History Awesome / Pathfinder

--> '''Dementrius to his GM''': Aha! This can truly be described as a [[IncrediblyLamePun monumental]] blow, [[DontExplainTheJoke as I've hit her with a]] [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] [[DontExplainTheJoke monument!]]

* Ladies, Gentlemen, and Others, [[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/That_Guy_Destroys_Psionics That Guy (Who) Destroys Psionics]]. Nothing says overpowered like eliminating psionic powers from the multiverse.

** [[Fanfic/Taleofanindustriousrogue The industrious rogue has its own tvtropes page now!]]

* [[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Tale_of_an_Industrious_Rogue,_Part_I The Tale]] [[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Tale_of_an_Industrious_Rogue,_Part_II of an]] [[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Tale_of_an_Industrious_Rogue,_Part_III Industrious Rogue]] starts out with one group finding a portal to the quasielemental plane of salt. The titular rogue, Hassan, decides to capitalize on this infinite amount of salt by starting a salt trade. From that point, the story evolves from Hassan gaining a monopoly on the salt trade to [[spoiler: beginning a multiplanar cartel involving Dao, Night Hags and Denizens of Leng. Hassan and his group later succeed in driving an ''[[EldritchAbomination aboleth]]'' [[HorrifyingTheHorror insane]], bankrupting and overrunning the city of Katapesh, creating a gigantic war between devils and angels that were purified and corrupted respectively by their hand and ultimately engineering an OrbitalBombardment system involving iron golems to wipe out every capital city in Golarion. Eventually, they test this system on Mechitar, opening a fantastic black hole [[NiceJobBreakingItHero that begins to eat all of Golarion.]] In a last ditch effort as [[ApocalypseWow the world begins to collapse around them]], the group rushes to the starstone in order to become gods and survive the impending apocalypse. Only Hassan succeeds, turning into a new god of greed. A story of [[CrossesTheLineTwice audacious depravity]] and [[RuleOfCool utter ingenuity]] if there ever was one.
** [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/Taleofanindustriousrogue The industrious rogue has its own tvtropes page now!]]

[[folder: Pathfinder: Kingmaker Video Game]]
* Attaining the secret ending. It's a ''massive'' GuideDangIt, but damn [[https://youtu.be/87P6Bm5Bq0c?t=3197 is it satisfying]]. To summarize, after informing Nyrissa about what you've learned regarding how curses in the Stolen Lands work, she concocts a plan. You first gain the aid of the other three Eldest - the Lost Prince gives you advice, Magdh the Three gives you a mask the Lantern King had discarded when he was ''far'' younger, and Shyka the Many tells you that it must be done after he's been defeated and [[ThisCannotBe his confidence broken]]. Upon defeating him, Nyrissa informs him that she ''rejects'' his curse, [[LaserGuidedKarma turning the anguish of a thousand fallen kingdoms]] [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard back upon him]], rendering him ''mortal'', and [[CoupDeGrace awaiting your own contribution]].
-->This is all the Lantern King is able to say. You feel a heavy burden, invisible and ominous, lift from your shoulders and dash towards your enemy. An enemy who is now, after Nyrissa's words, mortal and vulnerable.\\
Your curse falls upon the Eldest like a gravestone. The power that was tearing your soul apart, along with the kingdom, [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard now devours him]] -- and faster than one could imagine. The light flashes out. The power fades. A moment later, all you see is a fiery crown, [[KilledOffForReal tumbling to the ground and shattering with a piercing clink]].
** There's something to be said for defeating him outside this ending, too. In that case, you don't have advice from the Eldest, you don't have the tools to for his downfall--you just have yourself, your TrueCompanions, and sheer grit. [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu And you still beat him]]. You can't kill him, but you ''beat'' him, and he's so genuinely surprised and impressed that he offers you a deal on the spot.
* In Pitax, with high enough Persuasion and some good evidence, you can extract promises from almost all of Irovetti's advisors (Stefano requires a Chaotic alignment) to help you when negotiations inevitably fall through. In this case, when he gives the order for his men to attack you, you are treated to the sight of ''every single one of them'' turning on him. Now ''that's'' a revolution.
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[[folder: Pathfinder: Wrath Of The Righteous Video Game]]
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* [[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Tale_of_an_Industrious_Rogue,_Part_I The Tale]] [[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Tale_of_an_Industrious_Rogue,_Part_II of an]] [[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Tale_of_an_Industrious_Rogue,_Part_III Industrious Rogue]] starts out with one group finding a portal to the quasielemental plane of salt. The titular rogue, Hassan, decides to capitalize on this infinite amount of salt by starting a salt trade. From that point, the story evolves from Hassan gaining a monopoly on the salt trade to [[spoiler: beginning a multiplanar cartel involving Dao, Night Hags and Denizens of Leng. Hassan and his group later succeed in driving an ''[[EldritchAbomination aboleth]]'' [[HorrifyingTheHorror insane]], bankrupting and overrunning the city of Katapesh, creating a gigantic war between devils and angels that were purified and corrupted respectively by their hand and ultimately engineering an OrbitalBombardment system involving iron golems to wipe out every capital city in Golarion. Eventually, they test this system on Mechitar, opening a fantastic black hole [[NiceJobBreakingItHero that begins to eat all of Golarion.]] In a last ditch effort as [[ApocalypseWow the world begins to collapse around them]], the group rushes to the starstone in order to become gods and survive the impending apocalypse. Only Hassan succeeds, turning into a new god of greed. A story of [[CrossesTheLineTwice audacious depravity]] and [[RuleOfCool utter ingenuity]] if there ever was one.]]

