Pathfinder 1e: Lich Slayer

Last week saw the release of the Book of Beasts: Warpriest Codex which is part of the Character Codex Subscription. So far we’ve shared with you the Mercenary Priest and the Airborne Reanimator. Both of these are low level characters. Today we are sharing with you a higher level character. This level 12 lich slayer is more than your typical warpriest. They’re a champion of the faith. One of the things we incorporated in the Warpriest Codex is the use of archetypes. The even-numbered levels are thematic, but some use archetypes, making them more unique.

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Lich Slayer CR 11

XP 12,800
Changeling warpriest (champion of the faith) of Alina ^BoHRAC 12
LN Medium humanoid (changeling)
Init +5; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +2

Defense

AC 23, touch 11, flat-footed 22 (+11 armor, +1 Dex, +1 natural)
hp 93 (12d8+36)
Fort +11, Ref +7, Will +12
Defensive Abilities sacred armor (+2, 12 minutes/day); Resist one energy type 10

Offense

Speed 20 ft. (30 ft. without armor)
Melee +1 undead-bane warhammer +20/+20/+15 (1d10+16/×3 plus 2d6 vs. undead) or 2 claws +17 (1d4+9)
Special Attacks blessings 9/day (Community: communal aid, fight as one; Law: axiomatic strike, battle companion), fervor 8/day (4d6), hulking changeling, sacred weapon (1d10, lawful, 12 rounds/day), smite chaotic 3/day (+1 attack and AC, +12 damage)
Warpriest (Champion of the Faith) Spells Prepared (CL 12th; concentration +14)
4th—divine power, holy smite (DC 18), spiritual ally ^APG
3rd—daylight, dispel magic, searing light, wrathful mantle ^APG (DC 17)
2nd—aid, arrow of law ^UM (DC 16), ghostbane dirge ^APG (DC 14), spear of purity ^UM (2, DC 16), spiritual weapon
1st—bless, command (DC 13), divine favor, protection from evil, sanctify corpse ^UM, shield of faith
0 (at will)—detect magic, guidance, light, stabilize, virtue

Tactics

Before Combat The warpriest casts aid and wrathful mantle on an ally, then gives their full plate energy resistance with sacred armor.
During Combat The warpriest begins combat by casting divine power before entering melee, using smite chaotic when engaging demons and chaotic undead.
Base Statistics Without sacred armor and divine power, the warpriest’s statistics are Resist —; hp 81 (12d8+24); Melee +1 undead-bane warhammer +16/+11 (1d10+12/×3 plus 2d6 vs. undead) or 2 claws +13 (1d4+5); CMB +13.

Statistics

Str 18, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 8, Wis 15, Cha 12
Base Atk +9; CMB +17; CMD 24
Feats Combat Casting, Divine Interference ^UM, Greater Spell Focus (evocation), Greater Weapon Focus (warhammer), Greater Weapon Specialization (warhammer), Improved Initiative, Spell Focus (evocation), Toughness, Weapon Focus (warhammer), Weapon Specialization (warhammer)
Skills Heal +11, Knowledge (religion) +8, Sense Motive +11, Spellcraft +8
Languages Aklo, Common
SQ detect alignment
Combat Gear lesser ectoplasmic metamagic rod ^APG; Other Gear +2 full plate, +1 undead-bane warhammer, cloak of resistance +2, silver holy symbol of Alina, 13 gp

April 1, 2020 0

A Mix Up with the Character Codex Subscription

Good day,

Earlier this week when I made Book of Beasts: Character Codex Subscription on DriveThruRPG, I made it as the wrong type of product. Short of the long, I fixed the error by remaking it so if you have not yet purchased the subscription and are about it, all is good. If you have already purchased the Character Codex Subscription, check your email (including your spam folder) to see if you received an email from DriveThruRPG, it will have a link to download the fixed version. If you do not have an email from DriveThruRPG, contact me at contact AT jonbrazer DOT com, and we will get this resolved.

My sincerest apologizes for the situation,

Dale McCoy, Jr
Jon Brazer Enterprises

March 25, 2020 0

Pathfinder 1e: Start a New Subscription with Warpriests

Divine Warriors and Dark Cultists

Do your PCs need to hire some divine muscle? Does your upcoming session need an evil sword wielder that can also raise the undead or call upon infernal powers? Are you seeking ideas for the terrible power at the end of your campaign? The Book of Beasts: Warpriest Codex has the solutions you need, arming game masters of the First Edition of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game with the following:

20 ready-made warpriest characters, one for each level of play
Tactical combat recommendations for every character, helping you to quickly and effectively run the NPC in a fight
Personalities and details to give you ideas on how to use the characters both in combat and in roleplaying interactions

Populate Your Campaign With the Exact Character You Need!

