Pathfinder Adventure Path #210: Whispers in the Dirt (Spore War 1 of 3)

Announced for January! Product images and descriptions are not final and are subject to change. :)

I NEED to hear more about this brewing continental war, holy cow.

Yay!

Ok, now this is right up my alley. I've wanted something like this since I first read about Treerazor and Tanglebriar.

Yes... yesssssss!

Incredibly excited for Kyonin to get some love.

I cannot WAIT for this to come out!

Can we expect peace and prosperity within?

Can we expect peace and prosperity within?

Written By Jason Bulmahn... TreeRAZer... RAZmir... Coincidence? I THINK NOT! (Yes, actually, it IS a coincidence. xD )

I can't wait. I'm expecting this to be bursting from the seams with Benevolence!

This is looking real interesting!
Might run this with my current Wildwood crew once that's done ^^

Aaaarrrrgh. I've been waiting for an adventure invlving treerazor but now I will have to wait a while to run this I just finished running a home brew adventure where the players had to free an ancient city from the grasp of cyth-vusag. Lots of fungal and plant monsters, spore bats, demons and undead. Level 5-15 adventure set in every part of the city. I will wait though and tun this in late 2025 -2026. Can not wait to see the bestiary sections.

I have the Treerazer mini, fingers crossed he's the final boss

I have the Treerazer mini, fingers crossed he's the final boss

He is! That's the premise of this AP as revealed during PaizoCon.

Huzzah!

I NEED to hear more about this brewing continental war, holy cow.

Intimations of an Inner Sea general war and the building of an alliance system to fight in it are likewise relevant to my interests—but I suspect the larger war will be derailed somewhat, or that Kyonin will be too distracted or exhausted to fight in it thus weakening the bloc with which it is aligned, by the more local Spore War.

Cheliax and Andoran are definitely going to be fighting *soon* if they already aren’t due to the Godsrain.

willfromamerica wrote:

I NEED to hear more about this brewing continental war, holy cow.

Intimations of an Inner Sea general war and the building of an alliance system to fight in it are likewise relevant to my interests—but I suspect the larger war will be derailed somewhat, or that Kyonin will be too distracted or exhausted to fight in it thus weakening the bloc with which it is aligned, by the more local Spore War.

From the office of Expectation Management...

I hope you guys are finally bringing out the “Armies of Golarion” supplement that has been discussed before. The game needs it, and with all the wars you have planned, now is the time for it.

I hope you guys are finally bringing out the “Armies of Golarion” supplement that has been discussed before. The game needs it, and with all the wars you have planned, now is the time for it.

Battlecry is next summer's big GenCon release. It will debut the Commander and Guardian classes. I would assume that the Imner Sea is going to war some time around then.

CULTxicycalm wrote:

I hope you guys are finally bringing out the “Armies of Golarion” supplement that has been discussed before. The game needs it, and with all the wars you have planned, now is the time for it.

Battlecry is next summer's big GenCon release. It will debut the Commander and Guardian classes. I would assume that the Imner Sea is going to war some time around then.

Spore War comes out half a year before that too, so it's deliberately not created or written to take advantage of Battlecry's contents (although you can certainly play commanders and guardians in Spore War, just as you can any Adventure Path, if you start your Spore War game after Battlecry is out).

What we might be doing later in the Adventure Path line after Spore War is not yet announced.

I'm wondering if this adventure will use the brand new mythic rules that will come out in War of Immortals.

No, its been said multiple times in this thread that Mythic is not in this book.

I'm wondering if this adventure will use the brand new mythic rules that will come out in War of Immortals.

The mythic rules in War of Immortals weren't complete enough (which also meant that I as the developer wasn't savvy enough with them to responsibly do mythic content) in time to be used in Spore War, but there is some vaguely "mythic adjacent" stuff in there, since an ongoing theme is "power up the PCs more than others of equal level in other Adventure Paths because Treerazer is a badass."

Part of me kinda wishes I'd held off on Spore War until 2025 or later so it could take advantage of both the mythic rules in War of Immortals and the rules for the upcoming Battlecry! book... but at the same time, this is an Adventure Path I've tried to get off the ground numerous times before and for various reasons it never did, so when this opportunity struck, I pounced!

Ricbau6 wrote:

I'm wondering if this adventure will use the brand new mythic rules that will come out in War of Immortals.

