Pathfinder: Artwork of Legendary Foes

All week long we are previewing the Book of Beasts: Legendary Foes. Yesterday we looked at the spread of CRs that this book covers. Today we are looking at the artwork. Did we mention this book is full color? That is right. All the artwork (and there is alot of it) is entirely in full color. Not just the PDF, but the print book as well. You are in for a real treat with this book.

The cover was expertly drawn by Rodrigo Martins, who’s artwork can be found throughout this book. Many other artists have artwork inside. Here are just a few of the pieces you will see inside.

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Pathfinder: Book of Beasts: Legendary Foes Unleashed

Prepare to be Afraid!

The Book of Beasts: Legendary Foes, the latest in the award-winning Book of Beast series, details the deadliest and most frightening monsters ever to grace your gaming table. Bring new life and peril to your mythic adventures with these fierce monsters and high level NPCs. Challenge your players at a whole new level with demigods and traps for the highest levels of gameplay from this 68-page, full-color monster tome.

Pathfinder: Legendary Foes by CR

All week long we will be releasing preview of Book of Beasts: Legendary Foes for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. This high level monster book is is ideal for your mythical adventures. Today we are sharing with you exactly how many monsters and other dangers at each CR this book contains. We hope you enjoy it and it will enhance your game.

CR 15
Blightrat, Daveron Steves (General of the Green Order), Dragon Stirge, Empowered Polar Ray Trap, Great Caretaker, Grim Reaper Trap, Millennial Worm, Megabola Spider
CR 16
Blood Lion, Exploding Column Trap, Rhydusan, Seglar Qlippoth, Saber-Toothed Moose, Skeletal Storm
CR 17
Breana Starfall (High Inquisitor of Pazuzu), Doombat, Double Fireball Trap, Giant Swinging Axe Trap, Godling, Jack-In-Irons, Mazon Libetus
CR 18
Fire Lever, Lava Worm, Millennial Tigermoth, Skarn Delven
CR 19
Collapsing Wall of Skulls, Dhvaen Orddras, Fallen Angel, Guardian of the Mountains, Memory of Rage, Starak, Water Serpent
CR 20
Bladecypher Protean, Cat Sidhe, Demammoth, Granite Worm, Jaliktaj, Master White Scale, Razor Pit Trap, Wind Sentinel
CR 21
Deific Guard, Frozen Reaper, Overloaded Fireball Trap
CR 22
Arrow Storm Trap, Ooze Dragon, Serrataur Qlippoth, Sether’ishik, Walleye
CR 23
Acid Spray Trap, Darkblood Titan, Tza’dorn, Will-O’-Wisp Swarm
CR 24
Crushing Wall Trap, Shadow of the Void, Vemiurge, Voidstone
CR 25
Bloody Bonnie, Eldikar, Gibbering Blob, Saber-Toothed Gerbilsaurus
CR 28
Green Knight, Libet (Deity of the Inner Self)
CR 29
Pazuzu (Demon Lord)

Fate: Don’t Let Zombies Gnaw Your Face Off

Powered by Fate Final Light BG The few games of Fate Core I have played, I really enjoyed it. It was a quick and simple system that made a fun evening. Now I want to help you to have your own fun games of Fate. So for a fun Friday, we are posting a zombies for you to use in your own zombie survival game. And if you are a player in a Fate Core game may your character lives longer than my own did. I hope these enhance your world and your game.

Zombie (Average)
Aspects: Eat! Flesh!
Skills: Average (+1) Fight and Stealth

Tough Zombie (Fair)
Apsects: Grab and gnaw.
Skills: Fair (+2) Fight, Average (+1) Notice and Physique
Stress: One Stress Box

Zombie Mob (Good)
Aspects: Grab, attack, and eat!
Skills: Good (+3) Fight, Fair (+2) Physique, Average (+1) Notice
Stress: Two Stress Boxes

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Pathfinder: The Worm that Rises Once Per Millennium Awakes

One of the inspirations for monsters from the Book of Beasts: Legendary Foes is the idea of the ancient monster that sleeps and awakes once every [insert any large unit of time here] to devour the entire countryside. The millennial worm is one such monster. Once it eats its fill, it goes into a cocoon and transforms into a millennial tigermoth. This even deadlier monster also appears in the Book of Beasts: Legendary Foes, just in case the players fail to destroy the worm or locate its hidden lair before the monster reawakens.

