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I thought GMs and (and book 3 players) may be interested in this as a little campaign bonus. As part of a larger series in Godsrain events I made a newspaper following

• Review of the show
  
• An interview
  
• Exemplar options
  
• Animist options
  
• thematic vintage ads
  
• Basilisk Varisian Run and Encarthan Lake updates

I'm curious what people may think so I'm offering it for forum users with this coupon for $0.99 on Pathfinder Infinite.

Wow, this book is Juicy with lore, specially in places I wasn’t expecting to find it

zomg yes! When I picked it up I was expecting to have to sift through for hidden gems to expand upon in writing lore, and right as I was quaking with how much we were getting from the chapter headings I stumble into the Mythic Gazetteer. It's gonna take me months to work through this!

Now with Foundry!

Playing Around premiering now! A Classy Curtain Call Companion

The whimsical Curtain Call AP with its greater focus on puzzle solving, subsystems, and encounters begging for a certain level of creativity. So this bang up crew of creators set off to pen new class options to both thrill the crowds and threaten their enemies. Amid these 26 pages in addition to new class features for 21 classes are 47 feats, 21 Spells, and 7 items.. Enough for an entire ensemble cast - I mean party.

Check out reddit for a full list of each class’s new features

So what do you say, step right up, and try it out on Pathfinder Infinite today… then be sure to reply and tell us the adventures of Golarion’s newest star.

One quick thought. I know you said the FCU will have no changes but be in parallel... However just to make things absolutely clear that it will be blocking nothing -and the CUP is what handles things instead- would it perhaps make sense to either strike Requirement 2? Or at least modify it to mention the Community Use Policy as another thing you would use instead of the FCU?

Paizo, thank you for listening to the community and reinstating the CUP with merely some housekeeping updates. And thank you community for responding so quickly and clearly to make it so clear this was concerning. Going to echo a few others here in saying there is nothing like a good dialogue. I can only hope for future community changes there may be a commentary period.

Playing Around premiering now! A Classy Curtain Call Companion

The whimsical Curtain Call AP with its greater focus on puzzle solving, subsystems, and encounters begging for a certain level of creativity. So this bang up crew of creators set off to pen new class options to both thrill the crowds and threaten their enemies. Amid these 26 pages in addition to new class features for 21 classes are 47 feats, 21 Spells, and 7 items.. Enough for an entire ensemble cast - I mean party.

Check out reddit for a full list of each class’s new features

So what do you say, step right up, and try it out on Pathfinder Infinite today… then be sure to reply and tell us the adventures of Golarion’s newest star.

Playing Around premiering now! A Classy Curtain Call Companion

The whimsical Curtain Call AP with its greater focus on puzzle solving, subsystems, and encounters begging for a certain level of creativity. So this bang up crew of creators set off to pen new class options to both thrill the crowds and threaten their enemies. Amid these 26 pages in addition to new class features for 21 classes are 47 feats, 21 Spells, and 7 items.. Enough for an entire ensemble cast - I mean party.

Check out reddit for a full list of each class’s new features

So what do you say, step right up, and try it out on Pathfinder Infinite today… then be sure to reply and tell us the adventures of Golarion’s newest star.

After reading Curtain Call player's guide I was so excited, I convinced some of my writer friends to help me... Play Around! In this title we create new class options tuned for the Curtain Call adventure path. Sign up to be the first to hear all about it in early August.

Heck, we've only written for a quarter of them, so if anyone has any requests I'm open to a little audience participation.

Quinn Noooooooo!!!!! :sob:

Seriously, is there a part two planned? Or do I pester fiction writers on Infinite?

Rue Dickey wrote:

I'm yelling!!! Quinn!!!! Use your investigator brain!!! You have a 20 INT!!! Please connect some dots!!!!

But what's his Wis?

High Int/Low Wis is so funny to play.

FYI, the link to the Infinite Megabundle mentioned above. There is also a megabundle for titles at DriveThruRPG. Both are valued at $180 and nearly 90% off.

Very exciting to see so many new Infinite writers!

FYI, i'm seeing a lot of questions 1) is the link the weblink or is there something else since the entries and not public yet, and 2) what time (UTC maybe?) on May 1st, since people are submitting globally in different timezones. 3) should people being seeing confirmation emails,
Thanks!

I'm going to be honest, once I suspected Godsrain Contingencies was going to hit the Bestsellers again, I've been waiting to see which version of the cover would end up here. Urgathoa, week four... Interesting.

After the War of Immortals stream join us live at the newly minted We're Strong Together studios as our commentators react to the revelation of the god's death. We'll be hitting the streets of Golarion to hear you're responses too, so tune in to share.

