Carrion Crown

Series · 5 books · 2011

By Crystal Frasier, Greg A. Vaughan, Paizo Staff, and more

Books in series

Pathfinder Adventure Path #43

The Haunting of Harrowstone

2011

Dead Man Walking When Harrowstone Prison burned to the ground, prisoners, guards, and a host of vicious madmen met a terrifying end. In the years since, the nearby town of Ravengro has shunned the fire-scarred ruins, telling tales of unquiet spirits that wander abandoned cellblocks. But when a mysterious evil disturbs Harrowstone’s tenuous spiritual balance, a ghostly prison riot commences that threatens to consume the nearby village in madness and flames. Can the adventurers discover the secrets of Harrowstone and quell a rebellion of the dead? Or will they be the spirit-prison’s next inmates? This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path launches the Carrion Crown Adventure Path and includes: \- “The Haunting of Harrowstone,” a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 1st-level characters, by Michael Kortes. \- A tour of Ravengro, village of mystery and suspicion, by Michael Kortes. \- Expanded rules for creating and running horrific haunts, by Brandon Hodge. \- An ancient revenge is reborn in the Pathfinder’s Journal, by F. Wesley Schneider. \- Six new monsters, by Adam Daigle and Patrick Renie. Cover art by Dave Rapoza

Pathfinder Adventure Path #46

Wake of the Watcher

2011

The Stars Are Wrong No one goes to Illmarsh. An ugly town, unfriendly to strangers and squatting amid the nastiest stretch of swamp in Ustalav, Illmarsh seems to breed rumor and madness, and those who speak of it always whisper of strange disappearances, misshapen shadows, and sacrifices to things terrible and forgotten. But when the trail of the death cultists known as the Whispering Way leads to Illmarsh, it’s up to the PCs to learn the secrets of the sickly village. There they’ll find a desperate people, caught in a war between beings from beneath the seas and invaders from the darkest corners of the cosmos. Can the heroes save Illmarsh from its tradition of terror? Or will they be the next victims of the horror from beyond the stars? This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path continues the Carrion Crown Adventure Path and includes: \- “Wake of the Watcher,” a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 9th-level characters, by Greg A. Vaughan. \- Blasphemous secrets of the foul faiths known collectively as the Old Cults and sanity-shattering gods such as Azathoth, Nyarlathotep, and Cthulhu, by James Jacobs. \- A giant bestiary filled with eight classic monsters inspired by the writing of H. P. Lovecraft and the tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, by James Jacobs and Greg A. Vaughan. \- Laurel Cylphra’s discovery that the dead aren’t the only dangers in Ardis in a new entry into the Pathfinder’s Journal, by F. Wesley Schneider. Art by Dave Rapoza

Pathfinder Adventure Path #48

Shadows of Gallowspire

2011

The End of All Things A mad plot to unleash the greatest necromancer the world has ever known draws to its sinister end. As the murderous cultists of the Whispering Way retreat to their profane sanctuary, the powers of death align to resurrect their fallen champion. Bold adventurers pursue these villains, but can their bravery survive the haunted wasteland of Virlych, the accursed cathedral of Renchurch, and ultimately the towering crypt of Gallowspire? And will their boldness be enough to stop the Whispering Tyrant, the infamous lich-king locked away beneath Ustalav’s deadliest ruin, from being reborn upon a defenseless world? The heroes must test their courage against the servants of death itself in this, the climactic final chapter of the Carrion Crown Adventure Path. This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path includes: \- “Shadows of Gallowspire,” a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 13th-level characters, by Brandon Hodge. \- Nefarious plots and macabre menaces to prolong the terrors of your Carrion Crown campaign, by F. Wesley Schneider. \- An investigation into the most infamous liches plotting dooms across the Inner Sea region, by Adam Daigle. \- Laurel Cylphra’s attempt to save a soul in the Pathfinder’s Journal, by F. Wesley Schneider. \- Five new monsters by Adam Daigle, Crystal Frasier, and F. Wesley Schneider. Cover art by Dave Rapoza

