Which Iconic Characters have appeared in which adventure path?

[ElyasRavenwood]

Which Iconic Characters have appeared in which adventure path?

Thanks

Rise of the Rune Lords

Curse of the Crimson Throne

Second Darkness

Legacy of Fire

Etc

Oh and how do the writers decide which Iconics to include in the art for and Adventure path?

Thanks

[KestrelZ]

Do you mean the art, or as actual written appearances? The iconics were originally art "placeholders" so that various artists knew what/who to draw when depicting a "dragon fighting with a wizard and a barbarian". The artist would then use the iconic wizard and iconic barbarian in the artwork.

There are no actual interaction with iconic PCs in any of the APs, though there were stats to use them as NPCs in some of the early 3.5 APs (Legacy of fire, at least).

[James Jacobs]

The way we decide what iconics appear in which Adventure Path is partially personal preference, partially what makes sense thematically for the Adventure Path's story and themes, and partially who appeared in the previous Adventure Path or two or three back. What makes a "balanced party" is never that high on the list, although we DO try to do one arcane, one divine, one martial, and one skill character if all else is equal.

[archmagi1]

The AP's I own contain the following iconics in art:

Carrion Crown - Feiya, Merisiel, Seoni, and Seelah
Mummy's Mask - Seelah, Alahazra, Kyra, and Balazar
Iron Gods - Amiri, Damiel, Lini, and Lirianne
Giantslayer - Harsk, Amiri, Ezran, and Imrijka

[ElyasRavenwood]

Thank you

[Yakman]

Iconics in AP Art ( # of appearances thus far)

Rise of the Runelords
Cleric ( 1 )
Fighter ( 1 )
Rogue ( 1 )
Sorcerer ( 1 )

Curse of the Crimson Throne
Bard ( 1 )
Paladin ( 1 )
Ranger ( 1 )
Wizard ( 1 )

Second Darkness
Barbarian ( 1 )
Druid ( 1 )
Magus ( 1 )
Monk ( 1 )

Legacy of Fire
Cleric ( 2 )
Fighter ( 2 )
Sorcerer ( 2 )
Wizard ( 2 )

Council of Thieves
Bard ( 2 )
Magus ( 2 )
Paladin ( 2 )
Sorcerer ( 2 )

Kingmaker
Barbarian ( 2 )
Druid ( 2 )
Monk ( 2 )
Ranger ( 2 )

Serpent’s Skull
Cleric (3)
Fighter (3)
Rogue ( 2 )
Wizard ( 3 )

Carrion Crown ♀
Paladin (3)
Rogue (3)
Sorcerer (4)
Witch (1)

Jade Regent
Druid (3)
Monk (3)
Samurai (1)
Witch (2)

Skull & Shackles
Fighter (4)
Magus (3)
Oracle (1)
Rogue (4)

Shattered Star
Alchemist (1)
Barbarian (3)
Cleric (4)
Ranger (3)

Reign of Winter
Druid (4)
Fighter (6)
Inquisitor (1)
Witch (3)

Wrath of the Righteous
Cavalier (1)
Paladin (4)
Rogue (5)
Sorcerer (5)

Mummy’s Mask
Cleric ( 5 )
Paladin ( 5 )
Oracle ( 2 )
Summoner ( 1 )

Iron Gods
Alchemist ( 2 )
Barbarian ( 4 )
Druid ( 5 )
Gunslinger ( 1 )

Giantslayer
Barbarian ( 5 )
Inquisitor ( 2 )
Ranger ( 4 )
Wizard ( 4 )

Hell’s Rebels
Bard ( 3 )
Cleric ( 6 )
Fighter ( 7 )
Rogue ( 6 )

Hell’s Vengeance
(EVIL)
EVIL CLERIC (Asmodean)
EVIL FIGHTER / HELLKNIGHT (shaved head lady)
EVIL ASSASSIN / ROGUE (tiefling)
EVIL INQUISITOR OF ZON KUTHON (Whips & chains girl)
EVIL ANTIPALADIN (duergar)
EVIL NECROMANCER (dhampir)

Strange Aeons
Investigator ( I )
Medium ( I )
Oracle ( III )
Witch ( IV )

Ironfang Invasion ♀

Druid ( 6 )
Hunter ( 1 )
Swashbuckler ( 1 )
Witch ( 5 )

[ElyasRavenwood]

Yakman thank you

[Syri]

I love this thread and I can't thank Yakman enough! Man, I love those alphabetized lists, and the girl power APs!

And, because I bet someone out there is as curious as I've always been to know who else starts in what . . .

Ruins of Azlant (Whaddya know, the Serpent's Skull gang is back together!)
Cleric (7)
Fighter (8)
Rogue (7)
Wizard (5)

War for the Crown
Cavalier (2)
Investigator (2)
Rogue (8)
Psychic (1)

Return of the Runelords
Medium (2)
Oracle (4)
Swashbuckler (2)
Witch (6)

And, bonus round!

The Lost Star, When the Stars Go Dark, and presumably The Mirrored Moon?
Barbarian
Rogue

In Pale Mountain's Shadow
Ranger
Sorcerer

Affair at Sombrefell Hall . . . I mean, who else?
Cleric
Paladin

The Heroes of Undarin
Monk
Wizard

Red Flags
Bard
Fighter

Sorry, Lini! At least Fumbus starred on the cover of the Playtest Rulebook!

[deuxhero]

I still find it amusing that Jade Regent, where one of the biggest complaints is how difficult it is to work a Tian native into the the starting scenario, used the Samurai.

I wonder why druid was chosen for Iron Gods. Gunslinger and Alchemist are the best suited for tech stuff, and Numeria has plenty of Barbarians (which share the iconic's ethnicity).

