paizo.com Recent Reviews of Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)paizo.com Recent Reviews of Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)2021-11-19T20:25:30Z2021-11-19T20:25:30ZPathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG): Exorcise Your Demons! (5 stars)Jhaemanhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8hij?Pathfinder-Campaign-Setting-Book-of-the-Damned-Volume-2-Lords-of-Chaos2020-05-10T08:27:53Z<p><b>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)</b></p><p><b><i>Lords of Chaos</b></i>, the second of three sourcebooks on the evil planes of the Pathfinder multiverse, covers the demon realm known as the Abyss. It's written by Paizo Creative Director James Jacobs himself, so you know it's going to be chock-full of accurate setting lore. This 64-page book details the various demon lords and their domains, while also introducing a demon-themed prestige class, some new spells, and some new demons. I'll go through everything in more detail, but first we have to stop and admire the cover art—it's perhaps the best of any Pathfinder book. Simply stunning!</p>
<p>The book opens with a little two-page creation myth. It's intriguing and ominous. Interspersed between each of the main chapters are more brief entries in this vein, all purporting (and stylized to look like) "real" entries from the legendary <i>Book of the Damned</i>. One of my favourite entries is on the Realms of Repose, where slain demon lords go. Fascinating stories! Other useful entries include discussion of the qlippoths and on demon-touched places on Golarion. The art design is excellent.</p>
<p>Chapter 1 is "Lords of the Abyss". Each of the major demon lords of the setting are summarized in half- to full-page entries that cover their interests, unholy symbols, personalities, mortal cults, and (for the purposes of the Demonic Obedience feat) boons. There aren't any stat-blocks for these demon lords even though they all (with the exception of Lamashtu, an actual deity) could in theory be slain by mortals—this book was written prior to the introduction of Pathfinder's <i>Mythic</i> ruleset. The information here is integrated nicely with Golarion, and there are a lot of little adventure hooks and ideas for a GM to play with. The artwork is really good, and the boons and obediences seem well-balanced and flavourful. The chapter covers notables like Dagon, Deskari, Pazuzu, Orcus and Nocticula as well as some more obscure ones.</p>
<p>Chapter 2 is "Demonkind". It provides a brief description, "associated sin", and "preferred sacrifice" for each of the different types of demons in the game. The writing is great here, as is the concept of the various types of demons having their origins in the manifestation of different mortal sins. The chapter introduces the idea of "nascent demon lords" which are CR 21-25 threats suitable as end-of-campaign bosses. The only one mentioned that I recognise from elsewhere is Treerazer. </p>
<p>Chapter 3 is "Demonology". It starts with an interesting overview of whether or why members of the different classes in the game (<i>Core Rulebook</i> and <i>Advanced Players Guide</i>) would be involved in worshipping demon lords. There's a single page introducing the concept of demonic implants, but they're not particularly interesting. Another page covers a ritual for transforming into a demon, which I guess could be useful in an "evil PC" themed campaign. Of more interest is a new prestige class, the Demoniac. It looks solid and reasonably powerful, with early obedience boons, improved summoning abilities, extra resistances and ability score increases, spell progression, and a really cool capstone. Granted, a PC would have to be Chaotic Evil to take the prestige class so I'm not likely to see it in play anytime soon. The chapter introduces four new spells, one of which, rift of ruin, is really cinematic. </p>
<p>Chapter 4, "The Demonic Horde" concludes the book. We get some very brief discussion of larvae and qlippoths (other inhabitants of the Abyss), but mostly the chapter consists of new bestiary entries. There's vermlek demons (worms that inhabit corpses to serve as armor and disguises—gross but good!), brimorak demons (short fire-loving monsters), seraptis demons (suicide demons—the writing in this entry in particular is awesome, and I'm quite intrigued by the Dolorous Sisters), and vavakias demons (CR18 winged bull elephant-like warlords).</p>
<p>The inside back cover of the book is a handy list of all the demon gods, lords, nascent lords, and bhargest hero gods along with their alignments, areas of concern, domains, and favoured weapons. Very useful for a GM who quickly needs a patron for a cult.</p>
