Pathfinder Lost Omens: Absalom, City of Lost Omens

What's the actual title of this book? This product page has Pathfinder Lost Omens: Absalom, City of Lost Omens, the cover has Absalom City of Lost Omens, and the copyright inside the book has Pathfinder Lost Omens Absalom, City of Lost Omens.

The editing team removed the extra Lost Omens from the title on the cover as being too redundant. I'd say that is final. But we won't quibble. I know the colon is internal habit, and actually, incorrect. It is one of those little details we hope to correct going forward.

Terevalis Unctio of House Mysti wrote:

Is the info on the gillmen just a reprint from the Ancestry Guide?

No, the ancestry guide was the extra stuff that assumed we already had the absalom book, the free pdf they released of the base ancestry is whts reprinted here :)

gracias!

Has anyone gotten anywhere with the secret that Erik was teasing on Know Direction and Paizo LIVE? I know which NPC he's talking about, but that's as far as I've gotten with it. (Hopefully it'll be easier once the physical book is in my hands.)

Several of us have the PDF now. What clues did Erik give?

The book is fantastic, and exactly the type of city sourcebook I was looking for. All of the detail is super valuable for any DM out there.

I like what I am seeing so far.

Has anyone gotten anywhere with the secret that Erik was teasing on Know Direction and Paizo LIVE? I know which NPC he's talking about, but that's as far as I've gotten with it. (Hopefully it'll be easier once the physical book is in my hands.)

All is not well at Starspine Manor..can’t wait for his next party though!

I think that's the first content warning I've seen on a Paizo product, and it calls out the areas of concern that I've been weighing buying it.

Thank you.

I've wonder if Ableism is related to Aysepir’s Astounded Abyss. Like when I got to that location I was like "This was in the 3.5 book right? This sounds like expanded version of 3.5 edge". I kinda think that "evil carnies/freakshow" thing overlaps heavily with that even if nothing similar to real life is shown.

(its macabre carnival show run by NG cursed merfolk Fishhead Queen(cursed to be reverse mermaid) whose performers are mostly violent criminals or undead. Examples include skinsaw cult member, a kuthonite, immobile/paralyzed level 20 aasimar mummy cleric of unknown deity and ghoul troll stuck in self consumption loop.)

Hi Erik,
I don't know if anybody else has pointed this out, but in the print edition the "District Summary" sidebar on page 107 for "The Coins" is actually the description for "The Precipice" on page 191. Just to let you know. Thanks, Great book!

Yep, we caught that (too late, alas!), and the PDF should be updated with the correct info. Sorry!

Has anyone gotten anywhere with the secret that Erik was teasing on Know Direction and Paizo LIVE? I know which NPC he's talking about, but that's as far as I've gotten with it. (Hopefully it'll be easier once the physical book is in my hands.)

I think I’ve solved it, partly by comparing a date associated with that NPC to a date mentioned in The Inner Sea World Guide.

Is there any game content in this book, like statblocks and the like? Or is it all lore?

It’s mostly lore. There is an Azarketi ancestry, some associated stat blocks, some rules for drugs popular in the city, and a feat associated with a magic school.

Darth Krzysztof wrote:

Has anyone gotten anywhere with the secret that Erik was teasing on Know Direction and Paizo LIVE? I know which NPC he's talking about, but that's as far as I've gotten with it. (Hopefully it'll be easier once the physical book is in my hands.)

I think I’ve solved it, partly by comparing a date associated with that NPC to a date mentioned in The Inner Sea World Guide.

Oooooh noooo… great job and thanks for the help, but this is going to be big if this pans out..

Hey I was checking the amazon page and it says this book is 296 pages, but on here it says over 400 so is there a typo somewhere? here is the product link as I am in Canada so it may be differenthttps://www.amazon.ca/Pathfinder-Absalom-City-Lost-Omens/dp/164078 2354/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ERWW46LMOG2J&keywords=absalom+city&qid=1640303 801&sprefix=absalom+city%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-1

Thanks and this looks really cool, take care

The original plan when the book was announced was for 296 pages, but it got expanded during development. I've got it in my hands right now. The actual book is exactly 400 pages. (Amazon never updated their info from that original announcement.)

