Hail and well met, ‘Finders! This month’s new releases bring the prospect of mythic power to your pocket and march towards war with Treerazer! Now that we’re in 2025, Paizo’s physical product release dates will be moving to the first Wednesday of the month (barring holidays). Our digital products, such as Pathfinder and Starfinder Society Scenarios, will maintain their later release dates.

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Pathfinder Adventure Path #210: Whispers in the Dirt (Spore War 1 of 3)

MARCH OF THE DEMONS!

War is coming to the elven nation of Kyonin! From within Tanglebriar, a blighted land that spreads like a sickness along Kyonin’s southern border, the demon Treerazer is prepared to launch his first major attack on his enemies in centuries. Can a new group of heroes stand against the demon armies? The Spore War Adventure Path begins with “Whispers in the Dirt,” a complete adventure for 11th- to 13th-level characters.

Whispers in the Dirt is also available as a premium module for Foundry VTT. 

Pathfinder War of Immortals (Pocket Edition)

GO BEYOND LEGENDARY!

A god has been slain and nothing will ever be the same again! As war and destruction spread across the world, new heroes must rise to the occasion and take up arms to protect its mortal inhabitants. Lay claim to your own spark of divinity and charge into battle as a mighty exemplar or call upon the power of spiritual allies as a wise animist. Alongside these new classes are rules for running mythic games, archetypes for playing legendary characters, and a wide array of new items, spells, and monsters to tell stories straight out of myth!

The pocket edition presents the same contents as the standard edition in a smaller sized softcover for a lower price and better portability.

Starfinder Flip-Mat: Space Station

GET TO YOUR STATION!

Suit up and get ready to explore the galaxy’s most iconic and dangerous space stations with Starfinder Flip-Mat: Space Station. One side of this mat showcases the interior of a station you could find almost anywhere in the galaxy, complete with a mess hall, rec room, and even a docked fighter. This side also matches up perfectly to Starfinder Flip-Mat: Basic Terrain, allowing you to construct an even larger station. The other side of the mat is a grimmer station or research outpost, filled with the leftovers of deadly experiments and gruesome battles. Both sides can be turned into a set piece for almost any science-fantasy adventure!

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Fungal Forest

BEWARE THE SPORES!

Beneath the heavy forest canopy another kind of forest thrives. This shadowy haven for ferns, moss, and large fungi provides a perfect unsettling location for enemies to spring an attack. One side shows trees studded with shelf fungus and other growths, while the second side depicts similar features in a swamp. Danger is just a step away, so don’t waste time drawing your own map when Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Fungal Forest has you covered!

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The nascent demon lord Treerazer has long lurked in Tanglebriar’s wretched expanse, just south of the elven nation of Kyonin. Long ago, he tried to claim the country as his own, but the elves mounted a fierce resistance and contained him. Many now believe Treerazer to be exiled, trapped, imprisoned, or simply cowardly. They claim that he has hunkered down in the swamp, afraid to attract attention or to trigger elven wrath once more.

Those who believe this are about to learn just how dangerously wrong they are.

In the Spore War Adventure Path, your characters begin as new heroes of the nation of Kyonin and are called upon by Queen Telandia Edasseril to represent Kyonin’s interests in an upcoming diplomatic summit with the nations that border Lake Encarthan. The Whispering Tyrant’s growing threat cannot be ignored, but as the meeting between diplomats gets underway, it isn’t long before everyone realizes there is a much more imminent danger to the elven way of life. Treerazer is poised to strike Kyonin’s heart, and the heroes who find themselves standing against him must be stronger than ever before!

Inside the Spore War Player’s Guide, you’ll find player-friendly, spoiler-free information and tips to help you make an exciting new 11th-level character perfect for the Spore War Adventure Path. While this campaign is exceptionally well suited to a party that consists entirely of elven characters, Kyonin is welcoming of all ancestries.

This player’s guide contains:

• Character suggestions, including recommendations for ancestries, classes, languages, skills, and feats well suited to this Adventure Path.
• Six new backgrounds tailor-made to enmesh your character in Kyonin’s history and legacy, to explain why your PC might be destined to become a hero of Kyonin, and to grant specific additional advantages you’ll need to face the otherworldly threats in store for you.
• An examination of elven society to help you craft characters who, be they elven locals or visitors from abroad, can fit in and understand the lifestyles present in Kyonin.
• A brief gazetteer of the city of Greengold, where the Spore War Adventure Path begins.
• Spoiler-light advice for players and GMs alike who’ve played a lower level Paizo Adventure Path and are looking to transition 11th level characters from one of those stories into the Spore War Adventure Path.

Download The Spore War Player's Guide Today!

Hail and well met, ‘Finders! This month’s new releases take you from an idyllic coastline into the quicksand sea of Drowning Sands! As we transition into a new year, Paizo’s physical product release dates will be moving to the first Wednesday of the month (barring holidays). Our digital products, such as Pathfinder and Starfinder Society Scenarios, will maintain their later release dates.

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Pathfinder Adventure Path #209: Destroyer’s Doom (Triumph of the Tusk 3 of 3)

NO MERCY FOR TRAITORS.

Against all odds, the fractious orcs of southern Belkzen have united, thanks in part to the PCs’ insight on how to subdue the region’s terrifying ancestor storms. Now Belkzen has mustered an army to quash an undead uprising and punish the treacherous orcs who enabled it. The PCs must in­filtrate the enemy city of Wyvernsting before the siege begins. Only then will they uncover the undead apocalypse’s true master. “Destroyer’s Doom” is an orc-focused Pathfinder adventure for four 9th-level characters.

“Destroyer’s Doom” is also available as a deluxe Foundry VTT module.

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Coastline

NOT A DAY AT THE BEACH!

When you’re an adventurer, heading to the coast doesn’t mean a vacation. Pathfinder Flip‑Mat: Coastline can help you set the scene for an adventure without having to draw the map yourself. Whether the heroes are fighting to save a quaint fishing cove or defending a storm-lashed lighthouse from terrors of the sea, this Flip-Mat has your adventures covered!

Pathfinder Society Scenario #6-08: Upon Wheels and Rime

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters.

Within Irrisen, Queen Anastasia has spent the better part of a decade testing the boundaries of her rulership and seeing where she can and cannot make change. After enough research and discussion with fellow leaders, she's finally decided full steam ahead on the first of many plans she has developed to help bring her new home to the forefront of Avistani politics. Seeking insights from those who have to travel over a wide variety of landscapes, she's called upon the Pathfinder Society for their opinions on the platform of her new venture. Her meeting with Society agents and contractors goes off the rails, however, when a group of frost goblins looking to let off some steam launch an attack conducted by a disappointed fey. The Pathfinders will need to catch those goblins and defeat the fey in order ensure that Queen Anastasia's plan doesn't get derailed!

Starfinder Society Scenario #7-09: Clutches of the Vault Lord

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 9th- through 12th-level characters.

Ever since the Starfinder Society first established a presence on the false moon of Salvation’s End, its agents have continued to slowly but surely uncover new information about the megacomplex’s internal machinations and the dangerous Guiding Intelligence seemingly at its head. But they’re not the only ones interested in Salvation’s End…

Deep within the false moon, the tyrannical Vault Lord conquers vault after vault, spreading their influence and subjugating the residents of every vault in their path. Now, the free residents of Salvation’s End have come to two conclusions: the Vault Lord must be stopped, and they’ll need to work together to defeat them.

Join the Starfinder Society, the free citizens of Salvation’s End, and the mysterious Guiding Intelligence in a joint attack against the Vault Lord within the very heart of their realm: the vault of Xin-Tsalash!

Pathfinder Quest (Series 2) #22: Friends in Need

A Pathfinder Society Quest designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters, playable in 2-3 hours.

The Tskikha iruxi enclave has long been a staunch ally of the Pathfinder Society. Their enclave's location near some elementally attuned Azlanti ruins has given the Society a wealth of research opportunities while allowing them to protect the iruxi from the dangers in the ruins, which have a tendency to cause trouble. Recently they seem to have attracted some elemental scamps, which are causing mischief and chaos throughout the enclave. The Tskikha have once again called upon their allies for help.

From Our Partners:

Our partners at Archives of Nethys, Demiplane, Fantasy Grounds, Hero Lab Online, and Roll20* are dropping new content this month as well! Buy your PDF on paizo.com to get a discount via the PaizoConnect API, or pay full price on their platforms, sync your account, and get a complimentary PDF on the Paizo Store.

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Hail and well met, ’Finders! This month’s new releases take a deep dive into divinity, stand strong amid the ancestor storms, and lay out maps of extraterrestrial splendor!

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Pathfinder Lost Omens Divine Mysteries

TEST YOUR FAITH

Gods are unknowable beings, but their in­fluence is exceedingly evident. Worlds rise and fall through the will of the gods, and it’s through their followers that the greatest miracles are born. Path­finder Lost Omens Divine Mysteries takes a look at all things divine. From learning what it takes to become a god, to how gods grant power to their worshippers, and even the ways a god might die, this tome offers everything the would-be faithful could want. The book also includes details on hundreds of gods and philosophies common throughout the Lost Omens setting and exciting character options for adventurers of all types, regardless of their divine gifts, so you can take up the weapons and magic of your deity!

Pathfinder Lost Omens Divine Mysteries also releases in a Special Edition with faux-leatherette binding in December.

Pathfinder Adventure Path #208: Hoof, Cinder, and Storm (Triumph of the Tusk 2 of 3)

AGENTS OF THE ORC HORDE

Though they traveled to Belkzen as dignitaries to a harsh land, the PCs have proven their strength and earned a place on Belkzen’s war council. Now they must protect the aurochs herds that feed a nation, overturn a tyrannical coup in a city of seven mines, and clash with invaders hoping to capitalize on Belkzen’s moment of weakness as the ancestor storms continue raging overhead. “Hoof, Cinder, and Storm” is an orc-focused Pathfinder adventure for four 6th-level characters.

This volume also includes an overview of Shoanti culture, a series of exciting side quests in Belkzen, new magical items, terrifying creatures, and more!

Hoof, Cinder, and Storm is also available as a deluxe Foundry VTT bundle with all of the assets you need to run this adventure on Foundry!

Pathfinder Divine Spell Cards (Remastered)

Call down the might of the gods with Pathfinder Divine Spell Cards!

This essential accessory features the full pantheon of divine spells from Pathfinder Player Core and Pathfinder Player Core 2. Honor the higher powers with over 160 spell reference cards!

Pathfinder Focus Spell Cards (Remastered)

Unlock the potential of your inner magic with Pathfinder Focus Spell Cards!

This must-have accessory for characters with that little extra bit of magic features all of the focus spells from Pathfinder Player Core and Pathfinder Player Core 2 on over 220 reference cards. Tap into your inner power!

Pathfinder Occult Spell Cards (Remastered)

Discover the mysteries of the occult with Pathfinder Occult Spell Cards!

Featuring all of the occult spells from Pathfinder Player Core and Pathfinder Player Core 2 on over 240 reference cards, this is a vital accessory for those who dabble in the esoteric arts. Open your mind to the unknown!

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Occult Dungeon

DELVE THE SUPERNATURAL!

Whether your players are poring through libraries for occult texts or invading an otherworldly redoubt for a crucial secret, no Game Master wants to spend time drawing sites for their occult encounters. Fortunately, with Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Occult Dungeon, you don’t have to! This line of gaming maps provides ready-to-use and captivatingly detailed fantasy set-pieces for the busy Game Master. Place this map on your table and don’t delay your players on their investigation into the paranormal!

Starfinder Flip-Mat: Planetary Terrain Multi-Pack

Every planet is just a map away!

With four unique maps each bringing a science-fantasy planet to life, Starfinder Flip-Mat: Planetary Terrain Multi-Pack has what you need to take your Starfinder campaign to new worlds. One mat in this dual set displays a winter forest perfect for frigid worlds like Triaxus. The other side of this map depicts the desert of a red planet, with a perfect ambush point. The second map begins with a cratered surface great for lunar adventures or the surface of lifeless worlds like Apostae or Eox. The second side of this map showcases a brilliant blue and purple gas giant, with orbital platforms to let your adventurers fight in new dimensions. Push the boundaries of space with new worlds to explore and new maps to bring them to life!

Pathfinder Society Scenario #6-06: Rotten Apples

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 3rd- through 6th-level characters.

Deep in the Fangwood Forest in war-torn Nirmathas sits an isolated leshy village called Compost Watch surrounded by a sacred leshy graveyard: the Compost Forest. Working in tandem with the Ashfall Lodge, Compost Watch has kept up their vigil and maintenance of the primal space for generations. However, after a recent distress signal from the trees of the Fangwood, no one's heard from the little town. It's up to the PCs to enter the Compost Forest and see what's upsetting the balance of life, death, and nature!

Starfinder Society Scenario #7-08: Envar’s Awesome Rescue

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 3rd- through 6th-level characters.

Envar Tamm is in crisis! Or, more accurately, his body double is. Envar is a friend of the Starfinder Society and host of the popular extreme travel v-log Envar’s Expeditions. Days ago, mercenaries mistakenly kidnapped Envar’s body double while filming reshoots, rather than Envar himself. Possessing more bravery than good sense, Envar immediately hatched a plan to rescue his double and stream the footage.

Worried that Envar is going to get himself killed, Ilia Tamm, Envar's mother and CEO of Arch Energy Consortium, has contacted the Starfinders to bail him out. The mission? Accompany Envar on his absurd rescue mission and ensure he survives. While you’re at it, you might as well rescue Envar’s body double.

It’s time for Envar’s Awesome Rescue!

Pathfinder Society Scenario #6-07: A God Falls Where Magic Fails

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 7th- through 10th-level characters.

When Gorum died, shards of his divine being rained down. One of these warshards landed in an ooze being transported outside of Oenopion. The newly empowered creature escaped its confines and headed south toward the Mana Wastes. The Nexian forces haven't be able to deal with it, and have turned to hiring mercenaries. The Pathfinder Society learns of this chance to get their hands on another warshard, and has an arclord ally get them on the short list of candidates.

The PCs must prove their mettle over the other candidates before tracking this newly divine war ooze along the borders to the waste. What's more, the Mana Wastes aren't going to make this mission any easier, and since no one yet understands the full impact that warshards might have on creatures, there's no telling the capabilities of this war ooze.

From Our Partners:

Our partners at Archives of Nethys, Demiplane, Fantasy Grounds, Hero Lab Online, and Roll20* are dropping new content this month as well! Buy your PDF on paizo.com to get a discount via the PaizoConnect API. Or pay full price on their platforms, sync your account, and get a complimentary PDF on the Paizo Store.

*Roll20 is no longer a part of PaizoConnect and discounts and complimentary PDFs do not apply.

Pathfinder Replica: Goblin Baby Life-Sized Figure

There's nothing cuter than a baby, and the same is true for baby goblins! This adorably mischievous goblin is 8" tall and made from soft foam that's hand painted to show off each tiny claw and sharp tooth. This figure is ready to wreak havoc and is sure to attract attention in your home or game room!

Give this baby goblin a place of honor on your bookshelves or tabletops! 

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Hail and well met, ‘Finders! This month’s new releases invite you to follow your Mythic Calling, witness the outbreak of an interstellar war, and face the fallout of the Godsrain!

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Pathfinder War of Immortals

GO BEYOND LEGENDARY!

A god has been slain, and nothing shall ever be the same again! As war and destruction spread across the world, new heroes must rise to the occasion and take up arms to protect its mortal inhabitants. Lay claim to your own spark of divinity and charge into battle as a mighty exemplar, or call upon the power of spiritual allies as a wise animist. Alongside these new classes are rules for running mythic games, archetypes for playing legendary characters, and a wide array of new items, spells, and monsters to help you tell stories straight out of myth!

Pathfinder War of Immortals is available in standard hardcover, Special Edition faux-leatherette bound hardcover, PDF, and hobby retailer exclusive Sketch Edition hardcover.

Starfinder Playtest Adventure Empires Devoured

WHO CONQUERS THE CONQUERORS?

A group of heroes from the Pact Worlds has arrived to witness the political event of the century: the signing of a treaty between the warlike Veskarium and the ruthless Azlanti Star Empire. The two galactic powers have agreed to coexist on a backwater world called Kehtaria, where both empires have established bases of operations. Hoping to avert future devastating wars between the pair of superpowers, champions of the Pact Worlds attend the negotiations to ensure the birth of a new interstellar alliance and take part in the first steps toward lasting peace in the galaxy. That is, until it all goes wrong.

A treacherous political conspiracy threatens to disrupt the diplomatic proceedings when a surprise invasion by a new power shakes the planet. An armada of Azlanti forces calling themselves the Sihedron Guard attack Kehtaria, targeting Azlanti forces on the ground, their Veskarium allies, and anyone else unlucky enough to get in their way. If the heroes can survive this orbital bombardment and help defeat the invaders, they will discover evidence of another plot—a plot not to gain territory or resources, but to destroy them. It’s up to the heroes to save the galaxy, or to bear witness as it’s devoured.

Pathfinder Adventure Path #207: The Resurrection Flood (Triumph of the Tusk 1 of 3)

A STORM IS BREWING

The Triumph of the Tusk Adventure Path begins with an eclectic band of dignitaries becoming battle-hardened survivalists fighting for the orcs’ homeland and independence. This volume includes an overview of orc culture, an exploration of the Flood Truce tradition, new magical items, and fearsome creatures that wander the wilds! The Resurrection Flood is an orc-focused Pathfinder adventure for four 3rd-level characters.

The Resurrection Flood is also available as a deluxe Foundry VTT bundle with all the assets you need to run this adventure on Foundry!

Godsrain: A Pathfinder Novel

Four veteran adventurers—the barbarian Amiri, the wizard Ezren, the cleric Kyra, and her wife, the elven rogue Merisiel—witness the Godsrain and, with their newfound mythic power, find themselves on the trail of fell forces looking to capitalize on the chaos sown by Gorum’s death. Using their unique skills, nascent god-sparks, and even the firsthand blessings of one of Golarion's most potent deities, they must race against time and fate to prevent the greatest threat to Golarion from escaping an impenetrable prison. From fan-favorite author Liane Merciel (Hellknight, Nightglass, War of Immortals) comes a truly iconic adventure of high fantasy set in the award-winning world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Follow the heroes from the desert bazaars of Osirion to the heart of the permanent hurricane known as the Eye of Abendego and watch as they come to terms with their own mortality, the tenuous powers of the immortal gods, and the new world that unfolds before them in the wake of the Godsrain.

Godsrain: A Pathfinder Novel is also available in audiobook format.

Pathfinder: Before the Godsrain

Pathfinder's beloved iconic heroes make their fiction debut in Pathfinder: Godsrain, set to release in November 2024. These characters have existed since 2007, however, and have many existing adventures documented in flash fiction on the Paizo Blog and other promotional locations. Now, for the first time, readers can find these stories collected into a single volume, a perfect primer before diving into Godsrain or to further explore their history after meeting them for the first time.

Pathfinder Player Core 2 Pocket Edition

VENTURE BEYOND!

Survival in a world beset by magic and evil takes more than a lucky roll of the dice.

Pathfinder Player Core 2 significantly expands the options available to Pathfinder

players, giving you the tools to take on any adventure. Look inside to find everything you need to create a wide array of new characters who are ready to take on the world. Eight new classes, new ancestries and versatile heritages, a massive number of diverse archetypes, and tons of feats, spells, and alchemical items provide a near-endless array of exciting options for every Pathfinder character!

The pocket edition presents the same contents as the standard edition in a smaller sized softcover for a lower price and better portability.

Pathfinder Arcane Spell Cards (Remastered)

Master the secrets of arcane magic with Pathfinder Arcane Spell Cards!

This essential accessory for arcane spellcasters collects all of the arcane spells from Pathfinder Player Core and Pathfinder Player Core 2. More than 250 spell reference cards put unrivaled understanding of the arcane directly into your hands!

Players can easily arrange and plan their spells within moments, and a quick scan of the cards presents a caster's tactical options at a glance. The possibilities are endless, but Pathfinder Arcane Spell Cards let you master the mysteries of magic!

Pathfinder Primal Spell Cards (Remastered)

Channel the power of storms and wild creatures with Pathfinder Primal Spell Cards!

This must-have accessory is a comprehensive collection of the primal spells presented in Pathfinder Player Core and Pathfinder Player Core 2. Put the bounty of nature at your fingertips with over 200 spell reference cards!

Players can easily arrange and plan their spells within moments, and a quick scan of the cards presents a caster's tactical options at a glance. The possibilities are endless, but Pathfinder Primal Spell Cards let you master the mysteries of magic!

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Haunted Battlefield

CALL TO ARMS! 

Whether your players are engaged in a pitched, otherworldly battle or stumble across the haunted echoes of a previous war, no Game Master wants to draw out an entire battlefield. Fortunately, with the latest Pathfinder Flip-Mat, you don’t have to! This line of gaming maps provides ready-to-use and captivatingly detailed fantasy set pieces for the busy Game Master. Place Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Haunted Battlefield on your table and dive right into the action!

Starfinder Playtest Scenario #4: Rescue at Shimmerstone Mine

A Starfinder Second Edition Playtest adventure designed for 15th-level characters.

Mined on the frigid planet of Vesk-8, shimmerstone is a psychically active crystalline ore known to have a calming effect on emotions. After a wave of powerful cosmic energy ripples across the galaxy, shimmerstone changes, suddenly becoming unstable as it resonates with the psychic cries of a strange new god.

All across Vesk-8, shimmerstone mines suffer disaster after disaster. While many corporations react with attempts to sweep these events under the metaphorical rug, Shim-Tek desperately seeks outside agents to visit their shimmerstone mine, investigate the disturbance, and rescue any imperiled miners still on site.

Pathfinder Society Scenario #6-05: Silver Bark, Golden Blades

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters.

Silvertree Village is a small settlement within the Forest of Spirits that’s not far off the Spirit Road, the trade route tracing the southern coast of the forest. It's a smaller river crossing, but it’s often used when Ohira's inns are full, and some travelers even prefer using it. Or they did, until they found access to the village cut off by a mysterious fog. Word has reached the Pathfinder Society of this strange phenomenon, and they have resolved to investigate the issue, as the Society has also had cause to rest in Silvertree when transporting relics between Hongal and Minkai.

The PCs are tasked with finding out the cause of the fog. Before their work is done, they'll face challenges set upon their path by a kami and must learn what has upset them—and in doing so, perhaps uncover something much more dangerous.

Starfinder Society Scenario #7-07: Submerged Stars

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 5th- through 8th-level characters.

Welcome to Arniselle, an aquatic world where colorful morlamaws once worshipped cosmic horrors—or did they? Local Starfinder Hinevera is determined to prove that her people’s ancient past isn’t all foul cosmic entities! Years of extensive research and fieldwork have led her to multiple promising ancient ruins that could shed light on the broader history and beliefs of ancient morlamaws. But as the tides turn and Hinevera and her team fail to make contact, one thing becomes clear: something is wrong.

Travel to the planet of Arniselle and explore ancient ruins while on a rescue mission submerged beneath the waves!

Pathfinder Quest (Series 2) #21: Infernal Infiltration

A Pathfinder Society Quest designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters, playable in 2-3 hours.

Some disgruntled citizens in Kintargo, who preferred things as they were under Chelaxian rule, have stolen some very sensitive information concerning the Pathfinder Society's trade dealings and trade routes. In the hands of their enemies, this could put many agents at risk. Cheliax barely tolerates the Society on a good day, and if these thieves-who-would-be-spies can get the encrypted information into the hands of real Chelaxian intelligence operatives, Cheliax would likely relish its ability to deal incalculable harm. It's up to the PCs to infiltrate the thieves' base of operations and steal the information back before these rabble rousers can send it off. Keeping things quiet will be key, though, as the heads of Supplies and Procurement definitely don't want to tip the thieves off to the importance of what they really have.

From Our Partners:

Our partners at Archives of Nethys, Demiplane, Fantasy Grounds, Hero Lab Online, and Roll20* are dropping new content this month as well! Buy your PDF on paizo.com to get a discount via the PaizoConnect API, or pay full price on their platforms, sync your account, and get a complimentary PDF on the Paizo Store.

*Roll20 is no longer a part of PaizoConnect and discounts and complimentary PDFs do not apply.

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Friends, the time has come to forge a new history for the orcs of Belkzen!

The Holds of Belkzen have tenuously come together thanks to the vision and martial prowess of their leader, Ardax the White-Hair, to stand against Tar-Baphon. However, this peace is fragile as ambitions stir and conspirators whisper against the current leadership. Aware that a nation divided can’t stand against its foes, Ardax has invited a group of dignitaries to a special event: Torrentmoot, where old grudges will be soothed, and history will be made!

The PCs are among these dignitaries, working to further their own ambitions and hoping to witness the historic formation of a truly unified Belkzen. But not everyone is interested in peace, and some would prefer to drag the worst parts of the orcs’ history out of the past and into the present.

Inside the Triumph of the Tusk Player’s Guide, you’ll find player-friendly, spoiler-free lore and tips to create an exciting character suited for the Triumph of the Tusk Adventure Path. Contents include:

• An overview of the orc nation of the Holds of Belkzen, orc culture, and orc faiths.
• Character advice, including ways various character classes and ancestries might excel in this Adventure Path.
• Six new character backgrounds specifically designed for this Adventure Path, including Badlands Scout, Empty Hand Loyalist, and Self-Made.
• A list of potential patrons and advice about why your character might be at Torrentmoot.

Join the orcs of Belkzen in protecting their homeland!
Download the Player's Guide, preorder Triumph of the Tusk or subscribe to the Pathfinder Adventure Path line today!

As the clock strikes midnight on October 1st, the peak of spooky season rears its head and beckons you closer… Whether you celebrate Halloween with sweets and smiles or delve into more terrifying tales, we have a selection of games and accessories to spice up your fall game night!

Pathfinder Bundle of the Dead

Now through October 10^th, get Pathfinder Book of the Dead, Pathfinder Adventure Path: Blood Lords, and so much more on Humble Bundle! A portion of this frightfully good deal goes to Take This, a charity focused on mental health in gaming!

Multi-Night Scares!

Want to run an adventure through all of October? Try one of these standalone adventures designed to take characters through several levels of play!

Pathfinder Adventure: Malevolence

A horror-themed adventure starting at 3^rd level. This adventure is accompanied by Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Malevolence.

Pathfinder Adventure: Night of the Gray Death

A Gothic horror adventure starting at 16^th level. This adventure is accompanied by Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Night of the Gray Death.

Frights Within the Pages

Some rulebooks contain more than just options—adventures await with the cracking of the spine! These adventures are found inside hardcover rulebooks, which include spooky character options and creatures for your table!

“March of the Dead” (Pathfinder Book of the Dead)

Pathfinder Book of the Dead is flush with undead options, including this 3-4 hour adventure for 3^rd level characters. Build a zombie, ghost, lich, or vampire, and explore the town of Fiorna’s Faith.

Get the Pathfinder Book of the Dead as a PDF or physical copy in our Pathfinder Bundle of the Dead!

“Lady of the Harvest” (Pathfinder Dark Archive)

Pathfinder Dark Archive brings mystery, intrigue, and paranormal power to your table with two classes: the thaumaturge and the psychic, as well as a host of other paranormal options! This adventure, “Lady of the Harvest,” is one of eight case files from the Dark Archive of mysteries.

A Season of Haunts!

If you’d like to take your spooky season game long-term, check out these Adventure Paths that are sure to rattle your bones!

Pathfinder Adventure Path: Season of Ghosts

This four-part Adventure Path for levels 1-12 tasks characters with discovering the mysteries of Willowshore, a haunted town in the nation of Shenmen!

Pathfinder Adventure Path: Blood Lords

This six-part Adventure Path for levels 1-20 follows a party of characters as they rise through the ranks to rule a land of the dead!

Pathfinder Adventure Path: Gatewalkers

This three-part Adventure Path explores a cosmic mystery that has left people missing their memories and possessing new, unknown powers.

Starfinder Adventure Path: Signal of Screams

This three-part Adventure Path explores a luxury cruise gone wrong, afflicted by a mysterious disease that turns regular patrons into killers.

One Shots

Planning a spooky game night? Grab one of these chilling Pathfinder or Starfinder adventures designed to be played in a single sitting!

Pathfinder Bounty #3: Shadows and Scarecrows

A Pathfinder Bounty for 1^st level characters, playable in 1-2 hours.

Pathfinder Bounty #21: Against the Unliving

A Pathfinder Bounty designed for 3rd-level characters, playable in 1-2 hours.

Pathfinder Quest 15: In the Footsteps of Horror

A Pathfinder Society Quest designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters, playable in 2-3 hours.

Pathfinder Society Scenario #1-03: Escaping the Grave

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1-4, playable in 3-4 hours.

Pathfinder Society Scenario #4-02: Return to the Grave

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1-4, playable in 3-4 hours.

Pathfinder Society Scenario #1-25: Grim Symphony

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 5-8, playable in 3-4 hours.

Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-05: Island of the Vibrant Dead

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 3-6, playable in 3-4 hours.

Starfinder Playtest Scenario #2: It Came From the Vast!

A Starfinder Second Edition Playtest adventure designed for 5th-level characters, playable in 2-3 hours.

Starfinder Bounty #11: The Aucturn Dilemma

A Starfinder Bounty designed for 4th-level characters, playable in 1-2 hours.

Starfinder Society Scenario #6-08: Lost Revelry

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 5-8, playable in 3-4 hours.

Ghoulish Gifts and Accessories

Add some flair to your table or your home!

Pathfinder Battles: Armies of the Dead (Pre-Order Now!)

Whether you’re looking for boosters of minis to bolster your ranks of undead or stunning your table with the premium Death Coach, Gholdako, and Yamaraj miniatures, our friends at WizKids have a variety of miniatures perfect for fright night!

Pathfinder Phunny Plush: Gourd Leshy

Not everything spooky has to be scary! Pre-order this sweet pumpkin leshy plushie for the fall collector in your life.

From all of us at Paizo, we wish you a spectacularly spooky fall!

Spooky Season approaches (though, let’s be honest, does it ever really end for some of us?) and that provides the perfect opportunity for a thematically appropriate Humble Bundle! Starting today, and running through October 10, you can pick up the Pathfinder Second Edition Bundle of the Dead, featuring $811 of content, including Book of the Dead, the complete six-part Blood Lords Adventure Path (as well as the associated Foundry VTT modules), and many more titles to help you bring chilling adventures of terror and dread to your face-to-face or digital tables!

But it’s not just the content of this bundle that’s timely. Proceeds from the Pathfinder Second Edition Bundle of the Dead will support Take This, whose mission is to decrease the stigma of, and increase the support for, mental health in the game enthusiast community and inside the game industry. While they’d be a worthy cause to support at any time, Take This announced at the end of August that they were in dire need of help to keep from shutting down entirely. There’s literally no better time for you to support their cause, and this bundle provides just such an opportunity.

At the base level of a $5 donation, you’ll receive everything you need to take your first haunting steps into Pathfinder Second Edition, with PDFs of the Pathfinder Beginner Box, Core Rulebook, Bestiary, GM Screen, Character Sheet Pack, and the Blood Lords Adventure Path Player’s Guide—a value of over $84!

