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Crossing fingers for a SoM one too lol

Though very curious to see what might change

The odds of Secrets of Magic getting a reprint in its current state are low. Considering:

1. Several pages of lore regarding the old D&D schools of magic that are no longer valid.

2. Several of the options presented in the book have been reprinted in other books:
- Elementalist got reprinted in RoE
- Runelord is set to appear in Rival Academies
- Several spells got reprinted across Player Core and Player Core 2.

If they have to replace the reprinted/OGL content, we would be looking at a completely different book.

Then again, what do I know?

I like this!

Paizo/Metamorphic - Please look at this thread!

It's here!!!

Kinda surprised it takes place in 4725 and not 4724, but that's chill.

The AP officially releases January 8th, 2025, so that makes sense.

On another note - I like how this Player's Guide added suggestions on how to link previous level 1 to 10 adventures.

Looking forward to this.

Noticed that Level 5 Seoni has Bespell Weapon - the feat was replaced with Bespell Strikes.

Thanks

Something impossible...

Let the speculation begin.

If you were to compare what we publish to shows and movies, my preferred way to think of these are:

Standalone Adventures: These are like movies; a single story by a single author.

Adventure Paths: These are like shows; a single story by multiple authors consisting of linked episodes.

If Paizo were HBO today...

We would be publishing the remake of Salem's Lot, Godzilla X Kong the New Empire, and The Suicide Squad as standalone adventures. Dune would be a standalone adventure, and Dune part II would be a sequel standalone adventure.

We would be publishing things like The Penguin, The Outsider, The Last Of Us, Watchmen, Game of Thrones, Succession, and Deadwood as Adventure Paths. (Those who get more than one season would be follow-up Adventure Paths, like we did with Rise of the Runelords to Shattered Star to Return of the Runelords).

Interesting.

The idea of a follow-up/Sequel adventure instead of a having to write 6/3 consecutive books could lead to a more organic approach. I think.

ONE MORE THING

I'd love to hear feedback from folks who are using and playing the latest Starfinder adventure paths, which ARE presented from day 1 as a single book, rather than multiple books.

And for that matter, Pathfinder 200, Seven Dooms for Sandpoint, which does the same.

Are folks' concerns about the disparity between volumes lessened in those cases?

I'm currently running Seven Dooms for Sandpoint. I was debating on whether to run SDfS or Wardens but ended up going with the former as I did not find as many narrative "pits" or questions that made me question what needed to happen next from a prep standpoint while waiting for the next book in the AP.

From a narrative perspective SDfS, IMO is solid and well-written; But what sold it for me was seeing the story from beginning to end, allowing me to make changes. For Example, understanding the BBEG's MO and drive allows me to improvise as a GM and sprinkle their presence more throughout the adventure via clues (I like to use the Dark Souls approach of storytelling by leaving a letter or a vision or have the PC's see the BBEG watch them from afar inconspicuously).

Now, to be fair, I also have Curtain Call and the AP unto itself is a masterpiece (IMO). The plan is to run this one with Abomination Vaults but only started prep because I wanted to see how the whole adventure path plays out in all aspects.

TL;DR - I prefer one-book APs because I get the whole picture and can plan around this versus waiting for the next book in the series and not getting hit by a surprise that may or may not work for personalized story elements or changes I introduced early on.

Apologies if this is long.

Peacelock wrote:

For Foundry usage, will there be a token pack product for this or will the art from this book just get added to the npc character gallery module that recently released?

I mean, it'd sure be silly to release a major book packed with new character art and not offer some kind of integration with the hot new character token collection/management module, wouldn't it?

That being said, this hypothetical character token pack bursting with all-new art would likely be its own product rather than an addition to existing one, and could probably be expected to be priced similarly to the recently-released Monster Core module.

Take my money.

Now!!

What's her Ancestry? I think I caught she has a nephilim heritage

She is indeed a Nephilim, probably one of the new options that will be presented in the book.

YES!!

Keep them coming.

Thank you Cora for all the amazing work you, the FoundryVTT team and Paizo do to make this happen.

Well, I can now definitively say that launching four new digital products, at once, on the first day of Gen Con, from the show floor, has proven to be ... challenging. All four of those downloads should be working properly now, though. Thanks for bearing with us!

Thank you for all you and your team do!

YES!!

All I will say is this.

Now, if we can get token packs for Rage of Elements and other rulebooks.

Thank you Paizo!!

Beautiful.

Looking forward to learning more about Zon-Shelyn as deity.

So excited to play Dae! Solarions are my jam.

The blog post is showing the wrong year for me Tuesday, June 11, 2022.

It's not just you - the post is indeed listed as 2022.

Paizo has cracked time travel!

Will we be seeing a FoundryVTT module down the line?

I understand that Rusthenge was an exception to the norm, but having the module is such a boon from GM prep perspective - just load and run.

Anything about Agathion? Unsure if they'd make this book, as before they were Bestiary 3, but I like them a lot.

One of the developers replied on a reddit post that Agathions and the related family of monsters would be reappearing in a future product.