Okay, so I'm hoping for a Men In Black Faction for PFS. We could get Wands of Forget "Look this way, please." *FLASHY*
I'd like to play a Gnome named Neo because the Matrix would explain SOOooo much about the First World.
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I'm down for some Anaphrexia and Palatine Eye; I hope there's more new stuff and not a recap of info from Trial of the Beast.
Also, has PF come up with the Organization rules that 3.5 Player's Handbook 2 had? Because that'd be nice way to deal with joining organizations (getting perks, mechanically and fluff-wise).
There are only a few things I would want to know from this book.
1. Did the occult oracle mystery get changed in any way?
2. What are the secrets about Aroden written within?
3. What is in volume five of the pathfinder chronicles?
4. Where did the humans of this world come from? (I don't think the evolution theory would work here normally.)
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Also, has PF come up with the Organization rules that 3.5 Player's Handbook 2 had? Because that'd be nice way to deal with joining organizations (getting perks, mechanically and fluff-wise).
The answer is somewhat off-topic for this product.
The closest match is the Faction Guide, which outlines various organizations and defines how PCs can work with them. Inner Sea Magic and Inner Sea Combat present school organizations (for spellcasters and for non-spellcasters, respectively) in a similar manner.
The core of these is modeled on the PFS organized play system; earning Prestige for a total Fame score. PCs can "spend" Prestige points to obtain goods or services, rank, and organization-specific perks ("vanities").
A similar but scaled-down and organization-independent version of the same system appears in Ultimate Campaign as well.
There is not as much about the PCs starting and growing their own organizations. Pretty much all of them assume the organization is larger than the PCs throughout their careers.
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Gary and Christopher are doing some repair work in the code that generates shipping labels. There may be a few customers that see shipping notices this afternoon as they do final testing to make sure things work. If you see a shipping email, your packages won't leave until Monday at the very earliest.
Because 99.9% of subscribers will not start to see shipping notices until next week, I would ask that anyone who does, be considerate and discreet about the contents/spoilers from the books if you choose to look at your PDFs (for subscribers who get free PDFs when their book ships), until next week when the bulk of subscriptions will be shipped.
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Subcribers, prepare for shipping notices........
TODAY!
Has anyone gotten there shipping notices yet?
My notice came about two hours ago. Haven't dived in yet.
Willing to give spoilers on the Night Heralds ?
PLease...pretty please....
My notice came about two hours ago. Haven't dived in yet.Please, I must know. What does it say about Aroden?
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Willing to give spoilers on the Night Heralds ?
PLease...pretty please....
dedicated to preparing this world for harvest by the Dominion
of the Black.
And the Rewards are:
Insane (20 Fame, 4 PP ) You have finally succumbed and
become insane, yet your madness does not cripple
you as it would a mind less accepting of the condition.
Reduce your Wisdom score by 6—this is a permanent
reduction that can only be restored by greater
restoration or more powerful magic (though if this
occurs, you lose all benefits of this award). You can now
use your Charisma modifier on Will saves instead of your
Wisdom modifier, and you are immune to effects that
cause insanity or confusion.
Madness Resistance (10 Fame, 2 PP ) Long hours spent
pouring over blasphemous texts, using mind-altering
drugs and poisons to enhance your perception, and gazing
into the abyss above have inured your mind to madness.
You gain a +2 insight bonus on all saving throws against
effects that cause insanity or confusion.
Research Specialist (1 PP ) Levels in the loremaster prestige
class count as favored class levels for you.
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Please, I must know. What does it say about Aroden?
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Are the Knights of the Ioun Star affiliated with Xin and/or the Sihedron?
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** spoiler omitted **Willing to give spoilers on the Night Heralds ?
PLease...pretty please....
Whelp, guess I'm adding these as optional rewards for one or all of the factions in my home game. Probably the clergy and the academic society. Will love to see my alchemist debate driving himself crazy rather than going legendary games madness crazy.
I haven't got my book yet, but I couldn't wait and downloaded the PDF. This is a really well done book, in my opinion. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Loved the opening couple of pages and the summary of golarion mysteries*. The secret societies and esoteric traditions were great inspiration as well - I've got a good half dozen characters I want to play now.
There wasn't any section I didn't wish was longer. Thanks heaps to all involved. Right into my favourite top five golarion sourcebooks.
Did the occult oracle mystery get changed in any way from the version in Rasputin Must Die? or is it exactly the same? Pictures?
It looks the same to me. I tend to skip over the mechanical stuff though, I'm afraid.
Edit: from lining up the PDFs they seem pretty much identical.
Yeah it does look a little different (although not much). It goes to tenth level, of course. And gets:
Torturer's Mettle (Ex) At 3rd level, a pain taster can gain a number of temporary hit points equal to her pain taster level as a swift action. These temporary hit points last for 1 minute. This ability is a swift action that can be used once per day at 3rd level and an additional time per day every 3 levels thereafter (6th and 9th)
Instead of uncanny dodge at third level.
** spoiler omitted **Willing to give spoilers on the Night Heralds ?
PLease...pretty please....
EXCELLENT !!!!
Do they give any more information on the Dominion ?
So what info is there for the origins of life and exodus of the gnomes?
Also ditto about the dominion of the black?
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EXCELLENT !!!!
Do they give any more information on the Dominion ?
