Can't wait for this one!
Any chance that we'll see Pathfinder treatments for:
The Warlock
The Warmage
The Hexblade
The Duskblade??
I'm pretty sure those classes aren't Open content, and thus we can't touch them.
Drat! And naturally, most of them are precisely the classes that certain players in my campaign chose for their characters! Ah well. Thank God for 3.5 compatibility!
Nevertheless, I'm really psyched for this one!
I hope they make Swift Channeling an OFFICIAL feat in this book.
I'm sure it's too much to hope for, but I really hope this book has all the Core rulebook and APG spells in it.
Cross posting this from Ultimate Magic playtest so it might be seen.
In Races of Destiny there is a bard/sorc/wiz spell called I think Tranverse City which uses a stone from the city as a focus and teleports you to a random street location in the city. This is a great bard spell just from the flavor and GM possitbilites. I can see the bard and party appearing between two rival gangs just before they fight for dominance. Poping in and disrupting a noble progression and getting arrested. Lots of good gaming situations could present themselves.
What I would like is a similar bard spell in Ultimate Magic.
Doug
How about updated spell lists for each class, and references to which book the spells are from? That would be ultra-cool! :)
Personally, I'd rather put that online, and not waste 20+ pages reprinting all that text....
Screenshotted and stashed on my hard drive so I'll know who to assign this project to when it inevitably needs to be done over the course of a weekend or holiday break...
Feh, Photoshop will save me. :)
Love the cover.
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I know Paizo is very careful about introducing new prestige classes, but wont this book have any?+1
I posted this elsewhere (another Ultimate Magic thread I think) but I'd like to see an "Eidolon Adept" PrC... basically a prestige class that does for Summoner what Master Chymist does for the Alchemist.
And, given the lack of arcane caster type PrC's in the APG... if I had to guess, I'd say that we're gonna see some here... in Ultimate Magic.
But, that's just a guess. :)
Dean (TMW)
Did we ever get confirmation that there will be PrC's?
I know this is a long ways off, but is there any chance the book might include undead familiars?
Is it too late to request a Pathfinder version of something akin to the Practiced Spellcaster +4 caster level feat in this book. I understand there is the Magical Knack trait that gives a +2 available, but not all GM's allow traits and also if someone were to play something such as a Mystic Theurge they would not be adequately covered on both sides.
Well, I hope for a Cloistered Cleric archetype for the Cleric class and not again only new sub-domains. :)
I shall sacrifice TWO of thine goats tonight in honor of this bound and printed text! Riddled with excitement and anticipation am I, the ever Paizo-fearing man I am.
GIVE ME NOW!!! also the cloistered cleric variant is still valid imho does not really need any changes, i'm actually playing one atm in one of my groups
Can't wait for this awesome tome of mystical might.
Yeah some arch types for clerics would be better than those sub domains but some new "real" domains would be awesome.
I am very late to this discussion.
With some info on Ninja's, samurai, etc., will there by any suggestions / archetypes for the casters from Oriental Adventures. i.e. an Archetype for Wujen (based off wizard), Shaman (based off of Oracle or Cleric?) or would something of this nature be in the Tian Xia book?
Or perhaps nothing at all?
We'll be releasing more information about the contents of the book as we approach it's release date.
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I'm still looking for a Frostmage style prc for PAthfinder's wizard, sorcerer and the Witch........Did you check out the boreal sorcerer bloodline in the APG?which would only work for a sorcerer and not a witch or a wizard...
There is a School of Ice in Genius Guide: Ice Magic. Available here.
The Inner Sea World Guide will have archetypes pretaining to the Inner Sea region. It stands to reason that the Tian Xia World Guide will have Tian-Xia-ian archetypes.
Actually, just to keep expectations managed, the Inner Sea World Guide will NOT contain any archetypes. This is according to the product description and Paizo employees...
(...) i.e. an Archetype for Wujen (based off wizard) (...)
To me, the APG Elemental School Specialisations reminded me of the AD&D version of the Wu-Jen but Metal and Wood Schools could be cool with Tian Xia.
I was on the fence with Ultimate Magic due to the Words of Power system seeming unrefined in the last playtest phase. Then I read three little words that sold this book to me, all other content aside.
VERMIN ANIMAL COMPANIONS.
So long as that is PFS legal, you have sold one additional $40 book!
And it otta be out just in time for my birthday! Paizo, you really do love me!
What's this I keep reading around the boards about this book having "Oriental content"?? People are saying we don't need a crunch book for Tien-Xia because all the crunch will be in Ultimate Combat (with the ninja and samurai) and Ultimate Magic, but it doesn't say in the product description what "oriental" content will be in the book!
Cross posting this from Ultimate Magic playtest so it might be seen.
In Races of Destiny there is a bard/sorc/wiz spell called I think Tranverse City which uses a stone from the city as a focus and teleports you to a random street location in the city. This is a great bard spell just from the flavor and GM possitbilites. I can see the bard and party appearing between two rival gangs just before they fight for dominance. Poping in and disrupting a noble progression and getting arrested. Lots of good gaming situations could present themselves.
