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The power of magic echoes forth across all peoples, it whispers in the ears of those who are downtrodden and those who live in opulence alike. Used by the mightiest mage and the simplest cantrips, its utterances can be found throughout history and fantasy, sparking both wonder and terror.
Hello all! The public playtest for Echoes of Magic is finally here!
(Note: All AI art are placeholders while I wait for the artist I worked with on Shards of Power and Whispers of Immortality to work their magic.)
It's a Pathfinder 1e 3pp playtest that expands upon the use of magic in the pathfinder 1e, giving new options for Akashic Magic and the optional Words of Power subsystem introduced in Ultimate Magic!, adding a ton of new words, new optional rules to balance out the system including a soft redux to the rules for combining words, and support for the 1pp classes that were released after Ultimate Magic that never received support (like the hybrid and psychic magic classes!).
This release includes a ton of new feats, racial archetypes, prestige classes, class archetypes, and even provides support for the optional words of power system for so called 1.5pp classes like Omdura and Vampire Hunter.
Playtest Doc can be found here, go take a look!
Some of the things you can find inside:
- -41 New Effect Words
- -6 new Meta Words
- -5 New Target Words
- -10+ New Class Archetypes
- -3 New Prestige Classes
- -4 New Alternate Racial Traits
- -1 Completely new race: The Vira-Lorr, a race of planetouched seers that possess a third eye that sometimes sees more than it should.
- -18 New Feats
- -1 New Minor Veil
- -14+ New Veils!
- -And Much More!
More content will be released as the playtest goes on, so make sure you look in on it!
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Hello everyone! Some updates and edits were made:
- -Order of Appearance: The Words of Power content has been moved to the beginning of the book, given the other content is based off it or uses it this only made sense.
- -Prydyn Bloodrager Archetype: Runeweaving now has a link to the Daevic Veil list. Unleash Bloodrunes and Wordweaving ability effects edited for clarity. Bloodbinding ability now allows binding of blood chakra veils at 13th level. Bloodrune Mastery edited for clarity.
- -Solfège Bard/Skald Archetype: Veilweaving ability edited for clarity.
- Lastly, a Rules Clarification:
For the Experimental Spellcaster feat could you confirm that: (1) Spherecasting satisfies the “Ability to cast spells” prerequisite; or (2) The Spell Dabbler or Spell Adept feats (Ultimate Spheres of Power p425) satisfies the “Ability to cast spells” prerequisite? Alternately could you create a spheres equivalent feat to Experimental Spellcaster?
To sum up, yes, both the ability to cast sphere effects and the spell dabbler/adept feats qualifies as the ability to cast spells. As for creating a spheres version of Experimental Spellcaster, that I will have to think on, simply due to how the two systems would mesh could be problematic. Worth giving consideration though.
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-Updates and Additional Content-
Several edits have been made and the first veil of the Regalia of the Celestial Maiden (cue Veilor Moon jokes, blame Rooroom) veil set has been added! Please continue to leave any comments, requests, or notes either here or on the doc! The playtest is slated to continue until the end of July.
- -Work has been done on the Amanuensis (Protean Scribe Archetype), it will be out soon!
- -Celestial Tiara, a veil that crowns you with the light of the moon and stars to give you new uses for Perform (Comedy)!
- -Edits for clarity made to the Words of Power section.
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-Updates and Edits-
Several changes have been made and new content added!
- -Table of Contents added to help navigate the document
- -Slippers of the Celestial Maiden veil has been renamed Dance in the Moonlight
- -Edits made for clarity on the Unbound Potential ability for the Unbound Prestige Class, prohibiting the veils it shapes from being used with akashic treasures
- -Sigil of Necromancy veil added, allows veilweavers to manipulate the scales of life and death
Good to have some free peepins' of some Echoes of Magic Public Playtestin' stuff out there for PF1e, RecordedChaos. ;)
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Several changes have been made and new content added!
The second veil of the Regalia of the Celestial Maiden (more Veilor Moon jokes, still blaming Rooroom) veil set has been added! Please continue to leave any comments, requests, or notes either here or on the doc!
- -Venator (a Wordcasting and akashic Ranger archetype) has the following edits: Companion's Collar veil added to the Veil of Nature ability, links added for the Akashic Hunter feats
- -Robes of the Crescent Moon (formerly Robes of the Moon): a new veil that allows the veilweaver to swap between identities like a legendary hero
- -Sigil of Necromancy: weal and woe effects have been renamed to boon and bane to keep them distinct from Sigil of Divination effects
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As shadows twist the familiar into the unknown and terrifying, so too does the presence of a Tenebrosum warp the world around them. Their touch can transform what was comfortably mundane into eldritch and terrible mockeries.
