Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Ultimate Magic (OGL)

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Raise your character to the pinnacle of magical might with Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Ultimate Magic! Within this book, secrets arcane and divine lie ready to burst into life at the hands of all the spellcasting classes in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. In addition to the brand-new magus class—a master of both arcane magic and martial prowess—you'll also find a whole new system for spellcasting, rules for spell duels and other magical specialities, and pages upon pages of new spells, feats, and more. Because when it comes to magic, why settle for less than absolute power?

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Ultimate Magic is a must-have companion volume to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook. This imaginitive tabletop game builds on more than 10 years of system development and an Open Playtest featuring more than 50,000 gamers to create a cutting-edge RPG experience that brings the all-time best-selling set of fantasy rules into the new millennium.

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Ultimate Magic includes:

  • The magus, a new base class combining deadly arcane magic with the skills and weapons of a trained warrior.
  • Words of power, an innovative and flexible new spellcasting system.
  • New options for dedicated casters, such as alchemist discoveries, alternative uses for channeled energy, druid companions, sorcerer bloodlines, eidolon abilities, witch hexes, and oracle mysteries.
  • Additional feats and magical abilities for martially oriented casters, including monk ki tricks, inquisitor archetypes, and ranger traps.
  • New magical conditions called spellblihgts, as well as systems for crafting constructs, binding outsiders, and spell-dueling.
  • More than 100 new spells, plus detailed guidelines for designing your own.
  • ... and much, much more!

ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-299-9

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More Options ! more magic, ... MORE !

5/5

flavorful options, powerful options
classes, archetypes, feats...

while 100% of the boook might not please you, you want this book.

having the choice to build flavorful PC with the right options is priceless (and for this book, you have...)


ultimate magic, rrrrright!!


this book owes its selling rate for the Magus.

lazy feats, some options are good, some others just dotn´
Archetypes: the best Bladebound Magus
worst of all: Trapper Ranger

Spellblights: interesting but too complex for a fumble system
Spellword Casting: at the beginning it looks very nice, then i read it and... is the same spell restriction and opportunities at a expensive cost of time

feats: ok those are feats

Magic spellbooks: why you dont just paraphrase some words concerning about how to protect the spellbooks with some spells and thats all. maybe a feat or two for scaling this option, besides the spellbooks looks greats.

spells: again, the magus options are great.

my advice for you: buy the book, cut the pages concerned for magus, and dump the rest or Download the pdf at any place you can, print the magus and drop the rest


2/5

While I do not think that either this or Ultimate Combat deserve to be called "Ultimate" anything books (maybe Ultimate Monk), I do think that Ultimate Magic does better cover it's proported theme. In my opinion, Inner Sea Magic did a better job overall, but is sadly setting specific.

On th Divine Side (minus Paladin) this book is extremely, extremely limited. There are a few gems, but most are either placed really far out of reach, or just not worth what you give up for them, and might as well not have been there at all rather than tease.

On the Arcane side, this book is full of material, but severely lacking as well. There is an assortment of random material that just seems like it was left over from other books and tossed in here. The only magical items in this book (exceptionally noticable on the Divine Magic side) are Wizard's Spellbooks, (which of the top of my head, only 3 Classes in the entire game will actually have any use for beyond the sell price).

There are a lot of (would be) nice Feats, except they are specific to a Class, or build, or whose names imply it would be great for somone else besides who it is actually intended. Over all, there are a lot of options, but actually very slim pickings. Overall, it leaves a lot of classes and build out in the cold.

Whereas Ultimate Combat is at best Ultimate Monk, Ultimate Magic is closest to being more appropriate as Ultimate Wizard/Inquisitor, (arguably Classes that did not need more).


mediocre at best

3/5

This book is no Complete Divine or Complete Arcance. I mostl play a cleric and this book does little for me personally.

Yeah, its got some interesting tweaks, but for the price, i dobn't think thy are worth it.

So far I've used 1 feat and the spells from this book. Nothing else. Should've bought the APG.


A good product to add to your collection!

