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ISS2004 Pavis: Gateway to Adventure (2012)

Artist, Jan Pospisil

Pavis: Gateway to Danger

New Pavis is a frontier city built by the heirs of Sartar as a refuge from the wars in Dragon Pass. Recently conquered by the Lunar Empire, Pavis is a place of scum and villainy, populated by outlaws, thieves, mad men, and rebels. Nearby is the Big Rubble, once a mighty city built by giants, now ruins inhabited by trolls, elves, dwarves, and Chaos monsters. Beyond are the wastelands of Prax, ruled by warring tribes of nomadic Praxian Beast Riders. Pavis is your gateway to adventure!

Pavis: Gateway to Adventure is the definitive guide to the classic Glorantha setting of New Pavis. Includes write-ups of all major locations, maps, cultures, cult write-ups, and four full-length scenarios. This book is perfect for starting a Pavis campaign, or as a place for your Sartarites to hide out from the Lunars and re-group!

What’s in this book?
Pavis: Gateway to Adventure contains 416 pages of pure Gloranthan gold, including:

  • Full write-ups for locations including New Pavis, Pavis County, Sun Dome County, Prax, the Ruins of Feroda, and the Pavis Temple.
  • 66 detailed random encounters and 20 special encounters for Prax, the River of Cradles, and Pavis – each an adventure in its own right.
  • Four full-length scenarios, plus dozens of adventure seeds.
  • Character creation for Pavis heroes and full write-ups of 6 cults:
    Pavis, Flintnail, Lanbril, Yelmalio, Zola Fel, and the Seven Mothers.

Details

  • Written By Greg Stafford and Jeff Richard
  • with assistance by: Simon Bray, Nick Brooke, Ian Cooper, Martin Hawley, Jeff Kyer, Dan McCluskey, Rick Meints, Peter Metcalfe, Michael O’Brien, Neil Robinson, David Scott, David Shaw, Lawrence Whitaker, and others.
  • Based on material by Sandy Petersen, Ken Rolston, Steve Perrin, Lynn Willis, Michael Trout, Anders Swenson, Marc Willner, Charlie Krank, Oliver Dickinson, Nick Brooke, David Dunham, David Hall, Michael O’Brien, Mike Dawson, Simon Bray, Dan McCluskey and many others.
  • Design & Layout by Rick Meints Cover by Jan Pospíšil
  • Illustrations by: Dan Barker, Rick Becker, Bernard Bittler, Simon Bray, Daniel Brereton, Damon Brown, Heather Bruton, Javier Charro, William Church, Dario Corallo, Gene Day, Jed Dougherty, Sarah Evans, Alberto Foche Duarte, Lisa Free, Stefano Guadiano, Marian Gutowski, Ossi Hiekkala, Makoto Hokura, Ralph Horsley, Merle Insinga, Paul Jaquays, Ilkka Leskila, Rick Lippiet, Manoel Magalhaes, Juha Makkonen, Luise Perenne, Gill Pearce, Jan Pospíšil, Steve Purcell, Kevin Ramos, Valentina Romagnoli, Markku Silvennoinen, Darran Sims, John Snyder, Steve Swenston, Peter Town, and BA Wayne.
  • Cartography by: Colin Driver, Simon Bray, Yurek Chodak, William Dunn, Jim Freel, Lisa Kasle, Charlie Krank, Claudia Loroff, Gillian Pearce, Matt Pumphrey, and Lynn Willis.
  • Art Direction by Simon Bray
  • Edited by Jeff Richard and David Scott
  • Error-Trapping and Proof Reading by Martin Hawley, Rick Meints, Neil Robinson, and David Scott
  • Special thanks to Oliver Dickinson (see page 168).
  • SKU ISS2004
  • First Edition – February 2012
  • ISBN# 978-0-9777853-6-0
  • 416 pages

Contents

  • Credits
  • Introduction
  • Making Your Character
  • Settling in Pavis
  • History of the Region
  • Prax
  • Civilized Prax
  • Corflu
  • Lunar Grantlands
  • Sun County
  • Jaxarte’s Journal
  • Pavis County
  • Prax Encounters
  • New Pavis
  • Pavis Politics
  • Cults of Pavis
  • The City of Thieves
  • Living in Pavis
  • Neighborhoods of New Pavis
  • New Pavis City Encounters
  • Special Encounters
  • The Big Rubble
  • Adventures in Pavis
    • Rough Business
    • The Celestial Engine
    • Red Moon Rising
    • The Purple Troll
  • Cults
    • Pavis
    • Flintnail
    • Lanbril
    • Yelmalio
    • Zola Fel
    • Seven Mothers
  • Index
  • Maps and Tables
    • Location of Prax and Pavis
    • Prax
    • Blank Character Sheet
    • Faceless Statue (c. 830)
    • Pavis (c. 920)
    • Pavis (c. 1200)
    • Pavis (c. 1500)
    • Pavis Chronology
    • Prax
    • Census of Prax Fortified Stead
    • River of Cradles Valley Population
    • River of Cradles
    • Corflu and Surrounding Environs
    • Grantlands Domains
    • Raus Domain
    • Ronegarth
    • Rulers of Sun Dome County
    • Sun County Temple Town of Garhound
    • Pavis County
    • River of Cradles Weather
    • Praxian Encounters
    • Census of New Pavis New Pavis Air Temple
    • Gimpy’s
    • New Pavis
    • New Pavis Encounters
    • Special Encounters
    • Big Rubble
    • Rubble Permits and Forms
    • Ruins of Feroda
    • Masks of the Rebel Gods
    • The Salt Mines
    • Sun Dome Temples in Glorantha
    • Lunar Empire
    • Index of Places in New Pavis

Pavis: Gateway to Adventure pages

  • Building Jorjar Latish for Pavis: Gateway to Adventure
  • Building Makor the Strong for Pavis: Gateway to Adventure
  • Map of New Pavis
  • Masks of the True Gods
  • New Map of the Big Rubble (2012)
  • Pavis Character Sheets
  • Pavis clan generator
  • Pavis: Gateway to Adventure Index

Related Pages

  • ISS2001 HeroQuest Core Rules (2009)
  • ISS2002 Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes (2009, 2012)
  • ISS2003 Sartar Companion (2010, 2012)
  • Return to Apple Lane (2009)

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