Thurston Hillman wrote:
Well, I guess we now know that scifi Bloodborne = Homestuck! Sorry to inflict this curse onto this game, Thurston. D=
Good news for those waiting on news. The MyMiniFactory store for Paizo Printables has launched! It has the various STL models from Pathfinder Quest, as well as the Starfinder 2E iconics, Prisma the rock star Skittermander, and the pre-gens from Murder in Metal City! As for the Patreon/Tribes group, that is supposed to be launching on April 2nd. There'll be a Welcome Pack for all of those who join the Patreon/Tribe, and the first season of STLs will be based on the Hellfire Crisis!
polymynia wrote: The lack of communication from Paizo regarding this speaks volumes. Like, the only responses we've been getting don't truly address this and are frankly kind of feeling a bit disrespectful at this point. No communication in this case is not "good". To be somewhat fair, their main line of communication has been the wonderful and attentive Maya Coleman, and they're currently undergoing surgery and is unable to be at work while they recover until March 30th. Doesn't excuse the fact no one else has stepped up to cover Maya's duties and reassure any of the issues being voiced is being looked at. But few in the company are as on-the-ground with the forums and the various social media platforms as Maya is.
Ophirr wrote:
More specifically, they said on the latest Paizo Live! that they'll launch on April 2nd.
Looks like the Trox will be in Galactic Ancestries, thanks to some new art from the Paizo 2026 Catalogue that's being shown around (link to the catalogue can be found HERE). That just leaves 3 unknown slots left in the book, and subscribers are to get their copies this coming Monday. From what I jotted down, we got a fair few ancestries from the Pact Worlds and Near Space, and fewer from The Vast, the Veskarium and Kazmurg's Absurdity. If there's as good of a balance as Dustin said there was with his spreadsheets, I'd imagine the remaining 3 slots might be more likely in the latter 3 spots. Ijtikris would fit well for an additional Veskarium ancestry. Draeliks or Shimreens for the Vast pick makes sense. And who knows if we get another Kazmurg's Absurdity ancestry. If we do... maybe Azhans? They're supposed to be the more common ancestry in the settled worlds of the area.
HolyFlamingo! wrote:
Yeah, looks to be a Starfinder Orc to me!
Chocolate Milkshake wrote: "Caste system based on blood color" is a Homestuck reference in the sense that the Summoner class is a Jojo reference. It's not just the blood caste system itself, but the fact that the same colors correspond to the same general positions of power. Galaxy Guide pg. 60 wrote: Madrosarai have built a small empire on the temperate world Eimehre. In the past, they only seized uninhabited worlds or battled threats to the entire region, but they’ve recently become less discriminating in their involvements. Madrosarai are brightly colored humanoids with two thumbs on each hand and eyes on both the front and back of their heads. Their vibrant skin tones come from different blood types, which they traditionally associate with different destinies. Teal-blooded madrosarai are seen as most suited to service of the people; red-blooded are considered prone to intense emotions and most likely to become warriors; limeblooded are seen as innovators; violet-blooded are viewed as being destined for greatness, with innate magical abilities to command and influence those around them. Like, there's some general like summoning another creature with a life bond to fight alongside you. And then there's this.
Well, to be fair, Rage of Elements still needs an ORC license version to come out, if anything just so the Kineticist and the other player options in that book will be usable in future ORC licensed 3rd party products. But it's likely not a high-priority book on their schedule, and even when it'd get "Remastered", it'll probably be like the ones like Guns & Gears, Treasure Vault or Dark Archive. Same pagination, same layout, and only some slight errata.
Maya Coleman wrote:
Thank you so much for fighting for those of us who cannot afford to go to a physical convention, and those of us who physically cannot go even if they financially could. It means a lot to me to have an online component for these kinds of events, for both the social environment and for easier access to the news and announcements Paizo would make there. And thank you for answering my question earlier, Maya. I'll make sure to tune in and take notes for both of the streams next week, so I can make a text version for those who cannot afford the time or have the ability to absorb the news via video means. You've been amazing as always, Maya. Keep doing your best. The Paizo community will be supporting you as best as we can.
