Return to Bhopan

[JohannVonUlm]

Let me say up front, I was thrilled to see the Bhopan section in the new book Impossible Lands. I'm always thrilled to see little nuggets of Society play appear in published game content.

That said, I have one request for an update to the sanctioning with respect to the feats in the section.

When LO: Pathfinder Society Guide was published, we saw Rein of Embers published, along with two additional feats that required it as a pre-requisite. Rein of Embers is a rare class feat for which access is available if you play the right scenario. Since the two subsequent feats are common, only access to Rein of Embers is required.

With Impossible Lands, they published another feat that debuted in a scenario - Fey Influence. In this book all the feats that use this as a pre-requisite are also rare. So even though I have the pre-requisite, it appears "standard availability" means I still need access.

Can we get a clarification on access here? Is having the pre-requisite enough? Or does a character need both the pre-requisite and "access" to the other feats?

[Alex Speidel]

You need access to the subsequent feats, as they're Rare. We have deliberately not allowed the full feat chain at this time. And before you ask, no, I will not provide information on why at this time.

[Tomppa]

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Can we get a clarification on access here? Is having the pre-requisite enough? Or does a character need both the pre-requisite and "access" to the other feats?

In addition to Alex's post above, the clarification can also be found on the character options page

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"Characters who have gained access to the Fey Influence feat from a Pathfinder Society scenario gain access to the expanded version of this feat printed on page 126. This does not grant access to any additional feats in this section."

So, [if you have access to the Fey influence feat from a scenario] you could retrain the feat/into the feat to access one of the New Options for Fey Influence - I think there's Unicorn, Faun, Cat Sith, Cursed Bluebird - but the rest of the feats are still off-limits.

Strongly recommend checking that page whenever dealing with rare or uncommon options, just to be sure. Nethys isn't always 100% correct, even though they are pretty close.

[JohannVonUlm]

Alex Speidel wrote:

You need access to the subsequent feats, as they're Rare. We have deliberately not allowed the full feat chain at this time. And before you ask, no, I will not provide information on why at this time.

That's really all the clarification I need. The difference between the feat trees is intentional and I had the right interpretation.

I do absolutely love the section on Bhopan and hope to go back.

[Pip Hip Hooray]

Me too. When I had begun the adventure, Pip's back story had included a mwangi grandmother that had been exiled from her homeland. And then... The deeper that I got into the adventure, the more that I realized that Pip's grandmother must have come from Bhopan! It just totally fit the backstory I had given Pip.

That pair of adventures totally changed my perception of who Pip was. Of course I have taken the Bhopanese feats that were available on her. I too hope to return to Bhopan, and hope the adventure is high enough in level that Pip can play it.

[Doug Hahn]

I am running these at the FLGS in a couple of weeks for…… the 5th time!? I love these scenarios, the setting, and the high stakes they offer.

Would love to return and dance in the sky.

[Pirate Rob]

Related to this. Any suggestions on pronunciations for Bhopan?

[Hilary Moon Murphy]

I always pronounce it with the B having an extra puff of air in it. BH is a common consonant sound in Marathi, a language I studied in India.

So in my mind it's BHOH-pawn. But if you have trouble with the extra puff of air in the B, just pronounce it Bow (like the weapon that shoots arrows)-pawn.