5/5

After reading through Ultimate Magic, some new mechanics offered in this book can add flavor and fun to an adventure.

The Magus appears to be a class that is fun to play as. You are able to swipe at your enemies with your sword in one hand and with magic in the other.

Spellblights are interesting. These curses can hinder the spellcasters in different ways.

One chapter that I especially liked was the words of power. The concept was a little hard to wrap around but when you understand it fun ensues. I tried out a couple of words of power in an adventure and it was pretty fun. There was a point where I fought a spellcaster who also had words of power and it felt like the two were having a very destructive debate ha!

Overall I enjoyed this product and I recommend this to everybody!


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Dark Archive

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Edgar Lamoureux wrote:

I have only two more questions. Does the Reanimator Archetype replace bombs, and if so, with what?

Edit: The only reason I ask is because of some fluff that would work better for a Kingmaker character of mine. However, bombs are integral to my character's backstory, so if they are replaced, I will not even ask if I may update my character.

No it doesn't replace bombs but they do get less effective bombs.

Dark Archive

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Razz wrote:
Oh sexy, Dark Mistress, I beseech thee one question of mine: are there prestige classes? If so, what are they?

Sorry no. Just archetypes and other options.

Dark Archive

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LoreKeeper wrote:

Have you found a favorite feat that you just know will become a staple for your characters?

Not yet, i have only skimmed the feat section. That will likely be the last section I read.

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Sebastian wrote:
Tumor familiars are disturbing. They effectively allow an alchemist to have a familiar, but it lives in the alcemist's body when not in use...

That actually works incredibly well with my character. Radiation poisoning does strange, terrifying things. :P

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I didn't see any "law" bloodlines. There are some based on creatures, but they are largely Bestiary I creatures, I think. There is a musical bloodline.

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Edgar Lamoureux wrote:
Sebastian wrote:
Tumor familiars are disturbing. They effectively allow an alchemist to have a familiar, but it lives in the alcemist's body when not in use...
That actually works incredibly well with my character. Radiation poisoning does strange, terrifying things. :P

I think you'll find a lot to like in this book then. There are a number of new alchemist discoveries that are pretty creepy in an 80's horror movie/flesh melting/toxic avenger kinda way.

Dark Archive

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Hekate wrote:
I cannot wait to see what the new witch patrons are, as well as new familiar options. Anyone care to reveal a few, just to keep me satisfied until I can get the book?

There is 14 new patrons. Moon, Insanity, Stars, Spirits a few examples. There is 12 new familiars, one of the blogs I think listed all the new familiars.

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Sebastian wrote:
Edgar Lamoureux wrote:
Sebastian wrote:
Tumor familiars are disturbing. They effectively allow an alchemist to have a familiar, but it lives in the alcemist's body when not in use...
That actually works incredibly well with my character. Radiation poisoning does strange, terrifying things. :P
I think you'll find a lot to like in this book then. There are a number of new alchemist discoveries that are pretty creepy in an 80's horror movie/flesh melting/toxic avenger kinda way.

This is fantastic news. This could actually be just what I'm looking for. Numeria can really put an elf through his paces over the years. Any number of terrible afflictions can be turned to good use when you're an Alchemist, though. :P

Dark Archive

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I guess I shouldn't even mention, spellblights(magical flaws), rules for spell duals, or the new rules to build and or modify constructs. :)


Dark_Mistress wrote:
Hekate wrote:
I cannot wait to see what the new witch patrons are, as well as new familiar options. Anyone care to reveal a few, just to keep me satisfied until I can get the book?
There is 14 new patrons. Moon, Insanity, Stars, Spirits a few examples. There is 12 new familiars, one of the blogs I think listed all the new familiars.

Ah, thank you very much for the patron examples. Fourteen, fantastic! Also, I found the list of familiars -- thanks for mentioning it.

