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96 pages, 2008, $19.99
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Story
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4.5
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Enjoyability
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4
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Adaptability
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4
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Intelligibility
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4.5
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Overall
4
Great
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Review Scoring
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With the Crown of Fangs, the second Pathfinder adventure
path comes to a conclusion. Filled with traps, twists, and misdirection, the final
adventure is mostly up to the challenge of successfully concluding the adventure path.
At some point in the adventure, if not at multiple points, both the players and the
Game Master will wish there were a few less twists and turns in the plot.
Players must face crazed Queen Ileosa intent on murdering a whole city in order to grant herself
immortality. In a race against time, the player characters will have to help a rebellion,
find where the queen has hidden herself and finally fight off an unexpected rebirth of
an ancient evil. The final battles will tax the player characters to the limit, making
successfully defeating the villian all the more rewarding. If the player characters
should fail, the adventure provides options for a continuing the campaign in a world where
a powerful, ancient evil has a firm grip on the region.
In order to help Game Masters flesh out the lore surrounding Kazavon, an article is
provided detailing each of the seven relics that survived his destruction. These relics
could serve as starting points for future campaigns, or simply as information to make
the world of Golarion more complete. The Curse of the Crimson Throne also makes
extensive use of a new play mechanic, the Harrow Deck, a method of fortune telling that
has long been used in the city of Korvosa. Included in this issue is an
article detailing a Harrow version of the deck of many things, provide an unique take
on the classic magic item.
Continuing the Pathfinder's Journal, this issue finds Eando Kline divivng deep into the orc city
of Urgir. As usual, Eando finds himself in over his head. Rounding out this issue is
the ever popular bestiary, detailing four new monsters: a horrific and demon like
construct, a worm-like devil, a contract devil, and an over-sized, winged toad hungry
for more than just flies. The bestiary also includes a random encounter chart for the
Mushfens area featured in the adventure article.
With this issue, Pathfinder wraps up the first year of publication. Without
a doubt, Pathfinder has lived up to the legacy Paizo Publishing established
when publishing the Dungeon and Dragon magazines.
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