Alright!
We've been keeping this under wraps for a little while but we've been developing a special treat for you all!
We call it “Law & Order”
(Que theme music)
What's Inside:
- The Judge Base Class (Part lawyer, part paladin, all executioner)
- The Divine Trial (A social sub-system that represents the court room of the gods!)
- The Convict Substitution Class
- The Kinslayer Prestige class (It's back!)
- Of course new feats, weapons, and all the other goodies you've come to expect from us!
The Judge
We wrote up a "Judge" base class for Pathfinder! No, not a rock-jawed Street Judge but a war gavel wielding champion of the law!
Part lawyer and part executioner, a Judge can issue legal decrees (like “FREEZE!”) to targets. The powers of the gods compels the target to follow these orders. If they decide to continue to ignore the orders of a judge after they have issues them, or have just broken a law, a judge gains a smite-like bonus to damage! (Called a “conviction”)
They also employ psychometrics to read forensic information left behind by criminals that the can use as evidence in a new “divine trial” mechanic. (And yes... you can yell “OBJECTION!” at your GM during these...)
Convict & Kinslayer
Where there are cops there are robbers!
Using our new substitution class option (introduced in our recent “Substitution Class” book) we added a “Convict” class. This is for characters who have been incarcerated and had their skills laps. You can't claim to be in tip top shape as a ranger when you've been in a cell for the last eight year! Take a few levels in convict and learn how to build shanks from anything, intimidate the hell out of your cell mate, and screw with the guards!
Then we've got the return of the Kinslayer prestige class! Wanna play as Blade? How about a serial killer? The kinslayer was the first class we ever released and we made sure to give it a COMPLETE overhaul! (That being said, if you bought “The Kinslayer” way back when- you get a free copy of this book!) A kinslayer is someone who hunts their own blood. Elves who stalk elves, Orcs that feast on the flesh of their brothers, giants who murder other giants, vampire slaying vampires, and renegade werewolves who hunt their own. There are a thousand stories and a thousand options with this prestige class!
The Verdict
This material has been a hell of a lot of fun at out playtests and it is out absolute pleasure to bring this to you. We've got some amazing art from a new artist (I kid you not, a character with a half dozen elf ears on a belt clip made it into the book) and a lot of really fun mechanics in here. The divine trial mechanic is a great social sub-system and could really be a game in its own right. (How will you spin your statements?) We really can't wait to get this into your hands.
The Sentence
We are releasing this on Tuesday Dec. 3rd
We are just waiting on a cover so we MIGHT be able to squeeze it out ahead of schedule on Saturday!
Oh yes, I forgot this little gem:
"In the courts of the gods, a mortal is represented by a single legal advocate on their behalf. Men and women who serve as the investigators who investigate alleged crime and the mortal judges who prosecute or defend the offenders.
These are their tales."
Now live on Paizo:
Law and Order