S02-01 Citadel of Corruption (PZOPFS0201E)
S02-01 Citadel of Corruption (PZOPFS0201E)
S02-01 Citadel of Corruption (PZOPFS0201E)
year of
CORRUPTION’S
Reach
Scenario #2-01 Levels 1—4
Citadel of
Corruption
By Scott D. Young
Citadel of Corruption
Table of Contents
AUTHOR
Scott D. Young Citadel of Corruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
DEVELOPMENT LEAD
Michael Sayre
Appendix 1: Level 1—2 Encounters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
DESIGN LEAD
Mark Seifter
Appendix 2: Level 3—4 Encounters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
EDITING LEAD Appendix 3: Game Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Leo Glass
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Citadel of Corruption
Citadel of Corruption
By Scott D. Young
Adventure
Background Where on Golarion?
Over the past year, the Pathfinder Society has worked to
rebuild its membership, make new allies, and strengthen its This scenario occurs on the western edge of Finadar
lodges across the Inner Sea region and beyond. The Society’s Forest in northwestern Iobaria. A gazetteer of Iobaria
mysterious and anonymous leadership, the Decemvirate, appears in Pathfinder Adventure Path #33: The Varnhold
have decided the time is ripe for a new call to action: a Vanishing, part of the Kingmaker Adventure Path.
year-long campaign of exploration into the dragon-infested
forests of Iobaria to seek out and catalog the land’s ancient
secrets. A coalition of Pathfinders from across Golarion have IOBARIA
embarked for the Iobarian wilderness to explore the ruins
of the former cyclops city of Min-Khadaim, establishing
a base camp at the ancient metropolis. To underscore the • Finadar Forest
importance of this initial foray, two masked members of the
Decemvirate are accompanying the expedition personally.
The philosophers and historians that founded
Min-Khadaim did so after fleeing the decaying empire
of Ghol-Gan, far to the south. The founders hoped that
the city, along with the new cyclops empire of Koloran
that then stretched across what is now Iobaria, would
become a utopian society, one that would reject the type
of corruption that had infected Ghol-Gan after its war of Over the more than 10,000 years that followed, the
conquest into the Darklands turned its people away from Finadar wilderness reclaimed Min-Khadaim. In 3610 AR,
their gods. Unfortunately, the cyclopes of Min-Khadaim a major earthquake felled the city’s spires and buildings
ultimately succumbed to their own form of corruption. that had poked above Finadar’s trees; with its visibility
The empire of Koloran fell into decadence and violent thus removed, the ruined city, though once known
debauchery as its leaders turned to demonic patrons well by Iobarian sages, fell into obscurity. Ever since
and foul pacts; in the century leading up to Earthfall, the first of the great plagues reduced the population of
Min-Khadaim devolved into a capitol of terror and death. Iobaria and drove its people apart, inaccessible sites like
In the city’s final days, a cyclops seer named Valgomorus Min-Khadaim have been largely forgotten.
was granted one of the last prophecies to ever come to A recent report from agents traveling through Iobaria
pass: he foresaw his city’s fall in fire and ash. Valgomorus brought the ancient site to the Pathfinder Society’s
was a minor functionary in Min-Khadaim’s great library, attention last year, and an initial survey revealed the
maintained by a hopeful few despite the cyclopes’ loss of tremendous scope of the ruins. Not only will the site
respect for traditional teachings. The insight was too much likely provide invaluable insight into the cyclops empire
for Valgomorus to bear, and he went on a murderous of Koloran, but once cleared of threats, it could serve as a
rampage through the library, slaying his colleagues perfect locale for the Society’s first lodge in Iobaria.
out of a sense of what he construed as mercy. Guards
finally overpowered and locked him in a reading room, Getting Started
but Earthfall cut short any justice. When the city was The PCs begin the scenario in a large encampment on
abandoned in the wake of that cataclysm, Valgomorus the outskirts of Finadar Forest. Hundreds of Pathfinders
was left, forgotten, to his fate. have traveled from across Golarion to the untamed
Delving in the caverns beneath the city, the dragon fell Levels 1–2
afoul of the corrupting rot in the lower levels. Eschewing
aid, Isythysyus remained at the ruins, feverishly trying to DRAGON’S DEATH HAZARD 3
uncover the cyclopes’ planned ritual before returning to Page 14, art on page 23
the surface just in time to die in the sunlight.
