Ultimate Magic
Ultimate Magic, a 256-page hardcover Pathfinder Roleplaying Game sourcebook written by Jason Bulmahn, Tim Hitchcock, Colin McComb, Robert G. McCreary, Jason Nelson, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Sean K Reynolds, Owen K.C. Stephens, and Russ Taylor, was released in April 2011.
Its second printing was published in March 2012, and a softcover Pocket Edition was released on April 25, 2018.
“Absolute power!Raise your character to the pinnacle of magical might with Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Magic! Within this book, secrets arcane and divine lie ready to burst into life at the hands of all the spellcasting classes in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. In addition to the brand-new magus class—a master of both arcane magic and martial prowess—you'll also find a whole new system for spellcasting, rules for spell duels and other magical specialties, and pages upon pages of new spells, feats, and more. Because when it comes to magic, why settle for less than absolute power?
Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Magic is a must-have companion volume to the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook. This imaginative tabletop game builds on more than 10 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 the new millennium.
Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Magic includes:
- The magus, a new base class combining deadly arcane magic with the skills and weapons of a trained warrior.
- Words of power, an innovative and flexible new spellcasting system.
- New options for dedicated casters, such as alchemist discoveries, alternative uses for channeled energy, druid companions, sorcerer bloodlines, eidolon abilities, witch hexes, and oracle mysteries.
- Additional feats and magical abilities for martially oriented casters, including monk ki tricks, inquisitor archetypes, and ranger traps.
- New magical conditions called spellblights, as well as systems for crafting constructs, binding outsiders, and spell-dueling.
- More than 100 new spells, plus detailed guidelines for designing your own.
- AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!
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Contents
- Base Class: Magus
- Magus Spell List
- Alchemist
- Discoveries
- Archetypes
- Bard
- Masterpieces
- Archetypes
- Cleric
- Variant Channeling
- Archetypes
- Druid
- Animal and Terrain Domains
- Vermin Companions
- Archetypes
- Inquisitor
- Inquisitions
- Archetypes
- Magus
- Archetypes
- Monk
- Monk Vows
- Archetype
- Oracle
- Mysteries
- Archetypes
- Paladin
- Archetype
- Oaths
- Ranger
- Ranger Traps
- Archetypes
- Sorcerer
- Bloodlines
- Archetypes
- Summoner
- Aquatic Base Form
- Eidolon Models
- Evolutions
- Archetypes
- Witch
- Hexes
- Major Hexes
- Grand Hexes
- Witch Patron Themes
- Archetypes
- Wizard
- Arcane Discoveries
- Elemental Wizard Schools
- Archetype
- Spellblights
- Spell Duels
- Binding Outsiders
- Building and Modifying Constructs
- New Familiars
- Spellbooks
- Designing Spells
- Types of Feats
- Feat Descriptions
- Target Words
- Wordcaster Feats
- Effect Words
- Meta Words
- Class Word Lists
- Spell Lists
- Spell Descriptions
- Alphabetized Words of Power
- Spells with New Descriptors
- Updated Improved Familiar List
- Open Game License
- Real-world articles
- Products with errata
- Works by Jason Bulmahn
- Works by Sean K Reynolds
- Works by Owen K.C. Stephens
- Works by Jason Nelson
- Works by Tim Hitchcock
- Works by Robert G. McCreary
- Works by Russ Taylor
- Works by Stephen Radney-MacFarland
- Works by Colin McComb
- Artwork by Andrew Hou
- Artwork by Eric Belisle
- Artwork by Kieran Yanner
- Artwork by Tyler Walpole
- Artwork by Ralph Horsley
- Artwork by Wayne Reynolds
- Artwork by Craig J Spearing
- Artwork by Pavel Guzenko
- Artwork by Dan Scott
- Artwork by Christophe Swal
- Artwork by Francis Tsai
- Artwork by Drew Pocza
- 2011 sourcebooks
- PFRPG sourcebooks
- Pathfinder RPG
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