Millennial Worm
With a white body larger than a house, this worm devours anything in its path.
Millennial Worm CR 15
XP 51,200
N Gargantuan vermin
Init -1; Senses low-light vision, tremorsense 120 ft.; Perception +7

Defense

AC 30, touch 5, flat-footed 30 (-1 Dex, +25 natural, –4 size)
hp 231 (22d8+132)
Fort +19, Ref +6, Will +14
Defensive Abilities pliable body; DR 20/piercing; Immune mind-affecting effects

Offense

Speed 40 ft., burrow 40 ft.
Melee bite +28 (4d6+24 plus 4d6 acid plus grab)
Ranged acid spit +11 touch (10d6 acid)
Space 20 ft.; Reach 15 ft.
Special Attacks swallow whole (10d6 acid damage, AC 22, 29 hp)

Statistics

Str 43, Dex 8, Con 22, Int —, Wis 25, Cha 2
Base Atk +16; CMB +36 (+40 grapple); CMD 45 (cannot be tripped)

Ecology

Environment any forest, mountains, or underground
Organization solitary, pair, groveling (3-8)
Treasure none

Special Abilities

Acid Spit (Ex) As a ranged touch attack with a range of 60 feet, a millennial worm can shoot its stomach acid at a target, priming it for digestion. Upon a successful ranged touch attack, the acid spit deals 10d6 points of acid damage.
Grab (Ex) A millennial worm can grab a creature of Medium size or smaller without gaining the grappled condition itself.
Pliable Body (Ex) A millennial worm’s body is soft and takes half damage from bludgeoning weapons after accounting for its damage reduction.
The deadly millennial tigermoth and worm were last seen a thousand years ago. Scholars recorded the widespread devastation these creatures brought upon the land with unmistakable fear in their words. Mere months after death came from below as the millennial worms sprang up and devoured everything they could find, terror came from the skies as eclipses of the millennial tigermoths blotted out the sun and decimated cities. The bravest warriors of the land hunted them down in their caves, killing these creatures and destroying their eggs. While most scholars believe their kind are long since eradicated, a few believe that these creatures still exist—and that their eggs should be hatching soon.

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Pathfinder: Riyal’s Counterspelling Spells

Counterspelling has never been any d20-based game’s strong suit. So when I played an elven abjurer named Riyal, I decided I would come up with a few ways of my own to knock my fellow spellcasters down to size. These spells were an obvious choice to be added in when I was writing up Book of Magic: Signature Spells 2. I hope you enjoy them in your game.

RIYAL’S COUNTERSPELLING PREPAREDNESS
School abjuration; Level magus 4, sorcerer/wizard 4
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, F (lace glove costing 10 gp)
Range personal
Target you
Duration 1 round/level or until discharged (D)
Emerald green runes glow along the length of your arms. While this spell is in effect you may counterspell as an immediate action. You do not need to ready an action nor does this alter your position in the initiative order. You may take your next action normally. Once you successfully counter a spell (whether as an immediate action or as your normal action) this effect is discharged and the spell ends.

RIYAL’S SPELL DISRUPTING LIGHT BEAM
School abjuration [light]; Level magus 5, sorcerer/wizard 5
Casting Time 1 immediate action
Components V
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target one spellcasting creature
Effect one green ray
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance yes
A bright green ray flies toward the intended target. Upon a successful ranged touch attack, the target must succeed on a concentration check or lose the spell he is casting. The DC of the concentration check is equal to 10 + 1d8 per caster level (to a maximum 15d8) + the level of the spell being cast by the target.

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Traveller: Mass Combat Units

I really enjoy a good mass combat encounter from time to time. In my opinion, it helps to give the game a note of the epic. So when books and movies like Starship Troopers large scale combats, I eat them up. My first work in Traveller was to develop some monsters to use in your game. Today, however, I am going to you something a little different. We, at Jon Brazer Enterprises, have some mass combat stats for monsters for your game. Now you can have your the standing army go up against a horde of monsters. So when the players are done fighting their own battle, they can look around and see the desolation of the landscape or the triumph of their side. None of these have a tech level since they are unintelligent but still dangerous creatures. We hope that this enhances your world and your game.

Battle Bugs
Unit Type: Close Quarters
Unit Strength: 2
Unit Rating: 5
Morale: 9

Battle Bug Horde
Unit Type: Close Quarters
Unit Strength: 4
Unit Rating: 5
Morale: 12

Zombie Cluster
Unit Type: Close Quarters
Unit Strength: 1
Unit Rating: 1
Morale: 2

Large Group of Zombies
Unit Type: Close Quarters
Unit Strength: 3
Unit Rating: 1
Morale: 4

Horde of Zombies
Unit Type: Close Quarters
Unit Strength: 6
Unit Rating: 1
Morale: 7

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Pathfinder: A Monster That Just Wanderered In

One thing I dislike about dragons is how rare they are. I mean, in all my years of gaming, the only monster I have seen less than a dragon is a beholder (and we didn’t fight the beholder). So I wanted to make dragons more accessable. This dragon was suppose to be the first in a series of really low level dragons that can make dragons far more accessible to game masters.

