Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Planes of Power (PFRPG)

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Embrace the Elements!

The elemental forces of air, earth, fire, and water are among the most powerful in the multiverse, forming the basis of the material world and giving creatures capable of wielding them immeasurable influence. Now players and Game Masters can harness these primal powers for themselves by exploring the Elemental Planes—entire realms of existence dedicated to the four elements—with Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Planes of Power. This book fully details each of the four Elemental Planes with advice on adventuring in their harsh environs, new character options and creatures, location gazetteers, and an examination of major settlements that offer welcoming landing sites for planar travelers.

Season 8 of Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild will journey to the Elemental Planes, where adventurers can explore these fantastic realms and face the diverse foes that call them home. This book is the perfect resource for those undertakings and any campaign on the Elemental Planes, and includes nuanced information such as:

  • A thorough look at how each plane's environment affects Material Plane natives, including suggestions for those to wish to protect themselves from such dangers.
  • A look at the elemental lords both past and present, including lore about the methods the current evil overlords used to imprison and sequester their good counterparts during the Material Plane's earliest days.
  • New druid domains for characters who frequent the Elemental Planes, the elemental purist kineticist archetype, the planar sneak rogue archetype, and elemental barbarian rage powers, as well as new magic designed for planar travelers.
  • Detailed articles about each of the planes, including information on their inhabitants, prominent locations, and the complex politics and geography that tie all four realms together.
  • A bestiary full of potential new elemental threats and allies, from the nephlei—or cloud nymphs—who hail from the Plane of Air to the Plane of Earth's serpentine monstrosities called agrawghs to Ymeri, Queen of the Inferno and Elemental Lord of Fire!

Planes of Power is intended for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and the Pathfinder campaign setting, but can be easily adapted to any fantasy world.

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Good book

4/5

Read my full review on Of Dice and Pen.

Planes of Power is a great introduction for designing adventures set on the Elemental Planes. Indeed, there’s enough information in here to inspire numerous full campaigns. GMs will need to expand on the details and fill in the blanks, but overall, the book is an invaluable resource to get them started.


One of the best Chronicles I've purchased

5/5

As far as "bang for your buck" goes, Planes of Power is in my top 5. Fun gazeteer seeds one can easily build a campaign around for every plane, plus new monsters and a political primer on the genies. If you want to take your party into the elemental planes, this book is worth is every copper.


Elemental Power

4/5

I really enjoyed this book though not as much the First World one or Distant Worlds.

The Good
-Interesting information about the four elemental planes, it's denizens, and it's rulers(current and old).
-Some cool monsters including stats for one of the elemental lords.
-Some useful equipment/character options.

The Bad
-10 pages just isn't enough to cover a single plane.
-Wished we got stats for all 4 elemental lords.


Lacking in the Planes section!

3/5

Book #82 of the Pathfinder Campaign Setting (or #94 if you count the 12 Pathfinder Chronicles books too) is a mixed bag:

GOOD:
The "Unveiling the Elemental Planes" introduction is actually pretty cool, especially the "alternative Druid domains" and the new Rage powers.
The 9 creatures in the Bestiary section seem mostly solid too, as does the "elemental-infused creature" template.

BAD:
The four 10-page sections of each of the elemental planes - essentially the main reason i bought this book - are severely lacking:
While there are some nice details in the gazetteer sections, there are no maps, neither of the planes, nor of their capital cities (which just get a short stat block and a very short - less than 2 pages- gazetteer)!
I get that we don´t get the stats of the four imprisoned good elemental lords, but why only stats for one of the four evil ones?

UGLY:
The City of Brass, which is supposed to be the largest of the four elemental capitals (that has been said since the early D&D days), has a 6 million population, as has the metropolis of the plane of earth.
The capital of the plane of air has a 6,1 million population, while the largest city in the plane of water has only 282,000!

This book didn´t inspire me very much, which is the opposite of what it should do and what i was expecting.


Planes of Semi Lackluster Power


First off let me say I was really looking forward to this book for the last several months for the 'Elemental Purist' archetype which in all honesty...really kinda sucks... it has the right flavor idea but mechanically only the change in Endcap ability is really fitting for the theme and has me really disappointed for hopes of a more Earth Dedicated Geokineticist(the template has promise though)

The rest of the book is pretty solid but seems to be even more lacking in stat details than many other books I've purchased lately. While the info on the individual planes, the local denizens, their attitude and motivation and 'interesting places' is great getting their stats can be a challenge(references to things like RotRL collector's edition, Curse of the Crimson Throne, Book 5 of Mummy's Mask, etc). Also somewhat disappointing is the total lack of stats for 3 of the Elemental Lords and little to no information on the Fallen Lords(plenty of room for homebrew campaigns I suppose). I was really looking forward to seeing the stats for Ayrzul but sadly only Ymeri is stated out. The creatures are interesting and appropriate for the book as expected, for the price the PDF is a decent enough deal for those truly interested in the planes either as a PC or DM and opens up a lot of potential.


