This book contains dozens of new monsters found in the Inner Sea region—all invented specifically for the Pathfinder campaign setting! Some, like the gearsmen of Numeria or the moth-like star monarchs who serve the goddess of dreams, have been mentioned many times in Pathfinder Campaign Setting books, but others, like the alien vespergaunt or Rahadoum’s desert-dwelling whirlmaws, have only been obliquely illustrated or mentioned before. And some—like the mysterious and ancient veiled masters, and the disturbingly alluring fungus queen—make their appearance for the first time in print after debuting in Paizo’s office campaigns.
The Inner Sea Bestiary explores some of Golarion’s most unique monsters. Inside this book you will find:
New monsters ranging in challenge rating from 1/3 (such as the mysterious syrinx) to 25 (the powerful infernal duke Lorthact).
Three new monstrous templates: the exotic mind-draining vetala vampire, the blighted fey of Fangwood, and the twisted mutants of the Mana Wastes.
Five new 0-Hit Die races ready for you to customize as villains—or playable as characters if that suits your particular game!
Beings both benevolent and destructive—48 in all—ready to challenge adventurers in any Pathfinder game!
The Inner Sea Bestiary is intended for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and the Pathfinder campaign setting, but can be used in any fantasy game setting.
By Jim Groves, James Jacobs, Rob McCreary, Erik Mona, Jason Nelson, Patrick Renie, F. Wesley Schneider, James L. Sutter, Russ Taylor, Greg A. Vaughan
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The CR of Xotani is 20(both in 3.5 and pathfinder) and none of the spawn are considered "epic" level since CR 25 is the max for non-epic/mythic rules.
I was referring to d20pfsrd's version of Xotani (which is CR 24) and as far as I'm concerned ANYTHING over CR 20 is considered epic (at least in my book).
Yes, but in Pathfinder he is only CR20 because he is the weakest of the major spawn. Personelly I am fine with the idea that each spawn is a different CR ranging from 20-25.
Let me Quote the "James Jacobs, All-knowing Oracle of Pathfinder" Thread.
James Jacobs wrote:
Dragon78 wrote:
7)Xotani was stated up as a CR20 in 3.5, would he still be a CR20 now? Would it be safe to assume that each spawn of Rovagug would be a different CR ranging from CR20-25?
7) Xotani would remain CR 20 in Pathfinder rules. He's more or less the low end of the spawn, with the Tarassque being the high end.
So yeah, d20PFSRD's version of Xotani is not accurate.
It's certainly Usable. and a very nice monster conversion. And of course if a DM wants to make Xotani CR24 for the purposes of his game that's okay. But in Golarion as written, Xotani's the weakest of the spawn.
Once you get past CR20 CRs are a bit iffy, anyway.
Have we confirmed which spawn are in This book by the way? I wouldn't mind seeing Ulunat and Vulnagur. Though I suppose Chemnosit could be nice to see.
Outside of the developers, I don't think anyone has seen it yet. It'll probably be a few more days before the Companion line subscribers get their PDFs.
Outside of the developers, I don't think anyone has seen it yet. It'll probably be a few more days before the Companion line subscribers get their PDFs.
Quite correct. Even freelancers/contributors usually don't see the final product till its starts shipping. We're usually just as excited as everybody else to see the artwork, and how the final version changed from our turnover.
(There are exceptions, of course, if we really need to see something that is being written on the heels of another release. But those are rare.)
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Stratagemini wrote:
I'd like to see Xotani restatted for PF. It's such a cool monster, it really needs a CR worthy of it's name.
For the finale of my Legacy of Fire campaign earlier this year, I have done my best to create a Pathfinder RPG version of Xotani, by carefully comparing the 3.5 version of the Tarrasque to its Pathfinder RPG version and applying the same changes to the 3.5 version of Xotani. The result is a CR 23 Pathfinder RPG version. My players were lucky, though, and I didn't need it. But I can still show it around!
So, if you only used abilities from the ARG... and assuming an Android is a construct rather than a half-construct then is the android built as follows?
Spoiler:
Android
Type
-Construct 20 RP
Size
-Medium 0 RP
Base Speed
-Normal 0 RP
Ability Score Modifiers
-Mixed Weakness (+2 Str, -2 Dex, +2 Int, -4 Cha) -2 RP
Languages
-Standard 0 RP
Racial Traits
Weakness Racial Traits
-Elemental Vulnerability: Electricity (-2RP)
Total 16 RP
Well, in Roman Myth (specifically in Ovid's Metamorphoses), Syrinx was a Nymph who got turned into water reeds. Specifically Hollow Water reeds. The same kind of reeds Pan Pipes were made out of.
So, if you only used abilities from the ARG... and assuming an Android is a construct rather than a half-construct then is the android built as follows?
** spoiler omitted **
Nope.
BUT... rest assured we included what the point cost of new racial things are so people could nab those abilities for new races, or play around with the calculation, or just plain know what the values are.
Well, in Roman Myth (specifically in Ovid's Metamorphoses), Syrinx was a Nymph who got turned into water reeds. Specifically Hollow Water reeds. The same kind of reeds Pan Pipes were made out of.
Ah hah! So they'll be great for bards since they're their own instrument?
The 0-HD races are all single page entries, so they'll provide as much information as the tengu or tiefling does in the Bestiary. (More or less, depending on the art.)
I can't seem to locate a page count anywhere in the product description?!?? I can glean that the OHD get a one page treatment each, and the blurb says 48 creatures in all - but beyond that I'm guessing.
It's the same page count as all Campaign Setting books - 64 pages.
Indeed. With the exception of the World Sea Inner Guide and the map folios, all books in the Pathfinder Campaign Setting line, of which this book is part, are 64-page books.
It's the same page count as all Campaign Setting books - 64 pages.
Indeed. With the exception of the World Sea Inner Guide and the map folios, all books in the Pathfinder Campaign Setting line, of which this book is part, are 64-page books.
"World Sea Inner Guide" Yoda talk is to teaching you! ;)
It's the same page count as all Campaign Setting books - 64 pages.
Indeed. With the exception of the World Sea Inner Guide and the map folios, all books in the Pathfinder Campaign Setting line, of which this book is part, are 64-page books.
"World Sea Inner Guide" Yoda talk is to teaching you! ;)
Hehe! Well, in my defense, it's 7:40 AM here and I'm still up. :D
Between Mythic rules and waiting to download my subscriber copy of Inner Sea Bestiary...This is going to be a long tortuous day checking the Paizo website.