Pulling Back the Curtain—PaizoCon 2016 Announcements!

Ahhh Merisiel what big teeth you have!

A face only Kyra could love.

After Horror Adventures looks like I will not be getting any more hardcovers for a while.

Does it look to anyone else like that rakshasa should be saying, "Excellent, Smithers"?

A hobgoblin AP! You guys are actually doing something with hobgoblins!

SQUEEEEE-

*head a'splodes*

So does that mean so long Nagaji and Co. for next season of PFS.

Found typo:

{. . .} will the Ironfang Invasion give way to and Ironfang nation?

I think you meant to have "an" instead of the bolded "and".

Something you should change on a jpg:

So they announced two campaigning setting books but no player companion books?

So they announced two campaigning setting books but no player companion books?

They announced the big hardback books instead of the smaller monthly books.

Love the new take on Trinia!

Somebody have a link to legitimately public copies of some of the corresponding old pictures? (Obviously I wouldn't expect to find Aberrationized Merisiel . . . .)

One thing I haven't seen much mention of was an upcoming television series. Unfortunately, I was distracted at that point and missed all the important bits. :o

^Wait, we're supposed to be getting an upcoming Pathfinder/Starfinder television series?

I think it's kind of a 'geeks playing pathfiner' series, but the slide also showed some cartoon characters. I'm afraid someone else will need to provide the details. (I was rudely chatting through that bit of Erik's speech. :p)

Somebody have a link to legitimately public copies of some of the corresponding old pictures? (Obviously I wouldn't expect to find Aberrationized Merisiel . . . .)

You mean for the CotCT pictures? Here's an original pic of Trinia. She's a messageboard avatar that you've probably seen, too.

Here's Queen Ileosa.

It's called HarmonQuest and it's Dan Harmon (created/wrote Community and Rick and Morty) playing with celebs and friends. If you want an idea of what to expect, check out his podcas, Harmontown. They've been playing for a long time. It's hilarious. The show will feature animated sequences and them live at the table. The only downside is it's only being released on NBC(?)s streaming service which requires a subscription. It will air on July

Have a trailer! http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/05/02/dan-harmon-harm onquest-seeso/83813706/

Apologies for lack of clicky link I'm on mobile and too tired to remember how to do it on Paizos boards.

Clicky link.

That reminds me that I have GOT to watch The Gamers series one of these days . . . .

So we are going with classic after the mythos themed adventure? Sounds good to me. Specially with the hobgoblins as the villains. It seams that we'll be using the monster codex a lot than. I loved the hobgoblin section of the book, as it gave them an dark and scary tone. Better being killed than falling into their hands...

Talking about codex, the Villain Codex is already a must! I'm amazed by the organization approach the was adopted in this new chapter of the codices, but i'm afraid it'll be really hard to make it's Inner Sea counterpart without being repetitive - even if the Inner Sea NPC Codex doesn't cover the iconic evil organizations so deeply, a lot of the CS did. But, unlike the CS line, the idea of the codices is to provide "ready to go" stats for the ranks of each organization, what really makes me anxious to find out where it goes - if we are getting a inner sea version of it at all. A stat for a random CR 20 Lictor/Vicarious is what I would really love to see.

So when are we getting minis of the corrupted iconics?

Heh, a Bat form Merisiel would have been hilariously awesome.

James Jacobs has already written a Hobgoblin invasion AP and it was brilliant, despite the crowbarring in of all those dragon-ish beasties.

Check out Red Hand of Doom.

I'm really looking forward to so many things here! (Although ouch, my poor, poor wallet.)

I'm excited!

Hey, Trinia has shoes now!

Trinia looks fiiine. Really great art. Ileosa is the only one I didn't like that much, but that's just the artist's style I'm not a fan of.

I have no idea why no one is talking about Encounter Codex. That looks like it's going to be absolute heaven and JUST THE PERFECT product for me, someone who likes to DM but never has the time for prep.

I love that this brings in the planes to society play!!! As a huge fan of WotC's planar system, I love Galorian's hybrid space/planar dimension lore and I am incredibly excited to finally make that oread oracle i have been dreaming of :)

Mersiel noooooooo...

Pathfinder Society agents, stay tuned for a more detailed update from the PFS team about these announcements on Tuesday, June 1st!

Tuesday is May 31st. Hopefully that's what you mean, 'else we'll be waiting until 2021 to get that announcement...

I have no idea why no one is talking about Encounter Codex. That looks like it's going to be absolute heaven and JUST THE PERFECT product for me, someone who likes to DM but never has the time for prep.

Awesome! That's precisely at whom it's aimed. :-) It's still in early stages, but we're looking at ways to structure the encounters so that they can be run as stand-alones, dropped into ongoing campaigns if your players wander off the main storyline or you want to expand it, or linked together into mini-adventures.

Samy wrote:

I have no idea why no one is talking about Encounter Codex. That looks like it's going to be absolute heaven and JUST THE PERFECT product for me, someone who likes to DM but never has the time for prep.

Awesome! That's precisely at whom it's aimed. :-) It's still in early stages, but we're looking at ways to structure the encounters so that they can be run as stand-alones, dropped into ongoing campaigns if your players wander off the main storyline or you want to expand it, or linked together into mini-adventures.