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Paris Crenshaw, you say? Elemental, you say?


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Kvantum wrote:
Lev wrote:
I want the same book for good and neutral upper planes, written by Todd Stewart.
Shouldn't it just be a full trilogy - Planes of Purity, Planes of Balance, Planes of Corruption?

A billion times this. That might actually be enough to draw me away from Dark Heresy if that happens.


Dotting for extreme interest


*doesn't do dots* *does draw a smiley face*

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Todd Stewart wrote:
Kvantum wrote:
Lev wrote:
I want the same book for good and neutral upper planes, written by Todd Stewart.
Shouldn't it just be a full trilogy - Planes of Purity, Planes of Balance, Planes of Corruption?

:D

I promise Paizo that I'm not setting up forum proxies to beg on my account. I can do all my begging for such on my own. ;)

LIES! Don't even believe this one for a moment! I caught him just the other day hacking my account for specifically that purpose..... Damn proteans....! ....Can't trust 'em for even a moment.

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Mairkurion {tm} wrote:
Paris Crenshaw, you say? Elemental, you say?

Verily. A thorn among roses, I must confess. But a grateful thorn.


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If this has more information on Genies and Elemental Lords, I'm in.

I mean, I'm in anyway. But it would sweeten the deal.


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I'd really like more info on the positive/negative energy planes. They've always seemed interesting to me and so little has ever been done with them imo. Give me/my characters some interesting reasons to go there! And some interesting places there to go!


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Very cool! Will be looking forward to this!


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BY FIRE BE PURGED!!! ^_^


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I would love to find out more about the dead/defeated non-evil elemental lords.


I'd especially love it if they mentioned/described in more detail the other elemental gems.


I sure hope they put some new utility/wild talents in here for the Keneticist.....


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And his companion, the Barbie-arian. :-)


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Vampire Kitty wrote:
BY FIRE BE PURGED!!! ^_^

INSECTS

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Liz Courts wrote:
Announced! Product image and description subject to change. (And holy moly, this is #100 in the Pathfinder Campaign Setting subscription line!)

I don't want to nitpick, but while one could count the Harrow Deck and Inner Sea NPC Codex Box, i don't think the 2 marketing posters count as part of the Pathfinder Subscription line. ;-)

So october's release will be #100.


Any chance we will find out more about this one during Paizocon?

Paizo Employee Developer

There's always a chance!


Yeah for maybe!


So what elemental plane are most interested in?

I would have to say air or water.

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Dragon78 wrote:

So what elemental plane are most interested in?

I would have to say air or water.

Because the shaitan are a purely Paizo creation, unlike the 'legacy' djinni, efreeti and marids, I'm most interested in what sort of new ideas will be developed for them and the plane of earth.

Similarly, I'd interested in seeing how the non-genies who live on those planes function. The planes are theoretically infinite in size, so it's entirely possible that there are triton kingdoms larger than some material plane worlds or salamander or azer or fire giant or mephit nations on the plane of fire which have little or no connection to the efreeti / City of Brass presence.


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I´m looking forward to this book and hope the city of Brass etc will see some attention.

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Updated with final product image and description!


YAY! Thank you Chris! :D

Dark Archive

This looks and sounds very cool!

Instant classic!


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Sounds cool... Especially the part about elemental plane monsters not necessarily of "Elemental" type.
(fey, abominations, etc)
Should go well with the new take on Qadira, although sad we're still missing much on broader picture of Kelesh Empire.


Elemental purist kineticist archetype!!!

Looks like we are getting stats for at least one of the elemental lords.

Info about the past and current elemental lords.


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*thinks the kineticists in Pathfinder will be getting some elemental upgrades then...*


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I wonder what are the odds of getting stats for all four elemental lords.


Dragon,

I scoured the nets but couldn't find a better than average meme I liked.


I'm interested in elemental urist, really hoing it's worthwhile since I really like the idea of a kineticist who only uses one element but is really good at it. As is if you reach higher levels there is little reason not to go into at least one other element (since the benefits for selecting an element 3 times are lack luster}. We'll see.

Always hay for more Earth and Water related things.


Maybe this archetype is a way for the kineticist to get some resistances/immunities related to there element or at least more utility wild talents.

The planar sneak rogue archetype sounds interesting.


Hoping that there is an art for each of the eight elemental lord, just like we got arts for all the archdevils, and not how we got arts for only some of the demon lords or some of the empyreal lords. Though I believe that there is no need to be worried, since they are a small and limited group of eight members.