For $15 or more, you’ll get everything in the $5 tier, plus PDFs of the first three volumes of the Blood Lords Adventure Path, Advanced Player’s Guide, Gamemastery Guide, Lost Omens World Guide, Lost Omens Character Guide,Lost Omens Impossible Lands, four Pathfinder Society Scenarios (1–03: Escaping the Grave, 1–25: Grim Symphony, 2–17: Lost Maid of Anactoria, and 4–02: Return to the Grave), as well as eight Pathfinder Flip-Mats (Village Square, Haunted House, Bigger Temple, Arcane Library, Woodlands, Swamp, Forest Multi-Pack, and Ghost Town)—an additional $305 value.

For $35 or more, you get everything above plus another $375 in value, including PDFs of Book of the Dead, the last three volumes of the Blood Lords Adventure Path, Secrets of Magic, Lost Omens Ancestry Guide, Lost Omens Legends, four Pathfinder Society Scenarios (4–05: The Arclord Who Never Was, 4–10: Arclord’s Abode, 4–06: Signal from the Electric Laboratory, and 4–11: Prisoners of the Electric Laboratory), Pathfinder Bounty 21: Against the Unliving, two Starfinder Flip-Mats (Solar Temple and Spaceport), five Pathfinder Flip-Mats (The Rusty Dragon Inn, Museum, Dungeons Multi-Pack, Bigger Island, and Arcane Dungeons), and two Pathfinder Flip-Tiles collections (Dungeon Starter Set andDungeon Vaults Expansion). Additionally, customers at this tier will receive codes to add the entire Blood Lords Adventure Path to your FoundryVTT repertoire. This tier represents a whopping $375 value!

Finally, for those players and GMs who love the feel of a physical book and whose bookshelves yearn for one more Pathfinder title, we’re offering the hardcover edition of Pathfinder Book of the Dead to everyone who pays $50 or more. This book retails for $49.99 by itself, so a purchase through this bundle effectively gets you all the digital content for one cent! When you redeem your Humble Bundle codes on paizo.com, the book will be added to your cart at no cost; you simply pay shipping and handling at checkout.

The Pathfinder Second Edition Bundle of the Dead runs from now through 11 AM (PDT) on Thursday, October 10. Don’t miss your chance to take advantage of this unparalleled deal and support Take This when they need the help the most.

Back the Pathfinder Second Edition Bundle of the Dead today!

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Take This has provided support, community, information, and tools to support mental wellness for people who make and play games since 2012. Through programs that serve the game community and the game industry, the organization strives to build an environment that fosters and celebrates mental wellbeing through games, communities, and workplaces built for thriving.

Take This’ three tentpole programs provide concrete support to people who make and play games while uplifting everyone who is part of this community.

The Take This Accelerate Program is an initiative fueling the next generation of games and mental health experts. While supporting the professional development of creators, game developers, and researchers, Accelerate is building a critical mass of ethically trained, knowledgeable early-career professionals to advance the work of building a game industry focused on digital thriving, prosocial interaction, and safety by design.

The Take This AFK Room is a staffed, relaxed space at conventions and events designed for anyone who feels overwhelmed and needs a place to regain their calm. It is run by local volunteers and clinicians, trained by Take This, to moderate and maintain the atmosphere. The program offers education, resources, and a non-therapeutic listening ear to convention attendees, allowing them to find respite and fully enjoy their convention experience.

The Take This Mental Health in Games Awards honors digital and tabletop games which represent excellence in compassionate, non-stigmatizing portrayals of mental health, normalize mental health challenges, and uplift the mental wellbeing of the game community. These awards recognize excellence in compassionate, non-stigmatizing portrayals of mental health and mental health challenges in both video and tabletop games - games that go above and beyond in portraying the cornerstones of the Take This’ mission: mental health issues, healing, and hope.

Why this bundle, right now?

Right now, Take This is facing a serious financial reality: You may have noticed the organization’s plea for financial support earlier this year. As hard as they’ve worked to make up that gap, the organization still needs significant help. Without everyone’s support, Take This and all of its impactful programs will cease to exist - unless they raise $80,000 by the end of September. Luckily, to help them make up the gap, Take This has received a commitment from an anonymous donor to match up to $50,000 of all donations made during this month—including from this bundle! So, you can double the impact of your gift just by purchasing the bundle. And if you can’t purchase the bundle, please consider supporting the awesome work of Take This directly.

Hail and well met, ‘Finders! This month’s new releases invite you to take your final bow, let your hair down at the carnival, and take your chances against the Wheel of Monsters!

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Pathfinder Adventure Path #206: Bring the House Down (Curtain Call 3 of 3)

THE SHOW MUST GO ON!

It’s almost showtime! After months of preparation, practice, and a few unexpected setbacks, your opera is nearly ready to go. With the premiere only a month away, though, it’s no time to relax! There’s still plenty of time for things to go wrong and unexpected disaster to strike. Anything is possible when it comes to life in the theater! The Curtain Call Adventure Path concludes with “Bring the House Down,” a complete adventure for 18th- to 20th-level characters.

Bring the House Down is also available as a deluxe Foundry VTT adventure bundle!

Starfinder Flip-Mat: Basic Terrain

NOTHING’S BASIC IN THE FUTURE!

From the open streets of a cityscape to the docking bay of a hi-tech station—your journey into the science-fantasy setting of Starfinder starts here with Starfinder Flip-Mat: Basic Terrain. One side of this mat displays the interior of a futuristic space station, such as Absalom Station, the center of the Starfinder setting. The other side depicts the concrete streets of one of countless urban sprawls found throughout the galaxy. Both provide a blank canvas to draw any terrain or adventure set piece a Game Master might need. Combine this with the upcoming Starfinder Flip-Mat: Planetary Terrain Multi-Pack, and you’ll be set to run all the futuristic adventures you want!

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Night Ambush

KEEP ONE EYE OPEN!

Danger can come at any time, but the most sinister enemies attack while you’re sleeping! This Flip-Mat gives you two opportunities to bring these fights to your table. One side depicts a woodland campsite, while the other shows the upper floor of a cozy inn. With Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Night Ambush, you’re always ready to spring an attack

Starfinder Flip-Mat: Corporate Office

REMEMBER, TOMORROW IS CASUAL DAY!

It could be just another day at the office, but one where your players live out their fantasies of demolishing cubicles or having sword fights in the meeting room. One side depicts a futuristic workspace, replete with walkways, meeting rooms, private offices, and lounging areas. The reverse side depicts the same site, now devastated by some catastrophic event, allowing you to dynamically change your battlefield on the fly. This map also directly connects to Starfinder Flip-Mat: Data Center to let you make a truly massive encounter space. Starfinder Flip-Mats present ready-to-use science-fantasy set pieces for the busy Game Master. With Starfinder Flip-Mat: Corporate Office, you’ll be ready for the next encounter!

Starfinder Playtest Scenario #3: Wheel of Monsters

A Starfinder Second Edition Playtest adventure designed for 10th-level characters.

Zo! Media is the Pact Worlds’ largest multimedia entertainment empire. Run by the enigmatic and ever charismatic undead elebrian Zo!, Zo! Media’s most popular shows thrust living contestants into challenging, desperate, and often lethal situations. His newest show, Wheel of Monsters, pits adventurers, thrill-seekers, gladiators, and veteran soldiers against dangerous and strange creatures collected from across the stars. Whether the contestants are fighting for honor, glory, or to pay off a gambling debt, Zo! has promised an unusual twist on each broadcast that’ll be sure to keep both viewers and contestants guessing to the very end.

Step right up, come on down, and ready your laser pistols… You’re the next contestants on Zo!’s Wheel of Monsters! Where there’s a big prize if you make it out alive!

Pathfinder Society Scenario #6-03: Godsrain in a Godless Land

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 5th- through 8th-level characters.

Rahadoum is a land that abhors the gods, and while the death of Gorum was cause for celebration there, the Godsrain that followed brought only uncertainty. Kassi Azaril, one of the most outspoken opponents of divine magic and renowned medical researcher, found several of her apprentices empowered after the Godsrain, and they now face growing prejudice from other citizens, stoked by a radical element within the city guards of Manaket.

Kassi does not want to abandon these students. She knows the Pathfinder Society would love to get their hands on some of her finest trainees, and so has called upon them to get her students out of Manaket and to safety. But some higher ups in the Manaket guard have decided to take matters into their own hands.

Starfinder Society Scenario #7-06: Archives of Eternity

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters.

First Seeker Sarmak’s archaeological survey of the ancient city of Eternity continues, as the Starfinders explore a server archive created by the First Ones of Aballon, uncovering tantalizing information and long-buried secrets. When a mysterious and violent group known as Those Who Call makes an unexpected appearance, it’s up to the Starfinders to save the day!

This is the second of three scenarios in the ongoing Year of Era’s End metaplot.

Pathfinder Society Scenario #6-04: An Enkindled Carnival

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 3rd- through 6th-level characters.

In her latest venture to help fund the Knights of Lastwall and to bring some needed cheer to Absalom, Lady Hesla Embersplitter has announced a carnival within the Foreign Quarter, inviting the children of Absalom to come and spend some time among games and entertainment. As a sign of goodwill, the Pathfinder Society has decided to send along a group of Pathfinders to make a show of being around and keep an eye on some of the visiting students from the Dacilane Academy. However, the mysterious Godsrain doesn't seem to be finished quite yet and a strange storm seems to be brewing over the Puddles...

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You’ve fought ghosts and goblins, dragons and demons, and so much more in your storied careers as adventurers, yet now you face what may be your most daunting challenge yet—creating an opera based on your heroic legacy!

The city of Kintargo has a long tradition of art, even when it chafed under the oppressive rule of House Thrune. Now that its nation of Ravounel has seceded from infernal Cheliax, though, the time is nigh for the artists and performers of Kintargo to step up to the grand stage that is the Inner Sea region. While politicians maneuver complex plots and merchants work to secure new trade, it falls to a band of famous heroes fresh off a legendary adventure to bring what might be the Next Big Thing to the stage.

Surely, things will all go according to plan.

Surely, something unexpected won’t happen.

Surely, you’ll all soon be stars!

In the Curtain Call Adventure Path, your characters are asked by a famous director to aid in translating your adventures into an opera—a production that could well bring even greater fame and fortune to your group, but only if it’s done exactly right. Of course, there’s more afoot in the town of Kintargo than what’s coming soon on stage, and as the production swings into high gear, unexpected and dangerous complications are sure to make themselves known. Fear of performing on the stage will soon be the least of your worries!

Inside the Curtain Call Player’s Guide, you’ll find player-friendly, spoiler-free information and tips to help you make an exciting new 11th-level character perfect for the Curtain Call Adventure Path. Welcome to show business!

This player’s guide contains:

•  Character suggestions, including recommendations for ancestries, classes, languages, skills, and feats well suited for this Adventure Path.
•  Eight new Persona traits your PCs can take to indicate how the public regards you—do they see you as a struggling underdog, a relentless flirt, a troublemaking scoundrel, or something else? Your character’s Persona trait doesn’t have to match your character’s actual personality or role in the party, but it does give you a handy narrative hook to explore during play—and perhaps, once in a while, could even grant you unexpected opportunities as the Adventure Path unfolds!
• Eight new backgrounds tailor-made to contextualize your character’s larger-than-life theatrical role, building upon the eight Persona traits and providing advice for how (and why) your character might want to see themselves portrayed on the stage.
• A gazetteer of the city of Kintargo, including an exhaustive list of the dozens of NPCs your group might encounter during the campaign.
• A step-by-step guide for your group to develop a legacy worthy of transformation into an opera, in the event that you’re creating brand-new characters and not bringing in heroes from an already completed campaign.

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Hail and well met, ‘Finders! This month’s new releases bring remastered accessories to your table, make our monsters pocket-sized, and send Starfinders to an earthquake-wracked Aucturn!

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Pathfinder Monster Core Pawn Box

The formidable foes and colorful characters of Pathfinder Monster Core come alive on your tabletop with this collection of more than 400 creature pawns for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game or any tabletop fantasy RPG! Printed on sturdy card stock, each double-sided pawn contains a beautiful full-color image of a creature from Pathfinder Monster Core. Each pawn slots into a size-appropriate plastic base, making them easy to mix with traditional metal or plastic miniatures. The Pathfinder Monster Core Pawn Box is the best way to ensure you’ve got the perfect monster on hand for every Pathfinder Roleplaying Game encounter!

Pathfinder Monster Core Pocket Edition

FIGHT FOR GLORY!

Intense battles call for intense monsters! Inside Monster Core, you’ll find over 400 creatures, including fantasy classics like elves, ogres, and all-new dragons; wild animals from giant ants to ferocious wolves; and unique monsters that threaten the world of Pathfinder, like sinspawn and noxious needlers. These creatures cover all levels of play, from the slow and mindless zombie shambler to the ultrapowerful demonic Treerazer! This collection is an ideal resource for Game Masters planning their next battles and player characters looking for monstrous allies to summon.

The pocket edition presents the same contents as the standard edition in a smaller sized softcover for a lower price and better portability.

Pathfinder Core GM Screen

ACCELERATE YOUR GAME!

Keep crucial rules on hand and protect your notes and die rolls from player eyes with the Pathfinder Core GM Screen! This beautiful four-panel, landscape-style screen features stunning artwork from Mirco Paganessi on the players’ side, and a huge number of charts and tables on the GM’s side to speed up play and reduce time spent leafing through rulebooks in search of key modifiers or results.

The Pathfinder Core GM Screen gives you the tools you need to keep the game fast and fun: conditions, death and dying rules, tables for setting DCs, creature elite and weak adjustments, summaries of actions, and more. Constructed from ultra-high-grade hardcover book stock, this durable screen is perfect for travel, convention play, and repeated regular use.

Pathfinder Adventure Path #203: Shepherd of Decay (Wardens of Wildwood 3 of 3)

STRIKING AT THE HEARTWOOD

Having neutralized the Wildwood Lodge’s new weapons, the PCs and their allies assault it directly to oust its murderous despot. Yet after recruiting local allies and besieging living fortresses, they discover their foe has fled to an unfamiliar realm: the Plane of Wood. Can the PCs stop this villain from recruiting a demigod of decay to devastate the Verduran Forest? The Wardens of Wildwood Adventure Path concludes with “Shepherd of Decay,” a complete adventure for 11th- to 13th-level characters.

Starfinder Society Scenario #7-03: Aucturn Asunder

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 7th- through 10th-level characters.

Perched on the edge of the Pact Worlds, the planet Aucturn is an inhospitable place with a foul reputation, believed by many of its fanatical inhabitants to be a massive, alien womb. After receiving conflicting reports of strange psychic and cosmic phenomena occurring on the planet’s surface, the Starfinder Society dispatches a team of experienced agents to travel to Aucturn and investigate. As the Starfinders strive to unravel the source of these occurrences, persistent tectonic activity rocks the planet.

Aucturn is hatching! The end is nigh!

Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-18: Equal Exchanges—Tapestry of the Mind

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 9th- through 12th-level characters.

Her identity finally revealed to the Pathfinders, the Waterfall makes a final request: have a group of senior agents travel into the mindscape attached to her and extract whatever it is that ties her to entities unknown. With any hope, this will give her the privacy and security she so desires and deserves after her life. Within her mindscape, strange aberrations lurk, and even stranger are their motivations and how they plan on keeping the Pathfinders away from the center of her cerebral maze.

This adventure is the final part of the four-part Equal Exchanges metaplot arc in the Year of Unfettered Exploration. This arc began in PFS2 #5-04: Equal Exchanges—Necessary Introductions and continued in PFS2 #5-09: Equal Exchanges—Skymetal Hoard and PFS2 #5-11: Equal Exchanges—The Hidden Current.

Pathfinder Quest (Series 2) #19: The Elsewhere Feast

A Pathfinder Society Quest designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters, playable in 2-3 hours.

The enigmatic being known simply as the Thane, one of the more powerful denizens of the First World, on rare occasions grows weary of solitude and holds a grand party. Invitations are scattered throughout the planes, and simply interacting with one in any manner will suddenly see a “guest” whisked away to the feast. Further, the Thane warps time in their realm, making each day last a decade. The celebration continues for a week of these decades. Mortals taken find themselves seventy years older with only a week having passed outside, if they even survive decades of partying.

Recently, the Thane has again become bored and sent out invitations. Some citizens of Jol unfortunate enough to have stumbled upon these were whisked away. It’s up to the PCs to free them—and likely the PCs themselves— before even more years pass in the twisted time of the Thane's realm.

Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-19: Demonic Afterparty

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 3rd- through 6th-level characters.

A demonic cult recently performed a ritual to great success, part of its leader's greater schemes. Her work near Nerosyan complete for now, she left a token force to guard the site, no longer needing it, and prepared to travel elsewhere for grander plans. This activity, though, has been noticed. The ritual site was supposed to be completely abandoned, but a group of traveling merchants became aware of the strange activity. This was reported to the Nerosyan leadership, who in turn have pressured Venture-Captain Jorsal of Lauterbury to get involved. Jorsal has decided to send the PCs to investigate the site itself, assuming that a place so near the city likely isn’t much of a threat.

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Hail and well met, Pathfinders and Starfinders! This month’s new releases take you on a tour of Golarion’s wilds, dive into the Abomination Vaults once more (this time in Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition), and ask you to suit up and save Daimalko!

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Pathfinder Howl of the Wild

A WILD ADVENTURE!

A sound echoes across the world’s farthest wildernesses: the howl of countless animals and beasts! This all-new, 224-page Pathfinder rulebook dives deep into the wilderness like never before! With new ancestries, character options, animal companions, wilderness foes, and more, Howl of the Wild provides a traveler’s pack worth of value for players and Game Masters alike!

Pathfinder Howl of the Wild is available in standard hardcover, Special Edition faux leatherette bound hardcover, and PDF formats. Don’t forget to check your FLGS for the hobby retailer exclusive sketch cover!

Starfinder Adventure Path: Mechageddon!

SUIT UP, SAVE THE WORLD!

On a rugged planet crawling with colossi, terrifying kaiju that demolish cities with fearsome power, courageous mech pilots battle monsters to protect the world’s people. As the war for control of planet Daimalko rages on, a mysterious third power plots to use an ancient artifact to purge the planet of all life. It’s time for Daimalko’s defenders to suit up against a new threat!

Starfinder Mechageddon! is available in standard hardcover, Special Edition faux leatherette bound hardcover, and PDF formats.

Pathfinder Adventure Path: Abomination Vaults (5E)

One of Pathfinder’s most popular and exciting campaigns comes to D&D Fifth Edition at last!

When the mysterious Gauntlight, an eerie landlocked lighthouse, glows with baleful light, the people of Otari know something terrible is beginning. Evil stirs in the depths of the Abomination Vaults, a sprawling dungeon where a wicked sorcerer attempted to raise an army of monsters hundreds of years ago. The town's newest heroes must venture into a sprawling dungeon filled with beasts and traps to prevent a spiteful spellcaster from rising again!

Pathfinder Adventure Path: Abomination Vaults (5E) is available in standard hardcover, Special Edition faux leatherette bound hardcover, and PDF formats.

Pathfinder Adventure Path #202: Severed at the Root (Wardens of Wildwood 2 of 3)

Under surprising new leadership, the Wildwood Lodge begins a campaign of violence. Shocked, the PCs and their allies form a new lodge in exile to oppose this new regime. As they recruit new friends to their cause, the PCs must deny the Wildwood Lodge a powerful relic created by the renegade druid Ghorus, all while investigating the strange, primal magic the Wildwood Lodge has uncovered. If the PCs are to prevail, they will need to track down one of the Verduran Forest’s most dangerous inhabitants and convince her to aid their cause—or ensure she cannot aid their enemy.

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Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Treasure Trove

A wealth of riches!

To some, adventuring is all about getting treasure and Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Treasure Trove sets the scene for a haul of legendary scale. Each side of the Flip-Mat presents one of two treasure-laden locations adventurers can explore to get their loot. One side presents a fortified temple vault protecting priceless relics, while the other shows a secluded cavern lair of a dragon or other large and covetous beast. Spread this map out at your table and enrich your experience!

Pathfinder Battles: Leshy Window Boxed Set

Delight your tabletop with the Pathfinder Battles: Leshy Window Box Set! This set features eight charming miniatures representing a veritable grove of nature spirits from the Pathfinder role-playing universe.

This set includes eight types of Leshy, such as the fanged Flytrap Leshy, the prickly Cactus Leshy, the adorable Gourd Leshy, and even the cheery Fruit Leshy, to name a few.

Starfinder Society Intro: Year of Era’s End

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters.

Under the watchful eye of newly elected First Seeker Sarmak, the Starfinder Society travels to the machine planet of Aballon to undertake an archaeological survey of the ancient city of Eternity. Using a relic known as the Eternity Drive, the Starfinders launch initial explorations, uncover long-forgotten information about the fabled First Ones, and clash with a violent faction of anacite extremists named Those Who Call.

Starfinder Society Scenario #7-02: Zo! vs. Zo

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 3rd- through 6th-level characters.

Objection!

For years, Zo (the city) and Zo! (the bombastic undead media mogul) have been engaged in a legal dispute over their shared name. Finally, both parties have agreed to a trial on the planet of Triaxus to put the matter to rest for good. In a bold move, Zo! calls in a favor from the Starfinder Society, requisitioning a team of Starfinders to represent him in the trial. Make your case to the jury, ready your counterargument, participate in a trial by combat against a team of crack combat-lawyers, and smile for the camera in the live broadcast of the decade!

Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-16: A Lie Told to Strangers

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 3rd- through 6th-level characters.

Poorer citizens of Kaer Maga, the City of Strangers, have been going missing, and while many think they've simply left to emigrate to New Thassilon, a purported haven for outcasts, an independent journalist feels that there's something unsavory going on. Kaer Maga doesn't have much in the way of authorities, and those who hold any power aren't taking her seriously, so she's turned to the Pathfinder Society. The PCs need to figure out what's going on, and if it is unsavory, perhaps put a stop to it.

Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-17: Stranded on Yesterdays’ Tide

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters.

The Pathfinder Society has heard reports of a ship sighted over and over, apparently following the same path before vanishing each week. This unfortunate ship is stuck in time, repeating the same week over and over. The crew has tried everything to escape this fate, and gave up years of the same week ago. The PCs must find a way to return things to normal and save the crew from an eternity of this single week.

Starfinder Society Special #5-99: Battle for the Bulwark

A Starfinder Society Special designed for 1st- through 8th-level characters (subtiers 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 & 7-8).

The Exo-Guardians faction once maintained an impressive fortress known as Sangoro's Bulwark. Years ago, mysterious forces attacked the bulwark, and the fortress was lost. Now, under the command of Ixthia the Unbreakable, the Starfinder Society launches a massive operation to reclaim Sangoro’s Bulwark, rescue any survivors, and destroy the foul forces that dared take the lives of the Starfinders stationed there. The battle for Sangoro’s Bulwark has begun!

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Just north of the coastal lumber town of Otari lie the swampy reaches of Fogfen, a mire nestled in the depths of a seaside forest that would have had a notorious reputation for being the dangerous haunt of monsters even without the presence of the looming tower known as Gauntlight. At first glance simply a lighthouse, the tower stands amid a ruined fortress, its heights looking out over the tree line at the coastline and town to the south. To those passing by, its position in a landlocked swamp is curious, even nonsensical, but its light’s sinister use is not for the guiding of ships through troubled waters.

For where Gauntlight shines, the monsters rise.

Of course, those who have played through Pathfinder’s Abomination Vaults Adventure Path already know the secrets that lie within the mysterious Gauntlight and have explored the sprawling dungeons that wait below its ruins—the eponymous Abomination Vaults. These dangers, mysteries, treasures, and secrets shall now be revealed to a new category of hero, however: those built for the fifth edition of the world’s oldest roleplaying game!

This new hardcover edition of the classic Abomination Vaults Adventure Path has been rebuilt to take full advantage of the 5E ruleset, giving players an entire megadungeon to explore alongside a richly realized local town to live in. Be it as a resident or visitor, defend Otari against the rising tide of monstrous threats soon to emerge from the dark labyrinth below! There’s enough content within this product’s pages to bring a party of 1st-level adventurers all the way up to 11th-level, with dozens of strange new monsters, mysterious legends, powerful treasures, and unguessed-at legacies to encounter along the way!

Your latest 5E campaign is here. Will your heroes be able to stand against the sinister forces of the Abomination Vaults, or will Gauntlight simply shine upon their graves?

James Jacobs
Pathfinder Narrative Creative Director

Paizo’s made a name for itself on its adventures—even before the rise of the Pathfinder RPG, we were creating standalone adventures and Adventure Paths. There’s an old industry adage that “adventures don’t sell,” and while it’s true that a product like an adventure, which is aimed only at the GM, will sell less than a product aimed at players, I’ve never agreed with the theory that creating and publishing adventures is a waste of resources. To me, adventures are the whole point of an RPG—without adventures, GMs have nothing to run and players have nothing to play.

While a custom-created adventure by your own GM will always be able to speak to your table’s gaming preferences, creating adventures takes a lot of work. With published adventures, a GM can not only save a lot of time in preparing for a game or a campaign, but also find inspiration in them or learn how adventures are written, both of which help a GM get better at their craft. And when you don’t have a group to game with, even the simple act of reading a published adventure can help you feel that you’re still connected to your hobby until you find a new group to game with.

Published adventures have another advantage as well—they create shared experiences for gamers to talk about. It’s one thing to be at a convention or go online to talk about an adventure your PCs went on and how you barely made it out of the dungeon alive, but when you’ve done this with a published adventure, other gamers out there in the world who have been on the same adventure feel a connection to your game, and a greater discourse can be born out of that experience much in the same way as talking with friends about a recent movie or video game everyone’s been watching or playing.

As big a part of Paizo’s history as adventures are, it’s no surprise that we have several categories of adventures to choose from—and with the recent adjustments to our Adventure Path lengths and the formats of our standalone Adventures, I figured it’s time to chat a little bit about how Paizo’s three categories of published adventures are different, so you can figure out which category works best for your current campaign. Adventures are broken down into three size categories: Small, Medium, and Large.

Small: Scenarios and Quests

Our shortest adventure offerings are Scenarios and Quests. These PDF-only products give you a shorter game experience meant to play out over the course of two hours or so (in the case of a quest) or a single game session (a scenario). These are all part of Paizo’s Organized Play program, but they work just as well for a home game that needs a quick encounter or a short filler adventure in between longer storylines. You can think of a Scenario or a Quest as a short film.

Medium: Standalone Adventures

Our standalone Adventures have recently undergone an upgrade—from this point onward, starting with the upcoming adventure Prey for Death, our standalone adventures will be hardcover 128-page books. A standalone Adventure will typically present a single storyline that covers several sessions of gaming—as a general rule, you can expect your characters to gain somewhere between 3 to 6 levels over the course of a single standalone Adventure. This format allows us to explore larger storylines that need more room than a single volume of an Adventure Path to play out, but that don’t require the commitment to a three-part campaign—and also allow us to get a bit more experimental (such as with Prey for Death, which expects the players to all be Red Mantis Assassins—or at least closely allied with them!). We’ve got some more fun experiments in the works going forward for this line, so stay tuned! You can think of a standalone Adventure as a feature-length movie.

Large: Adventure Paths

Our Adventure Paths have been going strong for over 200 volumes, and while we’ve made some adjustments to their length (shifting from six-part campaigns down to three-part ones), this line of adventures isn’t going anywhere. An Adventure Path is published in three volumes that come out monthly; it can cover months or even years of gaming. You can expect your PCs to gain about 10 levels over the course of an entire Adventure Path. This format lets us tell long, sprawling stories that cover a wide range of themes, to explore ongoing events in the world of Golarion, and to present new parts of the world in great detail. You can think of an Adventure Path as a season of episodes for a television series.

Any Questions? Ask in the Comments!

Of course, these general details only scratch the surface. If you have more specific questions, feel free to ask! I’m always eager to answer whatever you might want to know about Paizo’s Pathfinder adventure line. Seeya in the comments section below!

James Jacobs
Pathfinder Creative Director of Narrative

Chaos erupts at the Greenwood Gala over the Verduran Forest’s best interests! Cool-headed wardens needed!

In the heart of the Verduran Forest, the largest woodlands in Avistan, druids and Green Faith adherents gather annually to share what they’ve learned from the natural world at an event called the Moot of Ages. Nearby, other forest denizens gather for the Greenwood Gala, a festive three-day event filled with feasts, games, and exuberance held on the river’s banks. The gala ends with a symbolic renewal of the Treaty of Wildwood, an agreement that has allowed a modicum of peace between those who call the forest home and those who harvest resources from it.

This doesn’t stop people from airing their grievances, yet the tone of such disagreements tends to be respectful. This year is different. Resentment has grown so deep and toxic that attendees are wielding their grudges like a keenly honed axe. Anyone stepping up to calm the situation is going to be forced to pick a side.

Inside the Wardens of Wildwood Player’s Guide, you’ll find player-friendly, spoiler-free lore and tips to create an exciting character suited for the Wardens of Wildwood Adventure Path. Contents include:

• An overview of the Verduran Forest, the Wildwood Lodge, and the annual Moot of Ages.
• Character advice, including ways different character classes and ancestries might excel in this Adventure Path.
• Six new character backgrounds specifically designed for this Adventure Path, including Fey Friend, Green Faith Pilgrim, Verduran City Folk, and Wood Warden.

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Hail and well met, Pathfinders and Starfinders! This month’s new releases call on heroes to save the town of Sandpoint, bring a host of remastered monsters to your table, and send you into Azlanti Space!

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Seven Dooms for Sandpoint

BACK TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN...

The town of Sandpoint has seen more than its fair share of danger over the years, including harrowing fires, prolific serial killers, goblin raids, and attacks by giants and dragons, but now the so-called Light of the Lost Coast faces its greatest threat yet! Something sinister has been manipulating events all along, and a new band of heroes must step in to save this legendary small town from seven deadly dooms! Return to the town where it all began with the Seven Dooms for Sandpoint Adventure Path—a full campaign for 4th- to 11th-level characters that’s presented in its entirety in this super-sized volume!

Seven Dooms for Sandpoint is available as a double-sized softcover or an alternate art hardcover edition!

Pathfinder Monster Core

FIGHT FOR GLORY!

Intense battles call for intense monsters! Inside Monster Core, you’ll find over 400 creatures, including fantasy classics like elves, ogres, and all-new dragons; wild animals from giant ants to ferocious wolves; and unique monsters that threaten the world of Pathfinder, like sinspawn and noxious needlers. These creatures cover all levels of play, from the slow and mindless zombie shambler to the ultrapowerful demonic Treerazer! This collection is an ideal resource for Game Masters planning their next battles and player characters looking for monstrous allies to summon.

Pathfinder Monster Core is also available as a Special Edition Hardcover, faux-leather bound with foil debossing and an in-bound ribbon bookmark.

Also, check your FLGS for the hobby retailer exclusive Sketch Cover!

Starfinder Flip-Mat: Shopping Mall

SHOPPING TRIP!

From the hustle and bustle of a busy shopping center to the dilapidated, overgrown shell of a once-appealing plaza, there’s adventure to be found in malls across the galaxy. One side of this Flip-Mat depicts a futuristic mall, with an open entryway for crowds to mingle, numerous shops, and a luxurious food court to enjoy a bite to eat. The opposite side shows an abandoned mall and is the perfect site for a haunting or the remnants of a post-apocalyptic civilization.