<p>I used to think of demons as simply chaotic evil monsters (which they are!) but there's a lot more diversity and material to work with than I original thought. I can't think of anything to complain about with this book, but there's a lot to praise. The writing is uniformly excellent, the artwork is great and fits the tone of the book well, and it will serve as a handy off-the-shelf resource for anything demon-related in the game. Unless you're going with the more recent hardcover book that collects and revises all three of the softcovers, this is the best place for information on demons in Pathfinder.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)</b></p><p><b><i>Lords of Chaos</b></i>, the second of three sourcebooks on the evil planes of the Pathfinder multiverse, covers the demon realm known as the Abyss. It's written by Paizo Creative Director James Jacobs himself, so you know it's going to be chock-full of accurate setting lore. This 64-page book details the various demon lords and their domains, while also introducing a demon-themed prestige class, some new spells, and some new demons. I'll go through everything in more detail, but first we have to stop and admire the cover art—it's perhaps the best of any Pathfinder book. Simply stunning!</p>
<p>The book opens with a little two-page creation myth. It's intriguing and ominous. Interspersed between each of the main chapters are more brief entries in this vein, all purporting (and stylized to look like) "real" entries from the legendary <i>Book of the Damned</i>. One of my favourite entries is on the Realms of Repose, where slain demon lords go. Fascinating stories! Other useful entries include discussion of the qlippoths and on demon-touched places on Golarion. The art design is excellent.</p>
<p>Chapter 1 is "Lords of the Abyss". Each of the major demon lords of the setting are summarized in half- to full-page entries that cover their interests, unholy symbols, personalities, mortal cults, and (for the purposes of the Demonic Obedience feat) boons. There aren't any stat-blocks for these demon lords even though they all (with the exception of Lamashtu, an actual deity) could in theory be slain by mortals—this book was written prior to the introduction of Pathfinder's <i>Mythic</i> ruleset. The information here is integrated nicely with Golarion, and there are a lot of little adventure hooks and ideas for a GM to play with. The artwork is really good, and the boons and obediences seem well-balanced and flavourful. The chapter covers notables like Dagon, Deskari, Pazuzu, Orcus and Nocticula as well as some more obscure ones.</p>
<p>Chapter 2 is "Demonkind". It provides a brief description, "associated sin", and "preferred sacrifice" for each of the different types of demons in the game. The writing is great here, as is the concept of the various types of demons having their origins in the manifestation of different mortal sins. The chapter introduces the idea of "nascent demon lords" which are CR 21-25 threats suitable as end-of-campaign bosses. The only one mentioned that I recognise from elsewhere is Treerazer. </p>
<p>Chapter 3 is "Demonology". It starts with an interesting overview of whether or why members of the different classes in the game (<i>Core Rulebook</i> and <i>Advanced Players Guide</i>) would be involved in worshipping demon lords. There's a single page introducing the concept of demonic implants, but they're not particularly interesting. Another page covers a ritual for transforming into a demon, which I guess could be useful in an "evil PC" themed campaign. Of more interest is a new prestige class, the Demoniac. It looks solid and reasonably powerful, with early obedience boons, improved summoning abilities, extra resistances and ability score increases, spell progression, and a really cool capstone. Granted, a PC would have to be Chaotic Evil to take the prestige class so I'm not likely to see it in play anytime soon. The chapter introduces four new spells, one of which, rift of ruin, is really cinematic. </p>
<p>Chapter 4, "The Demonic Horde" concludes the book. We get some very brief discussion of larvae and qlippoths (other inhabitants of the Abyss), but mostly the chapter consists of new bestiary entries. There's vermlek demons (worms that inhabit corpses to serve as armor and disguises—gross but good!), brimorak demons (short fire-loving monsters), seraptis demons (suicide demons—the writing in this entry in particular is awesome, and I'm quite intrigued by the Dolorous Sisters), and vavakias demons (CR18 winged bull elephant-like warlords).</p>
<p>The inside back cover of the book is a handy list of all the demon gods, lords, nascent lords, and bhargest hero gods along with their alignments, areas of concern, domains, and favoured weapons. Very useful for a GM who quickly needs a patron for a cult.</p>