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NPCs Assemble!

No matter how much you prepare, players will always manage to do the unexpected, often forcing you to improvise an encounter. Other times, you simply don’t have the time to create all the NPCs you need for a session.

One of our many solutions to these situations is the Book of Beasts: Character Codex Subscription. Within this series, you’ll find 20 ready-made stat blocks for each of a dozen classes, for every level of play. As each volume covering a single class is completed, those NPCs will be delivered to your downloads section. Once the entire series is complete, you’ll also receive the compiled Character Codex!

The Book of Beasts: Character Codex Subscription is a must-have series for any game master who enjoys running the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

When completed, the Book of Beasts: Character Codex Subscription will include:

Full stat blocks for over 200 characters, covering the alchemist, arcanist, bloodrager, brawler, cavalier, hunter, magus, oracle, slayer, swashbuckler, warpriest, and witch classes
Tactical combat recommendations for every character, helping you to quickly and effectively run the NPC in a fight
Personalities and details to give you ideas on how to use the characters both in combat and in roleplaying interactions
Hero Lab Classic files for each NPC, allowing you to quickly modify these characters to meet your exact needs

Subscribe today to meet all of these amazing characters!

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March 25, 2020 0

Pathfinder 1e: Airborne Reanimator

We are currently hard at work on the Book of Beasts: Warpriest Codex. It will be out soon, and we are so excited! This will be the first part of a new subscription that we are hard at work creating. The Book of Beasts: Character Codex will be one awesome book when completed and we hope that you will join us on this ride. Read all about what you get when you subscribe to the Character Codex here.

Today we are showing off another of the warpriests inside this Warpriest Codex. The last one was a dwarf, a race you would completely expect to see paired with the warpriest class. Today we are showing off a wyvaran warpriest, one very different than the last one. Heck, this race as the ability to fly. Clumsy, sure, but they can still get airborne. Like many evil clerics, this one loves to bring back the dead as a shambling corruption of life. If you like this one, just wait until you see what we have in store for the rest of these clerical warriors.

One thing to notice is that the Wyvaran’s deity is the Five Heroes. This deity comes from the Book of Heroic Races: Advanced Compendium. Each of the races inside have their own deities. Those are the only options we chose that do not come from one of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game line of books, and even then, we only used the deities from races in the BoHRAC. The rest we chose from mythology, deciding on alignments and domains (or blessings in this case) that best suited them. If you want a supplement that describes the mythological deities, and their domains, and the organization of their worshippers, let us know in the comments below. It is something we would love to do if you are interested in such a project.

Airborne Reanimator CR 3

XP 800
Wyvaran ^ARG warpriest of the Five Heroes ^BoHRAC 4
NE Medium dragon
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +3

Defense

AC 19, touch 12, flat-footed 17 (+7 armor, +2 Dex)
hp 21 (4d8)
Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +7
Immune paralysis, sleep

Offense

Speed 20 ft., fly 20 ft. in armor (clumsy) (30 ft., fly 30 ft. [clumsy] without armor)
Melee +1 heavy mace +7 (1d8+3)
Special Attacks blessings 5/day (Death: from the grave; Magic: hand of the acolyte), channel negative energy (DC 15, 1d6), fervor 5/day (1d6), sacred weapon (1d6, +1, 4 rounds/day), slapping tail +5 (1d8+2 bludgeoning)
Warpriest Spells Prepared (CL 4th; concentration +7)
2nd—lesser animate dead ^UM, summon monster II
1st—obscuring mist, sanctuary (DC 14), shield of faith, summon monster I
0 (at will)—create water, detect magic, read magic, virtue

Tactics

During Combat The warpriest flies out of reach of melee attacks and casts lesser animate dead and summon monster spells, then making Flyby Attacks to stay out of reach of opponents, using sacred weapon on the masterwork heavy mace.
Base Statistics Without sacred weapon, the warpriest’s statistics are Melee mwk heavy mace +7 (1d8+2)

Statistics

Str 15, Dex 14, Con 10, Int 12, Wis 16, Cha 8
Base Atk +3; CMB +5; CMD 17
Feats Combat Casting, Flyby Attack, Intimidating Prowess, Weapon Focus (heavy mace)
Skills Fly –2, Heal +10, Intimidate +8, Sense Motive +10
Languages Common, Draconic, Elven
Combat Gear wand of hold person (8 charges); Other Gear +1 breastplate, mwk heavy mace, wooden holy symbol of the Five Heroes, 17 gp

March 18, 2020 1

Pathfinder 1e: The Character Codex Subscription Will Include …

A few weeks ago we announced the Book of Beasts: Character Codex and that it would be released as individual PDFs as well as a subscription. What we did not have finalized at that point was what all would be included in it. We asked your opinions and we made our decisions.