You do not want to miss the Godsrain Postgame!

https://www.twitch.tv/werestrongtogether

Godsrain Contingencies are complete?!*
Who will people follow in the absence of perfection? And what marks can we hit when we open ourselves to the universe?
People who've already purchased can head back on over to Pathfinder Infinite to download your updates. For people who're interested now, purchase it here!
Week 9 is 3 pages dedicated to new material looking inwards to focus outwards.

• 3 god transitions
• 9 new feats
• New archetype the Deliberate Singularity

*Foundry and Pathbuilder will be coming late Spring/ early Summer ... I’m taking a well earned rest / I mean catching up on other projects ;)

Tune in Tuesday April 16th at 3pm Pacific for the Godsrain Pregame!
Ready for one last hype before the big dead god reveal?
We're going to be hitting the streets for peoples last minute predictions, and what their reactions may be to which particular gods may die.

Check it out at https://www.twitch.tv/werestrongtogether
For further questions and discussion https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder2e/comments/1c2cprj/ready_for_one_last_h ype_before_the_big_dead_god/

Godsrain Contingencies (8) Desna is out now!
When the stars disappear, the songs fade, the wings no longer flutter, the world is thrust into mourning. Desnal melodies distract everyone, inversion compasses help connect people with true north shaken, and the astronomers, geomancers, rangers, and scouts, learn to embrace the new night.
People who've already purchased can head back on over to Pathfinder Infinite to download your updates. For people who're interested now, purchase it here!
Week 8 is 3 pages dedicated to new material for navigating the darkness.

• 6 god transitions
• 3 new feats
• 1 new item, the inversion compasses
• New Geomancer options with Night terrain

Prismatic “Mat” Gay wrote:

Has it been announced how late into the livestream the dead god will be announced? Or will it be a countdown of safe gods or something? Or just unknown?

It has not been announced and I dont see it BEING announced. ;) it'll be a fun ride.

Oooooooo. Please tell me there will be dramatic readings!

And outstanding end to such a riveting series. Thank you so much Erin!

The only thing more painful than the delays in Godsrain Contingencies are these new options for Bards and Oracles! Update 7 Zon-Kuthon available now!
Godsrain Contingencies (7) Zon-Kuthon is out now!
The expunging of Zon-Kuthon leaves a divided Nidal, but the world feels his “death” moreso in the wake of Shelyn’s mourning. She strived to create the right songs to summon her brother Dou-bral, giving rise to Muses of Misery, but in the in her failure she opened the paths to the Mysteries of Grief, now cursing creatives and bleeding joy for some time.
People who've already purchased can head back on over to Pathfinder Infinite to download your updates. For people who're interested now, purchase it here!
Week 7 is 5 pages dedicated to new material for embracing your pain and grief.

• 3 god transitions
• 10 new feats
• 5 new spells
• Bard options with Misery Muse
• Oracle options with Mystery of Grief

This week features some amazon art from Ashton Sperry aka Game Raccoon, please give them some love for giving me the sad Shelyn we deserved for this update of Godsrain Contingencies.

I originally thought these were a tie in to get us excited for War of Immortals, but still separate fiction.
But the further we get, like Yivali, I do wonder if these are part of the meta-event and meaning to influence peoples attitudes or events.

I love this. This is the best "Death" for Zon-Kuthon, and while these are winding down nice to see there's some flexibility in the meaning of death.
But then of course it sets off so many other things, we still get to that fall out and another kind of grief.

That's a bingo!

Are bingos... interesting?

Notorious Names and Narrative Novelties: Navigating the Nuance of Nomenclature

I want this book in my life.

I know Erin had much greater achievements in writing these, but this is still one nonetheless.

BTW: "Godsrain Contingencies" is such a good name for a tie-in product. /chef-kiss

Aww thanks!

Godsrain Contingencies (6) Nethys is out now!
Nethys has ripped magic, creating hollows across the globe and wild magic beyond them. Most people struggle to adapt with either losing their magic or struggling amid a world without it, but a handful have become inundated by the backlash instead. How will you choose to adapt?
People who've already purchased can head back on over to Pathfinder Infinite to download your updates. For people who're interested now, purchase it here!
Week 6 is 5 pages dedicated to new material for a world with retreating gods.

• 4 god transitions
• 1 new item
• 3 new spells
• 3 new backgrounds
• Options for champions and clerics
• New “bloodline” the Inundant

Change log 6

• All links reflective of player archives of nethys remaster updates
• Alt text for week 5 pictures

Ah heck yes!
Guessing Archive of Nethys update lining up with Nethys prophecy is gonna pay off!
Two of my new doctrines in Godsrain Contingencies assume little to no spellcasting! The overlap is real.
Now I can have all sorts of fun with magical alternatives for everyone, not just our clerics.

