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A Wild Adventure!

A sound echoes across the world’s farthest wildernesses: the howl of countless animals and beasts! This all-new 224-page Pathfinder rulebook dives deep into the wilderness like never before! With new ancestries, character options, animal companions, wilderness foes and more, Howl of the Wild provides a traveler’s pack worth of value for players and Game Masters alike!

Join a bumbling naturalist and an eccentric crew as they cross continents in their fantastic airship, searching for four legendary beasts. Along the expedition, you’ll find…

  • Six playable new ancestries to bring PCs' wildest characters to life: strong minotaurs, swift centaurs, magical merfolk, amphibious athamarus, animals awakened to consciousness, and insectile, metamorphic surkis!
  • Archetypes, spells, and other player options inspired by nature, from additional options for shapeshifting druids to playable werecreatures to archetypes that let you fight with claw, tail, or wing.
  • New animal companions, weapons and armor forged from the scales and fangs of magical beasts, and all the gear you need out in the field!
  • A menagerie of Golarion’s animals and beasts for GMs to unleash on players, covering animals like dinosaurs and sharks, expansions on classic monsters like chimeras and griffons, and never-before-seen creatures like the transparent sky fisher, the potion-brewing apothecary bee, and the extradimensional rift chameleon.
  • All rules optimized for the remastered Pathfinder Second Edition game!

Written by: Kate Baker, Rigby Bendele, Chris Bissette, Jeremy Blum, Logan Bonner, Dan Cascone, James Case, Jessica Catalan, Brite Cheney, Rue Dickey, Caryn DiMarco, Matthew Fu, Leo Glass, Steven Hammond, Patrick Hurley, Michelle Y. Kim, Dustin Knight, Kendra Leigh Speedling, Christiana Lewis, Jessie "Aki" Lo, Luis Loza, Letterio Mammoliti, Jonathan "Ryomasa" Mendoza, Quinn Murphy, Dave Nelson, Mikhail Rekun, Kai Revius, Ember Rose, Simone D. Sallé, Michael Sayre, Shay Snow, Levi Steadman, Kyle Tam, Ruvaid Virk, and Andrew White.

ISBN-13: 978-1-64078-584-7

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Ring Side Report- RPG review of Pathfinder Howl of the Wild

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Ring Side Report- RPG review of Pathfinder Howl of the Wild

Originally posted at www.throatpunchgames.com, a new idea every day!

Product- Pathfinder Howl of the Wild
System- Pathfinder 2nd Ed
Producer- Paizo
Price- $64.99 here https://paizo.com/products/btq02f09?Pathfinder-Howl-of-the-Wild
TL; DR-Solid nature materials with a layout misstep. 98%

Basics- Who let the centaurs in the sub? Howl of the Wild is a character options book with new races, spells, items, and archetypes for characters who want a bit more animal in their characters. In addition, the book has a framing story about an expedition to uncover the guardians of the wild and the monsters they encounter, providing GMs with new monsters and story hooks for them to dig into.

Mechanics or Crunch- Paizo knows their math and it shows here. The new items, options, monsters, and characters all expand Pathfinder into fun new places. And the new grafts allow characters who are plain human to even get into the action. Some archetypes require the characters to have some animal parts, but with the right addition, anyone can play. It doesn't feel exclusionary, but lets people specialize into something new at the same time. The monsters are fun and bring some old creatures back into the mix as well. 5/5

Theme or Fluff- Howl of the Wild feels like it fits in Golarion and adds to it at the same time. I love the new races, and since its set far away from the main setting areas, they don't feel like they are tacked on. The new stuff all fits into the world and has fun descriptions and art to help you see what the authors wanted to add. I also enjoyed the story the book told as the explorers try to find the guardians of nature. They do, AND THEY ARE BIG. If you want some end bosses for a nature based game, here you go! 5/5

Execution- This book is good, but feels like a step back for Paizo’s normal work. What’s here is good. I like the flow and pictures, but this book doesn't have the short tables and descriptions of feats, spells, and items. It honestly makes it a pain. Also, while there are dividing pictures, the different sections are not as well defined. One change to a new subject was so jarring, I redownloaded my copy thinking I missed some pages in an error. I figured it out, but the older layout decisions are a better way to display the materials. I'd rather have less stuff and more tables to summarize all the pieces than too much to really take in. 4.5/5

Summary- This is a good book with a single error. I love the new crunch; it adds new character options and even tools for the GM to get to play with. These are all great additions to the game. I love the new story. It's fun to see a new part of the world and to see the new characters who live in it. It also builds out the world for the GM, so they can make new stories and monsters to challenge the players. My one issue is the layout. What’s here is good. It reads fast and easily, but the lack of tables makes skimming hard. As both a GM and a player, I want to be able to skim character feats, spells, and items quickly. Bring those back! But, overall this is a good addition to the world of Pathfinder. Check this out if you want to walk on the wild side. 98%

Weremoose!?! Yes, please.

