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Reign of Winter #5
Pathfinder Adventure Path #71: Rasputin Must Die!
Worlds at War
The search for the Queen of Witches finally ends when the Dancing Hut travels to Baba Yaga’s homeland of Russia on the planet Earth. The year is 1918, and the First World War rages throughout Europe. The heroes find themselves in the wilds of Siberia, where they must face Russian soldiers armed with twentieth-century technology to infiltrate an ancient monastery and rescue Baba Yaga from her estranged son, Grigori Rasputin. Can the heroes kill the “Mad Monk”—who has already cheated death once before—and free Baba Yaga, or will they fall before the horrors of modern war?
This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path continues the Reign of Winter Adventure Path and includes:
- “Rasputin Must Die!”, a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 13th-level characters, by Brandon Hodge.
- A look into the cultural climate of Russia in the midst of revolution, along with rules for her weapons of war, by Adam Daigle and Brandon Hodge.
- Revelations on Szuriel, the Horseman of War, and her brutal quest for souls, by Sean K Reynolds.
- Spiders versus sentient dolls in the Pathfinder’s Journal, by Kevin Andrew Murphy.
Four new monsters, by Adam Daigle, Brandon Hodge, and Sean K Reynolds.
Cover art by Craig J. Spearing
The search for the Queen of Witches finally ends when the Dancing Hut travels to Baba Yaga’s homeland of Russia on the planet Earth. The year is 1918, and the First World War rages throughout Europe. The heroes find themselves in the wilds of Siberia, where they must face Russian soldiers armed with twentieth-century technology to infiltrate an ancient monastery and rescue Baba Yaga from her estranged son, Grigori Rasputin. Can the heroes kill the “Mad Monk”—who has already cheated death once before—and free Baba Yaga, or will they fall before the horrors of modern war?
This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path continues the Reign of Winter Adventure Path and includes:
- “Rasputin Must Die!”, a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 13th-level characters, by Brandon Hodge.
- A look into the cultural climate of Russia in the midst of revolution, along with rules for her weapons of war, by Adam Daigle and Brandon Hodge.
- Revelations on Szuriel, the Horseman of War, and her brutal quest for souls, by Sean K Reynolds.
- Spiders versus sentient dolls in the Pathfinder’s Journal, by Kevin Andrew Murphy.
Four new monsters, by Adam Daigle, Brandon Hodge, and Sean K Reynolds.
Cover art by Craig J. Spearing
92 pages, Paperback
First published June 26, 2013
33 people want to read
About the author
Brandon Hodge
29 books6 followersBy day, Brandon Hodge owns and operates Monkey See, Monkey Do! toy store and the world-famous Big Top Candy Shop in Austin, Texas. When night arrives, he retrieves his pen and puts nightmares to paper as a freelance writer and historian specializing in the esoteric and occult. Brandon's award-winning writing and game design credits include works from Kobold Press and Paizo Publishing. He is author of the critically-acclaimed adventures From Shore to Sea, Feast of Ravenmoor, Rasputin Must Die!, and The House on Hook Street, and served as Creative Consultant on Paizo's Occult Adventures rulebook.
The demented twists he brings to the gaming industry can perhaps best be explained with his extracurricular hobbies: when he isn't writing, he brings curses home with him collecting ouija boards, haunted antiques, planchettes, and other Spiritualist-related items, and displays his world-class planchette collection on his website, www.mysteriousplanchette.com. Brandon’s research on Spiritualism history has appeared in the pages of the Smithsonian Magazine, and his popular Ghosts in the Machines column appears every quarter in the pages of Paranormal Review, the Magazine for the Society for Psychical Research.
Brandon is a respected lecturer in the occult history field, and has loaned his expertise as on-air talent for dozens of popular radio and television programs, including a segment featuring his séance artifact collection on Science Channel’s hit show Oddities. Brandon also appeared on Travel Channel's Ouija-related "Patience Worth" episode of Mysteries at the Museum. In addition, he makes frequent guest appearances in both print interviews and popular radio shows, and has contributed artifacts to a number of museum exhibits, including the Let the Spirit Move You exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Industry, the MIA's Supernatural America exhibit, and the Peabody Museum's Conjuring the Spirit World exhibition.