Meet, cutting it close this week! Was being chased by my own beasts...
Godsrain Contingencies (5) Erastil and the Unbidden Beast out now!
In the wake of Erastil’s death a beast has risen and the hunt is on. But is it for the beast, or from it? Who will join and who will leave? What gods will rise and which will fall? And as the gods linger out of reach, how will the Forsaken Cleric’s move on in life?
People who've already purchased can head back on over to Pathfinder Infinite to download your updates. For people who're interested now, purchase it here!
Week 5 is 4+ pages dedicated to new material for a world with retreating gods.
* 1 cleric class archetype, 3 new doctrines
* 1 new deity entry for the Unbidden Beast
* 3 new feats
* 3 faithful reactions

Do you think it is happening in cycles? The gods retreating and people losing theirs faiths... but then is it semi regained, and it happens again? Or is that bit at the end about repurposed or half ruined temples maybe just happens at the end/most recent, when the gods feel ready to return... though we know the monster is still lurking?

Fun behind-the-scenes fact that I'm sure you'll all love:

** spoiler omitted **

You're welcome!

Either this substantiates that the prophecies provide some hints of what is to come (which just don't know which the truths are and all the ones that aren't)...

Whelp, I'm out of the pool.

Neat how this one shows a world with gods going on the defensive. It feels like we're getting closer to pieces of what War is the Immortals may look like. Perhaps not thai exaggerated, but where do the alliances drawn, defenses fall.

PaperNinja wrote:

UnArcaneElection wrote:

Original blog post wrote:

{. . .}

Arazni owns what she has done, seeks out the help of other gods, but they know just as little and have found themselves just as besieged, as undeath spreads like the diseases Urgathoa once held dear, refusing to contain itself to one singular plane. And as the numbers slowly rise, a flood that grows by sodden inches, one undead soul at a time from Axis to the Boneyard, some say the Pallid Princess watches from some place beyond undeath, relishing the moment like a feast to truly savor.
{. . .}

Well, that would have fit with my idea of Urgathoa coming back in or shortly before Starfinder time, having to make ends meet working in a pizza parlor while slowly working her way up to divinity . . . .

I did think of you/your post when I read this!

I wanna see fanfiction of riffing off your idea.

Sounds like the anime The Devil is part Timer

Aw thanks! I'll add that to the too find pile.

Ed Reppert wrote:

The time will come. One of the "safe" deities will die. "But Paizo! You said they were safe!" "We lied." :-)

They're actually killing two Core Deities. Did they ever say that they were going to stop at one?

They have said one core deity. But an unknown number outside of the core.

The next update for Godsrain Contingencies is available!
After Urgathoa's death and unread rise all over Golarion, not a thing has not changed and it is a new era for adventures. Try on these seven new backgrounds for players coming from devastating situations, six skill feats, and not god transitions this week but more reactions of the populace and the gods, since not everyone is convinced they are returning to service.
To check out these fives pages, people who've already purchased can head back to your library and download your updates. For everyone else it's available here for $3.99 till the next god falls.

Original blog post wrote:

{. . .}

Arazni owns what she has done, seeks out the help of other gods, but they know just as little and have found themselves just as besieged, as undeath spreads like the diseases Urgathoa once held dear, refusing to contain itself to one singular plane. And as the numbers slowly rise, a flood that grows by sodden inches, one undead soul at a time from Axis to the Boneyard, some say the Pallid Princess watches from some place beyond undeath, relishing the moment like a feast to truly savor.
{. . .}

Well, that would have fit with my idea of Urgathoa coming back in or shortly before Starfinder time, having to make ends meet working in a pizza parlor while slowly working her way up to divinity . . . .

I did think of you/your post when I read this!

The Raven Black wrote:

My own theory is that Paizo decides on who the next deity will be based on the comments following the previous deity's blog post.

While that would have been fun (for me especially), the art department made all the versions of the Days of Future Past poster at once, so we had to tell them who should be marked "safe" in each subsequent version. In general, we operate too far ahead of time to actually pull something like that off without putting a lot of extra work on just about everyone in the process to drop what they're doing and pick up the thread for the next installment.

Makes sense. Get this fully outlined and streamlined through the teams in advance.

While spit balling for next Godsrain Contingencies... *sigh* Why did it have to be so many zombies in my Pathfinder. This becomes that. People going to be doing this. Probably gotta...
Wait overrun by zombies?
Is this Hopefinder on Golarion?

Bullllllmaaaaaaaaaaahn!

So perhapse it's not that Urgathoa is a "stopper" on the world turning undead, but rather a "stopper" on the forces who would do so, as an existence entirely of undeath leaves her and her followers nothing to feast upon.