The mythic rules in War of Immortals weren't complete enough (which also meant that I as the developer wasn't savvy enough with them to responsibly do mythic content) in time to be used in Spore War, but there is some vaguely "mythic adjacent" stuff in there, since an ongoing theme is "power up the PCs more than others of equal level in other Adventure Paths because Treerazer is a badass."

Still nice. Appreciated the Stolen Fate ap with the power ups in form of the different artifacts based on the harrow cards. I'm sure I'll love even this high level "elven" adventure.

Could you please add a good and not circumstantial lvl 13 elven feat? :)

This might be where I start subscribing again to the APs!

Could you please add a good and not circumstantial lvl 13 elven feat? :)

We shipped this volume a few months ago, so it's far too late to make any changes.

That said, here's a list of the levels for the new, uncommon elf ancestry feats included in this volume.

Is it possible to get the final cover art for this volume please? I saw a glimpse in the video trailer and hoped to see it here too

I NEED to hear more about this brewing continental war, holy cow.

Ironically I might be playing an awakened cow battle oracle next season if the theme of season 7 involves said war

Is it possible for subscribers to get their PDFs before Christmas break, very much looking forward to the elf-themed adventure path!

I am 100% buying this! Just waiting for the "start with this book" on the AP subscription to roll over from Triumph of the Tusk.

Is it possible for subscribers to get their PDFs before Christmas break, very much looking forward to the elf-themed adventure path!

Subscribers gets their PDF when their books ship.

+++ WARNING: SHAKY SPECULATIONS FOLLOWS +++

So, last years, shipping start, shipping end, and street date for the January releases was this:

•Begin Shipping Estimate: 1/15/2024

•End Shipping Estimate: 1/26/2024
•Street Date for Paizo Products: 1/31/2024

This year, the release date is almost a month before! On the 8th of January!

That makes it hard to speculate, cause in normal cases, as you see above, shipping start and end are respectively 2 and 1 week before~ish release. BUT, this time, that would put the start at around the 23rd of December and the ends around the 3rd of January. That put TWO holidays in the middle of it, which is... not great... so there's chances that they will do something different?
But worst~ish case, I'd say you have about 2 days of hope to get it before XMas, and would put lot of potential delay in shipping for pretty much everyone. >_>

It's possible that they could start shipping a week earlier, in expectation that the holidays would disrupt it all a LOT. But we don'T know. And I would manage my expectations.

Razmir cultist on the cover?

Razmir cultist on the cover?

And looking at the final art, looks like a high ranking one, with fancy mask and custom vestments colors. :O

Just realized this is the second AP in a row where the PCs are sent on a diplomatic mission. And based on levels, the PCs from Triumph of the Tusk might actually play this one.

Would be fun.

I dont think that is the final cover art.

CastleDour wrote:

Razmir cultist on the cover?

And looking at the final art, looks like a high ranking one, with fancy mask and custom vestments colors. :O

Surely the big guy himself hasn't been unmasked.. either way this seems to be a fun AP from the start

I am 100% buying this! Just waiting for the "start with this book" on the AP subscription to roll over from Triumph of the Tusk.

Pre-ordered!

I dont think that is the final cover art.

It is not, but you can see the final one at the end of the trailer video on youtube!

Elfteiroh wrote:

CastleDour wrote:

Razmir cultist on the cover?

And looking at the final art, looks like a high ranking one, with fancy mask and custom vestments colors. :O

Surely the big guy himself hasn't been unmasked.. either way this seems to be a fun AP from the start

Doesn't look like he would be Razmir himself, he doesn't wear the right colors, and Razmir's mask is white, and with much less "flair" and details. :P

When will this be shipping and when will we get the Player's guide?

Will this be society legal? That would be amazing if it is as there is not much content past level 10 at present. Also, where can I find a copy of the Treerazer mini?

When will this be shipping and when will we get the Player's guide?

It says above: Preorder, expected approximately 8 Jan 2024; so probably 1-2 weeks before for subs and then Players Guide likely in 2-3 weeks mid to late December, but I’ll keep checking just in case

It would be nice to get the final cover art for this, since the other two issues in this AP have theirs up.

It would be nice to get the final cover art for this, since the other two issues in this AP have theirs up.

I second you

I was excited for an AP that lets people take on Tanglebriar, but the Razmiran character on the temp cover is giving me pause.

Proper cover art is up now, such a fancy sir

So looking forwars to this. The Tanglebriar kind of reminds me of Lorac's Dream

any news on the players guide?

Looking forward to the player's guide