This is a question I always had about Pathfinder's official adventures, which I cherish dearly.
What I mean, in a few examples:
[1] In Gods & Magic we have a few aphorisms for each major faith in the Inner Sea region. I would absolutely love if one of the different NPCs that are encountered in Adventure Paths and modules actually *use* those sayings!
[2] In 1E Campaign Setting books (I'll take Classic Horrors Revisited as an example) you have all manner of juicy lore tidbits about specific monsters, such as vampires, ghosts, etc. I would love some official encounters to be built around that lore!
[3] Also in 2E's Gods & Magic, we have descriptions for boons and curses bestowed by deities. I would love to meet some NPCs who are afflicted by one of those, and, for example, help them out to lift their curses.
[4] In 1E's Varisia, Birthplace of Legends we have common sayings among Varisians and Shoanti people. I would love to see them used!
Now, I would love this to cover also crunchy bits, such as character options, but I know that applying this to stat blocks is kind of a mess, because we do not want to send the message that you need to have *all* of the published book in order to play. So, for example, it is not easy to implement rules from People of the Sands in the statistics for a Mummy's Mask npc, because you would have to write all of the content in the adventure, which in turn would lead to useless expenditure of precious space.
What I am talking about here is pure lore. Something that can be explained with a single sentence or might not be explained at all. Is there anything preventing those cool bits of lore to pass into official adventures? I reckon that perhaps not all the writers have read all the books, but from a fan perspective, I think they should, because it's cool stuff, and it directly feeds into their job.
In general, I would love to see more of the stuff Paizo puts out in their books making their way into the official adventures!
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Most dialogue isn't written out, which means that sayings and aphorisms specifically are rarely used for that reason.
That aside they already pretty much do this. Every adventure I've read from Paizo has loads of connections and references to relevant lore from the world. Often quite a lot of it, when examined.
So I'm a little confused what you're requesting, honestly.
Most dialogue isn't written out, which means that sayings and aphorisms specifically are rarely used for that reason.
That aside they already pretty much do this. Every adventure I've read from Paizo has loads of connections and references to relevant lore from the world. Often quite a lot of it, when examined.
So I'm a little confused what you're requesting, honestly.
I am not talking about lore in general: I reckon Paizo does a great job in bringing Golarion to life in adventures, and I am not discussing that point.
I am talking about including options and lore tidbits from other books in the actual adventures. My example here would be boons and curses: I would love to see them applied to NPCs sometimes. Or deity-specific magic items: I would love to see some NPCs or monsters in the adventures equipped with them. Or even some feats, archetypes and so on. I only read Age of Ashes for 2E, and perhaps due to it being released before the complete ruleset was available has something to do with it. But as far as 1E goes, I rarely saw any option presented in a splatbook for an NPC in an official adventure. I take they are mostly for PCs, but I think they will greatly add to NPCs characterization if they were included.
I know it is hard to cross-reference them though!