Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Occult Bestiary (PFRPG)

Why there are Kelpie and those Lovecraft-things on the cover? They are already in other bestiaries?

You mean the Yithian, that is because were getting a Yithian Elder. As for the kelpie looking thing, it looks like it is part troll so maybe a template or it is something else entirely.

Or we are getting a psychic version of the Tikbalang?

I could have sworn the Tikbalang had hooved feat.

It could be some type of psychic troll.

Or just a psychic version of a kelpie?

--C.

I'm sure you'll get the answers you seek in...about a month or so. :)

Tychilarius?!?!?! I've been waiting for this moment since Elaine Cunningham's awesome Pathfinder tale!

Well at least this book's release isn't that far away.

Is Tychilarius a god?

Is Tychilarius a god?

Closer to a Great Old One, I believe - a powerful being of the Dark Tapestry. The fiction from Legacy of Fire involves the Night Heralds' attempts to summon Tychilarius to Golarion.

I haven't looked at legacy of Fire in ages.

Nobody has. That's why I'm here.

Well the undead psychic on the cover looks too well preserved to be a lich but I could be wrong.

It looks kind of like an evil version of Rivani; she's even floating herself and a bunch of objects.

So I guess her name is Inavir?

Is Tychilarius a god?

The Dominion of the Black article in "Valley of the Brain Collectors" has a bit more information, but no, Tychilarius is not a god. It's a powerful alien, but is MUCH less powerful than the Great Old Ones. He's the most powerful creature in this book, but I believe he's only CR 23 or thereabouts, as opposed to the lowest CR Great Old One which is CR 27. I'm relatively sure Tychilarius doesn't grant spells. I was originally going to be the one to design it and I wasn't going to give it the ability to grant spells; my notes to the author who DID design it made that clear, but I've not had a chance yet to read the final entry...

So, no. Tychilarius is not a god.

Axial wrote:

Is Tychilarius a god?

The Dominion of the Black article in "Valley of the Brain Collectors" has a bit more information, but no, Tychilarius is not a god. It's a powerful alien, but is MUCH less powerful than the Great Old Ones. He's the most powerful creature in this book, but I believe he's only CR 23 or thereabouts, as opposed to the lowest CR Great Old One which is CR 27. I'm relatively sure Tychilarius doesn't grant spells. I was originally going to be the one to design it and I wasn't going to give it the ability to grant spells; my notes to the author who DID design it made that clear, but I've not had a chance yet to read the final entry...

So, no. Tychilarius is not a god.

I was just curious because capstone monsters (Pazuzu, Cthulu, Furcas et cetera) tend to be deities.

So he is CR23, so basically he/she/it is as strong as one of Rovagug's spawn.

So he is CR23, so basically he/she/it is as strong as one of Rovagug's spawn.

Exactly; and like the spawn, intended to be a big bad end guy for a classic (aka Non-Mythic) campaign.

Have the Munavris been mentioned before in any books?

Yes, but not by name. They were first mentioned in Into the Darklands.

Yes, but not by name. They were first mentioned in Into the Darklands.

could I ask where in the book?

Adam Daigle wrote:

Yes, but not by name. They were first mentioned in Into the Darklands.

could I ask where in the book?

Try page 53 in the first paragraph of the Sightless Sea section.

zergtitan wrote:

Adam Daigle wrote:

Yes, but not by name. They were first mentioned in Into the Darklands.

could I ask where in the book?

Try page 53 in the first paragraph of the Sightless Sea section.

Good catch!

Page 53, okay got to check that one out.

I hope there will be 5 0HD races in this book like the Inner Sea Bestiary had.

Page 53, okay got to check that one out.

I hope there will be 5 0HD races in this book like the Inner Sea Bestiary had.

New playable races, including variant duergar and samsarans, as well as munavris—albino humanoid denizens of the Darklands' Sightless Sea.

I already say those three but I am hoping there is more.

Gisher wrote:

zergtitan wrote:

Adam Daigle wrote:

Yes, but not by name. They were first mentioned in Into the Darklands.

could I ask where in the book?

Try page 53 in the first paragraph of the Sightless Sea section.

Good catch!

Thanks. :)

Any chance of any non-yithian creatures from the yithian's home world?

Any chance of any non-yithian creatures from the yithian's home world?

That's a weird question. Since Earth is the home world of their physical bodies... yes. Whenever we stat up a real-world creature or something from Earth mythology... there ya go.

Assuming you're asking about creatures from the mind portion of the race's home world... no. Not in this book.

I see that Akiton, Liavara, and Castrovel will get some love but what about monsters from the other planets/moons?

Please tell me that dragons will have alternate racial traits based on the kineticist's class features. For instance:
- Replacing the breath weapons with blasts (Hey, how many times have you seen dragons "breathing" energy blasts as fast as a machine gun in video games, animes, and other fiction works :P ?)