Hello all and welcome to another update to the Echoes of Magic Public Playtest!
This time the update is a new Archetype for the Eclipse and Eclipse Retold akashic class, the Tenebrosum.
The Tenebrosum's very touch can painfully twist the mind and body of their foes, and they gain additional power when shaping veils tied to the mind, darkness, or fleshwarping.
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Several changes have been made and new content added! The third veil of the Regalia of the Celestial Maiden veil set has been added!
As always, please continue to leave any comments, requests, or notes either here or on the doc!
- -Venator- Initial and Maximum shaped veils reduced by 1 (to a maximum of 6). Huntcraft ability improvement at 10th level now ignores 1 point of DR/Hardness instead of 2. 15th level ability effects edited for clarity. Runic Literacy ability now grants words from the Druid word list. Hunter's Adaptation ability's 18th level improvement now allows the venator to change any number of their bodily adaptations at-will as a full-round action.
- -Locutor PrC- Archaism ability edited for clarity. Polyglot ability is now linked to the feat. Linguaphile ability edited for clarity.
- -Maiden's Voice- New veil that empowers the veilweavers words, granting new uses for the Perform (Sing) skill and the ability to call upon an animal emissary to aid them.
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A couple changes have been made and new content added! The fourth veil of the Regalia of the Celestial Maiden veil set has been added!
As always, please continue to leave any comments, requests, or notes either here or on the doc!
- -Dance in the Moonlight: a new veil that grants new uses for the Perform (Dance) skill and allows the veilweaver to grant bonuses to ally's d20 rolls and eventually penalties to enemies.
- -Ardent Prestige Class: Impassioned ability wording for ability edited for clarity. Ever Shifting Muse ability edited for clarity and the 6th level improvement now allows use as a standard action.
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Some edits made to two of the alternate racial traits and a new feat for the Cailleach Changeling added.
As always, please continue to leave any comments, requests, or notes either here or on the doc!
- -Cailleach Changeling: Edited Riven Brand racial ability for clarity. Sacred Woad ability renamed to Ritual Scarification.
- -Rune Giant Scion Half-Giant: Edited Runemarked racial ability for clarity, removed the bonus essence it granted.
- -Bind Riven Brand: New feat for the Cailleach changeling that allows them to bind their chosen brand veil and empowers it when they use their racial claws to harm a foe.
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Some new content has been added! The final veil from the Regalia of the Celestial Maiden!
As always, please continue to leave any comments, requests, or notes either here or on the doc!
-Starlight Gloves: Gloves that allow the veilweaver to provide Temporary Hp to allies they touch and eventually retributive armor and damage against those who would dare harm your friends.
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Several edits have been made, see below for the list.
As always, please continue to leave any comments, requests, or notes either here or on the doc!
- Target Words- Rules for target words clarified, doubled up and unnecessary text removed.
- Class Word Lists- Words for the occult classes (Medium, Mesmerist, Occultist, and Psychic) edited, new words added to their lists and some levels changed.
- Learning and Using Words of Power & Class Specific Rules- Edits made for clarity and further explanation on what is being added to Words of Power support given.
- Venator, Solfege, Prydyn- Changed max shaped veils to 7
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Amanuensis (Protean Scribe Alternate Class)
Those who seek to find the lost language of magic often forget that it possesses a written form, an ancient and powerful script whose strokes hold dreadful power. If speaking the language of magic causes reality to bend, how far would writing those syllables twist the world?
This an alternate class for the Protean Scribe, a class originally released by LJP Design as part of their Classes of Neoexodus publications. Go take a look at it on the playtest doc!
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Hello Everyone!
RC here with news about the Echoes of Magic Playtest and other releases. First, the Echoes of Magic public playtest will be extended until the end of August, as my day job ramping up unexpectedly it has been giving me little time to finish the remaining content (Sigil of Transmutation and Miserere Paladin/Antipaladin archetype).
I apologize for the delays and hope everyone has enjoyed the content thus far.
Due to this, the next two releases Psikasha Expanded- Intrusive Thoughts and Expanded Mythic Options: Path of War and Akashic Magic will be delayed. Intrusive thoughts will be starting in mid-September and Expanded Mythic Options will hopefully start mid-October.
Again, these delays weren't something I planned for or expected and I am working to minimize how much they affect things moving forward.
Finally, the updates! Below are the recent updates and changes to Echoes of Magic!