As someone who has been attending PaizoCon and GenCon ever since they've been online events, this really sucks to hear. We're losing out on one of the most highly anticipated events of the year, a place to hear about the company's biggest announcements for the year, and most importantly, one of the only places to get a direct Q&A and form of teased details about upcoming books from the designers and developers themselves. It seems like, more than ever, that we're losing out on the interactivity with the design team. With Maya and JJ being the main exceptions to the rule, we barely hear anything from the designers themselves. And PaizoCon was the best place each year to reconnect with and interact with the team on a more personal manner. I can't even tell you who most of the design team is anymore, to be honest with you. I'm just hoping that whatever comes about to replace PaizoCon is better suited to everyone. But especially so, I hope there's a strong online presence in it. Being unable to afford to fly out and attend in-person conventions myself, an online event like PaizoCon is exactly the experience I want from Paizo. Hopefully that doesn't get cast aside like how the online component of GenCon did last year. Question for Maya: Are the two additional streams we're getting this month being done due to the lack of a Keynote for PaizoCon? Or are the additional streams just unrelated?
The Raven Black wrote:
To be fair, I spent a good chunk of time writing up a bunch of details about these products back when they were announced in December. A link to the Reddit post (which links to a Google Doc due to the sheer amount of images they showed off that month) can be found HERE!
The Raven Black wrote:
Paizo staff have talked about this, stating you can either go the regular XP progression route and only run half of the adventures before moving on to BoB, or go the slow XP progression route and play all 6 adventures.
Lucas Yew wrote:
I don't agree with Teridax's assessment on this. Silence stops spellcasters from casting anything but Subtle spells because it's preventing the spellcaster from uttering incantations. If a Remastered Psychic doesn't need to utter incantations to cast any of their spells, they should be unaffected. The thoughtforms still create auditory effects so you still have a shot of being spotted casting spells by enemy creatures. But that's not the same thing as uttering the incantations needed to cast spells. Of course, Paizo could have spelled it out better by specifically calling out Silence for the Psychic, but unfortunately, they did not.
Jim Butler wrote:
Just a head's up for ya'. On the Starfinder Release Calendar page, it says that Galactic Ancestries is slated to come out in March. But on the Paizo store page, it's slated to come out on April 1st. One of these pages is incorrect, so you might wanna double check and adjust the offender.
ElementalofCuteness wrote:
Not for nothing, but Maya xeself has done as good of a job communicating and reaching out to the various design teams for answers and inquiries as I could expect for someone in xeir position. And let's not forget, it was Maya who dropped the original piece of info about this upcoming playtest. I get the frustrations, believe me. The rest of the Paizo team could try and attempt to communicate a little more often, like how Mark Seifter and Michael Sayre used to years back. But I wouldn't aim the usual sass at Maya. Xe's doing an amazing job, for the most part. (But yes, an update would be GREAT!)
Rue Dickey wrote: We have ordered a reprint of Dark Archive (Remastered) which should be in our warehouse and ready to begin fulfilling orders in March. So pretty safe to assume that, due to this print run selling out so soon, that they'll be no errata set to be put in place for the 2nd print run. Kind of a good situation for Paizo, but a bad situation for anyone hoping for some fixes any time soon for this book. Errors and possible balance adjustments now probably won't happen for a long while, even with the current errata cycle working as intended.
Maya Coleman wrote:
Seeing as we're now into the last week of January, is there any updates on when this playtest is supposed to happen? 'Cause I'm curious, given we were supposed to get this playtest "straight off" this year. If plans changed, that's perfectly fine. It'd just be nice to know, so we're not waiting on something that's not coming soon anymore.
Hey y'all, this past weekend STF Network hosted their STF CON and had a livestreamed panel with some of the Starfinder Team to talk about SF2E! They cover several topics, including news about Tales from the Vast, new future adventures for SF2E, and even Tech Core! I did a big write-up about it over on Reddit, so please check it out! Link to the post can be found HERE! Also, please check out STF Network's VOD of the panel as well! Link to the VOD can be found HERE!
