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Question,

I don't suppose there is any herolab support for these is there? Or if you could point me in the right direction for such?

Unfortunately, not yet. It is something I would love to do at some point, though. I will definitely make it known when this happens.

I have uploaded the full 2023 list as of tonight (which now includes everything we did in 2023). It should be there to download as soon as the system finishes processing it.

==Highlights in 2023==

Added new content in homage to the following media.
* Dead or Alive; * Digimon; * Dreamworks; * Godzilla; * Halo; * HP Lovecraft; * Mass Effect; * Oddworld (I loved this one in particular); * Palworld; * Rock, Paper, Scissors (yes, really); * Pokemon; * Sesame Street; * Slugterra; * Splatoon; * Star Wars

This is now available.

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Some wonderful creators in our bunch; it's always so great to see the program get these highlights.

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Yeah, this one doesn't pass the sniff test for me. Why would the deity that invented Undeath, whose edicts include "become undead" and "create undead" end up actively preventing "everything everywhere is undead" by continuing to exist?

Like if Urgathoa knew that she would create some kind of zombie apocalypse by dying, she'd be trying to figure out if something less than dying would trigger it.

All the more reason NOT to let her see this prophecy, even after it's proven false. It may give her... Ideas.

I think it's actually cool that she wins in death; and the prophecy itself says as much that she's somehow beyond even undeath and laughing at what was wrought.

Woot! Always love to see these lists. Paizo's continued support of their community content creators is so very appreciated :D

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Thank you as always for featuring our work here. It's wonderful to see so much support!

Great News, Everyone!

The final release of the content has been uploaded at this time. I don't know what the processing time is to get the download to you, but it includes all remaining player content and a full, 48-page chapter of enemies and NPCs that can be found throughout the Lands of Theia.

Enjoy!

Woot, Thank you Rue! :D It's always awesome to see our work up there.

Has a fixed/updated version of this been released somewhere? There are missing cantrips for some Evocations, speaking just for the warlock class.

The October 2022 copy of this product includes everything in it that is new.

If you mean spells like bit of luck and tidal surge, those are referenced in the Core Rulebook, so we didn't reproduce them here. If you have specific examples of what is missing that isn't in the core rulebook, please let me know and we'll make sure it gets sorted out.

Thank you very much for reaching out.

Update: It looks like the problem has been fixed.

I'm glad to hear it was resolved. I've had that same problem with downloads in the past myself. It's usually (like 90% of the time) a site issue.

We have now updated the list to include our content published through 2022. Enjoy!

Samurai Sheepdog is proud to be a part of this effort! :D

This is still up currently, but for how long I can't say. Snag it while you still can! :D

We have updated this to fix the class table progression of saving throws. Thank you very much to those who pointed it out to us.

We have updated this to fix the class table progression of saving throws. Thank you to those who pointed this out.

This is a nice surprise! It will be interesting to see revisions of other 3rd party classes in the future.

Thank you very much :) I do want to point out that this is not so much a revision as an expansion on the original, which is still very much relevant if you want additional temporal talents, advanced talents, and aevum.

New Preview, No Joke!

NECROMANCER ARCHETYPE in Book of the Dead! - Pathfinder 2e from Nonat1s.

A wonderful video, thank you very much for sharing it (and to NoNat1 for making it)!

The video has inspired me to put together a collection of shambling horrors for players who want to use the archetype (they'll also serve GMs who just want more zombies and skeletons to throw against their adventurers). It'll be available on Pathfinder Infinite soon after the PDF is released on April 27. I'll reply back here once it's complete.

*New Update*
* Added the barrier sentinel, censor, and cultist.
* Added multiclass archetypes for all of the new classes (including astrologer).
* Added decrees (focus spells) for the censor and spell lists for the astrologer.

We have updated this content list through 2021 for the Book of Many Things and added our Name's Games content through 2020 as well. Keep an eye on your downloads for Master Content List Jan 2022.

Enjoy!

Any updates on this?

Yes, I'm actually working on this primarily to finish it now that the PF1 version is complete and printed. It is my next priority

This is now available in print over on Drivethru RPG :D Same name, same group (Samurai Sheepdog)

This is it, everybody. The final PDF version of Lands of Theia for Pathfinder 1e is complete. Here's a summary of what we've added to bring the book to 287 pages total.