And yeah - it's really cool! :)

dhemery wrote:

Darth Krzysztof wrote:

Has anyone gotten anywhere with the secret that Erik was teasing on Know Direction and Paizo LIVE? I know which NPC he's talking about, but that's as far as I've gotten with it. (Hopefully it'll be easier once the physical book is in my hands.)

I think I’ve solved it, partly by comparing a date associated with that NPC to a date mentioned in The Inner Sea World Guide.

Oooooh noooo… great job and thanks for the help, but this is going to be big if this pans out..

I hope one day this can be less secret, because it seems awfully interesting but I have zero idea what you all are talking about.

Is this the map size in the book that was initially planned? I wasn't sure if it was going to be like the one that shipped with the new world guide, or like the old giant inner sea map.

The map is the size it was always going to be. There is a Map Folio product coming next month with a map that is four times as large.

I would pay extra for that large size map laminated and rolled up and shipped in a tube.

I would pay extra for that large size map laminated and rolled up and shipped in a tube.

That would require that we ordered some that were not pre-folded. I'll find out in the new year. Cheers.

Calcryx666 wrote:

dhemery wrote:

Darth Krzysztof wrote:

Has anyone gotten anywhere with the secret that Erik was teasing on Know Direction and Paizo LIVE? I know which NPC he's talking about, but that's as far as I've gotten with it. (Hopefully it'll be easier once the physical book is in my hands.)

I think I’ve solved it, partly by comparing a date associated with that NPC to a date mentioned in The Inner Sea World Guide.

Oooooh noooo… great job and thanks for the help, but this is going to be big if this pans out..

I hope one day this can be less secret, because it seems awfully interesting but I have zero idea what you all are talking about.

I'll post links to the respective videos in the new year. Unless someone else does it first. :)

Thanks, Aaron, and have a great holiday!

Sidenote, kinda sad Undercity doesn't have map of it entirely, but then again we never did get complete maps of Darklands(and it would be insanely huge undertaken for what is essentially "one district" of city) x'D But yeah, I'm kinda curious though about how does piece of bedrock risen to surface connect to Darklands exactly since I'm fairly sure Kortos does have darklands access..

I call it Absalom, city of Lost Omens, and the cover goes with that because we didn’t want to repeat Lost Omens there. It is, none the less, in the Lost Omens line, so it gets catalogued that way on the website. Call it what you want. :)

I shall hug it and pet it and love it and squeeze it and call it George.

Leafing through a friend’s copy after reading that lovely fiction piece from the blog, and I’m a little disappointed to see that both Jalmeri characters in the book are unrelated martial artists. I hope we can see a little more variety in the future.

Sidenote, kinda sad Undercity doesn't have map of it entirely, but then again we never did get complete maps of Darklands(and it would be insanely huge undertaken for what is essentially "one district" of city) x'D But yeah, I'm kinda curious though about how does piece of bedrock risen to surface connect to Darklands exactly since I'm fairly sure Kortos does have darklands access..

The undercity map looks quite familiar to anyone who might have adventured below the city of Vigil before (or while) it was destroyed.

CorvusMask wrote:

Sidenote, kinda sad Undercity doesn't have map of it entirely, but then again we never did get complete maps of Darklands(and it would be insanely huge undertaken for what is essentially "one district" of city) x'D But yeah, I'm kinda curious though about how does piece of bedrock risen to surface connect to Darklands exactly since I'm fairly sure Kortos does have darklands access..

The undercity map looks quite familiar to anyone who might have adventured below the city of Vigil before (or while) it was destroyed.

Ah so that is why it looked like art of my favorite cartographer :'D

Leafing through a friend’s copy after reading that lovely fiction piece from the blog, and I’m a little disappointed to see that both Jalmeri characters in the book are unrelated martial artists. I hope we can see a little more variety in the future.

