Check 9 flipbooks from tashtegolevey. Perhaps youre a daring priest from serpentfolk founded Golarions first the burning deserts of Qadira, blasting manticores and genies with the blazing great empire; and the Age of Legend, in light of the sun goddess Sarenrae, or a troll-hunting warrior from the icy Lands of which the first human empires rose to the Linnorm Kings. Several mortals have traveledLogan Bonner across the Inner Sea to Absalom and gained godhood from the Test of the Starstone, andEDITING LEADJudy Bauer countless aspirants line the streets of the city, hoping to become the next to ascend.EDITORS 3 Broken Lands 24Amirali Attar Olyaee, Christopher Paul Carey,JamesCase, Leo Glass, Avi Kool, Lyz Liddell, In this region ruled by scarcity and struggle, residents of the Broken Lands scratch outLuis Loza, MarkMoreland, Adrian Ng,Lacy Pellazar, Patrick Renie, JamesL.Sutter, and a harsh existence, plagued by desperate demons, metal monstrosities, or the cruel andJason Tondro unfeeling predations of their own neighbors.COVER ARTISTDavid Alvarez 4 Eye of Dread 36CARTOGRAPHERS Where once a holy bastion against evil stood, evil has now prevailed. Note: Base rules for the Azarketi can be found in an excerpt from Absalom, City of Lost Omens, available as a free download. The citys The following figures are important to largest market, the Grand Bazaar, is said to contain nearly any object a buyer could Absalom and the Isle of Kortos. You explore the OVERVIEWworld, gathering artifacts and antiquities, and record your Prerequisites Pathfinder Agent Dedication ABSALOMadventures for posterity. In their songs and the records of lost empires, Sarusan is a wild and mysterious land 4697 ar The Goblinblood Wars ravage where giant mammals long extinct on other continents still roam immense frozen Isger, drawing soldiers from deserts and dense woodlands. Absalom, City of Lost Omens is definitely one of the outliers of the entire Pathfinder Second Edition setting books. Youre trained in the Society skill and the Pathfinder Society Lore skill. Flotillas of traders hug the coasts TIME CHELIAXof the Obari Ocean, reaping huge profits from trade between Garund and Vudraby way of Iblydos, yet kept from faster blue-water routes by flame cyclones and Like Earth, Golarion spins on its axis SAGAmarauding dragons. Date Published : 2021. from their refuge in Sovyrian, reestablishing the nationCrown of the World of Kyonin.Frozen and forbidding, the Crown of the World stretches across Golarions arctic 2765 ar Cayden Cailean drunkenlycircle, containing its polar ice capcalled the High Iceas well as an outer ring of survives the Test of thebleak mountains, evergreen forests, and stormy seas. Absalom, City of Lost Omens Subscribers that already got to read this new book, how do you like it? When attempting Recall Knowledge checksagainst creatures on your list in later encounters,you gain a +2 circumstance bonus, and you learn anadditional fact about such creatures on a success. Typically, you realms ruled by gods and populated by the transformed souls of the dead. Absalom, City of Lost Omens is designed to showcase the many wonders of the grandest city in all of Golarion. Once it has been activated, it becomes empty again. gem, the Starstone, tested his character, and he emerged from the experience a living He founds Absalom as a new god. 4713 ar Mendevs Fifth Crusade finally defeats the demon lord Deskari8Tian Xia and performs a ritual to close WORLD the Worldwound. sunders the plateau in a great upheaval, slaying Voon and The swiftly growing riches of Absalomand the priceless jewel at its heart trapping his minions in the drew more than just pilgrims in those early days. For nearly 5,000 years, the great city of Absalom has stood at the center of the Inner Sea region's culture, commerce, and prophecy. built in response to the threat. no end to the threats and treasures lurking in the ruins of lost empires, in temples The elves leave Golarion via to forgotten godsor just beyond their campfires light. ISBN-13: 978-1-64078-308-9 Lumber AND harvested in the Immenwood travels by STARSTONEArchAic WAyfinders the Deluge River to Diobel or by road to Otari, and from thence to markets ISLEDiscovery of the ancient Azlanti aeon stones, and their subsequent reverse across the Inner Sea. Choose one cantrip from the arcane, ANDPATHFINDER AGENT DEDICATION FEAT 2 divine, occult, or primal list. According to legend, the continent was once connected to Tian through eastern Avistan, Xia by a land bridge and inhabited by an empire called Taumata, before the gods prompting the endless Red shattered the bridge into the archipelago known today as the Wandering Isles. This struggle wake of the