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I wonder what ancestries and heritages might come along with an Arcadia or Casmaron book? Arcadia's got Syrinx (owlfolk) and Wyrwoods (small constructs), and I've been excited for the latter since the start of PF2.
I genuinely thought we had one already, but I might be getting mixed up with Magic: the Gathering, which I know has an autistic Planeswalker. As an autistic fan here, I'd quite enjoy this!
I would love if the Guardian imposed a penalty to targeting allies. Home, sweet home.
This is the appeal of the Stolen Lands in Kingmaker!
Incredibly excited for Kyonin to get some love.
How many shots from a Numerian railgun do you think he could take to the chest?
Zon-Shelyn seems remarkably pleasant.
Also Mios is masc presenting non-binary. While they may take issue with being referred to as a dude or male, I think they still meet the criteria you are referencing. Pointing to a they/them non-binary character when someone asks for queer men is not helpful or respectful, IMO. It would be just as weird if you called one a queer woman just because they have boobs - something that happens constantly IRL, where many NB people just get seen as their assigned birth genders.
I think an OSR game would be a significantly better fit here.
I could've sworn Kholo were going up to Common.
I don't think Magus sucks. Starlit Span is one of my favorite subclasses in the entire game. Thaumaturge, Rogue, Sorcerer (Imperial, Shadow, Undead), Witch, Psychic all feel immediately on-theme for various parts of the dhampir fantasy. Arazni is a very fitting deity for Clerics and Champions who resent their undead heritage, and does have Holy followers. Druid is a sneaky pick, as Dracula does a lot with command over and transformation into various animals. Ranger and Gunslinger both offer versions of the badass dhampir vampire-hunter with a cool crossbow.
Not with a divine death, a glooming-up of Shelyn, or the adoption of Arazni, but simply a tidy rename is how the Prismatic Ray enter the new version of Golarion. I hope those who were worried can breathe a little easier.
War!!
Urgir is a potentially-fun place with a pretty imperfect depiction in 1e. Excited to see how this one goes!
Personally I still want wyvaran, syrinx, and gathlain a lot! I think my wyvaran itch will be scratched by new heritage coming out in Player Core 2, but I'd still like to see the owlfolk (maybe with some lore changes) and the much taller playable fey to make a return. FWIW, we do meet a nicer-than-1e Syrinx in a 2e Society scenario! I think there's hope for them coming along someday.
12-year thread necro with a mostly off-topic comment has gotta be some kind of record.
And thus, my biggest frustration with PF2 at launch is resolved. Excited to see everyone's Champions of Justice and Obediance!
I do hope an old decision can be overturned and that we see Couatl Nephilim at some point - or perhaps their own Versatile Heritage, otherwise.
Wow. The fact that Extinction Curse is barely above Second Darkness makes me sad. We had a ton of fun with Extinction Curse, while Second Darkness remains the only AP my gaming group decided to abandon without finishing. There's an awful lot of popular sentiment against it for how the circus half and the epic fantasy adventure half don't really meld - though I do think the volume set in the Darklands looked like great fun. I also remember some controversy around not just trying to right Aroden's old wrong on these forums.
I trust the company that made the 2e Mwangi Expanse and Tian Xia books to treat Arcadia with similar levels of respect. I also understand that Pathfinder 2e is largely a game about tactical combat to the death on a battle map, and so the continent needs bad guys to beat up on. Everything we've heard suggests modern Razatlan is at least a decent place to live, and we've seen Xopatl to be quite lovely... but we also know the Halana Theocracy is in thrall to a bunch of servants of evil sky gods, and that Ohachtsik has empowered no less than five undead Armies of Fire to rampage across the land. If El Santo can get into brawls with terrifying mummies, then I think Arcadia can be permitted some gnarly cultist types without being read as a condemnation of Mexica religious practices. Likewise, I think there's a lot of room for a more-sympathetic fantasy take on something like the Andean 'mummies,' who could be something like guardian spirits or respected ancestors - nuance, as always, is key.
Lost Omens: Pathfinder Society Guide would be the most definitive list, though a few new ones have been built or authorized (two in Arcadia!) since its publication, IIRC.
Arcadia is NOT pre-colonial Americas nor colonial Americas and isn't filled with savages. The emphatic denial is kind of strange - sure, it isn't exactly the Americas, but we know enough to say it's textually inspired by them the same way Garund is an Africa-equivalent. EDIT: Not advocating for human sacrifice or labeling anyone 'savages,' to be clear.
I don't care for Hags, but the note that they share their covens with Naga sometimes has made me really crave that reflavoring.
There's also always the chance that Thuvia's city-states fall in upon one another like hungry vultures if, say, their immortality elixir fails...Is that likely? I always understood that the sun orchid elixir was the product of highly advanced alchemy that sort of bleeds over into arcane magic, and doesn't have anything to do with the divine. It's produced by a single immortal alchemist who has some kind of potentially-fraying agreement with Pharasma; given that we're about to spend a lot of time focused on both war and immortality, seeing something happen with all that feels quite likely, IMO.
LO: Firebrands paints Katapesh as a land effectively embroiled in civil war already.Why they keep doing this in setting books rather than adventures (which, besides being better-suited to keep up with the rapid pace and uncertain swinginess of revolution, let you actually play something) will remain beyond me. Why they keep putting lore in lore books is a mystery for the ages :P Age of Ashes dedicated a whole book to shaking up policy in Katapesh, influencing the Pactmasters to ban an influential slaving operation that paved the way for this change - it is a result of play.
