[Legendary Games] 2013 Preview #20: Cultic Cryptomancia

[Jason Nelson]

That's right, TWENTY product previews, and we're not done yet. Behold the further awesomeness that is the Cultic Cryptomancia!

[Jason Nelson]

Bonus preview!

[Eric Hinkle]

This sounds like something Pathfinder has needed for a long, long time.

[Jason Nelson]

Hope you enjoy - it's ready to buy today, right here in both landscape and portrait format.

[Eric Hinkle]

I will definitely be getting that later today.

[Eric Hinkle]

I got it, read it, love it (the Eldritch mystery for oracles is easily one of the very best 3rd party oracle mysteries I've ever seen), but I have a couple of questions about two of the new feats:

For 'Flagellant Focus': the third paragraph under 'Benefit' reads 'If you receive an effect that cures lethal damage, you may choose whether or not that effect also cures your nonlethal damage. You may not choose to have it partially affect your nonlethal damage. If you are unconscious,' -- and it ends right there. Some of the description seems to be missing.

Also, on the next page, the first paragraph under 'Benefit' for Sacrificial Summons reads like the single paragraph given for Sacrificial Power (and it/they're great feats by the way). Is this intentional or a slight error?

Those aside, I love this PDF. Nice and creepy stuff all around, but there's also a chance to use it for nobler groups which is seldom seen for cults in RPGs but very appreciated. And I like the back cover blurb for 'Cold Mountain'; I've been looking forward to the Kingmaker AP plug-in material from you for some time. Hopefully along with the fey we'll get a few things that can be used with the kingdom-building aspect of that AP.

[Jason Nelson]

Glad you enjoyed it, and we're looking forward to Cold Mountain too! As to those issues:

1. Yes, there is missing text on Flagellant Focus. It's supposed to read: If you are unconscious, you cannot choose to ignore healing of your nonlethal damage.

Basically, even if you are a masochist who lives for pain, wen you are knocked out your body's physiology takes over and says "oh no you don't."

2. As for the second, nope that was a flat oops that evaded the keen eyes of yours truly as well as the other guys who reviewed the document. A change in one version slipped through the cracks during the review process. I'll have Liz put together a fixed version of the PDFs soon, but for now the following is the text that should have been for Sacrificial Power:

Sacrificial Power (Mythos)
You can empower your magical energies by drawing forth the life force of other people.
Prerequisite: Spell Focus (any one) or Spell Penetration, Knowledge (arcana) 3 ranks, Knowledge (religion) 3 ranks, Spellcraft 3 ranks
Benefit: When you perform a successful coup de grace upon a sentient creature, it allows you to enhance the power of any spell you cast by doubling the effect of one or more of the following feats: Greater Spell Focus, Greater Spell Penetration, Spell Focus, or Spell Penetration feats you have. You may double the effect of one of the above feats of your choice (though you must double a normal feat before doubling its Greater version) per Hit Dice of the slain creature; if the sacrifice has 4 or more Hit Dice, you double the effect of all of the above feats. You must cast the spell to be enhanced within a number of rounds after the coup de grace equal to the slain creature's Hit Dice or the power of the sacrifice is lost.

Consider that a free preview for anybody that hasn't already gotten on board the cultic bandwagon!!!

[Eric Hinkle]

Yeah, that new description sounds amazing and very flavorful for would-be murderous cult leaders. Thanks!

[Jason Nelson]

Revised files uploaded to our webstore. For those of you who have already purchased the product, I'll be emailing the revised files to you directly.

Viva la Cult!

[Eric Hinkle]

I got mine; thanks for doing that!

[Jason Nelson]

Hey, with Legendary products, would expect anything less than Legendary customer service? :)

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

When will this be available on Paizo? (I'm having trouble convincing Paypal that I'm myself after a recent move.)

[Neil Spicer]

I believe early release is running for about a week before products eventually make their way to other online stores (including here at Paizo). But Jason can correct me if I'm wrong on that.

[Jason Nelson]

The product has been uploaded to Paizo and will be available whenever it gets officially approved.

It's available now on the d20pfsrd webstore and at DrivethruRPG/RPGNow.

Of course, we'd really like you to buy it from our webstore! No Paypal shouldn't be a problem, as our webstore also accepts credit and debit cards; at least, it's supposed to! Give it a try and see if either method works for you. If there's a problem with buying by card on the system, I'll try to get it sorted out.

Besides avoiding distributor fees on our end, buying direct from us also has the advantage of qualifying you for our 10 for 10 promotion: If you're one of the first 10 people to buy any of our products directly from us, new or old, you get a 10% discount code to use on your next purchase from us! Woo - free money! :)

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

Your webstore goes through Paypal. I have a Paypal account. Paypal WILL NOT LET ME use my credit card, even if I tell it I'm paying directly instead of accessing my Paypal account, until I prove to them that I'm not an identity thief.

[Jason Nelson]

Interesting. You learn something new every day. The Paypal gatekeeping mechanism applies even if you're not using the standard Paypal payment transfer and even when you're using a card. LAME!

Well, as someone who's been identity thefted in the past, I applaud Paypal being vigilant on the subject, but it does create a certain difficulty. When I relaunched the website, I continued on Hostmonster and Wordpress as we had been doing, but I'm also pushing at the limits of what it allows us to do and whether we'd be better served using a solution like Volusion or the like. I'll count this as a data point in the "hmmm, there may be a better alternative" side of the ledger.

My apologies for the inconvenience. In the meanwhile, since there is apparently some delay in getting the files posted up here on Paizo I'd suggest heading that you over to shop.d20pfsrd.com and picking it up there. Support your local 3PP small business!

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

Got it off RPGNow since I already have an account there, but I'll keep d20pfsrd in mind for the future. Thanks for the response!

...Okay you guys are beginning to scare me. Each release is a bit freakier than the last!

Never mind cults, I can see legitimate clerics of Calistria taking Ecstatic Euphoria. Get the congregation together, summon planar ally Tordurbar the tentacle beast, let's rock!

Aberrant Form 3 needs: "If the form you take is that of a Huge aberration, you gain a +6 size bonus..."

[Jason Nelson]

Thanks for picking it up! We like to pump up d20pfsrd both because we like to support small business and people who do so much to support the hobby (not that the same isn't true in a different way of Paizo or Drivethru), but also because they take the smallest cut of all of our distributors! :)

[Bardess]

This is great, much needed and appreciated. Thanks.

[Jason Nelson]

Glad you enjoyed! More creepological goodness to come. I just need to get off the boards and back to writing so I can get our latest Gothic Grimoire to bed!