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As far as I can see, the Lost Omens books have focused thus far on the Inner Sea region, limited to southwestern Avistan and northern Garund. I know that 2024 will bring us new books for Tian Xia.
Will more about the other continents be revealed in the near future? Are those intended to be left for GMs/players to have wiggle room? I'm trying to understand the world starting, effectively, from scratch, so as much as I can gather (having started Pathfinder about a year ago) would be very helpful.
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The existence of the Tian Xia setting guide is certainly cause for hope. Arcadia has had a lot of screen time since late 1e and into 2e, and it's clear it's a place that gamers would love to play in. And there have been some hints that Paizo intend to do something with Casmaron, and I would be thrilled to get a full Casmaron book detailing Kelesh, Vudra, Kaladay, Iblydos, and Ninshabur, though I think you could more feasibly do that by breaking Casmaron into separate books since Vudra and Kelesh are both topics you could write an entire book on.
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Arcadia and Casmaron have both had a steady drip-feed of information over the years, and several Paizo staff have made no secret of wanting to give Arcadia its proper spotlight moment.
Tyrant’s Grasp #5, from 1e’s final Adventure Path, is set in and details the Arcadian nation of Xopatl, while Guns & Gears details the Arcadian ‘Deadshot Lands’ region, and there’s now four or five 2e Society scenarios set in different spots on that continent. Vudra got an overview in Agents of Edgewatch #2. Distant Shores, another 1e book, detailed a bunch of cities beyond the Inner Sea - in Tian Xia, Arcadia, and further beyond.
There’s a lot of good signs on the horizon: Howl of the Wild is making two major Casmaron Ancestries playable, while War of Immortals is is adding mythic rules (good for Arcadian and Iblydan hero-gods) and the Animist class (useful for non-deistic cultures like those that inspire many parts of these other continents). I’ve got a good feeling about 2025!
