Pathfinder - Player Companion: Blood of the Elements

Inherit the night and reclaim the power that is rightfully yours! Fight off the vampiric hordes that threaten the safety of humanity, or join their undead ranks in your pursuit of unholy strength. Will you vanquish the blood-sucking villains that seek to rule the streets beneath the cover of darkness? Or will your undead heritage prove that you are more monster than mortal? While others sleep, you find renewed vigor beneath the starlit sky, and whether you seek the blood of the living or the dead, one thing remains certain: the hunt is on.Blood of the Night contains everything a player needs to play a vampire, a dhampir, or a hunter of these foul beings. Every Pathfinder Player Companion includes new options and tools for every Pathfinder RPG player. These are just some of the features you?ll find inside this book: A thorough dissection of vampirekind, including tactics for encountering these undead fiends and properly sending them back to the grave. Advice and guidelines on playing vampire characters in a vampire-focused campaign, as well as new traits for every type of vampire. Traits and alternate heritages for dhampirs?the half-undead, half-mortal progeny of vampires. New feats, equipment, and spells to vanquish undead foes and compel the living to submit to your sanguine will. A new rule system capturing the hunger of vampire characters, who must sup on the living in order to survive.This Pathfinder Player Companion is intended for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, but can easily be incorporated into any fantasy world.Written by Tork Shaw.

Whether drawn to ancient crypts in search of treasure, long-lost secrets, or the potential for fame, countless adventurers hope to someday join the illustrious Pathfinder Society, a loose organization of scholars, explorers, and thrill-seekers that searches the globe in search of wonders.This player-focused guide to the organization provides both neophyte Pathfinders and seasoned veterans with the tools of the trade?the wealth of knowledge of past Pathfinders and access to the mysteries safeguarded in the vaults of the Grand Lodge of Absalom. It includes new equipment to aid you in high adventure and exploration, including new wayfinders and ioun stones, and both magical and mundane volumes of the legendary Pathfinder Chronicles.Packed to the brim with new spells, feats, traits, vanities, and more, Pathfinder Player Compaion: Pathfinder Society Primer is a must-have for the more than 35,000 players in Paizo?s worldwide Pathfinder Society Organized Play campaign as well as Pathfinder RPG players looking to add the organization to their own home campaigns!Written by Mark MorelandEach monthly 32-page Pathfinder Player Companion contains several player-focused articles exploring the volume?s theme as well as short articles with innovative new rules for all types of characters, as well as traits to better anchor the player to the campaign.

Introduction to adventure!The Inner Sea is the heart of the Pathfinder campaign setting. From devil-worshiping Cheliax to cosmopolitan Absalom, the savage and frozen Lands of the Linnorm Kings to the steaming jungles of the Mwangi Expanse, there?s a place for any character or adventure your imagination can come up with. Yet while a Game Master or player might know all the secrets of the setting, courtesy of the Pathfinder Campaign Setting World Guide: The Inner Sea, what does a character know about his or her world? With the Inner Sea Primer, Game Masters can quickly and easily introduce their players to the Pathfinder campaign setting, and experienced players can customize their characters with new, setting-specific tricks and traits.Inside this Pathfinder Player Companion, you?ll find:Player-friendly overviews of every nation of the Inner Sea Region, telling characters what they need to know about their homelands?or those of their enemies.New character traits for every country and region, helping to flesh out characters and tie their backgrounds and mechanics into the setting.New archetypes for three Inner Sea sword fighting styles: the Aldori swordlord, the Qadiran dervish, and the Taldan rondelero duelist.A complete overview of the major gods in the region, and what every resident should know about them.Three new arcane schools: the item crafters of the Arcanamirium, Egorian?s infernal binders, and the stealthy illusionists of Osirion?s mages of the veil.Overviews of the most common races of the region, from elves to half-orcs, as well as the most common human ethnicities.Written by Colin McCombEach bimonthly 32-page Pathfinder Companion contains several player-focused articles exploring the volume?s theme as well as short articles with innovative new rules for social, magic, religious, and combat-focused characters, as well as traits to better anchor the player to the campaign.