I am so excited about this article on Norgorber! We may finally learn about his background as a mortal. I can never get enough of him!!! Thank you Paizo. There comes the reveal of the three evil halflings behind the curtains of Norgorber.
Years ago I had expressed a desire for elemental planes of metal and wood, and elementals, mephits and perhaps even genies (and other creatures, such as dragons, with the plant or metal 'types') of those sorts, and I'm psyched that it might finally be happening.There is no 'might'... though Mephits are now Elemental Scamps. We were teased with the possibility of the five primal dragons getting two other members in their family. A metallic dragon, with a radiation breath weapon, as well as a wood dragon, with a breath weapon that can make plants grow. Those would surely be awesome, I suppose.
Am I the only one that really wants to known what will the book following this one cover? Another one of the inner sea regions? Another continent? Yet another faction? Or maybe something along the lines of Lost Omens Legends? I can't wait to see the announcements for the next half of this year.
We're not getting those stats until/unless we get Mythic. Honestly, that is as it should be.I just want stats for the elemental lords and detailed maps & locations for each planeGiven that they all already have deity statblocks in this edition, I’m skeptical you’ll get those statblocks. The only demigod level creature we have seen so far are Mogaru and the High Priest of Kabriri, both of which received special statblocks, as if they were untouchable. Kortash statblock basically says "behave yourself or die", as he is a High Priest. Mogaru is represented by a collection of hazards caused by him being around, as he is beyond gargantuan in size.
We got stats for one of them in 1E so it's not impossibleany chance the elemental lords get stats?They’re proper divinities, well beyond what a level 20 PF2 party could handle. PF2 has yet to stat anything above level 25. Even level 25 creatures are something rare in PF2, so much that the Lantern King's avatar is a level 24 foe. And we are talking about the avatar of an Eldest.
The helmet isn't conical at all, it's just the angle of the illustration. Above the helmet is the mountain's peak, while the helmet itself has a frontal protuberance.
Only one thing... At least a page for each of the eight elemental lords, with art for all of them. It was a shame for Planes of Power (the 1E book about the elemental planes) to not cover the Lords with more than some mentions, and with not art at all. I hope Paizo doesn't lose this opportunity again. And of course, if there are new elemental planes, maybe there are new elemental lords. Although I'm imagining the two new planes as something minor, not as relevant as the main ones.
Chapter 2 will have the information on the various gods and their followers that deal with Lastwall's knights? I'm surprised to see Lady of the Fangwood here, as well as a Vudrani goddess. Can't wait to see how they relate to the knights cause. It would be awesome if we got an illustration for each of these divinities that never got one.
There's technically a new god among the divinities of the Inner Sea that ascended during our age, the Age of Lost Omens. The Iron Goddess, Casandalee. The adventurers of Numeria actually helped her ascend, right? Yet I suppose she isn't one of the "Ascended", as she didn't went through the Test of the Star Stone... I'm to attached to her, as the Iron Gods AP is one of my favorites.
So the dragon god Dahak actually scared Fafnheir (the strongest linnorm with stats right for battle) so much that he won't come out of his hideout? Imagine how frightening something needs to be to incite fear into an elder dragon from the First World...
Where can I see the final cover for this one?Here's a Screenshot from Paizocon. Thanks for sharing! That's an amazing cover.
No words to describe how awesome the cover is! Yet I'm surprised we didn't get a cover featuring Geb, the Whispering Tyrant or others of the most iconic undead NPCs.
With the inclusion of Book of the Dead, I hope to see the Book of Dragons or Book of the Wild, and that they could add a brand new draconic ancestry or a draconic heritage, as well as a medium humanoid winged fey.
Fafnheir, the Father of All Linnorms! I hope it has as much information as the Unleashed series from 1E (dragons unleashed, undead unleashed, etc). I hope to see the Tarrasque or maybe a Kaiju...
"..supportive, even of your rivals, and always willing (sometimes to an aggravating degree) to offer advice or pointers for future fights." Me: What are you going to do with those senzu beans Goku? *Goku aproaches the nearly defeated enemy* Also me: Wha- What the...? Why did you do that?!
I'm happy to see that a lot of the playable races are going to be covered in bestiary 3. I'm also happy to see long favorites like clockworkks, imperial dragons, kami and the agathions. Even the Green Man is here. A good surprise for me was the Siktempora, with a good number of emotions. I'm eager to see their artwork.
I can't put into words how much I'm happy to see this announcement! Gods, ancestries and a big amount of lore about my favorite region.
