{"id":32079,"date":"2013-02-25T14:00:18","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T20:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/?p=32079"},"modified":"2013-03-02T22:21:24","modified_gmt":"2013-03-03T04:21:24","slug":"review-raging-swan-press-dark-waters-rising-pathfinder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/?p=32079","title":{"rendered":"Review: Raging Swan Press &#8211; Dark Waters Rising (Pathfinder)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/?attachment_id=30135\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30135\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30135\" src=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/RPC-Review-Banner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/RPC-Review-Banner.png 600w, http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/RPC-Review-Banner-150x22.png 150w, http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/RPC-Review-Banner-300x45.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Dark Waters Rising<\/strong><br \/>\nDark Waters Rising is an epic fantasy adventure for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game written by Ron Lundeen and published by Raging Swan Press.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/?attachment_id=32634\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32634\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-32634\" src=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/RSP-Dark-Waters-Rising-231x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/RSP-Dark-Waters-Rising-231x300.jpeg 231w, http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/RSP-Dark-Waters-Rising-115x150.jpeg 115w, http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/RSP-Dark-Waters-Rising-463x600.jpeg 463w, http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/RSP-Dark-Waters-Rising.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Dark Waters Rising <a href=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/reference\/?p=43065\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><br \/>\nPurchase Dark Waters Rising <a href=\"http:\/\/rpg.drivethrustuff.com\/product\/103568\/Dark-Waters-Rising&amp;affiliate_id=295633\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><br \/>\nFind other Raging Swan Press products <a href=\"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/?tag=raging-swan-press\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Catastrophe strikes the frontier village of Swallowfeld! With a grinding groan, the town\u2019s mill slews into the Kilian River and breaks through the ceiling of an ancient subterranean dungeon. This accident frees a long-imprisoned evil to prey upon the shocked townsfolk. When several Swallowfeld residents\u2014some innocent and some not so innocent\u2014are spirited away into the rapidly flooding dungeon, it falls to a brave group of heroes to venture underground and rescue the missing before dark, rising waters seal their fate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reviewers Note: <\/strong>I have done my best to keep spoilers down to a minimum. But if you plan on playing this adventure, please do not read this review to prevent the terrible curse known as \u201cmeta-gaming\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONTENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a 36 paged adventure written for four 5th level characters. Included with the adventure are the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A detailed explanation of the location and surrounding areas<\/li>\n<li>Maps of the locations of the adventure and surrounding areas.<\/li>\n<li>Encounter tables and charts for anything your table might encounter.<\/li>\n<li>Stat-blocks available for NPC&#8217;s and players as well!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>OVERALL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a no-stress, no mess adventure that you can drop in and out of your campaign\/game night with little to no prep as needed.\u00a0 It is indeed a very fun adventure worth it&#8217;s weight in gold (in and out of game!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>RATINGS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Publication Quality:<\/em> 9 out of 10<br \/>\n<strong>Presentation of Layout:<\/strong> The layout of the adventure is done in the traditional Raging Swan Press style of minimalist black and white. While it&#8217;s not a bad thing, it kind of irritates me. When you look at an adventure, you want there to be some color, you want there to be some life and energy in the adventure that makes a GM want to run and a player want to play. With the format, the way it is, it&#8217;s kinda&#8230; Unexciting&#8230; But it doesn&#8217;t take away from the adventure in the same respect as well. It&#8217;s just something to note for those who are used to full color adventures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ease of Mobility:<\/strong> The file is light and easy to manage from mobile to print. The plus side of minimalist formats is that they are ink friendly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maps:<\/strong> The maps are simple and light. Easy to draw for those who hate drawing maps, but if you wanted to blow them up and print them out, that\u00a0 can also be arranged quite easily.<\/p>\n<p><em>Storyline:<\/em> 9 out of 10<br \/>\n<strong>Plot Development:<\/strong> The plot of the story is pretty linear&#8211;Bad stuff happens to a mine, and the party needs to go down and not only save the innocent people who are still trapped down there, but in the same respect they need to destroy whatever is down there causing bad things in the mine. Although the plot is pretty linear, it&#8217;s still a great adventure! It solidifies why Ron Lundeen is one of my favorite adventure writers in <em>Pathfinder Organized Society Play<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pacing of Story:<\/strong> The pacing of the story is rather quick and rightfully so due to the nature of the adventure. It always has this sense of urgency, but it does leave a GM time to add in roleplay before and\/or after the adventure as needed. If you want to expand from there, you also have that option.<\/p>\n<p><em>Desire to Play:<\/em> 9 out of 10<br \/>\n<strong>NPC Interactions:<\/strong> The NPC interactions are a little flat, but there is room for a GM to expand upon them and make them memorable. If you have charismatic characters, I would recommend fleshing them out a bit, as they can be quite fun!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Encounters and Rewards:<\/strong> The encounters are appropriate to the level, and leave a good amount of a challenge for those who are combat oriented. The XP is fine, and the treasure is a little lacking. GMs can make up for that by dropping their own special items.<\/p>\n<p><em>Overall:<\/em> 9 out of 10<br \/>\n<strong>For Players:<\/strong> <em>Dark Waters Rising<\/em> is a great adventure for players who like crawling through dungeons and discovering the many secrets this city and area have to offer! The possibilities are endless and you will have no problem going where and doing whatever you want.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For GMs:<\/strong> If you are having a campaign dry spell, or looking for a new location, <em>Dark Waters Rising<\/em> definitely helps with that! You can run it standalone and have a good time, or you can add it into a campaign or even expand from this one adventure alone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dark Waters Rising Dark Waters Rising is an epic fantasy adventure for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game written by Ron Lundeen and published by Raging Swan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1688,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1935,169],"tags":[336,14,216],"class_list":["post-32079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","category-reviews","tag-epic-fantasy","tag-pathfinder","tag-raging-swan-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1688"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}