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Pathfinder Chronicles: City of Strangers (PFRPG)
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Pathfinder Chronicles: City of Strangers (PFRPG)
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In the outcast city of Kaer Maga, your business is your own, and no ware is too dangerous or taboo to find a buyer. Within the walls of the ancient, ruined fortress, refugees and criminals from every nation disappear into the crowds of gangs and monsters. Leech-covered bloatmages haggle with Sweettalkers—religious zealots who sew their own lips shut—while naga crime lords squeeze self-mutilating troll prophets for protection money. And these are just the residents, not the fearsome beasts barely contained in the mysterious dungeons beneath the streets, held at bay by the elite rangers known as the Duskwardens. Welcome to the City of Strangers, a haven of freedom and independence for all—presuming you survive.

    Inside this comprehensive, 64-page sourcebook you’ll find everything you need to know about running a game in Kaer Maga, including:
  • Information and notable locations for all 11 districts, from the fabled Balconies of Bis to the necromantic paradise of Ankar-Te.
  • A history of the city, and the bizarre ruined monument that houses it.
  • Details on the countless gangs and factions within the city, and how they interact with each other.
  • The bloatmage prestige class, in which spellcasters use their own blood to empower their spells—but at a terrible price.
  • New monsters, magic items, and feats.
  • A layer-by-layer guide to the dungeons beneath the city, and the echoes of lost races and magic that still guard them.

by James L. Sutter

ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-248-7

Note: This product is part of the Pathfinder Chronicles Subscription.

Are there errors or omissions in this product information? Got corrections? Let us know at webmaster@paizo.com.


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Mairkurion {tm} (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber),

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This will be a nice addition for games set in Varisia.

Adam Daigle (Contributor),

Mantis avatar

Holy s&*!! This is awesome!

silverhair2008 (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, GameMastery Maps Subscriber),

Silver Dragon 7 avatar

I had wanted to try to find more information on Kaer Maga. I guess it just goes to show be careful what you ask for because you may get it. Thanks Paizo for some outstanding products.

Just my 2 cp.

Gamer Girrl,

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Glee! This will be awesome for use with Crimson Throne ::rubbing hands together and making evil GM cackling noises::

Dennis da Ogre,

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A little nit pick about the descriptive text:
"In the outcast city of Kaer Maga, your business is your own, and no ware is too dangerous or taboo to find a buyer."

Osirion flash_cxxi (RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32),

Calistria Final avatar

Dennis da Ogre wrote:
A little nit pick about the descriptive text:
"In the outcast city of Kaer Maga, your business is your own, and no ware is too dangerous or taboo to find a buyer."

It's Ware as in "item for sale" not ware as in "nowhere"

Cheliax Absinth (Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber),

Mutable avatar

Wow, cool! Thanks for doing a book on Kaer Maga! I remember asking for this again and again during the chats and now it finally will see the light of day. Thanks Paizo, you guys are awesome!

Andoran Gorbacz (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber),

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Damn, wish it was out while I'm running RotRL ! Still, it means there will be Kaer Maga sidetrek in my CotCT game :)

Thanks Paizo, Kaer Maga was quite in dire need of a solid writeup ! Hope that Janderhoff follows :)

Cheliax dm4hire,

Hs Devil Bar Wench Final avatar

It's good we have the write up because when I read the title I keep picturing a city where everyone keeps going:

"Do I know you?"

"You're sure we've never met?"

"I think I live next door to that guy, but I'm not quite sure."

Cheliax Absinth (Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber),

Mutable avatar

Oh, and I just realised that Mr. Sutter will write the book! Even better! He's an expert on the topic of this awesome city! I can't wait to see the final book.

LoreKeeper,

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Why-o-why give us tantalizing teazers to wait 8 months for? Now that it is announced, I must have it!

Cheliax Kvantum (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber),

8 -Dragon-Attack avatar

This would have been great to have... two years ago. Now... I mean, yeah, I'll definitely be happy to get my mits on it, but it's just far too long in coming.

Lord Fyre (RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32),

Balor avatar

Gamer Girrl wrote:
Glee! This will be awesome for use with Crimson Throne ::rubbing hands together and making evil GM cackling noises::

The party's Wizard: "We will find an alternate route!" ;PPPP

Lord Fyre (RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32),

Balor avatar

Gorbacz wrote:
Damn, wish it was out while I'm running RotRL ! Still, it means there will be Kaer Maga sidetrek in my CotCT game :)

Thanks Paizo, Kaer Maga was quite in dire need of a solid writeup ! Hope that Janderhoff follows :)


Janderhoff is in need of a solid Adventure Path! :)

Cheliax Dark_Mistress (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber),

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LoreKeeper wrote:
Why-o-why give us tantalizing teazers to wait 8 months for? Now that it is announced, I must have it!

Oh I agree it is painful to wait this long, but I would rather them post this stuff up so I know what to look forward to.

Elorebaen (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Planet Stories Subscriber),

Silver avatar

Hell Yea!!!!

Paizo Employee James Sutter (Editor),

Avatar Elan avatar

Wow, guys! Glad to see everyone is still excited about this. :)

One of the reasons the book is coming out now rather than a year ago is that, in accordance with our new staff policy regarding personal projects, the book was completed in its entirety before it was announced. Kaer Maga's been my baby since its invention for Seven Swords of Sin and Pathfinder #3, so I'm thrilled that it's finally going to see a book of it's own.

