RoSE Campaign Primer

# Campaign Primer

The least-understood of Golarion's continents (and also its smallest), Sarusan is located in a trackless sea south of Tian Xia's Valashmai peninsula. Far from the trade winds, all available information on Sarusan comes from ancient accounts, because no modern expedition has successfully returned after journeying there. According to these stories, Sarusan is completely alien from the modern world. It is said to be a diverse land, containing dense jungles, expansive plains, and harsh deserts.

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This is the record of the most recent expedition to this untamed continent and the stories of the adventurers who joined the expedition.

## The Story So Far

The Sarusan expedition is a combination of scientific and adventuring communities situated on the edge of a vast, and entirely unknown, continent. Financed by the Pathfinder Society, as well as an independent investor, and staffed by people from all different walks of life, characters are on the opposite side of the world from their homelands, cut off from immediate access to most.

Perhaps your character was drawn to a vast and unknown land and the legends of an expedition lost two decades ago, or perhaps they had family that left on that fateful day and wish to find out what happened to them. Maybe you’re running from the past, or clearing a path to your future.  Maybe, just maybe, you believe in the ideals of the Pathfinder Society, or perhaps you’re in this for yourself.

All of these, and more, left Absalom aboard a small fleet of ships some moons ago, with supplies, crew, nerves, and the wind in their sails.

Now with land - and a small city - on the horizon, the expedition leader has ordered the ships to make way to the eastern coast, and told the passengers and crew to prepare themselves for landfall.  Unfortunately, while the tools of many trades were brought along, there is only so much that can be done in such confined spaces.

## Current Expedition Status

The crew and passengers of the expedition are still based out of the ship, and have not had time to set up base camp or make long-term preparations for their stay.

### The Expedition is currently a level 0 settlement.

* Practically, this means that the only things you can purchase once character creation is completed are level 0 items - everything else must have been brought with you (purchased during character creation).
* The Expedition currently has enough food to provide for its members.

### There are currently no workshops, businesses, or housing currently prepared for use.

* You cannot craft anything without having access to the toolkit from your own inventory or that of a friendly PC.
* You cannot research any crafting formulas; any you gain must be learned through exploration.
* Materials are scarce; any material, aside from those that can be directly gathered from the land around the settlement (water, sand, wood, stone) that is not being used to maintain equipment is considered Rare and must be collected during a quest.

### Suggested Skills and Feats

The Pathfinder Society expects its Sarusan Expedition to last for quite some time, stretching from months and into years, and specifically requested potential adventurers and recruits

## RoSE and Colonialism

RoSE has an absolutely undeniable relationship with themes of colonialism, and with the real-life history of various empires, as well as the current effects on indigenous peoples it still has to this day, it’s impossible to understate how important it is that this be handled respectfully, and with care. Keep this in mind when playing.

While individual characters can have their own reasons for traveling across the sea to an unknown land, the Pathfinder Society is primarily a research-focused organization, and will not tolerate any destruction or disrespect to native populations that they’re made aware of.