Starfinder Flip-Mats present ready-to-use science-fantasy set pieces for the busy Game Master. With Starfinder Flip-Mat: Shopping Mall, you’ll be ready for the next encounter!

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Boarding School

SCHOOL’S IN SESSION!

Whether your players are students themselves or the ones responsible for solving a tricky problem before things get out of hand, turn to Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Boarding School. From frightful legends that students speak of in hushed whispers, to struggles to contain failed alchemical experiments, to lighthearted stories of schoolyard mischief, these school buildings feature everything you need for an academic adventure, including classrooms, dormitories, a lunchroom, and a library.

Starfinder Society Scenario #6-15: Extraction from Azlanti Space

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 11th- through 14th-level characters.

The Azlanti Star Empire is a vast union of diverse species, worlds, and star systems under the tyrannical dominion of humans who left Golarion for the stars long before the Gap. Under the leadership of Star Imperators Iorian and Yridela Ixomander, the Azlanti Star Empire seeks to bring all inhabited worlds under its hegemony, exploiting their knowledge, labor, and resources for the good of the empire. With a navy rivaling that of the Pact Worlds and the Veskarium combined, its ruthless legions of gem-augmented Aeon Guard pose a terrifying threat to the inhabitants of the galaxy. Most systems—including the Pact Worlds—have forbidden their citizens from entering Azlanti space, lest they draw the Imperators' covetous eyes.

Yet, a foe as powerful as the Azlanti Star Empire can’t be ignored, and numerous factions have dispatched agents into the Star Empire to operate in secret, acting as the eyes and ears of the Pact Worlds—a first line of defense against invasion.

When an undercover Starfinder broadcasts an emergency call for extraction from New Thespera, at the heart of the Azlanti Star Empire, Venture-Captain Naiaj dispatches a team of highly experienced Starfinders to answer the call. Infiltrate the Azlanti Star Empire, retrieve a Starfinder in peril, and escape with your lives—if you can!

Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-12: Mischief in the Maze

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters.

The Maze of the Open Road has mostly been stabilized, and yet agents are still ending up at the wrong destination. While no one has been hurt, Venture-Captain Sigvard Tornkvist fears that it might be a matter of time until injury or worse results. She tasks the PCs with investigating the cause of these mishaps, and dealing with it, if possible. Little do the PCs know what they’ve gotten themselves into, but there’s a nonzero chance they’ll find themselves in a dance-off before their mission is complete.

Starfinder Society Bounty #12: Under Pressure

A Starfinder Bounty designed for 4^th-level characters.

Illegal gas mining operations are nothing new on the enormous Pact Worlds gas giant Liavara, but mining platform pilot Alana Eledin thought she had a foolproof plan to get past the mining syndicates’ and the Confluence Agents’ watchful gaze. She and a crew of desperate fortune seekers would power up a derelict platform they used to work on and take it down into the depths, to the limit of the structure. Of course, no plan is perfect, and reactivating the maneuvering systems on the old rig sent out an alert. Now a Confluence Agent, with Deep Station’s troubles still fresh in mind, has assembled a team of deep pressure specialists and the PCs to, if possible, rescue the derelict and learn what sent it plunging into the clouds. What no one involved has realized is that there’s a greater danger than the immense pressure facing everyone involved.

Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-13: Thick as Thieves

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 5th- through 8th-level characters.

The simple mission is: deliver a letter. However, upon entering the magical hedge maze to do so, the Pathfinders find that two of their sticky-fingered friends have arrived at the same time and intend to hide a powerful elemental artifact within the Maze of the Open Road! This completely realigns the keystones of the maze, leading to planar interruptions and wild disruptions to operations. It's up to the Pathfinders to realign the keystones, calm down an angry genie, and help everyone who's been misplaced along the way! (And just maybe get that letter delivered!)

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Pathfinder Gallowspire Survivors

Prepare to face Gallowspire's hordes for as long as it takes…Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors launches on Thursday, April 4. Brave heroes can buy Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors on Steam in Early Access today, or try the demo, as they await the Whispering Tyrant’s return. Wishlist and follow the game on Steam to get notified of the launch. Keep up to date with all the information by joining the official Discord server, Facebook page and following BKOM Studios on X (formerly Twitter).

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Sandpoint is in trouble again—are you the heroes to step in to save the day?

Varisia’s Lost Coast has seen more than its fair share of danger over the past few decades, and the town of Sandpoint, known also as the “Light of the Lost Coast,” has been at the epicenter of much of that danger. Goblin invasions, attacks from giants and dragons, deadly fires, murderous rampages, and natural disasters have tested the limits of those who dwell here, and many have wondered why the Lost Coast, and Sandpoint in particular, has had such a run of bad luck recently.

There is a reason. And now, nearly two decades after Runelord Karzoug rose from his slumber to threaten the realm, those reasons are coming to a boil. A new band of heroes must step up to save the town from a sinister conspiracy that would bring doom seven times over to Sandpoint.

Seven Dooms for Sandpoint is a very special adventure: it marks the 200th volume of the Pathfinder Adventure Paths by returning to the town where it all began! Serving as a sequel to Burnt Offerings, the first adventure in Rise of the Runelords, Seven Dooms for Sandpoint is a fully self-contained campaign in a single 200-page volume that brings your characters from 4th to 12th level. Along the way, you’ll discover the true nature of the supernatural forces that have loomed in the background of all that has occurred in this small coastal town.

Inside the Seven Dooms for Sandpoint Player’s Guide, you’ll find player-friendly, spoiler-free information and tips to help you make an exciting new character perfect for the Seven Dooms for Sandpoint Adventure Path.

This player’s guide contains:

• Character suggestions, including recommendations for ancestries, classes, faiths, languages, skills, feats, archetypes, and gear well suited for this Adventure Path.
• Advice for how to tie your Seven Dooms for Sandpoint campaign to previous adventures, be they recent releases like Rusthenge, or old classics like Burnt Offerings.
• Eight new backgrounds to contextualize your character’s history in Sandpoint.
• A gazetteer of the town of Sandpoint that provides new information on influential factions in the town (from established groups like the Sandpoint Cathedral and the Town Watch to newcomers such as the Runewatchers or the Scarnetti Consortium), details on living in Sandpoint (including tips on earning income, earning reputation with the town’s seven most influential factions, or securing downtime support from individual NPCs and locations), and a gazetteer of 50 of the town’s most important locations.
• An interactive narrative that you and the other players can read through as a group to help generate a brand new “adventuring history” for your first three levels of experience, if you prefer to build brand new 4th-level characters to play this Adventure Path rather than bring in established characters from a previous adventure.

James Jacobs
Narrative Creative Director

Pre-Order The Seven Dooms For Sandpoint Adventure Path and download the Player's Guide Today!

Hail and well met, Pathfinders and Starfinders! This month’s new releases bring the Pathfinder Remaster Project to your pocket (edition) and pit the Starfinder Society in a race against doomsday!

Join us this Friday, March 1^st at 4 P.M. Pacific for Paizo LIVE. This month’s topics include Starfinder Mechageddon!, the Wardens of Wildwood AP, and an update on conventions and events!

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Pathfinder Player Core Pocket Edition

FORGE YOUR LEGEND!

A world of adventure awaits, but it needs you to be the hero of the story! Take on the role of a daring adventurer with Pathfinder Player Core. This tome contains everything you need to create a player character and outfit them with mighty weapons and powerful spells, and it provides all the tools necessary to survive in a world filled with deadly monsters, nefarious villains, and fabulous treasures! The first page of your amazing adventure starts here.

The pocket edition presents the same contents as the standard edition in softcover and a smaller size for a lower price and better portability.

Pathfinder GM Core Pocket Edition

TELL YOUR STORY!

Creating a compelling tale takes more than just heroes—it requires a complex cast of allies, adversaries, and villains! As the Game Master, your job is to narrate the story, working with the players to imagine an epic adventure. PathfinderGM Core is here to help you with every facet of the game and includes guidelines on story structure, tips on creating thrilling combat, and amazing treasure to reward your heroes for saving the day! This book has everything you need to become a legendary Game Master.

The pocket edition presents the same contents as the standard edition in softcover and a smaller size for a lower price and better portability.

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Temples Multi-Pack

SAY YOUR PRAYERS!

In a world steeped in divine magic, temples serve as centers for the power of the gods. Whether your heroes are in search of a holy place to defend or a profane temple to defeat, Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Temples Multi-Packhas you covered. This trove of temples features a tranquil sanctuary of healing, a rugged seaside temple devoted to a violent god, a temple of undeath nestled in a dilapidated graveyard, and a diabolical temple where the stage has been set for the arrival of hellish terrors.

This set includes two flip-mats, each measuring 24" × 30" unfolded, and 8" × 10" folded. A flip-mat’s coated surface can handle any dry-erase, wet-erase, or even permanent marker. Usable by experienced GMs and novices alike, Pathfinder Flip-Mats fit perfectly into any Game Master’s arsenal!

Starfinder Society Scenario #6-13: Beginning of the End

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 5th- through 8th-level characters.

Time is running short as the nefarious Order of Dawning Fate turns their experimental doomsday weapon upon a defenseless metropolis in the Vast! With millions of lives in danger, it’s up to the Starfinder Society to navigate the streets of the crumbling city, locate and destroy the doomsday weapon, and save the city from destruction! Yet fate is not on the Society’s side as Kebzec, a founder of the Order of Dawning Fate, oversees the weapon’s deployment and defenses. Will the Starfinders emerge victorious, or will they meet their end at the hands of the Order of Dawning Fate?

Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-11: Equal Exchanges—The Hidden Current

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 7th- through 10th-level characters.

A mysterious abandoned laboratory is discovered in the Arcadian Ocean, with clear signs of occult experimentation having occurred within it at some point. The Waterfall, strangely fascinated by this new find, sends a group of Pathfinders to investigate and gather whatever research they can find inside, while also ensuring that the building poses no further threats. Deep inside, a soul and forgotten memories await, hungry to be found and revealed to the light. The research and artifacts inside seem like they'll lead to answers about the enigmatic Waterfall, though this information may turn out to be unwanted.

Starfinder Society Scenario #6-14: The Missing

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters.

For months, citizens of the kasathan colony ship, Idari, have vanished without a trace, disappearing from the idyllic Sea of Grass for a fate unknown. As the number of missing increases, all eyes turn to the nearby Red Corridors, a subterranean neighborhood home to anarchists, malcontents, criminals, and other kasathas looking to flout the deeply ingrained traditions of modern kasathan society. Representatives from the Red Corridors vehemently deny any involvement in the abductions, but rising tensions and the desperation of those who have lost are primed to spark violence. With citizens of both the Sea of Grass and the Red Corridors distrustful of the ruling Doyenate and refusing to cooperate with ship security, the captain of the Idari calls for help from an old friend: Ehu Hadif, current First Seeker of the Starfinder Society.

Pathfinder Society Quest (Series 2) #17: Escorting a Mirage

A Pathfinder Society Quest designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters, playable in 2-3 hours.

A down-on-his luck Aspis Agent, relegated to Thuvia where Aspis operations have all but ceased, has found an unexpected opportunity for revenge. Zarta Dralneen is making a purchase in Merab, and what her purpose could be is the talk of the town. The vengeful Aspis twists these rumors toward talk of the sun orchid elixir, and while no one of any competence or understanding would ever fall for such a flimsy rumor, Merab has more than its share of desperate fools. As the PCs transport Zarta's mundane purchases back to port, these desperate fools strike, making a simple escort into a fight for survival.

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What’s a Desna?

Some two-hundred months ago, I was a wrecked ball of frazzled nerves as I waited for the verdict to come in on the very first Pathfinder Adventure Path. This was before Pathfinder was its own RPG, and while I had experience writing and developing three previous Adventure Paths, this was the first one that wasn’t tied to an established world.

We were starting from scratch.

Not only was my adventure, “Burnt Offerings,” kicking off the first Pathfinder Adventure Path, but that volume also had to present a brand new campaign setting, complete with its own pantheon of gods, new weapons and items, world maps, new monsters, and more, all at the same time. Before “Burnt Offerings,” no one knew what a starknife was, who Desna was, or where Sandpoint was but me. All of those things (and quite a bit more) were part of my homebrew campaign, exported into the new Paizo setting largely as a time-saving stunt so that we didn’t have to build everything from nothing in a few months of frenzied creativity. Fortunately, we had an entire company of incredibly creative folks and amazing artists (in particular Wayne Reynolds and his iconic goblins) to support the adventure, and by the time that first Adventure Path came to a close, Golarion was off to the races.

And so here we are, waiting for the 200th volume of the Pathfinder Adventure Path to hit store shelves, and I just wanted to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of the folks who helped keep this thing going over the years—and to all of the gamers who kept their subscriptions going and spent countless hours exploring the adventures we’ve been creating. You’re all the reason we made it this far, after all, and unlike the first time I wrote about Sandpoint and its many troubles, this time I’m confident it’s here to stay.

Well... unless one of those seven dooms gets loose and has its way!

James Jacobs
Narrative Creative Director

Shadows Under Sandpoint

Coming back to Sandpoint to celebrate the 200th volume of the Pathfinder Adventure Path isn’t just a return to the site of the very first Pathfinder adventure back in our very first volume in 2007—it’s a return to the town where the Pathfinder RPG was truly born, in the very first Paizo office campaign to use the new rules. As players around the world were playing one of our first four Adventure Paths, the Paizo creative staff itself (or at least a very large portion of it) gathered in our office conference room to explore James Jacobs’s Shadows Under Sandpoint campaign.

Players like Jason Bulmahn, F. Wesley Schneider, Rob McCreary, PaizoCon co-founder Tim Nightengale, Sean K Reynolds, Christopher Paul Carey, James L. Sutter, and more gathered weekly to explore the town, facing off against foes like Pillbug Podiker, the menacing undead Kanker, the maddening Red Bishop, and even the Sandpoint Devil itself in a campaign that spanned the first few years of the Pathfinder RPG era. Traces of these adventures have appeared in previous Pathfinder products. The old Pathfinder Chronicles NPC Guide contained early stats for the characters of everyone listed above, and in the few times we’ve revisited Sandpoint in print since Rise of the Runelords, more NPCs and other plot developments have worked their way in, a palimpsest record of our original adventures hidden between the sheets of official Pathfinder material. Heck, my own character in James’s game, Ostog the Unslain, is now a genuine regent in the Land of the Linnorm Kings, a development right out of the final session of that old office campaign.

Now, with Seven Dooms for Sandpoint, James has pulled together all these threads into a new narrative that features many of the same challenges and foes that went into our original game—an office game that literally influenced the development of the Pathfinder rules and world more than perhaps any other.

It’s not every day that a monthly periodical manages 200 volumes. The predecessor to Pathfinder Adventure Path, the venerable Dungeon Magazine, only lasted 150 issues. A rare milestone like this calls for reflection, and for celebration. We hope you enjoy facing off against the Seven Dooms just like we did in the Paizo offices more than a decade ago, when we weren’t even sure Pathfinder would last 20 volumes, let alone 200.

Here's to Sandpoint, to Pathfinder, and to at least 200 more months of adventure on the road ahead!

Erik Mona
Publisher

This is Where I Came In

Let’s fiddle with the Scepter of Ages a little and bounce back to the quieter times of 2007. I learn that the excellent Dungeon and DragonMagazinesare ceasing publication and Paizo, this little company that put the excellence into those magazines says that they’ve got this monthly Pathfinder thing they’re making that will carry the torch of the Adventure Path forward. I liked their stewardship of the magazines, so I took the option to roll my subscription over to this new endeavor. When “Burnt Offerings” (Pathfinder Adventure Path #1) arrived at my house, I was greeted with a tale of evil wizards from a forgotten empire waking into a world already full of uncertainty and hard people eking out a living in a remote corner. And goblins. Delightfully maniacal goblins. I immediately volunteered to run it for my group as soon as we wrapped our current campaign.

Maybe it’s because it was my first taste or maybe it was because the place oozed with colorful characters full of life (and potential conflict), but Sandpoint has been a gold standard of the small fantasy town in my eyes. It’s small enough to have that “everyone knows everyone else’s business” thing going, but big enough that there’s always some shady goings on when the town goes to sleep.

Years later, I joined the company while we were working on “Skull & Shackles”—so, well after most of the foundational Runelords work was done or the return to Sandpoint in “Jade Regent”—but I helped out with “Shattered Star,” wrote for “Return of the Runelords,” and developed both Sandpoint: Light of the Lost Coast and this—the 200th volume of the Pathfinder Adventure Path, a return to Sandpoint to save the first town I came to love in the world of Golarion. I in no way created Sandpoint or the Runelord saga—that’s James’ crown to bear—but I’d like to think I’ve guided it a bit.

Adam Daigle
Director of Game Development

And before any of y’all ask in the comments below... Yes, our digital-play-loving friends, this adventure is getting support from Foundry VTT and it will be available on the same day as the PDF! In fact, since this is a big deal—being the 200th Adventure Path volume and all—the team over there is pulling out all the stops and making this one fancy. In addition to the usual stellar maps and smooth play experience, It will include a fully-integrated, original musical score and special digital dice themed specifically for Seven Dooms for Sandpoint!

Pre-Order The Seven Dooms For Sandpoint Adventure Path Today!

Hail and well met, Pathfinders and Starfinders! This month’s new releases revitalize the Starfinder Society, finish the mystery of Willowshore, and give you an elementally exciting board game to pass the time while you wait for that player to show up!

We’ve got a couple of exciting streams coming up in February on twitch.tv/officialpaizo, and wanted to keep you posted on those:

• Join us Friday, Feb 2^nd at 4 P.M. Pacific for PaizoLIVE—featuring Starfinder Society, Elemental Stones, and Seven Dooms for Sandpoint!
• Drop in Friday, Feb 9^th at 4 P.M. Pacific for a special Lunar New Year stream, showcasing some of the amazing designers of the Lost Omens Tian Xia World Guide.
• Bring your (romantic) rivals for a Valentine’s Day Elemental Stones stream—Wednesday, February 14^that 11:30 A.M. Pacific.

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Starfinder Scoured Stars Adventure Path

A WAKING GOD!

With most of the Starfinder Society’s agents trapped by an impenetrable force field in a distant star system, it’s up to a new generation of heroes to step forward and uncover the mystery within the Scoured Stars. Facing the merciless Jinsul Hierocracy while rebuilding an interplanetary adventuring guild and dealing with the emerging threat of a slumbering deity—it’s all in a day’s work for a Starfinder!

The Starfinder Scoured Stars Adventure Path is also available as a faux-leather, debossed Special Edition, with an in-bound ribbon bookmark.

Pathfinder: Elemental Stones

Take on the role of an elemental sovereign, shaping the very nature of reality in this fast-moving board game! 
2 to 4 players take turns to draft and play colorful (and colorblind-friendly) hexagonal tiles to match specific patterns and meet their own secret objective. With several dozen pattern cards, variable objectives, and a game state that's constantly in flux, you'll never play the same way twice. Simple setup, easy-to-learn rules, and a short play time of around 30 minutes means there's always time for one more game…

Watch Lead Designer Joe Pasini lead Alex, Katina, and Josh through a game of Elemental Stones!

Pathfinder Adventure Path #199: To Bloom Below the Web

NEW LIFE AND FRESH DEATH

The eerie curse that afflicted the town of Willowshore might have been defeated, but the dangers facing the rural settlement are far from over. As the first days of spring arrive, conflicts with bandits and political perils threaten the town even as a greater supernatural peril begins to prey upon its citizens. Can Willowshore’s heroes save their hometown from its greatest threat to date? The Season of Ghosts Adventure Path comes to a shocking conclusion with “To Bloom Below the Web,” a complete adventure for 10th- to 12th-level characters.

Starfinder Flip-Mat: Data Center

PROTECT YOUR DATA!

Whether it’s digital information stored on computer servers or ancient magical relics
that hold the hidden language of the cosmos, someone out there always needs to store
their data somewhere safe and secure. This double-sided map presents two such places! One side features a futuristic data center with a back room full of servers, large open foyer perfect for a long-range gunfight, and countless vents and access points. The other side depicts a more mystical repository containing ancient relics, lost tomes, strange bio-vats, and even

a portal to dimensions unknown! Starfinder Flip-Mats present ready-to-use science-fantasy set pieces for the busy Game Master. With Starfinder Flip-Mat: Data Center, you’ll be ready for the next encounter!

Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Arcane Dungeon

MAGICAL ESCAPES!

Now your players can explore an archmage’s vaults, delve through magical dimensions, or solve fiendish arcane traps! Whether used as a complete dungeon or piecemeal puzzle, Pathfinder Flip‐Mat Classics: Arcane Dungeon is the perfect place for all manner of magical confrontations and conundrums!

Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-09: Equal Exchanges – Skymetal Hoard

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 5th- through 8th-level characters.

 As part of the secret agreement between the underworld dragon Valashinaz and the Waterfall, a group of Pathfinders is sent to a small island off of Minata to gather a collection of skymetals from an abandoned temple to Valashinaz. The island should be uninhabited, but the Pathfinders quickly discover that someone has made it their home. The Pathfinders need to dodge these new inhabitants and avoid Valashinaz's beloved pet squishies while collecting the treasure. Those akatas have one rough bite...

Starfinder Society Scenario #6-12: Yesteryear’s Hope

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 3rd- through 6th-level characters.

The insectile ghibranis of Elytrio live divided, with husk ghibranis living in the harsh desert wastelands and membrane ghibranis living a pampered life in automated cities. Inspired by positive relations with the Starfinder Society, two ghibranis are spearheading a social movement aimed at bridging this cultural divide—with limited success. Undeterred, the ghibranis Dystane and Klarima are planning a joint cultural event intended to mend bridges, forge friendships, and foster understanding between their people. Who better to help them than the Starfinder Society? It’s time to put on the grandest celebration Elytrio’s seen since the Gap!

Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-10: The Crocodile’s Smile

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters.

After ensuring that Fasiel ibn Sazadin saw Qadiran justice for his crimes, the Pathfinder Society received a mysterious letter from his benefactor detailing that she now sees the Society as a formidable opponent. After receiving this, Venture-Captain Safa spent some time traveling and researching across Qadira and Nex, only to find that the benefactor resides in Jalmeray and is a rakshasa with fine tastes. In order to find out more information about her, Safa and Rashmivati are sending a small crew of Pathfinders to attend a local auction in order to do some reconnaissance. However, while attending the formal event, the Pathfinders notice that one of the guests might have some sticky fingers!

Starfinder Society Bounty #11: The Aucturn Dilemma

A Starfinder Bounty designed for 4th-level characters.

The adventurers are hired by the mysterious Clearbright Institute of Discovery to investigate and secure a wing of their testing facility on Aucturn, where the staff has mysteriously stopped all communications with the corporation. Aucturn is a strange world full of dangers and occult secrets, ruled by cultists of eldritch gods and wrapped in a toxic atmosphere.

The mission takes the adventurers to a corporate testing facility in the wilderness, just outside of the mobile fortress Grindhold, itself a strange place for newcomers. To complete their job, the heroes explore the facility, facing dangers and unexpected discoveries around every corner.

Browse all of our Foundry VTT products here, including the new volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path #199: To Bloom Below the Web (Season of Ghosts 4 of 4). And don’t forget about our Organized Play Scenario Season Passes, which give Organized Play scenarios the same deluxe treatment as our adventure paths!

Our latest standalone adventure, Pathfinder Adventure: Rusthenge, is now available on FoundryVTT.

From Our Partners:

Our partners at Archives of Nethys, Demiplane, Fantasy Grounds, Hero Lab Online, and Roll20 are dropping new content this month as well! Buy your PDF on paizo.com to get a discount via the PaizoConnect API. Or pay full price on their platforms, sync your account, and get a complimentary PDF on the Paizo Store.

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Illustration by Mylene Bertrand

The final adventure of the Season of Ghosts Adventure Path, To Bloom Below the Web, arrives with hints of spring and hope in the new year! Of course, as I’ve mentioned in previous blogs, this Adventure Path is filled with more surprises and plot twists than most, and this final adventure is one that’s especially tricky to talk about without spoiling those developments. Folks have been great about helping to keep the campaign’s twists secret as well, and though I expect that we’ll talk more openly about the narrative stunts and risks we pulled with this Adventure Path sometime in the future, that time isn’t quite here yet.

Of course, we wouldn’t have been able to pull this off at all without having such an amazing group of authors working on the adventures and their support articles. So instead of dancing around spoilers and trying to figure out what to say about this final adventure without revealing too much, let’s hear from two of the authors for this book!

(A final note about the art I’m featuring in this blog post—none of it is technically from the adventure itself, but from support articles, so there shouldn’t be anything in these images that will particularly spoil things for anyone who’s eager to discover Season of Ghosts’ surprises as players!)

James Jacobs
Pathfinder Narrative Creative Director

Illustration by Riley Spalding

Jeremy Blum

I'm Jeremy Blum and my articles in Season of Ghosts volumes 3 and 4 will be my first published Paizo projects! For volume 3, I got the chance to flesh out nindorus based on James Jacobs' initial notes, and detailing the intricacies of a delicious new fiend variant was a blast. As for volume 4, let's just say that I was able to write up character options inspired by aspects of Buddhism. I look forward to seeing how players use them!

Aside from Season of Ghosts, I've penned portions of the upcoming Pathfinder Lost Omens Tian XiaWorld Guide and Tian Xia Character Guideas well as Pathfinder Howl of the Wild. I've also designed Pathfinder conversions for the Korean-themed Undying Corruption setting by Nine Heavens Press, contributed lore to the Chinese-inspired Banner Clans faction in Three Sails Studios’ miniatures wargame Margrave: The Marcher Lords, and most recently worked on several Renegade Games Studios projects that are still under wraps. Check out my portfolio and feel free to follow me (I use the name Pixel Grotto on Twitter and Bluesky) to share stories of how nindorus have made your life miserable.

Liane Merciel

I was both super excited and nervous to be asked to contribute to this Adventure Path.

Like a lot of you, I have been a Forever GM for a... well, forever, basically. I think the last time I got to be a PC was, uh, 2006 maybe? No, wait, I did get to play Fumbus for 20 glorious minutes at PaizoCon 2019. So yeah, that’s the last time I was a player in a tabletop campaign.

Possibly because of this (vengeful? Me? Never!), my home campaigns are skewed heavily toward horror in all its many and glorious forms. If my players aren’t white-knuckling it and/or grossed out at least once per story arc, I believe that I have failed.

Trying to pull off a horror game as a published adventure, though, was a totally different kind of challenge. My GM’ing style is reactive: I see how the players respond to NPC X or Encounter Y and tailor the interaction accordingly. Writing an adventure for players I’ve never met, at tables I’ll never see, using a set of rules that was in flux at the time, was probably more terrifying than anything I’ve ever inflicted on my PCs.

But I look forward to putting them through the game later, just to make sure.

Illustration by Riley Spalding

One final note: If you’re the kind of person who enjoys a good Adventure Path trailer (that is, a person of culture and taste), you may have taken special notice of the music underscoring the visuals of our latest Season of Ghosts trailer. Those haunting melodies were composed by Filip Melvan of Michael Ghelfi Studios, with whom we’re excited to announce we’ve entered into an official partnership! Beginning with Season of Ghosts, Michael and his team of award-winning composers will be composing all-new original soundtracks uniquely tailored to accompany selected past and future Pathfinder Adventure Paths!

We’ll have plenty more to say in the weeks to come, but for the time being, we’ll leave it at this: players who like to incorporate music into their games can expect a lot of exciting auditory surprises in store!

Actually, you know what? That’s not fair. We can’t just tell you about this amazing music and not give you a sample to whet your appetite. Here’s the title track from the upcoming “Season of Ghosts” album right now, suitable for all your ghost-thwarting, village-protecting, below-the-web-blooming needs!

Check Out The Season Of Ghosts Adventure Path

Illustration by Mylene Bertrand

The third part of the Season of Ghosts Adventure Path, No Breath to Cry, both takes place during winter and comes out as winter arrives for me and many other Paizo employees and freelancers! Fortunately for most (hopefully all) of us, we won’t have to worry about the supernatural threats that are coming to a head in the poor little town of Willowshore, during which the story finally reaches its climax and the PCs must grapple with a revelation that hopefully comes as a surprise to all who play this Adventure Path! As with previous volumes, please make liberal use of spoilers if you’re talking about this Adventure Path in public, because there are a LOT of plot twists to protect. (In particular, I had to be very choosy with deciding what pieces of art to show off in public this month! Fortunately, there was another cat illustration to share!)

The original plan to present Season of Ghosts as a four-part Adventure Path was originally born out of a desire to set up the 200th volume of Pathfinder as a special double-sized book (more on that in a few months), but now that Season of Ghosts is coming out, I’m particularly pleased with two things that came about because of this choice. First, it let me organize the Adventure Path according to the four seasons, which gave the adventure authors some fun themes to work with and encouraged everyone to come up with some memorable uses for downtime in the campaign. Second, it let me structure the story using kishotenketsu (special thanks again to James Case for the great suggestion)! This is a traditional four-act story structure used in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese narratives in which the major turning point/narrative crescendo/plot twist of the story happens not in the final act, but the penultimate one. Hence my comment in the previous paragraph about this adventure serving as Season of Ghosts’ climax! This gives us an entire adventure (coming next month) to focus on the results and ramifications of the story and wrap things up with some new and intense developments of their own, resulting in what I think is not only a truly memorable campaign, but in what is certainly one of the Adventure Paths I’m the proudest to have been a part of. (And not just because it let me get a lot of cat artwork in print!)

Illustration by Justine Nortjé

As in the past few months, I’d like to introduce some more of this Adventure Path’s amazing and incredible authors—they’re the ones who did the heavy lifting and wrote the campaign, after all!

James Jacobs
Pathfinder Narrative Creative Director

Dan Cascone

Hi everyone! I’m Dan Cascone, and I’ve crawled out from under my rock to join Eleanor Ferron in writing No Breath to Cry. You may remember me from contributions to books such as Pathfinder Dark Archive, Pathfinder Treasure Vault, Pathfinder Lost Omens Highhelm, and the upcoming PathfinderHowl of the Wild. I look forward to hearing about all your horrible deaths and triumphant victories over the challenges we’ve put in the adventure.

Eleanor Ferron

Hello! I'm Lost Omens senior developer Eleanor Ferron, and I teamed up with co-author Dan Cascone to write the third volume of the Season of Ghosts Adventure Path, No Breath to Cry. As a fan of Asian horror and horror-adjacent media such as Onmyouji, Kuon, and Fatal Frame, as well as the supernatural shenanigans of Inuyasha and Goblin: The Great and Lonely God, I enjoyed getting to bring all these inspirations into the world of Pathfinder. I hope you survive your time in Willowshore, and hopefully even have fun doing so. Be nice to foxes, don't go near the baskets, and always carry a camera to catch ghosts.

