. Master of both conscious and subconscious, you embody the very concept of "anything is possible if you can think it". Your mind perceives the hidden truth of the world, and it is your instrument, tool, and weapon against the dangers within it.

Psychic

You are both warrior and mage: arcane power wielded not only beside, but intertwined with, that of your unyielding weapon. From book to battle you practice the art of practical application, imbuing your strikes with the power of your spells and giving your enemies the best - and last - show of their lives.

Magus

The strength of your fist flows from your mind and spirit. You seek perfection, honing your body into a flawless instrument and your mind into an orderly bastion of wisdom. You're a fierce combatant renowned for martial arts skills and combat stances that grant you unique fighting moves. While the challenge of mastering many fighting styles drives you to great heights, you also enjoy meditating on philosophical questions and discovering new ways to obtain peace and enlightenment.

Monk

You are a master of artistry, a scholar of hidden secrets, and a captivating persuader. Using powerful performances, you influence minds and elevate souls to new levels of heroics. You might use your powers to become a charismatic leader, or perhaps you might instead be a counselor, manipulator, scholar, scoundrel, or virtuoso. While your versatility leads some to consider you a beguiling ne’erdo- well and a jack-of-all-trades, it’s dangerous to dismiss you as a master of none.

Bard

You are an emissary of a deity, a devoted servant who has taken up a weighty mantle, and you devoutly pursue a cause that holds you apart from those around you. You have powerful defenses that you share freely with your allies and innocent bystanders, as well as divine power you use to end the threats your deity opposes.

Champion

The power of nature is impossible to resist. It can bring ruin to the stoutest fortress in minutes, reducing even the mightiest works to rubble, burning them to ash, burying them beneath an avalanche of snow, or drowning them beneath the waves. It can provide endless bounty and breathtaking splendor to those who respect it— and an agonizing death to those who take it too lightly. You are one of those who hear nature’s call. You stand in awe of the majesty of its power and give yourself over to its service.

Druid

Fighting for honor, greed, loyalty, or simply the thrill of battle, you are an undisputed master of weaponry and combat techniques. You combine your actions through clever combinations of opening moves, finishing strikes, and counterattacks whenever your foes are unwise enough to drop their guard. Whether you are a knight, mercenary, sharpshooter, or blade master, you have honed your martial skills into an art form and perform devastating critical attacks on your enemies.

Fighter

You are a master of the elements: fire, water, air, earth, wood, and metal are at your beck and call. Channeling energies through your body from the elemental planes, you conjure them to hand, and then outward, blasting your enemies with raw elemental power. As you grow, so too, does your connection to the elements, and from there you may attain true mastery over them.

Kineticist

You have embraced the genius of rapidly-propelled projectiles. Whether powered by explosive gunpowder or the mechanical heft of a crossbow, you steady your aim and track your targets across the battlefield. Distance is but another ally, and when the battle is over and the smoke clears, you are already staring down the sights at your next target.

Gunslinger

Your dreams become reality through clever determination and peerless wit. With your hands, you manifest impossible contraptions and devices with each astounding breakthrough. Every invention unique, every experiment a failure in any hands but your own. You are a one person industrial revolution.

Inventor

You seek to uncover the truth, doggedly pursuing leads to reveal the plots of devious villains, discover ancient secrets, or unravel other mysteries. Your analytical mind quickly formulates solutions to complicated problems, and your honed senses identify even the most obscure clues. Wielding knowledge as a weapon, you study the creatures and dangers you encounter to exploit their weaknesses.

 Investigator

You are skilled and opportunistic. Using your sharp wits and quick reactions, you take advantage of your opponents’ missteps and strike where it hurts most. You play a dangerous game, seeking thrills and testing your skills, and likely don’t care much for any laws that happen to get in your way. While the path of every rogue is unique and riddled with danger, the one thing you all share in common is the breadth and depth of your skills.

Rogue

You are the anchor of a mighty eidolon, a powerful creature from another world. Without you, it could not remain here, and so through friendship, servitude, or something deeper, you share a connection with your eidolon that is unlike any other, and your lives - and your adventures - are forever intertwined.