* Resolved various small edits, such as grammar and spelling. Also cleaned up page references where applicable.

* Barrier sentinels are now a little more attack-oriented at 1st-level, trading tactical initiative (+2) for vital reflexes. TI +4 also trades places with opportunist.
*** Added new favored class bonuses for alkuaine, dragonkin, and tieflings.

* The Mercenary jobs muscle and protection now grant additional rounds of their special abilities (rage and barrier focus, respectively).

* Theian nobles now have a leadership style they can pick that includes the original steward option plus new choices such as merchant, paragon, sovereign, and warlord.
*** Added several new noble talents to complement and expand her leadership style.
*** Added new favored class bonuses for aasimar, atlanteans (BoMT 2018), dragonkin, goblins, ratfolk, tieflings, and vanara.

* Added a brief FYI regarding the shizukari's ki frenzy for clarity. Also added new shizukari ki powers; dramatic performer and emperor's guise.
*** Added tiefling favored class bonus and updated favored class bonuses to better reference Theian races: aasimar (god-blooded), changelings (xendauni), ratfolk (otterlings).

* With the announcement of the new Pathfinder 2e classes coming next year, thaumaturge has been renamed the thaumaturgist. This will help with clarity when looking up these classes and avoid any ambiguity.

* Added archetypes for the astrologer and shizukari

* Added feats for the astrologer and shizukari. Cleaned up the class feats table to better reference what classes get those feats when multiples are available.

* Added detect stellar alignment to the spell descriptions.

* Finished the monster chapter, adding the full list of class grafts (for simple monster creation), monsters by CR, and monsters by region & terrain.
*** Added cuca, deerlings, all kyver dragons, evil eyes, hachishaku-sama, jackalopes (including dire and wolpertinger), mary lwyds, mula sem cabecas, nopperabbos, olitiau, orishas, saci, strigoi (including a simple monster creation template graft), teke teke, todomeki, and tokoloshes.

We have updated this product as we continue toward finishing it for print.

This updated edition of Lands of Theia now includes all of the remaining races we unlocked during our Kickstarter, as well as the astrologer and shizukari (formerly, the sohei) classes. We also added the NPC stats for our custom requests and cleaned up the existing content.

The next update is expected to be our last with the remaining monsters and archetypes added before sending the book out to get a print proof. Enjoy!

- The Samurai Sheepdog Team

Samurai Sheepdog wrote:

Hmmm, I need to get better about reaching out to somebody about our releases, but who? Anyway, Samurai Sheepdog has released our Lands of Theia content for 2nd edition this month. Link here. :)

https://paizo.com/products/btq027od?Lands-of-Theia-2nd-Edition

Lands Of Theia 2nd Edition linkified

Aaron Shanks wrote the blog post, so I'd start with him.

Duly noted, and thank you I will do so.

Our first update is on the way which includes the gnoll ancestry and the astrologer class.

Hmmm, I need to get better about reaching out to somebody about our releases, but who? Anyway, Samurai Sheepdog has released our Lands of Theia content for 2nd edition this month. Link here. :)

https://paizo.com/products/btq027od?Lands-of-Theia-2nd-Edition

I backed the Kickstarter for this book and am really enjoying what I'm seeing! I haven't dug into it too closely yet, but I do know that this is the initial release - a lot of the new classes will be coming in a later update of the digital file.

Thank you again very much for that!

Yes, this initial release features 163 pages of content, including several new ancestries (cabaros, canites, deathless, dworgs, and gilahn), 3 full classes (dragon speakers, Theian gladiators, and Theian nobles), archetypes like Patron Adventurer and Sky Racer, and more. We are working on the final release now for print later this year and will update this pdf as we add new content toward that goal.

I'm actually currently working on the barrier sentinel this week, as well as putting the final touches on the rest of the new ancestries before jumping into the updated existing ancestries and heritages.