Michelle Y. Kim

Hi, this is Michelle! I’m a Korean American TTRPG writer and designer who contributed some backmatter to Season of Ghosts, and I am so excited for you all to meet some truly terrible little guys (and maybe not so little guys) in the haunted lands of Shenmen. As a lover of both folklore and horror, this project was a delight, and I look forward to hearing about everyone’s adventures. Currently I'm working on a Joseon Dynasty setting supplement for Good Society: A Jane Austen RPG by Storybrewers Roleplaying, which I talked a bit about on the Asians Represent! Podcast. You can find me on Twitter as @_missmyk_ or at Bluesky at @missmyk.bsky.social. I've recently joined the Paizo team as a developer and will be helping create more wild adventures from the other side of the screen!

Illustration by Mylene Bertrand

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Hail and well met, Pathfinders and Starfinders! This month’s new releases bring some elemental accessories to your table, continue the hauntings of Willowshore, and toss some holiday cheer your way!

We previewed two of the Organized Play adventures at PAX Unplugged 2023! Catch the VODs on our YouTube:

• Starfinder: Gifts Ungiven
• Pathfinder: The Winter Queen’s Dollhouse

Just like the last couple of months, our digital-only releases are on a later cycle than our print products. Our Pathfinder & Starfinder Society digital products will release on Wednesday, December 27th.

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Pathfinder Spell Cards: Rage of Elements

Seize control of the elements with the Rage of Elements Spell Cards! This accessory is a must have for spellcasters seeking to wield the powers of the elemental planes: Air, Earth, Fire, Metal, Water, and Wood! Containing over 240 spell reference cards of all the traditions of magic, this deck gives you unparalleled insight into the elements!

Pathfinder Flip Mat: Planes of Metal and Wood

NEW REALITIES BECKON!

Otherworldly realms exist beyond the edges of the Universe, realities where the very structure of the worlds themselves are made entirely of metal or wood!

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Planes of Metal and Wood measures 24" × 30" unfolded, and 8" × 10" folded. A Flip-Mat’s coated surface can handle any dry-erase, wet-erase, or even permanent marker. Usable by experienced GMs and novices alike, Pathfinder Flip-Mats fit perfectly into any Game Master’s arsenal!

For more elemental adventuring, pick up a copy of Pathfinder Rage of Elements!

Pathfinder Adventure Path #198: No Breath to Cry (Season of Ghosts 3 of 4)

AMID THE CRUELTIES OF WINTER

With knowledge gained from a haunted monastery, the heroes of Willowshore are finally ready to take steps toward lifting the curse that’s afflicted their hometown since the first day of summer, but now that winter has arrived, attempts to battle the supernatural forces that stand against them are complicated by the cruel realities of the year’s most deadly season of all. The Season of Ghosts Adventure Path continues with “No Breath to Cry,” a complete adventure for 7th- to 9th-level characters.

Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-08: Protecting the Firelight

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 5th- through 8th-level characters.

The Pathfinder Society is invited by Mayor Deyahi to take part in a special traditional ceremony known as the Festival of Fire! This ceremony has been performed for generations and is always an honor for the group of warriors chosen to defend the sacred bonfire. While it's expected that there will be several spirits and undead appearing throughout the evening, what Niishan is unaware of is the fact that an unknown figure has been watching the ceremony for its entirety, waiting for the time that the warriors are weak enough to make their move. With the Pathfinders appearing to fill this role, they see their chance to attack and make Niishan feel their ancient wrath. It's up to the PCs to hold off this villain and the other spirits, ensuring that the ceremony is successful and Niishan remains safe!

Starfinder Society Scenario #6-11: Gifts Ungiven

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters.

Glitterslime surprise! Rancid meatball bombs! Piñatas stuffed with toxic runoff! Someone’s pulling disgusting pranks around the Lorespire Complex, and you might be next! When Radaszam, leader of the Acquisitives faction, is caught in the (smelly) crossfire, he tasks a team of rookie Starfinders with finding the prankster and putting an end to their foul mischief!

Pathfinder Quest (Series 2) #16: The Winter Queen’s Dollhouse

A Pathfinder Society Quest designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters, playable in 2-3 hours.

The ruler of Irrisen, Queen Anastasia, found a number of strange dollhouses when going through her aunt's vaults. She sent one to the Pathfinders for study. When Aslynn's magic was unleashed in the vaults of Skyreach, the dollhouse's magic was reactivated. In reality, these dollhouses were prisons that would shrink down those who angered Elvanna, the former queen. Now the magic is poised to ensnare the PCs. What's more, the animate doll servants have awakened as poppets, and while some are happy to help, others are not so welcoming.

Browse all of our Foundry VTT products here, including the new volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path #198: No Breath to Cry (Season of Ghosts 3 of 4). And don’t forget about our new Organized Play Scenario Season Passes, which give Organized Play scenarios the same deluxe treatment as our Adventure Paths!

From Our Partners:

Our partners at Archives of Nethys, Demiplane, Fantasy Grounds, Hero Lab Online, and Roll20 are dropping new content this month as well! Buy your PDF on paizo.com to get a discount via the PaizoConnect API. Or pay full price on their platforms, sync your account, and get a complimentary PDF on the Paizo Store.

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Thank you for playing Starfinder and Pathfinder!

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We’ve partnered with our friends at Humble Bundle to celebrate four years of Pathfinder Second Edition with a special digital offer to help you and your friends catchup on Pathfinder’s past and support a great cause!

What is a Humble Bundle?
Bundles are limited-time collections of games, books, software, and more. Simply pay what you want and choose where your money goes, whether that be to the publisher, to Humble itself, or even to charity. Most bundles come in tiers starting at only $1—but the more you give, the more you get in exchange!

The Pathfinder products in this bundle are all digital PDFs that you can redeem with codes at the Paizo Store; you’ll receive one code per tier. There are three tiers to this bundle starting at $5 and going up to a $25 tier. It features the Pathfinder Age of Ashes Adventure Path, Bestiary 3 rulebook, Crown of the Kobold King Adventure, Lost Omens Legends and Lost Omens Monsters of Myth world guides and more!

A portion of your purchase goes to ComicBooks For Kids!, which is the largest charity in the world for comic books and pop culture materials! We’ve been supporting them for a few years now and we know your support has made a difference. Learn more about ComicBooks For Kids! in our past blog, Support ComicBooks For Kids!

Our first Bundle tier starts at $5 and includes a code for five PDFs worth $70, including:
Pathfinder Second Edition Beginner Box, Hellknight Hill (Age of Ashes 1 of 6), Age of Ashes Player’s Guide, The Fall of Plaguestone, and the Fall of Plaguestone Flip-Mat.

For $15, you'll also get the PDFs in the first tier, plus a code for 8 more files worth $165, including:
Cult of Cinders (Age of Ashes 2 of 6), Tomorrow Must Burn (Age of Ashes 2 of 6), Pathfinder Second Edition Core Rulebook, Pathfinder Second Edition Bestiary, Pathfinder Second Edition Bestiary 2, Lost Omens World Guide, Lost Omens Character Guide, Pathfinder One-Shot: Mark of the Mantis.

In the third tier, for $25, you'll get codes for the previous tiers, plus a code for additional 11 PDF files, worth another $230, including:
Fires of the Haunted City (Age of Ashes 4 of 6), Against the Scarlet Triad (Age of Ashes 5 of 6), Broken Promises (Age of Ashes 6 of 6), Pathfinder Second Edition Advanced Player’s Guide, Pathfinder Second Edition GameMastery Guide, Pathfinder Second Edition Bestiary 3, Crown of the Kobold King, Crown of the Kobold King Flip-Mat, Lost Omens Legends, and Lost Omens Monsters of Myth.

The digital files are associated with your account when redeemed. They are watermarked with the redeemer’s email address when they are downloaded. As such, if you want to give these to someone else as gifts, you’ll want to give them the codes themselves.

Humble Bundles offer great deals and support great causes. Purchasers get a say in how much of their donation goes to each participant at checkout. 

Thank you for playing Pathfinder!

—The Paizo Team

Illustration by Shafi Adams

The second part of the Season of Ghosts Adventure Path kicks off with your characters having started to build their reputation in the town of Willowshore. Whether they’ll be known as heroes or otherwise depends on how your group’s been playing, of course, but regardless of that choice, everyone in Willowshore is increasingly aware of the looming threat posed by the coming season. If the mysterious curse afflicting the town can’t be lifted in time, it might be a difficult winter indeed, and preparations to contend with a worst-case scenario must begin at once!

But not every day of fall must be spent seeking a solution for a frightening curse or dealing with the dangerous situations that crop up in town to threaten your neighbors (including strange new horrors like the ones you see above). There are plenty of new friends waiting to be made and numerous opportunities to build your reputation even more by participating in some of the town’s most beloved annual traditions.

Illustration by esus Iván Nolasco Fuentes

Of course, the whole Season of Ghosts Adventure Path would never have existed in the first place without its amazing and incredible authors. Let’s hear from two more of this Adventure Path’s creators!

James Jacobs
Pathfinder Narrative Creative Director

Tan Shao Han

Hi! I'm Shao Han, a Paizo freelancer from Singapore who's been happily at work on the new Tian Xia books. For the Season of Ghosts Adventure Path, I contributed to the rituals, festivals, daily life, and customs of Willowshore, as well as provided my insights and opinions on Asian ghosts, monsters, and folklore as a sensitivity and cultural consultant.

In my day job, I teach college students anthropology, philosophy, and Southeast Asian history, and in my free time, I enjoy traveling to villages, palaces, temples, and sacred sites across Asia to learn about art, culture, and the environment. I hope some of my love for the rhythms, echoes, and struggles of my home region will resonate with you when you play these games and help you understand a little more about the everyday lives of Asia's peoples. Thank you!

Grady Wang

Hi, I’m Grady Wang. I’m a second generation Taiwanese American, and Buddhism and Taoism were both strong influences in my household growing up. I was always excited to see authentic representations of Eastern thought about life, death, and reincarnation in Western media, so I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to contribute to that legacy by fleshing out Sangpotshi for Pathfinder (expanding on its first appearance in Pathfinder Second Edition in Lost Omens Gods & Magic)! Since Season of Ghosts presents so many amazing opportunities for character-centric storytelling, this content should give you lots of new options for playing someone in Tian Xia!

If you’d like to see my other work, I’m the co-founder of the Gallant Goblin alongside my partner, Theo Thourson. The Gallant Goblin is a TTRPG review channel on YouTube and other social media platforms; we are also the makers of kuddly kobold plushies via our Hero Plush line—you can find all our links at linktr.ee/thegallantgoblin. We also publish our own supplements, including Pathfinder Infinite community content that seeks to promote diverse voices, such as the Queerfinder series and Adventures in Jalmeray.

Illustration by Mylene Bertrand

Check Out The Season Of Ghosts Adventure Path

Hail and well met, Pathfinders and Starfinders! This month’s new releases build a new foundation for playing Pathfinder, gust the Season of Ghosts into fall, and send Starfinders on a dangerous mission to save a whole planet!

It’s Pathfinder Remaster Project release date—something we’ve all been looking forward to since the project was announced! Many of our licensed partners are also releasing their remastered content today, so be sure to check if a service you use has been updated.

Our friends at Natural Pengu start their fully remastered actual play today on twitch.tv/officialpaizo! Join us at 12 p.m. Pacific for their opening session of Rusthenge!

Just like the last couple of months, our digital-only releases are on a later cycle than our print products. Our Pathfinder & Starfinder Society digital products will release on Wednesday, November 29.

Never miss a release with our Paizo Subscriptions—for everything from rulebooks to accessories.

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Pathfinder Player Core

FORGE YOUR LEGEND!

A world of adventure awaits, but it needs you to be the hero of the story! Take on the role of a daring adventurer with Pathfinder Player Core. This tome contains everything you need to create a player character, outfitting them with mighty weapons and powerful spells, providing all the necessary tools to survive in a world filled with deadly monsters, nefarious villains, and fabulous treasures! The first page of your amazing adventure starts here...

Pathfinder Player Core comes in standard hardcover, as well as a Special Edition hardcover with a foil debossed leatherette cover and ribbon bookmark. Plus, hobby retailer exclusive sketch covers are available now at your FLGS!

We have released some Day 1 Errata that covers some important changes. Read the errata here, and look out for a blog later today from the design team!

Pathfinder GM Core

TELL YOUR STORY!

Creating a compelling tale takes more than just heroes—it requires a complex cast of allies, adversaries, and villains! As the Game Master, your job is to narrate the story, working with the players to imagine an epic adventure. GM Core is here to help you with every facet of the game, including guidelines on story structure, tips on creating thrilling combat, and amazing treasure to reward your heroes for saving the day! This book has everything you need to become a legendary Game Master.

Pathfinder GM Core comes in standard hardcover, as well as a Special Edition hardcover with a foil debossed leatherette cover and ribbon bookmark. Plus, hobby retailer exclusive sketch covers are available now at your FLGS!

We have released some Day 1 Errata that covers some important changes. Read the errata here, and look out for a blog later today from the design team!

Pathfinder Adventure Path #197: Let the Leaves Fall (Season of Ghosts 2 of 4)

BEYOND THE WALL OF GHOSTS

The town of Willowshore is cursed! As fall begins, the town’s newest heroes find themselves in the position of leading preparations for the lean times to come. Yet the curse itself must be investigated as well, and when it becomes apparent that the answers might lie in a ruined monastery, the heroes must find a way to pass beyond the eerie Wall of Ghosts that blocks the only path! The Season of Ghosts Adventure Path continues with “Let the Leaves Fall,” a complete adventure for 4th- to 6th-level characters.

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Night Market & Shrine

PURCHASES OR PRAYERS?

Whether it’s the bustling wonders of a night market in the middle of a city or the idyllic scenery along a secluded path to a remote shrine, danger can strike where you least expect it!

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Night Market & Shrine measures 24" × 30" unfolded and 8" × 10" folded. A Flip-Mat’s coated surface can handle any dry-erase, wet-erase, or even permanent marker. Usable by experienced GMs and novices alike, Pathfinder Flip-Mats fit perfectly into any Game Master’s arsenal!

Starfinder Flip-Mat: Living Starships

IT’S ALIVE!

Blending complex biology and cutting-edge technology, living starships aren’t traditional spacefaring creatures but act as self-sustaining transports to which crews often form deep connections. These vessels can often gather power from solar energy or even regrow damaged systems—just like biological organisms! This double-sided map presents two such living starships—one grown from plant-like components and the other being the adapted interior of a traveling space whale. Starfinder Flip-Mats present ready-to-use science-fantasy set pieces for the busy Game Master. With Starfinder Flip-Mat: Living Starships, you’ll be ready for the next encounter.

Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-06: Ukuja, the First Wall

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 7th- through 10th-level characters.

A new portal has been discovered in the Maze of the Open Road, and the Society has sent the PCs to investigate what secrets remain on the other side. The PCs discover the settlement of Ukuja, first of the nine walls that make up the Matanji orcs' aptly named Nine Walls nation. There, the PCs fall under scrutiny for a fiendish plot to destabilize the fortress settlement and must work to prove their innocence, all while discovering the true villain behind a fiendish invasion!

Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-07: Sewer Dragon Crisis

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters.

Drandle Dreng's unmasking as the member of the Decemvirate known as Sapphire has left the Sewer Dragons in a sort of limbo, with one of their strongest political allies largely stripped of influence. Chief Yiddlepode still believes that these agreements with outsiders is the best way to keep the Sewer Dragons strong, but, while that was an easy case to make before their territory was devastated, doubts have arisen among other members of the tribe in the ensuing years. Trapmaster Tok especially has begun to blame the Pathfinder for their misfortune. He has issued a challenge to Yiddlepode for the leadership of the Sewer Dragons, and she has turned again to the Pathfinders. The conflict brewing beneath the streets of Absalom threatens to destabilize the whole city. The PCs need to prove to the beleaguered kobold allies that the best way forward is together.

Starfinder Society Scenario #6-10: The Death of Kortus IV

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 9th- through 12th-level characters.

Today, a planet dies!

After suffering a devastating setback at the hands of the Starfinder Society, the Organization,

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now revealed as the mysterious Order of Dawning Fate,

move to cut ties with their mining outpost on Kortus IV—and salt the earth as they go.

Enacting a brutal assault on the planet,

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the Order of Dawning Fate

intend to slaughter the planet’s entire population, scouring the city of Braerton from existence. Unwilling to stand idly by, the Starfinder Society mobilizes a fleet, bringing their strength to bear to hold back the barrage. From the bridge of the Master of Stars, First Seeker Edu Hadif oversees the rescue mission in person. The objective is simple—evacuate as many people as possible. But with one of the Order’s founders leading this devastating purge, victory is far from certain.

The fate of Kortus IV is in your hands!

Starfinder Bounty #10: Those who were Taken

A Starfinder Bounty designed for 4th-level characters.

In the wake of the Drift Crash, the three main anacite factions are barely avoiding open conflict, and the guidance of the Insight Array, the governing entity of Automatrix, can offer no clear path forward.

A criminal hacker took advantage of the holes in Automatrix security left by the squabbling and diverted a shipment of important parts needed for the creation of new anacites to an unknown location. The Insight Array hires a group of adventurers to track down the missing parts and find evidence of who stole them. The heroes explore the factory-cities of Aballon to find the missing parts.

Browse all of our Foundry VTT products here, including the new volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path #197: Let the Leaves Fall (Season of Ghosts 2 of 4). And don’t forget about our new Organized Play Scenario Season Passes, which give Organized Play scenarios the same deluxe treatment as our adventure paths!

From Our Partners:

Our partners at Archives of Nethys, Demiplane, Fantasy Grounds, Hero Lab Online, and Roll20 are dropping new content this month as well! Buy your PDF on paizo.com to get a discount via the PaizoConnect API. Or pay full price on their platforms, sync your account, and get a complimentary PDF on the Paizo Store.

Remaster Partner Products

Our partners at Roll20 are also releasing Pathfinder Player Core & Pathfinder GM Core on their platform today. If you already own the Pathfinder Core Rulebook on Roll20, you can choose to upgrade to the remastered rules for free—though this does not sync with the PaizoConnect API and will not get you free PDFs via our webstore.

Demiplane is also offering a similar deal. Players who already own the Pathfinder Core Rulebook can upgrade to Pathfinder Player Core & Pathfinder GM Core for free.

FoundryVTT and Fantasy Grounds will also be supporting the launch of the remastered content.

Bring Pathfinder to where you are, in person or online, and if you don’t have a favorite local game store, get books delivered to your door via a Paizo Subscription! From rulebooks to adventures, accessories, and more, we’ve got subscriptions for every table! Subscribing to a line of books gets you the physical book and the PDF for one price! Subscribe to four lines or more to unlock Paizo Advantage savings on products site-wide!

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Thank you for playing Starfinder and Pathfinder!

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Illustration by Mylene Bertrand

By which, of course, I mean the spooky season, but also the new Pathfinder Adventure Path, Season of Ghosts! This is the first Adventure Path I’ve been the lead developer on from the very start since Age of Ashes, back when we were launching Second Edition Pathfinder. Since then, I’ve worked on hardcover compilations, written for other Adventure Paths, and developed ones that started with other folks who moved on to other opportunities. All of which was a lot of fun, of course, but it’s nice to be back in the proverbial saddle, creating outlines and plots from the start.

An Adventure Path set in the spookiest of all locations in the continent of Tian-Xia is something I’ve been eager to get moving for many years, and despite some schedule hiccups, I’m delighted the campaign is finally here for folks to enjoy. There’s quite a lot of plot twists and surprises in store for all of you destined to play through this campaign—I’m eager to hear how things went down at all of your game tables, but I also ask folks to make liberal use of the spoiler tag technology when speaking about these adventures, so we can all preserve those surprises for players to uncover as they progress through these four upcoming seasons of horror.

Illustration by Justine Nortjé

One of the most exciting parts of the process for me, though, was getting to work with such a wide range of amazing and talented writers! It’s been eye-opening, educational, and wonderful to see what the authors’ various adventures and support articles have brought to each volume of Season of Ghosts, bringing in an incredible range of inspiration from throughout Asia. So, for the next four months, I’ve invited the authors of Season of Ghosts to introduce themselves as the volumes they contributed to come out. In some cases, authors wrote for multiple volumes, while in others (like this first one), only a single author tackled the contents of the volume. So without further ado, take it away, Sen H.H.S.!

James Jacobs
Pathfinder Narrative Creative Director

Sen H.H.S.

Happy spookiness everyone! I'm Sen H.H.S., the writer of the first volume of Season of Ghosts, “The Summer that Never Was.” I welcome you all to your beloved town of Willowshore and the town's lovely inhabitants... along with the first three months (or more!) of fears, horrors, and thrills you are about to face. As someone who generally avoids ghost stories and the horror genre, writing this adventure was an interesting challenge, though one I gladly took on to help establish a baseline for how our PCs and the folks of Willowshore generally survive haunted Shenmen day-to-day. Now that those usual strategies don't work though, it's time to step up to the challenge. If you are interested in what I'm up to, you can follow me on Bluesky at senhhs.bsky.social or you can see what I'm retweeting on Twitter @SenHHS. For my past works, check out my website at https://senhhs.carrd.co/. Otherwise, I'll see you all in the upcoming Tian Xia books AND [falls into the NDA pit].

Illustration by Shafi Adams

Hail and well met, Pathfinders and Starfinders! This month’s new releases expand your Starfinder horizons, dig up evils from long past, and save your home from an isolating curse.

Keep an eye out as we shift our release dates back in the coming months to accommodate the winter holidays! While our physical releases drop today, our digital-only products such as Organized Play Scenarios will release next Wednesday, October 25.

Never miss a release with our Paizo Subscriptions – for everything from rulebooks to accessories.

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Starfinder Enhanced

UPGRADE YOUR GAME!

Enhance your Starfinder experience with this invaluable game resource covering all aspects of the Starfinder rules! From totally revised fundamentals like core classes and starship combat to brand-new systems for expanding the way you play, this 192-page hardcover rules resource offers fresh ideas while still blending with the existing system. With Starfinder Enhanced at hand, you’ll be ready for the countless challenges of infinite space!

Pathfinder Adventure: Rusthenge

FEAR IN A HANDFUL OF RUST

The ruins of Rusthenge have stood silent and mysterious for eons, dating back to the era of the runelords of ancient Thassilon. Now that New Thassilon has risen from the depths of the past, something below Rusthenge’s strange metallic ruins has begun to stir—and that bodes ill for the nearby village of Iron Harbor. What deadly legacy lies hidden within the unknown ruins below Rusthenge, and can it be stopped before a new evil is unleashed upon the land? Pathfinder Adventure: Rusthenge is a standalone adventure for 1st- to 3rd-level characters that includes a selection of new magic items, character backgrounds, and monsters for any Pathfinder campaign.

Pathfinder Adventure Path #196:The Summer That Never Was (Season of Ghosts 1 of 4)

A HOMETOWN HAUNTING

Your hometown of Willowshore has always observed the final days of spring with a festival known as the Season of Ghosts—a celebration of life that honors and placates the region’s many spirits. This year, something goes horribly wrong, and when you awake in the woods alone after a night of festivities, you find that your hometown is in dire need of heroes! The Season of Ghosts Adventure Path begins with “The Summer That Never Was,” a complete adventure for 1st- to 3rd-level characters.

Pathfinder Lost Omens Travel Guide Special Edition

YOUR JOURNEY BEGINS!

Don’t let the best of Golarion pass you by! This handy book presents the highlights of the Inner Sea region to help curious travelers plan where to go and what to see. Gain local insights into the most extravagant festivals, the greatest hits of a storied theater scene, and the delicacies of fine restaurants. Discover notable athletes featured in upcoming sports competitions or the latest trends in fashion essential for dazzling onlookers at balls. Explore the vast, rich variety the Inner Sea has to offer!

The Pathfinder Lost Omens Travel Guide is now available in deluxe special edition, bound in faux leather with metallic debossing and a bound in ribbon bookmark.

Starfinder Society Scenario #6-08: Lost Revelry

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 5th- through 8th-level characters.

At the outset of the Drift Crisis, many ships were thought lost forever. Among them was an enormous recreational vessel, the Revelry, with thousands aboard. As the Drift Crisis recently came to an end and the Drift stabilized, the ship fell out of the Drift, and briefly transmitted a garbled signal before suddenly falling silent. Now it floats among icy bodies beyond the fringes of the Pact Worlds system.

It was the Starfinders who first heard and reacted to the signal. The Vigilance, an Exo-Guardian vessel, went to investigate. Neither ship nor crew has reported back since their arrival on site, save for one incredibly garbled message. Ixthia the Unbreakable tasks the PCs with unraveling this mystery. They must journey to the now-silent Vigilance and Revelry, where they will discover that the latter's name is now a supreme irony, and—at the center of it all—a cold malevolence that seeks to spread its despair through the Pact Worlds and beyond.

Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-05: The Island of the Vibrant Dead

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 3rd- through 6th-level characters.

During routine study on the Maze of the Open Road, a lecture is interrupted by the old Pathfinder ghoul ally, Marcon Tinol. Through discussions with him, the Society learns that he and Drandle Dreng established an island haven in Azlant for ghouls wishing to live apart from humans—the Island of the Vibrant Dead. Marcon reports that a strange new ghoul named Ghessa has arrived on the island but her story about her death and undeath isn't adding up, and he fears that she may be up to something sinister. The PCs must travel to the island, where the residents maintain a ghoulish existence celebrating their undeath, and dig into Ghessa's story and her trips into the vaults of the long-dead Arodenite priesthood.

Starfinder Society Scenario #6-09: Ridgerock Rescue

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters.

For the past year, the Starfinder Society has been searching for Ongie, a ysoki engineer on the run from the corporate overlords that have ruled Ongie’s hometown of Braerton for nearly a century: the Mongers. The Starfinder Society has recently come to suspect that the Mongers are the same group that they’ve been hunting all year—the mysterious Organization. If this is true, it’s likely that Braerton has an important role to play in Project Dawn, an ongoing plan enacted by the Organization that will result in the death of millions if they’re not stopped. Finding Ongie has become a matter of life and death.

Unfortunately, the Starfinders aren’t the only ones hot on Ongie’s trail. Organization assassins have been after Ongie since her escape from Braerton three years ago, and now they’ve finally cornered her on Vesk-7. If the Starfinders don’t act fast, Ongie and all the information she possesses will slip through their fingers.

Browse all of our Foundry VTT products here, including the new volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path #196:The Summer That Never Was (Season of Ghosts 1 of 4). And don’t forget about our new Organized Play Scenario Season Passes, which give Organized Play scenarios the same deluxe treatment as our adventure paths!

From Our Partners:

Our partners at Archives of Nethys, Demiplane, Fantasy Grounds, Hero Lab Online, and Roll20 are dropping new content this month as well! Buy your PDF on paizo.com to get a discount via the PaizoConnect API—or pay full price on their platforms, sync your account, and get a complimentary PDF on the Paizo Store.

Bring Pathfinder to where you are, in person or online, and if you don’t have a favorite local game store, get books delivered to your door via a Paizo Subscription! From rulebooks to adventures, accessories, and more, we’ve got subscriptions for every table! Subscribing to a line of books gets you the physical book and the PDF for one price! Subscribe to four lines or more to unlock Paizo Advantage savings on products site-wide!

Need some sound to spice up your table? Our partners at Syrinscape have a collection of Pathfinder and Starfinder soundtracks for your home game, streamed games, and more. New this month—Haunted Manor!

Thank you for playing Starfinder and Pathfinder!

Shop the Paizo Store and your favorite local game store today!

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Your hometown is in peril, and needs you to come to its rescue!

The remote town of Willowshore is nestled on the banks of the Ceiba River. Founded by religious pilgrims and host for a time to a bustling lumber business, in the first few years after the onset of the Age of Lost Omens, Willowshore’s fate looks grim. Already faced with fears about political upheaval due to the collapse of the empire of Lung Wa, and fearful of rumors that monsters from the deeper reaches of Shenmen are preparing to seize control of the land, Willowshore is ill prepared for a horrific new curse about to engulf the region.

In the Season of Ghosts Adventure Path, each player character calls Willowshore their home—be it one their family has lived in for generations or a place they’ve only recently arrived at. When your group awakens on the first day of summer in the nearby woods, what at first seems like the aftermath of a night spent too energetically during a festival reveals itself to be something much more sinister. Wildlife is acting strange and aggressive. Thick fog has descended upon the region. And at night... things get worse. Can you help your hometown escape from this sinister curse? Or are you and your homes equally doomed to fall into the clutches of sinister forces in this horror-themed Adventure Path set in the heart of the continent of Tian Xia?

Inside the Season of Ghosts Player’s Guide, you’ll find player-friendly, spoiler-free information and tips to help you make an exciting new character perfect for the Season of Ghosts Adventure Path, which is set just over a hundred years in the past, not long after the onset of the Age of Lost Omens itself!

This player's guide contains:

• Information about local customs in the rural town of Willowshore, and background on the state of the region in the years directly after the onset of the Age of Lost Omens, over 100 years in the past.
• Character suggestions, including recommendations for alignments, ancestries, classes, languages, skills, and feats well suited for this Adventure Path.
• Six new backgrounds to contextualize your character’s history with Willowshore, including additional benefits you can draw upon once per season, advice on how to integrate your character’s family and home into the town of Willowshore, and details on heirlooms you might begin the campaign with.
• A detailed gazetteer of the town of Willowshore and its hinterlands, including maps of the town and surrounding region and player-friendly notes and descriptions for thirty locations in the town itself!

Download The Player's Guide Today!

Hail and well met, Pathfinders and Starfinders! This month’s new releases place you at the breaking point of a centuries-old conflict, the front lines of a brand-new race, and the middle of a heist!

Keep an eye out as we shift our release dates back in the coming months to accommodate the winter holidays! Never miss a release with our Paizo Subscriptions—for everything from rulebooks to accessories.

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Pathfinder Adventure Path #195: Heavy is the Crown (Sky King’s Tomb 3 of 3)

HISTORY SEALED IN STONE!

A sorcerous rival threatens to breach the Sky King’s Tomb ahead of the PCs, turning its contents and legendary guardian against all dwarves. The PCs must raise an army, venture into the Darklands’ depths, and clash with a titanic beast if they’re to defeat their enemy, explore the tomb, and uncover a lost legacy that could rewrite dwarven history! The Sky King’s Tomb Adventure Path concludes with “Heavy is the Crown,” an adventure for 8th- to 10th-level characters.

Starfinder Flip-Mat: Mining Operation

DRILLING DOWN

All the ore and crystal that get fashioned into your characters’ high-tech equipment has to come from somewhere! Whether on a distant asteroid or in the mountainous region of a well-known planet, this mining operation is the perfect place for investigating subterranean dangers or industrial saboteurs. This double-sided map presents the surface structures of a mine on one side and a series of underground tunnels on the other. Starfinder Flip-Mats present ready-to-use science-fantasy set pieces for the busy Game Master. With Starfinder Flip-Mat: Mining Operation, you’ll be ready the next time your player characters want to dig deep for adventure!

Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Haunted Dungeon

FRIGHTS BELOW!

The reputed horrors of ancient dungeons—and the forgotten treasures within—are enough to attract any group of adventurers. But regardless of a party’s foolhardy urge to delve into places better left alone, no Game Master wants to spend time drawing every creepy crypt or sinister hallway the characters explore.

Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-03: Heidmarch Heist

A Pathfinder Society Scenario for 5th through 8th level characters.

The PCs are tasked with escorting a valuable item slated to be gifted to a powerful potential ally of the Pathfinder Society, but as they are being briefed on their mission, an unknown thief is pulling off a heist within Heidmarch manor, and the item the PCs were to escort has been stolen just as Venture-Captain Shiela Heidmarch goes to show them the item. The PCs must pick up the thief's trail in a race across Magnimar to recover the treasure they haven't even had the opportunity to see, much less guard.

Starfinder Society Scenario #6-07: Race for the Dustwarren Cup

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 7th- through 10th-level characters.

The Starfinder Society has been invited to participate in the inaugural Dustwarren Cup, a three-day boat race across the vast, shifting sand dunes of Akiton’s Dustwarren silt sea. Hosted by wealthy eccentric and retired racer Mimli Nurkop, scion of the fabulously wealthy Nurkop ysoki clan, the Dustwarren Cup boasts an impressive prize and is drawing plenty of attention—not all of it wanted. As Mimli and the other racers prepare to brave the elements, battle local wildlife, and outrace their competitors, a band of pirates plots to abduct the Nurkop heiress! Weigh anchor, hoist the sails, and set sail for adventure! The stakes are high in the Dustwarren Cup!

Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-04: Equal Exchanges — Necessary Introductions

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters.

Since the defeat of Aslynn, the Waterfall has become more of a staple around the Grand Lodge, starting to hold strange, isolated meetings with leadership and seemingly putting together some plan. Her most recent request is that a team of Pathfinder agents journey to Hwanggot and meet with the underworld dragon, Valashinaz as an introductory team. Venture-Captain Yi Da Som arranged the meeting through Valashinaz's kobold assistant, Purepurin. Unfortunately, between then and the PCs arriving, Purepurin forgot about them in the midst of pickling recipes from goblins and creepy crawlies invading the vaults! It's up to the PCs to help Purepurin bring Valashinaz's vaults under control while she summons the dragon to ensure these introductions go off without a hitch!

Pathfinder Quest (Series 2) #15: In the Footsteps of Horror

A Pathfinder Society Quest designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters, playable in 2-3 hours.

A group of powerful Pathfinders had to abandon the exploration of an underground complex after defeating a powerful lich and stopping a devatating ritual by the skin of their teeth. The PCs are tasked with exploring this complex, now cleared of threats, and cataloging what's there. The ritual, though incomplete, has still linked the site to its counterpart in the Netherworld, and once they enter, the PCs find that their task will not be as simple or boring as promised, as they have to fight through the shadowy mirror of the Netherworld complex just to get back home, with unknown threats that most assuredly were not cleared out.

Browse all of our Foundry VTT products here, including the new volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path #195: Heavy is the Crown (Sky King’s Tomb 3 of 3). And don’t forget about our new Organized Play Scenario Season Passes, which give Organized Play scenarios the same deluxe treatment as our adventure paths!

Speaking of Organized Play, we’ve updated our Amazon apparel store to include new merchandise with this year’s new Organized Play logos and imagery! Take a moment to browse the wares of our online merchandise store.

We’re also excited to showcase some apparel options from our licensed partners! Pegasus Publishing recently debuted two designs—the Pathfinder Mirage Dragon and the Starfinder Captain Concierge—at Dragon Con and in their online store! Look forward to more licensed apparel designed by our art team through Pegasus Publishing coming soon!

Savage Sparrow, another of our licensed apparel designers, recently released a new Pathfinder goblin design—Dice Goblin! Along with the prior apparel from Savage Sparrow’s Kickstarter, available now online and at select conventions, these shirts are sure to be a hit!

Face the Whispering Tyrant! Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors now live!

A new roguelite survivor game set in the beloved fantasy world of Pathfinder. Enter Gallowspire, Pathfinder’s legendary tower of darkness, alongside your fearless companion. Slay hordes of enemies, upgrade your arsenal, and overcome deadly bosses to seal away the ancient king of undeath!

Our partners at Archives of Nethys, Demiplane, Fantasy Grounds, Hero Lab Online, and Roll20 are dropping new content this month as well! Buy your PDF on paizo.com to get a discount via the PaizoConnect API. Or pay full price on their platforms, sync your account, and get a complimentary PDF on the Paizo Store.

Bring Pathfinder to where you are, in person or online, and if you don’t have a favorite local game store, get books delivered to your door via a Paizo Subscription! From rulebooks to adventures, accessories, and more, we’ve got subscriptions for every table! Subscribing to a line of books gets you the physical book and the PDF for one price! Subscribe to four lines or more to unlock Paizo Advantage savings on products site-wide!

Need some sound to spice up your table? Our partners at Syrinscape have a collection of Pathfinder and Starfinder soundtracks for your home game, streamed games, and more. New this month—Wight Boss Battle!

In celebration of The Glass Cannon Network’s new season, we’re running a special sale on the paranormal mystery-themed Pathfinder Dark Archive and the Gatewalkers Adventure Path! Get 10% off all physical, PDF, and Foundry VTT versions of these products with the code DarkGatePaizo, now through October 31st.

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Hello Pathfinders & Starfinders! This month’s new releases invite you to explore your destiny, meet the leaders of tomorrow, and dig ever deeper into the Darklands

We've got a busy week here at Paizo. Come to twitch.tv/officialpaizo on Thursday, Aug 31^st at 4 p.m. Pacific for a special livestream to kickstart our Pathfinder Playtest. Join Michael Sayre and James Case as they talk about the design concepts behind our two new classes!

Then, on Friday, Sept. 1^st, join us from 4-6 p.m. Pacific on twitch.tv/officialpaizo for September’s Paizo LIVE! Our topics for this month include the Pathfinder Harrow Deck, Starfinder Enhanced, and a look at the Pathfinder Remaster Project!

Without further ado, let’s see what this month’s new releases have in store!

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Pathfinder Harrow Deck

FIND YOUR FUTURE!

Divine your destiny with the Pathfinder Harrow Deck, the legendary fortune-telling deck of Pathfinder’s Age of Lost Omens setting! With this 54-card, full-color set of fortune-telling cards, you’ll learn how to include the harrow in any tabletop RPG game and enhance play with immersive fortune-telling methods and other insights. With vivid art, patterned backing, and a size common to many real-world tarot decks, the Harrow Deck straddles the line between game supplement and storytelling set piece. Master the harrow and make the future anything you desire!

The Harrow Deck is available as a Super Deluxe Physical Edition or as a Print and Play PDF Edition.

Pathfinder Lost Omens: Knights of Lastwall Special Edition

Fulfill your oath!

When the armies of the Whispering Tyrant marched on Lastwall, the keeps and cities may have fallen, but its people and their spirit did not falter! Pathfinder Lost Omens: Knights of Lastwall takes a detailed look at the knights that took up arms to continue the fight against the undead hordes and evils that roam the world.

This deluxe special edition is bound in faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark.

Starfinder Society Scenario #6-05: Unearthing Ulumbia

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 5th- through 8th-level characters.

The Starfinders have vowed to stop the Organization, a mysterious and violent criminal syndicate whose true name remains unknown and whose machinations threaten the lives of millions. Digging into the Organization’s past has revealed an interest in ancient Ulumbia, a long-destroyed civilization from Deepwater Prime with few archaeological remains of value or importance. So why the interest? Travel to Deepwater Prime to unearth the secrets of ancient Ulumbia—a mission destined to drive the Starfinders into direct conflict with important agents of the Organization!

Pathfinder Adventure Path #194: Cult of the Cave Worm (Sky King’s Tomb 2 of 3)

Finding a legendary tomb requires tracking an equally legendary cave worm said to dwell there. As the adventurers set out from Highhelm, they must brave the Darklands’ dangers, navigate a treacherous fey city, and recover the relic that retraces the cave worm’s path. Yet in doing so, they learn of nefarious rivals who also seek the tomb—rivals the adventurers might stop by infiltrating an unforgiving underground metropolis.

Starfinder Bounty #9: Burning Ambitions

A Starfinder Bounty designed for 4th-level characters.

Domaaz Manhala is the youngest student ever accepted to the prestigious Solar University on the Burning Archipelago. Determined to prove their worth and make a good impression on their fellow students, Domaaz plans to perform a complicated magical experiment on the university’s public grounds, in full sight of students and staff! With little free time to spare, Domaaz hires a team of freelancers to acquire the remaining components they'll need to perform their grand experiment. Yet unbeknownst to them, something bigger is at play here, and there’s far more at stake than some extra credit!

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Underground City Multi-Pack

Be they complex fortified settlements that were built ages ago by long-gone ancients or more recent creations still populated by vibrant societies, underground cities present an unusual and complex adventuring environment. This four-sided Flip-Mat collection provides four huge panels of underground city environments and supply the GM with a diverse set of subterranean urban battlefields suitable for any fantasy RPG campaign.

Starfinder Society Scenario #6-06: Tomorrow’s Seekers

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters.

Ehu Hadif has announced his upcoming retirement, and the search for a new First Seeker has begun! From the Society’s ranks, four promising candidates have risen to the forefront. Meet the candidates for First Seeker, perform a mission on their behalf, and cast your vote! The future of the Starfinder Society is in your hands!

Don’t forget to vote for your favorite candidate!

Pathfinder Society Special #3-98: Expedition Into Pallid Peril

A Pathfinder Society Special designed for 1st- through 6th-level characters (subtiers 1-4 & 3-6).

Having made several recent forays into a set of unearthed ruins in the volcanic region of Droskar’s Crag, the Pathfinder Society has uncovered what could be an access point to the lost dwarven city of Raseri Kanton. Pathfinder agents from across Golarion have come to support the Society’s latest large-scale endeavor. However, the Aspis Consortium have also begun exploring the ruins, so it’s a race to see who can reach Raseri Kanton first!

Pathfinder Society Scenario #4-16: Dacilane Academy’s First Great Prank War

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 3rd- through 6th-level characters.

Exam time has always been stressful for the students of the Dacilane Academy, so J Dacilane has come up with a plan: have a group of Pathfinders help them pull off the first ever Dacilane Academy Great Prank War! Surely nothing can go wrong! However, once a caravan of fey traveling nearby catches a whiff of the chaos, they're more than willing to come and join the prank war—with or without an invitation. It's up to the Pathfinders to calm down the friendly fey, defeat the evil fey who infiltrated the caravan, and ensure that the students have the best prank war ever! Should be easy as pie. (Quick, duck that pie!)

Pathfinder Society Scenario #4-17: Trapping the Hag’s Claw

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 7th- through 10th-level characters.

In the conclusion of the Year of Boundless Wonder, the Pathfinder Society and one of the members of the Decemvirate have pieced together a careful plan. Using one of the mysterious items from the vault, the draught of dreams, the Society will lay a trap for Aslynn, catching her via her own greed and desire to control dreams. The plan requires bait, though, and Zarta Dralneen has stepped up to prove her loyalty to the Society yet again and finally finish off Aslynn. Despite their secrecy, however, she's caught wind of the plan and is ready to overturn it and finally be done with the Pathfinder Society once and for all!

Pathfinder Society Intro: Year of Unfettered Exploration

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters.

It's time to explore! With the Pathfinder Society coming down from their recent victory after finally defeating an old enemy, they choose to refocus on the goals that lie at the heart of their mission: Explore! Report! Cooperate! To celebrate such a successful year, Society members organize a party to host all sorts of friends, both new and old. However, when one of Fola Barun's dear friends needs to be entertained in order to prepare a surprise, it's up to the Pathfinders to show him around the famous Maze of the Open Road. When he starts to encourage exploration, new doors appear before the Pathfinders, and new adventures await!

Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-02: The Blackwood Lost

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 3rd- through 6th-level characters.

The Pathfinder dig site near the Tskikha iruxi enclave in the Blackwood Swamp was, for some time now, considered one of the safer Azlanti ruins to investigate, to the point that it was used as field training for groups of initiates. Having been cleared out years ago by agents, the site was an archeological treasure trove for learning of the elemental magics of ancient Azlant. Something has gone wrong, though. The elemental planes have changed in ways that scholars are, even now, struggling to understand, and the latent power within those ruins has manifested. It's been weeks since anyone has heard from the initiates currently on site or from the iruxi allies nearby. The Pathfinders must now race against time and delve into the bizarre magics wrought by the elements to rescue the Blackwood lost.

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Pathfinder Society Season 5 and Starfinder Society Season 6 – Now on Foundry VTT!

Starting Thursday, August 31st, we'll be giving Pathfinder and Starfinder Society the same treatment on Foundry VTT that we’ve been giving our Pathfinder Adventure Paths, allowing you to experience all of the latest Organized Play scenarios with the full suite of features, including maps, tiles, tokens, sounds, and more! Each of these modules is a one-time purchase that will be automatically updated throughout the season with new content as we release it. We’re offering two options on these modules: a streamlined “Asset Pack” consisting of maps, tokens, and other goodies for those who already have the adventures in PDF format; and a “Deluxe Edition” that also includes all of the adventure content from every scenario laid out in beautiful themed journals! Both asset packs and deluxe modules are available in half- and full-season packs for maximum convenience.

Browse all our Foundry VTT products here, including the new volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path #194: Cult of the Cave Worm (Sky King’s Tomb 2 of 3).

Our partners at Archives of Nethys, Demiplane, Fantasy Grounds, Hero Lab Online, and Roll20 are dropping new content this month as well! Buy your PDF on paizo.com to get a discount via the PaizoConnect API, or pay full price on their platforms, sync your account, and get a complimentary PDF on the Paizo Store.

Bring Pathfinder to where you are, in person or online, and if you don’t have a favorite local game store, get books delivered to your door via a Paizo Subscription! From rulebooks to adventures, accessories, and more, we’ve got subscriptions for every table! Subscribing to a line of books gets you the physical book and the PDF for one price. Subscribe to four lines or more to unlock Paizo Advantage savings on products site-wide!

Need some sound to spice up your table? Our partners at Syrinscape have a collection of Pathfinder and Starfinder soundtracks for your home game, streamed games, and more. New this month—Ogre Boss Battle!

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Millennia ago, dwarves completed their Quest for Sky, a legendary migration from their subterranean homeland to the surface. Their exodus nearly failed, but during the journey a hero arose to lead them—a young dwarf named Taargick. Time and again Taargick proved his bravery, resourcefulness, and political skill, inspiring his people to endure when all seemed lost. In honor of his great leadership, his followers named him ruler of the new kingdom they would found in his name: Tar Taargadth.

Illustration by Darko Stojanovic

Yet after the dwarves reached the surface and raised citadels and toasts to his legacy, Taargick felt as much remorse in his heart as he felt pride. His people had reached the surface as Torag commanded, but at what cost? Their road had been paved with the corpses of orcs, xulgaths, and more, slain by dwarven steel. Their unjustly shed blood had festered into a thousand vendettas, justifiably earning dwarves the hatred of many. Was Torag’s will worth so much death?

Taargick didn’t think so. Toward the end of his life, he politely declined the magnificent tomb his people had built for him. He departed alone to carve his own tomb, hidden in the depths, where the steady strikes of his tools drew the attention of one of the Darklands’ mightiest predators: a crimson worm. The two clashed for days before Taargick narrowly prevailed. To his surprise, the beast spoke, praising the king’s strength and skill. Taargick, realizing he had subdued an intelligent creature and not a mindless worm, remembered the countless orcs, xulgaths, and other creatures devastated by the Quest for Sky, and cast aside his weapons and shattered armor, refusing to end another Darklands life. Taargick and the cave worm spoke at length as he finished his tomb, developing a deep respect for each other.

Illustration by Luis Salas Lastra

At last, with the tomb ready, Taargick knew death was near. The crimson worm Zogototaru—better known in the region as the Avernal Worm—granted Taargick’s last wish: that she delivers his clan dagger to Highhelm, so it might rest among his people.

Illustration by Mylene Bertrand

But after the bold, if ill-suited, adventurer Krohan Veldollow stole the dagger and lost it, the city of Highhelm now lacks one of its greatest treasures: an artifact that points the way to an even greater secret that lies deep beneath the earth.

Sky King’s Tomb is a three part adventure path for levels 1-11. For GM’s looking to expand their knowledge of Highhelm and dwarven culture for this adventure, Lost Omens Highhelm takes you deep into the city and its customs.

Will your adventurers be the ones to find the secrets and save the city? Or will the dagger fall into sinister hands?

This month’s new releases invite you to brave the elements, set off on the trail of dwarven treasure, and explore the ruins of Deepwater Prime! Note, while the Organized Play scenarios release today, many of these products will be released on Thursday, August 3^rd as part of our Gen Con release. Check out these products at your FLGS, bookstore, on paizo.com, or at our Gen Con Booth #203!

Not going to Gen Con? Save the dates for our Gen Con panels—Thursday August 3^rd thru Sunday August 6^that 10 am Eastern. Tune in live or catch the VODs to learn more about the Remaster project, Pathfinder Rage of Elements, and more!

Releasing today, July 26^th 2023

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Pathfinder Society Scenario 4-16: Dacilane Academy’s First Great Prank War

Exam time has always been stressful for the students of the Dacilane Academy, so J Dacilane has come up with a plan: have a group of Pathfinders help them pull off the first ever Dacilane Academy Great Prank War! Surely nothing can go wrong! However, once a caravan of fey traveling nearby catches a whiff of the chaos, they're more than willing to come and join the prank war—with or without an invitation! It's up to the Pathfinders to calm down the friendly fey, defeat the evil fey that infiltrated the caravan, and ensure that the students have the best prank war ever! Should be easy as pie! (Quick, duck that pie!)

Starfinder Society Scenario #6-05: Unearthing Ulumbia

The Starfinders have vowed to stop the Organization, a mysterious and violent criminal syndicate whose true name remains unknown and whose machinations threaten the lives of millions. Digging into the Organization’s past has revealed an interest in ancient Ulumbia, a long-destroyed civilization from Deepwater Prime with few archaeological remains of value or importance. So why the interest? Travel to Deepwater Prime to unearth the secrets of ancient Ulumbia—a mission destined to drive the Starfinders into direct conflict with important agents of the Organization.

Pathfinder Society Scenario #4-17: Trapping the Hag’s Claw

In the conclusion of the Year of Boundless Wonder, the Pathfinder Society and one of the members of the Decemvirate have pieced together a careful plan. Using one of the mysterious items from the vault, the draught of dreams, the Society will lay a trap for Aslynn, catching her via her own greed and desire to control dreams. The plan requires bait though, and Zarta Dralneen has stepped up to prove her loyalty to the Society yet again and finally finish off Aslynn. However, despite their secrecy, she's caught wind of the plan and is ready to overturn it and finally be done with the Pathfinder Society once and for all!

Releasing August 3rd, 2023 at Gen Con, online, and at your FLGS or book store!

Pathfinder Rage of Elements

BRAVE THE ELEMENTS!

Blaze like the sun! Crash like the waves! Rumble like a rockslide! Pathfinder Rage of Elements introduces the kineticist class, gifted with an amazing command over the elements. New spells and items within also provide elemental magic options for all character classes. Explore the majestic Elemental Planes, including two new ones: the wondrous, decaying Plane of Metal and the vast, orderly forests of the Plane of Wood! On top of all this comes a horde of new monsters from all six Elemental Planes, ready to battle adventurers or be summoned by them. Step through a portal to adventure and harness the primordial power of nature with Pathfinder Rage of Elements!

Pathfinder Rage of Elements is also available as a deluxe special edition, bound in faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark.

Pathfinder Adventure Path #193: Mantle of Gold (Sky King’s Tomb 1 of 3)

UNCOVER LOST TREASURES!

Invited to a prestigious storytelling festival in Highhelm, the greatest dwarven city in Golarion, a clan’s eclectic guests explore every corner of the metropolis to build their own legends. Yet when these budding celebrities find a relic linked to one of dwarvenkind’s greatest heroes, they’re drawn into a mysterious and ancient urban intrigue that kicks off a deadly treasure hunt. The Sky King’s Tomb Adventure Path begins with “Mantle of Gold,” a complete adventure for 1st- to 5th-level characters.

Starfinder Adventure: Operation: Seaside Park

SAVE THE DAY!

When a derelict ship infested with dangerous, hostile aliens comes crashing into an amusement park in the heart of the Pact Worlds, it's up to the heroes to protect their planet from the worst the Swarm has to offer! Play as one of five unique heroes battling against a dire threat to the galaxy in an unlikely place. You'll be up against the Swarm, a species of adaptable, bug-like aliens that devour everything in their path. Happy bug hunting, heroes!

This Free RPG Day adventure is available as a FREE PDF, or a print edition for $5.

Pathfinder Adventure: A Few Flowers More

FLOWER POWER!

A hero's work is never done! Especially when strange new plants start appearing in the woods—plants whose presence draws all manner of trespassers eager to take advantage of the sudden, mysterious bounty. But where are these plants coming from, and what sinister development in the heart of the forest does their arrival signify? Could it be the beginning of an invasion from another dimension... or something worse?

This Free RPG Day adventure is available as a FREE PDF, or a print edition for $5.

Starfinder Flip-Mat: Grav Trains

ALL ABOARD!

Sometimes it’s too much of a hassle to prep your starship for takeoff just to fly a short distance across the planet’s surface and land at another starport, where you then have to pay the docking fees—especially when that world has reliable high-speed grav-train travel! And sometimes your heroes are hired to guard precious cargo en route from one settlement to the next. This double-sided map presents a pair of grav-train lines, one with two passenger lines running parallel above a bustling city, and the other with goods in transit through a wasteland. Starfinder Flip-Mats present ready-to-use science-fantasy set pieces for the busy Game Master. With Starfinder Flip-Mat: Grav-Trains, you’ll be ready for the next time your player characters ride the grav-rails!

Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Urban Tavern

BARROOM BLITZ!

Pull up a stool in the taproom or take your pick of feast hall seats in this perfect accessory for danger and downtime in any tabletop fantasy campaign! This line of gaming maps provides ready-to-use fantasy set pieces for the busy Game Master. Depicting two city-based taverns, this double-sided map makes the perfect place to start your next adventure!

FLIP-MAT CLASSICS

The most popular Pathfinder Flip-Mats in history return! These fan-favorite maps feature versatile adventure settings—city streets, forests, ships, taverns, and more—and now they’re back for a repeat performance. Durable and lavishly detailed, these essential adventure set pieces will bring excitement to your game table for years to come!

Pathfinder Battles: Fists of the Ruby Phoenix

From our friends at WizKids comes a collection of miniatures featuring monsters and characters from the Fists of the Ruby Phoenix Adventure Path!

• Pathfinder Battles: Fists of the Ruby Phoenix - Danger Island Denizens Boxed Set
• Pathfinder Battles: Fists of the Ruby Phoenix - Tournament of Trials Boxed Set
• Pathfinder Battles: Fists of the Ruby Phoenix - Contenders and Champions Boxed Set
• Pathfinder Battles: Fists of the Ruby Phoenix - Syndara the Sculptor, Final Form Boxed Figure
• Pathfinder Battles: Fists of the Ruby Phoenix - Martial Arts Masters Boxed Set

Purchasing Pathfinder Rage of Elements? Remember to take a look at the Core Preview page for a document outlining all of the changes coming with the Remaster in advance of the Pathfinder Player Core and Pathfinder GM Core releases in November.

Note: The Pathfinder Harrow Deck has been delayed and is currently targeted for August. The Pathfinder Adventure Path: Abomination Vaults (5e) has also been delayed.

Browse all our Foundry VTT products here, including the new volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path #193: Mantle of Gold (Sky King’s Tomb 1 of 3)."

Our partners at Archives of Nethys, Demiplane, Fantasy Grounds, Hero Lab Online, and Roll20 are prepping content for the Gen Con release as well—remember to buy your PDFs on paizo.com to get a discount via the PaizoConnect API. Or pay full price on their platforms, sync your account, and get a complimentary PDF on the Paizo Store.

Need some sound to spice up your table? Our partners at Syrinscape have a collection of Pathfinder and Starfinder soundtracks for your home game, streamed games, and more! New this month—Giant Scorpion Battle Music.

Thank you for playing Starfinder and Pathfinder!

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Discover dwarven drama as you descend into the Darklands!

The magnificent metropolis of Highhelm displays millennia of dwarven history, yet one of its greatest heroes vanished over 9,000 years ago: High King Taargick, better known as the Sky King. Without his bravery and leadership, dwarves might never have colonized the surface world during their Quest for Sky migration. Understandably, most dwarves today revere Taargick’s memory more than they understand his mythologized deeds.

Yet one of the Sky King’s relics is about to reappear, kicking off a dangerous expedition into the Darklands. The PCs are archivists, explorers, and truth-seekers recruited by Highhelm’s foremost historians and have been entrusted with investigating this strange relic’s mysteries: discoveries that might at last unearth the apocryphal Sky King’s Tomb!

Inside the Sky King’s Tomb Player’s Guide, you’ll find player-friendly, spoiler-free lore and tips to create an exciting character suited for the Sky King’s Tomb Adventure Path. Contents include:

• An overview of the Sky Citadel Highhelm, dwarven culture, and dwarven faiths.
• Character advice, including ways different character classes and ancestries might excel in this Adventure Path.
• New character backgrounds specifically designed for this Adventure Path, including Conservator, Child of Notoriety, and Historical Reenactor.
• An extensive guide to underground exploration and adventuring in the dark.

This month’s new Pathfinder and Starfinder releases invite you to walk the halls of Highhelm, take your fate into your own hands, and follow the Organization’s trail of conspiracy ever deeper. Check out these products at your FLGS, bookstore, or on paizo.com!

Looking forward to more Paizo news? Join us this Friday, June 30^th at 4 p.m. Pacific for the return of Paizo LIVE—our monthly fireside chat show on Twitch!

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Pathfinder Lost Omens Highhelm

DELVE THE MOUNTAIN DEEP!
When the first dwarves reached the surface of Golarion, they constructed enormous keeps to serve as their new home. The mightiest of these keeps was Highhelm, a Sky Citadel built deep within the Five Kings Mountains. While other Sky Citadels have fallen since those ancient days, Highhelm holds strong, serving as one of the major centers of dwarven culture. Delve into Emperor’s Peak to experience Highhelm in all its glory. Learn about everyday life in the city, dwarven culture, and the various clans who influence the Sky Citadel. Explore the city’s layers and surroundings, each featuring mysterious locations and sites of intrigue suitable for a multitude of adventures. Brave heroes and canny adventurers can even visit Highhelm for animal companions, martial training, new equipment, and more! What secrets will you find in the depths of Highhelm?

Pathfinder Lost Omens Highhelm is also available in a faux-leather bound, metallic debossed Special Edition.

Starfinder: Angels of the Drift

A bold crew of adventurers must race to an isolated world to stop a catastrophic war for faster-than-light technology!

In the science-fantasy universe of the bestselling Starfinder Roleplaying Game, five down-on-their-luck mercenaries sign on to help a robotic avatar of the hyperspace dimension bring starship technology to a previously uncontacted planet. But with sinister forces bent on exploiting the new world, it'll take all the heroes' guns, wits, and magic to make it off their space station alive… From Starfinder RPG co-creator James L. Sutter (Pathfinder: Runescars) and artist Edu Menna (Army of Darkness) comes the launch of a brand-new, out-of-this-world adventure!

Featuring playable character stats for Navasi, the iconic envoy, and new character options based on the content of the exciting comic - including a new playable species - all officially sanctioned by the Starfinder Society! The Starfinder RPG Rules Appendix has been written by Alexander Augunas!

Pathfinder Adventure Path #192: Worst of All Possible Worlds (Stolen Fate 3 of 3)

FACE YOUR FINAL FATE!
The defenders of destiny have traveled all over Golarion ....

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and to the far reaches of reality itself

...in search of the elusive cards from the Deck of Destiny and now possess most of the once-scattered magical harrow deck. Yet unforeseen complications lie in wait, for the gathering of the final cards will be no simple matter... The Stolen Fate Adventure Path concludes with “Worst of All Possible Worlds,” a complete adventure for 18th- to 20th-level characters!

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Darklands Dangers Multi-Pack

DANGERS IN THE DARK!
The notorious subterranean Darklands hold as many dangers as they do treasures! Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Darklands Dangers Multi-Pack provides ready-to-use caverns and tunnels for the busy Game Master. Whether heroes are exploring an underground monster’s den, caves riddled with strange fungi, flooded passageways, or sprawling lava tubes, these deadly depths have you covered with four different combat maps in all! With the Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Darklands Dangers Multi-Pack, you’ll be ready the next time your players delve into the darkness!

This set includes two flip mats, each measuring 24" × 30" unfolded, and 8" × 10" folded. Usable by experienced GMs and novices alike, Pathfinder Flip-Mats fit perfectly into any Game Master’s arsenal!

Starfinder Society Scenario #6-03: Project Dawn

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 3rd- through 6th-level characters.
After foiling a vicious robbery, the Starfinder Society is hot on the trail of the Organization, a mysterious and violent criminal syndicate whose true name remains unknown. A team of clever Starfinders are dispatched to the planet Verces to investigate Dayside Inc., a shell corporation with suspected ties to the Organization. Your orders are simple: sneak in, snoop around, and don’t get caught! But intel uncovered at Dayside Inc. hints that the Organization is planning something that will threaten the lives of millions. Who is the Organization? What is Project Dawn? And most importantly, do the Starfinders have time to stop it?

Pathfinder Society Scenario #4-15: In Glorious Battle

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 9th- through 12th-level characters.
Though Tar-Baphon’s malevolent presence is thought to be the scourge of Ustalav and the Gravelands, it’s also distinctly felt within the Hold of Belkzen. Belkzen has been preparing for the next assault since the Battle of Nine Broken Skulls, when Tar-Baphon attempted to wipe out Belkzen, making them an example to the rest of Avistan.

However, Belkzen won that battle, with a pivotal role played by the Burning Suns, led by Mahja Firehair. The Whispering Way, though, is patient, and while the orcs won a brief respite, they are not safe. One of Tar-Baphon's chief lieutenants, Geir, is planning a major assault. Mahja learned of this and has called up the Pathfinders for aid. They need her connection to Ardax White-Hair, the overlord of Urgir, and so the Society has sent a group of their very strongest to aid in what is sure to be one of the most intense battles in the Broken Lands.

Starfinder Society Scenario #6-04: Secrets Long Submerged

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 9th- through 12th-level characters.
Thanks to the exemplary work of the Starfinder Society, a team of agents has been invited to Pholskar, planet of the giants, to further investigate the sunken ruins of a fallen sky city. Evidence uncovered by the Starfinder Society on a previous expedition revealed a dark secret that destabilized Pholskar’s political balance. With the backing of progressive bureaucrat Elthel, the Starfinders must navigate this political turmoil to conduct their underwater excavation.

This scenario builds off the events of Starfinder Society Scenario #4-09: Through Sea and Storm. While playing this past scenario enriches the experience of this adventure, it is not required.

Coming soon in July and August, brave the elements with Pathfinder Rage of Elements and uncover lost treasures in Mantle of Gold, the beginning of the Pathfinder Sky King’s Tomb Adventure Path. Preorder or subscribe today!

Note: The Pathfinder Harrow Deck has been delayed and is currently targeted for August.  Pathfinder Adventure Path: Abomination Vaults (5e) has also been delayed.

