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And so we reach a major milestone on the blog, for this is the very last Pathfinder First Edition Archetype we’re going to cover on the blog. (Though not the end of 1E content of course, what with all the class feature stuff like bloodlines, as well as retrograde revisions and whatnot).

How appropriate then, that the final archetype of First Edition on the blog should be the elegist, a form of skald focused on the legendary stories where the hero meets their end and is mourned?

Nearly all skalds focus on the stories of heroes, powerful foes, and whatnot, but an elegist, like the name suggests, focuses on stories that end in tragedy. The mighty hero defeats a great foe only to succumb to their wounds, the protagonist goes on a downward spiral that ends tragically, the hero whose death was fortold in prophecy and finally it found them, whether they struggled against it or met it head-on… All these are the purview of the elegist.

Such tales of tragedy evoke profound emotion, but it’s not especially inspiring to others. However, they do resonate with the elegist themselves, and from them they seek to either avoid a similar fate, or to find the resolve to be ready to meet such an end themselves when the time comes.

The core signature ability of the elegist is that rather than a song that inspires battle fervor, they instead create a performance that brings forth a manifestation of the sorts of sad stories they tell into reality. This entity is essentially a spiritualist’s phantom of despair, but being composed of a raw idea rather than a person’s soul. It may take the form of a more traditional phantom, or it might reflect either the story they are recalling or their favorite such tale, perhaps appearing as the protagonist, complete with marks of their tragedy like phantom wounds and whatnot.

However, unlike a true phantom, this spirit only exists while the skald maintains their performance, though they maintain their vitality throughout the day, but are restored to full health during spell preparation as the elegist refreshes the memory of the tale in their mind. If the phantom is slain, the skald must expend more of their performance to bring them back.

Naturally, these storykeepers have learned to reign in their own emotions to maintain a steady performance, making them resistant to emotion-manipulating magic.

Additionally, their own toughness and durability carries over to the phantom when it manifests as well.

True masters of the elegy can manifest their phantom much faster and can re-manifest a destroyed one at no extra cost and at full vitality, making sure their story ends only on the terms of the elegist.

This is a fun archetype, able to temporarily manifest a whole phantom companion whenever you wish and let it vanish just as easily is quite good even if they risk running out of rounds. The fact you straight up don’t get any raging song performances at all does mean that you basically have to build these character entirely differently than you would other skalds, focused on spells that work well with having a flanking partner with the unique abilities of a despair phantom, buffing yourself and the spirit, debuffing foes, and so on.

You might have noticed that the elegist focuses on sad stories and summons a despair phantom with them. To me, that’s just begging for a homebrew of alternate versions of this archetype that summon forth phantoms with different emotional foci instead! Furious songs of righteous indignation for anger phantoms, Stories of true love invoking the power of dedication, and so on.

Krodvic Dirgecaller has been telling the final story of Bladan the Mighty for years after the heroes death, but a certain account from one of Bladan’s allies has unsettled him. According to the retainer, the linnorm that devoured Bladan whole was slain by a powerful necromantic spell from his wizard ally. Krodvic now worries that such dark energies might have bled over into the dragon’s stomach, and that there might, in the dark places of the world be a shadow of the might warrior that needs to be laid to rest, even something as small and pathetic as one of the undigested undead.

Once, the Tombwatcher clan of gargoyles was like any other: stealthy predators taking advantage of their stony camouflage to strike down the unsuspecting. But when an elegist met with them while they had settled in near a graveyard, the skald’s tales of heroism and honor sparked a reverence in them they had not known before, and now several members of the clan can call upon the memories of the dead to aid in righteous defense.

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In the city of Daggermark, the criminal underworld has cornered the local market on poisons, with the Poisoner’s Guild working to perfect new and greater toxins to weaken and make suffer.

Some join in hopes of making use of the guild’s resources for their own goals, while others may view it as a way to gain fame or infamy for their alchemical skill or skill as an assassin.

No matter what the reason is, however, those who prove their prowess may indeed gain the attention of the guild, and access to their secrets.

Naturally, such a skill is not exactly smiled upon in polite society, but those who have need of their skills know that they are among the best due to their association with the guild.

If you’re interested in a poison-based character, this may certainly be for you, so let’s take a look at what’s inside!

This prestige class requires mastery of alchemy, medicine, and deft hands. In addition, it requires training in how to use poisons carefully without poisoning oneself, meaning this prestige class is available to alchemists and ninjas, as well as rogues and vigilantes via talents they can take, and possibly the investigator if you decide to count poison lore as poison use. Additionally, certain archetypes may get the poison use ability and therefore be viable options.