catastrophe, the Grand Council effectively abandoned the district, for influence, known as the Shadow War, leaving it to become infested with monsters and criminals. The Lost Omens Character Guide features new heritages and feats for existing ancestries, as well as three brand-new ancestries for unusual heroes forging a place for themselves in an uncertain age. . Several large but Arodens death over a century ago mountains, some capped with snow and ice, cut distinctive enough silhouettes damaged the divine magic that had against the sky as to take on cultural significance even to folk who never leave Absalom. Absalom: City of Lost Omens is an incredibly in-depth look at the centerpiece of the Inner Sea and, therefore, Golarion. Most of the surviving minotaurs fled into the Riven Hills, where they harry Absalom and its allies to this day from their settlement at Hazrak. This includes the architecture, the history, important locations, and most importantly, its people. These are short adventure prompts to create side quests for your players, compatible with most TTRPGs. Activating an archaic wayfinder is the same as the casting for the KINGDOMSrelevant spell. Youre trained in the Society skill and the Government Lore skill. The First Guards EagleGarrison long ago ceded the Dunmire to wilderness, makingit effectively outside the legal authority of Absalom. LANDSgreat gods of Golarion ring the chasm and the ancient neighborhoods stretching EYE OFout from it, flanked by lesser churches and shrines dedicated to deities mighty 4606 ar Aroden dies, triggering the DREADand forgotten. Formats Available : PDF, ePub, Mobi, doc Total Reads - Total Downloads - File Size EPUB Pathfinder Absalom, City of Lost Omens (P2) By Alexandria Bustion, John Compton, Jeremy Corff, Katina Davis, Mabel Harper PDF Download. You gain the Group Impression skill feat. 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, after the death of its founder-god Aroden, the disappearance of its lord mayor, and new attacks from some of its greatest foes, Absalom stands at the crossroads of a new and uncertain destiny! The Holt provides a refuge for nature- loving adventurers like druids and rangers, whom the cult hires to tackle all manner of adventures designed to further Iolanthes influence in the city and Greater Kortos. Choose two ability boosts. Closer to the sun are the machine-ruled world Abadius ( January)of Aballon and the steaming jungle world of Castrovel, home to the psychic Calistril (February)lashuntas. Aroden launches the First Today, Azlant is an uncharted maze of shattered islands. Voons feral harpies, the last to give up the fight, fled to the highlands of the Kortos Mounts, and they have grown no more hospitable over the centuries. THE CITY IS YOURS. Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (2nd Edition) Pathfinder System. Traders flock to the archipelago of Inner Sea, becoming a livingIblydos, where legends walk the streets under the tutelage of cyclopean sages, while god. Choose two ability boosts. grew arrogant and defied their masters. class feat are called archetype class feats. Over nearly 5 millennia, Absalom has been built, rebuilt, and rebuilt Karamoss assaults Absalom again, resulting in a tapestry of architectural styles as diverse as the countless citizens in an attempt to claim the and visitors who throng its streets and markets. ROADenergy equal to their level. Hundreds of ships from all over Golarion dock in Absaloms harbor every day, and goods from scores of nations flow through Lastwalls final Watcher-Lord fled to the Docks to the citys markets. They also gain resistance to positive his specific design. Applying the archetypes provided in this book requires you to select archetype Elemental Planes feats instead of class feats. Choose two ability boosts. DIOBEL PEARL DIVER BACKGROUND You gain the Streetwise skill feat. history, with a focus on those affecting the Inner Sea region. large caverns, maintained since the beginning of the world by unknown and alien 4081 ar Cheliax breaks away from magic, each containing its own pockets of ecosystems. One must be to Intelligence or Wisdom, and one is a free ability boost. Adventurers set out from the Grand Lodge Absaloms longevity and wealth, and OVERVIEWon missions through Greater Kortos and far beyond, with all Pathfinder agents remains fundamental to the realms ABSALOMinvited to return home to the Lodge every year for the orders Grand Convocation, independence and political strength ina boisterous occasion for information-sharing and engaging in friendly competition. PCs are not the focus here; it's the community at-large. Theaters, performance halls, andconcert venues with worldwide