5/5 —

5 stars just for the weremoose and another 5 stars for everything else.

Well done, everyone should be commended! Absolutely no criticism.

Excellent book

5/5 —

I liked the new ancestries a whole lot. But to me the best part about this book are the stories about the crew and ship included. Absolutely loved it

Finally, the Minotaur Ancestry is here!

5/5 —

The whole book is great, but the best reason to play a minotaur in Pathfinder instead of that Other Roleplaying Game is the fact Pathfinder minotaurs have DARKVISION.

Well played, Paizo. Well played.

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I keep refreshing this page, but it does not seem to speed us to May 22nd at all!
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A dragon with even a few of the Winged Warrior abilities is absolutely terrifying!
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“I invite you to visit Droon!”

*punching ground*

I want to! I WANT TO SO BAD!
VerBeeker wrote:

“I invite you to visit Droon!”

*punching ground*

I want to! I WANT TO SO BAD!

I'm really hoping that the droon teasers in this are bread crumbs for a soon-to-be-announced southern garund lost omens book, its a region of the world we've really never explored in anything 1e or 2e. We know more about Akiton than we do about southern garund lol

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Argh, why are shipment tracking links STILL broken?
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Terevalis Unctio of House Mysti wrote:
Will there be a sketch cover?

Dunno if you know if this has been answered, or if you found out yourself, but I see on GameNerdz there is a pre-order for the sketch style cover.

I didn't see an answer to this on the rest of this thread.
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On page 151… the Concert Frog’s melee attack damage is listed as “2d11+11”. That’s a typo right? Should it be “2d12+11” ? Do I need a bespoke d11?
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Reroll any 12s :D
Grand Lodge

Should it be d10 or d12?

Guess it could go either way.
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KaiBlob1 wrote:
VerBeeker wrote:

“I invite you to visit Droon!”

*punching ground*

I want to! I WANT TO SO BAD!

I'm really hoping that the droon teasers in this are bread crumbs for a soon-to-be-announced southern garund lost omens book, its a region of the world we've really never explored in anything 1e or 2e. We know more about Akiton than we do about southern garund lol

We actually have names and tidbits about... I think it was either 12 or 14 nations in Southern Garund, the last time I counted! Would love to see it get some actual spotlight, though.

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TriOmegaZero wrote:
Should it be d10 or d12?

It's to hit is Moderate for a level 8 creature, can be bumped to a hair under high with it's conduct ability. High Strike damage for a level 8 creature is 2d10+11(22), extreme is 2d12+15(28).

If the damage is 2d10+11 that is right on track with high Strike damage, and it bumps to 2d10+11+1d4 (25) so below extreme damage. Whereas if it is 2d12+11 the average is 24 and 27 respectively. I think it more likely it has high damage than extreme.

TLDR; probably should be d10s.
Grand Lodge
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Excellent deduction!
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keftiu wrote:
KaiBlob1 wrote:
VerBeeker wrote:

“I invite you to visit Droon!”

*punching ground*

I want to! I WANT TO SO BAD!

I'm really hoping that the droon teasers in this are bread crumbs for a soon-to-be-announced southern garund lost omens book, its a region of the world we've really never explored in anything 1e or 2e. We know more about Akiton than we do about southern garund lol
We actually have names and tidbits about... I think it was either 12 or 14 nations in Southern Garund, the last time I counted! Would love to see it get some actual spotlight, though.

Agreed. My count is 10--Chauxen, Dehrukani, Droon, Eihlona, Ekkeshikaar, Holomog, Nurvatcha, Tirakawhan, Kaz'ulu (3 city-states), and Murraseth (first among equals in a loose alliance of 4 city-states). So arguably up to 15 if you count the nearby city-states separately.

