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Man, I should totally make an Alias with a Lumanara avatar for whenever I post in Adam's thread. Preferably whenever I post Power Rangers-related questions. >: )I love the Lunarma. It's pretty much replaced the Grell as my favorite Aberration. It looks like a Metroid and a Tentacruel had a horrifying, spiky baby.
See, I love the Lunarma, but the impression I get from both the text and the art is that they're some kind of Invader. Possibly from Space.
Dropping down from above, spitting globs of acid on their foes as they drop in ranks from the sky...
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While the description of the elohim states that they create "permanent demiplanes," and their behavior suggests that they seed a new world and abandon it for eons, they don't have permanency in their SLA list. Create demiplane usually only lasts for days. Is it just assumed that elohim-created demiplanes are permanent until dispelled?
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I am sure that the Lunarma are indeed "space invaders";)
While the description of the elohim states that they create "permanent demiplanes," and their behavior suggests that they seed a new world and abandon it for eons, they don't have permanency in their SLA list. Create demiplane usually only lasts for days. Is it just assumed that elohim-created demiplanes are permanent until dispelled?
I guess they can come back and recast it to reset the time. It kinda goes against their behavior, though.
I take it that it was an overlooked detail, which is unfortunate.
If that's what you would do, that's fine. For me, I find house ruling to be a shabby remedy for a simple detail that should have been added.
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Lol it's like you are just trying to summon Mikaze here.So I'm looking at the Broken Soul template, and thinking, okay that's horrible (especially since there isn't even a slight suggestion of a means to remove it, and frankly that's something that the author should really have provided)...
...then I notice the alignment is "usually chaotic evil..."
...and now I can't stop thinking of a small army of lawful good Broken Soul archons and angels whose common thread is that they escaped their tormentors and decided to go into Vildeis's service as-is rather than try to get repaired, using the horrors inflicted on them against the forces of evil.
I scare myself sometimes. o.O;
It wasn't my specific intention, but I did expect it as a side effect. :D
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Very pleased with this purchase. Despite having Bestiary I,II,III, Monster Manual I-IV, Creature Collections I,II,III, and Tome of Horrors Complete, this book surprises and excites me. And the flavor text gives so much in so little space. I want to create adventures just so I can use these! Job well done.
I am also pleased at the prospect of some of my favorite creatures from the adventure paths getting more use. (Vanths!) The space/planets/material plane focus of this book also makes me very happy. Demon armies? Hah! We've got Mogaru!
Only errata thing I noticed, sorry if someone else already mentioned this, was in the Unnerving Gaze section for the Sacristan kyton.
Unnerving Gaze (Ex) A creature that succumbs to an augur’s
unnerving gaze becomes staggered for 1 round.
Emphasis mine.
Favorite entries, listed in order of convenience rather than preference.
Catrina, Psycopomp (*fanboy disclaimer* I love psycopomps.) She, and sometimes he, just has some much character and class, and the art is great. I want to see one these done as a classy gentleman in a suit. "You're dead! Welcome to the River of Souls!" *gives you a hug/flower/lay/whatever* "Now just join the other departed in line and proceed to judgement. As a friendly reminder, please refrain from excessive emotional outbursts or attempts to return to your world of origin. Do not be the person we call the Vanths for, because we will."
Sacristan, Kyton
More Kytons is good, and the Shadow Scream is great, but it's really the art on this one. Well done Mr. Petrozzi. This will now be my go to picture for questions regarding Kyton/Kuthonite aesthetics.
Drakainia(!!)
The art, the fluff, the crunch, the... everything. I haven't squealed over a monster like this since Remembrance of CCIII. I would love to get a, even unofficial, expanded entry on this one.
First, where do you find these things? This is beast that can take on nascent demon lords, but is apparently native to the material plane.
Second, Regeneration (Negative Energy) I love it! It makes sense and oh how it's going to drive creatures nuts trying to kill it.
Third, the entry repeatedly says, 'When a Drakainia...' There are more of these?
