人物窍门
你即将开始一场史诗般的冒险 - 但你应该如何准备？设计破碎虚星的角色时，需要注意以下几点。开拓者: 这个战役假定PC是Pathfinders玩家. 除了以下的战役背景，资源如Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Pathfinder Society Field Guide and Pathfinder CampaignSetting: Seekers of Secrets 可以帮助你充实你的人物。
废墟寻宝者:
这场战役将带你见识一些古老的地下城。知识（历史）和昏暗视觉或黑暗视觉可能派上用场。依赖于动物同伴或坐骑的职业可能会发现大型生物在紧密的地下通道中是一种负担。如果你还是要参加，可以考虑用动物伙伴交换其他能力。或者在中体型的条件下可以更好的探险，但破碎虚星远远不是一个地牢探险战役，然而，在城市，沼泽等还有更加精彩丰富的冒险等着你。
无情的对手:
破碎虚星冒险之路包含一大堆经典怪物,所以随时准备好！你会面对许多不的生物类型-从害虫,类人动物和低水平到高级别的巨人,不死生物,构装,畸变和邪恶的异界生物。
精神上的续集:
此战役是在发生了其他的冒险经历之后发生的。在破碎虚星中访问的地点几乎是PF的“冒险之路”中尚未被探索的地方，因此，为新面孔，敌人和角色做好准备 - 不要重复！.
瑟西隆:
古代瑟西隆是这个战役的主要元素，所以对研究（或研究瑟西隆魔法，如开拓者战役设定：内海魔法）第17页）可能会特别有趣。
原文The options in this guide help tie characters to the
Pathf inders and the city of Magnimar. Regardless of the
manner in which the PCs come to travel across Varisia,
this Adventure Path considers the character’s home base
to be Magnimar in general, and Heidmarch Manor in
particular. For greater detail on the wilds of Varisia,
see Pathfinder Player’s Companion: Varisia, Birthplace of
Legends as well as the Rise of the Runelords Player’s Guide,
which includes a player-friendly gazetteer of Varisia.
The following considerations and campaign traits are
customized for the Shattered Star Adventure Path. These
hints, suggestions, and character options are designed to
help players create characters perfectly suited to jumping
right into the action and excelling over the course of this
deadly campaign.
character tips
You’re about to embark on an epic adventure—but how
should you prepare? Below are several things to keep in
mind while designing characters for Shattered Star.
Pathfinders: This Adventure Path presumes the PCs
are Pathf inders. In addition to the following campaign
traits, resources like Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Pathfinder
Society Field Guide and Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Seekers
of Secrets can help you f lesh out your character.
Ruins Explorer: This campaign will take you through
a number of ancient dungeons. Knowledge (history) and
racial low-light vision or darkvision might come in handy.
Classes that rely on animal companions or mounts might
find Large creatures a liability in tight underground
corridors. If you’re going to play such a class, consider an
archetype that trades in your animal for other abilities,
or playing a Small race whose Medium mounts work
better in such conditions. Shattered Star is far from being
exclusively a dungeon-crawl campaign, however—there
will also be significant amounts of travel and exploration
into urban and swamp environments.
Ruthless Rivals: The Shattered Star Adventure Path
features a grab bag of classic monsters, so be ready for
anything! You’ll face many different creature types—
from vermin, humanoids, and fey at low levels to giants,
undead, constructs, aberrations, and evil outsiders at
higher levels.
Spiritual Sequel: This campaign takes place after
the events of other Adventure Paths set in Varisia. The
locations visited in Shattered Star are almost all areas yet
to be explored in Pathf inder Adventure Paths, though, so
be prepared for new faces, foes, and f ights—not repeats!
Thassilon: Ancient Thassilon is a major element of
this campaign, so a character interested in research
(or studying Thassilonian magic, as presented
on page 17 of Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Sea
Magic) might be particularly fun.
战役背景
以下的战役特征将人物与破碎虚星冒险之路联系起来。为这项战役而设计的人物应该计划成为伟迹城的居民或新移民。他们也应该是开拓者协会的成员，或者是那些有兴趣参加当地的开拓者分会的成员。
雪白弃儿:
你是伟迹城最富有的家庭中的一员……或者更确切地说，你曾经是。一场阴谋让你失去了所有权利，还被剥夺了继承权。现在，你希望远离城市去创造财富，为了去羞辱你以前的仇人，你进入了开拓者协会。尽管你流亡在外，你的名字仍然在伟迹城里有相当大的分量，你在城里时，交涉和恐吓上获得了+1的背景加值，另外，你开始获得一套贵族的服装，你获得一个图章戒指，和一个额外的而价值不超过200gp的非魔法物品。
你的姓可能Derexhi,Kaddren,Mindurian，Niroden,Scarnetti,Valdemar,Vanderale，或Versade (但可能你的选择是另一个;查看PF战役设定:伟迹城，纪念碑市City of Monuments).