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Got my physical copy. The inside cover isn't blank, It's an artistic interpretation of the world of Golarian! all continents!

definitely a reason to get the physical copy!
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This book already got some errata as of today, including some changes to the minotaur's Stretching Reach feat (which was intended to work similarly to a stance), the witch’s murmuration cantrip damage, and the supramarine chair’s movement, as well as a couple other points of errata.
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Do Athamaru correspond to Sahaugin or Koa Toa? Or neither?
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Irnk, Dead-Eye's Prodigal wrote:
Do Athamaru correspond to Sahaugin or Koa Toa? Or neither?

Neither because they used to be locathah and sahuagin/sea devils are nowadays called... What was it again? I haven't gotten used to sahuagins' new name yet.

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CorvusMask wrote:
Irnk, Dead-Eye's Prodigal wrote:
Do Athamaru correspond to Sahaugin or Koa Toa? Or neither?
Neither because they used to be locathah and sahuagin/sea devils are nowadays called... What was it again? I haven't gotten used to sahuagins' new name yet.

Oh! I think I know this one. Do you mean the sedacthys?

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I just received my physical copy. The first thing I noticed is that the pages feel thinner than he previous books.

Does anyone else feel that way?
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Maho wrote:

I just received my physical copy. The first thing I noticed is that the pages feel thinner than he previous books.

Does anyone else feel that way?

Starting from Lost Omens Tian Xia World Guide, they switched to a FSC-certified "ecologically sourced" paper source. So yeah, they couldn't get exactly the same feel of paper. You can see the logo on the ORC/credit page at the end, at the bottom.

Ashanderai wrote:
This book already got some errata as of today,

Am I the only one who thinks it a bit weird to get the first errata almost a week before the official release date?

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old Gil wrote:
Ashanderai wrote:
This book already got some errata as of today,
Am I the only one who thinks it a bit weird to get the first errata almost a week before the official release date?

It got errata today because they wanted the Spring/Summer errata cycle for this year to happen before PaizoCon this weekend, and they knew there was some Day 1 errata they could squeeze into here, too. Day 1 errata for some books isn't unheard of (Player/GM Core and Dark Archive managed it).

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old Gil wrote:
Ashanderai wrote:
This book already got some errata as of today,
Am I the only one who thinks it a bit weird to get the first errata almost a week before the official release date?

Also, it take a couple month after sending the files to the printer before they get the printed books, in that time, it's possible they could see mistakes while it's too late to stop the printing process to fix, thus needing errata.

Anyone know what time (and timezone) the PDF actually releases?

It's Wednesday the 22nd for me! But clearly I'm in the wrong timezone.
Grand Archive
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Kaliac wrote:

Anyone know what time (and timezone) the PDF actually releases?

It's Wednesday the 22nd for me! But clearly I'm in the wrong timezone.

Paizo is on the west coast, so in the PT timezone, and I often joke they are in the Paizo Time timezone instead of Pacific Time. xD

I wouldn't expect anything to release before 12:01AM PT, but I have never tried to buy something the day it released, as a sunscriber, So I'm not sure exactly when things actually release. My own guess would be between midnight and 10-11:00AM PT.

So in 4 hours and an half, at the very earliest, at the time of writing this.
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Kaliac wrote:

Anyone know what time (and timezone) the PDF actually releases?

It's Wednesday the 22nd for me! But clearly I'm in the wrong timezone.

I believe the PDFs are unlocked manually when the Paizo staff enters the office. I think they open at 10:00 am Pacific Time.

Spamotron wrote:
Kaliac wrote:

Anyone know what time (and timezone) the PDF actually releases?

It's Wednesday the 22nd for me! But clearly I'm in the wrong timezone.

I believe the PDFs are unlocked manually when the Paizo staff enters the office. I think they open at 10:00 am Pacific Time.

Aw :(

I hope that's not the case.
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Kaliac wrote:
Spamotron wrote:
Kaliac wrote:

Anyone know what time (and timezone) the PDF actually releases?

It's Wednesday the 22nd for me! But clearly I'm in the wrong timezone.

I believe the PDFs are unlocked manually when the Paizo staff enters the office. I think they open at 10:00 am Pacific Time.

Aw :(

I hope that's not the case.

it's available now!

i believe it's midnight in Paizo time rn
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The beliefs section of the Minotaurs doesn't even mention Baphomet, who was their patron god in PF1.