These apothecaries are especially skilled at brewing potions, and can even treat a poison to change it’s nature so that it can be applied in different ways, such as turning one normally applied to a weapon into an inhalable gas, for example.

Additionally, their constant exposure to poisons gives them a measure of resistance until they become totally immune.

They are also very efficient, crafting poisons and applying them with grace and speed.

Despite their profession being the creation of poisons, they are also able to apply their skills at fighting back against them, giving them basic magic for sensing poison and improving their ability to treat patients afflicted by such toxins.

These poisoners also get their own array of tricks and talents to choose from, ranging from smoke bombs that can be further altered with poisons, combining and altering poisons, creating and launching poisoned traps, brewing poisoned tailored to be especially virulent to certain species, and even learning various minor poison magics for altering, enhancing, or generating poison.

Given how they work for a guild that brews poisons to sale, they learn several efficiency techniques to increase the yield and speed at which they can brew.

They also are very familiar with the mechanisms of traps, especially those that use poison, allowing them to disable or even craft them with great skill.

They also learn the basics of attacking a foe’s weak points, ensuring that foes are heavily injured in addition to poisoned.

However, they can also choose to instead target key blood vessels, reducing the initial damage to instead better accelerate the rate at which their poison affects vital organs.

Near their zenith they are especially swift at applying poison.

Furthermore, they can quickly brew the right poison for the job within minutes or even seconds in an emergency, though such hastily made toxins are chemically unstable and break down quickly as a result.

If you’re interested in specializing in poisons and traps, as well as even making a living selling poisons, this prestige class could certainly be for you. Your exact build will vary based on what class you use for the base, but generally you’ll want to be able to strike from the shadows with your poisoned weapons so you can forgo sneak attack to boost the DC. After all, poison DCs do tend to fall off at later levels.

With their focus on substances that weaken and kill, it’s safe to say that there is a certain level of moral ambiguity or outright evil. One has to wonder how this came about. Were they once doctors of medicine, turning their understanding of toxins to darker works? Or maybe they were simply talented with an alchemy lab and carved out a niche for themselves in an amoral place.

Tarn linnorm venom is one part poison, one part potent acid, so poison brewers will pay out the nose to get ahold of fresh venom glands from one. Apparently, this is exactly what has happened, as a recent string of killings revolve around victims rapidly dissolving from the inside out from minor cuts. However, when the remains begin reanimated as undigested undead, it’s clear that the provider has been doing some experimentation as well.

Having come to utterly despise the primitive organics they find themselves thrust among, Elegy-19 has put their medical skills to work in devising increasingly lethal and painful poisons, the android hoping to one day poison entire cities.

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And we follow up yesterday’s late entry about a Magaambyan archetype with another one, this time for first edition!

Like I mentioned yesterday and in the past, the Magaambya focuses primarily on the blending of both arcane and primal magics, but they wouldn’t truly be a school of magic if they only truly catered those two philosophies. Indeed, there is a place for the occult magics in that esteemed university as well.

Enter the Magaambyan Telepath, an archetype for psychics that illustrates how the academy’s teachings are applied to psychic spellcasting!

Drawn from Oldmage Jatembe’s more esoteric teachings, these psychics demonstrate a deeper connection to more primal minds such as those of animals and plants, making them keenly in tune with the natural world around them in a way that few can understand. Some may use this power to learn from the natural world, or to use it to their direct advantage.

Either way, this archetype could also be used to represent characters  who are self-taught as well, having a greater need or proclivity to understand the natural world.

No matter their origins, these psychics combine a little bit of druid-ness in with their psychic magic, and we’ll see how momentarily!

These psychics learn how to cast various spells drawn from druidic traditions, adding this small selection to their arsenal alongside their other psychic spells.

With their connection to the natural world, these mystics know how to bridge the gap between them and both animals and plants, able to expend some phrenic power to allow them to affect plant creatures with mental spells and later both animals and plants as if they were humanoids with their magic.

They can also commune with the natural world using either a daily reserve or by expending spell energy, allowing them to attune themselves with any region they find themselves in.

Their telepathy also extends to animals and plants when they use it, improving their understanding of other creatures.

As you can see, this archetype has some fun options for adding a little druidic power to your psychic, creating a character that can do some of the  same jobs as a druid while still playing like a psychic. Being able to affect plants and animals with your mental spells is a big boon in some campaigns, making it possible to turn even the fiercest plant monsters and charging beasts into friends, or at least weakening them in ways they were not normally expected to defend against.

