Flip Through 95: Lost Omens World Guide Pathfinder 2e

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Oct 172023
 

Join Matt as he takes a look at the Lost Omens World Guide for Pathfinder 2e. This book gives you a massive insight to all major regions of Golarion. It gives players and GM’s information to develop deep characters and story lines. Each chapter includes new NPC’s, timelines, and more.

This really turned out to be a great book. I use it more frequently that I thought I would.

 Paizo Unveils Two New Classes for Pathfinder War of Immortals Playtest

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Sep 052023
 

 

Friday, Sept. 1 (Redmond, WA). With a multi-product line event coming in 2024, Paizo is preparing for the new rulebook release with a playtest of two new classes: the animist and the exemplar.

A war is brewing and all of existence will be drawn into the conflict! As gods die, new gods arise, and Golarion itself bucks and twists under the pressure of immortal powers vying for dominance, Pathfinder introduces two new classes with their own particular roles to play in these colossal battles.

The animist is a Wisdom-based divine spellcasting class that bonds with apparitions, ephemeral spirits who share their power and knowledge with the animist in exchange for the animist acting as their agent with the physical world. Bond with a Steward of Stone and Fire to add primal power to your spellcasting, make a pact with an Impostor in Hidden Places to gain access to sneaky and deceptive magics, or allow a Witness to Ancient Battles to possess you and lend its martial talents to your repertoire! Players interested in playing a wise spellcaster who can change their abilities each day, or even moment to moment, based on the spiritual entities they align themselves with, be sure to playtest the animist!

The exemplar is Pathfinder Second Edition’s first rare class, a Charisma-based divine warrior possessing their own spark of divinity. Using the power of receptacles called ikons, the exemplar can move their divine spark between each of their ikons to unlock potent effects and abilities. As your power grows, you create your own epithet that defines your immortal legacy; whether you become a Cunning exemplar, Restless as the Tides and known to be a Thief of Moonlight, or a Brave exemplar, Peerless Under Heaven and destined to be The Last Ruler of an ancient kingdom is up to you! Players interested in playing a demigod destined for greatness and inspired by mythological figures like Maui, Cú Chulainn, and Hercules, be sure to playtest the exemplar!

The playtest will run for one month, from September 1st 2023 through October 2nd 2023. Players can participate in the playtest in home games as well as in Paizo’s Organized Play Program. Players interested in playtesting in Pathfinder society should follow the rules in the Guide to Organized Play.

Friday, Sept. 1 (Redmond, WA). With a multi-product line event coming in 2024, Paizo is preparing for the new rulebook release with a playtest of two new classes: the animist and the exemplar.

A war is brewing and all of existence will be drawn into the conflict! As gods die, new gods arise, and Golarion itself bucks and twists under the pressure of immortal powers vying for dominance, Pathfinder introduces two new classes with their own particular roles to play in these colossal battles.

The animist is a Wisdom-based divine spellcasting class that bonds with apparitions, ephemeral spirits who share their power and knowledge with the animist in exchange for the animist acting as their agent with the physical world. Bond with a Steward of Stone and Fire to add primal power to your spellcasting, make a pact with an Impostor in Hidden Places to gain access to sneaky and deceptive magics, or allow a Witness to Ancient Battles to possess you and lend its martial talents to your repertoire! Players interested in playing a wise spellcaster who can change their abilities each day, or even moment to moment, based on the spiritual entities they align themselves with, be sure to playtest the animist!

The exemplar is Pathfinder Second Edition’s first rare class, a Charisma-based divine warrior possessing their own spark of divinity. Using the power of receptacles called ikons, the exemplar can move their divine spark between each of their ikons to unlock potent effects and abilities. As your power grows, you create your own epithet that defines your immortal legacy; whether you become a Cunning exemplar, Restless as the Tides and known to be a Thief of Moonlight, or a Brave exemplar, Peerless Under Heaven and destined to be The Last Ruler of an ancient kingdom is up to you! Players interested in playing a demigod destined for greatness and inspired by mythological figures like Maui, Cú Chulainn, and Hercules, be sure to playtest the exemplar!

The playtest will run for one month, from September 1st 2023 through October 2nd 2023. Players can participate in the playtest in home games as well as in Paizo’s Organized Play Program. Players interested in playtesting in Pathfinder society should follow the rules in the Guide to Organized Play.

Demiplane, producers of licensed character builder Pathfinder NEXUS, are hosting a free character builder for the animist and exemplar classes. Foundry VTT has added a module that includes fully automated support for the classes. Pathfinder Second Edition Foundry users will receive access to this module on Friday, September 1st.

Feedback for the classes should be submitted via one of two online forms: the Class Survey and the Open Response Survey. Paizo will also maintain dedicated playtest forums on paizo.com to discuss the new classes.

Paizo will follow up with further announcements after the playtest has completed.

About Paizo

Paizo Inc. is one of the world’s leading hobby game publishers. Since 2002, millions of players have joined the goblin army by playing the Pathfinder® and Starfinder® Roleplaying Games in homes, at conventions, at their favorite local game stores, and digitally on virtual tabletops. Paizo.com is an online retail hobby destination for gamers that carries the latest products from top hobby game publishers. Players can also find the newest releases, as well as accessories like dice and maps, miniatures, T-shirts, goblin plush toys, to quickly replenish their adventuring supplies for the next dungeon run.