Fourth, relationship with Lamashtu?
Fifth, am I the only one who looked at the last mutation and saw a mythic origin?
Almiraj
That eye will haunt me for the rest of the day, good thing it's Halloween.
Ankou
Art is as cool now as it was with kingmaker, and I love a guy who can sneak attack with himself.
Apocalypse Locust
Perfect for WotR, in a 'Oh gods, I just turned the party into warriors and experts' kind of way.
Broken Soul
Mr. Petrozzi, what fine drawings you produce, and such attention to anatomy and detail.
Chaneque
CR1, steals your soul. Perfect.
Clockwork Mage
Incorporeal? How cute.
Pazuzu
He's cool and all, but my heart belongs to Sifkesh. His artifact though.
The Scepter of Shibaxet can be broken by a redeemed demon lord if the regenerating towers of Shibaxet are already destroyed.
(Folks, let you imaginations run wild and give your head-canons!)
Kostchtchie
Use the force! The Brute force!
Dossenus
Die knowing that it doesn't hate you. It's just hungry, and being devote.
Outer Dragon
Time Travel, Faster Than Light travel, cold that bypasses immunity. Oh yeah.
Einherji
Like the art. Also, "Hail our Lord in Iron!"
"Actually, I serve the Lady of Chrysanthemums."
"..."
Elohim
I'm sure what I want to do with these, but their awesomeness demands to be used.
Korada
"Oh mighty Zamzamlahon, Slayer of Angels, Doom of Pandora, Defiler of the Sun!"
"Speak!"
"You just got your ass handed to you by a monkey in a bathrobe."
Vildeis
Cardinal Martyr vs Blood Marquis (We can do it! Also, her artifacts destruction condition is pretty intriguing.)
Erlkings/Hamadryad
I really want to redo Kingmaker with all of the options now available.
Formian
Much better as aliens than outsiders. "Good job Ssxtrx-7, you get a name."
Gaki
I love monsters that have a myth/folklore feel to them. Skeleton with compulsion to consume the proper combination of food and drink, but can't. Excellent. Also the moon and sun thing is great.
Gearghost
"So, thief, here's the deal. Rot in prison until we sell you to Katapesh, or break into the vault inside the old Bank of Abadar."
Geist
Haunts have a creature!
River Giant
Just what the River Kingdoms need.
Slag Giants
More Thassilonian goodness.
Wax Golem
I can see all kinds of tragic stories with this one.
Cthulhu
And... you're dead.
Gremlins
I love monsters that you can see being a fact of life. If I can picture a housewife chasing it with a broom, without her having pc levels, it's doing it right.
Grendel
A successful mutation perhaps?
Jack-o’-lantern
Low-level monsters that explode when you kill them? Hell yeah!
Kaiju
You made kaiju paizo. Only tears of joy suffice. (That Bezravnis may just be doing all this as a threat display for another alien is wonderful.)
Kitsune
Really like the new art.
Lampad
Art/fluff/crunch it's all good, but the art made it.
Lunarma
Art: A
Nemesis of Flumphs: A+
Maenad
Apprentice necromancer "I see a party."
Master "I see a soon to be warehouse."
Manitou
Just overall good.
Nightmare Creature
Really Mr. Petrozzi? Was that really necessary? I have half a mind to take all styluses away from you. (The other half wants Andrew to keep him chained in Paizo's basement, forever.)
Pard
Neon phase kitty!
Pickled Punk
Dat name!
Pipefox
Most stylish familiar/fashion accessory ever.
Seaweed Siren
It's fugly
Soulbound Mannequin/Shell
Hell yes! Immortality here we come!
Xanthos
Campaign seed: Found!
And seriously folks, I was restraining myself here. Many more are worthy of comment.