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Dark_Mistress wrote:
I guess I shouldn't even mention, spellblights(magical flaws), rules for spell duals, or the new rules to build and or modify constructs. :)

You vile temptress. I am sure you could corrupt the very Herald of Sarenrae. You doth tempt us much with faint whisperings of undisclosed secrets. Although I am not encouraging you, per se, I would not turn a deaf ear to those words which leak from the Fount of Knowledge. :P


Well it's 8 pm here and I still don't have mine. Guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow. Sigh.

Dark Archive

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Edgar Lamoureux wrote:
Dark_Mistress wrote:
I guess I shouldn't even mention, spellblights(magical flaws), rules for spell duals, or the new rules to build and or modify constructs. :)
You vile temptress. I am sure you could corrupt the very Herald of Sarenrae. You doth tempt us much with faint whisperings of undisclosed secrets. Although I am not encouraging you, per se, I would not turn a deaf ear to those words which leak from the Fount of Knowledge. :P

It's in the job description. :)

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Dark_Mistress wrote:
I guess I shouldn't even mention, spellblights(magical flaws), rules for spell duals, or the new rules to build and or modify constructs. :)

Please do :), oh kind and terrifing Mistress.


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What does the Internal Alchemist do? It sounds like it is inspired by Asian myths of alchemists. Does he use ki?

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Dark_Mistress wrote:
Edgar Lamoureux wrote:
Dark_Mistress wrote:
I guess I shouldn't even mention, spellblights(magical flaws), rules for spell duals, or the new rules to build and or modify constructs. :)
You vile temptress. I am sure you could corrupt the very Herald of Sarenrae. You doth tempt us much with faint whisperings of undisclosed secrets. Although I am not encouraging you, per se, I would not turn a deaf ear to those words which leak from the Fount of Knowledge. :P
It's in the job description. :)

Fair enough. You must be very good at your job, to sway the minds of so many mortals at the drop of a hat.

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Ashanderai wrote:
What does the Internal Alchemist do? It sounds like it is inspired by Asian myths of alchemists. Does he use ki?

I was also wondering about this, although I feel as though I have asked more questions than I would have normally allotted myself.

Dark Archive

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Lazaro wrote:
Dark_Mistress wrote:
I guess I shouldn't even mention, spellblights(magical flaws), rules for spell duals, or the new rules to build and or modify constructs. :)
Please do :), oh kind and terrifing Mistress.

Because you asked so nicely to not mention those things I won't. ;p

Dark Archive

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Ashanderai wrote:
What does the Internal Alchemist do? It sounds like it is inspired by Asian myths of alchemists. Does he use ki?

They can take the extra ki feat. They are basically alchemist who work on having better bodies more or less.

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I appear to have ruined things for the rest. With my work having been accomplished, I must away.

Just kidding, I am much too ensconced in this discussion to leave.

Silver Crusade

Still waiting on my email...:(

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brent norton wrote:
Still waiting on my email...:(

Still waiting for the 18th...:(

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Any New Animal Companions?


Generic Villain wrote:
Well it's 8 pm here and I still don't have mine. Guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow. Sigh.

It is not 8pm Paizo time.

Dark Archive

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Dragnmoon wrote:
Any New Animal Companions?

Does the 10 vermin ones count? Or the brood summoner who has a lot of smaller eidolon's?

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ntin wrote:
Generic Villain wrote:
Well it's 8 pm here and I still don't have mine. Guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow. Sigh.
It is not 8pm Paizo time.

Yeah, but it's 5 pm. End of the business day.

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No need to go into any specific details, but would someone kindly describe the "toxic avenger-esque" discoveries? All I really need is a name for each. From that I should be able to extrapolate the general use for each.

Dark Archive

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber
Edgar Lamoureux wrote:
No need to go into any specific details, but would someone kindly describe the "toxic avenger-esque" discoveries? All I really need is a name for each. From that I should be able to extrapolate the general use for each.

Tentacle, vestigial arm, tumor familiar, to name some that stand out.

Silver Crusade

Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber
Razz wrote:
Are there PrC in the book?

Nope.

