Hello noob pathfinder doubt


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Hello i am a noob to pathfinder.
I would like to know if there is a book with art on tar-baphon and some description of the character I cant seem to find a book that both present inside art on him with his backstory, I can only check his image in books where tar shows on the cover.
Can anybody help me please?
Shadows of Gallowspire had some info on him but no image :(


Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber; Pathfinder Starfinder Adventure Path Subscriber

Tar-Baphon is on the cover of the Inner Sea World Guide. There is a tiny bit of information on him in Inner Sea Magic. I also remember there being a little bit of information about him in City of Golden Death.

You can find some of the information condensed on the PathfinderWiki page: HERE.


There may also be some pictures in Dungeons of Golarion. I can't remember for sure.

There is an entire chapter in that book on Gallowspire, including the guardians of the Great Seal.


So there is no interior art image :(
I remember in carrion crown part 6 there was a little info on him along with info on other famous liches there was images and info on socorro and another lich but no image of tar-baphon.
Paizo as anything planned on him? something more deep with more content than the actual published material?

Scarab Sages

If you pick up this you will get a very nice (but b&w) card in the size of a map set card depicting the whisperin tyrant.


As I recall, he first appeared in a GameMastery Compleat Encounter pack before Pathfinder APs existed... I don't know where I got that from. Just absorbed over time.

His backstory can be found in bits and pieces throughout the inner sea world guide and inner sea magic, and anywhere Gallowspire and Ustalav are detailed (so I'm guessing there's a trove on him in the Carrion Crown AP). Not to mention chapters on dead gods, Arazni, Aroden...

He's... a big bad NPC for the Golarion setting. Golarion's Sauron. There is info on him tucked away all over the place.

Paizo Employee Creative Director

We do indeed have some big plans for Tar-Baphon... but since he is indeed one of the big bad guys of the setting, we're taking our time building things up for him. As for interior art of him, the only example I can think of is on page 2 of Undead Revisited.

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