Paizo at Gen Con Keynote with Publisher Erik Mona

Very excited for the undead content!

Is the new AP just called Blood Lords?

Is the new AP just called Blood Lords?

Yes.

Fun Side Fact Mode: So far we've not put a "The" in front of any of our Pathfinder Adventure Path titles. That was chance at first, but it's kind of settled into a thing. We might put a "The" in there at some point, but so far, unless I'm missing something as a result of being so deep in Kingmaker for a year and a half, that's been the case.

Something I do have to point out, and would love a reply on: the same person with teal face paint and a headdress appeared in two Guns & Gears illustrations (one alongside a character from the Arcadian PFS scenario we got recently!) and also appears in Tyrant's Grasp as an unlabeled illustration. Is this person - who I assume is a Xopatli woman - a named character?

Something I do have to point out, and would love a reply on: the same person with teal face paint and a headdress appeared in two Guns & Gears illustrations (one alongside a character from the Arcadian PFS scenario we got recently!) and also appears in Tyrant's Grasp as an unlabeled illustration. Is this person - who I assume is a Xopatli woman - a named character?

That answer will have to come from whoever wrote the art brief—wasn't me, but the character certainly is intriguing! (I have been pushing for us to caption our character illustrations more frequently though, so it's more apparent who we're illustrating in those types of images, though!)

keftiu wrote:

Something I do have to point out, and would love a reply on: the same person with teal face paint and a headdress appeared in two Guns & Gears illustrations (one alongside a character from the Arcadian PFS scenario we got recently!) and also appears in Tyrant's Grasp as an unlabeled illustration. Is this person - who I assume is a Xopatli woman - a named character?

That answer will have to come from whoever wrote the art brief—wasn't me, but the character certainly is intriguing! (I have been pushing for us to caption our character illustrations more frequently though, so it's more apparent who we're illustrating in those types of images, though!)

Three pictures and an iconic (though maybe not Iconic) paired pistol and machete, I'd hope they're someone we can meet!

James Jacobs wrote:

keftiu wrote:

Something I do have to point out, and would love a reply on: the same person with teal face paint and a headdress appeared in two Guns & Gears illustrations (one alongside a character from the Arcadian PFS scenario we got recently!) and also appears in Tyrant's Grasp as an unlabeled illustration. Is this person - who I assume is a Xopatli woman - a named character?

That answer will have to come from whoever wrote the art brief—wasn't me, but the character certainly is intriguing! (I have been pushing for us to caption our character illustrations more frequently though, so it's more apparent who we're illustrating in those types of images, though!)

Three pictures and an iconic (though maybe not Iconic) paired pistol and machete, I'd hope they're someone we can meet!

Hopefuly! But also keep in mind that sometimes, artists take provided reference material too literally, and when we say "this is a character who looks like the one in the reference" sometimes we get an exact clone. That's led to some cases in the past where we end up with an illustrated character taking on a life of their own, of course, and in most cases that's a net positive but it's not planned out from the start.

And in at least one case we ended up with the same character being illustrated the same way in a single illustration. Accidental twins! :-)

Gonna take a stab and ask: is the goatman (not Krampus) in Monsters of Myth a new creature? There aren't any named goatmen in Pathfinder lore that I can think of, outside of deific beings, which I'd wager we won't see here. It's kind of giving me cryptid Goatman vibes.

EDIT: Scratch that, Luis answered my question elsewhere.

I'm sad for no summer Lost Omens revelation, but I'll hold tight. Tons of fun stuff till then!

I'm sad for no summer Lost Omens revelation, but I'll hold tight. Tons of fun stuff till then!

Holding out hope there'll be a surprise in the Lost Omens panel. My fingers are crossed for Arcadia, or a big bomb of new Ancestries, or maybe an Impossible Lands book.

Sporkedup wrote:

I'm sad for no summer Lost Omens revelation, but I'll hold tight. Tons of fun stuff till then!

Holding out hope there'll be a surprise in the Lost Omens panel. My fingers are crossed for Arcadia, or a big bomb of new Ancestries, or maybe an Impossible Lands book.

Indeed. We still have a few days left of Gen Con. I'm sure we will be given more info here and there, as well as a surprise or two.

I'm holding out hope that they'll finally tell us what the Ancestry in Grand Bazaar is. Still betting Stheno myself.

keftiu wrote:

Sporkedup wrote:

I'm sad for no summer Lost Omens revelation, but I'll hold tight. Tons of fun stuff till then!

