Arcane Anthology
Arcane Anthology, a Pathfinder Player Companion sourcebook by Alexander Augunas, Steven T. Helt, and David N. Ross, was released on January 27, 2016.
“Throw the Book at Them!If knowledge is power, then the eldritch secrets presented in Pathfinder Player Companion: Arcane Anthology represent significant sources of potential might! From magus and wizard spellbooks to alchemist formula books to mystical options for bards, bloodragers, sorcerers, and witches, this volume presents tomes of spells and uncanny knowledge written and recorded by Golarion's mightiest arcane casters. In addition to new spells and secrets of spell preparation found in spellbooks such as the collected Analects of Aroden, the Wisdom of Jatembe, and the Runes of Wealth, this Player Companion also includes archetypes, feats, and character options for PCs of nearly every character class. Inside this book, you'll find:
- Rules for copying preparation rituals into new spellbooks, and ways for every spellcaster to use such rituals through prayer books and meditation books.
- Archetypes for spellcasting traditions inspired by the fallen god Aroden, the legendary Old-Mage Jatembe, and a nearly forgotten runelord of greed.
- Dozens of spells, ranging from handy low-level options such as expeditious construction and heckle to the powerful 9th-level mass Last Azlanti's defending sword.
- New traits and character options, including alchemist discoveries known as anointings that transmute the inherent properties of any weapon or suit of armor.
- New feats, including some inspired by the Ten Magic Warriors of Mwangi legend that allow characters to bond with ritual masks to hide their names and identities and enhance their spells' power.
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Contents
How to create and apply preparation rituals (from Ultimate Magic) to arcane spellbooks, prayer books, and meditation books. Also: new spellbook feats and specific tomes of the Inner Sea region.
Describes a series of universalist spellbooks containing spells believed to have been created by Aroden.
Also, Arodenite spells:
- Aroden's magic army
- Aroden's spellsword
- banishing blade
- create armaments
- expeditious construction
- force sword
- grand destiny
- guardian monument, lesser
- guardian monument, greater
- human potential
- human potential, mass
- Last Azlanti's defending sword
- Last Azlanti's defending sword, mass
- linked legacy
- splinter spell resistance
- winged sword
As well as Arodenite traits and archetypes, including the children of Acavna and Amaznen and sword binders.
Describes three editions of Old-Mage Jatembe's collected works, as distilled from the Magaambya's archives of his research and spellbooks. Also, several of Jatembe's spells:
- celestial healing
- celestial healing, greater
- cyclic reincarnation
- Jatembe's ire
- mask from divination
- planar inquiry
And feats, archetypes, and arcanist exploits related to or inspired by Jatembe and his Ten Magic Warriors, including access to primal magic.
Describes works purportedly derived from a legendary Thassilonian spellbook of Haphrama, an ancient runelord of greed:
Also, several of Haphrama's spells:
- artificer's curse
- deft digits
- dissolution
- emblem of greed
- fool's gold
- full pouch
- legendary proportions
- liquefy
- open arms
- rags to riches
- rune of ruin
- tears to wine
- transmute golem
As well as alchemical anointings from Haphrama's research, and an archetype for those who raid lost empires.
Describes a spellbook of numerology and spycraft by the Nexian bard Merivesta Olinchi, who was purportedly the first victim of the Red Mantis. Spells include:
And two archetypes, including Olinchi-inspired augurs common among the Bekyar.
Describes Sarini's Workbook, a spellbook owned by the famed Chelaxian entertainer. Spells include:
And an archetype of sensory-controlling illusionist magi.
Describes a dwarven spellbook of a legendary abjurist known as the Stone Warden, from the early Quest for Sky, and two archetypes designed for spellcasting dwarves and underground dwellers.