What do you want from a Lost Omens: Kyonin?

[GM_3826]

The Raven Black wrote:

zimmerwald1915 wrote:

keftiu wrote:

This talk had me go double check Gatewalkers #1, which describes Sovyrian as part of a Castrovel backmatter article... as a place of cities in decline from their ancient grandeur, clinging to traditionalism and scorning the Elves of Golarion as having abandoned both kin and homeland. Sovyrian's military is, in fact, described as "shrinking," in desperate need of outside aid to secure outlying settlements on Castrovelian turf - these guys aren't projecting interplanetary force, they can barely hold their own border provinces.

This is just about how Aiudeen were described in the earliest days of the Pathfinder Campaign Setting, so I anticipate the contrite editorial statements about how this description was also in error.

The source is far more recent, so unlikely to be an old error.

Also, Soyvrian is described as "not so much isolationist as simply isolated", being as welcoming of those from other planets as other continents and maintaining contact with the rest of Castrovel, so still on brand for elves in 2E.

[keftiu]

zimmerwald1915 wrote:

keftiu wrote:

This talk had me go double check Gatewalkers #1, which describes Sovyrian as part of a Castrovel backmatter article... as a place of cities in decline from their ancient grandeur, clinging to traditionalism and scorning the Elves of Golarion as having abandoned both kin and homeland. Sovyrian's military is, in fact, described as "shrinking," in desperate need of outside aid to secure outlying settlements on Castrovelian turf - these guys aren't projecting interplanetary force, they can barely hold their own border provinces.

This is just about how Aiudeen were described in the earliest days of the Pathfinder Campaign Setting, so I anticipate the contrite editorial statements about how this description was also in error.

The classic "what I said is the exact opposite of canon published this year, so clearly the canon is wrong" maneuver.

[Evan Tarlton]

GM_3826 wrote:

The Raven Black wrote:

zimmerwald1915 wrote:

keftiu wrote:

This talk had me go double check Gatewalkers #1, which describes Sovyrian as part of a Castrovel backmatter article... as a place of cities in decline from their ancient grandeur, clinging to traditionalism and scorning the Elves of Golarion as having abandoned both kin and homeland. Sovyrian's military is, in fact, described as "shrinking," in desperate need of outside aid to secure outlying settlements on Castrovelian turf - these guys aren't projecting interplanetary force, they can barely hold their own border provinces.

This is just about how Aiudeen were described in the earliest days of the Pathfinder Campaign Setting, so I anticipate the contrite editorial statements about how this description was also in error.

The source is far more recent, so unlikely to be an old error.

Also, Soyvrian is described as "not so much isolationist as simply isolated", being as welcoming of those from other planets as other continents and maintaining contact with the rest of Castrovel, so still on brand for elves in 2E.

An interesting irony. Aiudeen are standoffish but not very traditional, and Sovyrians are highly traditional but quite friendly. One would probably not expect those combinations, but they work in context.

[Jonathan Morgantini]

Removed a couple of baiting posts.