Wonder if Tyrant's Grasp will be partly or entirely composed of unusued hybrid/occult iconics so they have some appearance. Would like to see Yoon get something, especially since she'd be the most changed even if her class ever appears in the new edition. She barely gets any art outside of cover group shots. HA is full of cool picks of the iconics in terror or corrupted and all she gets is a shot of her looking over her shoulder with dull surprise.

[James Jacobs]

deuxhero wrote:

I wonder why druid was chosen for Iron Gods. Gunslinger and Alchemist are the best suited for tech stuff, and Numeria has plenty of Barbarians (which share the iconic's ethnicity).

I chose the druid in Iron Gods for a few reasons:

1) To give us a theme/color palate to play against the dominant themes/colors that would be showing up in art for a "post-apocalyptic laser-robot landscape."

2) Because there's several anti-technology spells that druids use so a druid is a strong choice in a technology-based adventure.

3) Because I like Lini.

[Kevin Mack]

We need moar Lini

[Yakman]

James Jacobs wrote:

deuxhero wrote:

I wonder why druid was chosen for Iron Gods. Gunslinger and Alchemist are the best suited for tech stuff, and Numeria has plenty of Barbarians (which share the iconic's ethnicity).

I chose the druid in Iron Gods for a few reasons:

1) To give us a theme/color palate to play against the dominant themes/colors that would be showing up in art for a "post-apocalyptic laser-robot landscape."

2) Because there's several anti-technology spells that druids use so a druid is a strong choice in a technology-based adventure.

3) Because I like Lini.

i thought it was pretty cool to have the big cat fighting the robots.

[Brother Fen]

Why did I think the Gunslinger was in Ironfang Invasion? I must have mentally projected her into it at some point.

[Yakman]

deuxhero wrote:

I still find it amusing that Jade Regent, where one of the biggest complaints is how difficult it is to work a Tian native into the the starting scenario, used the Samurai.

I wonder why druid was chosen for Iron Gods. Gunslinger and Alchemist are the best suited for tech stuff, and Numeria has plenty of Barbarians (which share the iconic's ethnicity).

Wonder if Tyrant's Grasp will be partly or entirely composed of unusued hybrid/occult iconics so they have some appearance. Would like to see Yoon get something, especially since she'd be the most changed even if her class ever appears in the new edition. She barely gets any art outside of cover group shots. HA is full of cool picks of the iconics in terror or corrupted and all she gets is a shot of her looking over her shoulder with dull surprise.

well... jade regent, really, should be run with the pre-gens. were i to ever gm it, i'd make the players choose from them.

as far as tyrant's grasp goes, the kineticist does make an appearance along with the paladin. we'll see about the remaining two!

[Syri]

Tyrant's Grasp
Brawler (1)
Inquisitor (3)
Kineticist (1)
Paladin (6)

Age of Ashes -- the O.G. RotRl party, back to kick off Pathfinder 2nd Edition
Cleric (7)
Fighter (8)
Rogue (7)
Sorcerer (6)

. . .

-- Interlude: The Pathfinder Adventure Card Game --

Thanks to this fabulous blog post, I can note down the spread of iconics in the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game! What's neat is that you just might be able to argue that the ACG party comps are more canon than the original RPG comps: They're more recent, and had the unique chance to fit each AP to the perfect thematic matches for its particular story, like Jirelle and Lirianne finally getting to be right at home in Skull & Shackles, much unlike that do-gooder Valeros.

Rise of the Runelords
Bard, cleric, fighter, ranger, rogue, sorcerer, wizard

Rise of the Runelords Character Add-On Deck
Barbarian, druid, monk, paladin

Skull & Shackles
Gunslinger
Magus (replaying the same AP from the RPG!)
Oracle (replaying)
Swashbuckler

Skull & Shackles Character Add-On Deck
Alchemist
Druid (2)
Warpriest (ACG exclusive character!)
Witch

Wrath of the Righteous
Arcanist (ACG exclusive!)
Cavalier (replaying)
Inquisitor
Summoner

Wrath of the Righteous Character Add-On Deck
Bloodrager (ACG exclusive!)
Hunter
Shaman (ACG exclusive!)
Sorcerer (2) (replaying)

Mummy's Mask
Oracle (2) (replaying)
Alchemist (2)
Spiritualist (1) (ACG exclusive!)
Wizard (2)
Kineticist (1)
Slayer (1) (ACG exclusive!)

Mummy’s Mask Character Add-On Deck
Occultist (1) (ACG exclusive!)

Hell's Vengeance
All six members of Evil squad, replaying of course!

The Dragon's Demand (Core Set)
All twelve PF2 core iconics, including Fumbus the goblin, er . . .
Alchemist (3)?? I mean . . . nah, this set doesn't count; it's not a real AP

Curse of the Crimson Throne
Brawler (1)
Investigator (1)
Skald (1) (ACG exclusive!)

[Syri]

Now, until (if?) PF2 prints these last classes, Pathfinder 1st Edition coming to a close leaves four remaining iconic characters depending on the ACG for their only chance at a fair shake starring in an AP: Aric the vigilante, Reiko the ninja, Zova the shifter, and Meligaster the mesmerist. But honestly, f$%! Meligaster; dude's a creep.

And the one guy with even less chance than Meligaster of ever getting the top billing he deserves is the true iconic antipaladin, Stabby Bob. That's the real crime here.

[Yakman]

I keep a google spreadsheet of the iconics in the APs here

Now that BLOOD LORDS has been announced, I wonder if there are going to be EVIL iconics, similar to what we received for HELLS VENGEANCE? Updates from that classic crew? Probably not, but a boy can dream...