Holding out hope there'll be a surprise in the Lost Omens panel. My fingers are crossed for Arcadia, or a big bomb of new Ancestries, or maybe an Impossible Lands book.

Indeed. We still have a few days left of Gen Con. I'm sure we will be given more info here and there, as well as a surprise or two.

I'm holding out hope that they'll finally tell us what the Ancestry in Grand Bazaar is. Still betting Stheno myself.

I know Luis was collecting questions for his panel and the only two he disallowed were "who killed Aroden" and "what's the mystery ancestry" haha.

So glad Drift Crisis was announced!

So much awesomeness! Next year is going to be a blast.

Something I do have to point out, and would love a reply on: the same person with teal face paint and a headdress appeared in two Guns & Gears illustrations (one alongside a character from the Arcadian PFS scenario we got recently!) and also appears in Tyrant's Grasp as an unlabeled illustration. Is this person - who I assume is a Xopatli woman - a named character?

Amircia Moldanos, high councilor in charge of security for Jolzipan, The City of Flowers, in the Arcadian nation of Xopatl. She's standing next to Anong Arunak, High King of Dongun Hold, and the spear-wielder is Chun Hye-Seung, captain of the clockwork guard in Absalom.

keftiu wrote:

Something I do have to point out, and would love a reply on: the same person with teal face paint and a headdress appeared in two Guns & Gears illustrations (one alongside a character from the Arcadian PFS scenario we got recently!) and also appears in Tyrant's Grasp as an unlabeled illustration. Is this person - who I assume is a Xopatli woman - a named character?

Amircia Moldanos, high councilor in charge of security for Jolzipan, The City of Flowers, in the Arcadian nation of Xopatl. She's standing next to Anong Arunak, High King of Dongun Hold, and the spear-wielder is Chun Hye-Seung, captain of the clockwork guard in Absalom.

I wonder how they came to be hanging out?

Michael Sayre wrote:

keftiu wrote:

Something I do have to point out, and would love a reply on: the same person with teal face paint and a headdress appeared in two Guns & Gears illustrations (one alongside a character from the Arcadian PFS scenario we got recently!) and also appears in Tyrant's Grasp as an unlabeled illustration. Is this person - who I assume is a Xopatli woman - a named character?

Amircia Moldanos, high councilor in charge of security for Jolzipan, The City of Flowers, in the Arcadian nation of Xopatl. She's standing next to Anong Arunak, High King of Dongun Hold, and the spear-wielder is Chun Hye-Seung, captain of the clockwork guard in Absalom.

I wonder how they came to be hanging out?

Steampunk Sentai Sharpshooter Squad unite! :)

keftiu wrote:

Something I do have to point out, and would love a reply on: the same person with teal face paint and a headdress appeared in two Guns & Gears illustrations (one alongside a character from the Arcadian PFS scenario we got recently!) and also appears in Tyrant's Grasp as an unlabeled illustration. Is this person - who I assume is a Xopatli woman - a named character?

That answer will have to come from whoever wrote the art brief—wasn't me, but the character certainly is intriguing! (I have been pushing for us to caption our character illustrations more frequently though, so it's more apparent who we're illustrating in those types of images, though!)

Captioning is an excellent idea. I always appreciate it when its there and miss it when its not.

Kind of disappointed that were was so little for Starfinder. Only one new book announced, compared to the plethora of Pathfinder.

Kind of disappointed that were was so little for Starfinder. Only one new book announced, compared to the plethora of Pathfinder.

One pretty major new book and a 3-part AP to go with it, you mean?

Nighthorror888 wrote:

Kind of disappointed that were was so little for Starfinder. Only one new book announced, compared to the plethora of Pathfinder.

One pretty major new book and a 3-part AP to go with it, you mean?

Yeah, those are the only 2 new product premieres we got. Everything else was revealed before Gen Con. Getting more previews from Tech Revolution, Galactic Magic, and some juicy info from Drift Crisis is comparable to our previews of Guns & Gears, Book of the Dead, and Dark Archives.

Michael Sayre wrote:

keftiu wrote:

Something I do have to point out, and would love a reply on: the same person with teal face paint and a headdress appeared in two Guns & Gears illustrations (one alongside a character from the Arcadian PFS scenario we got recently!) and also appears in Tyrant's Grasp as an unlabeled illustration. Is this person - who I assume is a Xopatli woman - a named character?