Flip Through 93: Elder Scrolls Call To Arms

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Aug 282023
 

In this Flip Through Matt takes a look at the quick start rules and the complete rules for Elder Scrolls Call to Arms from  @Modiphius  . I can’t wait to start playing this with my boys. The books are well constructed and full of great art.

Thanks for watching. I look forward to doing more in the future

Flip Through 96: The Mwangi Expanse for Pathfinder 2e

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Nov 222022
 

In this video Matt takes a look at the Mwangi Expanse for the Pathfinder second edition rules. The Mwangi Expanse is an area of great adventure introducing a new bestiary, jungles, and ancestry.

It’s a jungle :}

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Box Breaking 285: Skycoach from WizKids – Nolzur’s Marvelous Miniatures

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Nov 162022
 

In this Box Breaking Matt takes a look at the Skycoach from @Wizkids. The Skycoach is part of the D&D Nolzur’s Marvelous Miniatures line. The Skycoach is a staple for travel in the Eberron campaign setting or any setting where your gm allows flying ships. #dungeonsanddragons.

I have been using this for a few months now and I am loving the model.

I hope you enjoyed it. I think I will be picking up a few of these.

Flip Through 93: Elder Scrolls Call to Arms Rules

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Aug 242022
 

In this Flip Through Matt takes a look at the quick start rules and the complete rules for Elder Scrolls Call to Arms from  @Modiphius  . I can’t wait to start playing this with my boys. The books are well constructed and full of great art.

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Through Gamer Goggles Box Breaking 282: Elder Scrolls Call to Arms Imperial Starter

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Aug 142022
 

This set contains five 32mm scale high quality multi-part hard plastic miniatures with bases. Requires some assembly. Supplied unpainted. Scenic bases not included. #calltoarms

1 x Hadvar, Hero of Helgen

1 x Imperial Mage, Spellsword

3 x Imperial Soldiers with Sword and Shield

5 x Bases

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Flip Through 91: Bestiary 3 for Pathfinder 2e

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Jan 252022
 

In this Flip Through Matt takes a look at the Pathfinder 2e Bestiary 3. It features an Asian influence, Clockworks, the new troop type and more. Special rules for creating Nosferatu.

After using this book for a few months, I have found that it is not just a compilation of monsters. Instead is an asset for gms that allows them to more effectively create adversaries for their games. It also gave us look at future releases.

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Out of the Abyss Review

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Jun 102020
 

Out of the Abyss

Adventure

255 pp.

Retail 49.95

Published by Wizards of the Coast

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Being the fourth adventure book for Dungeons and Dragons 5th ed it has a lot to live up to.  Like Princes of Apocalypse Out of the Abyss is also a full blown campaign for characters for levels 1 through 15.  While it’s set in Forgotten Realms it gives us a totally new look into at this game world. It is the first look we get into the Underdark in 5th edition.

 

The first thing I noticed when reading this book was that it feel different or unique while still preserving a connection to Forgotten Realms.  They did a good job of making the Underdark have a personality all its own. So many things they did make it a character that is full of danger, creepy and wyrd.  There are hints and reflections of psionics throughout the book. Which brings a rising anticipation to the traditional Underdark motifs that we are used to, but with new interpretations and mechanics, the relevance of sanity.

 

Madness checks are a reinterpretation from previous edition.  It was a very convoluted process that was awful to use. Now, the process is much simpler, and not so awkward that you will avoid using it.

 

Player Characters start at level 1 as prisoners of an enclave – that’s awesome! By the time they are down they can easily hit 15th level.  That is if they live that long one wrong combat with a demon can end it for them. With small amounts of creativity a gm can easily use this as a sandbox for hundreds of adventures.

 

Out of the Abyss does require a bit of experience to run.  There is decent amount of homework for you. I have found that studying and taking notes has helped me a lot more than in previous adventures for Dungeons and Dragons.  This is especially true when trying to keep the NPC’s straight. So many of them have secret agendas, distinct personalities; but more importantly tracking who lives and dies can be bloody murder.

 

Your adventure will also take you on a geographical tour through several cities.  As a GM you will get to cultivate them and define what makes them stand out in your story.  While Out of the Abyss gives you plenty of detail, maybe your story calls for a spider family and one city is the best at it.

 

One of the greatest features of Out of the Abyss are the appendixes, New Underdark features, Magic Items, Creatures, and Demons.  The first appendix aids you in altering character backgrounds so they are better suited for the Underdark. The second gives full descriptions of the magic items found between the covers, like Sunbringer.  The third houses the stats for the new monsters. My favorites are the spore servants. The last appendix is a pretty meaty section on demons that are important to the campaign.

 

Out of the Abyss is a different kind of adventure, that takes a truly different campaign setting and creates a new world within Forgotten Realms.  There is a lot of work for a gm running this adventure while players explore the darkness. But the fact that the Underdark is given so much detail sells me on this book.  Even if i never run the adventure as it’s published and only use it as a reference tool I’ll get my money out of it.

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