Brandon is currently working on a picturesque coffee-table book on the subject of spirit communication devices from their early beginnings to their modern equivalents. Titled "Talking Tables & Scribbling Spirits: A Complete History of Spirit Communication Tools," the book is slated for publication in the near future, and includes the most in-depth historical research ever performed on talking boards.
Brandon lives in the historic Hyde Park neighborhood in Austin, Texas, with two imps disguised as children, Jack and Elliot, and their innumerable pet ghosts.
The demented twists he brings to the gaming industry can perhaps best be explained with his extracurricular hobbies: when he isn't writing, he brings curses home with him collecting ouija boards, haunted antiques, planchettes, and other Spiritualist-related items, and displays his world-class planchette collection on his website, www.mysteriousplanchette.com. Brandon’s research on Spiritualism history has appeared in the pages of the Smithsonian Magazine, and his popular Ghosts in the Machines column appears every quarter in the pages of Paranormal Review, the Magazine for the Society for Psychical Research.
Brandon is a respected lecturer in the occult history field, and has loaned his expertise as on-air talent for dozens of popular radio and television programs, including a segment featuring his séance artifact collection on Science Channel’s hit show Oddities. Brandon also appeared on Travel Channel's Ouija-related "Patience Worth" episode of Mysteries at the Museum. In addition, he makes frequent guest appearances in both print interviews and popular radio shows, and has contributed artifacts to a number of museum exhibits, including the Let the Spirit Move You exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Industry, the MIA's Supernatural America exhibit, and the Peabody Museum's Conjuring the Spirit World exhibition.
Brandon is currently working on a picturesque coffee-table book on the subject of spirit communication devices from their early beginnings to their modern equivalents. Titled "Talking Tables & Scribbling Spirits: A Complete History of Spirit Communication Tools," the book is slated for publication in the near future, and includes the most in-depth historical research ever performed on talking boards.
Brandon lives in the historic Hyde Park neighborhood in Austin, Texas, with two imps disguised as children, Jack and Elliot, and their innumerable pet ghosts.
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September 7, 2021
Holy smokes did I love this book!!!
Details: Running the Reign of Winter AP for a group of 5, but modifying it to allow mythic tiers, in addition to level. Level advancement has been offset somewhat as a result.
Without giving any major plot points away that aren't easily seen on the backpiece or, y'know, the *adventure's title*. The players are pulled to 1918 Earth to fight the mad monk, Grigori Rasputin, for the soul of his estranged mother, Baba Yaga.
The adventure was wild, and gonzo, and fantastic. And CHALLENGING! There is great potential for death in this book. There was threat of a TPK at least 3 times. Rules for modern weapons, thematic magic items, troops of different kinds, 4 new monsters, and a solid short story are included. And great article on one of the Four Horsemen, Szuriel, the Horseman of War.
This whole AP won't fit everyone's style, but I can't encourage you to read it and see if it would be right for your game! The Reign of Winter AP as a whole, and this adventure in particular, has been one of my favorites in 40 years of gaming!
Details: Running the Reign of Winter AP for a group of 5, but modifying it to allow mythic tiers, in addition to level. Level advancement has been offset somewhat as a result.
Without giving any major plot points away that aren't easily seen on the backpiece or, y'know, the *adventure's title*. The players are pulled to 1918 Earth to fight the mad monk, Grigori Rasputin, for the soul of his estranged mother, Baba Yaga.
The adventure was wild, and gonzo, and fantastic. And CHALLENGING! There is great potential for death in this book. There was threat of a TPK at least 3 times. Rules for modern weapons, thematic magic items, troops of different kinds, 4 new monsters, and a solid short story are included. And great article on one of the Four Horsemen, Szuriel, the Horseman of War.
This whole AP won't fit everyone's style, but I can't encourage you to read it and see if it would be right for your game! The Reign of Winter AP as a whole, and this adventure in particular, has been one of my favorites in 40 years of gaming!
July 19, 2015
Half the party met their ends shutting down Rasputin and his mad scheme. Great climax to a unique adventure!
April 4, 2015
Still not sure how I feel about the jump to earth from Golarion, but what happens with the history is cool.
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