Fair! One of those NPCs was added very late in the game as a new watch captain, which accounts for at least a bit of parallel development there. Without him, there'd be only one Jalmeri character, though, so I'm not sure that's much better! There are lots of Vudran characters you could pretty easily modify to have Jalmeri connections, however, so with a bit of elbow grease not all is lost. ;)

Only around 60 pages into the book, and I’ve already picked out a lovely bunch of Easter eggs/references to other characters written about in other books.

It seems the Foxgloves have moved up in the world…and if that name rings a bell I think one should find it interesting that they first arrived in 4707 AR.

Also had to chuckle knowing this book was supposed to come out before Agents of Edgewatch and seeing Vancaskerkin and his rag Eyes of Absalom by mentioned to fondly in universe. Bendy and the Ink Machine looking ass.

Do the former have a new manor ?

I greatly appreciate the Content Warning on the product page. Thanks for that.

Are minotaurs native to the Isle of Kortos?

Are minotaurs native to the Isle of Kortos?

Probably. Babhomet was born in Iblydos though

I absolutely LOVE the Culture and Customs section! It really helps us eternal DMs to bring the city to life. Thank you!

Are minotaurs native to the Isle of Kortos?

In that they have inhabited the island since the era of the First Siege, yes. They were brought to the island from Casmaron by the warlord Voradni Voon in the early decades of Absalom's history, and have inhabited portions of the island ever since.

On Page 86, one of the Rumors has raised quite a few questions about the Morality of the City overall.

*Time for a prison break*

Also you folks really threw in some Greys/Raelians styling conspiracy in there huh? I love it.

Do the former have a new manor ?

So it would seem, and a growing though tenuous fortune.

Are minotaurs native to the Isle of Kortos?

The Centaurs, Minotaurs and Harpies of Kortos all come from Iblydos and other locales in Casmaron thanks to Voradni Voon’s attempt to capture the Starstone.

They’ve been “natives” of the island since then.

I think the only ancestry that can really claim Kortos as their true homeland are the Shoony.

I think this a spoiler from the Tyrant's Grasp AP so I'll put my question in spoilers.

The Whispering Tyrant is not on Absalom anymore he's on the Isle of Terror in the middle of Lake Encarthan

The Whispering Tyrant is not on Absalom anymore he's on the Isle of Terror in the middle of Lake Encarthan

Or so he would have us think ...

Another nit to pick: No. 148 The Northman’s Woodworks Galleria, is not actually on the map! The number is missing from both the map in the book and the map folio.

A nit to pick: No. 148 The Northman’s Woodworks Galleria, is not actually on the map! The number is missing from both the map in the book and the map folio. Any ideas where the Galleria is located in the Ivy District?

**eye twitch**

Dangit! I coulda sworn I checked those tags like a dozen times.

Northman's Woodworks Galleria should be that large building in the middle of the block just north of Embrey's Armory on the same street right across from that park.

How much information does this book have on the Cairnlands? I've been trying to research them for an adventure I'm writing, and so far the main material I have is the world guides for both editions, dungeons of golarion, and PFS1 6-01 and 6-17.

How much information does this book have on the Cairnlands? I've been trying to research them for an adventure I'm writing, and so far the main material I have is the world guides for both editions, dungeons of golarion, and PFS1 6-01 and 6-17.

Not much more than you already have. Some updates on the activity at the Spire of Nex and the addition of the Tyrant's Grasp, but that's it.

Man there are lot of easter eggs in this book.

I noticed that Sorshen's simulacrum from Return of the Runelords is now New Thassilon's ambassador in Absalom with new name x'D

What blows me away is the detail on the NPCS in each location. There is a lot going on without even a sentence written, like one NPC having (fugitive) after their name, and another in the same location (hunting for fugitive) after theirs!

:)

Question about the Lady Michellia entry. Is this meaning to imply she is a triplet?

After her older twin sister, Imrizade, fled Absalom before the twenty-first birthday that would have seen her handed over to the Onyx Alliance Michellia was substituted as the family’s generational sacrifice, beating her twin Eleanir as the eldest by a matter of minutes.

So the three would be:

Am I just reading this wrong?