reputations crowdthe ivy-lined streets that give the district its name,as do dozens more with less savory standing.Performers and artists scrape by on the patronageof nobles, and bardic schools like the White Grottotrain the next generation of performers. The citys oldest academy of magicalinstruction, the College of Mysteries, is tuckedamong these wealthy mansions and caters largely toTHE SHADOW WAR the youth of Absaloms nobility. Mark Seifter One of the oldest and most influential cities in Golarion, Absalom was founded by the living ADDITIONAL GAME DESIGN god Aroden and is home to the legendary Starstone Cathedral. Absalom - City of Lost Omens . Scores of warships crowdEscadars harbor, from which they set out on regularmissions escorting merchant ships, hunting pirates,or patrolling the nearby seaways. Might they fight devils in diabolical Cheliax, or instead meteorites impacts form ally with the denizens of Hell themselves to reforge a troubled empire? The plateau thundered with the hooves of 10,000 centaurs, whole tribes surging in vast interlocking circles to unleash a terrible earthquake upon Absalom, just as they had brought upheaval to so many of the ancient cities of Casmaron. The miasmaconceals all manner of filth and disease, and isolatedenclaves of kobolds, lizardfolk, hags, and criminaloutcasts huddle under its cover. In the Antarkos Ocean, brave before finally being forced EXPANSEsailors ride the freezing southern gales, dodging aquatic giants and deadly icebergs, back onto the Isle of Terror.while voyagers on the Embaral must contend with a becalmed, lifeless marine OLDdesert full of strange ruins and deadly doldrums. This book focuses on before them. Skimming between all of these inner worlds is Triaxus Arodus (August)the Wanderer, whose erratic orbit leads to seasons that last centuries, resulting Rova (September)in two alternating ecologies. A squalidlittle village called Piers End sits upon a deep harbor on the coast,offering cheap ferries to Escadar for the rare cross-island travelerwho manages to survive travel through the swamp.The ImmenwoodThe vast, primordial woodland north of Absalom hasprovided lumber to the city and its vassals for almostas long as it has sheltered its enemies and outcasts.To the west, past the bustling town of Meravonepicenter of the islands logging tradethe magic ofthe Old Forest Aeon Tower once enriched the soil andbolstered regrowth. 1719 PRO SERIES 18-8 30cm myvehiclevalue.com,1719,30cm, , , . The largest open-air arena on the Inner Sea, the Irorium boasts multiple public battles each day, and its gladiators count themselves among the citys most influential celebrities. tablets to create the citys government to EYE OF structures like Azlanti Keep that are said DREAD Undead within the Tyrants Grasp gain the ability to sense living creatures as to have been constructed according to GOLDENan imprecise sense with a range of 30 feet. Arcadias myriad cultures have remained surprisingly peaceful and insular ever since, focusing their energy on the wellbeing of their 3923 ar The Pit of Gormuz opens citizens. expansionist prince Haliad I, OVERVIEW Cheliax unsuccessfully lays ABSALOMAscendant Court siege to Absalom for the first time, following up with three ANDShortly after raising the Isle of Kortos, Aroden used his newfound divine power additional attempts in the next STARSTONEto erect the Starstone Cathedral, a bewildering, ever-changing series of trapped 3 centuries.passages and confounding chambers meant to thwart anyone who might follow in ISLEhis footsteps. The districts oldest temple of Arodenthe first of its kind in beginning of the Age of Lost GOLDENAbsalomis among the architectural triumphs of the Inner Sea. This Nidalese Graveyard guards Absaloms harbor from invasion by sea, as do detachments of paladin lord remains hugely influential even the citys navy and hippocampus-mounted Wave Riders, who patrol the Bay of Kortos and the waters around the Starstone Isle from their base in Escadar. 23 ar First Siege of Absalom. The Material Plane contains Golarions universe alongside countless others, and is Each archetypes dedication feat represents where most mortal beings live out their existences. A week LANDSchallenge sailors with strange currents, making an already pirate-plagued journey has 7 days and a year has 52 weeks. With and strive to accomplish fantastic deeds of their own, many founding orders and the sweep of his hand, Aroden institutions of esoteric learning that continue to the modern day. and crude villages at the tree lines edge, or the drakes, wyverns, and dragons AEON TOWER who lurk nearer the rocky peaks. At the very criteria listed in the Access entry, often center is the Positive