Time for a status update on some of our core books in the Paizo Store.

• The Pathfinder Core Rulebook, which sold out in January and was restocked in April, is in stock and selling fast. It will not be reprinted but will be remastered into Player Core and GM Core, coming in November 2023! These core books will also be available in Hobby Retailer Exclusive Sketch Covers, which you can ask your FLGS to order for you today!
  • The Pocket Edition of the Pathfinder Core Rulebook is out of stock and will not be reprinted.
• The Pathfinder Gamemastery Guide is currently out of stock. The warehouse kobolds are working their strange magic and may find some stored in some of the warehouse’s deepest corners, but if they do, those will likely sell quickly! Have no fear, though! This content will be remastered as part of GM Core.
• The Pathfinder Bestiary (1) is in stock and will not be reprinted. The content in the Bestiary will be remastered in Monster Core, coming March 2024.
• The Pathfinder Advanced Player’s Guide was also restocked and we currently have healthy quantities. Remastered content for much of it will be coming in July 2024 with Player Core 2with the notable exception of the witch class, which will be remastered in Player Core 1.
• We are currently sold out of Pathfinder Beginner Boxes, with news on that to come!

Many of these products can still be found at your FLGS or local bookstore, even if we no longer have them in our warehouse.

Browse all our Foundry VTT products here, including the new volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path #192: Worst of All Possible Worlds (Stolen Fate 3 of 3).

Our partners at Archives of Nethys, Demiplane, Fantasy Grounds, Hero Lab Online, and Roll20 have all added these new products to their sites as well—remember to buy your PDFs on paizo.com to get a discount via the PaizoConnect API. Or buy them on their platforms, sync your account, and get a complimentary PDF on the Paizo Store!

Need some sound to spice up your table? Our partners at Syrinscape have a collection of Pathfinder and Starfinder soundtracks for your home game, streamed games, and more! New this month: Umbral Dragon Battle Music.

Thank you for playing Starfinder and Pathfinder!

Shop the Paizo Store and your favorite local game store today!

This month’s Pathfinder and Starfinder releases offer new places to call home, monstrous myths, missing persons, and a duel with destiny! Check out these exciting new products available today at the Paizo Store and local bookstores and game stores around the world, including Starfinder Ports of Call, Pathfinder Adventure: The Enmity Cycle and Pathfinder Flip-Mat: The Enmity Cycle, and the Pathfinder Lost Omens Monsters of Myth Special Edition!

But first, it’s not too late to plan to join us online this Friday through Sunday, May 26th–29th, for adventures at PaizoCon Online! Tons of games, Twitch streams, Discord panels, and partner prizes await!

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Starfinder Ports of Call

AT HOME IN THE STARS
Every galactic adventurer needs a place to call home—even if only until their starship is fueled for the next journey. Explore 10 major port cities full of adventure and intrigue, from Drifter’s End on Absalom Station to the chasm city of Precipice on distant Apostae or the theme park planet of Golarion World. Learn about smaller ports as well, like the starship port of Skydock on Verces, or the collection of warships known as Bastion that fend off the Swarm.

Along with all this, Ports of Call also features:

• A map of Desna’s Path, the Starfinder Galaxy.
• Loads of player options, including four new species!
• Expanded downtime rules, new starship options, a cargo subsystem, new NPCs, side job adventures, and much more!

Pathfinder Lost Omens Monsters of Myth Special Edition

RELEASE THE BEASTS!
For every great hero found on Golarion, there lurks an even greater monster. Some of these creatures have earned their notoriety from local folktales and ancient epics. Others built their reputations on the backs of victims, performing acts so horrifying they defy embellishment.

Monsters of Myth presents 20 monsters from all over Golarion. Each entry includes lore on the creature’s place in the world, statistics to use it as an adversary, guidance for including the monster at any level of play, and rewards for heroes who face such a legendary foe!

This deluxe special edition is bound in faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark.

Pathfinder Adventure: The Enmity Cycle

YOU EITHER BUILD OR DESTROY
On the cusp of completing a grand project that would wow audiences and build solidarity between the five squabbling cities of the desert nation of Thuvia, a trio of renowned artists suddenly go missing, putting their plans on an indefinite hold. Who could be behind such treachery—and why would such a villain desire an end to art? Explore the Thuvian city of Lamasara as your characters investigate the disappearances and prevent a poisoned performance from shaking the desert nation. Pathfinder Adventure: The Enmity Cycle is a standalone adventure for 4th-level characters that also includes a gazetteer of Thuvia’s five cities, and a selection of new magic and monsters for any Pathfinder campaign.

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: The Enmity Cycle

BREAK THE CYCLE!
Bring your adventures in The Enmity Cycle to life on your tabletop with this double-sided full-color Flip-Mat featuring a spacious desert home and a riverside amphitheater ready for a performance! With this gorgeous map, you’ll be ready to take on the dangers of Thuvia in style!

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: The Enmity Cycle measures 24" by 30" unfolded and 8" by 10" folded. A Flip-Mat’s coated surface can handle any dry-erase, wet-erase, or even permanent marker. Usable by experienced GMs and novices alike, Pathfinder Flip-Mats fit perfectly into any Game Master’s arsenal!

Pathfinder Adventure Path #191: The Destiny War (Stolen Fate 2 of 3)

FIGHT FOR YOUR DESTINY!

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Now that fate’s defenders have begun to recover the scattered cards of a powerful harrow deck, formidable villains seeking to control destiny itself have taken note. When these foes invade the heroes’ magical domain, it becomes apparent that an all-out war for destiny itself is building.

Can you prevail against the nefarious forces who bring a fury of fiends against you and seek to control the future? The Stolen Fate Adventure Path continues with “The Destiny War,” a complete adventure for 14th- to 17th-level characters.

Starfinder Society Intro: Year of Fortune's Fall is a Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters.

The Starfinder Society travels to Castrovel to attend a museum gala celebrating the grand opening of its latest archaeological exhibit: a showcase of ancient civilizations of the Vast. With artifacts and belongings from the Scoured Stars in tow, the Starfinders prepare an exhibit display, network with esteemed archaeologists and organizations, and enjoy the event. But when a gang of violent thieves interrupts the gala, it’s up to the Starfinders to save lives, preserve priceless artifacts, and bring the thieves to justice!

Pathfinder Society Scenario #4-13: Within the Prairies is a Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters.

With permission secured and access granted, a team of Pathfinder agents must escort an ancient star gun to one of the last remaining star gunsmiths, a mysterious figure that hasn’t been seen in several years. The Pathfinders must convince the gunsmith to emerge from hiding and repair the weapon, allowing them to return it to its original home and make connections with a town in Arcadia.

Angered at having been tricked by the Society, a villain watches from afar and plots to attack the group, endangering innocent lives in the process. It’s up to the Pathfinders to defeat her and her forces, ensuring peace within the prairies of Arcadia!

Starfinder Society Scenario #6-02: Drift Scars is a Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 3rd- through 6th-level characters.

The Drift Crisis has ended, but not all has returned to its former equilibrium. Mysterious paths through the Drift, termed "Drift lanes," have emerged, including one near Triaxus. It is this Triaxian navigational anomaly that Fitch, leader of the Wayfinders, tasks the Starfinders with exploring. But a gang of pirates has already claimed the Drift lane as their own and fiercely defend their prize! The Starfinders must deal with this threat, as well as attempting peaceful negotiations with whoever happens to be on the other side of this strange new tunnel through the Drift.

Pathfinder Society Scenario #4-14: Shattering Golden Chains is a Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 3rd- through 6th-level characters.

A mysterious genie appears before the Pathfinders as they finish settling into the Sedeq Lodge and asks for assistance in seeing that their former oppressor sees justice. The Pathfinders must infiltrate the home of the genie binder and free the elemental beings that he's bound to his service, then confront him about meddling in the freedom of other beings and trying to overthrow the Pathfinder Society in Qadira. Unfortunately, his powerful benefactor tipped him off, so he's just as ready for the Pathfinders as they are for him!

Starfinder Society Special #4-99: A Time of Crisis is a Starfinder Society Special designed for 1st- through 6th-level characters (subtiers 1–2, 3–4, & 5–6).

While traveling to a distant star system as part of an archaeological mission, a Starfinder Society fleet is forcibly ejected from the Drift. Seemingly stranded on an unknown world, the surviving Starfinders must band together to survive the various threats mounting around them. Can they thrive in this new home, or will they become just another casualty at the start of the Drift Crisis? This adventure can be played for credit twice, each time with a different PC, regardless of level range. Likewise, a GM can apply credit for running this adventure up to two times to a different PC in a level range of their choice.

Starfinder Flip-Mat: Enormous Battlefield

WAR ROOM
Make room on your gaming table, because Starfinder Flip-Mats just got an upgrade! Measuring a titanic 30" by 46" when unfolded, this new double-sided map presents not one but two sprawling battlefields. One side features a massive, bombed-out urban battleground, while the other depicts the weathered ruins of an icy combat trench. Both sides are perfect for standard ground warfare or exciting mech vs. mech combat! Starfinder Flip-Mats provide ready-to-use science-fantasy set pieces for the busy Game Master. With Starfinder Flip-Mat: Enormous Battlefield, your player characters’ opportunities to be heroes just got bigger!

Coming soon in June, delve the mountain deep with Pathfinder Lost Omens Highhelm and face your final fate in Pathfinder Adventure Path #192: Worst of All Possible Worlds, the climax of the Pathfinder Stolen Fate Adventure Path. Preorder or subscribe today!

Note: The Pathfinder Harrow Deck has been delayed and is currently targeted for July. The Pathfinder Adventure Path: Abomination Vaults (5e) has also been delayed.

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BKOM Studios and Paizo are proud to reveal Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults, the first ever co-op ARPG based on the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game!

Up to four players lead iconic Pathfinder heroes into the farthest depths of Gauntlight Keep, battle deadly monsters and abominations to reach the evil sorceress Belcorra Haruvex and put an end to her vile schemes once and for all.

The wicked sorceress Belcorra Haruvex has returned to haunt her forsaken home of Gauntlight Keep. There, she covertly assembles an army of monsters, beasts, and abominations with which to take her revenge against those who wronged her in life. Brave heroes are needed—to venture forth into these long-forgotten depths, defeat Belcorra’s abomination army, and put her wicked soul to rest… for good.

The game has players delve ever deeper into Gauntlight Keep—a sprawling megadungeon teeming with foul monsters and grotesque abominations—to slay the evil sorceress who has reawakened at its farthest depths. In order to tell a rich story from both the perspective of the adventure and its participants, the game will feature four iconics from the Pathfinder universe, including Amiri and Ezren.

The project is set to be launched on Kickstarter later this month. Players who would like to stay informed or get notified when the campaign starts can now visit the pre-launch phase page here.

“Launching a Kickstarter campaign for ‘Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults’ gives us the opportunity to share our own excitement and anticipation around the project with the IP's fans, from the get-go,” says Frederic Martin, CEO at BKOM Studios. “With Kickstarter, we can directly reach players and supporters, and offer them a chance to bring the game to life with us.” He adds, “And by creating this communication channel with the fans, the campaign is a vehicle that allows us to build an even stronger, deeper, and more meaningful game, which we believe every Pathfinder enthusiast deserves.”

In the weeks leading to its launch, more details about the campaign and the title on “Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults” will be revealed on our Twitter, Discord, Twitch, and Facebook accounts. Be sure to follow us.

To be notified when the Kickstarter campaign launches, be sure to hit the notify me button here

From world-class shopping to world-class harrowing—our new Starfinder and Pathfinder wares offer you an abundance of adventure!

Check out these exciting new products available tomorrow at the Paizo Store and local game and books stores around the world, including Pathfinder Adventure Path #190: The Choosing (Stolen Fate 1 of 3), Starfinder Adventure Path #51: Into the Dataverse (Drift Hackers 3 of 3), and Pathfinder Lost Omens: Grand Bazaar Special Edition!

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BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!
Around the corner of a city street reveals a marketplace where almost anything can be found! Peruse the stalls of the Grand Bazaar as your characters examine both the mundane and the marvelous, seeking the perfect gear for their next thrilling adventure. Give an unfamiliar weapon a swing, try on a fashionista’s gown or a suit of armor, make friends with a chatty familiar or animal companion, pick up an assistive item that makes exploration accessible for every adventurer, settle down for a gourmet meal, or simply befriend the cast of vibrant characters that maintain the collection of shops presented in Pathfinder Lost Omens Grand Bazaar Special Edition!

This deluxe special edition is bound in faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark.

FIX THE DRIFT
The Drift Crisis reaches its conclusion at last! The heroes enter Triune’s Dataverse to try to set right the ...

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code injected by the nefarious architects of the Drift Crisis. Taking on digital avatars and battling through corrupt code and other digitized foes, the heroes eventually confront the great flaw at the core of Triune and have the chance to save the data-corrupted deity.

What happens here will change the Drift and the Starfinder setting forever!

This Starfinder Adventure Path volume concludes the Drift Hackers Adventure Path and includes:

• “Into the Dataverse,” a Starfinder adventure for 11th-level characters by Alexander Augunas.
• Ways to go beyond the Drift Hackers campaign and end of the Drift Crisis by Alison Cybe.
• A toolbox featuring expanded skill uses for hackers, a hacktivist archetype, new spells from the hidden infosphere sites, a selection of new hacker-themed equipment, a host of powerful new threats, and a space station full of vidgame stars, by Alexander Augunas, Joseph Blomquist, Michael Bramnik, Ivis K. Flanagan, and Andrew D. Geels.
• Statistics and deck plans for a ship made of the deity Triune’s own code by Alexander Augunas.

CHOOSE YOUR FATE!
When strange cards from a magical harrow deck manifest without explanation among the belongings of a group of powerful adventurers, the fate of reality falls on their shoulders. You are those adventurers! Are you up to the task of defending fate itself from those who seek to bend the forces of destiny to their whims? The Stolen Fate Adventure Pathbegins with “The Choosing,” a complete adventure for 11th- to 13th-level characters.

Starfinder Bounty #8: Lost Dragon’s Legacy is a Starfinder Bounty designed for 1st-level characters.

Moments before the Gap ended, the white dragon Arothalos died. Faced with her fresh corpse and no memory of her demise, her dragonkin minions fled, spreading across the planet Triaxus and cutting ties with one another. Now, centuries later, an aged descendant of these desperate dragonkin survivors has gone missing on his quest to find Arothalos’s lair and claim its riches. Embark on a journey to rescue this lost explorer, find the glacial tomb of the white dragon Arothalos, and claim the lost dragon’s legacy!

Starfinder Society Scenario #5-16: To Catch A King is a Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 5th- through 8th-level characters.

For weeks, Absalom Station’s news circuit has been dominated by a series of high-profile antiquities and art thefts perpetrated by a gang of violent Starfinders. An investigation by Radaszam, leader of the Acquisitives faction of the Starfinder Society, quickly determined these Starfinders were imposters. Determined to catch the audacious crooks and restore the good name of the Starfinder Society in one swoop, Radaszam has teamed up with AbadarCorp and Station Security to enact a sting operation, designed to publicly catch the true culprits red-handed. On Radaszam’s orders, a team of Starfinders are dispatched to find and infiltrate the gang of Starfinder imposters, uncover the mastermind behind their audacious plot, and bring them down—all while making a good impression on any media who arrive on the scene! The reputation of the Starfinder Society is in your hands!

Pathfinder Society Scenario #4-12: Negotiations for the Star Gun is a Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st- through 4th-level characters.

Within their vaults the Pathfinder Society has located a rare and mysterious star gun from the distant shores of Arcadia that, while broken, still holds a deep power within it. In order to ensure that past wrongs are made right, the Society travel within the borders of Arcadia to repair and return the star gun to its rightful home, but to do so, they must first convince the council of Segada to allow a team of Pathfinders entry.

A junior team of agents is dispatched to plead their case to the councilmembers, hopefully securing friends and allies of the Society for future exploration and contact. However, a villain lies in wait, aware of the power the agents are concealing and plotting for the exact moment to strike and catch them off guard!

Down on the boardwalk, there’s more than just opportunities for bargains and entertainment, for it’s here that your next urban adventure might begin! This line of gaming maps provides ready-to-use and captivatingly detailed fantasy set pieces for the busy Game Master. The next time your players head down to the local waterfront, these maps have you covered.

A special coating on each Flip-Mat allows you to use wet-erase, dry-erase, AND permanent markers with ease! Removing permanent ink is easy—simply trace over any permanent mark with a dry-erase marker, wait 10 seconds, then wipe off both marks with a dry cloth or paper towel. Each Flip-Mat measures 24" x 30" unfolded, and 8" x 10" folded.

April showers of abundant adventures will bring us May flowers like Pathfinder Harrow Deck, Starfinder Ports of Call, and Pathfinder Flip-Mat: The Enmity Cycle, so subscribe today!

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Teach those who would steal fate from the world that there’s a price to pay!

Adventurers are no strangers to strangeness, but when magical harrow cards suddenly appear in their belongings and mysterious visions compel a journey to Absalom, who could resist? Certainly not your group of heroes! Especially when there are dozens more powerful magical cards scattered across the world, just waiting to be tracked down and claimed!

In the Stolen Fate Adventure Path, each player character finds themselves the new owner of a mysterious card that grants strange powers and defenses. Why have these cards come to you? And what is the nature of the vision that beckons you to a small game store in Absalom’s Grand Bazaar? It won’t be long before you realize that you aren’t the only ones chasing down these magical harrow cards, and before long, you’ll find yourselves in a race against a group of villains eager to claim these cards for their own nefarious plans. Can you stop them in time?

Inside the Stolen Fate Player’s Guide, you’ll find player-friendly, spoiler-free information and tips to help you make an exciting new character perfect for the Stolen Fate Adventure Path—including rules for the first four magical harrow cards you’ll start the campaign with!

This player’s guide contains:

• Information about the strange vision your PCs share, and full rules details for four magic harrow cards: The Brass Dwarf, The Empty Throne, The Paladin, and The Rabbit Prince.
• Character suggestions, including recommendations for alignments, ancestries, classes, languages, skills, and feats well suited for this Adventure Path.
• Six new backgrounds to explore your character’s supernatural link to the mystical traditions of the Harrow.
• Harrow-themed player options, including the harrowing ritual, the harrower archetype, and a new bloodline for sorcerers associated with the harrow.

Download The Stolen Fate Player's Guide

Rebels, nobles, prisoners, detectives, artists, carnies and an entire deck of NPCs await you in Paizo’s newest releases for your gaming table!

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First, in case you missed it, enjoy our new trailer for the Pathfinder Treasure Vaults rulebook, featuring the kobold Purepurin!

Rebels with a cause! The Firebrands are some of the more infamous adventurers across the Inner Sea, filled with braggarts and rebels alike! Pathfinder Lost Omens: Firebrands  and Pathfinder Lost Omens: Firebrands Special Edition  take an in-depth look at the various members of the organization that strives to fight injustice and look good while doing it. It features information on how to join the Firebrands, details on important members of the group, new options for Firebrand characters, and advice for playing campaigns focusing on rebellion or achieving fame!

A Dream is Never Just a Dream! In Pathfinder Adventure Path #189: Dreamers of the Nameless Spires (Gatewalkers 3 of 3) , the gatewalkers’ quest for answers reaches its exciting conclusion when the player characters reunite with [redacted], but the occasion turns sour when they discover sinister [redacted]. The final leg of the party’s quest to unravel their memory gaps and fulfill [redacted] takes them to [redacted], where [redcted] evils await. The Gatewalkers Adventure Path concludes in “Dreamers of the Nameless Spires,” a complete adventure for 8th- to 10th-level characters.

In Pathfinder Society Scenario #4-11: Prisoners of the Electric Castle , after following the signal from a magical key to a remote estate in Ustalav, the Pathfinder Society made contact with a truly unusual being as well as the mysterious Ardis Scholars. Yet the scholars are now in dire straits--thanks to the machinations of a long-time foe of the Society, most of their members have been imprisoned in a flying castle tucked away in the Shadow Plane! It's up to a group of veteran Pathfinder agents to mount a daring rescue. But those agents must tread carefully, or the bizarre castle, infused with nightmares and otherworldly technology, will become their eternal prison.

A FINE ESTATE!
Elegant treasures and political secrets lie within noble estates, making them excellent targets to rob or defend. Regardless of the inclination, no Game Master wants to spend time drawing every courtyard or banquet hall. Depicting the ground floor and roof of a noble estate, this beautifully detailed double-sided map, Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Noble Estate , sets the perfect scene for escapades among the elite!

THE EYES ARE ON THE CASE!
Absalom Station: home of the Starstone and bustling heart of the Pact Worlds. Since the Drift Crash, it’s also become a haven for refugees, as well as a lost and found for everything from valuables to loved ones. People would do just about anything to get their lost treasures back. That’s where the Eyeswide Agency comes in. Drift Crisis Case Files tells three stories of intrigue, having the player characters take on the roles of detectives working with the Eyeswide Agency. In this book, you’ll find:

• Three adventures (designed for characters of 3rd–4th, 7th–8th, and 10th–11th levels) intended to be run as a series, plus advice for using these adventures as part of a longer campaign.
• A codex of nonplayer character contacts to add intrigue to your campaign, many of whom the investigators can call on for favors to help close a case.
• New rules and options for characters who want to play psychics, including two new archetypes: psychic detective (sometimes called “headscanners”) and psychic charlatan.

In Starfinder Society Scenario #5-15: Beta Test  a famed demoscene artist and vidgame designer extends an invitation to a team of prestigious Starfinders to beta test his latest full-immersion virtual reality game at a trendy local arcade. Dive into the vibrant virtual world of Tortoiseshell Cove and play as colorful squox intent on nurturing the perfect farm! But when the lines between simulation and reality become blurred, real lives are put on the line.

STEP RIGHT UP! HURRY, HURRY, HURRY, HURRY!
Come test your skills at one of the many carnival games or experience the thrills of a looping hovercoaster moving at full speed! Visit one of the many concession stands to enjoy snack foods from across the galaxy! It’s all here and eagerly awaiting a group of adventurers enjoying a well-earned vacation or investigating a mystery lurking beneath the park’s cheerful facade. This double-sided map features a small carnival midway on one side, and a small section of a much larger (and cleaner) theme park on the other. Starfinder Flip-Mats present ready-to-use science fantasy set pieces for the busy Game Master. With Starfinder Flip-Mat: Amusement Park, you’ll be ready for the next time your players want to unwind!

Creating a new NPC every time the player characters enter a shop or chat with a local on the street can be a real challenge, but the Starfinder Deck of Endless NPCs makes it as simple as drawing four cards from the deck. These cards combine to form a unique NPC, each with their own role, motivation, personality trait, and secret agenda! With over 100 million different combinations, you are sure to get an interesting new character every time!

April’s new game gear will include Pathfinder Lost Omens: Grand Bazaar Special Edition, Pathfinder Adventure Path #190: The Choosing (Stolen Fate 1 of 3), and Starfinder Adventure Path #51: Into the Dataverse (Drift Hackers 3 of 3), so subscribe today!

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Huzzah, it’s New Starfinder and Pathfinder Day! The Pathfinder Treasure Vault rulebook is at the top of our marquee in hardcover, Special Edition and Pocket Editions.

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Venture Into The Vault!
Pathfinder Treasure Vault reveals the glittering hoard of a terrifying dragon, as presented by the creature's plucky kobold assistant. This 224-page hardcover rulebook presents a catalog of new gear from nearly every category of equipment and magic item available in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game while introducing entirely new categories of items. Give your character the perfect tool for the job with signature weapons, customizable relics, and wondrous items to fit your every need while preparing for any eventuality with potions, elixirs, wands, and more!
—Pathfinder Treasure Vault back cover text

Pathfinder Treasure Vault is part of the Pathfinder Rulebook subscription, and Pathfinder Treasure Vault Special Edition is part of the Pathfinder Special Edition Rulebook subscription. The Pathfinder Treasure Vault Pocket Edition is a non-subscription offer.

The Gatewalkers Adventure Path continues with Pathfinder Adventure Path #188: They Watched the Stars (Gatewalkers 2 of 3), part of the Pathfinder Adventure Path subscription. Get started with the free Player’s Guide PDF! Also available for Foundry VTTs!

After they walked through that glowing gateway, nothing was ever the same. A band of characters become paranormal investigators in order to figure out the cause of a global amnesic episode. Their quest takes them to lands near, far, and outside reality altogether. Along the way, the characters meet fellow "gatewalkers," defeat alien monsters, and explore strange realms also touched by the so-called Missing Moment. And when it comes time to learn the grim truth of what happened to them on that fated summer night, what then?

The Starfinder Drift Hackers Adventure Path is the exciting conclusion of the Drift Crisis in which faster-than-light travel breaks down, and the galaxy is thrown into chaos. Go from 7th to 13th level as you travel into the dataverse to save the Pact Worlds!

None of you are strangers to adversity. You’re all veterans of adventure to some degree—not yet legendary heroes of myth whose names are whispered throughout the galaxy, but far from novices taking their first few steps into a wider world. However, like the rest of the galaxy, none of you has dealt with such a wide-reaching catastrophe as the Drift Crisis. Several months have passed since the Drift Crash began the upheaval, and speculation has run rampant on infospheres throughout the Pact Worlds and Veskarium about its causes and remedies. Will answers ever emerge? Can the Drift be restored to what it once was? Or are these throttled Drift travel times and constant interruptions in communications and shipping the new normal for every sapient being that relies on this form of faster-than-light travel?

—From the free Starfinder Drift Hackers Player’s Guide PDF

Starfinder Adventure Path #50: Clockwork Demons (Drift Hackers 2 of 3) part of the Starfinder Adventure Pathsubscription.

The Pathfinder Lost Omens: The Mwangi Expanse Special Edition is part of the Pathfinder Lost Omens Special Edition subscription. It’s a gorgeous addition to your bookshelf and another way to enhance your Strength of Thousands Adventure Path experience.

The Pathfinder Society subscription’s most recent offerings are Pathfinder Society Scenario #4-09: Killer in the Golden Mask and Pathfinder Society Scenario #4-10: Arclord's Abode, both in PDF only!

Starfinder Society Scenario #5-14: Ghost Level Delve is part of the Starfinder Society subscription.

This month we have two other non-subscription offers—Starfinder Bounty #7: Voyage on the River Betweenand Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Winter Forest.

Read the February 2023 Organized Play Scenario Previews blog for the exciting details of the new adventures, including a Bounty that gives you a one to two hour taste of Starfinder, even if you don’t yet play in the Starfinder Society. They are available to play for free at participating local game stores!

Plan the future of your games with our Release Schedule, with products listed month-by-month, along with associated subscriptions.

Explore our Paizo Subscriptions and see what we’re releasing up to 9 months away. Like crowdfunding campaigns, by committing in advance, subscriptions help us estimate print runs, so we offer you a complimentary PDF. Ownership of a digital product lets you use our Paizo Connect system to sync with our digital partners—who can then also offer a discount on their products and services. If you’re interested in multiple subscriptions, you can save more with our Paizo Advantage offering.

The next hot batch of new releases will occur on March 29, 2023 and include Pathfinder Lost Omens: Firebrands, Starfinder Adventure: Drift Crisis Case Files, Starfinder Deck of Endless NPCs and the climactic Pathfinder Adventure Path #189: Dreamers of the Nameless Spires (Gatewalkers 3 of 3)!

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Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Director of Marketing
Paizo

Those of you excited for a campaign filled with strange shenanigans have no doubt been paying attention to the Gatewalkers Adventure Path. If you get to play in this one, you’ve probably already picked up your free Gatewalkers Player’s Guide and started coming up with your character. If you’re planning to GM this campaign, you’re probably eagerly awaiting the first volume to hit your local game store’s shelves so you can get to prepping.

As you all prepare to dive into the mysteries, dangers, and friendships this Adventure Path offers, let’s take a look behind the curtain and get to know the authors who brought this trio of adventures to life.

James Sutter
Pathfinder Adventure Path #187: The Seventh Arch

When Gatewalkers architect Patrick Renie hit me up to write for this AP, I didn’t think I had time. Then I heard the pitch, and I made time. As the author of the Pathfinder First Edition Campaign Settings The First World and Distant Worlds, as well as a former Starfinder Creative Director, I've always been a sucker for Pathfinder’s fey realm and other planets, and the chance to write an adventure that visits both was simply irresistible. As soon as I finished writing, I immediately turned around and launched my own Gatewalkers campaign, and I hope your group does as much laughing and screaming as ours!

If you’re interested in checking out more of my TTRPG work, you can find it at jameslsutter.com —but my big release this year is actually a young adult romance novel! Darkhearts is a queer rom-com all about falling in love with the boy who stole your chance at rock stardom, and you can preorder it now!

Jason Keeley
Pathfinder Adventure Path #188: They Watched the Stars

Hi, folks! I'm Jason Keeley, game developer person and author of the second volume of the Gatewalkers Adventure Path. I'm a big fan of "weird stuff" in adventures, so I was happy to contribute to an Adventure Path that is thematically linked to the "weird stuff" book, Pathfinder Dark Archive. Moreso than any other adventure I've written for Paizo, “They Watched the Stars” is a bit of a road trip, so I got to include a bunch of strange vignettes the players can encounter on their way from point A to point B.

I would love to tell you more, but I don't want to spoil the surprises in store. I will say that one of my favorite bits is the initial encounter with a halfling ghost pirate captain and the new construct I designed that protects their derelict ship. How's that for a tease? If you want to talk about more weird stuff with me, you can find me on Twitter @herzwesten. And maybe check out my free game about cereal mascots, This Compleat Breakfast, available on itch.io here!

James Jacobs
Pathfinder Adventure Path #189: Dreamers of the Nameless Spires

Hi there! I’m James Jacobs, one of Paizo’s creative directors and the author of the Gatewalkers finale! I came to this project pretty late in the process but was delighted to join forces with “TEAM J.” The plot of Gatewalkers—with its ties to elves, aliens, and conspiracies—was really up my alley, but particularly the last adventure that heads into the frozen north. Horror and cold go together perfectly, and being able to dive into inspirations like Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, John Carpenter’s The Thing, and the quest for the Northwest Passage in Dan Simmons’s The Terror was a blast to say the least, as well as drawing inspiration from real-world explorations like Shackleton’s search for the south pole. And finally, extra thanks to Michael Sayre for help and for getting things started with the heart of this particular story; I hope I did it justice!

Happy New Releases Day! Many of you may have a new or renewed interest in Pathfinder and Starfinder, so I’d like to tell you about all our new open gaming products, including subscriptions and special offers, and point you toward what’s coming next!

You will find our Release Schedule here, with products listed month-by-month, along with associated subscriptions. It’s a great way to plan the future of your games.

Also, you can explore our 14 Paizo Subscriptions and see what we’re releasing up to 9 months out. Like crowdfunding campaigns, by committing in advance, subscriptions help us estimate print runs, so we incentivize you to subscribe with a complimentary PDF. Ownership of a digital product lets you sync with our digital partners, who can then also offer a discount on their products and services. If you’re interested in multiple subscriptions, you can save more with our Paizo Advantage offering.

