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Bought it. Been waiting for this to come out. Finally a PF conversion of some of the Book of Templates.
w00t!
Pure awesomeness. Very nicely organized. CR tables are really helpful. Aware Arcana may be my favorite at the moment.
First thank you all for your kind words, there is alot of my heart and soul in this piece of work.
Finally a PF conversion of some of the Book of Templates.
These are original templates, I wanted to something in the spirit of Deleuxe book of Templates and the Advanced Bestiary but give you completely original options.
@Dark Mistress: Take your time, you have done so many so quickly I am very content to wait, we don't want to risk seeing you burn out.
Very nicely organized. CR tables are really helpful. Aware Arcana may be my favorite at the moment.
The CR tables were a must have on my list, I am thinkiing about a free web enhancement perhaps a collection of the Monstrous Feats listed in the book with a feats chart.
Aware Arcana was something i wanted to do that was differant than Living Spells, so I went to my favorite avant guard designer Ben McFarland for that, I probably made him tear his hair out with all the revisions but at the end of the day I think its worth it.
There is a 4/5 star reivew on the Tenletter Blog
I absolutely love this book!
The accursed template has gained most of my attention so far (I tack on the advanced template afterward, because lower CR stuff is hit pretty hard by it).
Advanced Accursed Rakshasa, Kringer of No Fangs. He's mostly a skill based encounter since he can't do crap for damage. He'll be an excellent spy.
Advanced Accursed Ghaele, Halix the Failed. A fallen azata that does a boatload of damage (cut in half so long as the party can pass an 11 Will save). He'll be the enforcer for the Queen of the Cursed (a witch I have planned) and he will be brutal!
Advanced Accursed Succubus, Madam Kuress the Sulrty Hag. Another skill based encounter. She really fails at doing damage, but with a charm and a suggestion at her disposal she'll have the party fighting amongst themselves in no time.
I'm trying to decide on how to make an appropriately evil Aware Arcana, but have a question about the Merge Spells feat. By the way it's written it seems the spells must be of different levels, but it doesn't state that clearly. Was that the intent?
Again, thank you for this. It's nice to see such an excellent and original piece of work from a 3PP. Most groups try, but in my opinion fail, this makes me want to check out other things you've done.
EDIT: just made Tyrax the Subjugater, an aware arcana that uses dominate person and has the giant template thrown on him 4 times. Hee hee.
The Accursed Creature Template was aimed at Higher CR mobs. (hence the sample creature being the Tarrasque).
Merge Spell was originally a taken from Feats 101 (waves to Mark Moreland), which I would have called 101 Feats but that title was taken already :0
MERGE SPELLS [Metamagic]
You can unite two spells together.
Prerequisites: Caster level 5th
Benefit: You can join two spells that can be cast in a single action and can have the same legal target to form a single effect. All variable effects of the spell are based on the higher level spell. A merged spell uses up a spell slot two levels higher than the highest level spell’s actual level and uses up the same slot as the lower level spell’s actual level.
There is nothing there that prohibits a spell from being the same level "All variable effects of the spell are based on the higher level spell." if they are both the same level then you use that level to determine the variable effects of the spell, though most variable effects are caster based not spell level based. And if they are the same level you use one spell slot two levels higher and the other one stays the same.
I just wanted to mention that my review of the book can be found over on RPGNow.
Very nice review! :)
Thank you for taking the time to do such excellent reviews two 5/5 stars!!!!!
Steve
happy designer/publsiher
Print copies have arrived at paizo.
I really enjoy the Aware Arcana!
Living spells? Awesome!
I really enjoy the Aware Arcana!
Living spells? Awesome!
Awww, thanks! I appreciate that. :)
-Ben.
Awww, thanks! I appreciate that. :)-Ben.
Between that and the cups, forks, spoons, and books that blast fireballs and death rays this book has made my players the most paranoid group ever. They don't want to loot anything anymore.