Paizo Top Nav Branding
Welcome, guest! | Sign In | My Account | My Subscriptions | My Downloads | My Wishlists | Shopping Cart   Shopping Cart | Help/FAQ
About Paizo   Messageboards   News   Paizo Blog   Help/FAQ  
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
Pathfinder Society

Pathfinder Beginner Box

Pathfinder Adventure Card Game

Pathfinder Comics

PaizoCon 2013!
Search

Links
Shop
Paizo / Paizo Blog
RSS Facebook Twitter Email

Illustration by Scott Purdy

Kaer Maga

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

It is coming.

James Sutter
Editor

More Paizo Blog. Link. Tags: Kaer Maga, Pathfinder Campaign Setting, Scott Purdy, Varisia, Wallpapers
25 comments.
Facebook Twitter Email
Search Thread
Search this Thread:

Pathfinder Adventure Path, Campaign Setting, Companion, Modules Subscriber

HOLY CRAP.

...I take it this is pre-ten millenia of erosion, right?! Damn. Place is creepier than I thought.

Spoiler:
And my PCs just left their army of followers there while they're traipsing about the Cinderlands. The things they'll see before the party gets back to them...

I had described it to them as being inside one gigantic, half-mile wide hexagonal building as per the description in 7 Swords of Sin. Is this what lay outside those walls, way back when?

Shadow Lodge

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path, Pawns Subscriber

Ummm... ah... Ya know Tirana can just keep the alara'hai. I ain't goin' anywhere that place

Cheliax

Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber

Just like Mt. Rushmore, Cthulhu style.


Holy sphincter failure batman - I almost fell off my chair, that is AWEsome Art work.

Before seeing the picture - brains says yeh Petra like city - might be interesting.

After seeing the picture and cleaning up the puddle of squee and other assorted fluids. I MUST HAVE THIS NOW! - THERE MUST BE AN AP SET THERE NOW!

Pure marketing genius...that picture and little bit of text... well done. I hope that is going to be the cover.


"Looks like a great place for a summer home! And I appreciate the image accompanying this real-estate investment opportunity."


Pathfinder Adventure Path, Tales, Deluxe Comics Subscriber

We.Have.Blog-pic.

YAY!

Andoran

"It's coming straight for us! Shoot it, Ned!"


Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path, Campaign Setting, Companion, Tales, Card Game, Comics, Pawns Subscriber; GameMastery Superscriber

That art work makes me feel odd in a way that if my wife made me feel that way I would be like, "Ooooo that's nice"


Pathfinder Modules Subscriber

Amazing. Major creepy....

Where has this location appeared in before? Mikaze mentioned the mod 7 Swords of Sin...

Shadow Lodge

Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber

Wow! Not at all what I pictured it to be like, but very impressive. I like it.


Pathfinder Adventure Path, Campaign Setting, Companion, Modules Subscriber
Panda40 wrote:

Amazing. Major creepy....

Where has this location appeared in before? Mikaze mentioned the mod 7 Swords of Sin...

It's located in Varisia, a bit north to and in-between Magnimar and Korvosa. It's only been featured specifically in the module Seven Swords of Sin and in one of the fiction pieces(The Pathfinder Journals in the AP volumes). It's also one of the city-states that make up the centers of power in Varisia, but Kaer Maga's influence is simultaneously less(in that it doesn't have outlying holdings like Magnimar and Korvosa) and further-reaching(Kaer Maga draws a LOT of strange folk from far-flung places. It's a haven for outcasts, strange cults, smugglers, and all sorts of unscrupulous types).

It's a very likely locale to turn up for people playing in adventures set in Varisia who do a good bit of travelling. (Being purposefully vague to avoid spoilers, of course)

I thought of it as having a Mos Eisley crossed with Sigil's Great Bazaar, from how it was described in other sources.


I have a new desktop wallpaper :)

President, Jon Brazer Enterprises

I was on the fence about this book ... until just now. SOLD!

Cheliax

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path, Campaign Setting, Companion, Modules Subscriber

Wow. Anyone else getting the impresion that this isent so much built into a cliff as actually floating in the air?

Paizo Employee Senior Editor/Fiction Editor

Mikaze wrote:

HOLY CRAP.

...I take it this is pre-ten millenia of erosion, right?! Damn. Place is creepier than I thought.

I had described it to them as being inside one gigantic, half-mile wide hexagonal building as per the description in 7 Swords of Sin. Is this what lay outside those walls, way back when?

Yes. This is Kaer Maga in it's heyday (or rather, one of them... this city is OLD), though it probably has many of the same features now, even with erosion. The giant hexagon description is accurate as well, though - you're looking at it from the cliff side, so you're seeing all the towers of Highside Stacks, which break up the uniformity. Though the other sides of the city are similarly carved with windows and doors at every level, the walls are a lot flatter and more uniform in their shape.

As for those awesome carvings on the cliff... well, there's a lot about those in here, and you might just find out more about them in the upcoming Pathfinder Module The Godsmouth Heresy....

Spoiler:

Uh... and by all of that, I meant to say:

It is still coming.

Paizo Employee Senior Editor/Fiction Editor

Mikaze wrote:


I thought of it as having a Mos Eisley crossed with Sigil's Great Bazaar, from how it was described in other sources.

Yes!

Paizo Employee Developer

More!

Now!

:)

Andoran

Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber

Nice.

Paizo Employee Editor

The creepiness of the cover art for Kaer Maga is so beautifully appropriate for the content - I'm so excited to see the laid out copy with all the interior art!

Cheliax

Mikaze wrote:
Panda40 wrote:

Amazing. Major creepy....

