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Hello all!
I'm working on a project to be published in my spare time that is a series of player/GM companions themed around specific creatures. The "Aspects" series will detail a specific monster or creature type from the Bestiary and present new class archetypes, feats, spells, magic items, spells, prestige classes and monsters related to or themed around the focus creature or type.
The first issue, Aspects of Inevitables, is in the editing process right now and will have a great introduction written by a well-known name in the industry. The Aspect series will be released for free to the community and will feature professional layout and artwork.
What I'd like to have from the community are suggestions for what you would like to see appear in the Aspect series. What types of creatures would interest you? An issue themed around dragons? The undead? Fey? Maybe Aeons or Clockworks?
Let me know where the community's interest is and I'll gladly continue this personal project onward with additional installments wherever the community's interests lay.
* Elemental Aspects, elementals and races native to the elemental planes
* Shifter's Aspects, lycantrophes, shapeshifters and those that hunt them
* Familiar Aspects, familiars and companions of various sorts
if your doing it just for fun than i say go for it, However if its a pay type of thing i guess i would have to see some samples pages or whatnot in order to see weather its something i wanna fork over money for :)
Constructs! Including Golems, Clockworks, Homonculi, and even the Half-Construct race type from the ARG.
Constructs are really overlooked in general.. there are no archetypes revolved around them, barely a subdomain given thought to affecting them, and while the portion of the book in Complete Magic is nice, it still leaves some questions to be answered.
Some kind of player-character friendly race that is part construct would be amazing as well. Similar to Warforged from Eberron (Did not love Eberron, but I did love Artificers and Warforged), though something that'll fit Golarion better.
I am not really sure I understand your first post. Will these be traditional monsters made into player races/classes? Or player classes themed by some monster type (like a fire elementalist wizard or some such)?
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if your doing it just for fun than i say go for it, However if its a pay type of thing i guess i would have to see some samples pages or whatnot in order to see weather its something i wanna fork over money for :)
The PDFs will all be free of charge, much like Wayfinder magazine, and will contain unique and interesting content with a professional layout. If there's anything you might be interested in seeing in it, feel free to toss out suggestions!
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Constructs! Including Golems, Clockworks, Homonculi, and even the Half-Construct race type from the ARG.
Constructs are really overlooked in general.. there are no archetypes revolved around them, barely a subdomain given thought to affecting them, and while the portion of the book in Complete Magic is nice, it still leaves some questions to be answered.
Some kind of player-character friendly race that is part construct would be amazing as well. Similar to Warforged from Eberron (Did not love Eberron, but I did love Artificers and Warforged), though something that'll fit Golarion better.
Aspects of Inevitables has some construct-themed fun in it, there's a Summoner archetype that I've been dying to get out there. A whole Aspects volume based around clockworks or golems could be a great deal of fun too.
Pathfinder already has Androids as a player-friendly construct race, and I think they suit it pretty well. There's a new planetouched race in Aspects of Inevitables that may also interest you! ;)
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I am not really sure I understand your first post. Will these be traditional monsters made into player races/classes? Or player classes themed by some monster type (like a fire elementalist wizard or some such)?
Aspects will feature issues with player and GM options that would be appropriate for or themed around the concepts of different monsters/creature types. An "Aspects of Dragons" issue would have dragon-themed archetypes, two new dragon-type creatures, dragon-related spells and magic items, etc.
Aspects of Inevitables has a new PC-friendly race from the plane of Axis (where Inevitables are forged), two new Inevitables in the bestiary, two new archetypes themed around axis/the inevitables, new inevitable-themed spells and magic items, and a new prestige class.
All future issues would follow the same trend of exploring a specific creature theme (narrow or broad in focus) with new player and GM options made available.
In that case I also vote for Constructs! - and possibly Giants as well :-)
I would be interested in the following aspect themes:
Lycanthropes/Shape-shifters
Aboleth and their spawn/created races.
Reptilians/Scaleyfolk (Lizardmen, Serpent Folk, Trogs, Naga and Kobolds)
Clockworks/Golems
Forgotten Civilizations/Magic
I'm actually going to have to second that bit with Aboleths. They've always been an interesting ancient-race..
I have echo the sentiments of constructs and golems, particularly of a clockwork nature. I'd also love to see something on Fey (big category, I know), particularly twists on traditionally "good" fey, and on "trap" monsters like Mimics and Wolf-in-Sheep's-Clothings.
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I have some notes sketched out for a Fey issue, there's some great First World creatures I want to showcase, and I think a Fey issue would be the right place to do it (unless the next Wayfinder issue is First World themed.) If there's a strong enough interest in Fey, that one could be next. It appears like Constructs in general have a pretty solid following, and Aboleth is always squirming at the back of my mind.
Keep the suggestions coming, this is definitely helping shape the release of these :)
I would also be interesting in a 'Mounts' aspect - not every race uses horses as the prefered method of going into battle atop a creature.
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I would also be interesting in a 'Mounts' aspect - not every race uses horses as the prefered method of going into battle atop a creature.
After having seen the Animal Archive that Paizo just put out, I feel like a lot of options regarding mounts have already been explored. Do you think there's enough mount-related content to devote an issue to it?
I think expanded content for all the geniekin would be nice. considering you could fill an entire party with them easy.
I would also be interesting in a 'Mounts' aspect - not every race uses horses as the prefered method of going into battle atop a creature.After having seen the Animal Archive that Paizo just put out, I feel like a lot of options regarding mounts have already been explored. Do you think there's enough mount-related content to devote an issue to it?
The animal archive was more focused on feats, archetypes, and additional options to add onto animal companions and familiars, but was not focused on the Animals / creatures themselves.
As far as an issue would be concerned, you could go into detail about the Hippogriffs that are used by groups like the Sable company Marine's of Korvosa, or Elephant/Mammoth riders, or Axebeaks, etc.
Just a thought - this is far lower on my desired list than Aboleth's and their spawn.
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I think expanded content for all the geniekin would be nice. considering you could fill an entire party with them easy.
I love that idea. A genie-themed issue would be really interesting. I like this quite a bit.
I would also be interesting in a 'Mounts' aspect - not every race uses horses as the prefered method of going into battle atop a creature.After having seen the Animal Archive that Paizo just put out, I feel like a lot of options regarding mounts have already been explored. Do you think there's enough mount-related content to devote an issue to it?The animal archive was more focused on feats, archetypes, and additional options to add onto animal companions and familiars, but was not focused on the Animals / creatures themselves.
As far as an issue would be concerned, you could go into detail about the Hippogriffs that are used by groups like the Sable company Marine's of Korvosa, or Elephant/Mammoth riders, or Axebeaks, etc.
Just a thought - this is far lower on my desired list than Aboleth's and their spawn.
Interesting, I hadn't considered hippogriffs and the Sable company. That could be a good area to touch on, archetypes for other kinds of mounts would be interesting... maybe finally work on a manageable dragon rider. Thanks!