The Absalom Initiation

Pathfinder Society Scenario #1-01:
The Absalom Initiation

PZOPFS0101E

(Adventure)

Author(s)

Lyz Liddell

Publisher

Paizo Inc.

Price

PDF: $4.99

Released

August 1, 2019

Type

Pathfinder Society (2E) scenario

Binding

PDF

Rules set

PF2

Series

Pathfinder Society
Season 1 scenarios

Follows

Origin of the Open Road

Precedes

The Mosquito Witch

Artwork from The Absalom Initiation

The Absalom Initiation, a Pathfinder Society scenario written by Lyz Liddell for tier 1-4, was released on August 1, 2019.

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A new era is beginning for the Pathfinder Society, with new recruits and new factions all excited to build connections and embark on grand adventures. The PCs are among these recruits invited to attend a welcoming party where they can meet both the old guard as well as the up-and-coming leaders. But the party's not all talk; the PCs learn of four exciting escapades in Absalom, through which they can kick off their adventuring careers!

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Scenario overview

Level	1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Location(s)	Absalom Flotsam Graveyard Wise Quarter Blakros Museum Foreign Quarter Grand Lodge Precipice Quarter Petal District Westgate

Recurring characters, concepts, & locations

The following characters, concepts, or locations can be found in this scenario, but also significantly appear in the publications listed below:

• Aaqir al'Hakam (The Absalom Initiation, Assault on Absalom, Bid for Alabastrine, A Bitter Bargain, The Blakros Matrimony, The Cindersworn Pact, The Fabric of Reality, The Ghol-Gan Heresy, The Goblinblood Dead, Grand Convocation 4712, The Immortal Conundrum, The Merchant's Wake, On Hostile Waters, The Paths We Choose, Port Godless, Signs in Senghor, The Stranger Within, The Sundered Path, To Delve the Dungeon Deep, The Veteran's Vault)
• Absalom (The Absalom Initiation, Assault on Absalom, Blood Under Absalom, Delirium's Tangle (scenario), The Disappeared, Echoes of the Overwatched, The God's Market Gamble, The Golden Serpent, Hall of Drunken Heroes, The Immortal Conundrum, In Service to Lore, The Infernal Vault, King Xeros of Old Azlant, The Paths We Choose, School of Spirits, Serpent's Rise, Sewer Dragons of Absalom, Shadows Fall on Absalom, Skeleton Moon, Slave Ships of Absalom, Sniper in the Deep, Song of the Sea Witch, A Vision of Betrayal, The Wounded Wisp)
• Blakros Museum (The Absalom Initiation, The Blakros Connection, The Blakros Matrimony, Cairn of Shadows, Call of the Copper Gate, The Daughters' Due, Echoes of the Overwatched, The Hellknight's Feast, Mists of Mwangi, Oath of the Overwatched, The Penumbral Accords, The Silver Mount Collection, Voice in the Void)
• College of Mysteries (The Absalom Initiation)
• Eando Kline (The Absalom Initiation, Catastrophe's Spark, Flooded King's Court, Port Godless, The Price of Friendship, The Veteran's Vault)
• Flotsam Graveyard (The Absalom Initiation, Assault on Absalom, King Xeros of Old Azlant, The Paths We Choose, Sniper in the Deep)
• Fola Barun (The Absalom Initiation, The Arclord Who Never Was, Arclord's Abode, Beyond Azlant Ridge, The Bloodcove Blockade, Citadel of Corruption, Dead Man's Debt, Fury's Toll, The Ghol-Gan Heresy, In Burning Dawn, Killer in the Golden Mask, The King in Thorns, Lodge of the Living God, Mean Streets of Shadow Absalom, Mountain of Sea and Sky, Signs in Senghor, United in Purpose, Year of Unfettered Exploration (scenario))
• Gloriana Morilla (The Absalom Initiation, Ageless Ambitions, Assault on Absalom, Assault on the Wound, Birthright Betrayed, The Blakros Matrimony, Escape from Oppara, Grand Convocation 4712, A Gilded Test, The Hellknight's Feast, The Horn of Aroden, The Immortal Conundrum, The Jarlsblood Witch Saga, Library of the Lion, The Lion's Justice, No Time for Treason, Pagoda of the Rat (scenario), The Paths We Choose, Slave Ships of Absalom, The Sun Orchid Scheme, The Sundered Path, A Vision of Betrayal, Year of Shattered Sanctuaries (scenario))
• Gorm (The Absalom Initiation, Cavern of the Sundered Song, Citadel of Corruption, Grim Symphony, Linnorm's Legacy, Lost in Flames, Reaver's Roar, United in Purpose)
• Gorm Greathammer (The Absalom Initiation, All the Gods Beyond, Bandits of Immenwood, Cavern of the Sundered Song, Citadel of Corruption, First Taste of Eternity, Grim Symphony, Linnorm's Legacy, Lost in Flames, Reaver's Roar, Serpents Fall, United in Purpose)
• Grand Lodge (The Absalom Initiation, Assault on Absalom, Blood Under Absalom, Eye of the Crocodile King, First Taste of Eternity, Grand Convocation 4712, The Hao Jin Cataclysm, Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained, The Overflow Archives, The Pathfinder Trials, The Paths We Choose, Serpent's Rise, Shadows Fall on Absalom, Siege of Serpents, Who Speaks for the Ten, The Wounded Wisp, Year of the Shadow Lodge (scenario))
• Janira Gavix (The Absalom Initiation, All the Gods Beyond, Citadel of Corruption, The Confirmation, Fate in the Future, First Taste of Eternity, Serpent's Rise, Serpents Fall, Struck by Shadows, Who Speaks for the Ten, The Wounded Wisp)
• Kreighton Shaine (Abducted in Aether, The Absalom Initiation, The Blakros Connection, Captive in Crystal, Cavern of the Sundered Song, The Confirmation, The God's Market Gamble, Grand Convocation 4712, The Immortal Conundrum, Legacy of the Stonelords, Origin of the Open Road, The Overflow Archives, The Pathfinder Trials, Ruins of Bonekeep Level 2: Maze of the Mind Slave, Ruins of Bonekeep Level 3: The Wakening Tomb, The Second Confirmation, Serpent's Rise, Siege of Serpents, Siege of the Diamond City, The Sky Key Solution, The Technic Siege, What The Helms Hide)
• Nex (The Absalom Initiation, Ancients' Anguish, The Arclord Who Never Was, Arclord's Abode, Beacon Below, The Flesh Collector, The Hydra's Fang Incident, Lost at Bitter End, Origin of the Open Road, Putrid Seeds, The Slithering, The Thorned Monarch, The Twisted Circle, You Only Die Twice)
• Precipice Quarter (The Absalom Initiation, Black Waters, Echoes of the Overwatched, The Paths We Choose, School of Spirits)
• Silent Tide (The Absalom Initiation, Assault on Absalom, Silent Tide (scenario))
• Sorrina Westyr (Abducted in Aether, The Absalom Initiation, Captive in Crystal, The Cosmic Captive, Graves of Crystalmaw Pass, The Hao Jin Cataclysm, The Hao Jin Hierophant, The Pathfinder Trials, The Second Confirmation, Struck by Shadows, Tapestry's Trial, The Thorned Monarch, Ungrounded but Unbroken, Unleashing the Untouchable)
• Tamrin Credence (The Absalom Initiation, Assault on Absalom, The Infernal Inheritance, Let Bygones Be, Lost Colony of Taldor)
• Urwal (The Absalom Initiation, The Blackwood Abundance, The Blackwood Lost, The Blooming Catastrophe, Dreams of a Dustbound Isle, Excising Ruination, The Fanciful March of Urwal, Fate in the Future, The King in Thorns, Linnorm's Legacy)
• Valais Durant (The Absalom Initiation, The Blackwood Truce, The Burden of Envy, Dreams of a Dustbound Isle, The King in Thorns, The Shores of Heaven, Thralls of the Shattered God, The Traitor's Lodge)
• Westgate (The Absalom Initiation, The Blakros Deception, Delirium's Tangle (scenario), Sewer Dragons of Absalom)
• Zarta Dralneen (The Absalom Initiation, Assault on Absalom, Bandits of Immenwood, The Blakros Matrimony, Call of the Copper Gate, Captive in Crystal, The Disappeared, Fate of the Fiend, Fortress of the Nail, Grand Convocation 4712, The Immortal Conundrum, The Infernal Inheritance, Orders from the Gate, The Overflow Archives, The Paths We Choose, What Prestige is Worth)

Map support

The following Pathfinder Flip-Mat products are used in this scenario:

• Haunted House Flip-Mat
• Museum Flip-Mat
• Ship Flip-Mat
• Village Square Flip-Mat