I cannot recommend this enough. Anyone looking for an ancient Egyptian-styled setting or something to add to one they already have would be well-served by checking this out.

You gnoll lovers out there(you know who you are) are in for a treat too.

I swear these sales are starting to hurt me.

hmmm...could be some good stuff for Osirion or any land with Egyptian flavor....

gnolls instead of orcs . cool

Another nice Egypt flavoured recommendation is "Necropolis" by Gary Gygax himself (r.i.p.), published by Necromancer Games.

It's 3e, published in 2002 and probably hard to get in print. But there are some sites offering the pdf version (e.g. here, unfortunately Paizo doesn't seem to offer pdfs of Necromancer Games).

Cheers,
Günther

Wil this work with Orision in Pathfinder?

I really want to get my hands on a copy of this product. It never showed up in my FLGS. For some reason, Green Ronin products haven't done very well here in Edmonton, except for Mutants & Masterminds.

I really want to get my hands on a copy of this product. It never showed up in my FLGS. For some reason, Green Ronin products haven't done very well here in Edmonton, except for Mutants & Masterminds.

We have it for sale here at a big discount. If I remember correctly, you can get it for $5! While supplies last, of course. :)

-Lisa

Knightfall1972 wrote:

I really want to get my hands on a copy of this product. It never showed up in my FLGS. For some reason, Green Ronin products haven't done very well here in Edmonton, except for Mutants & Masterminds.

We have it for sale here at a big discount. If I remember correctly, you can get it for $5! While supplies last, of course. :)

-Lisa

Hmm should have ordered another couple copies for storage. I have one on PDF one in my 'undelivered Christmas Gifts pile' and another still in shrink wrap.

I bought it a while ago in paizos sale, and haven´t read it thoroughly yet, so my impressions might change. That´s the reason I post it here and not as a review, and I might be in error in some parts.

It contains three books, and a color map. The three books are a sort of "egyptian d20" in a nutshell, the first being a players handbook of sorts, with PC races (a kind of gnoll included), classes, which are base classes refitted to the setting, skills, feats and spells. The races and classes get egyptian names for the flavor. The second book seems to be a gazetteer, I hope with a lot of adventure ideas, having only browsed it to date. The third is a DM´s guide, with prestige classes, magic items and monsters. The map is basically a map of Egypt with fancy new names given to the real-world places.

Overall, the authors strive to create a feeling for the setting by using a lot of egyptian names and themes in the three books, while staying close to the normal rules to make it easily usable. This is quite difficult given the exotic topic, and from browsing the book, they accomplish what they strive for quite good. Maybe the players handbook could have done with a little less reprinting of common rule items (e.g. for the classes), and the usage of fanciful new names on a map of Egypt seems not convincing to me (that is easily changed, however), but overall it is a good, solid product achieving its aims. I would recommend it for all those interested in an egyptian setting from what I´ve seen so far.

Stefan

I will use a lot of crunch and ideas from Hamunaptra for my Osirion Campaign.
For the sale price it is a MUST BUY for all who like egyptian flavor.

Another Item I can only recommend is Necromancers "Necropolis". Written by EGG himself this is a mini campaign setting with a deadly adventure.

Wil this work with Orision in Pathfinder?

With some modification, it would work very well in an alternate Osirion.

You could refluff Hamunaptra's gnoll race as a sort of subrace of "purified" gnolls serving Pharasma. No end of drama between them and Lamashtu's faithful over that.

Thinking about it further, if you want an Osirion that has the other races more integrated into the culture, it's well worth checking out.

Seriously guys, it's an awesome box if you're into Egyptian fantasy.

I also purchased this at the sale price. Although I have not received it as of yet (shipping out with Augusts subscriptions), for 5 bucks, I felt it was worth it for spells and magic items my players might not have ever seen before.

I picked this up recently and enjoyed my initial leaf-through. I would scoop this up if you're interested in Egyptian adventures. I see this combining easily for one's home game in Orsirion in Golarion, or meshing well with Gary Gygax's Necropolis—I belive that has a lot of Egyptian mythos and mileu-related greatness in it.

And, for $5.00 you really cannot go wrong with this one. The writing is very smart, and the material is very rich. (Again, only if you already want Egyptian material, and if so - here it is.)

Lovely stuff and solid design. Useful for playing in Mulhorrand, Osirion, or any Egyptian flavored campaign setting. Since I run a 3.5 / Pathfinder based Planescape game I found it extremely useful.

I purchased this boxed set as well as the Osirion PDF for a home-brew Pathfinder campaign.

This setting is AMAZING! Extremely well-written and packed with useful ideas that you can cherry pick into your own setting of choice.

I purchased this boxed set as well as the Osirion PDF for a home-brew Pathfinder campaign.

This setting is AMAZING! Extremely well-written and packed with useful ideas that you can cherry pick into your own setting of choice.

