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I was hoping somebody better read up on Golarion than I am could explain to me the connection between the two. Baba Yaga came from earth if what I've read is correct, and I've seen someone say the Osirian gods migrated from Golarion to Earth, so my question is how? How is this happening, why is this happening, is it written down in some book I don't have? Any info would be appreciated.
Okay, so this is basically a starjammer connection.
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According to Pathfinder lore, Golarion and Earth inhabit the same multiverse: the coexistence of gods on Earth and Golarion is just a consequence of deities existing across that multiverse.
As far as the question of creatures that show up in both places, travel between the two planets is possible -- it just requires very powerful magic (or at least the ability to travel for unthinkable distances across the void of space), which is why connections between the two are so rare. (One such connection occurs in Pathfinder #71: Rasputin Must Die! -- information about Baba Yaga comes from this AP.)
It's possible that Earth and Golarion both exist on the Material Plane, albeit in different solar systems, in which case travel between them might be possible with interplanetary teleport -- assuming you knew where you wanted to go, at least. Which is a 9th-level spell in itself, so it's not easy under the best of circumstances. But I don't think it's been conclusively confirmed that this is the case; it's possible that they're not only in different solar systems, but different planes as well...in which case you'd need magic even beyond the spells currently available, magic that's so far only present in artifacts like Baba Yaga's Dancing Hut, or known by Baba Yaga herself.
Wouldn't Plane Shift work?
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Earth and Golarion could be in different galaxies. Time assuming that travel between Golarion and Earth is not FTL in a certain AP and is portal/wormhole based the current year in Golorian is aprox 100 years in earths past.
No, because as said, Earth and Golarion inhabit the same plane. Plane shift can move you between the Material Plane and Inner/Outer Planes, but not inside the Material Plane itself. As Aetherwisp said, for that you need the 9th-level spell interplanetary teleport.
Wouldn't Plane Shift work?
Unless you plane shift to the Ethereal, then choose Earth as your destination when you plane shift back to the Material......
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Unless you plane shift to the Ethereal, then choose Earth as your destination when you plane shift back to the Material......No, because as said, Earth and Golarion inhabit the same plane. Plane shift can move you between the Material Plane and Inner/Outer Planes, but not inside the Material Plane itself. As Aetherwisp said, for that you need the 9th-level spell interplanetary teleport.
Wouldn't Plane Shift work?
This is workable in theory, but you'd need to know Earth exists and supports life and want to go there. Which would all be pretty tricky to find out.
EDIT: Ninja'd! With better information.
Interesting to know.....
Still, it leaves it open as a possibility.....
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In addition to the previous two Earth nods, St. Cuthbert's Mace is said to have come from Earth as well. Well, technically, it came from a "far-flung, magic-starved world," but the only other place it could have come from was Oerth, which only meets the first of those two qualities.
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It's from Earth. It belonged to this guy. (Or, at least, the version of Earth that was visited by Baba Yaga's hut in 1918 and where Rasputin had bona-fide magical powers.)
The fact St. Cuthbert was a real person is why Paizo was able to bring the name back to that artifact, instead of just the saint's mace as it appeared in the 3.5 SRD.
No, because as said, Earth and Golarion inhabit the same plane. Plane shift can move you between the Material Plane and Inner/Outer Planes, but not inside the Material Plane itself. As Aetherwisp said, for that you need the 9th-level spell interplanetary teleport.
Wouldn't Plane Shift work?
it's possible that they're not only in different solar systems, but different planes as well...in which case you'd need magic even beyond the spells currently available, magic that's so far only present in artifacts like Baba Yaga's Dancing Hut, or known by Baba Yaga herself.
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(Or, at least, the version of Earth that was visited by Baba Yaga's hut in 1918 and where Rasputin had bona-fide magical powers.)Which seems to also be the version of Earth where R'lyeh is.
Rasputin, Baba Yaga, and Lovecraftian madness? Must be Hellboy's Earth.
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Keep in mind...you'd need to know of earth's existence in character :)
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It's from Earth. It belonged to this guy.
I used to go and read in his tomb at university. Not many visitors and it was, ahem, deathly quiet.
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I always toyed with the idea of having a Pathfinder character hail from Earth, understanding that overplaying that aspect leads to a stale character very quickly. One of them was a scion of Nikola Tesla, who, officially, didn't have any children. Unofficially, one of them is an alchemist wandering a distant, fantastical planet...
Also, it is a bit interesting regarding humanity's existence in the Pathfinder universe. They're on Earth, they're on Golarion, they're on whatever planet the Numerian starship came from. Be even more interesting if, of all the worlds in the Material Plane, humans are found ONLY on those three worlds.
CONSPIRACIES AHOY!
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One of them was a scion of Nikola Tesla, who, officially, didn't have any children.
Unless you count Atomic Robo Tesla.
Okay, now I kind of want to have Hellboy and Atomic Robo both come stomping through Pathfinder.