A book about the Empire of Cheliax that doesn't contain a map of the place? Yes, there are maps of the 2 main cities (quite inconsistent in their presentation) but what about the land itself? It's as if owning the Pathfinder Campaign Setting is a prerequisite to actually making sense of this book, something which is not really written in the product's description. The other problem I had is that while it presents things in Pathfinder RPG compatible format largely, there are some inconsistencies, for example a feat that still refers to the old grappling rules. Otherwise this is a good book with some interesting bits and a very nice presentation.

... I shall hereby finally decide that there is no such things as words to properly describe how satisfied I am with this product. I could give you a list of "I likes" but, really it would be a list of the books contents. Allthough I must say I am overly fond of the entire section about law/legal procedures and society structure in Cheliax - absolutely adorable.

I am planning to GM CoT soon and this certainly helped to convince me to do so... (now, how do I finish of Second Darkness fastly... looks at final book... hmm... doomsday effect... will do...)

Great work. Really. Great. Awesome. Worth 10 Stars... *searches for better rating*

Excellant, great info for players and DM's....

I found this Companion to be extremely informative. It gave a detailed description of the fundamental aspects of the Chelaxian society while still leaving room for customizing the nation to fit an individual user's needs. In addition to providing a solid background of story material, numerous new Traits, Feats, Spells, and Magic Items really gave the Compantion a solid gameplay aspect. I really hope that further Companions keep with this same level of quality.

In the last year, the fledgling Pathfinder Companion line has struggled through the process of finding its niche, with the format and content varying from issue to issue. But with this volume, the line has found its stride and the result is the best of the line so far and one of the best Pathfinder setting support volumes to date. I haven't been inspired by Cheliax to this point, but this book won me over. I finally get it.

The background information on Cheliax is incredibly detailed without giving away spoilers to players and provided me with more than enough background stories for characters I will probably never get around to playing. I also really love the new approach to the persona section, providing multiple low-to-mid-level NPCs instead of a single person the PCs might never encounter.

For players in the Pathfinder Society, you'll find that there are tons of traits, feats, spells and other goodies legal for play (at least under version 2.0 of the rules).

I sincerely hope that future Pathfinder Chronicles volumes continue the quality of content and formatting of this volume. I'd also love to see a GM secrets version of this book with all the spoilers for people running games in Cheliax. As I said above, this book made me a Cheliax convert, so keep it coming!