Amircia Moldanos, high councilor in charge of security for Jolzipan, The City of Flowers, in the Arcadian nation of Xopatl. She's standing next to Anong Arunak, High King of Dongun Hold, and the spear-wielder is Chun Hye-Seung, captain of the clockwork guard in Absalom.

I wonder how they came to be hanging out?

I would imagine that something really bad happened.

keftiu wrote:

Michael Sayre wrote:

keftiu wrote:

Something I do have to point out, and would love a reply on: the same person with teal face paint and a headdress appeared in two Guns & Gears illustrations (one alongside a character from the Arcadian PFS scenario we got recently!) and also appears in Tyrant's Grasp as an unlabeled illustration. Is this person - who I assume is a Xopatli woman - a named character?

Amircia Moldanos, high councilor in charge of security for Jolzipan, The City of Flowers, in the Arcadian nation of Xopatl. She's standing next to Anong Arunak, High King of Dongun Hold, and the spear-wielder is Chun Hye-Seung, captain of the clockwork guard in Absalom.

I wonder how they came to be hanging out?

I would imagine that something really bad happened.

Presumably involving the undead.

So who had "Conqueror Worm" on their scorecard for the machinations behind Galt?

Is the new AP just called Blood Lords?

Geb time?! [skeleton dooting begins]

keftiu wrote:

Michael Sayre wrote:

keftiu wrote:

Something I do have to point out, and would love a reply on: the same person with teal face paint and a headdress appeared in two Guns & Gears illustrations (one alongside a character from the Arcadian PFS scenario we got recently!) and also appears in Tyrant's Grasp as an unlabeled illustration. Is this person - who I assume is a Xopatli woman - a named character?

Amircia Moldanos, high councilor in charge of security for Jolzipan, The City of Flowers, in the Arcadian nation of Xopatl. She's standing next to Anong Arunak, High King of Dongun Hold, and the spear-wielder is Chun Hye-Seung, captain of the clockwork guard in Absalom.

I wonder how they came to be hanging out?

I would imagine that something really bad happened.

*shakes fist* AAAAAAAAAARODEN!!!

So who had "Conqueror Worm" on their scorecard for the machinations behind Galt?

In hindsight, Conqueror Worm makes so much sense. Lol

Cthulhudrew wrote:

So who had "Conqueror Worm" on their scorecard for the machinations behind Galt?

In hindsight, Conqueror Worm makes so much sense. Lol

They all but told us.

Makes me wonder how much of the adventure will be about deciding Galt's future, versus simply ending the current mess.

Interesting to see possible setting developments as we get further into 2e: Hermea getting shaken up, Galt finally getting some peace, and maybe some changes to Geb now on the horizon...

keftiu wrote:

Michael Sayre wrote:

keftiu wrote:

Something I do have to point out, and would love a reply on: the same person with teal face paint and a headdress appeared in two Guns & Gears illustrations (one alongside a character from the Arcadian PFS scenario we got recently!) and also appears in Tyrant's Grasp as an unlabeled illustration. Is this person - who I assume is a Xopatli woman - a named character?

Amircia Moldanos, high councilor in charge of security for Jolzipan, The City of Flowers, in the Arcadian nation of Xopatl. She's standing next to Anong Arunak, High King of Dongun Hold, and the spear-wielder is Chun Hye-Seung, captain of the clockwork guard in Absalom.

I wonder how they came to be hanging out?

I would imagine that something really bad happened.

Wow, I wasn’t expecting an illustration of the start of the Gap so soon!

I watched the video earlier this evening on Youtube. The thumbnail was kinda creepy.

Makes me wonder how much of the adventure will be about deciding Galt's future, versus simply ending the current mess.

Interesting to see possible setting developments as we get further into 2e: Hermea getting shaken up, Galt finally getting some peace, and maybe some changes to Geb now on the horizon...

I'll chat a bit more about how the standalone adventures, going forward, will be handling some larger story beats.

But to get out ahead and manage expectations, after learning some key lessons from Council of Thieves, "Blood Lords" isn't about changing Geb. It's about something else.

keftiu wrote:

Makes me wonder how much of the adventure will be about deciding Galt's future, versus simply ending the current mess.

Interesting to see possible setting developments as we get further into 2e: Hermea getting shaken up, Galt finally getting some peace, and maybe some changes to Geb now on the horizon...

I'll chat a bit more about how the standalone adventures, going forward, will be handling some larger story beats.

