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Hey you totally raise some good points; there's a lot of history that can complicate casting that should most definitely be considered. Thanks!

And yay! Ayo would kill it in a Seelah biopic... I'll have her people call yer people.

Speaking of inclusion (and hysterical actresses) how about Sunita Mani as Rivani? I could see her with an interesting take on the psychic's wanderlust.

Lashana Lynch as Nhalmika Ironsight. I don't know what it takes to CGI her as a dwarf, but she's such a rich performer and can bring both the grief and the cocksureness of the gunslinger... worth the budget.

Speaking of dwarves, Devery Jacobs would be awesome as the awkward Shardra Geltl.

and Q'orianka Kilcher would make for a stunning Zova, natch.

My movie's adventuring party's got:

Steve Buscemi as Balazar (with Sir Patrick Stewart voicing Padrig the Eidolon, of course)

Simu Liu as Nakayama Hayato

David Harbour as Mavaro

Michael Sheen as Erasmus

and Ayo Edebiri as a short, quirky Seelah.

Playing opposite a trio of villains:

Brendan Gleeson as Urgaz

Anya Taylor-Joy as Zelhara

and Benedict Cumberbatch as Lazzero Dalvera

Hey folx, thanks in advance for your help. Are there any cool or unique weapons in Strange Aeons that I should bear in mind when I'm choosing feats like Weapon Focus?

I don't mind spoilers about the weapons themselves, naturally, though I'd prefer to avoid plot spoilers.

May be a little dusty for your tastes, but this is what we used:

https://imgur.com/KYjyQNC

I've been listening for almost four years now; hard to believe it's over. Thank you all so much: my favorite podcast, in any genre, ever. Well done, and happy trails.

Thanks for everything. Best podcast, of any sort, I've ever listened to.

It occurs to me I still have a few more months while the best actors I know are unemployed: has anyone ever tried mounting a fully-realized production of “The Six Trials of Lazarod?” It’s certainly a silly thing to consider doing, but that’s a feature not a bug for some… what, apart from the fight choreo, atypical length, and references to Golarion an audience might not understand. would you think might make it difficult to pull off as a piece of theatre?

For those of you who have taken a whack even at acting it wholeheartedly, does it work as a play? Is it moving? Scary? Is Tybain funny?

Just rereading the back of Council of Thieves #1, where the iconics are Lem, Seltyiel as a Level 1 Fighter, Seelah, and Seoni, and it got me thinking what an odd combo Bard, Fighter, Paladin, Sorcerer would seem to me as a GM about to run the AP.

Has anyone still on the forums run or played any of the APs with the “recommended” 4 iconics? Did it feel balanced?

Wow. This is FANTASTIC. Thanks for doing this.

Would love to see your breakdown of the “declaration of war” section of the AP... would that mean another of these for book 4? ;)

Really though, thanks for this.

While part of the genius of the writing and design of these APs is that they are meta-plot light so you can pick up any AP and enjoy it fully without having to buy others, I personally LOVE those meta callbacks, or those moments of frustration when a PC from CoT, say, finishes HV and shakes her fists at the uncaring heavens... it’s such a nice payoff for seasoned campaigners.

So my question to the seasoned members of this forum, what are the metaplots you have found?

Rise-Shattered-Return, sure, but there’s also:

Rise-Curse-Darkness-Carrion-Shattered-Wrath-Return-Tyrant

Council-Rebels-Vengeance

What else you got?

And which are the three APs most INDEPENDENT of metaplot?

Super appreciate the necro, actually. Another AP is still wrapping up, so I've not begun the build.

Certainly love Shelyn as a deity, although I'm puzzled (and excited to find out) how her faith will manifest in a jungle romp... perhaps the Azlant connect?

Shimye-Magalla and Achaekek are INSPIRED ideas, DM- and group-dependent. Thank you.

I’d love to see more involving the Shory Aeromancers, and in general would love a sky-based campaign.

I’d also enjoy a campaign based around two gods known as allies, whose sudden falling out has huge upheavals in multiple faiths and nations.

There's probably a numerical answer to this....

* looks at shelf full of AP books * ....oh no.

Not gonna lie... this made my cereal milk come out of my nose.

I’m very curious as to the “ideal” cleric for each AP, not mechanistically, but purely in terms of relevance to the plot at hand.

There are some Paths, like Carrion Crown, where this seems obvious, while others, like Reign of Winter, where I have no freakin idea.

Not super interested in answers just saying you‘re having fun in Book 2 of your play through with such-and-such a build; I’d really like those DEEPLY familiar with any or all of the APs to weigh in with their top choice (or top two of you MUST) for each AP.

In the spirit of playing along, I took my own swing at it, but I am NOT deeply familiar with every AP, and because I’m a perverse theorycrafter, I made myself never repeat deities, though I’m sure there are two each for Pharasma and Cayden Cailean, and prolly at least three for Iomedae.

Here goes:

Rise of the Runelords: Desna
Curse of the Crimson Throne: Abadar
Second Darkness: Calistria
Legacy of Fire: Sarenrae
Council of Thieves: Iomedae
Kingmaker: Erastil
Serpent’s Skull: Gozreh
Carrion Crown: Pharasma
Jade Regent: Cayden Cailen
Skull & Shackles: Besmara
Shattered Star: Irori
Reign of Winter: Nethys
Wrath of the Righteous: Shelyn
Mummy’s Mask: Ra
Iron Gods: Brigh
Giantslayer: Torag
Hell’s Rebels: Milani
Hell’s Vengeance: Asmodeus
Strange Aeons: Lamashtu
Ironfang Invasion: Gorum
Ruins of Azlant: Apsu
War for the Crown: Norgorber
Return of the Runelords: Nocticula
Tyrant’s Grasp: Andoletta
Age of Ashes: Milani
Extinction Curse: Sun Wukong
Agents of Edgewatch: Grundinnar

Fantastic. Thank you to all four of you. I’ll get to work reading those three stat. Really appreciate it.