- Sigil of Evocation- Removed effect allowing it to be used as a move action after casting an evocation spell.
- Magian- Scholar of Sigilism now starts with knowledge of 3 base veils known, Akashic Bond's Veilbound Familiar option base effect now gains 2x level + Int Mod HP and gains insight bonuses to attack/dmg rolls. It also now acts as an Improved Familiar at 10th level. Veilbound Weapon option gains special attack effect at 10th and treats it as a spell for feats and abilities.
- Runeblade- Runic Armor magus arcana now allows you to grant armor spikes to the created armor if taken a second time. Runic Shield magus arcana now has links for shield bash damages. New ability Mnemonic Recall alters Spell Recall and Improved Spell Recall effects. New Capstone ability Sigilistic Apotheosis added.
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The crusaders of some sacred orders sing hymns as they charge into battle and tattoo sacred runes upon their skin, their words seeking mercy not only for themselves, but also for the poor fools who know not what comes for them.
Hi all! A new archetype has been added to Echoes of Magic as we wind down the Public playtest!
The Miserere is a defender of their chosen religion's doctrine. More scholarly than their fellow crusaders, but able to mark enemies as true foes of their faith and allies and create powerful runic auras to bolster their companions.
Only one piece of content remains to be added to the playtest, stay tuned!
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Hi everyone!
There are some recent updates for Echoes of Magic! There have been some changes to the new Runeblade Magus archetype, Magus Arcana, the two Legendary Magus Tomes, and the Celestial Tiara and Dance in the Moonlight veils.
- Runeblade: Runic Armaments ability now allows veils from the new Runes of the Thaumaturge veil set to be selected.
- Magus Arcana: Runic Armor and Runic Shield magus arcana now also allow veils from new Runes of the Thaumaturge veil set to be selected.
- Tome of the Invoker: Tome abilities no longer require essence to be bound, instead they are now spell-like abilities. They are each usable 1/day and can be recovered by spending arcane potential.
- Tome of the Veilbound: Abilities altered to lower overall power. Instead of using Kheshig veil list now grants title veils as previously being able to bind any veil was very unbalanced. 1 fewer overall veil shaped by the tome.
- Celestial Tiara & Dance in the Moonlight Veils: Headband bind effect now allows the veilweaver to use Perform (Comedy) in place of Bluff to feint as part of a move action while moving up to half their movement speed and belt effect meant for Dance in the Moonlight moved to the veil it belongs to!
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Hi Everyone! The final piece of planned content has been added! The Sigil of Transmutation, a veil that allows the user to alter their own density to provide defensive and utility effects and can be shattered for even stronger (but short lived) benefits.
With this all planned content has been added. The playtest will continue to the end of this month, and then it will officially end. My Publisher (Studio M-) has already told me they will try to begin edits as soon as they can, and I will let everyone know on here before it is released. Given the unknown timeframe, I have decided to leave the document up and available until the book goes on sale through DriveThruRPG.
Hope you have enjoyed the playtest thus far. Its been longer than I originally planned, and the next Playtest should begin middle to end of September. It will be Psikasha Expanded- Intrusive Thoughts and it will contain new archetypes combining psionic and akashic power and new psionic shard feats (among other things!).
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Hi Everyone!
With the end of August the playtest for Echoes of Magic has come to a close. Thank you for all the comments, suggestions, and interest you have shown in this effort. I will be finishing final edits and formatting before handing it over to my publisher (Studio M-). They have already alerted me that they are swamped with all the projects they are working on so the book doesn't have a tentative release date at this time. As with my last books, the link on here will stay active until the book is published (you'll be able to find it on DriveThruRPG like all my other books).
As of right now, the book will likely be broken into two parts as it is currently 173 pages, which is frankly way too big. Even with the shrinkage my other books have had (which is about 1/3) from the google doc to the PDF. The two planned releases are intended to be pushed at the same time and right now the first book is tentatively called Echoes of Magic: What is Spoken and will have all the words of power content, words of power feats, locutor PrC, and new veils. The second book is Echoes of Magic, Those Who Listen and will contain all of the class archetypes, other two prestige classes, alternate racial traits, the new Vira-Lorr race, and all of the other feats. Separated out like they are currently each doc is around 85 pages so once they are converted they will be much more manageable for the publisher and also cheaper for purchase.
Coming up middle to end of September the next big playtest will begin, which will be Psikasha Expanded- Intrusive Thoughts and it will contain new archetypes combining psionic and akashic power and new psionic shard feats (among other things!).
Once again, thanks for everything!
-RC