Subscriptions are important us, but so are game and bookstores, and we know they’re important to you, too. We already have a great list of retailers who’ve opted into our Where to Buy page, but now is a great time to help the list grow! Feel free to ask your favorite local game or bookstore about their programs and see if they’re interested in joining our list.

So, what’s new? You can find the list of New Physical Product Releases in January in our Forum Announcements channel. These announcements happen monthly and let you know when your card will be charged and when shipping starts. By the way, we now take American Express and are exploring non-credit card options.

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We currently have an Open Gaming Sale offering 25% off print copies of the Pathfinder Beginner Box, Pathfinder Core Rulebook 2nd Edition (4th printing with errata), and Pathfinder Core Rulebook Pocket Edition to help you get started with the Pathfinder RPG. Don’t miss the free PDF copy of the Lost Omens World Guide to help you get to know our setting. Simply add the PDF to your cart and use discount code OPENGAMING at checkout. Offer valid through midnight PST, January 25, 2023

This month we have two special non-subscription offers— Pathfinder Adventure Path: Fists of the Ruby Phoenix and Pathfinder Adventure Path: Fists of the Ruby Phoenix Special Edition. These are hardcover compilations of the original three-volume campaign that takes your party from level 11 to 20 as you compete in the Ruby Phoenix Tournament!

The Pathfinder Fists of the Ruby Phoenix Battle Cards are also available as 4" x 6" sturdy printed cards and a digital version. This product is also part of the Pathfinder Accessories Subscription.

In the Pathfinder Rulebooks Subscription, the paranormal-themed Pathfinder Dark Archive, with the popular new psychic and thaumaturge classes, is available if you subscribe now! And next month, you can “venture into the vault” with Pathfinder Treasure Vault! This 224-page hardcover rulebook presents a hoard of new gear from nearly every category of equipment and magic item available in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, while also introducing entirely new categories of items!

The Pathfinder Lost Omens Special Edition Subscription is a relatively new offering that catches up on previously released setting hardcovers. These deluxe special editions are bound in faux leather with metallic debossing and a bound-in ribbon bookmark! Pathfinder Lost Omens: Ancestry Guide Special Edition with geniekin, androids, kitsune, sprites, and more, is the new release this month. You can look forward to Pathfinder Lost Omens: The Mwangi Expanse Special Edition next month.

Paizo was founded on our Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscription and we’re excited that Pathfinder Adventure Path #187: The Seventh Arch (Gatewalkers 1 of 3) is now available! The Gatewalkers Adventure Path starts at level 1 and is a three-part monthly campaign in which a team of paranormal investigators unravel the mystery behind a mass amnesic episode which left them with lost memories and strange powers. The adventure continues with the Pathfinder Adventure Path #188: They Watched the Stars (Gatewalkers 2 of 3) next month. This Adventure Path is intended to have Foundry VTT support at the time of writing this blog. Download the free Player’s Guide PDF and get started building characters today!

But wait, there’s more! This month, the Pathfinder Society Subscription offers the Pathfinder Society Scenario #4-08: Battle for Star's Fate and the Starfinder Society Subscription offers Starfinder Society Scenario #5-13: Finding the Forgotten. These PDF-only adventures are perfect for a solid one-shot gaming session, regardless of whether you officially join Organized Play. But officially joining is a great deal! Retailers who host Organized Play get all the Quests, Bounties, and Scenarios for free—so bring your friends and get the goods!

Pathfinder Maps Subscription has the Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Alien Ruins and the Starfinder Maps Subscription has the Starfinder Flip-Mat: Basic Terrain Multi-Pack. These rugged maps offer inspiring location art, great for any TTRPG! Investing in them will create a lifetime of adventure (though we’re not responsible to TPKs).

While they don’t have new releases this month, don’t miss the Pathfinder Lost Omens, Pathfinder Battles, Starfinder Roleplaying Game, Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Accessories, and Starfinder Adventures product lines. Go into Exploration Mode and find your path to friendship and adventure with open gaming products from Paizo!

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Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Director of Marketing
Paizo

Find your Missing Moment!

Months ago on a crisp summer evening, aiudara across Golarion were flooded with a brilliant white light. In this flash, those witnessing it saw something familiar, something compelling that made them step through the gate. Those who returned don’t recall what was on the other side, but what transpired will have changed them forever. This is their Missing Moment.

In this Adventure Path, the player characters are gatewalkers—a term coined by a paranormal researcher named Dr. Ritalson studying this event. Your characters were touched by the event and exhibit strange new powers they didn’t possess before the Missing Moment. The campaign begins with the PCs accompanying the eccentric Dr. Ritalson to Sevenarches to investigate a potentially related event, but their actions and examinations soon set them on a far-flung path to get to the bottom of their forgotten months and its implications on the world.

Inside the Gatewalkers Player’s Guide you’ll find player-friendly, spoiler-free information and tips to help you make an exciting new character perfect for the Gatewalkers Adventure Path.

This player’s guide contains:

More information about the Missing Moment that drew your character into the events of this campaign.

Collected information on using deviant abilities pulled from Pathfinder Dark Archive.

Character suggestions, including recommendations for alignments, ancestries, classes, languages, skills, and feats well suited for this Adventure Path.

New backgrounds to inspire your character’s own reason for stepping through the gate, including Dreams of Vengeance and Sense of Belonging.

Start your adventure today.
Download the Gatewalkers Guide

We know you will love what we got you—a fearsome foe or two, maybe even a troop or swarm, in every encounter. Happy Holidays!

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Starfinder Adventure Path #49: A Light in the Dark (Drift Hackers 1 of 3)

Author: Jessica Catalan
Cover Artist: Rodrigo Gonzalez Toledo

GLOOM AND DOOM
As the Drift Crisis continues, the heroes arrive at the Drift city of Alluvion only to find it dangerously unstable, both physically and politically. By agreeing to aid a desperate android priest of Casandalee, the heroes can help heal these divides. To do so, they must venture into a cursed part of the city where technology fails in order to restore light and power to the area.

This Starfinder Adventure Path volume begins the Drift Hackers Adventure Path and includes:

• “A Light in the Dark,” a Starfinder adventure for 7th-level characters, by Jessica Catalan.
• A player’s guide for this Adventure Path, with advice on making characters perfect for bringing an end to the Drift Crisis, by Joseph Blomquist.
• A toolbox featuring a look at Alluvion during the Drift Crisis, a treatise on cybernetic enhancements that includes new augmentations and feats for those who use them, a collection of interesting creatures, and a travelling satellite that helps androids live again, by Joseph Blomquist, Jessica Catalan, Alison Cybe, Andrew Geels, and Shan Wolf.
• Statistics and deck plans for a reliable exploratory starship, by Jessica Catalan.

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Learn more in the free Drift Hackers Player’s Guide.

Learn more about the Drift Crisis in which faster-than-light travel breaks down and the galaxy is thrown into chaos.

Starfinder Bounty #6: Songbird Rescue

A Starfinder Bounty designed for 1st-level characters written by Nicole Heits. Art by Alecksander Ribeiro.

Among the hand-built altars to forgotten and dead deities that cover the surface of the airless moon of Yashu-Indiri, a servant of a murderous god turns shrines into deathtraps and harnesses fell magic to drag down passing starships. When these engineered accidents cause a priestess of Shelyn—vanished goddess of art, love, and beauty—to go missing on a trip to Yashu-Indiri, a team of heroes is sent to locate and rescue her. If these heroes aren’t careful, they’ll be the next lives claimed in this grim harvest.

Starfinder Bounties are a limited run of short, entry-level, PDF-only adventures designed to get you playing Starfinder quickly. They are easily dropped into existing campaigns. While the content is sanctioned for use in the Starfinder Society Organized Play program, you don’t have to be in the program to enjoy them!

Starfinder Society Scenario #5-12: Envar's Expeditions

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for 3rd- through 6th-level characters written by Kendra Leigh Speedling. Art by Luiz Lanzarin.

Take a tour of Near Space on the trail of Envar Tamm, star of the extreme travel v-log series Envar’s Expeditions. Ordered to save Envar and bring him home to his mother, the Starfinders track Envar’s digital data tags to exciting, over-the-top travel destinations to find and assist the thrill-seeking influencer. Survive a colossi-safari on Daimalko, outrace a storm on Gaskar III, mingle with the local brenneri on picturesque Varturan, and more! This is one vacation you’ll never forget!

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Pathfinder Lost Omens: Pathfinder Society Guide Special Edition

THE NAME OF THE GAME!
Founded over 400 years ago, the Pathfinder Society has witnessed—and influenced—some of the most pivotal events for the Inner Sea region and beyond. Throughout it all, Pathfinder agents have held to their iconic adventuring creed: Explore, Report, Cooperate!
The Pathfinder Society Guide throws open the gates on one of the biggest adventuring associations on the world of Golarion. Ally with these intrepid scholars, oppose them with the help of their many foes, or join them to seek the heights of fame and glory within the pages of the Pathfinder Chronicles!

This deluxe special edition is bound in faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark.

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Also available at Pathfinder Nexus.

Pathfinder Adventure Path #186: Ghost King’s Rage (Blood Lords 6 of 6)

Author: Jessica Catalan
Cover Artist: Natasha Nanook

RAGE AGAINST SHADOW
The newest Blood Lords have discovered who’s behind the conspiracy that threatens the nation. The ghost king Geb wants this traitor destroyed. The player characters must venture to the Boneyard to discover the location of the traitor’s realm, a place of shadowy horror and mind-bending reality! The Blood Lords Adventure Path concludes with “Ghost King’s Rage,” a complete adventure for 18th- to 20th-level characters.

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Learn more in the Blood Lords Player’s Guide.

Also available at Pathfinder Nexus and Foundry VTT.

Pathfinder Abomination Vaults Battle Cards

Delve Deep!
What untold horrors await in the sprawling megadungeon of the Abomination Vaults Adventure Path? This box contains 200 cards detailing every creepy aberration, sneaky hunter, and subterranean horror. Each card features a beautiful, full-color image on one side and that creature’s statistics on the other for quick and easy reference. Show your heroes what they’re facing while keeping the stats you need close at hand!

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Pathfinder Bounty #21: Against the Unliving

A Pathfinder Bounty designed for 3rd-level characters written by Sen H.H.S. Art by Sebastian Rodriguez.

The squire of a long-dead knight asks for the help of heroes in investigating the site of their master’s death. A bleak island awaits the heroes, now inhabited by the dead and undead alike. It’s up to the PCs to retrieve mementos of lost knights and lay to rest any lingering spirits on the island.

Pathfinder Bounties are a limited run of short, entry-level, PDF-only adventures designed to get you playing Pathfinder quickly. They are easily dropped into existing campaigns. While the content sanctioned for use in the Pathfinder Society Organized Play program, you don’t have to be in the program to enjoy them!

Pathfinder Society Scenario #4-07: A Most Wondrous Exchange!

A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 5th- through 8th-level characters written by Kendra Leigh Speedling. Art by Wassim Adkhal.

It's time for a trip to the Grand Bazaar of Absalom! This thriving market hosts wondrous shops of all sorts, whose proprietors are experts in a variety of wares. Having recently acquired a vast number of strange magic items, the Pathfinder Society needs groups of agents to visit the Grand Bazaar and exchange favors with these interesting shopkeepers in order to better understand some of the treasures that have fallen into the Society's hands. Thankfully, the Society's new ally, Biglock, has a good idea of where to start!

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Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Swamp Ruins

LOST IN THE SWAMP!
Testaments to both the stubbornness of architects and the power of nature, swampland ruins fall quickly but linger long. Be they abandoned and slowly sinking villages or remote, deteriorating fortresses in the wetlands, the ruins featured on this Flip-Mat no longer serve as castles or citadels. Now, only monsters dwell within! Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Swamp Ruins measures 24" × 30" unfolded, and 8" × 10" folded. A Flip-Mat’s coated surface can handle any dry-erase, wet-erase, or even permanent marker. Usable by experienced GMs and novices alike, Pathfinder Flip-Mats fit perfectly into any Game Master’s arsenal!

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Pathfinder Battles: Goblin Vanguard

Pathfinder Battles: Goblin Vanguard contains six types of the iconic Pathfinder foe for your adventurers to battle or use as their own goblin heroes! Game Masters can quickly build new encounters for their players with the awesome mix of goblins to keep play sessions exciting over multiple campaigns. With the product’s see-through packaging, building a goblin army is quick and simple!

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Paizo Product Schedule

January products release on Wednesday, the 25th. The highlights include Pathfinder Adventure Path #187: The Seventh Arch (Gatewalkers 1 of 3), Pathfinder Lost Omens: Ancestry Guide Special Edition, Pathfinder Adventure Path: Fists of the Ruby Phoenix and Battle Cards. Don’t miss them, subscribe today!

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Our 20th Anniversary Year is coming to a close and we want to say: thank you and Happy Holidays!

Illustration by Kent Hamilton

From now through January 18, take 15% off a single order* on Pathfinder, Starfinder and Kobold Press print products at the Paizo Store using the code holiday23 at checkout.

It is not too late to treat yourself and the gamers in your life to our biggest releases of the year, including:

Starfinder Galactic Magic

Starfinder Drift Crisis Suite

Starfinder Drift Crisis Adventure Path

Starfinder Drift Hackers Adventure Path

Starfinder Interstellar Species

Pathfinder Book of the Dead

Pathfinder Dark Archive

Pathfinder Quest for the Frozen Flame Adventure Path

Pathfinder Outlaws of Alkenstar Adventure Path

Pathfinder Blood Lords Adventure Path

Pathfinder Kingmaker Adventure Path Suite

Pathfinder Lost Omens: Travel Guide

Pathfinder Lost Omens: Knights of Lastwall

Pathfinder Lost Omens: Impossible Lands

All our goblins, gnomes, halflings, fetchling wisps, ant gnolls, grippli, kobolds, leshies, ratfolk, kashrishi, poppets, shoonies and compact skeletons—and a galaxy of less than human-sized aliens—want to ensure you don't overlook our small releases, so you can make your perfect bundle!

Starfinder Adventures including Redshift Rally and To Defy the Dragon

Starfinder Accessories including Starfinder Spell Cards

Starfinder Society including Season 5: Year of Redemption's Rise

Pathfinder Adventures including Shadows at Sundown and Crown of the Kobold King

Pathfinder Accessories including the Deck of Endless NPCs

Pathfinder Society including Season 4: Year of Boundless Wonder

Board and Card Games including Pathfinder Goblin Firework Fight

Kobold Press, including Tome of Beasts 3, Vault of Magic, and other great 5E content

Don't forget to subscribe so that you don't miss a product in 2023!

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Once again, and we can't say it enough, thank you for playing Starfinder and Pathfinder! We wish you all safe travels, critical hits, and all the adventure that the holiday season brings!

Best wishes and happy gaming,
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Our Starfinder releases include a hardcover rulebook filled with new types of alien species, an adventure where players can pilot starmetal mechs to oppose a dragon, and a map of a bustling city. Pathfinder players can now purchase an extensive hardcover that dramatically expands the Age of Lost Omens setting, a penultimate Adventure Path volume, and several accessories—including new WizKids minis!

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Starfinder Interstellar Species

Tendril, Wing, and Scale
Starfinder isn’t just a game about hackers, telepathy, and laser pistols—it’s an intersection of the many delightfully unique aliens that you can play! Starfinder Interstellar Species presents an eclectic array of strange creatures, from extradimensional kobolds and tiny raxilite plant people to mighty dragonkin and crystalline, silicon-based urogs. Be prepared to uncover all-new cultures, histories, and character options—but also learn that you don’t need a spine to pilot a starship! In this book, you’ll find:

• The new evolutionist character class, able to transform their body to overcome any challenge!
• An in-depth look at 25 fan-favorite playable species, all with exciting character options including feats, spells, and innovative gear.
• Tools for creating your own playable species, including how to craft their appearance, culture, and abilities!
• A vast gallery full of versatile NPCs like assassins, explorers, investigators, and star athletes—each ready to be included in any campaign.

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Note: This product is part of the Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscription.

Starfinder Adventure: To Defy the Dragon

Long ago, four tyrants conquered Genrovis with their starmetal mechs, until the adamantine dragon Ayleth freed the world. But she wasn’t the savior the planet needed. Centuries later, her rule is rife with corruption and cruelty. After a group of rebels runs afoul of Ayleth, they must unearth the legendary mechs of old— along with other secrets of the past— and use the ancient tech to defy the dragon!

Starfinder Adventure: To Defy the Dragon makes a perfect stand-alone adventure, or an ideal next step for players and GMs who’ve completed other Starfinder adventures. It includes:

• “To Defy the Dragon,” a complete adventure for 10th-level characters, leading them to 13th-level.
• All the details on Genrovis, a planet powered by magical wellsprings and concealing a secret history of battle and betrayal.
• An Adventure Toolbox featuring new mechs based on ancient Genrovian technology and the dangerous creatures born of the world’s wellsprings.

Read the preview blog.

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Starfinder Flip-Mat: Metropolis

Bright Lights, Big City
Nothing beats the hustle and bustle of a high-tech metropolis: citizens rushing to their destinations, hover vehicles locked in traffic jams, and vehicles of mass transit rumbling high above or far below the streets. Not to mention the undercurrent of adventure lurking in every alley, shopfront, or rooftop. This double-sided Starfinder Flip-Mat features the streets and skyscrapers of a cutting-edge city center on one side, and a wide-open traffic circle around a modern sculpture garden— perfect for a vehicle or mech combat—on the other. Starfinder Flip-Mats present ready-to-use science fantasy set pieces for the busy Game Master. With Starfinder Flip-Mat: Metropolis, you’ll be ready the next time your players hit the town!

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Pathfinder Lost Omens: Impossible Lands

Embrace the Unnatural
A war between two undying wizards once raged here for over a thousand years. Though peace has since reigned for millennia, the ghosts of wartime atrocities still haunt every corner of the lands they touched. People go about their day-to-day lives in a land that defies logic, praying the specters of history won’t rise again to plunge them back into chaos and carnage. Explore a world where cities are built on foundations of genies and wishes, where undead legions clash against titanic war engines forged from flesh. Travel a region where magic still writhes and roils from the wounds inflicted upon it—from the cavern depths where all spells lie dead to the scarred desert where the slightest arcane spark can erupt into a maelstrom. Can your heroes make their mark on a land ruled by the cruel egos of so many others, in the heart of the Impossible Lands?

Read the preview blog, “Embrace the Unnatural: Pathfinder Lost Omens Impossible Lands”

Read the preview blog, “Cook Up Some Impossible Lands Cuisine!”

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Pathfinder Lost Omens: Impossible Lands Special Edition

This deluxe special edition is bound in faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark.

Note: This product is part of the Pathfinder Lost Omens Special Edition Subscription.

Pathfinder Adventure Path #185: A Taste of Ashes (Blood Lords 5 of 6)

Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down
The newest Blood Lords follow a poisonous conspiracy to the bone-walled metropolis of Yled, just as the city is girding for war against the nation’s greatest enemy. From spectral theater performances to Yled’s secret defense installations, the Blood Lords must foil a plot to reduce the dead to ashes. The Blood Lords Adventure Path continues in “A Taste of Ashes,” a complete adventure for 15th- to 17th-level characters.

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Pathfinder Relics Deck

Magic That Grows With You!
Few things draw the attention of a hero more than a mysterious magic item, especially one that grows in power with them, becoming a legend in its own right! This deck allows you to plan out the powers of your relic and serves as a handy reminder of what mighty feats it can accomplish! The Pathfinder Relics Deck contains 84 relic power cards and 24 relic seeds, each featuring ideas for a powerful magic item!

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Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Deadly Mines Multi-Pack

Don’t Dig Too Deep!
Wondrous treasures can be found beneath Golarion’s surface. Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Deadly Mines Multi-Pack provides ready-to-use maps of four dangerous mines for the busy Game Master. Your heroes can explore a partially flooded surface mine, an abandoned shaft infested with fungus, winding tunnels leading to ancient ruins, or a sunken site of evil magic! Don’t waste time sketching when you could be playing. With Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Deadly Mines Multi-Pack, you’ll be ready the next time your players venture below!

This set includes two flip mats, each measuring 24" × 30" unfolded and 8" × 10" folded. A Flip-Mat’s coated surface can handle any dry-erase, wet-erase, or even permanent marker. Usable by experienced GMs and novices alike, Pathfinder Flip-Mats fit perfectly into any Game Master’s arsenal!

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Pathfinder Flip-Tiles: Monster Lairs

Beware: Monsters!
Pathfinder Flip-Tiles: Monster Lairs Expansion Set is an addition to the Pathfinder Flip-Tiles: Villain Lairs Starter Set, with 24 full- color 6 × 6-inch double-sided tiles stunningly crafted by cartographer Jason Engle. Not all foes are interested in plotting grand schemes or building complicated fortresses—sometimes, the worst foe is simply a monster. But even the most awful of monsters need somewhere to live! Suitable for experienced Game Masters and novices alike, this product fits perfectly into any GM’s arsenal. Wet, dry, and permanent markers erase from the tiles, and convenient packaging makes for easy storage. Why map out every monster’s den by hand when Flip-Tiles can do it for you? The Monster Lairs Expansion Set includes:

• Icy shore
• Soggy isles
• Underground caves
• Lava lairs
• Sky-high nests
• Dungeon dens

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Paizo Product Schedule

Our November physical street date is today, November 16. November digital subscriptions will authorize on November 28 and fulfill on November 30. The December physical subscriptions will authorize on November 28, start shipping November 30, and street date December 14. Our December digital subscriptions will authorize on December 12 and fulfill on December 14. December product highlights include: Starfinder Adventure Path #49: A Light in the Dark (Drift Hackers 1 of 3), Pathfinder Adventure Path #186: Ghost King’s Rage (Blood Lords 6 of 6), Pathfinder Lost Omens: Pathfinder Society Guide Special Edition, and Pathfinder Abomination Vaults Battle Cards!

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When the fog is creeping,
And the moon is low;
When the town is sleeping,
Gauntlight starts to glow!

That’s when she arises
For her midnight lunch.
Naughty kids are prizes
For her teeth to crunch.

But if you obey me,
And obey the rules;
You’re safe from Belcorra;
She just eats the fools!

So warns a popular nursery rhyme among the parents in the town of Otari, as they often sing the melodious but unsettling poem to their children at night to encourage good behavior. As a result, everyone who grows up in Otari has a healthy mix of fear, respect, and curiosity for the old ruins out in Fogfen and the strange lighthouse that stands at the swamp’s heart.

As they grow older, townsfolk learn what’s more often accepted as truth: that the heroic founders of Otari had slain the wicked sorcerer Belcorra many years ago. For a time, thrill-seekers explored the ruins around the lighthouse called Gauntlight, but today, common knowledge holds that the place has become a haven for pests—no longer a source of active danger or significant treasure after being completely picked over. Nearly 500 years have passed since Belcorra’s defeat after all, and in that time, she has only posed a menace to Otari through sinister rhymes.

Or so the citizens of Otari believe.

Enter the Megadungeon!

Spiteful evil stirs beneath the mysterious lighthouse called Gauntlight. When the lighthouse emits an eerie glow, locals suspect that something sinister threatens the countryside. Brave heroes must explore the ruins around the lighthouse and delve into the dungeon levels beneath it. Hideous monsters, deadly traps, unexpected allies, vengeful ghosts, and more await the heroes who dare to enter the sprawling megadungeon called the Abomination Vaults! The Abomination Vaults Adventure Path is a complete campaign taking heroes from 1st to 11th level.

Now through midnight October 31, pre-order Pathfinder Adventure Path: Abomination Vaults (5E) or Pathfinder Adventure Path: Abomination Vaults (5E) Special Edition and get a complimentary PDF of that product when yours ships. You will also receive a $5 off coupon code for the Pathfinder Abomination Vaults Pawn Collection while supplies last.

Additionally, those who pre-order Pathfinder Adventure Path: Abomination Vaults (5E) Special Edition will also receive a complimentary Pathfinder Kingmaker Bestiary (5E) PDF when your product ships.

Existing pre-orders are included in this offer.

Flashback to The Abomination Vaults Comes to 5E! blog for more background on these innovative new products coming in Spring of 2023!

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In this month’s new releases, you will find a menagerie of convictions, invasions, secrets, calamities, promenades, pubs, and superstars for roleplaying excitement! There is also a free PDF from the past that you might have overlooked. Our digital-only releases occur on Wednesday, September 28th. For today’s print-and-digital releases, read on!

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Pathfinder Lost Omens Gods & Magic Special Edition

Part of the Pathfinder Lost Omens Special Edition subscription

TEST YOUR CONVICTIONS
In a land without fate and a world too often void of justice, it falls to the gods to make or break the people who call upon them for salvation—or draw their ire. Swear yourself to the might of the gods and the power of their causes, or reject their offerings to live a life that’s yours and yours alone!

Pathfinder Lost Omens Gods & Magic offers details on major gods found in the Inner Sea region, including what forms their pleasure or wrath might take. It also presents rules for over a hundred other deities and philosophies so you can find the cause that best fits your convictions and take up weapons and magic in its service!

This deluxe special edition is bound in faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark.

Demiplane has Lost Omens Gods & Magic on PathfinderNexus.com and Roll20 has it on their Marketplace.

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Starfinder Alien Archive 2 Pocket Edition

ALIEN INVASION
Outer space is full of alien species both benign and malevolent. Starfinder Alien Archive 2 presents a host of new creatures designed for use with the Starfinder Roleplaying Game! From the laser-breathing tashtaris and starship-eating stellar protozoans to dust mantas and undead bone troopers, the creatures in this codex will challenge adventurers no matter where in the galaxy they may travel. What’s more, player rules for a variety of species let players not just fight aliens, but be them! Starfinder Alien Archive 2 includes the following and more.

• Over 100 bizarre life-forms both classic and new, from the voracious akatas and silicon-based quorlus to radioactive pluprex demons and void-dwelling vermin.
• More than a dozen species with full player rules, letting you play everything from an uplifted bear to a sentient slug.
• New alien technology to help give your character an edge, including armor, weapons, magic items, and spells.
• New rules for magical polymorphing, environmental template grafts to modify creatures to fit any world on the fly, and more!

Pathfinder Adventure Path #183: Field of Maidens (Blood Lords 3 of 6)

Part of the Pathfinder Adventure Path subscription

SECRETS HIDDEN IN STONE
The Field of Maidens lies along Geb’s southern border studded with petrified invaders from centuries past. The abandoned badlands takes on new significance when a traitor claws her way back from the dead and races to a mysterious rendezvous that threatens to destabilize the undead nation. The Blood Lords Adventure Path continues with “Field of Maidens,” a complete adventure for 8th- to 10th-level characters.

Demiplane has Field of Maidens on PathfinderNexus.com.

Starfinder Flip-Mat: Space Station Promenade

Part of the Starfinder Maps subscription

TAKE A STROLL
After days or weeks cooped up in a starship on a long journey, heroes deserve some time to stretch their legs (or other ambulating appendages) and interact with their fellow citizens of the galaxy. And there’s often no better place to do so than a wide-open thoroughfare on the nearest space station! This double-sided Starfinder Flip-Mat features a luxurious plaza in an ultra-modern space station—with all the amenities it can offer—on one side. On the other, the map features a bustling, crowded marketplace perfect for finding almost any type of equipment, legal or otherwise. Starfinder Flip-Mats present ready-to-use science-fantasy set pieces for the busy Game Master. With Starfinder Flip-Mat: Space Station Promenade, you’ll be ready when your players visit the next port of call!

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Planar Tavern

Part of the Pathfinder Maps subscription

PUBS FROM BEYOND
Even after the heroes in your game move beyond the dungeon to explore the furthest reaches of reality, they need somewhere to rest and relax. Whether it’s an idyllic pub set among Elysian trees or a stark club located in the depths of Hell, these two taverns present two very different places for party members to, well, party!

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Planar Tavern measures 24" × 30" unfolded, and 8" × 10" folded. A Flip-Mat’s coated surface can handle any dry-erase, wet-erase, or even permanent marker. Usable by experienced GMs and novices alike, Pathfinder Flip-Mats fit perfectly into any Game Master’s arsenal!

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Deadly Intrigue in a Land of the Dead!

The ghost king of Geb rules a nation where the living and undead work uneasily side-by-side. The power behind the throne, and the true rulers of Geb, are the Blood Lords: a scheming group of undying necromancers whose whims affect millions. Joining the Blood Lords isn’t easy, but your band of less-than-good-hearted troubleshooters is destined to ascend their ranks for exposing a dangerous plot to the nation.

The danger increases once your characters become Blood Lords, as the intrigues of the undead rulers are fiercest against each other. Powerful factions and ancient secrets are all playthings in the deadly trickery. Your Blood Lords must fight from the borders of the nation to the sepulchral halls of power to claim their authority over the land of the dead!

Inside the Blood Lords Player’s Guide you’ll find player-friendly, spoiler-free information and tips to help you make an exciting new character perfect for the Blood Lords Adventure Path.

This player’s guide contains details and advice about:

• Graydirge, the ossuary-city in Geb’s hinterlands where the characters begin their rise to power.
• Geb’s Factions, presenting a short summary of the key power groups that run Geb’s economy. Your characters gain (and lose!) influence with these factions as they grow in prominence, so knowing about these power players is a must!
• Character suggestions, including recommendations for alignments, ancestries, classes, languages, skills, and feats well suited for this Adventure Path.
• New backgrounds to inspire your character’s past connections with Geb’s factions, including Corpse Stitcher and Propaganda Promoter.

Start your adventure today.
Download the Blood Lords Player’s Guide

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A Complete Campaign with Dungeons—and Dragons!

I’m Ron Lundeen, the development manager responsible for the Abomination Vaults Adventure Path. At Paizo, we have a lot of confidence in our adventures. We’ve been crafting phenomenal campaigns for many years, and the Pathfinder Second Edition rules have only helped us make more. The Abomination Vaults Adventure Path has been one of our best campaigns, and our fans love it. But a lot more gamers all over the world play the newest edition of the world’s oldest RPG, and we wanted to show them how great Paizo’s Adventure Paths can be, too.

Cover Illustration by Setiawan Lee

Once we realized what a hit we had in the Abomination Vaults Adventure Path, we started a Pathfinder Second Edition compilation and a 5E conversion at roughly the same time. James Jacobs, Vanessa Hoskins, and Stephen Radney-MacFarland had done phenomenal work creating the three individual Adventure Path volumes. The story, maps, and art were already in place. So while I was compiling the Pathfinder Second Edition version, I brought in David N. Ross, a 5E expert, to convert the entire campaign from its 1st-level beginning all the way to its 11th-level conclusion. This conversion is a rules overhaul from the ground up. We streamlined all the combat encounters, adjusted all the treasure, adjusted all the XP awards, and loaded the book with tons of 5E stat blocks.

This isn’t the first time we’ve adapted one of our adventures to a different game’s rules. It’s not even the first time we’ve adapted one of our campaigns to the 5E rules: that would be the Kingmaker Adventure Path. But while the Kingmaker 5E rules cover an extensive bestiary of monsters and NPCs, the Abomination Vaults Adventure Path gives you a complete 5E campaign in a single book! This hardcover is the only thing you need to run this campaign at your gaming table—from a complete gazetteer of the town of Otari to every one of the ten dungeon levels beneath the eerie Gauntlight lighthouse. There are doors to be kicked down, loot to be plundered, side quests to fulfill, people to help, and even a few dragons to fight.

