Pathfinder’s New Magic School Adventure
Pathfinder’s new adventure path is bound for the Mwangi Expanse’s finest magic school, and perhaps the best one in all Golarion.
Get ready to set out for the Mwangi Expanse, Pathfinder’s African-inspired fantasy region. Next year, not long after the Mwangi expanse book comes out, an Adventure Path is poised to take us deep inside the Expanse., The Strength of Thousands, promises to be a unique take on the traditional “magic school” story, with its emphasis on magic inspired by African culture. Take a look.
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The Strength of Thousands Adventure Path is coming in July 2021! This six-part, monthly Adventure Path takes characters from 1st to 20th level. It’s set in the Magaambya magic academy in the Mwangi Expanse, the oldest and most prestigious magic school in our world. We’ve been looking to tell a “magic school” story for a long time, and we’re thrilled to tell a non-Western magic school story set in the Magaambya. In Strength of Thousands, the characters start as students, become teachers, and ultimately hold the fate of the school in their hands.
The name of this Adventure Path comes from a school motto; each teacher and student stands on the shoulders of thousands who have come before, so the weight of reputation and responsibility rests squarely on the heroes’ shoulders.
Strength of Thousands is open to characters of all kinds, but it’s a magic school, so some spellcasting ability is necessary. If you like playing fighters or monks or other non-spellcasting classes, don’t worry! We’re layering on additional spellcasting ability to all characters in this Adventure Path, so if you can’t normally cast spells, you get a little bit of spellcasting. If you are a spellcaster already, you get a little more. This makes the characters slightly more powerful than normal, but lets them feel like students in the world’s premiere magic school.
The name of this Adventure Path comes from a school motto; each teacher and student stands on the shoulders of thousands who have come before, so the weight of reputation and responsibility rests squarely on the heroes’ shoulders.
Strength of Thousands is open to characters of all kinds, but it’s a magic school, so some spellcasting ability is necessary. If you like playing fighters or monks or other non-spellcasting classes, don’t worry! We’re layering on additional spellcasting ability to all characters in this Adventure Path, so if you can’t normally cast spells, you get a little bit of spellcasting. If you are a spellcaster already, you get a little more. This makes the characters slightly more powerful than normal, but lets them feel like students in the world’s premiere magic school.
With its promises of an adventure that spans in-game years, they’re definitely swinging for the fences with the scope of it. It’ll be interesting to see how they handle things like classroom scenes and exams, but there’s no doubt these are popular storylines. We’ll be keeping an eye out on this one, so check back for more later.
Happy Adventuring!
