Its very interesting that this school of magic is bared from enchantment. Not only can they not trick others into thinking their goods are better than they are the person also cannot magically trick someone into being a willing target for transmutation magic. I cant wait to learn what the others cant do and how it fits thematically like this does
The info on spells crafted by haphrama was great. my players in rise right now use several spells he made and thy just got to end of book 4 so perfect time to lore dump them!!! Thanks!!!!
There are so many neat little lore treasures about Thassilon that can really add depth to a campaign. It's been a blast to put them all in one place. Glad it worked out so well!
So out of curiosity since I've tinkered with thassilonian characters some, I was wandering if you noticed any particular kinds names that thassilonian names pull from. I see some greek and roman names, but others i haven't placed, like names (mainly from the Runelords themselves since i don't have a nice list of all named thassilonian characters.) Does seem like its divided by region. Haven't managed to figure out shalast or haruka yet. Kaer Maga was a place named by a greed runelord, and Kaer is a welsh word, but names of people in shalast don't seem to be welsh inspired. Maybe I'm overthinking things and paizo just went with names they thought sounded neat, but it feels like theres at least some consistency in name in each region that it make me very curious, and wondered if you had spotted or noticed where they seem to be drawing names from that I am missing.
I think there's a little of column A and a little of column B. It's important to remember that the Thassilonian lore was established over a 20-year period, not all at once. Names chosen early on for Rise of the Runelords (Karzoug, Xin, Kaer Maga, Shalast) likely would have been made up following a more "whatever sounds cool" philosophy. Later on, when Pathfinder was a more established setting, the writers were more experienced, and more thought could be put into fleshing things out, a more logical approach which intentionally drew from real-world places and cultures likely took over. This could lead to greater trends in names.
I like that the rune looks like a hand holding a gem.
It's one of those nice little touches, isn't it?
Its very interesting that this school of magic is bared from enchantment. Not only can they not trick others into thinking their goods are better than they are the person also cannot magically trick someone into being a willing target for transmutation magic. I cant wait to learn what the others cant do and how it fits thematically like this does
I know its an aside but poor Mhar, literally just wants to sleep and go somewhere it won't feel constant pain
My friends and I are obsessed Kaer Maga, gotta be one of the most fascinating places on all of Golarion
It really is so cool. I'm glad it has gotten so much attention (relative to other cities in the setting) over the years.
The info on spells crafted by haphrama was great. my players in rise right now use several spells he made and thy just got to end of book 4 so perfect time to lore dump them!!!
Thanks!!!!
There are so many neat little lore treasures about Thassilon that can really add depth to a campaign. It's been a blast to put them all in one place. Glad it worked out so well!
So out of curiosity since I've tinkered with thassilonian characters some, I was wandering if you noticed any particular kinds names that thassilonian names pull from. I see some greek and roman names, but others i haven't placed, like names (mainly from the Runelords themselves since i don't have a nice list of all named thassilonian characters.) Does seem like its divided by region. Haven't managed to figure out shalast or haruka yet.
Kaer Maga was a place named by a greed runelord, and Kaer is a welsh word, but names of people in shalast don't seem to be welsh inspired.
Maybe I'm overthinking things and paizo just went with names they thought sounded neat, but it feels like theres at least some consistency in name in each region that it make me very curious, and wondered if you had spotted or noticed where they seem to be drawing names from that I am missing.
I think there's a little of column A and a little of column B. It's important to remember that the Thassilonian lore was established over a 20-year period, not all at once. Names chosen early on for Rise of the Runelords (Karzoug, Xin, Kaer Maga, Shalast) likely would have been made up following a more "whatever sounds cool" philosophy. Later on, when Pathfinder was a more established setting, the writers were more experienced, and more thought could be put into fleshing things out, a more logical approach which intentionally drew from real-world places and cultures likely took over. This could lead to greater trends in names.
Blood money my beloved
I'm excited for Karzoug, although I'm a little biased because of the Karzoug: A Fluke of Fate Pathfinder Infinites novel
I haven't read that. Is it any good?
@Podfinder It's a fantastic read, and fun characterization of Karzoug!