Pathfinder Adventure Path #66: The Dead Heart of Xin (Shattered Star 6 of 6)

96 Pages·2013·26.6 MB·English

by  Brandon Hodge

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword 4
TheD eadH earotfX in 6
byB randHoond ge
NPCG allery 54
byB randHoond ge
ShatteSrteaTdrre asures 58
byB randHoond ge
ContinutihCneag m paign
byA damD aigle
RuneloorfTd hsa ssilon 68
byR obM cCreary
PathfindJeorusr nLiaglh:ot f a D istaSntta ro f66 76
byB iWlalr d
Bestiary 82
byD ennBiask eAr,d amD aigalnedB, r andHoond ge
Preview 92
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