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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).

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.

A question posed on Facebook led me here to help the user out. Can you Command an Animal while wild shaped/polymorphed?

My take: Because the auditory trait only requires you to make sounds, you can do this because your animal is trained to know your screech as a raptor (our example) means "go attack that guy."

If able, please go with RAW over anecdotal evidence, since that caused issues on said conversation.

We're cooking up something hilarious for April Fools Day. The Decidedly Laughable Collection is now available. Here's what you will find in the initial release.

The Decidedly Laughable Collection is now available!

==Races==
--Always helpful kick things off with the awesome ability to help anybody with just about anything, so long as they're actually paying attention because the moment they stop, *poof* they disappear until somebody realizes they're missing.

--Many years ago, dinosaurs ruled the world. Now they're back, and they brought swords.

--Gingerbread people are among some of the most dangerous confections you could call an ally in battle.

==Classes==
--The agent elite is one of the worlds' foremost authorities in spywork. With the right team to back him up, he can take on any threat and come out of it mostly okay.

--Culinarians bring the best ingredients with which to create their meals while aiding allies and challenging enemies with their complex culinary combos.

--Tired of everybody else being responsible for keeping tabs on stuff like equipment and traps? As an intern you get the joy of doing most of the work after watching others and getting next to none of the pay. But hey, at least you got the experience!

--Got money to spare? Pick up a premium character and turn your hard-earned gold into guaranteed success (Disclaimer, success not guaranteed).

==Archetypes and Class Options==
--Vaccuum balls of puff rejoice with the sample augur archetype for the battle augur class. Draw in enemies, swallow them, and gain their power.

--Culinarians have 90 different recipes they can learn to make. Those who want to focus on presentation and quality over quantity can become iron chefs.

--The isekai is a gamer who was pulled from another world into their current body and told they have an important task to complete before they can return home.

--Invokers looking for somewhat continual access to their magic can become coffeelocks.

--Premium Character Special Edition DLC gives access to even more subscription plans and downloadable content beyond what the class offers. Exclusions apply, not valid in some states.

==Character Options==
--New feats like Expert Packing Method, Pinball Wizard, and Quarterback Spiral offer interesting options for very different characters. Creative characters can even earn their share of Exposure.

--Take your fill of culinarian class feats, learn to play Air Guitar, or somehow become an even greater spy with Archer.
Multiclass feats are available for the classes introduced, and Jukebox Hero's got stars in his eyes.

==Cuisine==
--Rules for cuisine give it a place in the world alongside magic and martial training.

--Almost 100 recipes offer a plethora of options for any culinarian.

==Equipment and Items==
--New and expansive rules for the spoon.

--Enjoy specific and exciting new ingredients listed with their flavor profiles and common environments. Listed by item and environment.

We're very happy to have this now available! Here are the themes currently included. If you would like to see a new theme, or an existing theme expanded, let us know here or on our Facebook page.

Bloodborne, Castlevania, Dark Crystal, Diablo, Doctor Who, Dune, Fallout, Final Fantasy, Flash,

Flatliners, Game of Thrones, Gauntlet, Ghost Rider, Goblins, Green Lantern, Irregular at Magic High,

Legend of Dragoon, Legend of Zelda, Mega-Man, Metroid, Midnight, Ninja Gaiden, Pnumadesi, Pokémon, Rick and Morty,

Skyrim, Sonic the Hedgehog, Spawn, Super Mario Brothers, Super Mario Maker, ThunderCats, Venom, Warbreaker, Witcher,

Wolverine, World of Warcraft

Hey look, I finally found this forum. I'm setting this up as another location where we can discuss the current and future contents of

The Book of Many Things Volume 2: Shattered Worlds

If you have anything you feel should be adjusted, or just want to request something that we can add to our growing list of requests, please feel free to post your thoughts here. We'll even thank you for your support/ideas in our credits, if you're interested.

Contents as of 6/27/2018 Include:
==Races==
Fiari: Desert nomads who can transform into wereboars
Humans, Dragon Soul Humanoid creatures born with the souls of great wyrms within them.
Minotaurs: Proud, shamanistic warriors who protect nature from her enemies.
Nerudes: This lazy, cat-like race is always hungry and adventures to find food and a comfortable place to rest.
Runekin: An earthen race skilled in crafting overly large weapons and bombs.
Tsura: An amphibious race who lives in rivers and oceans.
World Soul (dwarves, gnomes, minotaurs, tieflings): A collection of variant races from the world of Volwryn, each with several variations that make them unique.
Other Racial Character Options: Sky forest elflings, transforming slime creatures, and vine leshys who shoot seeds from their mouths round out races.

==Classes==
Astrologer: Magic users who tap into the power of the stars for their spells.
Gamer: Roleplay like your class abilities depend on it. A complex class similar to the druid or vigilante that gives you different interactions based on your current focus.
Generational Hero: A brave hero, chosen by destiny to face off against the evils of his world.
Monster Tamer: A hybrid druid/monster trainer who can learn how to transform into the monsters she captures.
Potentialist: Don't Move! No really, it's how you tap into your potential energy.
Priest of Volwryn: This divine spellcaster finds discipline between the light and shadow, shielding his allies from danger and destroying the minds of his enemies.
Pythia: The pythia is to the druid as the sorcerer is to the wizard.

Archetypes and Class Options
Generational Hero: Twin blades summon additional versions of themselves to take on different challenges in and out of combat.
Priest of Volwryn: Holy priests are a more healing focused archetype who become deadly shadow priests as their alignment shifts between their priest class features.
Pythia: Delve fully into druidic practices, or shy from them with different archetypes to accent the gifts of the pythia.
Ranger: Wolf hearts are rangers who learn alchemical tricks and cast magic through special sigils they learn.
Shaman: Shamans of volwryn enhance their weapons with elemental power.
Swashbuckler: A friend's request for a bardic take on the swashbuckler has become the awesome buccaneer.

==Character Options==
Feats: Live by an assassin's creed, follow the call of duty, and become a god of war with new feats inspired by interesting takes on different mediums.
Convergence: The warg convergence gives you the ability to control animals and grows into a mind-warping seer of the past.

==Magic==
New Spells: Learn a variety of new, magical tricks such as the ability to summon fantastic, unreal monsters or create a fallout.

==Items and Equipment==
Equipment: Buster blades, groonswords, and fairy bottles are but some of the offerings in this section.
Magic Items: Temporarily become another race, or dawn a pair of At-Ari's gauntlets.
Magical Locations: A returning magical option, now more focused on player interaction and choice.

We are very excited to have this new installment of Player's Advantage available. Thank you for adding it.

For anybody who wants an idea of what's inside, Kevin's been adding primal paths, alternate class options, feats, equipment, and backgrounds to John Reyst's 5esrd. You can check them out there. We're also adding some of the NPCs from inside in the next few days.