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Dark_Mistress wrote:
Edgar Lamoureux wrote:
No need to go into any specific details, but would someone kindly describe the "toxic avenger-esque" discoveries? All I really need is a name for each. From that I should be able to extrapolate the general use for each.
Tentacle, vestigial arm, tumor familiar, to name some that stand out.

All are viable discoveries for my Kingmaker character, well supported by fluff. That's good.


Dark_Mistress wrote:
Razz wrote:
Oh sexy, Dark Mistress, I beseech thee one question of mine: are there prestige classes? If so, what are they?
Sorry no. Just archetypes and other options.

Ugh, lame. My biggest pet peeve with Paizo lately; the lack of prestige classes. Archetypes are ok, but I'm not ok with replacing so many abilities for a theme. Prestige classes are a good alternative to those who either want to delve a little, midway, or all of it and it won't replace any class abilities in the process, just either make them longer to get to, weaker, or not get them at all (assuming a game stops at 20th level).

Well, I can at least look forward to the other goodies.

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Well, I must away. I shall return, however. See ya'll tomorrow.


Is there really a Quicken Channel feat? How does it work? I assume the same as Quicken Turning from 3.5?

Are their feats similiar to WotC's Divine feats? As in, use a Channel Energy for some other benefit?

Any Bardic Music feats?

Is there a sidebar that gives guidelines on adding new spells to the Alchemist, Inquisitor, Magus, Summoner, and Witch spell lists? They promised that long ago.


Darn no "law" bloodline.

A musical bloodline..interesting.

Mostly creatures from beastairy I ...Weird.. oh well I was hoping for an Aeon, Daemon, Qlippoth or countless other possibilities from beastairy II.

Stars and moon patrons for witches...I like the sound of that.

Do they have a oracle mystery related to art, music, dance, artifice, crafting, wood, illusion, charm, love or metal?


Dragon78 wrote:

Darn no "law" bloodline.

You'd figure an Axiomatic and an Anarchic bloodline would've been a no-brainer, but alas! Those two alignment axes once again get the shaft. (Hint at the suggestion they do a Law vs Chaos adventure path sometime in the near future)

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No one said there wasn't an anarchic bloodline in UM...


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Can the qinggong monk archetype be combined with any of the APG archetypes?

What does the clone master do? It sounds self-explainable, but it might not be. Is it growing clones in vats or do they spring up instantly on the battlefield? Can you do different things with them? Can you make them look like other characters or monsters?

Does the Beastbonded Witch get an animal companion instead of a familiar? If not, why is she called that?

Is it the Synthesist that is the "Guyver" archetype? If not, which one is it?

Can the Evolutionary "evolve" his eidolon during battle on the fly without having to level up?

Does the Broodmaster create multiple "lesser" eidolons or does he get rid of the eidolon to focus on summoned monsters?

Thanks for answering our questions guys. I'll try to return the favor someday if I ever receive a PDF earlier than the rest of you.


Sebastian wrote:
No one said there wasn't an anarchic bloodline in UM...

Eh? Well, that makes it even more weird NOT to have the law version in it.


Sebastian wrote:
No one said there wasn't an anarchic bloodline in UM...

Which is weird considering there already is one in the APG - the protean bloodline.

I can only hope my subscription copies come soon. Is everyone else getting them because they live west coast? Or did they send out review copies? Since our Dark Mistress is the paragon of all reviewers?

My jealousy knows no bounds. Although it's probably for the best, considering I still have 28 papers to grade and finals after that.

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I havne't delved deeply into it, just noticed that there is an Anarchic bloodline. I had the same reaction regarding the lack of an Axiomatic bloodline. I think it's because the Anarchic bloodline is part of a sorcerer archetype with multiple, mutated bloodlines. Maybe law just doesn't fit there...


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Sebastian wrote:
No one said there wasn't an anarchic bloodline in UM...

I think the Protean bloodline has that position covered pretty nicely. ;)

Dark Archive

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Ashanderai wrote:

Can the qinggong monk archetype be combined with any of the APG archetypes?

