Pathfinder: Burnt Offerings

There's a map of Sandpoint on the Paizo Blog that is both pretty and detailed; I recommend you give it a gander, when you've free time. You can find the map on the blog's entry dated 8 June 2007. I've also done another cut-and-paste from the blog containing the entry regarding humans within the setting of Varisia. As always, all credit for this entry goes to paizo and paizo.com. None of this is my work:

Humans of Varisia
Wednesday, June 6, 2007

As mentioned in previous blog posts, the Varisian region contains three prominent human ethnicities:

Chelaxian: Monument-haunted Magnimar and imperial-minded Korvosa vie for control of southern Varisia. In these cities and the numerous vassal settlements of each, the majority of the populace can trace their ancestry to the sharp-featured people of Cheliax. Those of Chelish descent possess dark hair and eyes contrasted by pale skin—along with a taste for artistic fineries and high art.

Shoanti: Across the northeastern reaches of Varisia, the seven ardent tribes of the Shoanti make their homes. A turbulent people adhering to traditions unchanged in hundreds of years, these natives live harsh lives, preying upon predators and eking what they can from an unforgiving land.

Varisian: Passionate and fiercely independent, Varisians (shown in the sketch presented here) lend their name to their homeland. While these clannish wanderers can be found in many lands, nowhere are larger populations found than in the land of their ancestors.

Insular and adhering to an ancient, nomadic way of life, extended families of Varisians form wandering communities, traveling wherever fate directs them. Varisians don't believe in claiming land and thus see no hardship in their nomadic lifestyle. While nature provides for most of their needs, these wanderers often visit the cities and towns of settled people to trade art and curios from their travels, earn coin by entertaining and performing small jobs, and sometimes to con and steal from the unwary—a practice indulged often enough to make Varisians widely distrusted and unwelcome by those not of their society.

The typical Varisian possesses deep olive skin and hair that ranges from black to auburn, often worn long by both men and women. Customary tattooing leads most to exhibit complex patterns and symbols significantly different from those worn by the Shoanti who share their homeland. As wanderers and often entertainers, Varisian dress tends toward extremes, from functional garb fit for traveling to wildly impractical dress meant to accentuate their dancing, exotic tattoos, and naturally fit forms.
 

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If you haven't already, I recommend you guys visit the blog and scope out the Rise of the Runelords Player's Guide 2-page sample that James Sutter posted as a free sample (dated 19 June 2007). The sample is titled "Adventurers of Varisia" and has information on barbarians, bards, clerics (with a stat block devoted to deities), druids, and fighters. Certainly, the information provided is enough to wet your whistle and left me, at least, wanting more. Exactly what a teaser promo should do! :p
 


If there is place i would like to play a fighter - novice favored soul(i tae a look at the variant clerics of the UA) from a cult or wing of the church or faith father of battle
 

Insight said:
I checked it out, and looks cool. I wish they'd shown the page for Rangers :(

Ditto that for Rogues. Only a month and a bit to go.

Hey CB, any thoughts to playing through the free Gamemastery adventure that Paizo put out for Free Game Day while we wait for Pathfinder to be released? I know that it's not directly related to the Rise of the Runelords AP. I was thinking that we could just give it a go with separate characters while we waited.

Olaf the Stout
 

sword-dancer, I have the players I need at the moment. If you would like to be on the alternates list, let me know.

Olaf, I'm actually looking to pare down the number of games I run so that when the time comes to pick up Burnt Offerings in August, I won't be as overwhelmed as I'm currently feeling. Right now, I'm running three and participating in one PbP. One of the three I'm running should wrap up sometime in the fall (I hope). The other two are long-term Rod of Seven Parts games that don't have much of an immediate end in sight, short me quitting or a TPK. :uhoh: I downloaded Hollow's Last Hope but haven't got time to run it, sorry. I'd like to but it would probably be the straw on the camel's back, so to speak.

Though if you guys want to start with Hollow's Last Hope ere we delve into Burnt Offerings AP and are willing to continue waiting until August, I could do that. It would give us something concrete to be working up to, vice the more exotic but at this point nebulous Burnt Offerings. :)
 



The issue with starting another module is that PBP games tend to run a LOT longer than face to face games. If we started a module right now, it probably wouldn't end until December!

So I guess this is another vote for waiting.

:lol: :lol: :lol:
 

CanadienneBacon said:
Olaf, I'm actually looking to pare down the number of games I run so that when the time comes to pick up Burnt Offerings in August, I won't be as overwhelmed as I'm currently feeling. Right now, I'm running three and participating in one PbP. One of the three I'm running should wrap up sometime in the fall (I hope). The other two are long-term Rod of Seven Parts games that don't have much of an immediate end in sight, short me quitting or a TPK.


How now, CB...remember that I keep an eye on this thread. No talk of TPKs and all that! :D
 

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