Aberrant is still my favorite of the official ones, but my heart pines for the return of the 1e Nanite Bloodline someday.
It's my understanding that Cheliax has tribes of both Strix and Centaurs that they encroach on continually.
I really appreciate the quicker 'churn' we get on settings and themes with the varied AP lengths; it's no fun to sit out that whole line for half of or even an entire year, while the constant novelty is really appealing. More APs means more chances for the really striking ideas - so that when a trip to, say, Arcadia or Numeria comes around, Average Joe gamer who wants his elves in European castles isn't sitting things out for too long while I'm feasting, and vice-versa.
A little bit of thread necromancy: what if Gorum's death (and Achaekek's involvement) shake the hell out of the Golden Road? Letting loose a war (of Immortals, even!) could easily stir up the tense border between Rahadoum and Cheliax, or else finally inspire the bellicose satrap of Qadira to disregard his peace-seeking imperial handler. LO: Firebrands paints Katapesh as a land effectively embroiled in civil war already. Achaekek's cult have a historical presence in Rahadoum, while Sarenites may well call for righteous action against the wicked all over the region. There's also always the chance that Thuvia's city-states fall in upon one another like hungry vultures if, say, their immortality elixir fails...
Ranger was the first class in PF2 to excite me, after not caring for them in any of the 3 most recent D&D editions. I think they do plenty to incentivize ranged combat in fun ways, with the versatility for everything from a crossbow sniper to someone flinging a ton of shuriken.
A sedwhatnow? The post-Remaster replacement for Sahuagin.
Howl of the Wild politely reminds us that there are friendly-enough Sedacthy living in Outsea, which gives me faint hope for them being playable someday - I like the thought of a meaner and nastier aquatic Ancestry than some of our (now surprisingly many!) options.
Oh, it's fascinating that this one isn't Mythic - gives it the real epic campaign-topper feeling!
I suspect not, as being Large seems to be considered Rare, while I think everyone in PC2 is meant to be Common.
James, do you have any sneak peeks now as to which existing APs will act as a good lead-in to Spore War? I'm super excited to see what the Backgrounds for this one look like when the Player's Guide comes around, far in the future <3 Kyonin is so cool!
Today's news about the changes to Champions has me very, very happy: there are subclasses decoupled from Sanctification! TMS's notes say that Champions of Grandeur are Holy, that Champions of Iniquity are Unholy, but Champions of Justice aren't locked into a specific Sanctification.
How manu gods are they planning to cover in this book, exactly? My understanding is "literally all of them in Pathfinder canon."
mythic as paragon paths/epic destinies? That's pretty cool. Hush, we're not supposed to say so out loud! :P Between this and the two Battlecry classes giving us a near-Warlord and basically-a-Defender's-mark, I'm eating so good right now.
YAY! Glad I was given the go-ahead to announce Spore War earlier today. This is an Adventure Path concept I've had in my back pocket for years... and in fact a storyline that is partially one that I've had percolating for longer than almost any other one we've done. The first "Fight and kill Treerazer" adventure is one I wrote for my homebrew setting back in and around 1989 and 1990. That makes it just a few years older than I am, wow!
Very pleased to hear that the Couatl divinities will be in this one. Will this get a sketch cover? Has any Lost Omens book gotten one? I assumed that was a Rulebooks thing.
Also, if we ever get a plant-based barbarian instinct we can have a spore-based warrior filled with war-spores participating in Spore War's Spore Wars. We just did in Wardens of the Wildwood, though I believe it has some balance concerns.
I wonder if there will be a new god of civilization. Since the only thing Abadar cares about and focuses on is basically banking and not all the other community aspects of civilization. He's also big into building walls/ditches and enforcing fair law. Calling him the banking guy is a fair bit of a reductive take.
Spore War is coming - at long last, we get to beat up on Treerazer!
Commander, Guardian, and SF2 Solarians honestly crossed the last ones off my list. I'm content.
A Numeria AP full of suggestions on working SF2 stuff into PF2, honestly :p
Likewise, Paizo could also scratch that itch with a city-based campaign/adventure path set in Absalom. A full six books, but inexplicably full of framing corrupt policing (getting paid under the table for strike-breaking, delivering striking workers to execution, stealing from those you arrest) as Good-aligned... and came out just as massive anti-police protests rocked the nation. The only good thing I'll say for it is that one volume has a lovely overview of Vudra in the back. One volume's author donated all their profits from it after a public apology, and Paizo claimed it was reworking internal policies after it released despite internal pushback.
I'd prefer a system where my Iblydosi hero-gods don't have to be level 25. One of them was literally just a magic lion in 1e - that's not the kind of threat that brawls with demon lords.
Some fun new Iobaria tidbits arrived in Howl of the Wild! Vurnirn is the largest Centaur settlement there, while Roam is a potentially-mythic (as in nonexistent, not Mythic mechanically) home for Awakened Animals. We also get a new Iblydan origin for minotaurs, as the descendants of a mason cursed for accidentally angering a hero-god.
I write TTRPGs and do some mild housewife-y stuff for my (wonderful, beautiful, supportive) partner! They were desperate to get me out of 9 years of retail hell.
I was a little surprised to see no mention of travel and trade across the Okaiyo in the new Tian Xia World Guide. Hoping from some Tian-Arcadian crumbs in the Character Guide!
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