Summoner

Many warriors rely on brute force, weighty armor, or cumbersome weapons. For you, battle is a dance where you move among foes with style and grace. You dart among combatants with flair and land powerful finishing moves with a flick of the wrist and a flash of the blade, all while countering attacks with elegant ripostes that keep enemies off balance. Harassing and thwarting your foes lets you charm fate and cheat death time and again with aplomb and plenty of flair.

Swashbuckler

You carry a mystical implement that, in combination with a lifetime of study of ancient traditions and esoteric lore, is used to bring forth any foe's bane. Your peculiar knowledge of the deepest and most forgotten archives is weaponized as you bring to bear that which your enemy fears the most, be it a superstitious emblem, a forgotten religious icon, or a specific word or phrase. Everything has a weakness, and you can not only find it, but also turn it against them when it matters most. 

Thaumaturge

You are an eternal student of the secrets of the universe, using your mastery of magic to cast powerful spells. You treat magic like a science, cross-referencing the latest texts on practical spellcraft with ancient tomes to discover and understand arcane magic. Yet magical theory is vast, and there's no way you can study it all. Most wizards learn through formal schooling, with their curriculum informing a specific rubric, although particularly driven researchers sometimes piece together their own theories.

Wizard

Some rangers believe civilization wears down the soul, but still needs to be protected from wild creatures. Others say nature needs to be protected from the greedy, who wish to tame its beauty and plunder its treasures. You could champion either goal, or both. You might be a scout, tracker, or hunter of fugitives or beasts, haunting the edge of civilization or exploring the wilds. You know how to live off the land and are skilled at spotting and taking down both opportune prey and hated enemies.

Ranger

Rage consumes you in battle. You delight in wreaking havoc and using powerful weapons to carve through your enemies, relying on astonishing durability without needing complicated techniques or rigid training. Your rages draw upon a vicious instinct, which you might associate with an animal, a spirit, or some part of yourself. To many barbarians, brute force is a hammer and every problem looks like a nail, whereas others try to hold back the storm of emotions inside them and release their rage only when it matters most.

Barbarian

Deities work their will upon the world in infinite ways, and you serve as one of their most stalwart mortal servants. Blessed with divine magic, you live the ideals of your faith, adorn yourself with the symbols of your church, and train diligently to wield your deity’s favored weapon. Your spells might protect and heal your allies, or they might punish foes and enemies of your faith, as your deity wills. Yours is a life of devotion, spreading the teachings of your faith through both word and deed.

Cleric

You command powerful magic, not through study or devotion to any ideal, but as a vessel or agent for a mysterious, otherworldly patron that even you don't entirely understand. This entity might be a covert divinity, a powerful fey, a manifestation of natural energies, an ancient spirit, or any other mighty supernatural being—but its nature is likely as much a mystery to you as it is to anyone else. Through a special familiar, your patron grants you versatile spells and powerful hexes to use as you see fit, though you're never certain if these gifts will end up serving your patron's larger plan.

Witch

There's no sight more beautiful to you than a strange brew bubbling in a beaker, and you consume your ingenious elixirs with abandon. You're fascinated by uncovering the secrets of science and the natural world, and you're constantly experimenting in your lab or on the go with inventive concoctions for every eventuality. You are fearless in the face of risk, hurling explosive or toxic creations at your foes. Your unique path toward greatness is lined with alchemical brews that push your mind and body to their limits. 

Alchemist

You didn't choose to become a spellcaster—you were born one. There's magic in your blood. Perhaps a divine influence blessed one of your ancestors, a forebear communed with an ancient, primordial entity, or a powerful occult ritual performed long ago influenced your lineage. Self-reflection and study allow you to refine your inherent magical skills and unlock new, more powerful abilities. The power in your blood carries a risk, however, and you constantly face the choice of whether you'll rise to become a master spellcaster or fall into destruction.

Sorcerer

Your conduit to divine power eschews the traditional channels of prayer and servitude—you instead glean sacred truths and great mysteries embodied in overarching concepts, whether because you perceive the common ground across multiple deities or circumvent their power entirely. You explore one of these mysteries and draw upon its power to cast miraculous spells, but that power comes with a terrible price: a curse that grows stronger the more you draw upon it, which you might uphold as an instrument of the divine or view as punishment from the gods.

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