Rock Ophidian

This medium sized, grey-colored dragon looks like a large salamander that drools acid.
Rock Ophidian CR 3
XP 800
LG Medium dragon (earth)
Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, tremorsense 60 ft.; Perception +9

Defense

AC 15, touch 12, flat-footed 13 (+2 Dex, +3 natural)
hp 30 (4d12+4)a
Fort +5, Ref +6, Will +6
Defensive Abilities dragon scales; Immune acid, paralysis, sleep

Offense

Speed 40 ft., burrow 20 ft., climb 40 ft.
Melee bite +7 (1d8+3 plus 1d6 acid)
Special Attacks acidic spit (60 ft., 3d6 acid, Reflex DC 13 for half damage)

Statistics

Str 14, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 10, Wis 15, Cha 16
Base Atk +4; CMB +6; CMD 18
Feats Improved Initiative, Weapon Focus (bite)
Skills Appraise +7, Climb +9, Intimidate +10, Perception +9, Stealth +9, Survival +9
Languages Draconic

Ecology

Environment temperate mountains
Organization solitary, pair or rampage (3-12)
Treasure double

Special Abilities

Acidic Spit (Su) A rock ophidian can lob an acidic ball of spit at a single target as a standard action. The target must be within 60 ft. The target takes 3d6 points of acid damage unless it succeeds a DC 13 Reflex save. The target sustains half damage if it makes the save. Once a rock ophidian uses this ability, it cannot do so again for 1d4 rounds. The DC for this ability is Constitution-based.
Dragon Scales (Su) For a short amount of time every day, the scales of the rock ophidian are as protective as their more powerful brethren. It can gain a damage reduction equal to its hit dice for a number of rounds a day equal to its Cha bonus. For a typical ophidian that means DR 4/magic for 3 rounds.

Living in the mountains, a rock ophidian spends must of its day crawling the rocky pathways of the mountains it inhabits looking for its next meal and building its horde. Like all dragons, the rock ophidian enjoys the luster of golden and silver coins as well as any gem it can find. It keeps its treasure in a mountain crevice it calls home. The rock ophidian prefers caves far to small for true dragons and much to treacherous to be accessed by mountain lions and other predators of the terrain.
The acidic spit attack is possibly the rock ophidian’s most distinctive feature. When it takes aim at its prey, it pulls its head in towards it body in much the same way a turtle pulls its head into it shell. Then it projects its head forward with great speed launching a ball of acid and other digestive juices towards its target. This deadly attack is the rock ophidian’s preferred method of beginning a fight.
The rock ophidian only attacks smaller creatures on its own. Whenever outnumbered or facing a creature its size or larger it will retreat as quickly as possible, seeking out reinforcements.
A 9th level lawful-good spellcaster can gain a rock ophidian as a familiar if she has the Improved Familiar feat.

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Pathfinder: Clarissa’s Hard Headed Spells

A friend my girlfriend use to game with loved to play a hard-headed cleric named Clarissa. My GF told me plenty of stories about how you could say things to the character and she just would never understand exactly what you meant. The player did naturally, but the character was as few arrows short of a quiver. So when we were coming up with spells for Book of Magic: Signature Spells 2, one of my GF’s first suggestions was Clarissa. These two spells were written for her.

CLARISSA’S CONFUSING SPEECH
School enchantment; Level bard 1, cleric/oracle 1, sorcerer/wizard 1, witch 1
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target one living creature
Duration 1 round/level (D)
Saving Throw Will negates; Spell Resistance yes
The creature targeted by this spell has trouble understanding others and being understood. All spells and spell-like abilities with the language-dependent descriptor cast by the target of this spell suffer a -2 penalty to the spell’s saving throw DC. The target of this spell also receives a +2 circumstance bonus on saving throws against spells and spell-like abilities with the language-dependent descriptor. Creatures affected by this spell must also make a DC 15 Sense Motive check to properly understand normal speech from others and a DC 15 Linguistics check when attempting to normally communicate with others.

CLARISSA’S HOLY DEFENSE
School abjuration [good]; Level cleric/oracle 4, inquisitor 4, paladin 4
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, DF
Range 30 ft.-radius burst
Area all allies within a 30 ft.-radius burst centered on you
Duration 1 round/level (D)
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance yes
Your deity shows you favor and protects you in your struggle. You and each of your affected allies gain a +2 sacred bonus to your armor class and saving throws. This bonus increases to +4 when being attacked by undead and evil outsiders.

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Pathfinder: Unleash the Energy Spell Words

Shape your fire words any way you desire. Keep the cold damage coming round after round. Blast your enemies with sound waves. Book of Magic: Energy Words Revisited lets you attack your enemies with acid, cold, electricity, fire, or sonic damage—whether for an instant, or over a series of rounds. Show those Vancian casters the true mastery of elemental forces!

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