前斯克扎尼:
虽然你被提升为伟迹城的各种各样的斯克扎尼帮派的成员，但你永远不会和你的其他定居的大都会弟兄们混在一起。开拓者协会特别认识到您作为未来伙伴的旅行潜力，而且在不止一次的场合，你用你的智慧和技巧给他们的经纪人留下了深刻的印象。多年来，你失去了对斯克扎尼的喜爱，最终放弃了变成追求简单的盗贼的兴趣，尽管你还记得你的前辈教你的经验。你在虚张声势检定中获得一个+2背景加值以传递隐藏的信息。此外，任何时候你带来致命一击，你造成伤害的额外1d6点。
交换生:
虽然你是伟迹城的新人，但你并不是一个天真的陌生人。你小时被开拓者协会派遣到分会，通过亲身体验，了解更多关于瓦瑞西亚的知识。抵达后，您向伟迹城旅馆报告，并将您的专业知识作用于冒险之中。要想在遥远的土地上展现你的经验，你可以选择其他瓦瑞西亚国家作为你的家乡并获得这个国家的语言作为奖励语言(查阅开拓者战役设定内海指导 )。此外，选择以下技能之一驯养动物，知识（地理），语言学或生存。您可以在使用此技能的检定上获得+1背景加值，并且始终是您的一个专职技能。
纪念碑学者:
当你还是一名孩童之时，伟迹城的古纪念碑就吸引着你。你一直迷恋着研究这些圣物，加入探险者协会能够让你更进一步研究，满足你对知识的渴求。虽然你对真实的遗迹传言和历史所知甚少，但这并不影响你广泛而全面的吸收一切知识。你对瓦瑞西亚的知识（历史）技能检定得到+1背景加值，因为你熟悉这里的历史。如果是关于伟迹城的历史，该加值变成+2。额外的，当你在接受伟迹城的纪念碑的魔力灌输时，你为此而进行的技能检定得到+2背景加值（查阅Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Magnimar, City of Monuments来获得更多信息）。
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campaiGn traits
The following campaign traits
tie characters to the Shattered Star
Adventure Path. Characters designed
for this campaign should plan to be
residents or new arrivals to the city of
Magnimar. They should also either
be members of the Pathfinder Society
or nonmembers who have an interest in joining up at
the local Pathfinder lodge.
Alabaster Outcast: You are a member of one of
Magnimar’s wealthiest families... or rather, you used
to be. A falling-out left you disowned and disinherited.
Now you hope to get away from the city and f ind fortune
enough to shame your former kinsfolk—goals which led
you to the Pathf inder Society. Despite your exile, your
name still carries considerable weight in Magnimar, and
you gain a +1 trait bonus on Diplomacy and Intimidate
checks made within the city. Additionally, you start play
with a noble’s outf it, a signet ring, and a single additional
nonmagical item worth no more than 200 gp. Your
last name is probably Derexhi, Kaddren, Mindurian,
Niroden, Scarnetti, Valdemar, Vanderale, or Versade (but
may be another of your choosing; see Pathfinder Campaign
Setting: Magnimar, City of Monuments).
Ex-Sczarni : Though you were raised as a member of
one of Magnimar’s various Sczarni gangs, you never f it
in with the rest of your settled, metropolitan brethren.
The Pathf inder Society in particular recognized your
wanderlust and potential as an agent, and on more
than one occasion you impressed or bamboozled
their agents with your street smarts and f inesse. Over
the years, you fell out of favor with the Sczarni, and
eventually left to pursue interests outside of simple
banditry, though you still remember the lessons your
criminal relations taught you. You gain a +2 trait bonus
on Bluff checks to pass hidden messages. Also, anytime
you deliver a coup de grace, you deal an additional 1d6
points of damage.
Exchange Agent: Although you’re a relative newcomer
to Magnimar, you’re not some naive stranger. You’ve been
sent by the Pathf inder Society lodge in your home country
to learn more about Varisia by experiencing the frontier
f irsthand. After arriving, you reported to the Magnimar
lodge and placed your expertise at the venture-captain’s
disposal. To represent your experience in distant lands,
choose a country other than Varisia as your homeland
and gain one of the languages spoken in that country as
a bonus language (see Pathfinder Campaign Setting: The
Inner Sea World Guide). Additionally, choose one of
the following skills: Handle Animal,
Knowledge (geography), Linguistics,
or Survival. You gain a +1 trait bonus
on checks made with this skill and it is
always a class skill for you.