They do!
I leave it for fans to ferret that information out.
I always fear it's a bad sign when there is so little activity on a new release.....
well people only spoil when they know something is going to be in a release, and usually such spoiler's are crunches. In the case of this book we were told of very few crunches to expect, so very little is asked.
However if we wish to add more to this I would like to ask about any more crunches in this book that are not listed in the description in a spoiler.
Errata notice; It's a small thing, but on the last page, the front covers of two of the books advertised don't match the book descriptions. Instead of The Iron Gods AP first cover, it shows the cover for Inner Sea Magic & the cover for Inner Sea Combat is shown as the cover for a new fiction book set in Numeria as well.
Okay, Tabris groupies/Order of the Palatine Eye inquisitives take note, this sentence groups the two together for a reason...
edit: Pg. 56 seems to add another check-mark on Ezren's tally in the 'bad-stuff happening to an Iconic' Olympics...
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How about the Order of the Palatine Eye? Is the info more-or-less a reprint from Carrion Crown?
Less. As author of both, I can tell you that the contents here summarize what you've seen while adding a lot a new angles and aspects, including new exclusive abilities for brethren and rules for PC membership you've never seen. And what Irnk said, above. ;-)
My copy shipped. I have the PDF as a paying customer.
As an author I can say that there's some Dominion of the Black fun in the Aucturn Enigma chapter. I'm not going to be specific, but I expect a few "squees" out of that section!
Tick, tick, tick...
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How about the Order of the Palatine Eye? Is the info more-or-less a reprint from Carrion Crown?Less. As author of both, I can tell you that the contents here summarize what you've seen while adding a lot a new angles and aspects, including new exclusive abilities for brethren and rules for PC membership you've never seen. And what Irnk said, above. ;-)
Splendid! Nice to hear some more mentions of Tabris,too! :D
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Sorry I have been at work all day.
Are the Knights of the Ioun Star affiliated with Xin and/or the Sihedron?
Nope.
Do they give any more information on the Dominion ?
I have not seen much beyond the Night Heralds but they do have
So what info is there for the origins of life and exodus of the gnomes?
I have not read the origins theories section. But the Exodus of the Gnomes was cool. I think it was the first chapter I read through. It gives theories on what could have caused them to leave the first world.
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How about the Order of the Palatine Eye? Is the info more-or-less a reprint from Carrion Crown?
There's the above Tabris-connection. Their texts are collectively called the Lost Gospel of Tabris. Topics in them include (through allegory or fable) 'primordial creation', 'the cultivation of order from chaos', 'the ascendancy of deific beings from primordial forms of godhood'.
They (like all the secret societies in the book) also get a faction-style entry. Benefits include learning secret phrases that can be recited to invoke power (5 of 'em, one can be active at a time, you learn them individually by cashing in prestige, you can use them a number of times per day equal to the number that have been revealed to you (but you can use the same one multiple times up to that cap)), rising in rank, and getting a symbolic golden scarab badge-of-office that can animate and defend you against unexpected attacks. There's also three adventure hooks related to them.
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On a separate but related topic:
I like the faction entries for organizations. I liked them for dojos/martial schools/etc back in Inner Sea Combat. The boons (particularly the flavorful/unique ones) and organizational info are nice. I hope to see more of them.
I'd really like to see the fame-raising/membership obeisance/schooling checks to be changed, though. The difficulty checks currently scale with how many ranks you have in the scale. This leads to the odd situation where a 20th level character with max skill-ranks (who would be a master of their field) who happens to have an average skill-related stat and no skill-related feats/abilities has an easier time of failing out / being kicked out of a school/organization than a 1st level character with a high related ability-score (who would have a lot of raw potential, but essentially be a novice in the field). That strikes me as something that shouldn't be happening. I could see some sort of 'more is expected out of advanced students / members' to a point, but it feels like there should be a cap on the scaling / something that prevents very advanced characters from failing out of factions based on checks using skills they *should* be good at.
Could anyone give a short summary of the mysteries chapter? And which secret societies and books are mentioned? Thank´s in advance!
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Could anyone give a short summary of the mysteries chapter? And which secret societies and books are mentioned? Thank´s in advance!
The Mysteries section talks about how they can be used as plot hooks ands have these
And now I am off to work. Have a great day.
Thanks for the info guys.
Just got my shipping email at work! Super excited to dig into this tonight.
Errata notice; It's a small thing, but on the last page, the front covers of two of the books advertised don't match the book descriptions. Instead of The Iron Gods AP first cover, it shows the cover for Inner Sea Magic & the cover for Inner Sea Combat is shown as the cover for a new fiction book set in Numeria as well.
Huh, that was weird. We've given the PDF a prod and that page should be showing up as it should now.
Can someone tell us more about the Harbingers of Fate ?
Can someone tell us more about the Harbingers of Fate ?
We already know most of the relevant parts about them; the only new fluff this book adds are some of the "prophecies" they're trying to prop up, and that they are definitely being manipulated to evil ends by whoever it is who authored their book.
Can someone tell us more about the Harbingers of Fate ?We already know most of the relevant parts about them; the only new fluff this book adds are some of the "prophecies" they're trying to prop up, and that they are definitely being manipulated to evil ends by whoever it is who authored their book.
I must not be in the loop....first time I have heard of them :P