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A new dawn would not be the glorious event it is were there no shadows for it to dispel. It is the oldest of truths, that light and dark would not have identity, let alone power, without the other, and as the oldest of truths, it draws a number of great minds who seek to understand its primal duality it embodies. These individuals are said to walk the edge.
The edge is a place between. Despite civilization's attempts to anthropomorphize primal forces of nature into something it understands, those who walk the edge understand that light is not good and darkness is not evil. "Good" and "evil", as it were, are merely labels we place for conveniences' sake. To a devil, enslaving a village to get useful slave labor is the right thing to do. The war machine never sleeps, after all. Those living in the village are not likely to agree. Even in such a polarized example, there is no answer to who is "right". All parties involved merely act as they've been conditioned to do.
Those who walk the edge, antipodists, edgeblades, and edgewalkers, understand the fundamental amorality of the universe and seek to embody a neutral demeanor in all dealings in an attempt to become one with the primal forces of the universe. Though this is an impossible mission because they are but humanoid flesh, it does not stop them from trying. An unattainable goal does not mean toiling in vain.
Ultimate Antipodism compiles the light-and-darkness subsystems of the antipodist and edgewalker base classes, then expands upon them with brand new archetypes, new abilities, new combo play, and the new "dual maneuvers" edgeblade base class. Huge thanks go out to everyone backing the Interjection Games Patreon*! Without them, a project such as this simply wouldn't exist outside of a Kickstarter.
Available August 19th. (Probably.)
*Patreon backers got ahold of this book for $5. Everyone else? $11. If that sort of math seems advantageous to you, come join the revolution! Together, we'll (rule the galaxy as father and son) make Pathfinder that much more ridiculous!
Thanks, Ben! Paizo and the SRD store are still pending.
Bradley, today I just joined your Patreon because I believe you (and Interjection Games) are a rising star in PF 3PP game design. I own a few Interjection Game products (PDFs) and each and every one of them just impress the hell out of me. Even the flavor text of what you wrote above is just incredibly evocative ... and it's paired with some of the most innovative game design crunch I've seen in a long while.
I'm probably a broken record here, but big props to Thilo/Endzeitgeist for his informative reviews that lead me to you.
I have on my to-do list an entry that states that I will showcase all my various IG game goodies in my next few GMing sessions. Probably via NPC builds, but also via a gentle inveiglement to my players to field-test your various Light & Dark based classes.
Cheers!
This is a great release. New content and also expansions on previous classes, adding more loci and waypoints, plus archetypes.
Great options for anyone interested in the old theme of shadowcasting, but going a "little" beyond and adding light to the mix - and making it also available to a stealth class and a bruiser class.