What does the clone master do? It sounds self-explainable, but it might not be. Is it growing clones in vats or do they spring up instantly on the battlefield? Can you do different things with them? Can you make them look like other characters or monsters?

Does the Beastbonded Witch get an animal companion instead of a familiar? If not, why is she called that?

Is it the Synthesist that is the "Guyver" archetype? If not, which one is it?

Can the Evolutionary "evolve" his eidolon during battle on the fly without having to level up?

Does the Broodmaster create multiple "lesser" eidolons or does he get rid of the eidolon to focus on summoned monsters?

Thanks for answering our questions guys. I'll try to return the favor someday if I ever receive a PDF earlier than the rest of you.

1) Not sure, short of looking at all the other archetypes I wouldn't know.

2) More or less. He can grow a clone of himself to awaken if he dies and some other stuff.

3) No, she has a closer tie to her familiar able to power it up some and some other stuff.

4) Yes.

5) No, but he can do it daily.

6) More than one eidolons.

Dark Archive

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Azazyll wrote:
Sebastian wrote:
No one said there wasn't an anarchic bloodline in UM...

Which is weird considering there already is one in the APG - the protean bloodline.

I can only hope my subscription copies come soon. Is everyone else getting them because they live west coast? Or did they send out review copies? Since our Dark Mistress is the paragon of all reviewers?

My jealousy knows no bounds. Although it's probably for the best, considering I still have 28 papers to grade and finals after that.

It is based on which group you are in. They do the largest group first. Number of people with the same order. As far as I can tell it is random with in that group who gets it first. I didn't get a review copy. This is just part of my subscription.


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Dark_Mistress wrote:
Ashanderai wrote:
Can the qinggong monk archetype be combined with any of the APG archetypes?

1) Not sure, short of looking at all the other archetypes I wouldn't know.

I guess a better question would be, "What abilities does he lose from the base monk class to take on the qinggong archetype?"

Thanks for taking time to answer, Dark Mistress.


What are the new cleric archetype like? Are there any new (sub)domains?

Dark Archive

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber
Ashanderai wrote:
Dark_Mistress wrote:
Ashanderai wrote:
Can the qinggong monk archetype be combined with any of the APG archetypes?

1) Not sure, short of looking at all the other archetypes I wouldn't know.

I guess a better question would be, "What abilities does he lose from the base monk class to take on the qinggong archetype?"

Thanks for taking time to answer, Dark Mistress.

slow fall

high jump
wholeness of body
diamond body
abundant step
diamond soul
quivering palm
timeless body
tongue of the sun and moon
empty body
perfect self

Dark Archive

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The Forgotten wrote:
What are the new cleric archetype like? Are there any new (sub)domains?

Cloistered

Separatist
Theologian
Undead Lord

No no new cleric domains anyways. :)


Dark_Mistress wrote:
The Forgotten wrote:
What are the new cleric archetype like? Are there any new (sub)domains?

Cloistered

Separatist
Theologian
Undead Lord

No no new cleric domains anyways. :)

Can you give me ome idea what they do?

Dark Archive

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

Cloistered - loses some armor, weapons and domain, to gain some lores and knowledge based abilities.
Separatist - splinter clerics of the faith, their views on their god is outside the main stream. They lose the favored weapon but the second domain can be anything.
Theologian - loses one domain but becomes better with the other.
Undead Lord - bonuses with the undead.

Guess I shouldn't mention the variant Channeling either. :)

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Dark_Mistress wrote:
Ashanderai wrote:
Dark_Mistress wrote:
Ashanderai wrote:
Can the qinggong monk archetype be combined with any of the APG archetypes?

1) Not sure, short of looking at all the other archetypes I wouldn't know.

I guess a better question would be, "What abilities does he lose from the base monk class to take on the qinggong archetype?"

Thanks for taking time to answer, Dark Mistress.

slow fall

high jump
wholeness of body
diamond body
abundant step
diamond soul
quivering palm
timeless body
tongue of the sun and moon
empty body
perfect self

So, it doesn't look it can work with the other archetypes. Oh well.

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