Pathfinder roleplaying game : monster codex

Menagerie of Mayhem! The fiercest surprises often come from the most familiar foes! Just as no single class description can define every fighter, rogue, or wizard, no single creature entry can truly cover every vicious champion, unholy priest, or savage sorcerer in a band of organized and intelligent monsters. With Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Monster Codex , fleshed-out hordes are at your fingertips! This volume presents a trove of entries for 20 classic monster races, giving you new ways to use your favorite monsters in a variety of encounters and challenge levels. Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Monster Codex is an indispensable companion to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook and Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary . This imaginative tabletop game builds upon more than 15 years of system development and an Open Playtest featuring more than 50,000 gamers to create a cutting-edge RPG experience that brings the all-time best-selling set of fantasy rules into a new era. Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Monster Codex includes: - Pages upon pages of specialized entries for 20 classic monstrous races, from goblins and drow to kobolds and trolls. Face off against such formidable foes as gnoll packlords, ratfolk sages, and dinosaur-riding lizardfolk champions! - Detailed information on the ecologies and societies of these formidable creatures. - New feats, equipment, spells, and archetypes to help you customize all 20 monstrous racesand the adventurers who fight or trade with them. - A horrific new monster associated with each raceallies, thralls, and variants. - Sample encounters ready to challenge raw recruits and experienced adventurers alike. ... and much, much more! Cover art by Wayne Reynolds Backward-compatible with 3.5 fantasy rules that offers new solutions and options that place it firmly on the cutting edge, the Pathfinder RPG is the culmination of the largest open public playtest in RPG history. This title includes: revised rules for the classic seven fantasy RPG races; updated options for the 11 core classes. Takes 20 iconic monsters and gives you a mountain of new rules and pre-made stat blocks to challenge your heroes. Suitable for busy Game Masters, this book gives a range of challenges for a variety of foes, from the nefarious drow to ruthless orcs.