Wait, Wyvaran come from Kobolds, so if we got them back in P2 we would have giant plushies. Indeed, wyvaran are half kobolds and half wyverns, and truly dragons. Perhaps, now that kobolds are more draconic in appearance and that wyverns are drakes, we could have wyvaran of all sorts of drake families. I wasn't happy with how much wyvaran resembled the old kobolds from dnd, those akin to mammals instead of dragons. They have dog like snouts, and thats not draconic at all... 😅 But if they looked more like the new kobolds, I would be pleased with them. Specially if they also had heritages based on true dragons or drakes, as I said before.
That's an awesome illustration, and also a nostalgic throwback to the Quadira Campaign Setting book, one of the most beautifully illustrated.
Hoping for anyone with the pdf to share the full list of legends. The Know Direction stream did show us a good number of the npcs, but I can't stop thinking about the complete list.Here's the complete list: Thanks for sharing! I must say that I'm really happy to see many lf my favorite npcs confirmed - specifically Azaersi, Choral and Jakalyn. Yet, I can't deny that I'm surprised by the absence of many famous npcs of the setting. From the confirmed list, this are the ones I know close to nothing (or nothing at all) about: Anong Arunak
I'm surprised to not see the following names in the book, although this could also lead to future products in the same format including them. Kazavon
My only question would be if Queen Gallifrey would count for this book or the beyond one since...isn’t it canon she’s ascended to her Iomedae’s Herald? I'm not sure if she is among the legends in the book, but she in mentioned as one of the most popular buyers of the sun orchid elixir. In this same section shw is labeled as Herald of Iomedae.
Can't wait to known more about the planar scions and the lineages available in the book. I do hope there's more than a page of feats for the heritages, something that has been in my mind since the dhampir preview.
I can't wait for the subscribers previews, as well as something more from Paizo this week.
Angels in 2nd edition are the primary neutral good celestial. Archons are a "secondary" neutral good one, in the same way divs are "secondary" to devils, or qlippoth are "secondary" to demons. I suppose the "Archons" was meant to be Agathions, right? They are the secondary NG celestials, and the Archons are the main LG celestials.
*The prophecy is true cat reaction*
Can't wait for subscribers to unveil the complete list of Legends in the book, yet here's the final list of legends until now. I hope to see some previews filled with cool pictures of our favorite npcs! Confirmed Legends List: - Old-Mage Jatembe
Come my Undine, come to me! It would be awesome if among those ancestries or versatile heritages, there was a playable dragon. I love kobolds, and the way they are more draconic in 2E surely pleased me, but they aren't dragons. It's one of my dreams to finally see Paizo's approach into something more akin to the dragonborns - an ancestry of humanoid dragons closely related to the true ones. From now, alongside the geniekin and more informations of the other planar scions, the Sprite is my favorite inclusion in the book.
Updating the list of confirmed legends. Two of my favorite characters from the setting were confirmed! *w* Confirmed Legends List:
- Old-Mage Jatembe
The last five legends are at least unknown to me or yet to be named. Could anyone share something about Shimali or the Sapphire Butterfly? Thinking about possible legends included in the book, I can't remember a gnome of great importance to the setting. We have a dwarf king and an elven queen, and there are also the halflings from Bellflower and the Orc chieftains from Belkzen or Belkzen himself... But what about the gnomes?
Thought it would be interesting to have a list of already confirmed legends included in the book. - Old-Mage Jatembe
I would also love to see the likes of Azaersi, Baba Yaga, the Black Triune, Kevoth-Kul, Blood Mistress Jakalyn, or the Elven Queen. Yet, my greatest hope is to see non humanoid NPCs included, like Mengkare, Treerazer, or even Kazavon. I'm sad that the Gorilla King is no more, for he was one of my favorite NPCs.
Is that a confirmation that the geniekin are an ancestry instead of a versatile heritage? =/
Sadly, the stream isn't up in their channel yet... I can't believe I lost it. I was so excited with the 2021 ap reveal.The Twitch Stream. They mention the upcoming APs at the beginning of the second part.Where might we get access to this information?As a three-part AP, I suppose this doesn't take the PC to 20 level. Yet, we are talking about a megadungeon...I'm fairly certain the developers said levels 1-11 in the adventure path panel at PaizoCon Online., with Fist of the Phoenix being 11-20. Correcting myself here, The stream is up under the name "Organized Play Marquee Event", and they start to cover the AP line at 01:55.
Everything? Mainly nations, gods and core races. That's it.
Kortos, we are really sticking to the Center of the World.
I'm more surprised by notion that you HAVE to recognize the monsters from somewhere. Because by that logic, you aren't allowed to create new monsters. Well, that's how Paizo has been writing their books since... Since the very first bestiary. You seem to be new to Pathfinder, but their bestiaries favor stats over lore, and old pathfinders like myself are actually surprised by the huge amount of lore in the book. We even get those juice lore sidebars!