Balance-wise for anybody wondering, we have now done for Pathfinder 2e what we did with Pathfinder 1e and built our content templates for every existing class and ancestry. This allows us to balance our new classes and ancestries with what came before at a glance, making our process smoother and allowing us to explore new stuff like the sky racer archetype without worrying if it will be balanced for another game in your own world :D

Rite Publishing's In the Company of Dragons for PF1 did this, and we expanded on the idea further with our Play Manga d20 supplement.

For PF2, I could see it being relatively easy to incorporate. I know we have our Dragon speaker class (Think 3.5 dragon shaman) that we introduced in The Faithful Few and are expanding on with our Lands of Theia campaign setting. They have a path that allows them to eventually transform into a dragon. So that's kind of a start. :)

Hi everybody,

I've been trying to post a preview kit for PF2 for the last month, but had no luck. Now that we're 14 hours from funding, I figured I'd take fate into my own hands and share what I can here.

Our latest Kickstarter, Lands of Theia by Steven Rasheed James, is 6 backers (about $120) away from adding what will be our final stretch goal: A full chapter of Enemies & NPCs.

We have a lot of previews up for both Pathfinder 2e (Due around November) and Pathfinder 1e (which is finished and ready once we receive our campaign funds). Come give it a look and see what you think of all the available race, class, and GM options there are in this almost 300 page book (in each edition).

Hi everybody,

I've been trying to post a preview kit for PF1 for the last month, but had no luck. Now that we're 14 hours from funding, I figured I'd take fate into my own hands and share what I can here.

Our latest Kickstarter, Lands of Theia by Steven Rasheed James, is 6 backers (about $120) away from adding what will be our final stretch goal: A full chapter of Enemies & NPCs.

We have a lot of previews up for both Pathfinder 1e (which is finished and ready once we receive our campaign funds) and Pathfinder 2e (Due around November). Come give it a look and see what you think of all the available race, class, and GM options there are in this almost 300 page book (in each edition).

Shouldn't that read "In addition to the 3 classes not mentioned above"? :-)

Hmm, that's odd. The classes are barrier sentinel, censor, and zealot. Not sure how that got knocked off the text. Thank you for noticing, I'll put in a request to fix it.

A new update has been added to include the content we've been previewing on Patreon for the last few months.

General Updates
* Moved races, classes, and other options out of chapter 7 into their respective chapters. This allows us to showcase those options better and support them further down the line, rather than hiding them away. They still maintain their status as requests, and we do still thank the individuals requesting them.

Races
Centaurs, deathless, huldran, drow-born tieflings get new options, and we introduce demon-blooded.

Classes
* Added the Volwryn mage; a spellcaster who can change his focus between arcane, frost, and fire magic with time and concentration.

* The otherworlder acts as a way to play characters like Superman in a world where magic is more prevalent, as well as Zod and Bizarro.

* The runemaster has been moved into the classes chapter to facilitate future development options more easily. Its archetypes and feats have likewise been moved to their respective chapters.

Archetypes & Class Options
* Added generational hero favored class bonuses for the class introduced in volume 2.

* Created the dragon slayer sorcerer archetype as a dedication. These sorcerers blend the draconic and elemental bloodlines, gaining benefits of each as well as an unarmed strike and a dragon familiar.

* Added the runethane option for the runemaster class, as well as new runes and greater runes.

* Added the shadow knight archetype for the veritus champion class. These agile champions enhance their weapons with shadow magic, allowing them to move quickly and summon weapons from almost anywhere.

* To accompany the Volwryn mage, we created the blood mage, chaos mage, and spellbreaker archetypes, each of which brings its own blend of power to the class.

* Created the guardian of Volwryn prestige class. This prestige class utilizes the combined powers of the mage council of Volwryn to defeat their enemies.

* Wizards on the world of Theia sometimes learn their trade under special tutelage paid for by noble families. These magelords gain affluence and other gifts of nobility, but lose out on learning general arcane schools as a result.

Character Options
* Added 4 pages of feats related to races and classes to provide new choices as one gains levels.

* Noble paths for all current races, and a few more have been added.

Equipment
* Introduced with magic weapon flaws and new weapon enhancements.

Oh I've had a thought.

You've produced a lot of flavorful classes.

Have you thought about producing simple class templates so the monsters can get in on the fun?

Accelerist zombies, Outlander dragons, Symbiotic Kytons, Battle Augur Ogre Mages?