One of the things I loved about putting this book together was all the extra art we could include. Pathfinder Second Edition players already know what grothluts, gogiteths, and shulns are. We have those monsters illustrated in our Pathfinder Bestiary. But 5E players don’t know what they are, so I packed in a lot of our art to show them off.

Of course, all these new critters need 5E stats, and the Abomination Vaults Adventure Path provides them. This hardcover is a great 5E resource, even if only as a great big book of new monster and NPC stats. Shulns for everyone!

Illustration by João Fiuza

But the key, as always, is the story. Despite the differences in rules, the Abomination Vaults Adventure Path is still the tale of the sleepy coastal town of Otari, the Gauntlight’s dread light, and the spiteful ghost who lurks deep underground. Heroes must explore the dungeon, solve its mysteries, and help the helpless. That’s a story I love telling in any rules system.

Ron Lundeen
Development Manager

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Starfinder Drift Crisis

COSMIC CATASTROPHE
Hyperspace is broken! In a catastrophic instant, commonplace faster-than-light travel, made possible by the Drift, fails. Travelers vanish midflight, communications scramble, and the Drift’s progenitor god Triune falls mysteriously silent. In the aftermath, empires cling to far-flung holdings, opportunists exploit the chaos, and everyone demands to know what triggered this crisis—and how it can be solved. With Starfinder Drift Crisis, you can dive right into this galaxy-spanning adventure and determine what happens next! Featuring:

• More than 100 new player options, from class options and themes to equipment, feats, and spells!
• Twenty detailed adventure seeds that provide a framework for playing a framework for playing through dozens of Drift Crisis stories, whether in encounters, adventures, or entire campaigns.
• Deep dives on the myriad effects of the Drift Crisis on factions, worlds, systems, and the galaxy at large.
• A toolbox with a vast store of information for running adventures in the Drift Crisis, from dozens of unique treasures and 20 new creatures to rich nonplayer character profiles and information on adapting Adventure Paths.

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Starfinder Flip-Mat: Drift Crisis

A TRIP INTO TROUBLE!
The hyperspace plane of the Drift is malfunctioning, slowing interstellar trade and travel for all spacefaring citizens of the galaxy! This jumbo, double-sided Starfinder Flip-Mat features a hex grid map of a typical expanse of the Drift on one side, perfect for the Starfinder Roleplaying Game’s starship combat system. The other side is a standard 1-inch-square grid showing the interior of a technological structure—such as a Drift beacon, the satellites that help make Drift travel possible, or a high-tech temple to Triune, the tripartite deity who resides in the Drift. Starfinder Flip-Mats present ready-to-use science-fantasy set pieces for the busy Game Master. With Starfinder Flip-Mat: Drift Crisis, you’ll be ready for this setting-changing catastrophe!

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Starfinder Adventure Path #45: The Culling Shadow (Horizons of the Vast 6 of 6)

WHO’S THE BOSS?

An enemy armada invades! The heroes of New Horizon must launch their own forces to withstand the attack and eventually take the fight to the evil cult’s leader on the dark side of the moon. But to truly save their home, they must face the monster at the source of the deadly radiation, which threatens to kill every sentient creature in the system!

This Starfinder Adventure Path volume concludes the Horizons of the Vast Adventure Path and includes:

• “The Culling Shadow,” a Starfinder adventure for 11th-level characters, by Landon Winkler.
• Ways to continue your Horizons of the Vast campaign beyond the final fight, by Isis Wozniakowska.
• A toolbox featuring a description of the Negative Energy Plane, options for players to harness the power of that void, a collection of dangerous creatures, and a glimpse at a frozen, chalky world, by Ivis K. Flanagan, Jenny Jarzabski, Georg Mir, Andrew Mullen, Hilary Moon Murphy, Dave Nelson, Jess Nevins, Thea Seals, and Landon Winkler.
• Statistics and deck plans for an AbadarCorp long-haul freighter, by Landon Winkler

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Pathfinder Lost Omens: Knights of Lastwall

TAKE UP ARMS!
When the lich Tar-Baphon escaped from his prison, he destroyed the vigilant nation of Lastwall. Though its cities fell, the people of Lastwall didn’t falter! Knights of Lastwall takes a detailed look at the courageous knights who rose up to continue the fight against the undead hordes threatening the world. This book contains information on joining the knights, details on important members of the organization, new options for knightly characters, and details for playing a valiant, knightly campaign!

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Pathfinder Book of the Dead Pocket Edition

THE DEAD ARE RISING!
This blasphemous tome brings the shambling menace of the undead to the forefront of your game. If you wish to stem the ghostly tide, you’ll find tools and skills to fight against the undead hordes. Or you can join the other side and turn your character into a ghost, ghoul, lich, mummy, skeleton, vampire, or zombie! You’ll also find new haunts, as well as information about the undead-plagued lands within the Lost Omens campaign setting, perfect for adding undead to your next adventure! A massive bestiary section full of undead creatures brings more threats for GMs and summonable creatures for players, including more versions of classic undead like vampires, skeletons, and zombies. This book also includes “March of the Dead,” a grim and dangerous adventure themed around an undead uprising!

Pathfinder Adventure Path: Abomination Vaults Hardcover

ENTER THE MEGADUNGEON!
Spiteful evil stirs beneath the mysterious lighthouse called Gauntlight. When the lighthouse emits an eerie glow, locals suspect that something sinister threatens the countryside. Brave heroes must explore the ruins around the lighthouse and delve into the dungeon levels beneath it. Hideous monsters, deadly traps, unexpected allies, vengeful ghosts, and more await the heroes who dare to enter the sprawling megadungeon called the Abomination Vaults! The Abomination Vaults Adventure Path is a complete campaign taking heroes from 1st to 11th level.

Pathfinder Adventure Path: Abomination Vaults Special Edition Hardcover

Pathfinder Adventure: Shadows at Sundown

FEAR THE SETTING OF THE SUN!
It has been well over a decade since Queen Ileosa was defeated, but the city of Korvosa still fears the evil tyrant’s legacy. And so when ghosts of the sinister queen manifest on the streets after dark, the need for new heroes arises! Pathfinder Adventure: Shadows at Sundown is an adventure for 11th-level characters written by Landon Winkler. While a standalone story, it builds upon themes and plots from years of adventures set in the Varisian city of Korvosa, and includes new monsters and new challenges to test the mightiest heroes. Who will save the city of Korvosa from the dangers that hide in the Shadows at Sundown?

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Shadows at Sundown

FEAR THE NIGHT!
The Cathedral of Pharasma, goddess of death, has long stood watch over the city of Korvosa’s sprawling graveyard. This Flip-Mat details the cathedral itself, as well as the catacombs that exist below, suitable for use in play with Pathfinder Adventure: Shadows at Sundown or for any cathedral and attached catacomb found in your own campaign.

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Pathfinder Adventure Path #179: Cradle of Quartz (Outlaws of Alkenstar 2 of 3)

A TICKING TIME BOMB

Time is of the essence for a motley gang of outlaws if they’re to settle the score with the sinister rival who ruined them. Somewhere amid the weird and wild wastes of the Spellscar Desert lies an abandoned clockwork temple called the Cradle of Quartz. But while redemption and a fresh start might be nice perks, the outlaws seek something far more valuable among the Cradle’s time-warped halls: revenge.

The Outlaws of Alkenstar Adventure Path continues with “Cradle of Quartz,” a complete adventure for 4th- to 7th-level characters.

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Pathfinder Deck of Endless NPCs

Creating a new character every time the players enter a shop or chat with a local on the street can be a real challenge, but the Deck of Endless NPCs makes it as simple as drawing four cards from the deck. These cards combine to form a unique NPC, each with their own role, motivation, personality trait, and secret agenda! With over 100 million different combinations, you are sure to get an interesting new character every time!

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Pathfinder Alchemy Deck

THE LAB IS OPEN!
Who needs magic when you have science? A healing elixir, explosive bomb, or liberating solvent can make all the difference in a day filled with harrowing adventures. The Pathfinder Alchemy Deck contains cards detailing every alchemical item in the Pathfinder Core Rulebook and the Pathfinder Advanced Player’s Guide, including bombs, elixirs, mutagens, poisons, and more! Each card features statistics, descriptions, and beautiful full- color illustrations. Keep each flask and vial at the ready!

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Pathfinder Flip-Tiles: Campsites

WHO’S ON WATCH
Flip-Tiles: Campsites is a stand-alone expansion suitable for use with any Flip-Tiles set, with 24 full-color, double-sided, 6 × 6-inch tiles stunningly crafted by cartographer Jason Engle. Whether your group is exploring a remote wilderness, stuck inside a sprawling dungeon, or simply trying to avoid spending money at an inn in the city, these campsites will help you plan out your evening. Suitable for experienced Game Masters and novices alike, this product fits perfectly into any GM’s arsenal. Wet, dry, and permanent markers erase from the tiles, and convenient packaging makes for easy storage. Why map out every single campsite by hand when Flip-Tiles can do it for you?

Highlights include:

• Forest Clearings
• Swampy Isles
• Hilltops and Lodges
• Deserts or Tundra
• Dungeons and Caves
• Urban Camps

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Enter the Megadungeon!

I’m Ron Lundeen, development manager responsible for the Abomination Vaults Adventure Path. I knew this campaign would be a big hit from the start: it has old-fashioned kick-down-the-door dungeon exploration seeded with interesting NPCs, side quests, and tons of roleplaying. The authors—James Jacobs, Vanessa Hoskins, and Stephen Radney-MacFarland—really blew me away by adding exciting action sequences and compelling character personalities to every dungeon level. The Abomination Vaults present more than a place to fight monsters and grab loot (although there’s plenty of that!), but an opportunity for heroes to solve mysteries, negotiate old feuds, rescue innocent people, and much more. And, of course, the villain lurking behind the scenes is a terrifying and powerful enemy. She’s right there on the cover and, wow, does she look angry!

Cover Illustration by Setiawan Lee

This is perhaps the most approachable Pathfinder Second Edition Adventure Path that we’ve made.

• It features a more focused scope, taking characters from 1st level to 11th level (instead of all the way to 20th level, as all our previous Pathfinder Second Edition Adventure Paths have done).
• It offers the heroes a clear “home base” in the town of Otari that could be dropped into just about any campaign setting, Age of Lost Omens or otherwise.
• It extends the locale of the Pathfinder Beginner Box, which has already attracted lots of eager new players to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

With the Abomination Vaults Adventure Path, experienced GMs have enough content to make their campaign really shine, and newer GMs can trust us to give them something they can handle that will amaze their players.

Illustration by Christoph Peters

When we saw how much people loved the Abomination Vaults campaign—I was thrilled to see so many people saying it was the best megadungeon they’d ever seen—we knew it was destined for something special. The work to convert the campaign into a hardcover was already going on when the first subscribers were still playing it. I watched the Paizo forums I set up for each of the adventures, making notes about errors to be corrected and rough spots that people found difficult to understand. I filled my three volumes of the Adventure Path with dozens and dozens of sticky notes, each one marking a place we could make the campaign better—such as by fixing a reference to a room that didn’t exist, ordering some art that players felt necessary, smoothing out the treasure progression, or replacing a certain foe’s 3rd-level spell with one a little less (ahem) deadly.

We’re looking at you, Mister Beak. Illustration by Artur Nakhodkin

As it turns out, no drastic overhauls of the campaign were necessary. That meant I could really focus on how to make the campaign easier to run. This isn’t just a reprint of the three adventures bound within a hard cover. It’s been reorganized to make it even more usable and fun. As an overview, here’s what you’ll find inside:

• We open with a synopsis of the whole campaign, including the primary villain’s background, a timeline, and an easy leveling guideline: “the dungeon level your heroes are on is the character level they should be.”
• Next, you’ll find a chapter detailing the town of Otari. As the heroes’ home base and the source of numerous rumors and side missions, it’s presented right up front. We included the new backgrounds and other rules from the standalone Pathfinder Abomination Vaults Player’s Guide here, to put everything in one place.
• The bulk of the hardcover includes the next 10 chapters, each detailing one of the 10 dungeon levels.
• We included an article about the evil god lurking behind the events of the campaign.
• Near the end, an enormous Adventure Toolbox presents all the new items, spells, artifacts, archetypes, and more. This toolbox also contains nearly 30 new monsters featured in the campaign!
• I’m particularly happy with the adventure’s final page, a Glossary that gives a short summary and location for dozens of NPCs, groups, unique items, and more. This will help GMs keep details regarding NPCs with similar names in mind, such as Vandy, Volluk, and Vethris.

Picking up the entire Abomination Vaults Adventure Path in a single book is a fantastic way to bring this campaign to your table. There’s a ton of support for it, too, from the Abomination Vaults Battle Cards to licensed products like Pathfinder Terrain and Foundry Virtual Tabletop.

I hope you have as much fun enjoying this megadungeon as we did building it!

Ron Lundeen
Development Manager

Today brings over a dozen new Starfinder and Pathfinder products to spark joy with your family and friends! You’ll find 4 Adventures Paths volumes, 4 standalone adventures of various sizes, and 4 game accessories to enliven play. And check out Pathfinder Goblin Firework Fight—our new party game that mixes goblins, pigs, pickles, and fireworks!

Party Game (Print Only)
Pathfinder Goblin Firework Fight
Goblin Firework Fight—Promo Card: Advanced Goblin (Fumbus)

Pathfinder Adventures Path Volumes (Print and Digital)
Pathfinder Adventure Path #174: Shadows of the Ancients (Strength of Thousands 6 of 6)
Pathfinder Adventure Path #177: Burning Tundra (Quest for the Frozen Flame 3 of 3)

Starfinder Adventures Path Volumes (Print and Digital)
Starfinder Adventure Path #43: Icebound (Horizons of the Vast 4 of 6)
Starfinder Adventure Path #44: Allies Against the Eye (Horizons of the Vast 5 of 6)

Starfinder Adventures (Digital Only)
Starfinder Bounty #2: Test Flight
Starfinder One-Shot #3: System Takedown

Pathfinder Society Scenarios (Digital Only)
Pathfinder Society Scenario #3-12: Fury's Toll

Starfinder Society Scenarios (Digital Only)
Starfinder Society Scenario #4-15: Feuding Faiths

Pathfinder Accessories (Print and Digital)
Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Shattered Dungeon

Starfinder Accessories (Print and Digital)
Starfinder Flip-Mat: Casino
Starfinder Flip-Mat: Water World
Starfinder Flip-Tiles: Space Station Corridors Expansion

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Sometimes, a bullet is best.

A gang of outlaws, each with their own grudge against the villains who wronged them, must join forces to get their revenge. In the steam-powered city of Alkenstar, where most business is as orderly as the hands on a clock, these rugged antiheroes will have to go against the grain if they’re to settle their vendettas.

Will the vigilantes have enough firepower to cut a path through Alkenstar’s soot-stained streets? Or will they, like so many others, get swallowed up by the ever-churning gears of the City of Smog?

Inside the Outlaws of Alkenstar Player’s Guide, you’ll find player-friendly, spoiler-free information and tips to help you make a new character perfect for the Outlaws of Alkenstar Adventure Path.

This Player’s Guide contains details and advice about:

• Alkenstar, the City of Smog, including summaries of well-known landmarks, dossiers on the city’s most famous personalities, and special rules for you and your Game Master to consider.
• Your Character, including the backstory of how you came to be an outlaw and the nature of the illicit job for which you’ve just been hired.
• Character Suggestions, including recommendations for alignments, ancestries, classes, languages, skills, and feats well suited to this Adventure Path.
• New backgrounds to inspire your character’s criminal past and the nature of their grudge, including Banished Brighite, Framed in Ferrous Quarter, and Ratted Out Gun Runner.

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There you are, dearie. How’s my favorite customer in the world? Come sit here beneath the comfortable shade between the stalls of the Grand Bazaar. The sunlight is much too withering and revealing. Right here on this bench, sit, sit. Now, isn’t that better?

Ichor slinger from Pathfinder Book of the Dead by Carl Springer.

I’ve been looking for you everywhere. Honestly, these metropolises are just too big sometimes. City at the Center of the World? City at the Center of my Bunion more like!

But where was I? Oh, yes! I’ve been telling all my subscribers; new shipments came in! When? Oh, don’t get me started, shipping dates are so confusing… who needs ‘em, right dearie? Let’s just say they’re coming in the next two to three months… maybe four. But soon, dearie, very soon!

While we’re here, try my Tomb Juice™, it’s delicious! You‘ve no idea just how long it’s been in the family...

The important thing is that I have a few items to preview, just for you, my very best customer! Feast your eyes on what I have in store. You need never again have worry or care, for I will show you something marvelous and rare.

Internal art from Pathfinder Book of the Dead by Mirco Paganessi and Kiki Moch Rizky.

I’ve managed to exhume these beautiful works of art, chapter headers from the Pathfinder Book of the Dead, at no small expense let me tell you! Geb is jealous man and guards his secrets well. Simply sign up for the Pathfinder Rulebook subscription, and it’s all yours!

Look at this exquisite final cover of the Pathfinder Book of the Dead Special Edition Hardcover, dearie. You don’t find faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark just anywhere, do you? And a limited edition, too—perfect for the discerning collector like you! Sign up right here: Pathfinder Special Edition Rulebook.

Internal art from Pathfinder Lost Omens Knights of Lastwall by Ainur Salimova.

Well, I don’t like to name drop, but I happen to know the prolific scribe Luis Loza—he’s one of the authors of Pathfinder Lost Omens: Knights of Lastwall. Well, he shared this sneak peak of the contents, and you don’t want to miss it. I also know his partner in cri— uh, I mean his Pathfinder Lost Omens coauthor Eleanor Ferron. Her schemes are everywhere in this book too, dearie. They both told me they’d love to see a renewing commitment from you, my best customer, specifically. They make it so easy, don’t they?

Internal art from Starfinder Drift Crisis by Laslo Ludrovan.

I know you have a taste for the latest thing. Well, you’re going to love this because it’s from the future! This image was labeled “After the Crash” from Starfinder Drift Crisis. We should put you down for a Starfinder Roleplaying Game subscription, too. That will be so drift!

What’s drift? Oh dearie, it is an adjective describing something fascinating and weird, likely never seen before or unique. I thought you knew. Moving on.

Cover art from Shadows of the Ancients by Setiawan Lee. Cover art from Burning Tundra by David Alvarez.

All these Adventures Path volumes… I’m afraid the port has made a tangled mess of the order. Pathfinder Adventure Path: Shadows of the Ancients (Strength of Thousands 6 of 6) is finally here after months of delay. But good things come to those wait, said the anadi to the sprite.

Cover art from Icebound and Allies Against the Eye by Rodrigo Gonzalez Toledo.

But wait, there’s yet more! Pathfinder Adventure Path: Burning Tundra (Quest for the Frozen Flame 3 of 3), Starfinder Adventure Path volumes Icebound (Horizons of the Vast 4 of 6), Allies Against the Eye (Horizons of the Vast 5 of 6), and The Culling Shadow (Horizons of the Vast 6 of 6) are all inbound. Meanwhile, Pathfinder Adventure Path #178: Punks in a Powderkeg (Outlaws of Alkenstar 1 of 3) and Cradle of Quartz (Outlaws of Alkenstar 2 of 3) are closer than you think!

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From the new Starfinder Alien Archive 1 & 2 Battle Cards to the second volume of the Quest for the Frozen Flame Adventure Path, Lost Mammoth Valley, to Pathfinder One-Shot: Mark of the Mantis, here are new Starfinder and Pathfinder products to add to your favorite games at paizo.com and your local game store!

Pathfinder Adventure Path #176: Lost Mammoth Valley (Quest for the Frozen Flame 2 of 3)

A Land Lost to Time
With danger close behind, the Broken Tusks journey through the bountiful but treacherous Lost Mammoth Valley in search of the Primordial Flame. The Tusks’ scouts will need to solve the riddles of the ancient valley and recruit a motley league of followers, all while evading the watchful gaze of the vale’s villainous overlords and unraveling a legendary artifact’s mythical past. The Quest for the Frozen Flame Adventure Path continues with “Lost Mammoth Valley,” a complete adventure for 4th- to 7th-level characters.

Pathfinder One-Shot #4: Mark of the Mantis

Pathfinder One-Shot: Mark of the Mantis is a short Pathfinder Second Edition adventure, designed to be played in a single session lasting 3 to 4 hours. However, with opportunities for roleplaying and plenty of combat, the adventure could easily make for two exciting evenings of play. Mark of the Mantis includes pregenerated characters (found in a separate downloadable PDF) with interwoven backstories that contextualize their relationships and further enrich the adventure itself. This adventure should be played with all four characters. If only three players are available, the GM should bring in the fourth character as an NPC. This adventure can be easily adjusted to suit any party of four themed around the Red Mantis assassin organization.

Sources: This adventure makes use of the Pathfinder Core Rulebook and Pathfinder Lost Omens World Guide. Non-Core Rulebook content is reprinted in this adventure for ease of reference.

Pathfinder Bounty #18: From Family Lost

A Pathfinder Bounty designed for Level 3.
When the Fifth Mendevian Crusade ended, the hamlet of Bulviss was one of many casualties on the Mendevian side of the border. Overrun by demons and their allies, the hamlet hasn’t been touched since a band of crusaders cleared out the demonic influence that lingered. Now, contracted by an interested party, a group of adventurers must head into the ruins of Bulviss to find a missing deed and any other surviving treasures. Have the demons truly been removed, or are there other, darker secrets waiting in the ruins?

Starfinder Alien Archive 1 & 2 Battle Cards

A BOX FULL OF ALIENS
Starfinder Alien Archive and Alien Archive 2 are excellent tools for planning exciting science fantasy adventures, but this box of 315 cards presents a new and exciting way for your extraterrestrial creatures to land on the table and join the fight. Each card features a beautiful, full-color image of a creature from Alien Archive or Alien Archive 2 on one side, while the other side provides that creature’s statistics for quick and easy reference. Show the players what alien menace their characters are facing while keeping the creature’s abilities at the ready, and watch your game come alive!

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Enormous Basic

BUILD A BIGGER DUNGEON!
Be it a sprawling dungeon, a sinister castle, a haunted forest, a bustling cityscape, or any other locale where adventure and danger might lurk, with Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Enormous Basic, you’ll have more room than ever before to present your latest creation to your players! This sprawling map measures 30" × 46" unfolded and is the largest basic flip mat yet! Designed for experienced GMs and novices alike, and usable with both dry-erase and wet-erase markers, Pathfinder Flip-Mats fit perfectly into any Game Master’s arsenal.

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Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Keep

KEEP WATCH!
Whether you need to guard your domain against invasion or plan an attack against a ruthless lord, no Game Master wants to spend time drawing a remote keep. Fortunately, with Paizo’s Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics, you don’t have to! This line of gaming maps provides ready-to-use and captivatingly detailed fantasy set-pieces for the busy Game Master.

Pathfinder Flip-Tiles: Fortress Chambers Expansion

Heart of the Castle!
Pathfinder Flip-Tiles: Fortress Chambers Expansion Set is an addition to the Pathfinder Flip-Tiles: Fortress Starter Set, with 24 full-color, 6 × 6-inch, double-sided tiles stunningly crafted by cartographer Jason Engle. With this set of tiles, you can craft a sprawling fortress interior in just a few minutes, be it for a new castle that your player characters have gained control of, or the established stronghold of a sinister villain. Suitable for experienced Game Masters and novices alike, this product fits perfectly into any GM’s arsenal. Wet, dry, and permanent markers erase from the tiles, and convenient packaging makes for easy storage. Why map out an entire castle by hand when Flip-Tiles can do it for you?

The Fortress Chambers Expansion Set includes:

• Sprawling castle chambers
• Barracks and bedrooms
• Dining rooms and kitchens
• Fountains and statuary
• Guard posts
• Throne rooms

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I remember the years of struggle. Long, stretching seasons where sunlight was sparse, and the hungry night arrived all too quickly. I remember the rites and songs as we laid follower after follower to rest, forced to move ever onward. Parent and child, animals, friends: none were safe as we carved our new paths and founded our new lives.

Tonight, in the shadow of these great mountains, I share with you a story from another time. In this time, your grandparents were small, squalling babes—some of whom I sang lullabies to, heh!—and instead of a seer’s sharp mind, I had the strength and skill of a hunter.

I was a young man back then, instead of Grandfather Eiwa. Oh yes, and I was a skilled archer! With the silence of a great cat I stalked prey. With the sharpness of eye to rival a falcon’s, I watched over our following. With the patience of a mammoth, I knew when to lay still and when to strike with all the strength I had.

What I did not know was when to use each. Sometimes, a well-meaning action creates more trouble than anything.

Take this journey with me, and see things as they were. The time of the year was close to the very season we enjoy now, when daylight just begins to stretch further than the darkness, and the snow finally begins to melt. Around our feet, the trails grew slushy and difficult to traverse, but the days began to grow brighter, and with them came hope.

These were my favorite times of the year. The crispness of the blue sky was a welcome friend. Have you noticed that the sky never seems so bright, so vivid, as during the melts? Perhaps these days I am more comfortable in the warmer seasons, but I will always love the newness of the daylight, reborn and glorious, as it chases the hard winter away.

During this time, we were only a few years into establishing the routes we now use every year. Both our herd and our numbers were still small; we had only recently started recruiting others into our following and teaching them the ways of the Broken Tusk. I was a young man, perhaps only a little older than some of you are now. Still an adult in the eyes of the following, but young enough to be over-eager to prove myself.

My day’s task was to scout ahead. I was to learn which creatures had awakened from slumber, which patches of grass had revealed themselves from beneath the snow, and to ensure the herd’s next resting spot would be free of predators and other dangers.

I took no partner with me save for Isul, my beloved friend, my air-rider. Such a magnificent falcon. He, too, was eager to explore the way ahead, and so I encouraged him to go. It was exhilarating to be exploring by myself, knowing Isul was not too far away.

Stepping carefully along the sprouting grasses and dotted pools of melted snow, I came upon a spot that led to a shallow riverbed. I was stirred by its beauty and felt a swell of pride; this would be a fantastic resting spot for the herd.

In my excitement, I did not pay close enough attention. For by the time I had approached, too late did I see the giant creature already exploring the waters.

I froze in place, watching and waiting. Hoping the massive bear would be more interested in the potential fishing spot than in me. For now, it seemed oblivious to my presence.

I should have let it be and reported back to the others. But a thought crossed my mind: how fantastic would it be, not just to return to the following with news of this beautiful resting site, but to crown that achievement with another: a grizzled bear already brought down to feed our people?

I see some of you already shaking your heads at the thought. And you are right to do so. Well you know by now that you should never hunt bear by yourself.

Only, I was convinced I was not alone. I could call for Isul, and together we could handle anything. And the longer I thought about it, the more I persuaded myself it was the best choice. Food was in short supply, after all, and the great creature could provide much.

I crouched low in the muddy bank and began readying my bow. But when I looked up, I was not ready to see the great beast charging me!

It had seen me; my presence startled it, and I suddenly understood how alone I really was. In the space of a few seconds, many thoughts ran through my mind: where is Isul? I cannot outrun the bear. I don’t have time to make more than one shot. I should have waited. Ancestors, let me live through this and I shall not make this mistake again!

The brown bear bounded toward me, then stopped short with a mighty thump of its front paws. It growled at me, teeth clacking. I began backing away from it slowly, hoping this was the only charge the creature would make.

It was not. It surged forward again with similar body language, only this time it connected, knocking me back into the mud. Panic surging, I knew my greatest chance of living right now was to feign death. I rolled instantly to my stomach and cradled my head and neck with my arms. Already my hip was stinging from where the bear had made contact, but at least my instinct was correct. With a mighty thump that shook the mud, he stomped once more, but not on me.

I could not see him, but in my mind’s eye, he was only a few scant feet away. Let him be content, I prayed. Let him go away…

He was not content. He did not go away.

I felt the air leave my lungs as his snout dug under my side, trying to flip me over. Every last bit of me wanted to yelp, to flee. No, do not flee, for you will make him chase you! It took all my strength to keep my stomach to the ground, keep my arms shielding my head and neck.

He must have been as frustrated as I, for the next thing I knew, I felt his snout at my hip again, strong claws burning into my leg. I felt a moment of weightlessness, soon followed by flattening, encompassing pain along the front of my body and an icy splash of water above my shoulders. I barely had enough time to lift my head and take a breath before continuing to feign death. He tossed me into the water!

Through the panic and the loud rush of water over my ears, it took me a moment before I realized two important things: first, despite the pain, I was still alive, and second: my hips were still connected to solid ground. I was not too far under the water.

But there was still the bear! I held my breath, feeling another tap, this time at my ankle. Leave me be, I begged, remaining still as possible, half in the water and my lungs burning with need. Go find something else, before playing dead becomes being dead!

I felt nothing else. I knew I shouldn’t move until the bear was long gone. But my lungs were done recycling my one breath; I had no more. My body ached from claw and earth. Moving was my only chance at life, and yet if I moved while the bear was still near, it was certain death.

I waited. And waited.

I felt no more contact.

Must…wait.

Wait.

Wait.

I NEED AIR.

I turned my head just enough to take in a breath and open one eye and was rewarded. For the bear had reared up, swiping at a blur of speed, dark feathers surrounding sharp eyes. Isul had returned! My beloved friend dove at the bear, distracting him, leading him away from me!

I sat up gasping and, in frenzied haste, looked around for my bow. There! At the water’s edge! I dove for it despite my pain and saw more than felt my hand close around its haft. My other hand fumbled to draw an arrow from my quiver, and with horror, I realized only one remained! The others had tumbled out as the bear tossed me around.

I had to make my shot count. I whistled sharply—a signal to Isul. My falcon friend responded immediately, as I knew he would. He circled up around the bear’s head once, leading the great creature just far enough away. In a moment, he would circle again and expose the bear’s chest and shoulder to me.

Illustration by Kent Hamilton

It is very hard to get an exact shot at a bear’s heart, especially when it’s already aggravated. But Isul was well-practiced, and we had hunted together many times. This, at least, was a perfect moment in an otherwise-messy situation. Isul wheeled. The bear turned. For one frozen moment, our eyes met, the bear and me. And then, with more precision than I’d ever had, I loosed the arrow.

The missile flew true, and I was rewarded with the telltale spray of blood, the muscular spasm as the animal decided whether to flee or fight . . . and then it slumped over.

It took me a long moment to work up the nerve to ensure the bear was finished. But finished it was. I sent Isul back to the following with a message asking for assistance. It wasn’t precisely as I’d imagined; the following had to help me as much as help with the bear.

And truly, my following, this is the most important lesson I can give from the tale tonight: we are best when we work together. We must learn to ask for—and accept!—help when needed. My intentions were good, but it was a foolish choice that nearly cost me my life, and nearly cost the following one of its hunters. We are made weaker with each loss of life, just as we are made stronger with each new addition to the following.

This night, I see you all here with me, listening and learning our ways, honoring each other and those who came before. I see you gathered, people of all shapes, all sizes, and my heart is happy. We are stronger for having you.

I celebrate you this night, Broken Tusks. And I know you will face bravely whatever challenges come your way.