Gear Up and Throw Down! When sword and spell just won't be enough to win the day, it's time to power up your game with clockwork gears, lightning coils, and black powder! Guns & Gears, the latest hardcover rulebook for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (Second Edition), brings the excitement of firearms and fantasy technology to your tabletop!
Unravel the secrets of clockworks with the new inventor class or blow away your opposition as a firearm-wielding gunslinger! In addition to new classes, a plethora of archetypes, backgrounds, vehicles, siege engines, gadgets, and the new automaton ancestry are all ready to expand your game with options for battlefields large and small.
Guns & Gears features:
Two new classes: the clever inventor and the sharpshooting gunslinger
Automaton ancestry for players who want to play a customizable construct
Firearms of all stripes, from the simple and effective flintlock pistol to versatile gunblades
More than a dozen new archetypes
Scores of new gadgets and vehicles
Siege engines and accompanying rules
A gazetteer of Golarion revealing how firearms and technology fit into the Age of Lost Omens, including a look at the technology of the continents of Arcadia and Tian Xia and never-before-revealed secrets of the rough-and-tumble, gritty city of Alkenstar
This deluxe special edition is bound in faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark.
Written by: Michael Sayre, Mark Seifter, and Logan Bonner, Jessica Catalan, John Compton, Andrew D. Geels, Steven Hammond, Sen H.H.S., Brent Holtsberry, Jason Keeley, Dustin Knight, Luis Loza, Ron Lundeen, Chris Mastey, Will McCardell, Liane Merciel, Jacob W. Michaels, Dave Nelson, Samantha Phelan, Mikhail Rekun, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Sydney Meeker, Kendra Leigh Speedling, Andrew Stoeckle, Calliope Lee Taylor, Sara Thompson, Andrew White, and Scott D. Young
Is there an updated image for the special cover to see what the spine and cover design will be like?
Good question. I’m on the case.
Will future Special Edition books, including G&G, have a spine style like that of Secrets of Magic?
I think I speak for a decent number of people when I say that we were disappointed when Secrets of Magic changed (And the image for that in the store still doesn't reflect what you actually receive), and that if every single book moving forward has a unique spine style it would defeat a lot of the purpose that I felt was intended for the special editions, namely the "unified and clean display".
I could cope somewhat if the "core set" had a spine style and the "expanded set" had the same spine style.
Is there an updated image for the special cover to see what the spine and cover design will be like?
Good question. I’m on the case.
Will future Special Edition books, including G&G, have a spine style like that of Secrets of Magic?
I think I speak for a decent number of people when I say that we were disappointed when Secrets of Magic changed (And the image for that in the store still doesn't reflect what you actually receive), and that if every single book moving forward has a unique spine style it would defeat a lot of the purpose that I felt was intended for the special editions, namely the "unified and clean display".
I could cope somewhat if the "core set" had a spine style and the "expanded set" had the same spine style.
Going forward, many of our hardcovers will have more unique cover treatments, in part because they're beyond the core assumption of the game. They won't all have the same type of spine style, because these books are going to be different topics and thus benefit from having more flexibility in appearance.
Going forward, many of our hardcovers will have more unique cover treatments, in part because they're beyond the core assumption of the game. They won't all have the same type of spine style, because these books are going to be different topics and thus benefit from having more flexibility in appearance.
Was there an update yet to the actual appearance of this version of Guns & Gears?
Going forward, many of our hardcovers will have more unique cover treatments, in part because they're beyond the core assumption of the game. They won't all have the same type of spine style, because these books are going to be different topics and thus benefit from having more flexibility in appearance.
Was there an update yet to the actual appearance of this version of Guns & Gears?
No. I've asked for photo of the cover and spine. I've not seen it yet.
Is there an updated image for the special cover to see what the spine and cover design will be like?
Good question. I’m on the case.
Will future Special Edition books, including G&G, have a spine style like that of Secrets of Magic?
I think I speak for a decent number of people when I say that we were disappointed when Secrets of Magic changed (And the image for that in the store still doesn't reflect what you actually receive), and that if every single book moving forward has a unique spine style it would defeat a lot of the purpose that I felt was intended for the special editions, namely the "unified and clean display".
I could cope somewhat if the "core set" had a spine style and the "expanded set" had the same spine style.
I concur with you on this one. I have all of those editions, and Secrets of Magic, despite looking fantastic, looks out of place.
Is there an updated image for the special cover to see what the spine and cover design will be like?
Good question. I’m on the case.
Will future Special Edition books, including G&G, have a spine style like that of Secrets of Magic?
I think I speak for a decent number of people when I say that we were disappointed when Secrets of Magic changed (And the image for that in the store still doesn't reflect what you actually receive), and that if every single book moving forward has a unique spine style it would defeat a lot of the purpose that I felt was intended for the special editions, namely the "unified and clean display".
I could cope somewhat if the "core set" had a spine style and the "expanded set" had the same spine style.
I concur with you on this one. I have all of those editions, and Secrets of Magic, despite looking fantastic, looks out of place.
I like that the non 6 core stand out and hope this trend continues.
Is there an updated image for the special cover to see what the spine and cover design will be like?
Good question. I’m on the case.
Will future Special Edition books, including G&G, have a spine style like that of Secrets of Magic?
I think I speak for a decent number of people when I say that we were disappointed when Secrets of Magic changed (And the image for that in the store still doesn't reflect what you actually receive), and that if every single book moving forward has a unique spine style it would defeat a lot of the purpose that I felt was intended for the special editions, namely the "unified and clean display".
I could cope somewhat if the "core set" had a spine style and the "expanded set" had the same spine style.
I concur with you on this one. I have all of those editions, and Secrets of Magic, despite looking fantastic, looks out of place.
I like that the non 6 core stand out and hope this trend continues.
They have said it will, so you’re in luck!
I think Secrets of Magic looks great, but think the spine could have been made to match earlier spines. Their design approach has shifted, and it doesn’t fit with my aesthetic approach to a shelf with the Limited Special Editions, so, for me, it’s the reason I won’t be getting it.
Also, of note, the images on the site continue to suggest that they do match the old design, which is problematic, I think. I get that the art may not be finalized, but using placeholder images that suggest they match the rest of the Limited line creates unnecessary confusion. If your design changes, that shouldn’t be something that a person finds out when they open the package with the book, and I think that is what had some people disappointed.
Note: I am not angry, nor am I trying to tell Paizo how to do their thing; I just won’t be buying them anymore, which will free up my wallet to buy some of the other great things Paizo produces!
