Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Horror Realms (PFRPG)

Are there any news about Geb himself? Any full body illustrations of him?

Three haunting performances, and yes, they're masterpieces. The remaining one is Limited Wish at the cost of some Wis drain, or eventually Wish, although you gotta pay for that.

No Geb himself that I noticed. Definitely no art.

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-Skeld

Anything for Monks/Brawlers?

I´m just combing the book for a review and can say you that it contains the "Scarred Monk" Archetype which gains powers through self-mutilations called "mortifications".

It may be a little less powerful in general, but it gains some very cool powers like blindsense & blindsight, dealing the same damage back to attackers that it took (plus additional fx) or gaining true seeing for 1 round/Ki point.

Nothing for Brawlers tough.

That Scarred Monk archhetype sounds like it'd be great for the Silent Enforcers of Nidal.

I'm disappointed that this installment of "Realms" has broken format and does not include NPC stats.

The write up of Crabfield Isle assumes some fairly significant changes to the nation of Geb, from the Inner Sea World Guide.

Originally, only a fraction of the Gebbite population were undead, including most of the (non-Blood Lord necromancer, many of which are still living humans) ruling class. The writeup here makes a point, two or three times in a single paragraph, that almost everyone in Geb is undead, and that, counter to the Inner Sea World Guide writeup, where the Dead Laws explicitly protect living citizens from the hungers of their undead countrymen, that humans are just tender vittles to the undead, to be snatched up and devoured willy-nilly.

While Geb was hardly the safest sounding place to adventure out of, it's become far less useful, narratively, with these changes, and basically become wasted space on the map that could have held some place more useful to a GM.

On the other hand, it's cute that the writeup uses a scene from one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies for flavor. (a swarm of crabs carrying a ship) It certainly would make it easier to find a visual for that sort of encounter. Just pop the movie on!

That sounds like something that slipped past other writers/editors .-.

Someone should probably check whether this changes the official stance on Geb or not ._.

Inner Sea World Guide remains the most accurate portrayal of Geb. I should have toned back the "everyone is undead" elements in Crabfield Isle as it applies to Geb as a whole, I suppose... the intent was mostly that Crabfield Isle itself is a place where more folks are undead than not.

Happy there's a Dark Tapestry shaman - is along the lines of 3.5's alienist!

Are there any notations in the write-up for the scarred monk archetype to make it usable with the unchained monk? I ask because from what I can see here, it looks as though it, like the hellcat archetype in the Villain Codex, was designed primarily with the core monk in mind.

I was paging through my copy, and I discovered something amiss. Instead of pages 50,51,54,55,58,59,62 & 63 there are duplicates of pages 18,19,22,23,26,27,30 & 31 respectively. Definitely a printer's error most foul.

I was paging through my copy, and I discovered something amiss. Instead of pages 50,51,54,55,58,59,62 & 63 there are duplicates of pages 18,19,22,23,26,27,30 & 31 respectively. Definitely a printer's error most foul.

Whatever you do, don't hold them up to a mirror and read them backwards.

DOOOOOOOM!!!

(But seriously, that sucks. You might want to let the Paizo staff know in the Customer Service section. Just in case they don't happen to see it here.)

Yeah, definitely create a CS thread about that. In my rare experiences with product issues, the staff were incredibly helpful. ^_^

Same here. I had a similar issue with Into the Darklands a while back. Even though it took a second try after the first, it was fixed.

Are there any notations in the write-up for the scarred monk archetype to make it usable with the unchained monk? I ask because from what I can see here, it looks as though it, like the hellcat archetype in the Villain Codex, was designed primarily with the core monk in mind.

With the exception of the unchained summoner (which we pretty much treat these days as the official summoner in our world products), all the content of Unchained is optional, so if you use it in your game, feel free to adjust things designed for the core versions as needed. That's part of the fun (and work) of using options in a game, after all... having to mod things to make it all work.

