Pitax Stop

Ever since the little snippet about him in Guide to the River Kingdoms, I've wanted to learn more about Irovetti of Pitax. (Now in seems I'm going to get my wish). If the man on the cover is indeed Irovetti he seems much more menacing that I would have thought. (Is that a glaive that he's holding with such (seeming) ease?)

I'll be starting a group of 4-6 players in Kingmaker next Sunday (the 11th) and I hope they make it to the end (but especially) part 5, because if a "knock-down, drag-out fight" between the PCs and King Irovetti is gonna happen, I'd like to see how their current character roster handles him.

Oh, and what's this... I'm first to start a discussion, wow! :)

Dean; the Minstrel_Wyrm

. If the man on the cover is indeed Irovetti he seems much more menacing that I would have thought. (Is that a glaive that he's holding with such (seeming) ease?)

It is Irovetti. There is a discussion going on in this thread on his strange change in appearence since the River Kingdoms Guide.

Yeah; it's sometimes tough to wrangle multiple products that all support a single Adventure Path. The description of Irroveti that got into Guide to the River Kingdoms should have been revised; his actual appearance on the cover of Pathfinder #35 is accurate.

I can't wait to get my hands on the pdf (the email said sometimes this week) to have a look at the mass combat rules.

I hope it's not too lite a system so that the players can still have an impact strategically (as leaders of an army) and tactically (as heroes). I'm still looking for a system that meshes Napoleon- and Aragorn-style play :)

The_Minstrel_Wyrm wrote:

. If the man on the cover is indeed Irovetti he seems much more menacing that I would have thought. (Is that a glaive that he's holding with such (seeming) ease?)

It is Irovetti. There is a discussion going on in this thread on his strange change in appearence since the River Kingdoms Guide.

Maybe not statted yet.. and considering what i know so far.. :p

human male, CE, Fighter 2/Barbarian 3/Rogue 7/Bard 1 (sneaky, artisty, somewhat martial and all over nasty, Temper! ..and not entirely practical.. levels of kingdomvise.. :p)

I'd not get my hopes up. They don't tend to have NPCs with more than 2 classes and a prestige class and most just have one class. Why? The stat blocks get insanely complicated and lengthy.

Quoting from War of the River Kings:

King Castruccio Iriovetti, CE Male Human Bard 11/Fighter 5.

This book may be the chance i've been waiting for to use Heroes of Battle. I liked that book alot, but saw its usefulness as limited. I hope there are some elements of that book in the "down and dirty mass combat rules" that I hear are in part 5.