I like that. I was kinda debating how upset Geb would be over losing all his "quick" uhhhh, let's say workforce. But thinking about it at the more divine scale is even more spicy.

Am I over reading this... but in this scenario do people not realize Urgathoa is dead?

Others search for patterns, narrow in on who or what is to blame, let something they don’t understand consume their baser instincts, and rain fire down on those they think have brought this new world forth.

I think it's meant to be they're trying to discover who killed Urgathoa, assuming that's what is causing this. But, it's vague. Are people too busy trying to survive the undead, they may not even realize she's gone?

Huh. Is this now not just a curiosity but a prequel? Since Yivali is speaking of watching Aranzi closer, and Yivali is hanging out with Arazni on the cover of Divine Mysteries.

Godsrain Contingencies week 3 available now!
When Yivali held death in her talons, she feared delivering such terrible warning without also hope. Included in her annotations was research into what the world might become if each gods death were to occur, and thus what contingencies could be made.

Cayden Cailean updates are now included. Learn about the Ill Luck Inebriates and how even the gods have reacted to Cayden's fall. Check out new feats, items, a whole new archetype, the Agnosticator Archetype where you use your power of disbelief to shut down the followers of the god you're trying to remove from divinity.
People who've already purchased can head back on over to Pathfinder Infinite to download your updates. For people who're interested now, purchase it here!

Week 3 is five full pages dedicated to new material for Cayden Cailean.

• 11 new feats
• 1 new archetype, the Agnosticator.
• 1 new item
• 8 new transitions - including everyone who has risen from the Starstone... or have they?

Plot twist: The events in this prophecy take place, but Ihys soon discovers that just as Asmodeus actually failed to eliminate him forever, he likewise failed to eliminate Asmodeus forever, but the payback time is a LOT shorter.

Watching Asmodeus undo Ihys "damage" would be pretty fascinating actually. Would he be able to get everything back to how it was?

I'm seeing quotes both ways, but I'm team there's kernels if not a whole lot of truth here. Just not the actual dying part.

I know I am woefully remiss in my Pathfinder tales reading, but, at least on the descriptions I've skimmed I don't recall _anything_ with godly pov. Please point me to where it is if I'm missing it, cause I need more, now that I have tasted. And I am soaking this in. How can I know a character truly until I've seen through their eyes? And as these prophecies are seeming to reveal, potentially their greatest fear / anxieties.
Golarion has always been a neat varied setting but this is dragging me deeper, and I am here for it.

First of all, fantastic. Erin, I am adoring your work here.
And what a way for Cayden to go. HolyFlamingo! I really think you go something there of how it's turning around the gods innards. Maybe that's why I'm really having so much fun digging in, and I think these explorations are so relevant, and not just a neat way of saying "hey, they're saved!"

But ooohhh this timing is funny.
I was just reading a series with a more modern take on how to from belief become a god. DFZ Changeling, why are these fairies invading my urban fantasy, and what the heck you're using multimedia to capture get eyes on what now?

So you know my brain is already stewing...

The next update for Godsrain Contingencies is available!
Check out what the world is like with Asmodeus passing and the rise of Ihys, doing Hell his way. In addition to the Pharasma mterial from last week, take a look at new feats, items, the Contract Overrider archetype, and of course new worship options for former Asmodeans, including a deity entry for Ihys.
People who've already purchased can head back to your library and download your updates. For everyone else it's available here for $2.99 till the next god falls.

My question, is Ihys powerful enough to grant clerics? Because I would love to worship the future lord of hell.

I mean, everything is always up to your GM, but spoilers, Ihys is getting a deity entry in Godsrain Contingencies. The more I looked at this, he isn't simply stepping into Asmodeus's powers, it's going to be an interesting blend.

For Pharasma her clerics needed to find new gods because she was gone. In this scenario, _some_ of Asmodeus's clerics may not be on board with new management...

Double Posting: is the "leg wound" here meant to evoke the Fisher King of Arthurian legend?

Oh oh oh, I knew that felt familiar!

This is making me confident that my guesses of Sarenrae/Asmodeus/Pharasma are all wrong and all three Divine Mysteries stained glass gods survive :'D

(btw, do we still get short stories for 9 gods that aren't part of 10 week countdown or are we left forever wondering what their prophecies would have been? x'D)

I would love more of Erin's take on this. But if Paizo doesn't do this, I don't think the community will let an absence of prophecies stand! Where my fellow Golarion fiction writers? :D

I love how this builds up. Ahh... working through contracts, making things a bit better there, putting devils a bit more in place, lest see how we can improve. But if people don't agree with me...
Burn it to the ground!

*cracks knuckles* Can't wait to dig into this more.