I hope you all enjoy it!

Lilith (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Planet Stories Subscriber),

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Huzzah! This is going to be awesome!

Qadira Crimson Jester,

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Just as long as it has a Cantina, the description just scream Mos Eislee.

Osirion yoda8myhead (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber),

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James Sutter wrote:
One of the reasons the book is coming out now rather than a year ago is that, in accordance with our new staff policy regarding personal projects, the book was completed in its entirety before it was announced.

Wow! So this is already written? That's great. I assume that means it isn't at as high a risk of being delayed due to production complications down the line, since it's so far ahead of schedule?

Paizo Employee James Jacobs (Editor-in-Chief, Pathfinder),

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yoda8myhead wrote:
James Sutter wrote:
One of the reasons the book is coming out now rather than a year ago is that, in accordance with our new staff policy regarding personal projects, the book was completed in its entirety before it was announced.

Wow! So this is already written? That's great. I assume that means it isn't at as high a risk of being delayed due to production complications down the line, since it's so far ahead of schedule?

not really...

Writing happens outside of work hours. Our current delays were, for the most part, not the fault of the authors but the result of us having to rob development and editing time from those projects and use that time on the rulebooks.

Stereofm,

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Huzzah !

Dennis da Ogre,

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flash_cxxi wrote:
Dennis da Ogre wrote:
A little nit pick about the descriptive text:
"In the outcast city of Kaer Maga, your business is your own, and no ware is too dangerous or taboo to find a buyer."

It's Ware as in "item for sale" not ware as in "nowhere"

HA!

The phrase "and no ware is too dangerous or taboo" just sounds... like it should be wrong but isn't... hmm

Urizen (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber),

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Dennis da Ogre wrote:
The phrase "and no ware is too dangerous or taboo" just sounds... like it should be wrong but isn't... hmm

It's probably a deliberate pun.

Paizo Employee James Sutter (Editor),

Avatar Elan avatar

Crimson Jester wrote:
Just as long as it has a Cantina, the description just scream Mos Eislee.

Dude, Kaer Maga is the Mos Eisley cantina. :D

Paizo Employee James Sutter (Editor),

Avatar Elan avatar

yoda8myhead wrote:
I assume that means it isn't at as high a risk of being delayed due to production complications down the line, since it's so far ahead of schedule?

While Jacobs is of course correct that numerous other factors affect book delays more than author turnover... that is the hope, yeah.

Arnwyn (Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Modules Subscriber),

A 6 Sinspawn-Fighter avatar

Awe. Some.

I already know which city in the Forgotten Realms I will include this as.

Cheliax Dark_Mistress (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber),

Succubus avatar

I was looking at the cover. I know it is a mock up. but my first thought was poor girl. Hope she isn't in a anima

Generic Villain (Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Chronicles Subscriber),

Wow. Of all the new Paizo products that have just been announced, this is definitely the one I'm most looking forward to. I love "monster cities" like James Jacobs' Scuttlecove, and am especially looking forward to the bloatmage PrC. I've wanted to see those guys since Eando Kline met one in the Pathfinder fiction.

Taldor alleynbard (Pathfinder Modules Subscriber),

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Dennis da Ogre wrote:
A little nit pick about the descriptive text:
"In the outcast city of Kaer Maga, your business is your own, and no ware is too dangerous or taboo to find a buyer."

I was wondering it if dealt with Tupperware. Some of that can be quite dangerous and foul.

Eric Hinkle,

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*Does the dance of joy*

Thank you so much, Paizo.

Devil of Roses,

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Wow, one of the last cities in Varisia I expected to get it's own book, I'm surprised but pleasantly so. Look forward to seeing it.

Beercifer,

Devil of Roses wrote:
Wow, one of the last cities in Varisia I expected to get it's own book, I'm surprised but pleasantly so. Look forward to seeing it.

I cannot wait to run this. Second Darkness, CotCT, hell yeah!

The Seven Swords of Sin module still causes my players to scream when I put little dinosaur figs on the battlemat.

Joey Virtue (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber),

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This is so cool I remember asking for this book a few years ago glad to see it finally gets made

Osirion Set,

Anubis avatar

The whole bloatmage thing makes me wonder if there are less-successful / lesser-practiced magical traditions based on the other bodily humors, or on precise balances of the four humors, or on the elusive search for a speculative fifth humor...

Adam Daigle (Contributor),

Mantis avatar

Set wrote:
The whole bloatmage thing makes me wonder if there are less-successful / lesser-practiced magical traditions based on the other bodily humors, or on precise balances of the four humors, or on the elusive search for a speculative fifth humor...


I recently completed a set of critters based on the four humors, but I'm unsure where they will end up.

The idea of different magical traditions based on the humors would be awesome, however. Cool idea, Set.

Andoran Paul Watson (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Planet Stories Subscriber),

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Adam Daigle wrote:
Set wrote:
The whole bloatmage thing makes me wonder if there are less-successful / lesser-practiced magical traditions based on the other bodily humors, or on precise balances of the four humors, or on the elusive search for a speculative fifth humor...


I recently completed a set of critters based on the four humors, but I'm unsure where they will end up.

The idea of different magical traditions based on the humors would be awesome, however. Cool idea, Set.


There's an article on that idea (Medieval Medicine) by Phillip Larwood in Issue 8 of Kobold Quarterly.

Adam Daigle (Contributor),

Mantis avatar

Good call, Paul. I forgot about that one.

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