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Pathfinder Chronicles: Cities of Golarion (PFRPG) Print Edition

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Pathfinder Chronicles: Cities of Golarion (PFRPG)

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Most adventurers think of cities as the places to go after the adventure is over. It’s time to show your players that cities can be every bit as exciting—and dangerous—as the darkest dungeon!

Each city presented in this 64-page book comes complete with a full-page color map, history both ancient and modern, relations with neighboring nations and monsters, noteworthy locations, and pages of adventure hooks, making it the perfect place to run a Pathfinder campaign!

    Cities in this book include:
  • Cassomir, home of Taldor’s aggressive navy and strange creatures that lurk beneath the streets
  • Corentyn, the crumbling, haunted city that gives devil-worshiping Cheliax a chokehold on trade through the Inner Sea
  • Ilizmagorti, a haven for pirates and secret base of the mysterious Red Mantis assassins
  • Nisroch, gloomy port city of shadow and bone, ruled by priests of the sadistic god Zon-Kuthon
  • Vigil, a bastion of law and good on the border of civilization, built to watch over the tomb of an ancient lich
  • Whitethrone, capital city and noble playground of the daughters of the witch queen Baba Yaga

Every city described in this book also appears as a huge poster map in Pathfinder Chronicles: City Map Folio.

By Joshua J. Frost, Tim Hitchcock, Jonathan Keith, Rob McCreary, Jason Nelson, and Jeff Quick

ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-200-5

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A useful Suppliment for both DM and Player

4/5 —

Cities of Golarion detail six far flung cities like Whitethone and Ilizmagorti. They add richness and complexity to those kingdoms where they lie, and give players somewhere to be from. Check out my full review: Cities of Golarion

An excellent resource for the Golarion setting

4/5 —

This book does a very good job of fleshing out several cities in the Pathfinder campaign setting, and many of these cities also serve to give some additional flavor to the nations that they are associated with.

The coverage of Cassomir is a perfect compliment to the Taldor: Echoes of Glory product, and immediately, perhaps more than any of the other cities, this one stands out in the product as being the best base for a "standard" adventuring party.

On the other side of the coin, Nisroch doesn't seem like a place well suited for much except a destination for an adventure where the adventurers are quick to exit the scene once their mission is done.

It doesn't run at maximum awesome. Corentyn is fine, but doesn't seem especially well suited for being called out in a product like this, as an example.

Still, none of the write ups are bad, and the product as a whole is very solid.

Cities for urban campaigns

4/5 —

The book presents 6 new cities in the Pathfinder campaign setting, devised for running urban campaigns. I guess you can use them for a part of your game, or center a whole campaign in them. Either way, the information is very useful and the writing is inspiring, so it's a very enjoyable read. I personally like to pick and chose, here and there, buildings, NPCs and plots, to enhance the flavor of my own cities. However, I rated 4 stars, because I think there should be at least some more good-oriented cities, and a little less complexity throughout the book. Maybe a "Towns of Golarion" would complement these aspects. It is overall an excelent buy, especially if you're interested in running urban campaigns or urban-adventures.

A nice sourcebook

4/5 —

Each city is unique and leaves a DM with a detailed descriptions yet still allows some room for any personal touches desired to fit a specific campaign. The cities are unique and each has a different flair. Finally, we get to see a glimpse into the dark nations of Nidal and Irrisen via a couple of the cities. Great stuff!

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Was I the only one to catch the reference on page 47, in the chapter on Vigil, about the "Wolf Winter" when the Path River froze and the werewolf Thortaad and his pack entered the city, ravaged it for 40 days, and were finally killed in front of the Sancta Iomedae?

Because it really reminded me of this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolves_of_Paris

I picked this up today...so shiny.

So, six writers and six cities. Who did what?

(And Eric: yeah, good connection.)
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Mairkurion {tm} wrote:

I picked this up today...so shiny.

So, six writers and six cities. Who did what?

See page 3. :)

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Mairkurion {tm} wrote:

I picked this up today...so shiny.

So, six writers and six cities. Who did what?

(And Eric: yeah, good connection.)

Get the Map Folio, too -- it's absolutely gorgeous and well worth the price! (Yeah, yeah, I'm always tricking you into buying silly things such as 'Uncle Wesley's Christmas Tree Lights' or 'Branch Lubricant for Virile Treants', but this time I'm serious. I swear!)

Fine. Make me read sequentially. FINE!

(Thanks, SKR.)

Asgetrion. Yeah, I've been thinking of that. I'm abominably behind in my non-subscription buying (I spotted the 2009 date and thought, What?!) Hopefully a certain institution of higher learning will do something to change that... ::crosses twigs::
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If I already have the Irrisen book, and all six volumes of REIGN OF WINTER, will there be enough distinct/new info on Whitethrone in this book to make it worth my while?
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Jim Kiley wrote:
If I already have the Irrisen book, and all six volumes of REIGN OF WINTER, will there be enough distinct/new info on Whitethrone in this book to make it worth my while?

The information on Whitethrone in Irrisen, Land of Eternal Winter was a very brief summary of the city detailed in Cities of Golarion. So while some of the information will be the same, Cities of Golarion goes into much greater detail (and you get info on five other cities as well!).

Got a quick question about Ilizmagorti (which, if I'm not mistaken, was written by Rob): The write-up mentions a district or section of the city called the Wharves, but this area didn't get its own write-up, nor is it labeled on the map. Are the Wharves a particular section of the city's many dock areas or all dock sections as a whole?

In particular, I'm trying to locate/place Besmara's House.

Thanks in advance.
Sovereign Court Senior Developer, Starfinder Team
GM Piratey Steve wrote:

Got a quick question about Ilizmagorti (which, if I'm not mistaken, was written by Rob): The write-up mentions a district or section of the city called the Wharves, but this area didn't get its own write-up, nor is it labeled on the map. Are the Wharves a particular section of the city's many dock areas or all dock sections as a whole?

In particular, I'm trying to locate/place Besmara's House.

Thanks in advance.

The Wharves are made up of the entirety of the docks encircling the lagoon, and probably the first row or two inland. So anywhere in there would be a good place for Besmara's House.

I had to look at my original turnover for the answer - it looks like the original map tag never made it in the final book.

Thank you very much, sir! You Paizo folks really rock!

Jeez, that didn't sound very piratey at all. The Paizo niceness must be rubbing off on me.
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It's fascinating to see the mirror scrying effect survive such a long time. The Irrisen mirror sight spell is nearly identical in effect to the Mirror Sight feat Monte Cook wrote back in '01 (and used again in other products, like Arcana Evolved).
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So the authors:

Cassomir -- Josh Frost
Ilizmagorti -- Rob McCreary
Vigil -- Jason Nelson
Whitethrone -- Jonathan Keith
Corentyn --
Nisroch --

(Tim Hitchcock)
(Jeff Quick)

Can someone apply the last two please?
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