Carrion Crown Poster Map Folio

2011

Trail of Terror Stand against the denizens of the night in the Carrion Crown Adventure Path. In battles against dreaded vampire lords, brutal werewolves, and abominations from beyond space and time, you’ll scour the breadth of the mysterious realm of Ustalav. The Carrion Crown Poster Map Folio is your lantern in the dreadful dark, charting your course through the entire campaign. Within this map folio, you’ll find a huge 8-panel poster map of the country of Ustalav, along with four 4-panel poster maps of the gothic cities of Ardis, Caliphas, Karcau, and Lepidstadt, all major locations in Ustalav, the setting for the terrors of the Carrion Crown Adventure Path. Even if you aren’t running the Carrion Crown Adventure Path, the maps inside can serve as the sinister surroundings for all manner of mysteries, murders, and macabre machinations in any RPG campaign. The shadows of Ustalav gather—dare you gaze within?

GameMastery Item Cards

Carrion Crown Deck

2011

PZO3017 Carrion Crown Deck - GameMastery Item Cards by Paizo Publishing Brave the night and defy its horrors with the weapons and relics of fireside legends. Tools for both battling and creating gothic monstrosities yearn to be claimed in the Carrion Crown Adventure Path. This 54-card set of beautifully illustrated, full-color item cards allows you to track your newest and most fearsome treasures in vibrant detail. GameMastery Item Cards allow heroes to keep track of their equipment in style, and this deck is completely compatible with all of Paizos other GameMastery Item Card sets. Each of these full-color cards features a beautiful portrait of an item on one side with space on the back to keep notes. GameMastery Item Cards are compatible with any fantasy roleplaying game.

Authors

Editor-in-chief at Paizo Inc. and co-creator of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, F. Wesley Schneider is the author of dozens of Pathfinder and Dungeons & Dragons adventures as well as several dark fantasy and sci-fi tales. His first novel, Pathfinder Tales: Bloodbound, debuted from Tor and Paizo Inc. in December 2015. Watch for his story, "Stray Thoughts," in Eclipse Phase: After the Fall - The Anthology of Transhuman Survival & Horror, coming in early 2016. Find more from Wes at wesschneider.com, on Tumblr at wesschneider, or on Twitter at @FWesSchneider.

By day, Brandon Hodge owns and operates Monkey See, Monkey Do! toy store and the world-famous, steampunk-and-circus-sideshow-themed Big Top Candy Shop in Austin, Texas. When night approaches, he produces his pen to set nightmares to paper. A proud member of the Werecabbage writing guild, Brandon's design credits include numerous Open Design projects, including Halls of the Mountain King, Sunken Empires, and the Midgard Campaign Setting, the Paizo adventures From Shore to Sea and Feast of Ravenmoor, and three popular books in Paizo Publishing's Adventure Path line: Shadows of Gallowspire, Dead Heart of Xin, and Rasputin Must Die! Brandon also stays busy with freelance work with Kobold Press, 0one Games and Green Ronin in between big projects. The demented twists he brought to Midgard's Wasted West region can perhaps best be explained with his extracurricular hobbies: when he isn't writing, he brings curses home with him collecting ouija boards, haunted antiques, planchettes, and other Spiritualist-related items, and displays his world-class planchette collection on his website, www.mysteriousplanchette.com. Brandon is a respected lecturer in the occult history field, and has loaned his expertise as on-air talent for dozens of popular radio and television programs, including a segment featuring his séance artifact collection on Science Channel’s hit show Oddities. Brandon also appeared on Travel Channel's Ouija-related "Patience Worth" episode of Mysteries at the Museum. In addition, he makes frequent guest appearances in both print interviews and popular radio shows, and Brandon help curate the phenomenally successful Let the Spirit Move You event, the first-of-its-kind Ouija board exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. Brandon is currently working on a picturesque coffee-table book on the subject of spirit communication devices from their early beginnings to their modern equivalents. Titled "Talking Tables & Scribbling Spirits: A Complete History of Spirit Communication Tools," the book is slated for publication in the near future, and includes the most in-depth historical research ever performed on talking boards. Brandon lives in the historic Hyde Park neighborhood in Austin, Texas, with two imps disguised as children, Jack and Elliot, and their porch cat familiar, Ellie Crews.