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The Broken Tusks find sanctuary at last in the settlement of Hillcross, but invading frost giants quickly force the clan‿s scouts to lead their mighty following‿s defense against the siege and take on new titles. To put a stop to the slaughter, the newly named Mammoth Lords take the fight to their foes by riding their bestial mounts through the sucking muck of the Tamarnian Tar Forest. At the heart of these black woods, amid the ruins of a half-sunken crusaders‿ castle, the heroes wield the sacred light of the Primordial Flame to defeat their ancient enemies once and for all. “Burning Tundraâ€? is a Pathfinder adventure for four 8th-level characters. This adventure concludes the Quest for the Frozen Flame Adventure Path, a three-part monthly campaign in which the heroes lead a band of nomadic hunter-gatherers across a brutal primordial landscape. This adventure also includes a gazetteer of the mountain meeting grounds called Hillcross; megafauna animal companions and ancestral gear that complement the new Mammoth Lord character archetype; and new prehistoric creatures to befriend or bedevil your players. Each monthly full-color softcover Pathfinder Adventure Path volume contains an in-depth adventure scenario, stats for several new monsters, and support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the world‿s oldest fantasy RPG.

The Extinction Curse Adventure Path begins! The Circus of Wayward Wonders has just arrived in the remote town of Abberton, and the player characters are the stars of the show! When the ringmaster turns up dead, the fate of the traveling circus and its entertainers hangs in the balance, and the heroes must scramble to put on a successful show and find the killer--all at the same time! Investigations only lead to more questions, and the heroes find themselves center stage in a dangerous, prehistoric plot that threatens not just Abberton, but every inhabitant of the Starstone Isles! "The Show Must Go On" is a Pathfinder Second Edition adventure for four 1st-level characters. This adventure begins the Extinction Curse Adventure Path, a six-part, monthly campaign in which the heroes lead a traveling circus as they unravel a plot to eradicate all life from the Starstone Isles at the heart of the Inner Sea. The adventure also includes advice on how to run a traveling circus, new circus-themed rules, and a menagerie of monsters both wondrous and wicked. Each monthly full-color softcover Pathfinder Adventure Path volume contains an in-depth adventure scenario, stats for several new monsters, and support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the world's oldest fantasy RPG.

At the boiling pointWhile the heroes recover in the liberated sun-city ofKahlannal, efreet launch an assault on the Burning Archipelago from deeperwithin the sun. The PCs have the advantages of position, knowledge, andsurprise, giving them a unique opportunity. Using technology from their newallies, the anassanois, the PCs can approach stealthily to infiltrate theefreeti base known as the Crucible. Thwarting the invasion requires returningthe Far Portal to the surface of the sun. However, the forces overseeing thebase won''t stand idle. In the end, General Khaim, the efreeti commander, riskseverything to realize his plan to dominate the Burning Archipelago and destroythe meddlesome intruders!This volume of Starfinder Adventure Path concludes theDawn of Flame Adventure Path and includes:ΓÇó ΓÇ£Assault on the Crucible,ΓÇ¥ aStarfinder adventure for 11th-level characters, by JasonTondro.ΓÇó Ways to continue the campaign after theefreeti invasion, as well as two villains who might have plans involving theheroes of this Adventure Path, by Tracy Barnett.ΓÇó A survey of the Plane of Fire-including itsdenizens, plots, and realms-by Thurston Hillman.ΓÇó An archive of elemental outsiders and bizarreinhabitants of the galaxy, from capricious water genies to swarms of feyrodents, by Tracy Barnett, Violet Hargrave, Owen K.C. Stephens, and JasonTondro.ΓÇó Statistics and deck plans for an efreeticruiser, by Thurston Hillman, plus a look inside a hollow world containing aminiature sun, by Violet Hargrave.

Few scholars nursed on the literary canon would dispute that knowledge of Western literature benefits readers and writers of the superhero genre. This analysis of superhero comics as Romance literature shows that the reverse is true--knowledge of the superhero romance has something to teach critics of traditional literature. Establishing the comic genre as a cousin to Arthurian myth, Spenser, and Shakespeare, it uses comics to inform readings of The Faerie Queene, The Tempest, Malory's Morte and more, while employing authors like Ben Johnson to help explain comics by Alan Moore, Jack Kirby, and Grant Morrison and characters like Iron Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, and the Justice League. Scholars of comics, medieval and Renaissance literature alike will find it appealing.