<p>I used to think of demons as simply chaotic evil monsters (which they are!) but there's a lot more diversity and material to work with than I original thought. I can't think of anything to complain about with this book, but there's a lot to praise. The writing is uniformly excellent, the artwork is great and fits the tone of the book well, and it will serve as a handy off-the-shelf resource for anything demon-related in the game. Unless you're going with the more recent hardcover book that collects and revises all three of the softcovers, this is the best place for information on demons in Pathfinder.</p>Jhaeman2020-05-10T08:27:53ZPathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG): Everyman Product Reviews: Book of the Damned (5 stars)Alexander Augunashttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8hij?Pathfinder-Campaign-Setting-Book-of-the-Damned-Volume-2-Lords-of-Chaos2014-05-17T14:09:39Z<p><b>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)</b></p><p><b><span class=messageboard-bigger>Final Score & Thoughts</span></b>
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<i>Crunch:</i> 5/5 Stars
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<i>Flavor:</i> 5/5 Stars
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<i>Texture:</i> 4.5/5 Stars
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<b>Final Score:</b> 14.5/5 Stars, or 4.75 Stars/5, rounded up for its flavor.</p>
<p>Individually, the three volumes of the Book of the Damned are amazing, excellent reads. The fact that the series managed to hold the same level of quality throughout several years of printing and a slew of authors is a testament to Paizo’s mastery over the evil realms. These planes are ripe for use in adventures of all sorts, and I am pleased to have such a thorough, encompassing guide on the topic. I would highly recommend all three volumes to any GM’s toolbox: they will meet your needs and exceed them a hundred times over.</p>
<p><a href="http://gamingeveryman.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/unbirthday-week-2014-book-of-the-damned/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">For the full review, head to the Everyman Gaming blog.</a></p>
<p>(Note: This review is for all three volumes of the Book of the Damned combined. Not that it matters much; this score applies to all three books equally.)</p><p><b>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)</b></p><p><b><span class=messageboard-bigger>Final Score & Thoughts</span></b>
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<i>Crunch:</i> 5/5 Stars
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<i>Flavor:</i> 5/5 Stars
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<i>Texture:</i> 4.5/5 Stars
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<b>Final Score:</b> 14.5/5 Stars, or 4.75 Stars/5, rounded up for its flavor.</p>
<p>Individually, the three volumes of the Book of the Damned are amazing, excellent reads. The fact that the series managed to hold the same level of quality throughout several years of printing and a slew of authors is a testament to Paizo’s mastery over the evil realms. These planes are ripe for use in adventures of all sorts, and I am pleased to have such a thorough, encompassing guide on the topic. I would highly recommend all three volumes to any GM’s toolbox: they will meet your needs and exceed them a hundred times over.</p>
<p><a href="http://gamingeveryman.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/unbirthday-week-2014-book-of-the-damned/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">For the full review, head to the Everyman Gaming blog.</a></p>
<p>(Note: This review is for all three volumes of the Book of the Damned combined. Not that it matters much; this score applies to all three books equally.)</p>Alexander Augunas2014-05-17T14:09:39ZPathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG): A glimpse into the Abyss, and not just Noticula's! (5 stars)TheAntiElitehttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8hij?Pathfinder-Campaign-Setting-Book-of-the-Damned-Volume-2-Lords-of-Chaos2011-11-21T16:36:30Z<p><b>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)</b></p><p>While many individuals have expectations of finding their favorite demons from earlier editions of the World's Most Popular Role-Playing Game, the realists among us know for fact that the unyielding forces of Litigation and Intellectual Property Rights forbid certain known names from making their appearance. Certainly, to some, this is a disappointment and a detraction from what they might think is otherwise a pretty enjoyable product.</p>
<p>What those individuals forget is that, for one thing, this book does not render prior tomes about such beings obsolete - they can keep those named individuals in their own games. This tome focuses, as it should, on numerous fiends and entities from the Abyss that impact and influence Golarion, as well as how they might interact on the countless worlds across the Multiverse. On this premise, the book exceeds all expectations; details and insights into the workings of the demons, how to best summon them, items that have Abyssal origins, what was lurking in the far corners of the Abyss before there were even such a thing as demons - all this, and delicious details about everyone's favorite Mother of Monsters, within a easy on the eyes package filled with goodies for your villains...and maybe a villain protagonist or three.</p>
