See the scenic Inner Sea with the Lost Omens Travel Guide! This book is your companion to the culture, life, and sights of the Inner Sea, guiding you through a variety of topics of interest. With this book, you can learn about Inner Sea cuisine and art, experience the thrills of Inner Sea sports, and uncover the secrets of Inner Sea myths and magic. The Travel Guide features dozens of illustrations to show you the fine details of the latest fashion or put you into the center of one of the Inner Sea's greatest festivals. Come learn everything about the Inner Sea and prepare yourself for a journey through an unforgettable region with the Lost Omens Travel Guide!
Written by: Rigby Bendele, Katina Davis, Dana Ebert, Dustin Knight, Aaron Lascano, Ron Lundeen, Stephanie Lundeen, Ianara Natividad, Dave Nelson, Jessica Redekop, Nathan Reinecke, Mikhail Rekun, Erin Roberts, Simone Sallé, and Diego Valdez!
ISBN-13: 978-1-64078-465-9
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This sounds amazing! I hope we can get at least a little peek outside the Inner Sea for parts of this - I'd /love/ for some boundball goodness to sneak into this book.
Loving Nantambu in the bottom left of the corner. Does anyone know where the other two panels are?
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This sounds amazing! I hope we can get at least a little peek outside the Inner Sea for parts of this - I'd /love/ for some boundball goodness to sneak into this book.
Loving Nantambu in the bottom left of the corner. Does anyone know where the other two panels are?
Pretty sure the top one is a picture of the Swallowtail festival, a Desnan festival first seen in Rise of the Runelords, specifically in the small town of Sandpoint in the region of Varisia, where they release a thousand swallowtails on the autumnal equinox.
The bottom right I would say could be related to the Sky Citadels? The first citadels the dwarves built when they emerged from their quest for the sky?
The Absalom book has a short section on sports on page 44. The game of ruk, from Katapesh, is a team sport involving knocking a sand-filled ball through a series of rings. Deskata is a sort of urban parkour race increasingly popular in the Puddles.
Can anyone name a sport on Golarion other than boundball?
From the Magnimar book I included brief notes on decathalons and animal races. And bullfighting. And golem battles which may or may not be semi-inspired by rock-em sock-em robots.
While the game itself is obviously the invention of a sadist (not me, nor Richard Pett, but ONLY the King of Old Korvosa), Blood Pig is intended to be a new take on a local ball game similar in some ways to soccer or basketball.
The adventure we put that in, "Escape from Old Korvosa," takes a lot of cues from one of my favorite movies, "Escape from New York,' (there might be similarities in the title, for example). In "Escape from New York," the Duke of New York solves things by doing an over the top bloodsport type thing... while in the sequel, "Escape from L. A." there's a simliar plot point involving a high-takes basketball game. Both of those are the original inspiration for including a game called Blood Pig invented by the King of Old Korvosa.
Oh heck yeah! This is up there with other player oriented source books. I'm sure it'll help to get our characters even more ingrained in Golarion. I'm so excited!
While the game itself is obviously the invention of a sadist (not me, nor Richard Pett, but ONLY the King of Old Korvosa), Blood Pig is intended to be a new take on a local ball game similar in some ways to soccer or basketball.
The adventure we put that in, "Escape from Old Korvosa," takes a lot of cues from one of my favorite movies, "Escape from New York,' (there might be similarities in the title, for example). In "Escape from New York," the Duke of New York solves things by doing an over the top bloodsport type thing... while in the sequel, "Escape from L. A." there's a simliar plot point involving a high-takes basketball game. Both of those are the original inspiration for including a game called Blood Pig invented by the King of Old Korvosa.
Thanks James, love these little tidbits from behind the scenes
Is this for the beach episode of the AP? Cause I'm gonna use it for the beach episode of the AP.
Giggling at the thought of a beach episode in 2022’s AP offerings. I suppose the Quest for the Frozen Flame crew could have nice enough time at the lakeside, but the other two? Any water the Outlaws of Alkenstar can find is probably full of toxic chemicals, and I can’t imagine the Blood Lords get too much out of a sunny day on the sea.
Is this for the beach episode of the AP? Cause I'm gonna use it for the beach episode of the AP.
Giggling at the thought of a beach episode in 2022’s AP offerings. I suppose the Quest for the Frozen Flame crew could have nice enough time at the lakeside, but the other two? Any water the Outlaws of Alkenstar can find is probably full of toxic chemicals, and I can’t imagine the Blood Lords get too much out of a sunny day on the sea.
Now imagining the vampire party members grumpily under a parasol whilst the skeleton is having a nice day bleaching his bones in the sun!
Is this for the beach episode of the AP? Cause I'm gonna use it for the beach episode of the AP.
Giggling at the thought of a beach episode in 2022’s AP offerings. I suppose the Quest for the Frozen Flame crew could have nice enough time at the lakeside, but the other two? Any water the Outlaws of Alkenstar can find is probably full of toxic chemicals, and I can’t imagine the Blood Lords get too much out of a sunny day on the sea.
Pish-posh, that "toxic" is nonsense flibajib those unscrupulous "scientists" make up. Lake Essentia Resort and Spa is filled with 100% natural and perfectly safe essential oils, a welcome respite for the elite of Alkenstar.
And now for the option that doesn't make me wanna vomit, maybe a blood lake in Blood Lords?
For me personally, a book filled with lore of the kind that's mentioned in the product blurb is exactly the kind of stuff that'll help set my GM brain on fire. Holidays, sports events, hell even fashion and cuisine can lead to all sorts of fun adventures, and having descriptions of these events and phenomena is a super fun way to create adventures immersed in setting lore.
Greenlighting this book is one of the best decisions ever made by Paizo, methinks.