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Posting in a hurry but just wanted to say I love that Vildeis has the [pain] spells on her list, presumably with the [evil] tag sheared off. Give me some precedence to work with for some other things. :)
Trying back to Evil Midnight Lurker's Vildeis/Broken Soul idea, I love that she seems to be focusing on punishing fiends and forcing penance upon them nonlethally(but certainly not gently) when she can. Wondering if those sigils she's copying onto her targets are inflicting both the pain she feels and enough empathy to drive it home.
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Eldritch Gizzard. That is all.
OH... MY... KAIJU!!!
So much want for this book!
Cheshire Cat (Pard)?
Sexy witches (New hags)?
SPACE STUFF?!
Fiend-killing fiendish monkey people?
Creepy dolls (Soulbound Mannequin)?
Fungoid space angels (Elohim)?
VILDEIS VS. CTHULU?!
And the Halfling Wizard's fantasy, the Pipefox, which despite my manly beefiness, I want to cuddle, then have it yip my foes into utter madness and drive them to the Old Ones!
You guys know how to make a broke man broker... and love every second of it! *Lays down b-day money soon for hardback+PDF, them squeals like a school girl on a rainbow unicorn*
One question: any more Inevitables I can oppress... I mean, protect my players and campaign worlds with?
There are no Inevitables in this book:(
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Drat, no fascist robots to lord over free-thinking PCs! And here I was about to make a campaign where everyone plays Gremlins trying to get the one up on their robotic overlords, with some help from the friendly local Kaiju, who have an infatuation with blonde Hamadryads and hate Killer Seahorse-riding Pickled Punks, who have formed a cult around spoiled cheese! Or maybe not, but hey, it was a funny concept if nothing else!
Posting in a hurry but just wanted to say I love that Vildeis has the [pain] spells on her list, presumably with the [evil] tag sheared off. Give me some precedence to work with for some other things. :)
I have to respectfully disagree with you there, sorry about that.
Really, though, the real reason I'm telling you this is so my disagreement won't come as a shock when you read the corrections I made for the empyreals. So basically...I'm commenting to advertise my work, I hope this cause offense.
But if you disagree with my disagreement (or my corrections) then you can always let me know. :)
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Sexy witches (New hags)? Oh yes.
SPACE STUFF?! In zounds!
Fiend-killing fiendish monkey people? Actually he's a demigod.
Creepy dolls (Soulbound Mannequin)? Yes.
Fungoid space angels (Elohim)? What worlds hath they wrought?
VILDEIS VS. CTHULU?! Make it so!One question: any more Inevitables I can oppress... I mean, protect my players and campaign worlds with? Nope, but if it makes you feel better, there is a planet in the Golarion system that makes Kaiju. Might be something for your campaign there.
To be fair, I don't know who wouldn't want to cuddle the pipefox.
Mikaze, I do like that, and that for those who will not be redeemed Disintigrate Smite! The new information on her faith is pretty intriguing as well. Vildeis feels much like a good Zon-Kuthon. She isn't the diety you want, so much as the one you need. The one to follow when so fundamentally wounded or broken that nothing can make you whole, but you will not forsake what is good.
Did anyone else think Halo's Flood when they read the entry for Fleshdregs?
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We all know that Apostae is where Kaiju are grown! They sleep in crystalline bubbles near the planet's core. And now that we have the Elohim monster, we also have a possible candidate for the founders of Golarion's multiverse, who perhaps left Apostae as a means for their creations to become god-like creators like them to bring about some sort of existential singularity.
Overthinking the Golarion mythology too much? Nothing like a good Halloween party to loosen up some brain cells with liquid intellect and come up with far-out but theoretically possible concepts! Probably how someone came up with the theories on quantum mechanics!
Rysky, how about the Wizard archetype from Ultimate Combat? >:D
There are no Inevitables in this book:(
They've said multiple times that there wouldn't be any Inevitables in this book. I'm even sure that you've replied to those comments. I don't see how anyone on this forum can be surprised by this.
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We all know that Apostae is where Kaiju are grown! They sleep in crystalline bubbles near the planet's core. And now that we have the Elohim monster, we also have a possible candidate for the founders of Golarion's multiverse, who perhaps left Apostae as a means for their creations to become god-like creators like them to bring about some sort of existential singularity.
