Pathfinder: ‘Lost Omens – Rival Academies’ Out For Wide Release
It might be spring break where you are, but for Pathfinder Lost Omens: Rival Academies, school is now in session.
Pathfinder’s newest setting book, Lost Omens: Rival Academies, is out in the wild now. This means if you want a hardcover copy of a book detailing the six greatest magical schools in all of Golarion, now’s your chance to pick one up. Because Rival Academies sets out to redefine “schools of magic.”
Specifically by making them actual schools that teach different kinds of magic and different ways of practicing magic. It’s not just Conjuration, Divination, etc. as it was in the days when Pathfinder was a branch off the D&D tree. Now, with Pathfinder shedding the last vestiges of OGL content, there’s room for more expansive ideas.
So now, instead of just different ways of classifying spells, you can decide which magical school your character attends. You can pick up new power from there. And, if your heart is in the right (or wrong) place, you can also follow in the footsteps of the greatest magical calamity to ever befall Golarion and become a Runelord.
Pathfinder’s Rival Academies Wants You to Stay in School
The new book focuses on the grand Convocation of Golarion’s magical academies. You’ll learn the secrets of Sarkoris through the Academy of the Reclamation.
From Cobyslarni, the fey academy, you’ll learn the power of oaths and agreements. The Kitharodian Academy is Taldor’s school for Bards and Spies, while the Magaambya is one of the oldest magical academies in Golarion, extending its influence beyond the Mwangi Expanse.
The Monastery of Unbreaking Waves has recently come back from being utterly destroyed. Meanwhile, the University of Lepidstadt straddles the line between science and heresy with its experiments on lightning coils and the reanimation of the flesh.
Paizo describes the new setting…
Journey to a fortress-city in demon-ravaged Sarkoris to learn the ancient magical secrets of the Magaambya’s wizards, Lepidstadt’s bleeding-edge theories on reanimating flesh with electricity, the extraplanar fey philosophies of the Cobyslarni, and the lore of more than a dozen other academies! With so many prominent scholars in one place, rivalries are sure to abound—whether in the classroom, on the sports fields, or during field trips to dangerous lands.
This 128-page book gives GMs and players a vibrant roster of luminaries, students, athletes, and wizards to build their very own magical academies. Whether players build bonds with classmates or clash with rivals, they’ll gain diverse options like advanced spymaster gear, dazzling new martial arts techniques, or new wizard spells and schools, including the remastered Runelord!
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But more exciting than any of that, the destructive power of Rune Magic may be unleashed in a bold new archetype that will surely not threaten the foundations of Golarion unless those Runelords rise again. But surely, nothing like that could ever happen. So probably nothing to worry about. Anyway, check out the book below!