I guess the Worldwound being closed and the Templars of the Ivory Labyrinth being routed means he can't really influence them anymore.

WOTR CRPG spoiler:
Or that sick burn from Nenio really got under his skin.
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Axial wrote:

The beliefs section of the Minotaurs doesn't even mention Baphomet, who was their patron god in PF1.

I guess the Worldwound being closed and the Templars of the Ivory Labyrinth being routed means he can't really influence them anymore.

Here's the link to the reason for this (by James Jacobs):

Baphomet is being shifted away from being a minotaur 'OGLism'.

(Also, Baphomet is officially still around in Pathfinder 2E, though he may be very dead in some home games...)

Carry on,

--C.
Psiphyre wrote:
Axial wrote:

The beliefs section of the Minotaurs doesn't even mention Baphomet, who was their patron god in PF1.

I guess the Worldwound being closed and the Templars of the Ivory Labyrinth being routed means he can't really influence them anymore.

Here's the link to the reason for this (by James Jacobs):

Baphomet is being shifted away from being a minotaur 'OGLism'.

(Also, Baphomet is officially still around in Pathfinder 2E, though he may be very dead in some home games...)

Carry on,

--C.

That's fair, but my explanation still works for an in-universe handwave

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RisaMelima wrote:

it's available now!

i believe it's midnight in Paizo time rn

It was 12:02 am, Eastern time.

I don't think Paizo has an office for people to go to any more (though they may still be transitioning to all work from home (except the warehouse, of course)).
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KaiBlob1 wrote:
VerBeeker wrote:

“I invite you to visit Droon!”

*punching ground*

I want to! I WANT TO SO BAD!

I'm really hoping that the droon teasers in this are bread crumbs for a soon-to-be-announced southern garund lost omens book, its a region of the world we've really never explored in anything 1e or 2e. We know more about Akiton than we do about southern garund lol

I do think it's likely. When this book (or more specifically the premise of the book) got announced, it struck me as foreshadowing Droon. Flipping through the PDF though... I really think Iblydos is coming next. There is a lot of riffing of Ancient Greece, both ancestry and bestiary wise. And it also does some work setting up High Seas/Ruins of Azlant sequel with all the aquatic stuff too. Though I suspect that is a bit further on the horizon.

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What's up with the PDF being so large? 230-ish MB is way more than normal.
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I am not looking forward for reduced-size PDF, because recently it meant the quality of images in files got worse.
Tony Tempest wrote:
Terevalis Unctio of House Mysti wrote:
Will there be a sketch cover?

Dunno if you know if this has been answered, or if you found out yourself, but I see on GameNerdz there is a pre-order for the sketch style cover.

I didn't see an answer to this on the rest of this thread.

Thank you!

If I am reading the PFS2E information correctly, everything is legal except for a few things. Have the boon point costs be updated? I checked yesterday afternoon and did not see anything.
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This book was so lovely!
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I think my favorite part was how much the crew members would talk about each other in their anecdotes. Got their point across, but also made it a more immersive reading experience. Like I was reading an actual travelogue instead of a rulebook.
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Concert frog! And now I have McCartney's frog chorus stuck in my head. Bom bom bom aii-aii-a.

My lokal store can order a sketch cover of this book. Was that announced somewhere?
Terevalis Unctio of House Mysti wrote:
If I am reading the PFS2E information correctly, everything is legal except for a few things. Have the boon point costs be updated? I checked yesterday afternoon and did not see anything.

Found it! Hooray!!

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Starocotes wrote:
My lokal store can order a sketch cover of this book. Was that announced somewhere?

Yes.

Ashanderai wrote:
Starocotes wrote:
My lokal store can order a sketch cover of this book. Was that announced somewhere?
Yes.

Where? Can you point me to a link?

Silver Crusade
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It was mentioned in this very thread
Cori Marie wrote:
It was mentioned in this very thread

Thanks, but that is from another customer, I was thinking more in the line of something official from Paizo.

Silver Crusade
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There's also this post from Aaron back in December
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So do we have to wait until Divine Mysteries for deity writeups on the Wardens of the Wild?
zergtitan wrote:

Got my physical copy. The inside cover isn't blank, It's an artistic interpretation of the world of Golarian! all continents!

definitely a reason to get the physical copy!

I'm actually surprsied there is version of this map included with the PDF. The map is gorgeous!

The demiplane version of the PDF *does* have the map included, though.
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