<p>Oh, and of course, the cover-girl (and her sinful relations with her brother, among others). Can't forget that, now, can we?</p><p><b>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)</b></p><p>While many individuals have expectations of finding their favorite demons from earlier editions of the World's Most Popular Role-Playing Game, the realists among us know for fact that the unyielding forces of Litigation and Intellectual Property Rights forbid certain known names from making their appearance. Certainly, to some, this is a disappointment and a detraction from what they might think is otherwise a pretty enjoyable product.</p>
<p>What those individuals forget is that, for one thing, this book does not render prior tomes about such beings obsolete - they can keep those named individuals in their own games. This tome focuses, as it should, on numerous fiends and entities from the Abyss that impact and influence Golarion, as well as how they might interact on the countless worlds across the Multiverse. On this premise, the book exceeds all expectations; details and insights into the workings of the demons, how to best summon them, items that have Abyssal origins, what was lurking in the far corners of the Abyss before there were even such a thing as demons - all this, and delicious details about everyone's favorite Mother of Monsters, within a easy on the eyes package filled with goodies for your villains...and maybe a villain protagonist or three.</p>
<p>Oh, and of course, the cover-girl (and her sinful relations with her brother, among others). Can't forget that, now, can we?</p>TheAntiElite2011-11-21T16:36:30ZPathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG): Damned Well Done. (4 stars)Talyseonhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8hij?Pathfinder-Campaign-Setting-Book-of-the-Damned-Volume-2-Lords-of-Chaos2011-08-29T04:37:58Z<p><b>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)</b></p><p>Demons; you need a score card or a guide book to keep them straight. Well here you go. A great suppliment about one of the most Iconic of threats in the game. Check my full review: <a href="http://bit.ly/1kThVjK" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Lords of Chaos</a></p><p><b>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)</b></p><p>Demons; you need a score card or a guide book to keep them straight. Well here you go. A great suppliment about one of the most Iconic of threats in the game. Check my full review: <a href="http://bit.ly/1kThVjK" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Lords of Chaos</a></p>Talyseon2011-08-29T04:37:58ZPathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG): Demons! :) (5 stars)Vojtech Pribylhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8hij?Pathfinder-Campaign-Setting-Book-of-the-Damned-Volume-2-Lords-of-Chaos2011-07-10T15:35:38Z<p><b>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)</b></p><p>I love the flavour of the infernal realms in Pathfinder. They show a bit less restraint than older 3E infernal books and while a bit more vaugue (due to lack of space of this format probably) it offers a good idea about the way the Abbys works and thinks and thus sends the imagination on the path of destruction, which is really al we need. In hindsight I commend Paizo's decision not to stat superpowerful planar entities. We have High CR balors and other such horrors to present their will and displeasure to the players.</p>
<p>I must resist the urge to use the Seraptis demon untill my players have at least a slim chance of winning.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)</b></p><p>I love the flavour of the infernal realms in Pathfinder. They show a bit less restraint than older 3E infernal books and while a bit more vaugue (due to lack of space of this format probably) it offers a good idea about the way the Abbys works and thinks and thus sends the imagination on the path of destruction, which is really al we need. In hindsight I commend Paizo's decision not to stat superpowerful planar entities. We have High CR balors and other such horrors to present their will and displeasure to the players.</p>
<p>I must resist the urge to use the Seraptis demon untill my players have at least a slim chance of winning.</p>Vojtech Pribyl2011-07-10T15:35:38ZPathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG): Wow! I really needed this book. (5 stars)Brian Darnellhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8hij?Pathfinder-Campaign-Setting-Book-of-the-Damned-Volume-2-Lords-of-Chaos2011-07-09T19:58:00Z<p><b>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)</b></p><p>I love books about any of the planar realms and societies and this book does not disappoint. I have already been inspired by this book several times to create stories and threats in my campaign and I know I will come up with even more from this book as I seem to come up with something every time I read it. I thoroughly enjoy this book and wholeheartedly look forward to Vol. 3.