Where has this location appeared in before? Mikaze mentioned the mod 7 Swords of Sin...

It's located in Varisia, a bit north to and in-between Magnimar and Korvosa. It's only been featured specifically in the module Seven Swords of Sin and in one of the fiction pieces(The Pathfinder Journals in the AP volumes). It's also one of the city-states that make up the centers of power in Varisia, but Kaer Maga's influence is simultaneously less(in that it doesn't have outlying holdings like Magnimar and Korvosa) and further-reaching(Kaer Maga draws a LOT of strange folk from far-flung places. It's a haven for outcasts, strange cults, smugglers, and all sorts of unscrupulous types).

It's a very likely locale to turn up for people playing in adventures set in Varisia who do a good bit of travelling. (Being purposefully vague to avoid spoilers, of course)

I thought of it as having a Mos Eisley crossed with Sigil's Great Bazaar, from how it was described in other sources.

It also briefly is featured in book 4 of Curse of the Crimson Throne. More of a stop off on your way to reaching somewhere else.

President, Jon Brazer Enterprises

Judy Bauer wrote:
The creepiness of the cover art for Kaer Maga is so beautifully appropriate for the content - I'm so excited to see the laid out copy with all the interior art!

Can we see?!? Can we see?!?

Paizo Employee Senior Editor/Fiction Editor

For the record, that picture is not the cover art... that's just one illustration from the book. One of many. :D

Cheliax

Love it. I'm going to steal this image for my Scarred Land game. It is the perfect look for Glivid-Autel.

Andoran

Pathfinder Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Deluxe Comics Subscriber

Add me to the list of people that are looking forward to this. :)

Osirion

David Fryer wrote:
Love it. I'm going to steal this image for my Scarred Land game. It is the perfect look for Glivid-Autel.

Oh, it really is, since the city is described as being up on a mesa! Nice!

Paizo / Messageboards / Paizo Publishing / Pathfinder® / Pathfinder Campaign Setting / Pathfinder Campaign Setting Products / Paizo Blog: Kaer Maga All Messageboards

Want to post a reply? Sign in.

Recent threads in Pathfinder Campaign Setting Products

Paizo Blog: First World Problems
Messageboards

3e and Pathfinder, faulty assumptions by developers., by Steve Geddes

Pathfinder Battles: Skull & Shackles Gargantuan Skeletal Dragon, by gbonehead

False factoids, by Little Skylark

Attacking armor with disintigrate, by wraithstrike

Is there any way to get greater trip..., by elgabalawi

How to self motivate?, by Little Skylark

Deep 6 FaWtL, by Celestial Healer

How versatile can a character become?, by Wurner

Non-monetary treasure and resale value, by Gwaihir Scout

The Catastrophic Problems with Server-Wide Auction Houses, by Gloreindl

Online Campaigns

Baldwin the Merciful's, CoT Campaign, by Gerard Nisroc

Gamethread : CoT, by baldwin the merciful

Post Apocthulhu Pathfinder RAW Discussion, by Michael Johnson 66

PFS PbP First Steps - Part 3: A Vision of Betrayal Discussion, by Eli Xaviez

Aardvark's "To What Depths Would You Go For Freedom?" S&S Campaign, by Aardvark DM

Rise of the Runelords - Pathfinder Society, by GM-JCServant

Tales of Agartha: The Avalon Chronicles Discussion Thread, by Jess Messel

PFS PbP First Steps - Part 3: A Vision of Betrayal, by Eli Xaviez

The Legacy of Fire Gameplay Thread!, by Apollo Randasian

DM Bigrin's Second Darkness, by Calumny "Calla" Tas'vere

Paizo Blog

First World Problems,

Pathfinder Battles Preview: Devils of the Sea,

Ultimate Campaign: WAR! What is it Good For?,

Stargazer,

Put on Your Sneaking Shoes,

Store Blog

Cold Blows the Wind!,

Show Me Your WAR Face!,

Live the Life Aquatic for Your Next Pathfinder Game!,

I'm Going On An Adventure!,

Oldies but Goodies!,

Sign up for our weekly store newsletter

News

Paizo Publishing and Offworld Designs Partner to Create Official Apparel for the Pathfinder RPG ,

Pathfinder Vol. 1: Dark Waters Rising Hardcover Graphic Novel Coming in May from Dynamite Entertainment,

Author Chris A. Jackson's Latest Novel, Pirate's Honor, Out Now!,

Acclaimed Pathfinder Comics #6 Available Now,

James L. Sutter's Acclaimed Novel Death's Heretic Receives Origins Award Nomination,



©2002–2013 Paizo Publishing, LLC®. Need help? Email customer.service@paizo.com or call 425-250-0800 during our business hours: Monday–Friday, 10 AM–5 PM Pacific Time. View our privacy policy. Paizo Publishing, LLC, Paizo, the Paizo golem logo, Pathfinder, the Pathfinder logo, Pathfinder Society, GameMastery, and Planet Stories are registered trademarks of Paizo Publishing, LLC, and Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Campaign Setting, Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, Pathfinder Player Companion, Pathfinder Modules, Pathfinder Tales, Pathfinder Battles, Pathfinder Online, PaizoCon, RPG Superstar, The Golem's Got It, Titanic Games, the Titanic logo, and the Planet Stories planet logo are trademarks of Paizo Publishing, LLC. Dungeons & Dragons, Dragon, Dungeon, and Polyhedron are registered trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., and have been used by Paizo Publishing under license. Most product names are trademarks owned or used under license by the companies that publish those products; use of such names without mention of trademark status should not be construed as a challenge to such status.