Sure, {{Player Character}}s are bound to cause AwesomeMoments by default. However, even in Golarion canon, many truly awesome things happen. We're going to cover both.

* The origin story of the iconic [[SummonMagic summ]][[BondCreatures oner]], Balazar. He was about to be thrown into a [[EldritchLocation Void Chasm]], Bleached and presumably killed ForScience, when a voice called to him. It said that if Balazar gave it a form, it would help him. So Balazar imagined what he thought the voice would come from: A strong and serpentine body, powerful talons, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny and a chicken's head because he was getting hungry.]] Cue ''[[YourMindMakesItReal exactly that]]'' leaping out of the chasm and [[BigDamnHeroes unleashing hell.]] The eidolon, which called itself Padrig, pledged its UndyingLoyalty to Balazar, and [[TrueCompanions they've been together ever since.]]

* [[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Tale_of_an_Industrious_Rogue,_Part_I The Tale]] [[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Tale_of_an_Industrious_Rogue,_Part_II of an]] [[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Tale_of_an_Industrious_Rogue,_Part_III Industrious Rogue]] starts out with one group finding a portal to the quasielemental plane of salt. The titular rogue, Hassan, decides to capitalize on this infinite amount of salt by starting a salt trade. From that point, the story evolves from Hassan gaining a monopoly on the salt trade to [[spoiler: beginning a multiplanar cartel involving Dao, Night Hags and Denizens of Leng. Hassan and his group later succeed in driving an ''[[EldritchAbomination aboleth]]'' [[HorrifyingTheHorror insane]], bankrupting and overrunning the city of Katapesh, creating a gigantic war between devils and angels that were purified and corrupted respectively by their hand and ultimately engineering an OrbitalBombardment system involving iron golems to wipe out every capital city in Golarion. Eventually, they test this system on Mechitar, which gradually opens a rift to [[OmnicidalManiac Rovagug]], [[NiceJobBreakingItHero setting it free.]] In a last ditch effort as [[ApocalypseWow the world begins to collapse around them]], the group rushes to the starstone in order to become gods and survive the impending apocalypse. Only Hassan succeeds, turning into a new god of greed. A story of [[CrossesTheLineTwice ridiculous depravity]] and absolute ingenuity if there ever was one.]]

Sure, {{Player Character}}s are bound to cause AwesomeMoments by default. However, the lore of Pathfinder reveals that plenty happen in the stories themselves.

* [[http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2kr3k?Awesome-Moments-in-this-AP#16 This post]] comes from a Rise of the Runelords player who, in an act of desperation, tried to push a giant angel statue [[DeathFromAbove onto the Lamia Matriarch boss.]] While she was flying. And the attack had the chance of [[RocksFallEveryoneDies bringing down the belltower the players were in.]] Not only does he actually hit her, he CRITICALS and kills the lamia matriarch in [[SingleStrokeBattle ONE BLOW.]]