Mask of the Pirate Queen: Act 3: Prepare for Boarders
Edge: Season 2: Episode 2: Mask of the Pirate Queen: Act 2: Going to Ground
Pursue a criminal mastermind across the galaxy in Mask of the Pirate Queen, an adventure for the Star Wars®: Edge of the Empire™ roleplaying game! A powerful smuggling operation has placed a tremendous bounty on the head of the so-called Pirate Queen. In hunting this bounty you and your colleagues will explore the prosperous shadowport of Ord Mantell, fight an intense interstellar fleet battle, and discover the dangerous underworld sport of pit fighting. You never know where you’ll find the Pirate Queen- or what you might encounter in the search. Within this book’s 96 pages you’ll find complete gazetteers for Ord Mantell and the oasis world of Saleucami, full-color illustrations, numerous new adversaries, and plentiful tips to help Game Masters easily run the adventure. A complete adventure in itself, Mask of the Pirate Queen can be easily integrated into an ongoing Edge of the Empire™ campaign or used as the launching point for a series of smuggling, spying, or bounty hunting escapades.
Expand the Adventure
Prepping the Adventure
Read the Module
When reading the Mask of the Pirate Queen the Game Master is encouraged to read all of Mask of the Pirate Queen not just Act 3: Prepare for Boarders.
Other Rules to Consider
Review Player Adventure Logs
Mask of the Pirate Queen: Act 1: Search on Saleucami: The Game Master is encouraged to ask if any players have played in Act 1 of Mask of the Pirate Queen to give them an idea on how the adventure concluded for the players and how it affects Act 2.At the start of the game session before play a Game Master should ask players if they can see their adventure logs. This will help you make adjustments to your story to consider what the players have done before.
Mask of the Pirate Queen: Act 2: Going to Ground: The Game Master is encouraged to ask if any players have played in Act 2 of Mask of the Pirate Queen to give them an idea on how the adventure concluded for the players and how it affects Act 3.
How to Introduce the Characters
Continuing the Story: Players who have already completed Mask of the Pirate Queen Act 1: Search on Saleucami should already be introduced to the story.
Adding new players to the Story: It is really simple to add new players to this story as the Zann Consortium has an open Bounty out for the Pirate Queen and new players can be joining in on the Bounty.
Mission Objectives
- Get to the Battle before it is over
- Board the Renegade’s Blood
- Capture the Bridge
- Kill or Capture the Pirate Queen
Ways to Expand the Adventure
Coming Soon….
Recommended Next Adventures to Run
Edge: Season 2: Episode 4: Black Sun Rising
Prepare for Boarders Story Rewards
Story Elements are to be documented on the Player Character’s Adventure Logs as proof of what story elements they have completed during game play.
Did the PCs take Revah, the Decoy Pirate Queen’s offer and pay the PCs to allow her to escape? Or did the PCs capture or kill Revah?
NPC / Adversaries
Helpful Tools / Adventure Handouts
Player Rewards
XP Rewards
| Objective Complete | XP Earned |
| Helping JR-12 if it was damaged by the Sorority saboteurs | 5 xp |
| Shooting down one or more Sorority spacecraft during the battle | 5 xp |
| Overcoming the Sorority bridge crew and defeating Queen Noira | 5 – 10 xp |
| Preventing the toxin from killing Noira | 5 xp |
| Capturing Venlana on Porel’s behalf | 5 xp |
| Additional Encounters | 5 xp |
| Good Roleplaying | 1 – 5 xp |
Equipment Rewards