A visual bug that should probably be addressed: All of the options under the "Account" drop down menu are underlined by default. Whereas the rest of the drop-down menus only underline the particular option if you hover your mouse over that option. Link to a screenshot of the visual bug can be found HERE. It's been bugging me (LMAO) for weeks now, and hopefully the website team can get that adjusted ASAP.
Zoken44 wrote: Did they mention new playtests? I didn't watch the stream. Maya hinted we'd be getting a playtest early this year in the Fall Errata 2025 thread. Maya Coleman wrote:
Link to that post can be found HERE.
Red Griffyn wrote: Where is the post playtest discussion we normally get that hints at the most generic design directions they could go (even that isn't great information, but that wasn't shared). You mean the debriefing? 'Cause that was posted, like, almost a year ago. Link to it can be found HERE. Again, I'm not too terribly happy with Paizo's marketing department, either. But I imagine the answer to a lot of your questions will come somewhere in the 6 months we got from now until GenCon. I'm placing my hopes on PaizoCon for the biggest info drops, personally.
Red Griffyn wrote:
On the other hand, if they reveal a bunch of info now, there'd be very little to talk about during the 6 months span from now and GenCon. Like, believe me. I've been extremely frustrated at the lack of info about the GenCon 2026's releases before this Paizo LIVE. And I do believe there's been some major mistakes done on the marketing side of Paizo. But I can understand wanting to drip feed info on a book, VS giving it all up and having little to talk about for half of a year. Now, if only Paizo could talk about what the heck's happening with SF2E's Tech Core, THAT would be good to know. The book's been soft announced in GM Core and Alien Core. The least they could do is tell us if it's coming this year or not!
Perses13 wrote:
They also revealed the next Starfinder novel, "Assault on Absalom Station." It's a direct sequel to the last one, "Era of the Eclipse." Written by Tim Pratt. Set to come out in August 2026. And Lost Omens: High Seas is slated to come out in early July, fyi.
LoreMonger13 wrote:
Well, you were kinda sorta right. The main topics of the stream were not those books, instead being about the Hellbreakers Adventure Path, the Operation Hellmouth novel, and the new Spellfinder casual card game from Paizo. But we did get some big announcements for GenCon releases at the very start of the stream! For GenCon 2026 (starting on July 30th), we're getting Pathfinder Impossible Magic, which will contain the Necromancer and Runesmith, as well as the Remastered versions of the Magus and Summoner. We're also getting a new Lost Omens book in July, called Lost Omens: High Seas. This will cover all the coastal regions to set sail to, such as the Shackles, Mediogalti Island, the Mordant Spire, and some underwater locations. And there'll be some playable options inside as well, of course. As for Starfinder, the GenCon 2026 release will be Absalom Station, a big setting book all about the titular space station. There'll be 4 organization-based archetypes (the Aspis Consortium, Ghost Couriers, Eyeswide Agency, and the Stewards), and two new playable ancestries (the Nuar and the Gnarefuroids). There's also a new Starfinder novel coming out in August, called Assault on Absalom Station. It's a sequel to the previously released novel, Era of the Eclipse.
Gaulin wrote: Hopefully, and yes temper expectations, we get an announcement today during paizo live. But if a play test were to start this month, that seems like the best way to get the ball rolling. Bad news: Paizo Live just concluded, and no mention of the playtest. So hopefully we'll get a blog announcing it soon. The next Paizo Live will be on February 13th, due to 1) it being Friday the 13th and making it extra spooky, and 2) because February 4th is Rue Dickey's birthday and they wanna celebrate it. :V
Berselius wrote:
I believe the stance for a lot of stuff not yet brought over from 1st Edition, including a lot of the missing dragons, is "We've not had the chance yet to bring them over, but they still exist in the world and lore of Pathfinder." Unless it's a select few things, like the Drow in the Remaster (but not in Starfinder 2E), some select gods (like Tiamat or Kostchtchie), or some concepts (like Chromatic/Metallic Dragons). Those things are retcon'd or faded into the background until a new, Paizo-flavored replacement is made. Otherwise, they may or may not get to it. But Paizo is pretty interested in making new things, too.