I don't have a problem modding them. It's just that the trend had been as of late to incorporate how the archetype would work with the unchained monk, so I was kind of surprised to see that wasn't the case with the wildcat, and now apparently with the scarred monk.

Does this book horror realms have the oracle curse ablothe?

Does this book horror realms have the oracle curse ablothe?

The aboleth curse, along with the other corruption curses, is indeed in this book. ^_^

Blayde MacRonan wrote:

Are there any notations in the write-up for the scarred monk archetype to make it usable with the unchained monk? I ask because from what I can see here, it looks as though it, like the hellcat archetype in the Villain Codex, was designed primarily with the core monk in mind.

With the exception of the unchained summoner (which we pretty much treat these days as the official summoner in our world products), all the content of Unchained is optional, so if you use it in your game, feel free to adjust things designed for the core versions as needed. That's part of the fun (and work) of using options in a game, after all... having to mod things to make it all work.

James, you do know that the PFS team will not legalize any new monk archetypes that do not include specific unchained notes? (for unchained monks, which is essentially the default now)

It's even worse for unchained rogues. I could still see the argument for Core monk, but there's no reason for Core rogue when the necessary upgrade is out there.

It's even worse for unchained rogues. I could still see the argument for Core monk, but there's no reason for Core rogue when the necessary upgrade is out there.

As noted in the Pathfinder Society Unchained blog, all rogue archetypes are compatible with the unchained rogue.

Kalindlara wrote:

It's even worse for unchained rogues. I could still see the argument for Core monk, but there's no reason for Core rogue when the necessary upgrade is out there.

As noted in the Pathfinder Society Unchained blog, all rogue archetypes are compatible with the unchained rogue.

It's true. Thank you for the reminder! ^_^

Could someone give the gist of the Hive version of the oracle curse?

I've been reading over the details on the Mute Musician Archetype. Perhaps I am missing something crucial here, but it seems that the archetype performance Symphony of Silence runs much the same effect as Countersong, but on less effectively level:

Symphony of Silence:

Symphony of Silence (Su) At 3rd level, the mute musician’s music muffles all other sounds within a 30-foot radius. All creatures in the area of effect gain a +2 bonus on all saving throws made against sonic attacks or language-dependent effects. This bonus increases to +3 at 7th level, +4 at 11th level, +5 at 15th level, and +6 at 19th level. Symphony of silence relies on audible components. This bardic performance replaces inspire competence.

Countersong:

Countersong (Su): At 1st level, a bard learns to counter magic effects that depend on sound (but not spells that have verbal components.) Each round of the countersong he makes a Perform (keyboard, percussion, wind, string, or sing) skill check. Any creature within 30 feet of the bard (including the bard himself) that is affected by a sonic or language-dependent magical attack may use the bard’s Perform check result in place of its saving throw if, after the saving throw is rolled, the Perform check result proves to be higher. If a creature within range of the countersong is already under the effect of a non-instantaneous sonic or language-dependent magical attack, it gains another saving throw against the effect each round it hears the countersong, but it must use the bard’s Perform skill check result for the save. Countersong does not work on effects that don’t allow saves. Countersong relies on audible components.

Both performances provide some form of alteration to saves vs sonic and language dependent effects. Aside from the switch from a Perform check to a flat bonus (and Countersong's ability to grant new save) is there a significant difference? It feels odd that they sacrificed inspire competence for what is essentially a variation on an old theme.

Symphony applies to all sonic and language effects, Countersong only applies to magical ones.

Can't think of any immediately off the top of my head but there's probably plenty of nasties throughout the bestiaries that SoS would come in handy when dealing with.

Ythrian(sp) Destrechan(sp)?

I'm sure someone has mentioned it by now, but how do corrupted animal companions work?

Basaically they're companions that have returned from the dead (usually), and they gain a Manifestation. It does something good for them but bad for their master.

Mostly it's bad. Think Pet Cemetery and you're pretty much on track.