OK, now we have the symbol for the Pathfinder Society.
But is there anyone who can interpret/explain it to me?
I'd appreciate it.
Anyone?
Could you give a link to it?
Sure.
Here it is at the Wiki.
I think it's also among the stuff that can be downloaded for community use.
I'll check it out when I get home (for whatever reason, navigating to the Pathfinder Wiki site freezes my web browser at work).
You may not want to risk it, then, but in case it made a difference, here's a direct link to the image file at the wiki.
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I wish I could explain it. The circle could be the world and the star at the top may represent a celestial navigational aide, but the crossed bars don't bear a resemblance to anything I can think of.
I do notice that the four ends of the crossed "things" plus the hooks in the middle plus the four points of the star make ten "protrusions" which may relate to the Decemvirate, but that may be stretching things a bit.
Maybe simply stating that I, too, am curious to know this symbol's meaning, will help prompt an answer. It's the best help I can offer on this one.
(The direct link worked, thanks.)
It's called the "Glyph of the Open Road", correct? So maybe there is no hidden meaning, i.e. it just mean "Open Road" in some alphabet.
To me, it looks kind of like a road heading towards a distant mountain range, with a star shining between the mountains. And maybe there's a river (?) flowing underneath the road.
Thanks, guys. I keep looking at it and trying to give it a hogarthian reading or with the hope that it will suddenly click as something if I stare at it long enough, but nothing happens. I can accept that it is a relatively arbitrary glyph, but it not like an ideogram where I can kind of see the horse, man, fire, fish, house, or what have you. Except that, yeah, I can see the star at the top, and the use of stars for direction makes sense.
It looks like a crossroads with smaller paths branching off to me.
OK, I can kind of see a road heading to the horizon, and the road follows the star, and by allowing a dip there at the horizon, you keep the road "open" and not running into the horizon like a dead-end.
Maybe it was all those thorny flourishes that were throwing me off.
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To me, it looks kind of like a road heading towards a distant mountain range, with a star shining between the mountains. And maybe there's a river (?) flowing underneath the road.
Perhaps this ties back in with the wayfinder Pathfinders carry and the ioun stone (the star) that my guide them toward an unknown goal.
-Skeld
It's a road stretching off toward the horizon, with mountains and a star, but I like the way Jeff Carlisle has glyphed it up and made it a unique symbol rather than just a pictogram.
Hmm, for me it looks somehow sinister, I can’t tell why.
I always imagined that their symbol would resemble a wind rose (Don’t know if this is the right word in English, the thing with North, South, you know)
Thanks, James. Full points go to Hogarth. (I still don't see mountains.) Maybe the thorns are allegorical? It's a thorny way those pathfinders trod...
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Hmm, for me it looks somehow sinister, I can’t tell why.
I always imagined that their symbol would resemble a wind rose (Don’t know if this is the right word in English, the thing with North, South, you know)
Close, aeglos. We call it a "compass rose".
I definitely get the sense that there are roads and a horizon, but the "hooks" and "thorns" threw me, too.
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(I still don't see mountains.)
you're looking at the road and mountains as one line (since they kind of connect, I did the same thing) the two verical lines are the sides of the road, the horizontal line (that ends in various points) is a mountain range.. Not sure what the 'thorns' coming off of the road is... a crossroads maybe?
I'm just reading the horizontal lines as the horizon, which seems more natural to me than reading them as mountains.
I'm just reading the horizontal lines as the horizon, which seems more natural to me than reading them as mountains.
I think you're just having trouble with the fact that some of the flourishes are mountains and some of the flourishes are just flourishes.
Maybe we need to come up with a "Comic Sans" version of the glyph. :-)
You're all wrong.
They're crossed kukris, handles up, that end in vegetable choppers. On the backside of the knife are built-in can openers. The "star" is the artist's winking over the top of the knives at the viewer.
So there.
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You're all wrong.
They're crossed kukris, handles up, that end in vegetable choppers. On the backside of the knife are built-in can openers. The "star" is the artist's winking over the top of the knives at the viewer.
So there.
"THE ALL NEW GLYPH OF THE OPEN ROAD! CUTS THROUGH STEEL ARMOR AND STILL SLICES CLEANLY THROUGH THIS TROLL'S ARM! ALSO HAS A SLOT FOR YOUR FAVORITE IOUN STONE! CHANGE OUT THE STONES FOR THOUSANDS OF OPTIONAL POWERS. FUN FOR THE WHOLE PARTY!"
An ioun stone in the butt of each kukris handle....yeah, they're convenient. I can see a barker demonstrating their many uses in a market of Katapesh with your script, just like I used to the see the Ginsu demonstrated at the Texas State Fair, cutting through aluminum cans.
An ioun stone in the butt of each kukris handle....yeah, they're convenient. I can see a barker demonstrating their many uses
Benjamin Barker?
If Benjamin Barker had been a barker instead of a barber...
Which is full of thorns!
OT: Xaaon,
(I still don't see mountains.)you're looking at the road and mountains as one line (since they kind of connect, I did the same thing) the two verical lines are the sides of the road, the horizontal line (that ends in various points) is a mountain range.. Not sure what the 'thorns' coming off of the road is... a crossroads maybe?
I was seeing the top black line as the horizon or more roads, and the white sections [i]between]/i] the lines as the mountains. The flourishes being paths up the mountains.
OT: Xaaon, ** spoiler omitted **** spoiler omitted **
If Benjamin Barker had been a barker instead of a barber...
He did like sharp blades, and could amply demonstrate their many uses.
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It's a road stretching off toward the horizon, with mountains and a star, but I like the way Jeff Carlisle has glyphed it up and made it a unique symbol rather than just a pictogram.
Well almost right. The so-called glyphing is actually a development after the Church of Asmodeus infiltrated the Society. It really represents the diabolical horned god and his ascension and domination of the world.