Animism wrote:
I mean, maybe? They didn't allude to whether or not the Executor Dragon was a new or Remastered dragon when Eleanor and Luis talked about it in the last Paizo LIVE!.
For those who missed yesterday's Paizo LIVE!, I did a write-up of the spoilers that were found during the livestream, including some pictures Luis and Eleanor showed off of some new dragons and some foldout pages we're getting in Lost Omens: Draconic Codex! Link to the write-up can be found HERE.
For those who missed yesterday's Paizo LIVE!, I did a write-up of the spoilers that were found during the livestream, including some pictures Luis and Eleanor showed off of some new dragons and some foldout pages we're getting in this very book! Link to the write-up can be found HERE.
Nicolas Paradise wrote:
Red Dragon = Cinder Dragon Green Dragon = Horned DragonBlack Dragon = Bog Dragon Blue Dragon = Stormcrowned Dragon White Dragon = Rime Dragon Brass Dragon = Whisper Dragon
There's currently no confirmed names for the previously Gold or Silver Dragons at this time.
Kalindlara wrote: ...now, if you want to see what my take on a primal dragon with links to metal might look like, you'll want to keep an eye out for my other draconic contribution to this book. ^_^ I think it'll spark peoples' interest. OH, YOU TEASE! November 17th can't come fast enough (for subscribers)!
Perpdepog wrote:
Lost Omens: Draconic Codex was originally scheduled to release at the same time as Monster Core 2 and Alien Core, but it got delayed at the last minute. It's now set to release on December 3rd, with subscribers all set to get their .PDFs when their cards are charged on November 17th (per the new subscriptions process due to the launch of the new webstore).
The Contrarian wrote:
They are impacted, though. If your Doomed condition reduces your (theoretical) Dying value to 0, you die instantly. The Undead would, therefore, be destroyed instantly. To be more specific with the Requiem Dragon's breath weapon and its mechanics, if such an Undead creature is already Doomed when they're hit with the Requiem Dragon's breath weapon, they instead increase their Doomed value. So they can eventually have their Doomed value increased to Doomed 4. AKA Instant Death.
Luis Loza wrote:
Ah! So like the Basilisks from the Dark Souls series of games. Big ol' eyes to scare people with, tiny little eyes to actually see with!
firelark01 wrote:
Bronze -> Sage According to Lost Omens: Shining Kingdoms (there is a previously-Bronze Dragon NPC referred to as a Sage Dragon).So that means Gold and Silver Dragons are the last ones left to be named in the Remaster.
Tridus wrote: Will PDF only subscriptions be coming? Between the price of books going up and the price of shipping to Canada going up, books are getting hard to afford. Jim Butler said this earlier in this thread: Jim Butler wrote:
Terevalis Unctio of House Mysti wrote: Will there be a complete list of dragon options for dragonblooded sorcerers and barbarbians and acolytes in the Draconic Codex? Yes, it was described as an incredibly large chart that covers all of those things, for all the dragons in Draconic Codex, Monster Core and Monster Core 2.
JoelF847 wrote: And the Kickstarter has launched, met it's funding goal, and blown through it's first 3 stretch goals, and likely will have hit their 4th (as yet unannounced) by the time it's morning in Spain and they can send another update. Blew past the 4th stretch goal, and now we're practically about to pass the 5th! Who knows what else will be afterwards.
Perpdepog wrote:
As the main video editor for Narrative Declaration, I'm really glad that Uliu-451 (his name plate, minus the numbers, on the video version is right below his animated avatar!) resonated with you! I'd love to see the ancestries the team played in Junker's Delight (Ramiyels, Moyishuus, Wrikreechees, SROs and Greys) brought back into SF2E so we could run it back with that team again. But totally understandable to try and prioritize other ancestries with more interesting stories to tell before them.
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