*nods* You might want to do some searching on the Arcana Evolved races in Golarion, to fit the Apnu in. I use 'em, but they're Gnolls who've turned away from Lamashtu and been 'redeemed'

I'm amazed they still have some of these left. It's a great product, and $5 is a steal. Hell, the cover art by James Ryman for the boxed set is worth that.

I'm amazed they still have some of these left. It's a great product, and $5 is a steal. Hell, the cover art by James Ryman for the boxed set is worth that.

I know, I am thinking of ordering more.

Ben Asaro wrote:

I purchased this boxed set as well as the Osirion PDF for a home-brew Pathfinder campaign.

This setting is AMAZING! Extremely well-written and packed with useful ideas that you can cherry pick into your own setting of choice.

*nods* You might want to do some searching on the Arcana Evolved races in Golarion, to fit the Apnu in. I use 'em, but they're Gnolls who've turned away from Lamashtu and been 'redeemed'

They would make an excellent counterpoint to the Unchosen (PF #20).

Love this stuff. Gnomes that worship Set? How could I not?

I'm amazed they still have some of these left. It's a great product, and $5 is a steal. Hell, the cover art by James Ryman for the boxed set is worth that.

Me too! However, we are running out rapidly. Not sure how much longer this great deal will stay in stock. It is a hefty, beautiful box set. And once it is gone...

-Lisa

Hmm, I bought the PDF, the boxed set, another boxed set (first one was lost in the move) and have another boxed set still in shrink wrap if that's any indication of how impressed I was by this set.

And no one has written a review of it here?

Ben Asaro wrote:

I purchased this boxed set as well as the Osirion PDF for a home-brew Pathfinder campaign.

This setting is AMAZING! Extremely well-written and packed with useful ideas that you can cherry pick into your own setting of choice.

*nods* You might want to do some searching on the Arcana Evolved races in Golarion, to fit the Apnu in. I use 'em, but they're Gnolls who've turned away from Lamashtu and been 'redeemed'

Thanks for the heads up! :)

And no one has written a review of it here?

Suddenly I can see that there is one old review--don't know how I missed it, but thanks to Matthew for writing it.

Mairkurion {tm} wrote:

And no one has written a review of it here?

Suddenly I can see that there is one old review--don't know how I missed it, but thanks to Matthew for writing it.

We recently found a handful of reviews that had gotten lost, and we returned them to their homes.

I assume this is a royal 'we' ;)
Thanks! Plus, it's always good to know that there are less signs that one is losing it than one previously thought.

is this a pdf or a print product?

is this a pdf or a print product?

Print Product.

Skyshadow wrote:

is this a pdf or a print product?

Print Product.

Further, it's a boxed set, similar in size to the ole TSR boxes. It contains 3 soft cover source books and a large, colour, fold-out map.

Just ordered this. You had me at $5 and boxed set.

I can't wait until my November order gets here, with all it's saley goodness (Hamunaptra included)!
Having no October shipment just gave me more time to find things to stuff in.

I've just finished rescaling the Father of Terror great sphinx from this book to be used as a mount for the main baddie in my PF campaign ... this thing is pure evil ... in a fun way! =P

I'm also using the Anpur as captains for units of gnolls for the major mass combat battle which will be taking place (using the mass combat system from the Trojan War campaign setting by Green Ronin) as well as the Sobekhi. And I'm only scratching the surface of what's possible using the wealth of useful source material found in this set!!!

Seriously, people. Five bucks for a boxed set.

Five bucks for an Ancient Egypt-themed boxed set.

That is solid maths.

(owns three copies now)

Yeah for 5 bucks you just can't go wrong. At that price I agree with the recent reviews it is a 5 star product.

Yeah, I can't believe this hasn't sold out already.

I figured I would update everyone on what I felt after getting this product.

First off, I use several spells for my Bard in the RotRL Adventure Path. Mainly, my bard is a drill sergent oratory based bard, so the military spells are perfect.

Examples:

1. Know Superior (finding out who the targets immediate supervisor is) A nice spell.

2. Mind Map (great for memorizing paths to certain areas, or remembering wher eyou have been in a maze) With my character being the leader of the group, it is invaluable for making my own maps and not getting lost.

3. Tireless Vigil (+2 perception for 1 hour) The flavor of this is you are alert for an hour because you feel that something is going to happen adn you are more alert to impress your guard commander. This is a 0-level spell, so it is real nice for pathfinder games. (and no, my DM doesn not allow me to just say it is up 24-7.) I only use it when we are about to go into a serious situation.

This also has some excellent themed items in there like Bronze items, chariots, and the like. It was worth the 5 bucks for sure.

For those looking for support for Hamunaptra, the author did another product for desert themed characters. Fit like a glove. Got it printed and place in my Hamunaptra box now.