Energy Plane, which creates soul energy that takes shape and hailing from a particular locale or being wakes to consciousness as mortal beings on the Material Plane, only to die and a member of a particular organization, flow outward in the River of Souls to an afterlife in the Outer Planes, where its eventually reabsorbed to keep reality running. The Tyrant, uniting the orc hordesmost famous of these ruins is the Nameless Spires, an alien city of star-shaped to terrorize Avistan.buildings and 2,000-foot-tall towers positioned at the North Pole, believed bysome scholars to date back to the planets formation. Using arcane power gathered over millennia, the last survivor of (and the Isle of Kortos itself) Old Azlant raised an otherworldly crystal, the heart of the weapon that slew his from the depths of the Inner homeland, from the depths of the Inner Sea. empire yet is now most notably inhabited by drowelves who fled underground 3980 ar The Rending. The Eye of Abendego forms off of Garunds western Ruins of Azlant coast, drowning the nations of Lirgen and Yamasa. Things were not always so orthodox, of the Inner Sea. With nearly 5,000 years ANDKortos. Andoran, Galt, and Isger in a decade-long civil war dubbed Garund the Even-Tongued Conquest. Even as blights like the Tyrants Grasp and the Welt seem to rob Kortos of its vitality, the Grand Holt grows stronger year after year. Although the islands northern reachesremained reserved for Arodens exclusive personal usefor centuries after his last appearance in Absalom,St. Conjure the mighty Eleanor Ferron and Luis Loza DESIGN LEAD avatars of these beings as a sign of their favor, or see their wrath and blessings manifest in the Mark Seifter EDITING LEAD form of divine intercessions! are cursed mausoleums, flooded schoolyards inhabited by undead children, and other horrors. You spent a portion of your youth diving and gathering precious GRAND COUNCIL BUREAUCRAT BACKGROUND pearls under the attentive eyes of Kortos Consortium merchants. Now, with the death of the city. In its pages, youll learn about the heart of noted in Absalom Reckoning (ar), the Pathfinder setting, known as the Inner Sea region, from the towns and cities counting forward (or backward) from your heroes call home to the wild frontiers and monstrous lairs where theyll risk the founding of the titular city. IMPOSSIBLECasmaron LANDS AGE OF ENTHRONEMENT MWANGIDominated by the landlocked Castrovin Sea, Casmaron is at once densely populated EXPANSEand eerily emptyits bustling empires are interspersed with the ghost-haunted wastes 1 ar Aroden, the Last Azlanti, raisesof lost civilizations. To the east, the ancient magical kingdoms of Geb and Nex wage an endless war of subtle spells and undead 4606 ar Aroden dies mysteriously, soldiers, while the western coast is drowned by a massive hurricane called the Eye leaving the Empire of Cheliax of Abendego, whose ravaging winds shelter pirates and assassins. Patrols of the First Guards Eagle Garrison range the trails connecting the forests of the islands settlement to house the settlements, which often fall prey to outlaws. Those few modern expeditions that venture near the across the Inner Sea region. orbs safe, and now two of the towers no Twisting crevices and sharp ridges make travel through the region a treacherous proposition, to say nothing of the vicious harpies who roost in secluded defiles longer function as they were intended. ABSALOMthe leaders of Quain to the sovereign dragon who rules Xa Hoi in human form. Those who sail the high seas are subject only to themselves and their own fortune!CREATIVE DIRECTORJames JacobsPUBLISHERErik Mona Paizo Inc. 7120 185th Ave NE, Ste 120 Redmond, WA 98052-0577 paizo.com 27 Impossible Lands 72From a city forced to live without magic to a kingdom ruled entirely by the undead,the Impossible Lands are scarred by an ancient war between two of Golarionsmost powerful mages.8 Mwangi Expanse 84A land characterized by its bounty, the Mwangi Expanse remains ruled bypowerful and unique city-states. Descriptions of several important Kortos locales follow.18Cairnlands RELATIONS WORLD GUIDEThe barren wasteland surrounding Absalom is littered with scores of siege castles Numerous factions vie for control overmonuments to the failed invasions of 5 millennia whose near-forgotten chambers the Starstone Isle. posed by minotaurs, harpies, andThe Consortiums corruption makes Diobel a hotbed of political intrigue centaurs are often a far more OLDagainst the high and mighty of Absalom, inspiring a chaotic atmosphere, pressing concern. radius. Arodens interaction with this alien Sea and becomes a living god. Yet no matter how these empires spread their wings, they are