Dreaming about my future elemental purist/cleric of the Brackish Emperor... *¬*

Silver Crusade

Ooh, do you think the planar sneak rogue can do sneak damage to elementals?


Dragon78 wrote:
I wonder what are the odds of getting stats for all four elemental lords.

At least all of the evil ones, right? That also got me thinking if all of them have the same CR, and if they do, are they CR 30?


I wonder what these new druid domains will be since we already have air, earth, fire, water, and weather.

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The Gold Sovereign wrote:
Dragon78 wrote:
I wonder what are the odds of getting stats for all four elemental lords.
At least all of the evil ones, right? That also got me thinking if all of them have the same CR, and if they do, are they CR 30?

And maybe they are all in some kinda temple or something together too...


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Thank goodness for kineticist options. Now we just need some way around elemental immunities besides the sad Draining Infusion.


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Dragon78 wrote:
I wonder what these new druid domains will be since we already have air, earth, fire, water, and weather.

Maybe Ice, Lightning, Magma, and Mud for the Bestiary 2 elementals?

Edit: Though domains related to the creatures to be found on those planes might be interesting as well.


Maybe even Ether?


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Eliandra Giltessan wrote:
Ooh, do you think the planar sneak rogue can do sneak damage to elementals?

Perhaps! I think there was a Rogue feat/substitution level in 3.5 that allowed them to trade Sneak Attack for elemental damage. I can't remember if it helped them flank elementals, though. It was Dragon themed, though, but I imagine something similar to that.

There was also the Planar Rogue. It got Knowledge (Planes) and the ability to more easily bounce between planes. Might be like that.


Maybe the druid domains are djinni, efreet, marid, and shaitan.


Will we see the City of Brass?


More then likely.


I have always loved the City of Brass especially because of the DMG way back when


The City of Brass is mentioned again (two-page i believe) on the Blood of Elements Player Companion.


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By the way, there's already been a 6-page article on the City of Brass in Pathfinder Adventure Path #23, The Impossible Eye.

Paizo Employee Pathfinder Society Lead Developer

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The Gold Sovereign wrote:

Hoping that there is an art for each of the eight elemental lord, just like we got arts for all the archdevils, and not how we got arts for only some of the demon lords or some of the empyreal lords. Though I believe that there is no need to be worried, since they are a small and limited group of eight members.

Dreaming about my future elemental purist/cleric of the Brackish Emperor... *¬*

Book of the Damned, Volume 1: Princes of Darkness emphasized the Archdevils, their cults, their hierarchies, and the ways in which mortals interact with infernal collateral (e.g. contracts, talismans, etc.). In turn, each level of Hell only received a single page of description. That's a very sound choice for an Outer Plane that tends not to show up in travel brochures as a great place to visit.

For Planes of Power, the priorities are a little different. While there's some attention given to the Elemental Lords, their domains, and their roles on these planes, there's not an exhaustive write-up of each one. Ymeri gets the most real estate in the book, and Planes of Power answers some significant questions about the other Elemental Lords (including the deposed ones). On the other hand, the book dedicates much more space to extensive gazetteers of the four Elemental Planes, providing a wealth of adventure hooks and destinations to encourage adventures in these places—all while expanding greatly on these planes' character beyond what we could already assume (e.g. the Plane of Fire is hot, and it helps to know how to swim when visiting the Plane of Water).


John Compton wrote:

Book of the Damned, Volume 1: Princes of Darkness emphasized the Archdevils, their cults, their hierarchies, and the ways in which mortals interact with infernal collateral (e.g. contracts, talismans, etc.). In turn, each level of Hell only received a single page of description. That's a very sound choice for an Outer Plane that tends not to show up in travel brochures as a great place to visit.

For Planes of Power, the priorities are a little different. While there's some attention given to the Elemental Lords, their domains, and their roles on these planes, there's not an exhaustive write-up of each one. Ymeri gets the most real estate in the book, and Planes of Power answers some significant questions about the other Elemental Lords (including the deposed ones). On the other hand, the book dedicates much more space to extensive gazetteers of the four Elemental Planes, providing a wealth of adventure hooks and destinations to encourage adventures in these places—all while expanding greatly on these planes' character beyond what we could already assume (e.g. the Plane of Fire is hot, and it helps to know how to swim when visiting the Plane of Water).

I was hopping we would get at least one page and an art for each of the eight members, but if that's not the case, I can't say any of us would be displeased with this book, as a gazetteer of the Elemental Planes is indeed richer than one focusing only on the Elemental Lords and the other natives. *-*

Thanks for your attention and explanation. ;D


So we are only getting stats for the elemental lord of fire?

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