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Welcome back to The Book of Many Things and our first release of volume 3! As with our other volumes, we'll continue building on this until we reach 200 pages.
The initial release this month includes:
==Races==
World Soul Centaurs - This war-loving tauric race from the world of Volwryn is a lower-RP, still relevant version of the centaur race.
Huldran - This concept by Nathan Irwin brings together two unlikely races in the elves and orcs and gives them a reason to blend their people.
Lings - By Aaron Tenney, the lings are tiny mouse-folk who secretly live and adventure among the larger races of the world.
Visani Lizardfolk - A brutish race from the realms of magic, who align themselves to the aspects of chaos, death, and life.
Drow-Born Tieflings - Teleport masters and children of the drow who turned their back on the Queen of Spiders and their demonic or devilish consorts.
Torlans - Another race from Volwryn, the torlans are turtle-folk with a love of education and a philosophical outlook on life.
Wraithlings - A race of half-ghosts who can take on their incorporeal phantom form with some training.
==Classes==
The Blood Stalker is a hunter of monsters willing to become one himself in order to stop them.
The Dragon Speaker pays homage to a certain dragon-loving class from days' past that can walk the path of the dragon warrior, the totem bearer, or the true-form devotee.
==Archetypes and Class Options==
Enjoy new accelerist speed powers, the destroyer alchemist who can deconstruct creatures and objects with a touch, barbarian, monk, magus, and oracle archetypes.
The true shifter archetype grants the class more relevant wild shape power for a price, while the dragon slayer sorcerer gains unarmed combat training and a dragon element reminiscent of Fairy Tails.
==Character Options==
New racial feats for every core race, as well as new traits and noble paths for the races introduced here.
==Custom Requests==
Elemari and nadier have been requested by members of our Patreon, and they can be found here.
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The August Release of the Book of Many Things Volume 3 is complete. This month we have a number of awesome additions from guest designer Aaron Hollingsworth. We'll denote these with AW below.
Inside, you'll find:
==Races==
AW - Torlans received several new options this month in the form of new feats and an archetype that travels through time and space, the temporal thane.
==Classes==
AW - The survivor is a hybrid oracle/ranger class designed around the one character in horror movies who lives to see another day.
==Archetypes==
AW - The survivor also has 3 separate archetypes, including the expendable, the living weapon, and the revenant. Canny fans of cinema should recognize these well-handled nods with some ease.
==Custom Requests==
Our Patreon subscribers continue to think up some amazing custom requests for this month, including:
* The Champion of Will - This heroic class fights oppression and fear by channeling his willpower into a specially bonded item to create creatures, weapons, and vehicles. Includes 2 archetypes (the champion of fear and the champion of anger) and several feats that help round the class out nicely. Thanks to Lance McComber for his request.
* The Runemaster - Based on the class from the Warcraft series, the runemaster is a hand-to-hand combatant who paints runes on himself and his allies to enhance their abilities. In addition to the hybrid alchemist/monk class, the runemaster comes with an archetype (the minotaur runemaster) that gains advanced runes and detection abilities, as well as some feats. Thank you to Ronald Paris for his request.
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A new update has been added to include the content we've been previewing on Patreon for the last few months.
General Updates
* Moved races, classes, and other options out of chapter 7 into their respective chapters. This allows us to showcase those options better and support them further down the line, rather than hiding them away. They still maintain their status as requests, and we do still thank the individuals requesting them.
Races
Centaurs, deathless, huldran, drow-born tieflings get new options, and we introduce demon-blooded.
Classes
* Added the Volwryn mage; a spellcaster who can change his focus between arcane, frost, and fire magic with time and concentration.
* The otherworlder acts as a way to play characters like Superman in a world where magic is more prevalent, as well as Zod and Bizarro.
* The runemaster has been moved into the classes chapter to facilitate future development options more easily. Its archetypes and feats have likewise been moved to their respective chapters.
Archetypes & Class Options
* Added generational hero favored class bonuses for the class introduced in volume 2.
* Created the dragon slayer sorcerer archetype as a dedication. These sorcerers blend the draconic and elemental bloodlines, gaining benefits of each as well as an unarmed strike and a dragon familiar.
* Added the runethane option for the runemaster class, as well as new runes and greater runes.
* Added the shadow knight archetype for the veritus champion class. These agile champions enhance their weapons with shadow magic, allowing them to move quickly and summon weapons from almost anywhere.
* To accompany the Volwryn mage, we created the blood mage, chaos mage, and spellbreaker archetypes, each of which brings its own blend of power to the class.
* Created the guardian of Volwryn prestige class. This prestige class utilizes the combined powers of the mage council of Volwryn to defeat their enemies.
* Wizards on the world of Theia sometimes learn their trade under special tutelage paid for by noble families. These magelords gain affluence and other gifts of nobility, but lose out on learning general arcane schools as a result.
Character Options
* Added 4 pages of feats related to races and classes to provide new choices as one gains levels.
* Noble paths for all current races, and a few more have been added.
Equipment
* Introduced with magic weapon flaws and new weapon enhancements.