Blackguards and 'Gods and Magic'

[SuicidalSkydiver]

I was reading the 'Gods and Magic' book just now and was reading the entry for Asmodeus, when I noticed something odd. His specific spell, 'Infernal Healing' is noted as being available to Cleric 2, Wiz/Sor 1 (if a worshipper of Asmodeus) and Blackguards of level 1. As far as I was aware,the closest thing Pathfinder had to the Blackguard was the Anti-Paladin, which really isn't the same.

Considering this, why does 'Magic and Gods' mention them? Were they a 3rd party addition, were they simply an oversight of the author, or am I just missing something really obvious?

I'm an unashamed lover of Blackguards despite my own crushing inability to play evil characters, so any input on the matter would be great

[Archpaladin Zousha]

I'm guessing that what happened was Gods and Magic was released back before Pathfinder's Corebook was published and the rules had solidified, so they were still using 3.5 D&D as a basis. The first four Adventure Paths were made using 3.5 under the Gamemastery license for similar reasons.

[RJGrady]

2008? Either it's for 3.5, or it's so early in the Pathfinder lifecycle that is still has some 3.5 DNA. Plenty of people were still using lots of D&d material in 2008 and beyond.

[insaneogeddon]

It was pre-pathfinder. 3.5 BABY.

It is the most compatible of the 3.5 stuff and not broken.

[Luthorne]

Yeah, as others have said, Gods & Magic was published for 3.5; you can see the list of Campaign Setting/Pathfinder Chronicle books that were published for 3.5 here. Some of the Player/Pathfinder Companion books, as well as several of the early modules and adventure paths, were also published under 3.5.

[SuicidalSkydiver]

Ah, right. That makes sense. Thanks very much for the input everyone. I'd gotten my hopes up for a proper PF Blackguard for a moment.