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)</b></p><p>I love books about any of the planar realms and societies and this book does not disappoint. I have already been inspired by this book several times to create stories and threats in my campaign and I know I will come up with even more from this book as I seem to come up with something every time I read it. I thoroughly enjoy this book and wholeheartedly look forward to Vol. 3.</p>Brian Darnell2011-07-09T19:58:00ZPathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG): Great book on Pathfinder demons. (5 stars)Gorbaczhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8hij?Pathfinder-Campaign-Setting-Book-of-the-Damned-Volume-2-Lords-of-Chaos2011-06-21T07:40:06Z<p><b>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)</b></p><p>The second volume of "Books about Evil Outsiders" concerns with demons. An obvious follow-up to the devil book, Lords of Chaos was written by Paizo's resident demon expert.</p>
<p>The book begins with descriptions of major demon lords in Pathfinder Campaign setting, beginning with the demon-goddess Lamashtu and featuring faces both familiar (Orcus, Pazuzu). Each description provides information on the lord him/her/itself, domain, worshippers and a "statblock" with rules on boons and obediences.</p>
<p>Two things need to be made clear here. Several D&D demon lords were not carried over due to IP reasons (Graz'zt, Lloth). However, a few made their way into Golarion, be it due to being based on real world mythology (Pazuzu) or being open content thanks to Tome of Horrors (Orcus, Jubilex). However, majority of demon lords presented here are brand new.</p>
<p>There are no demon lord statblocks due to the obvious reason of Pathfinder not having epic rules for handling them yet, as well as space concerns.</p>
<p>Chapter two provides brief background on every regular demon types, as well as basic information on "nascent" demon lords, the "almost-there" bad guys such as Treerazer.</p>
<p>Chapter three details rules for demon worships, including fulfilling the obedience rituals and gaining demonic boons, and presents a new PrC - demoniac.</p>
<p>Chapter four is the bestiary section, with four new demons to threaten your players with.</p>
<p>Overall, this book stands heads and shoulders above volume 1. The writing is excellent, evocative, balls-to-walls scary at times. James Jacobs "loves" demons, and it shows. You can feel him putting his favorite ideas on paper just like it could be felt with WotCs Fiendish Codex.</p>
<p>Two thumbs up!</p><p><b>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)</b></p><p>The second volume of "Books about Evil Outsiders" concerns with demons. An obvious follow-up to the devil book, Lords of Chaos was written by Paizo's resident demon expert.</p>
<p>The book begins with descriptions of major demon lords in Pathfinder Campaign setting, beginning with the demon-goddess Lamashtu and featuring faces both familiar (Orcus, Pazuzu). Each description provides information on the lord him/her/itself, domain, worshippers and a "statblock" with rules on boons and obediences.</p>
<p>Two things need to be made clear here. Several D&D demon lords were not carried over due to IP reasons (Graz'zt, Lloth). However, a few made their way into Golarion, be it due to being based on real world mythology (Pazuzu) or being open content thanks to Tome of Horrors (Orcus, Jubilex). However, majority of demon lords presented here are brand new.</p>
<p>There are no demon lord statblocks due to the obvious reason of Pathfinder not having epic rules for handling them yet, as well as space concerns.</p>
<p>Chapter two provides brief background on every regular demon types, as well as basic information on "nascent" demon lords, the "almost-there" bad guys such as Treerazer.</p>
<p>Chapter three details rules for demon worships, including fulfilling the obedience rituals and gaining demonic boons, and presents a new PrC - demoniac.</p>
<p>Chapter four is the bestiary section, with four new demons to threaten your players with.</p>
<p>Overall, this book stands heads and shoulders above volume 1. The writing is excellent, evocative, balls-to-walls scary at times. James Jacobs "loves" demons, and it shows. You can feel him putting his favorite ideas on paper just like it could be felt with WotCs Fiendish Codex.</p>
<p>Two thumbs up!</p>Gorbacz2011-06-21T07:40:06ZPathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG): Very very disappointing....pick up the Fiendish Codices instead (1 star)Big Dhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8hij?Pathfinder-Campaign-Setting-Book-of-the-Damned-Volume-2-Lords-of-Chaos2011-06-21T07:01:02Z<p><b>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)</b></p><p>I was highly disappointed with this book - the 3.5e WotC Fiendish Codices 1-2 are MUCH MUCH BETTER. </p>
