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I just started reading this article and there's already a completely new information: new domains and subdomains are in this book, and they will be in the PRD as well!
This is going to be a delicious book.
Loved to see the Green Man as quasi-deities and also...
"Usually"
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That art of Tawil at'Umr looks like a heavy metal album cover. I am so cool with this.
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My planar setting use demi-god stats (and mythic creatures with the divine source power) as the gods, and have a very physical presence in my group's adventures so more will be very useful.
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Hot damn those Green men sound exciting. I'm also excited to see some empyreal lords. Here's hoping they're here to show the bestiary 4 dudes what good demigods can really do :P.
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"If Tawil at'Umr is killed, Yog-Sothoth can create a new avatar immediately. The replacement Tawil at'Umr typically does not reappear where it was killed, and it usually does not seek revenge against those who slew its predecessor. Usually."
This is absolutely amazing. Its not even how Lovecraftian it feels to know that anything that happened was literally for naught—that line itself has incredible narrative to it.
I'd give it a "+1" or something, but I get the feeling that the trivial approval of mortals is insignificant to Tawil at'Umr. ;-)
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Interesting that it doesn't repeat the "typically", which to my mind would be even worse ... you've invested and sacrificed so much to defeat this thing, and now it's back right in front of you and IT DOESN'T EVEN CARE THAT YOU KILLED IT.
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Interesting that it doesn't repeat the "typically", which to my mind would be even worse ... you've invested and sacrificed so much to defeat this thing, and now it's back right in front of you and IT DOESN'T EVEN CARE THAT YOU KILLED IT.
It probably didn't even care you were killing it. ;)
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I dunno about the rest of you, but Yog-Sothoth's avatar ROCKS! :D
Desktopping this!
Kal,
Maybe he's thinking of some other gaming system...
Multiple types of the green man sounds interesting.
It is a shame that the Qlippoth Lords are not full on demi-gods.
Chronicles of Darkness has like eight monster books I think, they're nowhere near the quality of the bestiaries though.
Is Yog-Sothoth an Outer God or a Great Old One?
So, what does 'Tamr at'Uwil translate to in English, anyway?
Cool! I'm very curious about the Green Men.
Baalzebul!!!!!! YAYA!!!!!!!!!
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It is a shame that the Qlippoth Lords are not full on demi-gods.
Stated for years now that they were less powerful, that some powerful qlippoths turned stag and became demon lords, etc. They've drawn a fairly clear distinction between the obyrith work for 3.5 (where the oby lords mixed freely, were originally more powerful than the demons, etc) and qlippoth (which follows closer to the Green Ronin version, in that the qlippoth were horrific, terrible, and all but wiped out by the demons) for PF.
It's fairly cool, since they're the original authors of all three, that they've made them distinct in that manner. But qlippoth lords being quasipowers and no current demilevel qlippoth has been the running narrative for quite some time now. If anything, undermining that canon without explanation would be the real shame.
Hopefully next week will be about the new dragons, the kaiju, and/or new 0HD races.
"In addition, each demigod entry is fully supported with rules for how their worshipers function[...]"
And given [url]who's going to be showing up[/url], it's fairly safe to say I'm extremely excited.
"These are foes not only intended to be the end bosses for full-on mythic campaigns, but movers and shakers for multiple campaigns."
Ooo...
Will there be advice on how to apply this?!
Mr. Jacobs,
We have a precise number for the demigod categories in the book, four of them. But what about the quasi-deities? Are there others excluding the ones you mentioned?
I would love seeing a group of quasi-deity dragons. *-*
Yog-Sothoth might just be my favorite Outer God... so I'm jazzed beyond words to see his lesser incarnation get statted up.
And so artfully... er... arted.
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If Tawil at'Umr is killed, Yog-Sothoth can create a new avatar immediately. The replacement Tawil at'Umr typically does not reappear where it was killed, and it usually does not seek revenge against those who slew its predecessor. Usually.
There's something magical about a stat blocks that's a joy to read on their own merits, like this one.
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The usually thing reminds me of how some creatures have interesting names for their collective nouns, like a group of lead golems being a curtain so it's a lead curtain or too much animate hair is called a clog, more than two devastator's is a catastrophe.
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"In addition, each demigod entry is fully supported with rules for how their worshipers function[...]"
And given [url]who's going to be showing up[/url], it's fairly safe to say I'm extremely excited.
"These are foes not only intended to be the end bosses for full-on mythic campaigns, but movers and shakers for multiple campaigns."
Ooo...
Will there be advice on how to apply this?!
Apart from the brief advice I wrote for the intro for Demon Lords in Bestiary 4, not really... although you can look to some of our Adventure Paths for how to include demigods as plots.
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The usually thing reminds me of how some creatures have interesting names for their collective nouns, like a group of lead golems being a curtain so it's a lead curtain or too much animate hair is called a clog, more than two devastator's is a catastrophe.
*nods*
I do like those :3
Tangent: a group of giraffes is called a tower.
Sweet! Buzz-buzz looks badass!
Certainly better than he did in the Book of Vile Darkness.
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The filth-encrusted slug monster didn't do it for you, I take it. ^_^
Of the archdevils, I'm most interested to see Moloch's art, if only because it's going to be so hard to top his Book of the Damned art.
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The filth-encrusted slug monster didn't do it for you, I take it. ^_^His wives on the other hand...
Of the archdevils, I'm most interested to see Moloch's art, if only because it's going to be so hard to top his Book of the Damned art.
DISPATER!
The filth-encrusted slug monster didn't do it for you, I take it. ^_^His wives on the other hand...
What wives? I didn't see them in any artwork.
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I'm really curious about Szuriel and Raghatiel's illustration. In fact, these two are the ones I want to see the most, even more than I want to see the true dragons or Geryon......
Apart from the brief advice I wrote for the intro for Demon Lords in Bestiary 4, not really... although you can look to some of our Adventure Paths for how to include demigods as plots."In addition, each demigod entry is fully supported with rules for how their worshipers function[...]"
And given who's going to be showing up, it's fairly safe to say I'm extremely excited.
"These are foes not only intended to be the end bosses for full-on mythic campaigns, but movers and shakers for multiple campaigns."
Ooo...
Will there be advice on how to apply this?!
You mean "stop the ritual," or "debuff the enemy?" That...doesn't really say "mover and shaker."
Also, given the inclusion of a certain empyreal lord, I'm interested in seeing demigods as allies as well as antagonists. It's gonna be a while before Daily Bestiary gets to them, and Daily Planescape just isn't enough.
That said, would Wrath of the Righteous be a good place for examples of demigods as allies?
I just hope the green man is actually a fey.
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Tawil at'Umr is pretty awesome for a number of things, ranging from that artwork to setting a precedent for what divine avatars are actually like.
(Wonder if we'll get an update for Achaekek's avatar down the line. Maybe if Paizo ever does a Starstone adventure...)
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I just hope the green man is actually a fey.Turns out he's a dragon.
Rysky, you have a talent for comments...
Through I would love quasi-deity level dragons, I'm hoping they are plants. The green nature needs more champions and denizens.
I think they illustrated his current one at least once. If not the descriptions alone were very nice :3What wives? I didn't see them in any artwork.The filth-encrusted slug monster didn't do it for you, I take it. ^_^His wives on the other hand...
This interests me. Do you happen to remember where I could find this? Thanks.