What with their connection to nature only partially altering the abilities they get from their discipline (only replacing the spells gained), it can be interesting to see how the combination affects their outlook. Pain psychics may embrace the harshness of nature, while the enlightened might seek harmony with it. Consider how these blend together when building your character.

A rot is seeping into Blackwood forest, something horrible that devours all and retches it back up constantly. Worse still, the half-digested remains have been reanimating as lesser undead horrors known as the undigested. Sickened by this and eager to preserve her home, the half-elven Mirjana seeks to find the monstrous culprit and put it to rest with her psychic magic.

Becoming a recluse after discovering she was a sorrow may changeling, a potential mute hag in the making, Berata has lived alone in the words for years, avoiding contact with others save for supply runs and communing with the plants and animals. But one day the party arrives on her doorstep, and for the first time she realizes how lonely she is, but also terrified of bitterness consuming her.

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When one shares territory with other beings, one must learn to coexist with them, or barring that, learn to fight them off when needed. Such is the case for today’s subject.

Originating from the Realm of the Mammoth Lords, these so-called “Giant Stalkers” are raised from birth to fight and outsmart giants, bringing low these mighty warriors that might either outcompete their people in resources or outright destroy them.

Not only do they train to fight such big foes, however, they also learn to understand giant culture so they might use that knowledge against them. Furthermore, they also work as scouts to plot courses for their nomadic tribes to travel through giant territory while minimizing conflicts with them.

Some are also involved in the practice of kidnapping giant children to be used as status symbol thralls of the tribe, though obviously this is a dubious act.

In any case, beyond that icy northern realm, I can also see this archetype cropping up anywhere where tribes of people come into conflict with giants or other massive foes.

While most of these warriors know the jotun tongue, the rest learn at least enough of it to sling insults and threats when in their battle fury state.

Meanwhile, they learn how to recognize the scent of various giants, letting them recognize their presence and track them.

Their talent for slinging insults in the giant tongue comes in handy when they attempt to draw the attention of such massive foes, baiting them into focusing all their attention on the warrior and not on their allies, while they work to dodge and turn aside the expressions of ire they have incurred. As they grow in power, they can draw in more foes at once and become more adept at resisting the resulting blows. This skill also works on other massive foes, though obviously it works best on giants.

There are also a handful of rage powers that are unique to this archetype, such as negating the gap in defense they would normally have when raging when facing giants, being especially adept at tripping giants, and also learning how to step underfoot and savage their foe from that awkwardly-defensible position.

It’s a fairly simple archetype, so it gives freedom to your build, but this archetype is a fun and flavorful one if your campaign has a lot of giants and you want a character that specializes in taking them down. That being said, if you’re less focused on giants and more on other massive foes, you might want to take titan mauler instead. Then again, the ability to draw in bigger foes is a useful skill for a tanking build.

The flavor of these barbarians is that they are trained from birth to fight giants because giants are dangerous to their tribe, However, not every giant species or individual is hostile to smaller folk. Encountiering giants that defy their expectations can lead to some interesting character moments as they might be forced to review their assumptions about their world and their place in it.

The most violent and vicious sun giants take their war against the darkness to new extremes, recruiting the smaller folk with cults to use as shock troops and assassins. Some are trained to become giant slayers with the intent of destroying shadow giants and to a lesser extent moon and eclipse giants as well. Particularly prized for this purpose are sunsoul ifrit, who carry a bit of solar light within them, which can be trained into a withering, oppressive heat and rage.

Wielding a black axe that he pulled from the ice, Manak slew a man-eating giant chieftain and dragged back the body as a trophy to show off to his people. However, the axe was buried in that icy prison for a reason, and soon his people will deal with the new terror of the risen chieftain and the stomach full of undigested undead.

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 The idea of there being a cosmology of planes, of spaces beyond space as we know it, where all sorts of wonders might be found is truly an exciting prospect, and I for one know many people who would be chomping at the bit for an opportunity to visit such places if they existed and such a thing were possible.

…but there’s such a thing as being too eager, isn’t there?

Knowledge is power, after all, and power corrupts those without the conviction to stay true to their principles. Thus can an erstwhile planar explorer go from being a wide-eyed scholar to being a servant of the end times.