<p>The authors of both Volume 1 and 2 made a good effort, with an obvious desire to show off their vast vocabulary or thesaurus skills (some of their word choices were bizarre, I mean seriously, I don't want to pick up a dictionary on every page). I get it - you guys like big words. Exciting details of the realms governed by the Lords were poor to say the least, no maps are provided, and the excerpts from the Book of the Damned uses a font extremely difficult to read. </p>
<p>Volume 1 made no mention of this but Volume 2 states that statistics for the Lords are not needed as they would completely destroy any heroes (other than Epic) that dared to challenge them. This was disappointing and one of the few running complaints I have had with the Pathfinder books as a whole, including stats for the Gods.</p>
<p>The artwork is for the most part very good, the balor especially. If you're looking for Orcus' portrait, don't bother, it's not there. Demogorgon's not listed as a Demon Lord but his name is peculiarly listed at the beginning as a Demon Lord's name. </p>
<p>Playing D&D for ~ 31 years now...I'm hypercritical of course. Paizo/Pathfinder has saved D&D for me. WOTC's 4e was the last straw. With that being said, these two books were my first two disappointments in the Pathfinder texts. The 1e Manual of the Planes about the Infernal Realms was fascinating, I read those sections over and over. I have always wanted to run an Infernal campaign "Paladin in Hell" etc. but these books don't provide enough detail to significantly help this project. The books are short, also disappointing. Many of my personal favorites were not carried over from D&D 3.5e, legal/IP/proprietary reasons most likely, Malcanthet, Graz'zt especially. </p>
<p>This is basically the same review I posted for Volume 2. </p>
<p>I hope in the future these are redesigned, reworked, and re-released using new authors.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)</b></p><p>I was highly disappointed with this book - the 3.5e WotC Fiendish Codices 1-2 are MUCH MUCH BETTER. </p>
<p>The authors of both Volume 1 and 2 made a good effort, with an obvious desire to show off their vast vocabulary or thesaurus skills (some of their word choices were bizarre, I mean seriously, I don't want to pick up a dictionary on every page). I get it - you guys like big words. Exciting details of the realms governed by the Lords were poor to say the least, no maps are provided, and the excerpts from the Book of the Damned uses a font extremely difficult to read. </p>
<p>Volume 1 made no mention of this but Volume 2 states that statistics for the Lords are not needed as they would completely destroy any heroes (other than Epic) that dared to challenge them. This was disappointing and one of the few running complaints I have had with the Pathfinder books as a whole, including stats for the Gods.</p>
<p>The artwork is for the most part very good, the balor especially. If you're looking for Orcus' portrait, don't bother, it's not there. Demogorgon's not listed as a Demon Lord but his name is peculiarly listed at the beginning as a Demon Lord's name. </p>
<p>Playing D&D for ~ 31 years now...I'm hypercritical of course. Paizo/Pathfinder has saved D&D for me. WOTC's 4e was the last straw. With that being said, these two books were my first two disappointments in the Pathfinder texts. The 1e Manual of the Planes about the Infernal Realms was fascinating, I read those sections over and over. I have always wanted to run an Infernal campaign "Paladin in Hell" etc. but these books don't provide enough detail to significantly help this project. The books are short, also disappointing. Many of my personal favorites were not carried over from D&D 3.5e, legal/IP/proprietary reasons most likely, Malcanthet, Graz'zt especially. </p>
<p>This is basically the same review I posted for Volume 2. </p>
<p>I hope in the future these are redesigned, reworked, and re-released using new authors.</p>Big D2011-06-21T07:01:02ZPathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG): A damned good book (5 stars)Mine all mine...don't touchhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8hij?Pathfinder-Campaign-Setting-Book-of-the-Damned-Volume-2-Lords-of-Chaos2011-01-04T15:30:35Z<p><b>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)</b></p><p>This one is just as strong as the first, which I also loved. The best part of this one is really the flavor text. In my game my players are always reluctant to deal with demons or devils and stats often wind up being secondary to straight up roleplay. Being able to introduce new personalities so to speak without having to spend hours writing them myself is great. Another winner from the Paizo folks.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 2: Lords of Chaos (PFRPG)</b></p><p>This one is just as strong as the first, which I also loved. The best part of this one is really the flavor text. In my game my players are always reluctant to deal with demons or devils and stats often wind up being secondary to straight up roleplay. Being able to introduce new personalities so to speak without having to spend hours writing them myself is great. Another winner from the Paizo folks.</p>Mine all mine...don't touch2011-01-04T15:30:35Z