To me, pathfinder's appeal has always been the good amount of options we had to create our characters, our campaigns, our settings... I think that's the actual reason many people here are still supporting Paizo and Pathfinder even after the edition change, for they haven't forgotten how we love to have lots of options to create unique games.
I would love to see more of Ekaterina Burmak in a bestiary, specifically, I woul love to see her take on the asura and the agathion. Her art is actually my favorite.
I'm very intrigued to see one of my more burning questions partially answered in the preview. I've been very curious how Paizo planned to handle the subraces from 1e. Looks like the answer lies in those 1st level ancestry feats with the new "lineage" trait, though no other information on the trait itself. Very interesting, though now I'm more curious than ever to see the full answer. That was indeed the first thing I looked for, and it seems like a good way to handle them. A Level 1 feat that can't be retrained, defining their lineage. That leaves space for new feats in the future featuring new lineages and entire feat chains linked to them.
I really liked the fact that the same artist was chosen to illustrate the true dragons. Not only because I really love Miguel Regodón, but also because of the feel of continuity. Although they are all dragons from different kinds and families, you can actually recognize them as true dragons by the art style alone. Miguel Regodón made a awesome job in 1E, and I hope to continue seeing his amazing work in 2E. I can't deny wanting to see his take into the imperial or the planar dragons as well.
Look at those beautiful linnorms! *-* The "main" celestials and fiends are all back now!
It would be really nice to see the final cover art for the APG. I'm wondering if we are seeing all the four new iconics in it, and if they are going to be fighting a linnorm as well as in the 1E cover.
Pazuzu is among the demon lords ZVGVZB has comfortable relationship, and is said to be among the group of QLIPPOTH TURNED demon lords... PAZUZU WAS A QLIPPOTH? He is among the strongest demon lords, so that would make sense if it made him older than I thought, but I can't recall any other mention of his previous life as a qlippoth.
Is the Godclaw the pantheon of deities worshiped by the Hellknight Order of the Godclaw? Abadar, Asmodeus, Iomedae, Irori, and Torag. If it is, was Iomedae indeed replaced by Ragathiel or not?
I'm sure we will be seeing more about many of the characters that showed up in Lost Omens World Guide. The likes of Nex, Geb, Sorshen, Belimarius, Ruby Prince, Jakalyn, The Black Triune, Azaersi, Queen Galfrey or her successor Irahai,or even Baba Yaga (more of a wish than a guess, I suppose).
It's been 3000 years... But finally!!! I hope to finally see GEB AND NEX! And I have to say, THAT'S AN AWESOME COVER! Well done Team Paizo, well done!
The witch feels to me as the "take whatever you want" spellcaster. I like how the sorcerer has a different tradition tied to his bloodline, and how all his powers are thematically related to them. But the witch has no limitations regarding her patron - at least not thematically tied in the rules. You can now say that Iomedae granted powers over undeads to a witch so that she could infiltrate a cult of necromancers... That's a good, yet odd opportunity to create strange agendas to once restricted entities of limitless power.
Not nearly all, but there's a bunch of them. Somewhere around 150. We have nearly 55 main fiend deities (demon lords, horsemen, archdevils and queens of the night) as well as 55 empyreal lords. It seems there won't be room for as many gods as there was in the Inner Sea Gods' tables. Going back to that book, there are more than 150 deities listed on the appendix, far more if we include the harbinger, infernal dukes and the nascent demon lords - excluding them there are nearly 155. I suppose we won't be seeing rules for demigods like demagogues, tormentors, ranas and immortals, as well as outer gods and great old ones, and the likes. They are minor entities to the main setting, I would say, so that's plausible.
Geb is a monstrously powerful character, and I would dare to say he is more powerful than The Tyrant himself. Geb is Nex rival, and Nex himself was powerful enough to bind demigods to his will (I suspect the shadow creature used in his siege against Absalom was not only related to an Eldest, but was actually the Eldest). The mortal people of Golarion are lucky that he - like Baba Yaga - is far more interested in their own agendas, for turning a demigoddess into an undead was just a "punishment" for insulting him, an act to discipline the "young" knights. I'm still hoping for a Setting Book covering Nex and Geb, finally fully illustrating Nex and Geb themselves.
If you have been following Pathfinder Friday on the twitch you will known that the book will cover the Core 20 gods of the setting and 20 other gods - specifically non evil ones - like Nocticula and Casandalee or Kazutal and Tsukiyo. The book will also cover some Pantheons - two if I'm not mistaken - and rules on how to worship them.
- The evil and the good elemental lords, since now all of them are mentioned to be free in the 2E Bestiary 1. - All the empyreal lords, presented in a way just like the main fiendish deities were presented in Book of the Damned. - Other draconic deities, like Shizuru, her brother and Nymbio, and their relationship to Apsu and Dahak.
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