What I would like is a similar bard spell in Ultimate Magic.Doug
What's wrong with using the spell from Cityscape? PF is backwards compatible, after all. (Personally, I don't want repeats from WotC material)
Does the book have any magic items in it?
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What's wrong with using the spell from Cityscape? PF is backwards compatible, after all. (Personally, I don't want repeats from WotC material)Cross posting this from Ultimate Magic playtest so it might be seen.
In Races of Destiny there is a bard/sorc/wiz spell called I think Tranverse City which uses a stone from the city as a focus and teleports you to a random street location in the city. This is a great bard spell just from the flavor and GM possitbilites. I can see the bard and party appearing between two rival gangs just before they fight for dominance. Poping in and disrupting a noble progression and getting arrested. Lots of good gaming situations could present themselves.
What I would like is a similar bard spell in Ultimate Magic.Doug
Cityscape sucks. Also, I somewhat doubt that the "yeah, let's not release a book on this and just point customers to our competition" argument crosses Paizo's minds a lot ;)
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We'll be releasing more information about the contents of the book as we approach it's release date.
Do we have a more concrete release day then mid-april? Is it off to the printers, in cargo containers on the ocean, held within Treebole by the vile Treerazor until suitable sacrifice of elves is performed?
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Cityscape sucks. Also, I somewhat doubt that the "yeah, let's not release a book on this and just point customers to our competition" argument crosses Paizo's minds a lot ;)What's wrong with using the spell from Cityscape? PF is backwards compatible, after all. (Personally, I don't want repeats from WotC material)Cross posting this from Ultimate Magic playtest so it might be seen.
In Races of Destiny there is a bard/sorc/wiz spell called I think Tranverse City which uses a stone from the city as a focus and teleports you to a random street location in the city. This is a great bard spell just from the flavor and GM possitbilites. I can see the bard and party appearing between two rival gangs just before they fight for dominance. Poping in and disrupting a noble progression and getting arrested. Lots of good gaming situations could present themselves.
What I would like is a similar bard spell in Ultimate Magic.Doug
I was under the impression that Paizo was embracing the old OGL model, in that when the Pathfinder ecology thrives with third party material, then that mean the core is thriving as well.
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Cityscape sucks. Also, I somewhat doubt that the "yeah, let's not release a book on this and just point customers to our competition" argument crosses Paizo's minds a lot ;)What's wrong with using the spell from Cityscape? PF is backwards compatible, after all. (Personally, I don't want repeats from WotC material)Cross posting this from Ultimate Magic playtest so it might be seen.
In Races of Destiny there is a bard/sorc/wiz spell called I think Tranverse City which uses a stone from the city as a focus and teleports you to a random street location in the city. This is a great bard spell just from the flavor and GM possitbilites. I can see the bard and party appearing between two rival gangs just before they fight for dominance. Poping in and disrupting a noble progression and getting arrested. Lots of good gaming situations could present themselves.
What I would like is a similar bard spell in Ultimate Magic.Doug
I was under the impression that Paizo was embracing the old OGL model, in that when the Pathfinder ecology thrives with third party material, then that mean the core is thriving as well.
Of course. But it's not like they won't release something because WotC did something on that subject (also, note: WotC stuff was closed content).
Do we have a more concrete release day then mid-april? Is it off to the printers, in cargo containers on the ocean, held within Treebole by the vile Treerazor until suitable sacrifice of elves is performed?
Until the book reaches Paizo's warehouse, we're not going to get a more specific date than mid-April, since a lot of factors can delay the arrival of the book.
I do believe it's been sent off to the printer, though.
Cityscape sucks. Also, I somewhat doubt that the "yeah, let's not release a book on this and just point customers to our competition" argument crosses Paizo's minds a lot ;)
It was a horrible book, I admit. It was so underwhelming. Half the material being repeat of the DMG Web Enhancement was annoying, too.
Dungeonscape was much better, but still lacking. When WotC started penny-pinching and dropping their book page numbers down, I knew the inevitable was coming. The environmental books were 224+ pages, yet Dungeonscape and Cityscape, two environments that needed at least 224+ pages considering how common those areas are explored, got the shaft!
ON TOPIC: So, when're we getting a "Final Draft" for the Magus and some other tidbits from UM? It's only a little over a month away now!
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The environmental books were 224+ pages, yet Dungeonscape and Cityscape, two environments that needed at least 224+ pages considering how common those areas are explored, got the shaft!
[tangent] Frostburn and Sandstorm were so darn good, too. Just dripping with useful stuff. Stormwrack was, IMO, still great, but not quite as amazing, and then Cityscape and Dungeonscape just fell flat, for me. They spoiled us with the early stuff. Indeed, that happened quite a bit. Draconomicon and Libris Mortis felt much more densely packed with good stuff, compared to Lords of Madness and Drow of the Underdark. [/tangent]