It sounds amazing to me, too. Hopefully it has more than just combat encounters: building traps, puzzles, intrigue, etc are all things that I struggle with as a new(ish) GM.

But even if it is just combat, inspiration of different ways to make interesting fights is very welcome. So many of the combats I've tried to build for my campaign (my first ever) have fallen flat, and advice (or even just examples) on how to do it better would be amazing.

It's going to have more than just combat. :-)

I have no idea why no one is talking about Encounter Codex. That looks like it's going to be absolute heaven and JUST THE PERFECT product for me, someone who likes to DM but never has the time for prep.

Two of my favorite AD&D products were the Decks of Encounters. This book sounds like those, albeit with a higher level of quality control. I'm looking forward to them.

Let's see, to guess at things that might be included...

>Some combat encounters, obviously, but also advice on how to create effective encounters by using multiple creatures, maybe with a few "tactics" to theme groups around. (For example, using lots of low-level minions, or foes that cooperate in pairs)

>Creating social encounters. Problems the PCs can't solve with swords, from negotiating a surrender to not offending a group of important people.

>Exploration encounters. Expanded rules for the environment, using traps, providing hints about what's up ahead...

Well, I'm sure we'll see once it's out. XD Either way, it's probably going to be a book worth looking at.

Actually, Aberrant (Aberrationized?) Merisiel just gave me a thought: Are we going to get any spells for assuming the form of some Aberrations, Outsiders, and other weird things, analogous to Undead Anatomy?

I look forward to the coming year of products!

I haven't seen it mentioned yet but James Jacobs also announced another book of prestige classes tied to Golarion.

I have no idea why no one is talking about Encounter Codex. That looks like it's going to be absolute heaven and JUST THE PERFECT product for me, someone who likes to DM but never has the time for prep.

Yeah this was an exciting announcement. I believe it's going to make heavy use of their flipmats and pawn sets, which is neat.

I feel like Merisiel is going to take some penalties on many of her Disable Device checks. Fingers and thumbs are just so useful.

Playable geniekin in PFS? Hellllllls yes.

I haven't seen it mentioned yet but James Jacobs also announced another book of prestige classes tied to Golarion.

Yes! Paths of Prestige was so nice. So ready for so this.

Steve Geddes wrote:

I haven't seen it mentioned yet but James Jacobs also announced another book of prestige classes tied to Golarion.

Yes! Paths of Prestige was so nice. So ready for so this.

At the seminar he discussed it, James gave a bit of insight into what he thinks makes a good prestige class. Two points I liked were that:

a) it should be useful for many classes
b) it works best if its tied strongly to the campaign world

I share both of those views (and absolutely adored Paths of Prestige) so I'm really looking forward to this also.

Samy wrote:

I have no idea why no one is talking about Encounter Codex. That looks like it's going to be absolute heaven and JUST THE PERFECT product for me, someone who likes to DM but never has the time for prep.

Awesome! That's precisely at whom it's aimed. :-) It's still in early stages, but we're looking at ways to structure the encounters so that they can be run as stand-alones, dropped into ongoing campaigns if your players wander off the main storyline or you want to expand it, or linked together into mini-adventures.

Hm. As a long-time subscriber to the AP line I can't think of any CR range/encounter type/background which I couldn't pull out of one AP or another; I consider tweeking things as part of my (GM) job.

But lets see what one or two blog posts with sneak peeks can do to change my mind...

Ruyan.

I'm excited by the variety of products in the lineup for the next year. The freight train of class options seems to have finally slowed down in favor of truly innovative products like Starfinder and Horror Adventures, which I think will allow them to really diversify the lineup they offer each month. The likelihood of a Starfinder AP with the Paizo brand behind it is incredibly appealing to me from a sales standpoint. And seeing tools like the Villain and Encounter Codex for new and veteran GMs alike will go a long way toward revitalizing many of the older products (assuming they sprinkle in some non-Core stuff, at least). Meanwhile, a new Prestige Class book is exactly the kind of thing that players will buy.

If only Starfinder had come out last year. *That* would have been the perfect counter to 5e's inevitable rise to the top of the RPG heap.

Timing aside, bravo for this, Paizo. I'm looking forward to the next year of buying all your products. (-:

Zangy wrote:

Steve Geddes wrote:

I haven't seen it mentioned yet but James Jacobs also announced another book of prestige classes tied to Golarion.

Yes! Paths of Prestige was so nice. So ready for so this.

At the seminar he discussed it, James gave a bit of insight into what he thinks makes a good prestige class. Two points I liked were that:

a) it should be useful for many classes
b) it works best if its tied strongly to the campaign world

I share both of those views (and absolutely adored Paths of Prestige) so I'm really looking forward to this also.

OH MAN! New Prestige classes book? I'm SO excited about that!!

I feel like Merisiel is going to take some penalties on many of her Disable Device checks. Fingers and thumbs are just so useful.

I think her social skills have taken a bit of a hit, too.

That is what happens when you drink one of Damiel's potions without asking first.

I thought that was what elves looked like when you removed their mind-control-the-primitive-humans illusion. They've always been extra-planar tentacled things.