The Book of Beasts: Character Codex will include the NPCs from the following classes:

Alchemist
Arcanist
Bloodrager
Brawler
Cavalier
Hunter
Magus
Oracle
Slayer
Swashbuckler
Warpriest
Witch

Twelve classes in total will get 20 NPCs cover the entire level range. Half of them will be normal, standard builds, roughly what you expect from this class. The other half are thematic, experimental. Some of the latter group use archetypes. Half if the builds use races from the core rulebook. The other half utilize races in the Advanced Race Guide, with particular emphasis on races that also appear in the Book of Heroic Races: Advanced Compendium. The standard/thematic builds do not match up with core book / ARG builds. A changeling warpriest or oracle make more sense than an elf because a changeling posses a a Wisdom and Charisma bonuses while an elf possesses neither.

What books does this project draw from, you ask? Sure this book draws inspiration from the NPC Codex, but that book only used the Pathfinder Core Rulebook. This one uses classes that are not in the core rulebook and I already mentioned the Advanced Race Guide. So what other books are used? Obviously the core rulebook will be used. Classes in this book come from the Advanced Player’s Guide, Ultimate Magic, and the Advanced Class Guide so feats, spells, and archetypes from those books are fair game. We also had to have Ultimate Combat and Ultimate Equipment in the mix. The above books are pretty much the end of the list. The Warpriest Codex includes some spells from Horror Adventures because they made sense for the character, but they were the truly evil ones. Even lesser evil warpriests like the Champion of Greed did not go there. Only the truly heinous ones went there. So we may include other books from time to time, but they will be rare. And yes, we will be including some that have every last spell, magic item, feat, etc from the core rulebook and the book the class comes from and nothing else. This way you save some really simple builds and some characters with more involved builds.

So how does the subscription work precisely? Well, we will be launching the subscription at the same time as the Warpriest Codex and it will include that codex with it. Whenever we release a new PDF for individual sale, subscribers will automatically get a new PDF where they purchased the subscription. They get them all plus the final Character Codex when the project is complete.

As an added bonus, we will be including the Hero Lab Classic files for subscribers. Those that purchase the individual PDFs will not receive these included but can purchase them separately. Subscribers get this included as a way of saying, “Thank you,” for purchasing this early.

Now I know you’re thinking that all of this sounds great, but how much does it cost? That is a great question. Short answer: it’s complicated. Long answer: the final PDF will cost US$14.95 and individual PDFs will cost US$3.95. The subscription’s price is going to flux. The subscription will start off costing US$4.99 and as we increase PDFs, we will increase that price until we get to the final price of US$14.95. At that point, the price will remain there. So if you know you are going to want this collection of NPCs, you shouldn’t wait to grab it. It won’t be long before the Magus Codex is added to the subscription. We’re hard at work on that one already.

Be sure to follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook Group to stay up to date on all the latest from us. While you’re at it, check out all of our Pathfinder 1e offerings at the JBE Shop, DriveThruRPG and the Open Gaming Store.

March 16, 2020 1

Pathfinder 1e: What Kinds of Products Do You Want For Your Game?

We’re hard at work here at JBE on the upcoming Book of Beasts: Character Codex. While we have a number of our own ideas, we want to hear from you: what kinds of products do you want in your game? Vote in the poll below. If you have something specific in mind or if you can’t see the poll, leave a comment below.

Before we talk more about the poll, check out our existing Pathfinder 1e products at the JBE Shop, DriveThruRPG, and the Open Gaming Store while they are up to 40% off their regular price. This sale won’t last much longer, so grab these titles now.

Options include:

Low-level adventures (levels 1-5)
Mid-level adventures (levels 6-10)
High-level adventures (levels 11-15)
Game-ender adventures (levels 16-20)
Long adventures (cover 10+ levels, able to make a full campaign out of them)
Options for existing Paizo classes (includes archetypes, classes produced by Paizo only)
Options for existing Pathfinder Compatible classes (share which ones below, there’s quite a few)
New classes (something totally new, yes, we do have ideas)
New monster / NPC books
New feats or spells
New / expanded races
Small settings (cities, towns, etc that can be incorporated into any setting)
Large campaign setting (able to play several campaigns here)
Other (describe in the comments below)

EDIT: Because we can’t seem to allow multiple option voting (to many options, I guess), I allowed repeat voting. So you can vote in the poll as many times as you want. I ask that you don’t vote for the same option more than once; it will make the results less accurate. So let us know all the options you want.

