Interpreting the AR

[Darrell Impey UK]

The AR entry for The Dead Roads says, "The character options in this book are legal for play except the blasphemous chalice. A shabti can take only one origin feat."

So, what constitutes a character option? The new race definitely, the new archetype and feats, almost certainly, but what about the new equipment, special materials and magic items?

[Tomppa]

I don't have the book itself, but checking the archives of nethys, it seems like the Shabti race actually isn't in the book (Nethys lists sources for shabti as Bestiary 5 pg. 227, Pathfinder #84: Pyramid of the Sky Pharaoh pg. 90, and doesn't mention Shabti in The Dead Roads entry).

In the event that it does have a sidebar with shabti stats or something, it's likely that the race actually isn't a legal option without a boon, given that new races haven't been added to the list of available options for a while, and when they have been added, it's usually been because of the actions of pathfinder society. Thus you can't select the origin feats without being a shabti which (most certainly) requires a boon.

Aside from that - yeah, archetypes, feats, new equipment clearly are included since one of them is clearly excluded (the chalice). I'm fairly sure that special materials are also included.

Otherwise, check the book. Does it have a heading that says "character options" or a section that speaks about "character options"? If yes, then the AR is referencing to that section.

[Darrell Impey UK]

Sorry, missed out the word "options" after race.

None of the chapters are usefully called character options. :)

[GinoA]

Skimming the PDF, I see the following character options. I haven't read over the AR to see which are PFS-legal.
* A magic item on pg 37.
* Everything in the chapter that begins on pg 62.
* Most of the chapter that begins on pg 68. The exception being pg 72. This is a sub-type used in the definition of races. Not a race or other PC option.

Shabti are not defined in this book and are, therefore, not a character option from this book.

The races presented in the bestiary chapter are NPC races, not PC options.

In conclusion: magic items, feats and archetypes.