Overthinking the Golarion mythology too much? Nothing like a good Halloween party to loosen up some brain cells with liquid intellect and come up with far-out but theoretically possible concepts! Probably how someone came up with the theories on quantum mechanics!
Actually, think closer to home. Verces grows them as warmachines.
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Odraude, Dragon78 was answering my question. After the number of posts exploded, I promptly ignored the thread until post-release. Inevitables and Proteans get no love because of all those Demons T_T.
Lloyd, I will not hear the propaganda! Everyone knows unless they're in one of the craters, they would burn up! Factual canon, if it exists, shall never stand in the way of paranoid conspiracy theory! :D
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Go home Prince, the liquid intelligence is affecting you. Also, I have a fine collection of foil hats if you'd like one.
I would like to thank whoever made the nightmare creature template (and whoever decided to translate it from the advanced bestiary). Up until now, I was having trouble with a character for a Way of the Wicked campaign that's coming up.
Now I can just play Freddy Krueger. Thanks again, Paizo!
You truly outdid yourselves on this one!
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Agreed. Though I'm still holding out for hope for an updated Advanced Bestiary.
One day my dreams will come true... one day...
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Agreed. Though I'm still holding out for hope for an updated Advanced Bestiary.
One day my dreams will come true... one day...
The more I skip and read through the book the more I love it!
And the less I see people here mention some creatures *abaia, buggane, soulsliver and Sayona* the more I love them!
One day indeed!Agreed. Though I'm still holding out for hope for an updated Advanced Bestiary.
One day my dreams will come true... one day...
Oh ye gods, Christmas came early and so did I!
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Also it seems weird that Kostchtchie is as smart as Korada.
Wow, how is he smarter then Vildeis?
You have seen what she does to herself to combat evil, right? ;)
Good solid bestiary but I still liked Bestiaries 2 and 3 better.
YES my local store apparently finally has the book in stock! That means I'll have to cancel my order from elsewhere and get it today.
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Lloyd don't you know foil caps don't work against Flumphs?! I'll simply wear a drugged Lunarma on my head! Hope it doesn't drool...
As a note, sobered up, but now I'm hyped up on caffeine!
Good solid bestiary but I still liked Bestiaries 2 and 3 better.
Can you tell me the reason why? I'm just curious why you like those better.
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Drakainia(!!)
The art, the fluff, the crunch, the... everything. I haven't squealed over a monster like this since Remembrance of CCIII. I would love to get a, even unofficial, expanded entry on this one.
First, where do you find these things? This is beast that can take on nascent demon lords, but is apparently native to the material plane.
Second, Regeneration (Negative Energy) I love it! It makes sense and oh how it's going to drive creatures nuts trying to kill it.
Third, the entry repeatedly says, 'When a Drakainia...' There are more of these?
Fourth, relationship with Lamashtu?
Fifth, am I the only one who looked at the last mutation and saw a mythic origin?
*puts on know-it-all glasses*
If I remember correctly, the Drakaina is a kind of "class" of female monsters from Greek myths that included creatures such as Scylla, Echidna, Lamia, Keto, and Campe. They were all women that were transformed into monsters by the gods, with some of them going on to mother monsters themselves.
It was also said that they could only be slain by gods or demigods, thus the mythic tiers for the Pathfinder version of the Drakaina.
I would assume that the Greek Drakaina "template" could be applied to other powerful mythological critters like Grendel's mother.
The Paizo crew did an outstanding job translating the Drakainia to Pathfinder rules :))
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Lloyd don't you know foil caps don't work against Flumphs?! I'll simply wear a drugged Lunarma on my head! Hope it doesn't drool...
As a note, sobered up, but now I'm hyped up on caffeine!
Flumphs make the best hats.
Why do the giant flea and the mammoth flea have the same Strength and Con bonus? Sometimes I don't understand why Paizo stats vermin and animals the way they do...