Player's Guide Hamster Creature

[Efrixes]

Does anyone know what the hamster-like creature is on page 2 in the player's guide? I know Paizo replaced the monster that was originally there because of its proximity to the content warning section, so it may not even be related to the adventure path. However, it's driving my buddy and I completely insane that we can't figure out what it is.

[KyoYagami068]

Hamster-like? In my version of this PDF it's the actual creature.

It's a creature the party encounter in the end of book 1. They are each inside of a individual glass jar, almost like pickles. Not sure if you are a GM or a player, so I dont want to spoil your surprise.

Being a GM or Player, I hope you get as disgusted as my players got. I loved it.

[xNellynelx]

KyoYagami068 wrote:

Hamster-like? In my version of this PDF it's the actual creature.

It's a creature the party encounter in the end of book 1. They are each inside of a individual glass jar, almost like pickles. Not sure if you are a GM or a player, so I dont want to spoil your surprise.

Being a GM or Player, I hope you get as disgusted as my players got. I loved it.

You're looking at the original PDF. As mentioned in the original post, Paizo replaced the monster you see in your book.

This is the creature Efrixes is talking about

[Efrixes]

Thanks, xNellynelx, for clarifying for me.

I am planning on GMing this AP, and I haven't been able to find any reference to this creature or something resembling this creature in any of the AP books. I've also done a reverse image search - no dice.

Could this be from a future Paizo publication, maybe the delayed Absalom book? Did I miss something completely obvious? More than anything, why am I the only one I can find on the internet crazy enough to care about this to this extent? lol

[xNellynelx]

Efrixes wrote:

Thanks, xNellynelx, for clarifying for me.

I am planning on GMing this AP, and I haven't been able to find any reference to this creature or something resembling this creature in any of the AP books. I've also done a reverse image search - no dice.

Could this be from a future Paizo publication, maybe the delayed Absalom book? Did I miss something completely obvious? More than anything, why am I the only one I can find on the internet crazy enough to care about this to this extent? lol

I don't think you did. I haven't played or run AoE but did a quick scout through all the books for that picture and couldn't find it. Also did a desperate ctrl + F for the word "Hamster" and found nothing. It might just be an image Paizo had on hand haha.

[Phillip Gastone]

Space Hamster!

[Ron Lundeen]

Efrixes wrote:

Does anyone know what the hamster-like creature is on page 2 in the player's guide? I know Paizo replaced the monster that was originally there because of its proximity to the content warning section, so it may not even be related to the adventure path. However, it's driving my buddy and I completely insane that we can't figure out what it is.

That little critter was going to be in the bestiary of "Devil in the Dreaming Palace," but was cut for space. Maybe it'll show up somewhere else, but we don't have any plans right now for it.