That is a really cool idea, and I have a few I created already actually. I'll see about collecting more and publishing them. Thank you!

The August Release of the Book of Many Things Volume 3 is complete. This month we have a number of awesome additions from guest designer Aaron Hollingsworth. We'll denote these with AW below.

Inside, you'll find:

==Races==
AW - Torlans received several new options this month in the form of new feats and an archetype that travels through time and space, the temporal thane.

==Classes==
AW - The survivor is a hybrid oracle/ranger class designed around the one character in horror movies who lives to see another day.

==Archetypes==
AW - The survivor also has 3 separate archetypes, including the expendable, the living weapon, and the revenant. Canny fans of cinema should recognize these well-handled nods with some ease.

==Custom Requests==
Our Patreon subscribers continue to think up some amazing custom requests for this month, including:

* The Champion of Will - This heroic class fights oppression and fear by channeling his willpower into a specially bonded item to create creatures, weapons, and vehicles. Includes 2 archetypes (the champion of fear and the champion of anger) and several feats that help round the class out nicely. Thanks to Lance McComber for his request.

* The Runemaster - Based on the class from the Warcraft series, the runemaster is a hand-to-hand combatant who paints runes on himself and his allies to enhance their abilities. In addition to the hybrid alchemist/monk class, the runemaster comes with an archetype (the minotaur runemaster) that gains advanced runes and detection abilities, as well as some feats. Thank you to Ronald Paris for his request.

Paizo wrote:

The god of prophecy is dead...

???!!?!?

Never even saw it coming!

Hello, and Happy Anniversary to Mystical: Kingdom of Monsters!

This special edition of the original marks the beginning of our full transition from Northwinter Press to Samurai Sheepdog. As you'll find here, this change affords us the time and opportunity to better organize and create content that you can enjoy.

After 5 years we've learned a lot. Not just as designers, but in layout, editing, and content development. The anniversary edition here is not just our way of showing how far we've come, but also a basis on which we can finally start putting out more--and more complete--content for this world. This is now the version of the book we envisioned when we first Kickstarted the project almost 6 years ago, and while we probably would have liked to do all of this back then, I think this makes it so much better to have it now.

So, grab your beloved monsters and head out with us once more as we journey through the expanded, anniversary edition of Mystical: Kingdom of Monsters.

- Kevin

Our first offering for Pathfinder 2e is now available. Thank you and enjoy!
- The Samurai Sheepdog Team

Welcome back to The Book of Many Things and our first release of volume 3! As with our other volumes, we'll continue building on this until we reach 200 pages.

The initial release this month includes:

==Races==

World Soul Centaurs - This war-loving tauric race from the world of Volwryn is a lower-RP, still relevant version of the centaur race.

Huldran - This concept by Nathan Irwin brings together two unlikely races in the elves and orcs and gives them a reason to blend their people.

Lings - By Aaron Tenney, the lings are tiny mouse-folk who secretly live and adventure among the larger races of the world.

Visani Lizardfolk - A brutish race from the realms of magic, who align themselves to the aspects of chaos, death, and life.

Drow-Born Tieflings - Teleport masters and children of the drow who turned their back on the Queen of Spiders and their demonic or devilish consorts.

Torlans - Another race from Volwryn, the torlans are turtle-folk with a love of education and a philosophical outlook on life.

Wraithlings - A race of half-ghosts who can take on their incorporeal phantom form with some training.

==Classes==

The Blood Stalker is a hunter of monsters willing to become one himself in order to stop them.

The Dragon Speaker pays homage to a certain dragon-loving class from days' past that can walk the path of the dragon warrior, the totem bearer, or the true-form devotee.

==Archetypes and Class Options==

Enjoy new accelerist speed powers, the destroyer alchemist who can deconstruct creatures and objects with a touch, barbarian, monk, magus, and oracle archetypes.

The true shifter archetype grants the class more relevant wild shape power for a price, while the dragon slayer sorcerer gains unarmed combat training and a dragon element reminiscent of Fairy Tails.

==Character Options==

New racial feats for every core race, as well as new traits and noble paths for the races introduced here.

==Custom Requests==

Elemari and nadier have been requested by members of our Patreon, and they can be found here.