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Yes. The one thing I DON'T want is for the war to kick off and end in the same adventure. Things must change, but a war should take 3+ years to resolve. And Paizo can get feedback from the community before deciding where to go to resolve the war. I feel strongly that Geb is the more interesting faction to ally with, because I want to fight the horrors and mages of Nex more than more undead again.
Let the good vs. evil fight against undead campaign be against Tar-Baphon. And in Geb we can be the group of adventurers that joins undead.
Useful to remember that some undeads are against Tar-Baphon's plans, especially those who feed on the living, and this is quite divisive in Geb, just not brutally... yet.
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I could see a Geb vs Nex war AP, but one where the war happens in the background and the PCs try to minimize damage to all countries involved.
It could even be a high-level AP with Blood Lords and Arclords (and other luminaries from concerned countries) working side by side to ensure there are even Impossible Lands left after Geb and Nex go all out at each other.
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Or even PC build themes. We've done 3 of these so far—the "dwarf" and "orc" and "elf" themed campaigns. Would people be interested in us exploring that in other areas, but instead of focusing on ancestry themes, doing it with religions, or organizations, or even classes?I think a Thieves Guild AP could be a lot of fun. All of the PCs start off as a member of the guild, and as they advance they deal with rival guilds, internal guild politics, burglary victims out for revenge, and (of course) the city guard. Eventually, the campaign could even shift into a more traditional "save the city from some villainous catastrophe" thing, but the twist would be that the PCs are uniquely placed to combat the threat because of the guild resources that they have, and the motivation of what it might mean for the guild (or even just them), when they become the heroes.
Traditionally, I could see tying this into a "halfling" themed campaign; I don't know if this appropriate for Golarion halflings, however.
You don't even need the PCs to be good people.
As long as the local government is inefficient, anyone who can provide vital help, especially AFTER the catastrophe has struck, will be hailed as a savior.
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For the next aquatic/sea-based campaign, what about Wanshou?
A campaign where you undermine the Kraken Lord, and build make way for a new successor state?
What I like about Wanshou as a setting is that it set up aquatic aberrations as a major enemy that, while possibly related to Lovecraft, would more likely relate to Asian mythology and pop culture on tentacled monstrosities from the deep.
The only problem ofc is that the setting lends itself to horror, and they just did a horror themed AP last time they visited Tian Xia.
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I could see a Geb vs Nex war AP, but one where the war happens in the background and the PCs try to minimize damage to all countries involved.
It could even be a high-level AP with Blood Lords and Arclords (and other luminaries from concerned countries) working side by side to ensure there are even Impossible Lands left after Geb and Nex go all out at each other.
That fits with what I posted earlier about trying to keep your own side from doing something truly horrific, but also try to keep it from collapsing.
For the next aquatic/sea-based campaign, what about Wanshou?
A campaign where you undermine the Kraken Lord, and build make way for a new successor state?
What I like about Wanshou as a setting is that it set up aquatic aberrations as a major enemy that, while possibly related to Lovecraft, would more likely relate to Asian mythology and pop culture on tentacled monstrosities from the deep.
The only problem ofc is that the setting lends itself to horror, and they just did a horror themed AP last time they visited Tian Xia.
It could be partly diplomatic as well as horror. What if you had to deal with some of the Krakens in order to defeat the big one? Then it would be:
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Perfect joke.
Paizo, please make an 12-book AP based on this joke. Thank you.
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Has Paizo updated Underwater adventures or rules to 2e?
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I think I unintentionally killed this post with a question about an update on crunch. Any new or interesting wants in terms of AP themes or ideas?
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Now that we have Howl of the Wild's Ancestries and some Mythic options, it does feel like the stage is somewhat set for the story of a new set of hero-gods arising in Iblydos - I'd really enjoy that.
We've had a martial arts tournament and a horror story in Tian Xia, but that leaves plenty of genre spaces untouched; the standout for me is still the pretty gritty military/political tensions in Songbai, but I'd also love to play around in those spaceship ruins Valash Raj enjoys.
The top of my wish list remains "literally anything with Arcadian protagonists" and "an Iron Gods sequel where the Dominion of the Black invades Numeria, where disparate factions have to pull together to protect their bizarre homeland."
I mean we did just learn in paizo live that third ap in 2025 is Mythkeepers set in iblydos. Hint is that its the mythic calling ap while ap afterwards will be mythic destiny one.
(casmaron book, casmaron book!)
I didn't watch the latest Live, that's *wonderful* news! I really hope we can meet Iapholi in it.
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Iblydos!! Yaaay! Pathfinder Greece gets some love!
I like that it’s low level as another potential avenue for those who want a classical game and start from first level. My newbie group was surprised at how many 2e starter paths had horror/other grimdark and gritty themes. A sword and sandal setting is also nice in that it’s familiar enough to my family as alternative introd should they wish it.
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I want an Iblydos AP, and I want a proper film noir detective genre AP.
This has been at the top of my wishlist since I got into Pathfinder 4 years ago, so hype!!!
Iblydos sounds good for mythic, too. (still hoping for an element/genie mythic destiny at some point; maybe the second mythic AP that starts at 11th?)