Occult Adventures
Occult Adventures is a hardcover core Pathfinder RPG sourcebook by John Bennett, Logan Bonner, Robert Brookes, Jason Bulmahn, Ross Byers, Adam Daigle, John Compton, Jim Groves, Thurston Hillman, Eric Hindley, Brandon Hodge, Ben McFarland, Erik Mona, Jason Nelson, Tom Phillips, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Thomas M. Reid, Alex Riggs, F. Wesley Schneider, Robert Schwalb, Mark Seifter, Russ Taylor, and Steven Townshend. It was released in July 2015 at Gen Con 2015, and on July 29, 2015, at retail.
“Open Your Mind!There is an unseen world all around you. On the streets and in the halls of power, in your dreams and across the bizarre planes of the multiverse, there are those who walk among us like giants among ants, twisting reality to their wills in their search for ancient knowledge. Now pull back the curtain of the mundane world and learn the secrets of these occult masters—if you dare!
Pathfinder RPG Occult Adventures is an indispensable companion to the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook. This imaginative tabletop game builds upon over 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 RPG Occult Adventures includes:
- Six new occult base classes—the energy-shaping kineticist, the spirit-calling medium, the deceptive mesmerist, the mind-bending psychic, the uncanny occultist, and the phantom-binding spiritualist.
- Archetypes for all of the new classes, as well as a broad selection of strange and mysterious archetypes and class options for existing characters.
- New feats to flesh out your occult character, plus a whole new way to use existing skills to become a master of faith healing, hypnotism, psychometry, and more!
- More than 100 spells using the all-new psychic magic system, plus rituals that grant even non-spellcasting characters occult power! Explore worlds beyond imagining with dream voyage, or defend yourself from mental threats with tower of iron will!
- Rules and advice to help you steep your game in the occult, from chakras and deadly mindscapes to possession, psychic duels, and the Esoteric Planes.
- A wide variety of new magic items, such as the eerie spirit mirror and the peculiar tin cap, plus new cursed items and powerful artifacts.
- AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!
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Contents
- Kineticist
- Elements
- Wild Talents
- Medium
- Spirits
- Medium Spells
- Mesmerist
- Mesmerist Spells
- Occultist
- Implement Schools
- Occultist Spells
- Psychic
- Psychic Disciplines
- Psychic Spells
- Spiritualist
- Spiritualist Spells
- Phantoms
- Racial Favored Class Options
- Kineticist
- Medium
- Mesmerist
- Occultist
- Psychic
- Spiritualist
- Other Class Archetypes
- Types of Feats
- Feat Descriptions
- Feat Table
- Psychic Magic
- Spell Lists
- Spells
- Occult Skill Unlocks
- Auras
- Chakras
- Psychic Duels
- Possession
- Occult Rituals
- Sample Occult Rituals
- Creating Occult Rituals
- Running an Occult Game
- Occult Locations
- Loci Spirits
- New Haunt Rules
- New Haunts
- Ley Lines
- Mindscapes
- Esoteric Planes
- Adventuring Gear
- Alchemical Items
- Magic Items
- Cursed Items
- Artifacts
- Open Game License
Playtest
Occult Adventures included a public playtest of six new classes and rules for psychic magic. The Occult Adventures Playtest document was released as a free PDF on October 28, 2014, and the playtesting feedback forums were opened from release to November 25, 2014.
“Welcome to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Occult Adventures playtest! Due to release in July 2015, Occult Adventures will delve into the world of the occult (including psychic magic, mystic rituals, and esoteric sciences) with brand new materials available for players and GMs alike.
The Occult Adventures playtest document includes six new base classes for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: the kineticist, the medium, the mesmerist, the occultist, the psychic, and the spiritualist. Each one of these classes presents new options and features to incorporate elements of the occult into your campaign!
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- Real-world articles
- Works by Erik Mona
- Works by Jason Bulmahn
- Works by F. Wesley Schneider
- Works by Jason Nelson
- Works by Russ Taylor
- Works by Adam Daigle
- Works by Brandon Hodge
- Works by Thurston Hillman
- Works by Jim Groves
- Works by John Compton
- Works by Tom Phillips
- Works by Stephen Radney-MacFarland
- Works by Ross Byers
- Works by Mark Seifter
- Works by Eric Hindley
- Works by Robert Brookes
- Works by Ben McFarland
- Works by Alex Riggs
- Works by Thomas M. Reid
- Works by John Bennett
- Works by Robert Schwalb
- Works by Steven Townshend
- Works by Logan Bonner
- Artwork by Subroto Bhaumik
- Artwork by Rogier van de Beek
- Artwork by David Alvarez
- Artwork by Roberto Pitturru
- Artwork by Tomasz Chistowski
- Artwork by Wayne Reynolds
- Artwork by Igor Grechanyi
- Artwork by Bryan Sola
- Artwork by Federico Musetti
- Artwork by Caio Maciel Monteiro
- Artwork by Mariusz Gandzel
- Artwork by Felipe Escobar
- Artwork by Alexandru Sabo
- Artwork by Emiliano Petrozzi
- Artwork by Ivan Troitsky
- Artwork by Nemanja Stankovic
- Artwork by Nikolai Ostertag
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