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Abomination Vaults GMs Guide $5.99
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Abomination Vaults GMs Guide
Publisher: Paizo
by Dan M. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 07/21/2022 10:00:27

So this is quite a pricey product considering that if you disregard the colated stat blocks, which I don't really find necessary, it's only really 18 pages. To make matters worse, the thing that I really wanted it for, the colated list of sidequests, has a lot of incorrect info in it. It lists locations of NPCs incorrectly multiple times, often placing them in a 'B' area when they're usually nowhere near the B level, meaning I have to go searching myself. There are only two variants of 'wandering creature' presented, which really isn't much for all the levels of the Abomination Vaults, and it doesn't really play into the theme that much. To be honest, I was hoping to see different encounters for each level of the dungeon, but as it is they're all just variations of 'cultist', they're hardly worth using without putting in significant work of my own to flesh it out and add variety. Then there ar ethe new side quests presented here. The first one can hardly be called a side quest. It's two combat encounters strung together by some poorly concieved plot that sees an old man so hell bent on getting his bag back that he'll rush headlong into danget for it, then turn around and just give it to the party as a reward. It feels like just an excuse to give out a bag of holding. The second side quest is not so much a side quest as an alteration to a part of the adventure. It adds some enemies, but also weirdly removes one, at least temporarily. It makes it seem like the plots and schemes of these new foes could drastically alter the factions and politics of this level, but provides no meaningful way for that to happen, and indeed, seems to assume that it won't. It also presents a large amount of backstory to explain why these foes are here and what their plans are, but provides no emaningful way to impart that information to the players. All in all, not worth the money IMO.



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Abomination Vaults GMs Guide
Publisher: Paizo
by Mark E. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 01/10/2022 20:57:03

Saw this and knew it was a must have. My PC's are going to LOVE this!! Just what I needed to round out and keep track of the campaign.



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Abomination Vaults GMs Guide
Publisher: Paizo
by redeux .. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 10/15/2021 13:07:37

Short version: Very happy with the purchase. there is a LOT of content here for the price. My Favorite part: the wanderers!

Longer version: There's a lot to like about this Guide. I really liked the Quest Tracker. I've been keeping track of quests in a note on my VTT and this does a much better job of tracking the quests, where they come from, how they are completed, and the reward.

My favorite part of this guide is the wanderers. It does a great job of giving you some wanderers that tie directly into the adventure path. I have been using a tension pool system to incorporate random encounters (and random rewards!) and this will defintely help steer the encounters into a more thematic direction. I LOVE that.

the short adventures seem complete in that they outline encounters, have a map, and give a hook. My group has already passed one of the adventures, but for the 2nd one I may be incorporating.

Lastly, the full-stat blocks. This represents ~100 pages of the PDF and combines all the statblocks from the AP books, bestiaries, etc. While I personally don't benefit from this since I run on VTT, it is nice that it is there.

The great thing about this purchase though is that there's a lot of content and there should be something in here for everyone. As I said, I don't need the full stat-blocks, but I am definitely happy with everything else and think it is worth the price.



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