Other them the elven, the dwarven and the orc pantheons, there're also the following: - The Goblin Hero Gods
You meant to ask "what products are taken into consideration while designing new products/content", right? From Liz answer right above, it seems to be up to the designers intentions while creating new content. I would guess that the RPG line and the PRD content are the main sources of material to take into consideration while designing new mechanics/crunch.
Speaking as myself and not as a dragon fanatic... I don't know about you all, but I would be whiling to sacrifice some books in the Campaign Setting line for books like Adventure's Guide and Book of the Damned. :O I mean, in a single book we have a large amount of content covered; from lore and flavor to rules and options. All packed in one single book! A content that we are going to be able to use to design our own settings! Just imagining books like this one about the other major planes that can easily fit on anyone's setting - and by that I mean the Upper Planes, the Elemental Planes and the Realm of the Fey - It would be like a dream coming true. I'm not really interested in or even concerned about the "fighting vs serving" aspects of this book... I'm FAR MORE interested in the options that will come within it. Rules for adventuring in these realms, feats, spells, equipment, class options, faith options, maybe even templates and racial traits! *¬* I really liked and fully support the initiative of bringing the combination of FLAVOR and RULES to the RPG line, and I totally want to see more about the planes and faith in the line.
I can't deny I'm anxious with this cover. The Grim Reaper on the cover of B5 is the coolest depiction of that creature I have ever seen on pathfinder. Unfortunately, the illustration in its stat block isn't even nearly based on it and too simple for such an epic creature. That was a little disappointing, enough to make me see it as the Lesser version rather than the actual Reaper, but was also the first time it happened with any cover (recently happened with Hell's Vengeance 6 cover as well, and that beautiful planetar) B3 and B4 are the two bestiaries that had, in my opinion, the most precise cover art in relation to the inner pictures from the stat blocks, so I hope B6 cover followed these parameters for the sake of the "expectation management". Anyway, I would like to say that while I'm amazed by the quality of the grim reaper picture on the stat block, I was sincerely hoping to see the one on the cover inside the book or even as a pawn... That said... Charon, Ragathiel and Dispater. That's a combination that would really be amazing! I'm sure a big shinning angel, a big red devil and the ferryman, together, are enough to pass through the prerequisites to be on the cover... =P |