- Replacing the spells by talents, being applyable to the breath weapon.

- Allowing dragons to get kineticist-exclusive feats to apply to their spells and/or their breath weapons.

Dragon78 wrote:

Any chance of any non-yithian creatures from the yithian's home world?

That's a weird question. Since Earth is the home world of their physical bodies... yes. Whenever we stat up a real-world creature or something from Earth mythology... there ya go.

Assuming you're asking about creatures from the mind portion of the race's home world... no. Not in this book.

How canonical are Lovecraft's stories to Pathfinder-Earth (as seen in the Adventure Path)?

The Antarctic city of the elder things?
The Great Race in Australia?
The mi-go in America?

Pretty much everything?

I am happy that we are getting some more creatures from the dimension of dreams, I hope that some of them will be creature types other then outsider or undead, some magical beast, plant, monstrous humanoid, and ooze types would be cool.

There were creatures of dream from Ravenloft I always liked - big, black, four-armed. Ennui, maybe?

Wish they were coming back. They're probably Product Identity, though.

Although they were in Denizens of Dread...

If were talking about creatures from older editions that we miss, I would say the Astral Dreadnaught comes to mind.

James Jacobs wrote:

Dragon78 wrote:

Any chance of any non-yithian creatures from the yithian's home world?

That's a weird question. Since Earth is the home world of their physical bodies... yes. Whenever we stat up a real-world creature or something from Earth mythology... there ya go.

Assuming you're asking about creatures from the mind portion of the race's home world... no. Not in this book.

How canonical are Lovecraft's stories to Pathfinder-Earth (as seen in the Adventure Path)?

The Antarctic city of the elder things?
The Great Race in Australia?
The mi-go in America?

Pretty much everything?

It's all canonical, pretty much. Because it's so much more interesting that way. Fortunately, pretty much all of the monsters in his mythos with a few exceptions are wide-reaching aliens who enjoy traveling.

Hmmm When it says alternate Duergar and Samsarans I wonder if they are just alternate racial traits or actual subsets of those races.

Honestly the munavris alone have me really excited. I've always wondered about the part in Into the Darklands that talked about albinos in jade armor sailing the sunless sea. Between new races in this and new races in Bestiary 5 I am pumped

The Munavris were described as being white skinned humans with telepathy and wearing jade armor. Since they are a 0HD they more then likely have limited telepathy like the Lashunta's ability.

The Munavris were described as being white skinned humans with telepathy and wearing jade armor. Since they are a 0HD they more then likely have limited telepathy like the Lashunta's ability.

Maybe they come in different flavors.

Hmmm When it says alternate Duergar and Samsarans I wonder if they are just alternate racial traits or actual subsets of those races.

Probably psychic-magic versions of the current races.

The Munavris were described as being white skinned humans with telepathy and wearing jade armor. Since they are a 0HD they more then likely have limited telepathy like the Lashunta's ability.

Either way seem like a great race to use in conjunction with the new classes.

I will take any and all Darklands races I can. Munavris and (correct me if I am wrong) a 0HD darkfolk race in Bestiary 5! It is like a twisted subterranean christmas for me!

I hope all the playable 0HD races in this book and in Bestiary 5 are origial made up races or from D&D, but not from mythology, didn't like the Undine, Sylph and some others end up as Playable Races.

It'd be pretty cool to play a Darklands campaign where the entire party consists of drow, duergar, svirfneblin, munavris, and the new playable dark folk in B5.

I am much more excited for the new race(or races) then the variant ones.

Who knows Axial, maybe we will be another new underdark race that hasn't been mentioned yet.

Oh, I hope the Munavris isn't going to be light sensitive and not have an alternative trait to avoid that. Otherwise I'll just have to remove light sensitivity if I'm GMing or beg the GM to waive it if I'm a player.

But if you are playing a darklands campaign, its not like you have to worry about light in first place ._.;

Yeah, but I also want to play Munavris in stuff that isn't a Darklands campaign.

Why not include Kobolds, Fetchlings and Wayang to your darklands list? Also Dhampir would work as well. Maybe Goblins, Hobgoblins, and Orcs.

Actually if you look at the darklands section in the Dragon Empire Gazetteer it mentions a whole kingdom of Ratfolk down there.

So my personal list for dark lands races would be Drow, Duergar, svifer... svierfe...svelif... Deep gnomes, Munavris, Darkfolk, Ratfolk, Kobolds, Goblins and Orcs.

Maybe Fetchlings, Wayangs, Hobgoblins, and Oreads. Tieflings and Dhampir might make sense as well. Too bad there isn't a ghoul associated playable race or playable trogs or serpentfolk.