Don't know if this has been asked already, but where did Varisia come from? Is it someone's homegrown campaign (i.e. Jason's? Erik's? etc.)? By committee? Or organically grew from the needs of the AP?
A lot of it came from James Jacobs homebrew. Sandpoint specifically.
But the whole world has been a join effort I believe.
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You can find some info about the creation of Golarion in the first Blog Entries, especially from "What's Pathfinder all about" (April 19, 2007) and "Raising a Runelord" (April 21, 2007).
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Don't know if this has been asked already, but where did Varisia come from? Is it someone's homegrown campaign (i.e. Jason's? Erik's? etc.)? By committee? Or organically grew from the needs of the AP?
A large amount of Varisia, about half of the core deities, and Karzoug all come from my homebrew campaign. In some cases, names changed (Pharasma, in my homebrew, is named Turthonir, for example, and while there's no region in my homebrew called "Varisia," there's certainly a Riddleport, a Magnimar, and a Korvosa, but they're a lot further apart from each other). Karzoug was a big bad guy in my home campaign as well, as was Mokmurian.
But that's pretty much Varisia. A few other parts of my homebrew campaign are sneaking into other parts of Golarion (particularly the isle of Mediogalti and its evil city of Ilizmagorti, and a fair amount in Belkzen and the elf nation of Kyonin), but the majority of the rest of the world has really been a collaborative effort between all of us here at Paizo and our freelancers.
Korvosa is such a fantastic setup. The first installment of CothCT was nothing short of excellent. Looking forward to more and more.
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You can find some info about the creation of Golarion in the first Blog Entries, especially from "What's Pathfinder all about" (April 19, 2007) and "Raising a Runelord" (April 21, 2007).
I'll check it out. Thanks!
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Don't know if this has been asked already, but where did Varisia come from? Is it someone's homegrown campaign (i.e. Jason's? Erik's? etc.)? By committee? Or organically grew from the needs of the AP?A large amount of Varisia, about half of the core deities, and Karzoug all come from my homebrew campaign. In some cases, names changed (Pharasma, in my homebrew, is named Turthonir, for example, and while there's no region in my homebrew called "Varisia," there's certainly a Riddleport, a Magnimar, and a Korvosa, but they're a lot further apart from each other). Karzoug was a big bad guy in my home campaign as well, as was Mokmurian.
But that's pretty much Varisia. A few other parts of my homebrew campaign are sneaking into other parts of Golarion (particularly the isle of Mediogalti and its evil city of Ilizmagorti, and a fair amount in Belkzen and the elf nation of Kyonin), but the majority of the rest of the world has really been a collaborative effort between all of us here at Paizo and our freelancers.
So you're the "Gygax" of Pathfinder, eh? :) Thanks!
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There sure will be!
The Gazetteer comes first; a 64 page softcover book that gives a brief overview of the campaign setting. It should be out pretty soon.
The hardcover Campaign Setting comes next; it'll be out at Gen Con.
As for Riddleport... that's where the third Adventure Path takes place. Pathfinder #13 will have a gazetteer of Riddleport, and there'll be other bits of info about he place all over. The closest analogy for Riddleport in fiction is probably Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar.
The closest analogy for Riddleport in fiction is probably Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar.
Oh, James, you are pushing buttons here. Lankhmar is one of my all time favorite fictional places, and Riddleport already sounded interesting before you drew that analogy.
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While on the topic of Varisia, would you consider it a nation with various fiefdoms and city-states rather than a capitol, or merely a region of disparate parts named for the indigenous people?
The latter. It's a region, although it does have a few city-states (Kaer Maga, Korvosa, Magnimar, and Riddleport, IIRC).