But to get out ahead and manage expectations, after learning some key lessons from Council of Thieves, "Blood Lords" isn't about changing Geb. It's about something else.

Very exciting to hopefully see some more "big swing" Adventures.

Blood Lords is one I'm really struggling to picture; I'm curious to hear more during the AP panel, hopefully.

keftiu wrote:

Makes me wonder how much of the adventure will be about deciding Galt's future, versus simply ending the current mess.

Interesting to see possible setting developments as we get further into 2e: Hermea getting shaken up, Galt finally getting some peace, and maybe some changes to Geb now on the horizon...

I'll chat a bit more about how the standalone adventures, going forward, will be handling some larger story beats.

But to get out ahead and manage expectations, after learning some key lessons from Council of Thieves, "Blood Lords" isn't about changing Geb. It's about something else.

Blood Lords shall be about the magic of friendship... and necromancy.

"Dear Grand Princess Celestia Eutropia,

Tearing the veil asunder can result in making lots of friends!"

=D =D =D

But to get out ahead and manage expectations, after learning some key lessons from Council of Thieves...

That's why I changed the campaign around to a "We are Batman" vibe... rewrote the speech from Janiven completely. => no more false expectations

"Dear Grand Princess Celestia Eutropia,

Tearing the veil asunder can result in making lots of friends!"

=D =D =D

I heard that in Tara Strong's voice. Well done.

I wonder if blood lords will have a stipulation requiring you to play as an undead ancestry. IF so it would be the first pf2 AP to have hard restrictions on player options.

keftiu wrote:

Makes me wonder how much of the adventure will be about deciding Galt's future, versus simply ending the current mess.

Interesting to see possible setting developments as we get further into 2e: Hermea getting shaken up, Galt finally getting some peace, and maybe some changes to Geb now on the horizon...

I'll chat a bit more about how the standalone adventures, going forward, will be handling some larger story beats.

But to get out ahead and manage expectations, after learning some key lessons from Council of Thieves, "Blood Lords" isn't about changing Geb. It's about something else.

Realise You may not be able to answer this right now but is this what one would consider an evil party Ap?

I wonder if blood lords will have a stipulation requiring you to play as an undead ancestry. IF so it would be the first pf2 AP to have hard restrictions on player options.

Living PCs were mentioned in the stream.

My only disappointment with Blood Lords is that Sir Arok Gallowmere, skeletal Knight if Lastwall and risen Champion of Iomadae, shall not have the opportunity to rid the Gravelands of the scourge of Undeath.

But, I suppose I could find a place for Alyssa von Öndur, adolescent Moroi Vampire Witch and Crimson Princess of La Familia Nocturne's House of Ashe, amongst the courts of the Blood Lords. Alongside her Poppet Cheshire and her personal bodyguard, the Straveika Dhampir known as Aleister Faust, aka "the Mad Hatter".

James Jacobs wrote:

keftiu wrote:

Makes me wonder how much of the adventure will be about deciding Galt's future, versus simply ending the current mess.

Interesting to see possible setting developments as we get further into 2e: Hermea getting shaken up, Galt finally getting some peace, and maybe some changes to Geb now on the horizon...

I'll chat a bit more about how the standalone adventures, going forward, will be handling some larger story beats.

But to get out ahead and manage expectations, after learning some key lessons from Council of Thieves, "Blood Lords" isn't about changing Geb. It's about something else.

Blood Lords shall be about the magic of friendship... and necromancy.

Forever friends, literally.

Lots to look forward to in the coming year, but I'm ridiculously excited about Goblin Fireworks Fight. I don't see a pre-order page yet, but I'll keep checking.

The playtest begins next week correct? I am excited about the psychic.

The playtest begins next week correct? I am excited about the psychic.

Monday! Two days!

That is what I thought! Will the playtest classes be available on Herolab?

That is what I thought! Will the playtest classes be available on Herolab?

I don't know the first thing about herolab, sorry. You might have to pen-and-paper it.

Terevalis Unctio of House Mysti wrote:

That is what I thought! Will the playtest classes be available on Herolab?

I don't know the first thing about herolab, sorry. You might have to pen-and-paper it.

:(

I watched the video earlier this evening on Youtube. The thumbnail was kinda creepy.

haha, yes this one is better. But I didn’t want to delay making a video available just for a thumbnail.

That is what I thought! Will the playtest classes be available on Herolab?

they are just drafts. I don’t think your lab ever puts effort into making them available until they are final?