Naming themselves after the black flame-like energy release that is sometimes seen when planar barriers are torn asunder without regard for stability, the Blackfire Adepts are a loose cabal of mages with an interest in conjuration. Certainly they wish to see and study other planes, but true to their name they are also very interested in the blackfire itself, a cosmic destructive force that eats away where the threads of reality have been severed, consuming matter on a molecular level when it gets in the way as well. To that end, they specialize in using conjuration in deliberately “wrong” ways to induce flareups of blackfire to observe the effects and turn against their foes.

It should be no surprise to you that they learned most of these secrets from fiends of all descriptions, nor should it shock you to know that blackfire burns away at the barriers towards the lower planes the fastest.

That the blackfire adepts, so obsessed with mastering the planes and studying the very fabric of reality by, of all things, destroying it, that they cannot or will not see they are being used to erode at reality to make it easier for fiends to enter and cause harm and destruction is the very picture of hubris. Even those that are in on it surely think that they will be spared, or that whatever knowledge and power they gain will be worth it.

Needless to say, this makes them the sworn enemies of the Riftwardens, who seek to protect the barriers between planes.

Whether they are unscrupulous scholars who don’t realize or care about the harm they cause, or full on villains, this is the very picture of a mage taking things to far, and they can start this path with knowledge of planar and magical lore, mastery of summoning spells, and knowledge of how to enhance said conjurations.

 As a spellcasting prestige class, they do continue their mastery of spells, though sometimes they are too busy mastery other aspects to master the traditional spellcasting aspects.

They do, however, learn to enhance their casting of summoned fiends, conjuring them faster than other summoned beings.

By channeling a few elusive flickers of blackfire between themselves and a foe, these mystics can enhance their attacks and spells against them for a brief while, but said foe must remain within a certain range.

As part of their pursuit of forbidden knowledge, these adepts make dark pacts with entire categories of fiends, choosing several throughout their careers. These pacts may not mean much more than a slight amount of mercy from fiends they encounter in the wild, but when they call a fiend to perform greater services, the pact enhances the outsider, making them that much more powerful.

By sacrificing a spell, these conjurers can harness the power of the blackfire, causing an eruption of the stuff. The greater the amount of magic expended, the greater the unholy destructive power they unleash.

Perhaps their most infamous ability, however, is their ability to use blackfire to breach boundaries, most notably by empowering their summoned allies to be conjured through dimensional locks, or pass through wards that would normally keep summoned creatures at bay. It does take energy to do so though. Later on, they can pierce through antimagic fields, the greatest abjurations, and even extradimensional havens that normally would not let invaders inside, though doing so is obviously difficult.

More dangerous is that these adepts can choose to empower (or perhaps unshackle) the summoning power many fiends have that they could not ordinarily use as summons. However, such extra summoned beings are not under their control, making it a gamble to use.

Later on, their ability to enhance their spells with traces of blackfire improves, causing destructive resonance when their enhanced attacks and spells strike true, dealing additional damage, and even granting a little vitality to the caster when they slay a foe.

Finally, their mastery becomes so great that they can turn their blackfire power against the conjuration effects of foes, causing those that are summoned, called, or teleported in to be seared by a flash of that blighted flame as they enter.

As you can see, this prestige class is all about bolstering your fiendish summoning and having an untyped damage blasting spell they can use pretty much whenever. This truly is a powerful, if morally bankrupt option for a neutral or evil summoner. Naturally, no matter what your base spellcasting class is, you’ll want to favor the whole summoning and calling suite, as well as a variety of other spells you can use or sacrifice for those unholy blight spells. Naturally, assume that you’ll be fighting from the back line most of the time, supported by your fiendish allies.

 At their worst, these mages are villains in the service of fiends, witting or unwitting. Some less villainous ones might channel their powers in moderation, but they are still playing a dangerous game. By default good blackfire adepts aren’t allowed, and honestly, I don’t think there’s any way to reflavor the class to be otherwise. Even the most chaotic good character appreciates at least enough stability that the multiverse isn’t collapsing. While you could go a neutral character that thinks they are using the power for good, blackfire is such an inherently destructive force that they’re just kidding themselves.

  Normally, the Flame of the Rifts leaves little to nothing behind, but not even the breakdown of reality can be perfectly thorough. Such remnants are usually left to rot, but sometimes the anguish of such utter destruction reanimates the pieces into a swarm of blighted bits similar to the undead horrors known as the undigested.

 Despair can rip apart the soul just as easily as blackfire consumes matter and reality. Such was the case with a young trox scion who lost the love of his life to an accident of fate, and has begun to heed the whispers of the shadows in the dark, who offer absolution from his pain if her brings reality crashing down on a cosmos that ripped his love from him.

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