Each chapter has sample hooks for why the PCs may go there, along with relevant factions and what they plan to do with the MacGuffin treasure/person that is the object of the quest.Ĭhapter 16: Prologue Rahib al Tarsih Zafir, or simply Tarbish, is the Grand Vizier of the Grand Sultan, and while by no means good-aligned he’s had it up to here with the current rulership. Almost all of them being dungeon crawls certainly helps as well.

I haven’t crunched the numbers to see if said adventures can bump the PCs up 6 levels on their own, although I presume the many encounters on the Plane of Molten Skies and random encounters are designed to help with this.

The chapters are all technically optional and can be done out of order, although most are Tier 4 (17 to 20th level) with three being listed as Tier 3 (11th to 16th level). Two chapters were originally part of Book 2, detailed as locations in the City of Brass to visit, but have been placed here as mini-adventure chapters. There’s three new chapters provided, which are the Freeman’s Tower, Cathedral of the Lightbringer, and Ard’s Sanctuary.

No compelling in-character reason is provided either, besides.well, assuming that the PCs just choose to do so? Not even an argument along hte lines of “this planar empire is so impossibly vast that concession to the enemy will save more lives in the long run.”īook 3 is separated into 15 chapters, the vast majority derived from the original 3.5 book. The book infers here and in earlier points that the PCs may join him and serve under his rule, although the vast majority of the AP’s events and choices take the opposite stance. This section of the book is sort of a “sandbox adventure path,” detailing various locales of importance in the City of Brass and how the people and events within can help bring about the downfall of the Grand Sultan.

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