May 29, 2021 by [ "James R. Miller"
]
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rpgs
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pf2
New Pathfinder 2E Books Announced
PaizoCon 2021 released and teased several upcoming Pathfinder 2E products, all
of which have me excited!
To be honest, I haven’t been truly excited about a 5E product in several
releases. I have Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything; haven’t read it. I have
Mythic Odysseys of Theros; haven’t read it. And, this is most telling: I did
not pre-order Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft. Don’t get me wrong 5E has many
positives; I’m just worn out DMing 5E. I’d love to play 5E; but, DMing it
makes me go “meh” lately.
But in the meantime, I’ve started up a Pathfinder 2E (“PF2”) group. We’re
currently running through the beginner’s box content and then we’ll run The
Fall of Plaguestone. I’m having a blast with the system. Lots of rules
thumping, and some slow combats as we look up rules; but, the three-action
economy in PF2 is amazing.
Because of this, I am champing at the bit to read these new books for PF2, a
system that I am increasingly falling in love with each new session we play it.
Here are some of the upcoming releases:
- Lost Omens: Mwangi Expanse
- PDF available July 7, 2021
- Paizo’s blurb: South of a forbidding range of mountain peaks lies a land
of boundless resources and untold opportunity. The Mwangi Expanse has been
home to an untold diversity of cultures and peoples since time immemorial,
hosting powerful, isolated city states that have often paid little attention
to their neighbors. Yet the turning tides of fortune have begun to usher in
changes that are rippling across the world. As a band of scholars from an
ancient university venture north to aid a disaster-torn Avistan. A
revolution-forged nation seeks powerful allies against foreign aggression.
An undead god, once a symbol of hope to his declining nation, now grows
jealous enough to turn on his self-proclaimed kin. Whether you are a
diplomat seeking leverage from the most difficult of positions, a spy
seeking the subtlest hint of danger from your surroundings, a guardian
hoping to protect your home and people, or a warrior striking back at
tyrants both native and foreign, this guide to the Mwangi Expanse offers you
the ultimate resource to explore a realm of magic, monsters, and intrigue!
- Secrets of Magic
- PDF available August 5, 2021
- Paizo’s blurb: Discover the untold potential of magic! Secrets of Magic,
the newest hardcover rulebook for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game! Secrets
of Magic brings the popular magus and summoner classes into Pathfinder
Second Edition, unlocking heroes who combine magical might with martial
prowess and offering command of a powerful magical companion creature. The
lavishly illustrated, 256-page rulebook contains hundreds of new spells with
potent offerings for all spellcasting character classes, magic items for any
player character, and lore detailing the fundamental structure and theories
of magic. A special section within the volume—the Book of Unlimited
Magic—presents new methods of spellcasting, with elementalism, geomancy,
shadow magic, rune magic, and even pervasive magic to give every place and
creature in your game a magical spin!
- The Grand Bazaar
- early September 2021
- Paizo’s blurb: Be the first to market with Pathfinder Lost Omens: The
Grand Bazaar! The Grand Bazaar is Absalom’s greatest marketplace featuring
items from all over Golarion. Here, an adventurer can find equipment of all
kinds to help them on their next quest like new weapons, armors, magic
items, accessibility items to enable adventures for anyone, new animal
companions, and more! The Grand Bazaar is also home to countless unique
merchants and shops. Game Masters can use these new shops as part of their
campaigns to flesh out the world and inspire new adventures. See what’s for
sale at the Grand Bazaar, and snap up the good deals while you still can!
- Guns & Gears
- October 2021
- Paizo’s blurb: Gear Up and Throw Down! When sword and spell just won’t be
enough to win the day, it’s time to power up your game with clockwork gears,
lightning coils, and black powder! Guns & Gears, the latest hardcover
rulebook for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (Second Edition), brings the
excitement of firearms and fantasy technology to your tabletop! Unravel the
secrets of clockworks with the new inventor class or blow away your
opposition as a firearm-wielding gunslinger! In addition to new classes, a
plethora of archetypes, backgrounds, vehicles, siege engines, gadgets, and
the new automaton ancestry are all ready to expand your game with options
for battlefields large and small.
- Lost Omens: Absalom
- release date unclear
- Paizo’s blurb: For nearly 5,000 years, the great city of Absalom has stood
at the center of the Inner Sea’s culture, commerce, and prophecy. Now, with
the death of the city’s founder-god Aroden, the disappearance of the city’s
lord mayor, and newly launched attacks from some of its greatest foes,
Absalom stands at the gateway to a new and uncertain destiny! This
lore-packed 296-page hardcover guide to the locations, denizens, and
adventures of Pathfinder’s most famous city is the largest Pathfinder city
sourcebook to date, presenting a fascinating locale suitable for years of
adventure! A huge 8-panel poster map of the city sets the scene in
unprecedented detail, allowing your heroes to walk upon streets paved with
centuries of history, following the steps of generations of questing heroes
to chart a new path for the City at the Center of the World!
- Book of the Dead
- March 2022
In the adventures department, here’s what we have to look forward to:
- Fists of the Ruby Phoenix - all 3 books July 2021
- Strength of Thousands - book 1 late July 2021
- Quest for the Frozen Flames
- Malevolence
- Night of the Gray Death
- Dinner at Lionlodge - one shot