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Pathfinder Companion: Elves of Golarion (OGL)
Paizo Publishing, LLC
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$9.99
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$6.99
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Elves have been a part of the world for as long as anyone can remember. Caretakers of the natural world, warriors against the tide of savagery, and scholars of the deepest secrets of magic, elves are among Golarion’s most mystical and mysterious races. This book presents the definitive word on how elves live, fight, worship, and relate with other races. The information contained herein presents a wealth of information about the elven race, with new rules, details on making elven characters, and an extensive exploration of their society, history, and goals as a people. Even if you aren’t playing an elf, this booklet contains new spells, magic items, and character options perfect for any character.
Inside this Pathfinder Companion, you’ll find:
- Details on the elven people of Golarion—where they live, their arts and magic, their pantheon of deities, and more!
- An exploration of the beautiful—yet sometimes deadly—elven nation of Kyonin, the heart and soul of the Fair Ones on Golarion, including details on Queen Telandia herself
- More Character Traits specifically designed to enhance and expand a new elf character’s history and background
- Alchemical archery and new magic arrows, sacred pacts with elven gods, a plethora of magical meals, and the brightness seeker prestige class
Pathfinder Companion is an invaluable resource for players and Game Masters. Each 32-page bimonthly installment explores a major theme in the Pathfinder Chronicles campaign setting, with expanded regional gazetteers, new player character options, and organizational overviews to help players flesh out their character backgrounds and to provide players and Game Masters with new sources for campaign intrigue.
Written by Jeff Quick and Hal Maclean
ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-143-5
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At first, I was a bit taken aback by the asking price for this product: $10 for 32 pages? Really? Having received my copy, I've officially been swayed.
In just 32 pages, you've succeeded in presenting more content than the competition could hope to get out in two or three hardbound tomes. This book isn't filled with new rules or tables - this is all rich material which a GM can use to help in fleshing out any campaign world. Keep these racial expansions coming! And while you're at it, some "Companion" publications on the various base character classes would be awesome ;)
I can't quite put my finger on it, but while I like this book, and I certainly think its worth the money, and there are even some nice RP hooks and elven eccentricities, like magical food, in the book, I think it felt more like fine tuning elves a little to fit in Golarion than really grabbing me and hitting a home run.
I wouldn't not have wanted a radically different approach to elves, but at the same time, I'm not sure what its missing, but its not quite "there."
Still, its a good book, worth the money, and gives you some nice RP "flair" to hang on a Golarion elf to personalize it to the setting, and I can't fault that.
I paid AUD$18.00 for this sourcebook and was not disappointed for the price. However, I would have paid three times as much for half again the pages that could have provided more depth and insight into my favourite player race.
Elves of Golarion just lacked depth and in some instances provided little difference between the supplements created by TSR or WotC. I was expecting to find something new with the pages of this depictions of Golarion's elves, instead it went only a short way to fleshing out the elven race for this new world.
I hope to see more depth in the future and I will be glad to pay for it!
This booklet give good insight to elven but lack more indepts on difrent societys.
An excellent resource on elves in the world of Golarion. My only complaint is that I feel some of the nonstandard elven societies could have been fleshed out a bit more. In other words, a sourcebook detailing the ruins of Azlant, the Aboleths, and the elves of Mordant Spire would be greatly welcome.
An excellent sourcebook that shows us the different sides of being an elf: physically, mentally and spiritually.
New options for the elven players, new equipment and the examples of how deeply is the connection between elves and the magic or the use of the bow.
An excellent sourcebook for those who love the elves or plan them as antagonist, the only thing it lacks is more information on the the other elven races (its mostly the high elves of Kyoningthe ones mentioned, with the Forlorns in the mix)
'Elves of golarion' is a must have for anyone planning to run an elf-involving campaign on golarion, and a great roleplay-resource and background information crate of treasures for anyone who wants to start an elf in this new amazing world.
It may contain information already known to some older players who date back to 2nd ed, but there is far more in these 32 pages of awesome.
I am slightly disappointed at the prestige class though. Some may disagree, but the path given in this book is sort of NPCey. I don't imagine many players in my campaign would be charmed into playing it. It does not fit any spellcaster classes as it does not add any caster levels and the low attack bonus will probably disorient fighter-types from picking it.
I suppose I was hoping towards something like the return of a worthy bladesinger class to the game, which I've not seen since 2nd edition,or a mordant spire inspired one, perhaps even something from the winter council.
The elven queen's stat block seems a bit sub-par to me. I like the 2nd ed feeling these not-too-high-level-but-still-epic-npc give, but she could use some extra omph.
After a quick breakdown, her original unmodified by race or items statblock comes out at a total cost of 24 points in creation, which is 1 less from the 'epic fantasy' point selection. This is awesome for an NPC of this magnitude, but her crown which disables her from wearing a headband of intellect is a bit of a kick in the groin. She could still come out large and in-charge by researching a permanency spell on a maximized fox cunning spell, and with the PF rules she also gets a +2 racial int buff and 2 extra hps per level according to the conversion rules which puts her in a good place. 27 int sounds much better for a queen of elves rather than 20, which will likely be outmatched by an elf PC by level 8 or 12. I might go make my own version of her on the forums just for kicks later, using the same good logic of non-munchkinism.
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When it mentions an elven pantheon, is it referring to gods other than those found in the Campaign Setting?
Also, will Pathfinder have different subraces of elves? (in a similar way that Oerth has Grey, High, etc, and Faerun has Star, Moon, Sun, etc). Obviously, a drow subrace exists, so besides that.
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Hassan al-Sabah wrote:
When it mentions an elven pantheon, is it referring to gods other than those found in the Campaign Setting?
Also, will Pathfinder have different subraces of elves? (in a similar way that Oerth has Grey, High, etc, and Faerun has Star, Moon, Sun, etc). Obviously, a drow subrace exists, so besides that.
James has mentioned in the chat that the Mordant Spire elves are grey elves. I don't know if we'll see other variants, but if they're in Golarion, this book'll outline 'em.
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Perhaps James or someone else could clarify: will there be subraces of elves specific to Golarion (and will they be introduced in this book?) For instance, are the elves of Mordant Spire like gray elves (mechanically and conceptually -like how FR Sun elf is like unto a Gray) or are they Gray Elves(crunch and flavor-wise)?
A similar question could be asked relative to the aquatic elves around Azlanti ruins.
*Also, I'm still very curious about an elven pantheon and how that works with the hitherto stated devotion to beings like Desna and the Savored Sting.
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yoda8myhead wrote:
Hassan al-Sabah wrote:
When it mentions an elven pantheon, is it referring to gods other than those found in the Campaign Setting?
That was part of the stuff Jeff wrote so I can't say too much about it but I do recall reading a discussion of the elven pantheon in his draft.
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Will this be sold in a print edition, or just as a PDF?
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