Art of the Planes

Thursday, July 5, 2018

In previous blogs, we've talked about some of the lore and game content in Pathfinder RPG Planar Adventures, but since so many people have the book in their hands already and the forums are abuzz of what folks are discovering within, for this blog I wanted to show off some of the art.

Amiri, Kyra, and Merisiel fight a rift dragon in Elysium.
Illustration by Setiawan Lie

If you don’t have plane shift handy, sometimes you have to pay the boatman to get around the Great Beyond.
Illustration by Setiawan Lie

Travelers to the Dreamlands report descending a long spiral stair that deposits them out the side of an immense tree into the Enchanted Forest.
Illustration by Fabio Gorla

On the rare instances where one finds a way to the Akashic Record, they likely end up in a “reading room” like this.
Illustration by Fabio Gorla

Adam Daigle
Managing Developer

Monsters from Beyond

Tuesday June 26, 2018

Illustration by Setiawan Lie

Around here it's no secret that I like monsters. Some could say that monsters are one of the biggest reasons I have a desk in this office. Monsters are not only foes for player characters to fight in Pathfinder, they also help tell stories, particularly stories beyond mortal ability or understanding.

Some monsters have an intrinsic connection to places, things, or philosophical concepts, and no type of monster possesses these qualities more than outsiders. Even though Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Planar Adventures is a book about the planes and it's inhabitants, there are more monster types than just outsiders in the books' bestiary chapter. In Planar Adventures' bestiary you can find an aberration, an ooze, a couple of plants, a monstrous humanoid, in addition to a selection of outsiders that needed new members of their families.

You know what? Why don't I end this little blog with a list of what you'll find in Planar Adventures.

Monster List

Aphorite* CR 1/2 LN Mediuim outsider (native)
Archon, Bastion CR 20 LG Huge outsider (archon, extraplanar, good, lawful)
Argent Warden CR 8 LG Medium construct (extraplanar)
Cynosoma CR 12 CG Medium outsider (chaotic, etraplanar, good)
Duskwalker* CR 1/2 N Medium outsider (native)
Empusa CR 13 CN Medium outsider (chaotic, extraplanar, shapechanger)
Etheroot CR 8 N Large plant (extraplanar)
Ganzi* CR 1/2 CN Medium outsider (native)
Inevitable, Novenarut CR 4 LN Medium outsider (extraplanar, inevitable, lawful)
Inevitable, Valharut CR 11 LN Medium outsider (extraplanar, inevitable, lawful)
Irii CR 19 LN or CN Medium outsider (extraplanar, shapechanger)
Leviathan CR 30 N Colossal magical beast (water)
MoonHag CR 7 CE Medium monstrous humanoid (extraplanar)
Roseling CR 7 NG Small plant (extraplanar, shapechanger)
SapphireOoze CR 2 CG Medium ooze (extraplanar, shapechanger)
Sirrush CR 21 NG Gargantuan dragon (extraplanar, good)
Watcher CR 22 LN Gargantuan outsider
Whyrlish CR 15 N Huge aberration (extraplanar)
Wisagatcak CR 14 LE Small outsider (evil, extraplanar, lawful)
Wrackworm CR 20 CE Colossal outsider (chaotic, evil, extraplanar)
Xiomorn CR 20/MR 8 LN Medium outsider (earth, elemental, extraplanar, mythic)
* Denotes player race

Go out and get your hands on Pathfinder RPG Planar Adventures now!

Adam Daigle
Managing Developer

Wander The Planes!

Thursday, May 31, 2018

There is more to the universe than where most adventurers tread. Beyond the Material Plane lies countless worlds and near infinite planes of reality, where a countless variety of beings play out their lives, many indebted to the cosmic forces of their home plane.

Readers have been eager for more information on the planes beyond what was provided in Pathfinder Campaign Setting: The Great Beyond and the small amount of planar material spread throughout other books and adventures. The call for a hardcover book on the planes was heard and now you can have Pathfinder RPG Planar Adventures in your hands in just a few weeks.

Illustration by Setiawan Lie

Illustration by Fabio Gorla

In addition to exploration of the various planes, demiplanes, and dimensions that make up the cosmology of the setting, Pathfinder RPG Planar Adventures also provides plenty of options for player characters. There are a dozen archetypes, including things like the azatariel swashbuckler archetype, the portal seeker investigator archetype, and the soul warden spiritualist archetype. The remainder of the first chapter also has a few dozen feats, a couple dozen spells and a slew of magic items. The bestiary chapter for Planar Adventures contains nearly two dozen creatures, including three races player characters can select: ganzi, duskwalker, and aphorites.

One last thing, you can expand on the gazetteer information in this book with Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Distant Realms, which also comes out this month and presents expanded gazetteers on six planar cities discussed in Planar Adventures.

Illustrations by Vlada Hladkova

We'll bring you some more teasers and some behind-the-scenes looks at Planar Adventures as we get closer to release, so stay tuned!

Adam Daigle
Managing Developer