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Elves of Golarion

Friday, August 29, 2008

The second Pathfinder Companion is off to the printer! Elves of Golarion is filled with all sorts of information about one of the most popular races in the game; everything from details on the elven nation of Kyonin to magical food to elven PC Character Traits, and more! We'll have a bit more information to show off in the coming weeks, but for now, check out Ben Wootten's awesome cover for the book, wherein lovely Merisiel (and a few of her friends) give a band of bugbears a proper elven welcome to the woods.

James Jacobs
Pathfinder Editor-in-Chief

The Birth of Bugbears

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

What horrors and fearsome bogeymen await in Classic Monsters Revisited? Among the creatures presented in that savage-filled volume are the cunning and fear-mongering bugbears. And what spawned these foul creatures? Read on, gentle readers, and quake in fear!

"Bugbears are the loners of goblinkind. One creation myth claims the first bugbears were born to goblin parents, but emerged from the womb covered in shaggy fur. They soon proved far different from their kin, delighting in terrorizing other children and eventually murdering several members of the tribe, until they were cast out to wander aimlessly forever alone. Some skulked in the shadows surrounding their parents' communities and preyed on their own, savoring the fear. On occasion, adventurers discover goblinoid settlements reduced to ghost towns. Some whisper that such places are laid to waste when a family in the tribe birthed a bugbear and it hunted them to the last."
—Classic Monsters Revisited

Mike McArtor
Editor

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