Hazard: Isythysyus’s tragic and selfless death was GOBLIN SKELETONS (2) CREATURE –1
twisted by the fell powers the cyclopes worshipped. Page 14
The dragon’s essence infused the place where she died,
producing a haunt that lashes out at any living creatures Levels 3–4
that approach the dragon’s skull.
Creatures: On the edges of the clearing are the bones DRAGON’S DEATH HAZARD 5
of a dozen more recent would-be squatters, goblins who Page 18, art on page 23
were cut to ribbons by the haunt. One round after the
haunt triggers, some of the skeletons animate and move to HOBGOBLIN SKELETONS (2) CREATURE 1
attack any living creatures in sight. As mindless creatures Page 18
and a fixed haunt, the creatures do not use intelligent or Reward: The first animated skeleton carries a wand
complex tactics. (In Levels 3–4, the goblin skeletons are of comprehend language. In Levels 3–4, a small cluster
replaced by hobgoblin skeletons.) of silver scales that still maintain their luster are piled
B. Catacombs
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Location
Faction:
□ Grand Archive □ Envoy’s Alliance □ Slow Track
Character Name: □ Radiant Oath □ Horizon Hunters □ Dead
□ Vigilant Seal □ Verdant Wheel
Org Play #: -2 Level □ □ Infamy
Faction:
□ Grand Archive □ Envoy’s Alliance □ Slow Track
Character Name: □ Radiant Oath □ Horizon Hunters □ Dead
□ Vigilant Seal □ Verdant Wheel
Org Play #: -2 Level □ □ Infamy
Faction:
□ Grand Archive □ Envoy’s Alliance □ Slow Track
Character Name: □ Radiant Oath □ Horizon Hunters □ Dead
□ Vigilant Seal □ Verdant Wheel
Org Play #: -2 Level □ □ Infamy
Faction:
□ Grand Archive □ Envoy’s Alliance □ Slow Track
Character Name: □ Radiant Oath □ Horizon Hunters □ Dead
□ Vigilant Seal □ Verdant Wheel
Org Play #: -2 Level □ □ Infamy
Faction:
□ Grand Archive □ Envoy’s Alliance □ Slow Track
Character Name: □ Radiant Oath □ Horizon Hunters □ Dead
□ Vigilant Seal □ Verdant Wheel
Org Play #: -2 Level □ □ Infamy
Faction:
□ Grand Archive □ Envoy’s Alliance □ Slow Track
Character Name: □ Radiant Oath □ Horizon Hunters □ Dead
□ Vigilant Seal □ Verdant Wheel
Org Play #: -2 Level □ □ Infamy
Faction Reputation
A.K.A. -2
Faction Reputation
Player Name Character Name Organized Play # Character #
Faction Reputation
Adventure Summary
Accompanied by some of the most storied Pathfinders operating today, you struck out into the ruins of the cyclops city of Min-Khadaim.
Past ghostly dragons and deadly fungi, through narrow tunnels and ancient halls, you made your way to one of Min-Khadaim’s long
lost libraries. In the decaying stacks of this ancient repository, you uncovered secrets lost to time and a powerful undead cyclops seer.
Upon returning to report your findings, a member of the Decemvirate, known to you as Sapphire, disappeared in a calamitous blast
that left only their helm behind. What do these events portend? Is Sapphire’s disappearance related to the ancient, unfinished ritual of
Min-Khadaim, or are there yet more nefarious forces at play?
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