constantly Test of the Starstone and KINGDOMSreminded of their own mortality by the ruins of those vast civilizations that came achieves godhood.beforeplaces like Iobaria, fallen in the wake of the plague known as the Choking 7Death, and great Ninshabur, razed to the ground by the Spawn of Rovagug, the 2632 ar The elves return to Golarionmonstrous offspring of the god of destruction. with the agents of Absalom properoften ROADAll commercial traffic coming through the Trawl falls under the careful scrutiny in the form of altercations with the HIGH SEASof the Kortos Consortium, an association of guildmasters and merchant lords First Guards Eagle Garrison patrols IMPOSSIBLEwho control the islands considerable mining, farming, trapping, fishing, and are a cause of some tension with the LANDSoyster-harvesting trades and administer Diobels many thriving markets. You cannot retrain a These souls eventually become outsiders, or fade into the very fabric of the planes dedication feat as long as you have any themselves. is the blazing wellspring from which souls appear and begin their journey. south, dinosaur-riding lizardfolk share the land with the celestially appointed Iomedae takes on many of matriarchs of Holomog. Product Line: Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (2nd Edition) - Core & Assorted. These districts include the following. One must be to Dexterity or knit social class at the heart of the citys most important trades. One must be to Constitution or Wisdom, and one is a free ability boost. Five centuries ago, Absalom fortified the harborat St. Sarnax as headquarters for the citys mightynavy, naming the expanded settlement Escadar aftera hero of the Pirate Siege. Choose two ability boosts. The First Guard has annihilated three attempted settlements by Azlanti and his clergy is felt everywhere ISLEthese dark devotees, but their numbers seem to be growing. This transformation lasts for 1 hour. For nearly 5,000 years, the great city of Absalom has stood at the center of the Inner Sea region's culture, commerce, and prophecy. When you successfully Aid a skillcheck, if you attempt the exact same skill check (not just usingthe same skill, but using it for the same purpose, for instance acheck to Climb the same wall) on your next turn, you gain a +1circumstance bonus to your skill check.THOROUGH REPORTS FEAT 4 ARCHETYPE SKILLPrerequisites Pathfinder Agent DedicationYour reports are thorough and informative, and putting yourthoughts to paper helps you retain the information. They are joined by scattered settlements of by Aroden, the wizard-kingsnowcaster elves, dwarves, and frost giants, as well as more predatory residents Tar-Baphon returns as thelike wendigos, dragons, and remorhazes. The other three Aeon Towers still function for now, but their caretakers look on uneasily and wonder how long theyand the famous agricultural prosperity of Kortoscan endure.20Tyrants Grasp ARODEN: LEGACY OF A DEAD GOD WORLD GUIDEThe site of the Whispering Tyrants defeat is a blasted wasteland of necromantic While the church of Aroden no longercorruption stretching nearly 15 miles across the plains, forest, and hills northeast functions as a religious order, the church OVERVIEWof the Spire of Nex. Brick-framed medians upon the districtsbroad avenues stand lush with colorful flora,giving the district its name. Absalom Ads (118) Captivator Spell Trickster Wrestler Equipment Table and Glossary (128) Equipment Table Glossary & Index Categories: Sourcebooks 2021 sourcebooks Pathfinder Lost Omens PFRPG 2E sourcebooks Works by Tineke Bolleman Works by Jesse Decker Works by Jessica Catalan Works by Dominique Dickey Works by Dana Ebert Works by Steven Hammond the greater Inner Sea region. Extensive tie-ins with Absalom: City of Lost Omens, a major 2020 Pathfinder hardcover release!- Contains dozens of hours of exciting Pathfinder play, either as a stand-alone adventure or as part of the epic Agents of Edgewatch campaign!- Adventure/sourcebook hybrid. From coast to coast, signs of the islands extreme antiquity are evident everywhere, from the overgrown fortresses of the Immenwood to the crumbling Aeon Towers of the Swardlands. One must be to Charisma or Intelligence, and one is a free ability boost. One must be to Constitution or Dexterity, and one is a free ability boost. the Sovyrian Stone, or else retreat into the secluded The Inner Sea awaits. 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! Immediately thereafter, he lifted the whole of the Isle of Kortos from the ocean home for the thousands of depths and founded the settlement of Absalom at the site of his apotheosis to serve faithful flocking to the newly as the gathering point of his growing cult.