Adventure Path


An Adventure Path is a series of interlinked adventures for tabletop role-playing games which can be played in succession and lead characters to advance from lower to higher levels, through a particular path of events.
While campaigns exist for many role-playing game systems, the specific term Adventure Path discussed here applies to published adventures for the Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder fantasy roleplaying games. Adventure Paths in opposition to normal campaigns usually have an own setting and rule set apart from the basic rules and settings.

Origin and ''Dungeon'' magazine

Though the term was originally applied to the series of Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition modules beginning with The Sunless Citadel, it later came to refer to several lengthy series, each consisting of 11 or 12 installments, published sequentially in Dungeon magazine.
Typically set in the Greyhawk campaign setting, the Dungeon adventure paths are:
  • Shackled City
  • Age of Worms
  • Savage Tide
After Dungeon became an online magazine for subscribers, one adventure path for 4th edition was published.
  • ''Scales of War''

    Paizo

With the transference of Dragon and Dungeon back to Wizards of the Coast, Paizo Publishing, which had been producing the magazines under contract to WotC, continued the Adventure Path concept in their new monthly publication, Pathfinder. Paizo began publishing Pathfinder Adventure Path as a monthly publication in 2007. Starting with Council of Thieves in 2009, Paizo's modules began supporting their Pathfinder Roleplaying Game in addition to D&D.
Pathfinder Adventure Paths and the publication date of their first chapter:
Originally published for the d20 System rule set under the Open Game License:
Originally published for Pathfinder First Edition rule set:
  • Council of Thieves
  • Kingmaker
  • Serpent's Skull
  • Carrion Crown
  • Jade Regent
  • Skull and Shackles
  • Shattered Star
  • Reign of Winter
  • Wrath of the Righteous
  • Mummy's Mask
  • Iron Gods
  • Giantslayer
  • Hell's Rebels
  • Hell's Vengeance
  • Strange Aeons
  • Ironfang Invasion
  • Ruins of Azlant
  • War for the Crown
  • Return of the Runelords
  • Tyrant's Grasp
Originally published for Starfinder Roleplaying Game:
  • Dead Suns
  • Against the Aeon Throne
  • Signal of Screams
  • Dawn of Flame
  • Attack of the Swarm!
  • The Threefold Conspiracy
  • The Devastation Ark
  • Fly Free or Die
  • Horizons of the Vast
  • Drift Crashers
  • Drift Hackers
Originally published for Pathfinder Second Edition rule set:
  • Age of Ashes
  • Extinction Curse
  • Agents of Edgewatch
  • Abomination Vaults
  • Fists of the Ruby Phoenix
  • Strength of Thousands
  • Quest for the Frozen Flame
  • Outlaws of Alkenstar
  • Blood Lords
  • Gatewalkers
  • Stolen Fate
  • Sky King's Tomb
  • Season of Ghosts
  • Seven Dooms for Sandpoint