Meta:Kostchtchie

Canon changes

Kostchtchie as described in the Pathfinder campaign setting relies on details derived from another game and on rules licensed via the Open Game License. The Pathfinder Second Edition Remaster Project changes the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game's license to the Open RPG Creative license, which prevents further use of Kostchtchie in the campaign setting.¹²

Sithhud is expected to fill the setting's role as a demon of cold but is not a retroactive replacement for Kostchtchie.³ -Oznogon (talk) 23:13, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Divine Mysteries 186 progresses the Pathfinder campaign setting canon to have Sithhud kill Kostchtchie, reclaim Jhuvumirak, and erase Kostchtchie's name from the in-universe reality. This is effectively an in-universe canon change rather than a retroactive editorial change/retcon. For the version of this article prior to this major canon change, see revision 535051. -Oznogon (talk) 05:03, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

References

↑ "I THINK that the only gods we have to leave behind fully for OGL reasons are Kostchtchie (who does have soem real-world lore, but not enough in this case), Jubilex, and Orcus (sorta the same thing as Kostchtchie)." James Jacobs. (May 24, 2024). Message in #godsrain-death-and-renewal, Paizo Events Discord.
↑ "Kostchtchie was removed for the same reason Orcus was. Unlike Pazuzu or Baphomet (deities that also have a D&D legacy), Kostchtchie and Orcus's recognizable elements were too OGL mired to make it into the remastered non-OGL game. Jubilex too, but even more so, since he's 100% D&D." James Jacobs. (October 22, 2024). Comment on War of Immortals: Battle between Thoth and Nethys, and later between Osirion Pantheon and Hag Pantheon, and more, Paizo Messageboards.
↑ "In cases like these, where we have established story lore about how OGL-enabled creatures are part of the world, they're technically still there in an historical context. We aren't removing them from ever having appeared in our work... we're just not telling more stories about them." James Jacobs. (October 25, 2023). Comment on "I didn't know there are so many elements from the real world mythology in Lost Omens!, Paizo Messageboards.

Unincorporated sources

Faiths of Corruption 18 --Fleanetha (talk) 14:27, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Major article re Kostchtchie, plus many other mentions, in Maiden, Mother, Crone --Fleanetha (talk) 11:34, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Bestiary 4 48ff. --Fleanetha (talk) 18:10, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
Lost Kingdoms 46f. --Fleanetha (talk) 07:58, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

[1] "I THINK that the only gods we have to leave behind fully for OGL reasons are Kostchtchie (who does have soem real-world lore, but not enough in this case), Jubilex, and Orcus (sorta the same thing as Kostchtchie)." James Jacobs. (May 24, 2024). Message in #godsrain-death-and-renewal, Paizo Events Discord.

[2] "Kostchtchie was removed for the same reason Orcus was. Unlike Pazuzu or Baphomet (deities that also have a D&D legacy), Kostchtchie and Orcus's recognizable elements were too OGL mired to make it into the remastered non-OGL game. Jubilex too, but even more so, since he's 100% D&D." James Jacobs. (October 22, 2024). Comment on War of Immortals: Battle between Thoth and Nethys, and later between Osirion Pantheon and Hag Pantheon, and more, Paizo Messageboards.

[3] "In cases like these, where we have established story lore about how OGL-enabled creatures are part of the world, they're technically still there in an historical context. We aren't removing them from ever having appeared in our work... we're just not telling more stories about them." James Jacobs. (October 25, 2023). Comment on "I didn't know there are so many elements from the real world mythology in Lost Omens!, Paizo Messageboards.

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