Adventure Path

Adventure Paths are serial adventures for the "Dungeons & Dragons" roleplaying game. Though originally applied to the series of Third Edition modules beginning with "The Sunless Citadel", the phrase has more recently come to apply nearly exclusively to several lengthy series, each consisting of 11-12 installments, published sequentially in "Dungeon" magazine. In 2007, Paizo Publishing attempted to trademark the term "Adventure Path," but the US Patent & Trademark Office determined that it was too generic for protection.

Background

Typically set in the "Greyhawk" campaign setting, the "Dungeon" adventure paths to date are:

* "Shackled City"
* "Age of Worms"
* "Savage Tide"

"Shackled City" is also available as a hardcover book, and both "Dungeon" publisher (previously editor-in-chief) Erik Mona and current editor-in-chief James Jacobs have repeatedly expressed a desire to do a similar collection of "Age of Worms" and, in the further future, "Savage Tide" and its eventual successors. However, this is subject to approval from Wizards of the Coast, which has not been received to date. [cite web | url=http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboards/dungeon/ageOfWorms/dungeonsDragonsTheAgeOfWormsAdventurePathHardcover&page=1 | title=Dungeons & Dragons: The Age of Worms Adventure Path Hardcover | author=Mona, Erik, et al. |date=2006-01-28 | publisher=Paizo.com]

Both the "Age of Worms" and "Savage Tide" Adventure Paths were supported with articles in "Dungeon"'s sister publication "Dragon", entitled "Wormfood" and "Savage Tidings" respectively.

Future

With the transference of "Dragon" and "Dungeon" back to Wizards of the Coast, Paizo is continuing the Adventure Path concept in their new monthly publication, "Pathfinder". Wizards of the Coast is continuing the Adventure Path concept in the monthly online "Dragon" and "Dungeon" publications.

Pathfinder Adventure Paths

* "Rise of the Runelords"
* "Curse of the Crimson Throne"
* "Second Darkness"
* "Legacy of Fire"

Dungeon Adventure Paths

* "Scales of War"

Notes