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I haven't run much for kids but my 13 year old daughter is interested in playing, though she's pretty much mature enough to play with adults now. Where is the 'We be Goblins' adventure from?

Bruce

It's free from the Paizo site, it was the Paizo release for Free RPG day.

http://paizo.com/store/games/roleplayingGames/p/pathfinderRPG/paizo/pathfinderModules/v5748btpy8j5w&source=search

Thanks, looks like it might be good for the kids on a rainy day over the summer.

Bruce

Rich,

Pathfinder for kids.

While not exactly being "mature content" as in ultra-violence or overtly sexual, the products from Paizo tend to be aimed at more mature players. In the sense that adventures do not always reward a goodie-two-shoes type of play, and at times provide some decent moral dilemmas.

I have run Hollow's Last Hope twice, with the second iteration over a couple of Big Meets. This is a nice little adventure, with everything to entertain low-level PCs. It starts as a typical wilderness romp and ends with a mini-dungeon. All the basic monsters are there: low CR animals, Kobolds, a couple of undeads.
It is not really dark in itself even if the background actually is: A disease is slowly killing a lot of people in the village of Falcon's Hollow. You may also have to tone down the references to the Lumber Consortium and the near-slavery attached to it. Of course, the corrupt officials, the Halfling magistrate with a dubious sexual orientation, the local brothel with underage prostitutes, etc. can also be put aside if the adventure is to be run for kids.
That being said, most of the aforementioned juicer background is to be found in Crown of the Kobold King which is a natural continuation of a small adventure arc.
This particular adventure arc turns very sinister with Carnival of Tears and to some extent Revenge of the Kobold King.
I strongly advise NOT to run Carnival of Tears for kids!

All these adventures predate the advent of the Pathfinder RPG system thus you may need to make some slight alterations and define the CMB/CMD of some monsters if it comes down to grappling.

Master of the Fallen Fortress is on the other hand far more generic: This is a dungeon, nothing more, nothing less. I have not run it, but read it. The background is far lighter than for Falcon's Hollow as the adventure starts in a very big city, so big that it can technically be ignored! Apart from the easy access to whatever the party can afford of course. Master of the Fallen Fortress is a Pathfinder RPG adventure.

Hollow's Last Hope and Master of the Fallen Fortress are both free and available from the Paizo website.

Adventures for kids in Golarion.

Again, the setting tends to allow for games that cater for the tastes of older people who want a slightly darker edge to their fantasy world. That being said, most low-level adventures from Paizo are very easy on beginners, hence children. Some of their adventures tend to become pretty tough and not always balanced at mid- to high- level: Hello Cult of the Ebon Destroyers!
As usual GMs must read and prepare their adventures before running them, so it would be down to you to tone down, ignore or rewrite the gritty bits.

As for me, I tend to like the Paizo approach and even add to the gruesome and disturbing aspects of the original text to the approval of my players.
Give me a family of incestuous Ogrekins for instance and...

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Laurent,

Cheers Laurent,

something that having a kid has taught me is that they are a lot more robust than we think.

I go by the theory that if they are old enough to ask the question they are old enough for the answer. I found that with the goblins module, they absolutely loved the over the top gore I added.

Obviously applying some common sense is always good for kids, but to handle insest for example, just explain it's when you kiss your brother or sister is normally enough to bring results of 'That's Gross!, Bleurg'

If there's no gore, the kids get bored

master of the fallen fortress is excellent for any age group, i dont know anyone who hasnt enjoyed playing it

into the haunted forest is also a good starter, has good some interaction, and is pretty short.

Cheers John,

sounds like the sort of thing I'm after.
They have short attention spans so it needs to have as much action as possible (the games in we be goblins were perfect for it)

Rich,

Yep, John is right, Into the Haunted Forest is a very short (16 pages like the other two mentioned earlier) and modular adventure. If I recollect, the PCs must gather four items from - of course - four different places, so the adventure is easily breakable into smaller sessions if need be. There is nothing dark or disturbing about the story from what I remember. The end boss reads as a bit tough, although I have never actually run it.

If you are into short adventures, I recommend the use of Pathfinder Society scenarios. These are self-contained adventures of three to five encounters each, they are also tiered (you can add or remove monsters depending on the level of the party). Not all of them are great, in the sense as being a bit pedestrian, but I do not know of any awful one either.

Season 0 scenarios were for D&D 3.5, and the rest for D&D Pathfinder.

I have run a couple of Season 0 adventures at various Big Meet events. John actually plays and run PFS scenarios, thus is better placed to advise you on the suitability of those.

Laurent,

There are three absolute starter mods for PFS due out very soon (ie next week)

http://paizo.com/store/games/roleplayingGames/p/pathfinderRPG/paizo/pathfinderSocietyScenarios/season3/v5748btpy8jor

that and its two sequels

they are FREE!!!!

Perfect.
And my favourite word...FREE