Vote in the poll now:

March 11, 2020 2

Pathfinder 1e: Mercenary Priest

Not long ago, we mentioned that we are working on an NPC Codex-style book titled the Book of Beasts: Character Codex. That post has a poll where you can vote on some of the classes that will be covered inside. Read that post to find out more details about that upcoming book and subscription to help us produce the book.

The first in the subscription covers warpriests. Today, we are sharing with you one of the warpriests detailed in this book. The odd-numbered levels are a build that you would expect from the class.

Download the Book of Beasts: Warpriest Codex today at JonBrazer.com, DriveThruRPG, the Open Gaming Store, and Paizo.com.

Mercenary Priest CR 2

XP 600
Dwarf warpriest of Ares 3
CE Medium humanoid (dwarf)
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +2 (+4 to notice unusual stonework)

Defense

AC 20, touch 12, flat-footed 20 (+8 armor +2 deflection)
hp 29 (3d8+12)
Fort +6, Ref +1, Will +5; +2 vs. poison, spells, and spell-like abilities
Defensive Abilities defensive training

Offense

Speed 20 ft.
Melee mwk spear +6 (1d8+3/×3 plus 1d6 vs good)
Ranged light crossbow +2 (1d8/19–20)
Special Attacks blessings 4/day (Evil: unholy strike, War: war mind), fervor 3/day (1d6), hatred, sacred weapon (1d6, +0, 3 rounds/day)
Warpriest Spells Prepared (CL 3rd; concentration +5)
1st—bless, cure light wounds, doom (DC 14), shield of faith
0 (at will)—bleed (DC 13), detect magic, guidance, stabilize

Tactics

Before Combat The warpriest casts shield of faith.
During Combat The warpriest casts bless and doom and then engages in melee combat, using unholy strike.
Base Statistics Without unholy strike and shield of faith, the warpriest’s statistics are AC 18, touch 10, flat-footed 18, Melee mwk spear +6 (1d8+3/×3), CMD 16 (20 vs bull rush, 20 vs trip).

Statistics

Str 15, Dex 10, Con 16, Int 12, Wis 15, Cha 6
Base Atk +2; CMB +4; CMD 14 (18 vs. bull rush, 18 vs. trip)
Feats Combat Casting, Improved Initiative, Spell Focus (necromancy), Weapon Focus (spear)
Skills Diplomacy +4, Knowledge (religion) +7, Spellcraft +7; Racial Modifiers +2 Appraise to assess nonmagical metals or gemstones, +2 Perception to notice unusual stonework
Languages Common, Dwarven, Goblin
Combat Gear oil of magic weapon, potion of bull’s strength, scroll of bestow curse; Other Gear mwk half-plate, light crossbow, mwk spear, wooden holy symbol of Ares, 62 gp

February 26, 2020 1

Pathfinder 1e: Character Codex Coming Soon

If you follow Jon Brazer Enterprises on Twitter or Facebook, you may have seen the announcement that we are working on our next major 1e Pathfinder project. We call it the Book of Beasts: Character Codex. This book is going to be similar to the NPC Codex by Paizo in that it provides 20 NPCs—one for each level—for each class detailed in the book. This way you always have an NPC at the level you need for that class. Unlike the original Codex, this book will focus on classes not in the core rulebook. We will be covering classes detailed in the Advanced Player’s Guide, Advanced Class Guide, and Ultimate Magic.

The obvious question is, “Why do this now?” Pathfinder 1e is no longer supported by the main company and at least some portion of the audience has moved to the new edition. So why continue to support the older edition? First and foremost, we at JBE prefer the older edition. This is the edition we enjoy, and we want to continue supporting it. Why didn’t we do this book years ago when it was still the current edition? Honestly, I always expected Paizo to do it. I learned a strong lesson from the Book of the River Nations, where we took the OGL Kingmaker rules and reprinted them in a standalone book for players: namely “don’t do books that I expect the main company to do in the future.” While the book sold incredibly well at the time and is still one of our top 3 selling books of all time, sales of it essentially ended the moment that Ultimate Campaign was released. So we held off on a number of very good ideas for Pathfinder 1e that we expected to be done by the primary publisher. Now that they’ve moved on and we are still here, we think now is a good time to produce those books and adventures we talked about before. Watch this space for more Pathfinder 1e books and blog posts.

We will be releasing this book as a subscription and bundling it all up when complete. We’re borrowing this idea from some of our fellow publishers that the earlier you subscribe to this project, the lower the price will be. The price will go up as we add more PDFs to the subscription. So if you know you are going to want this, subscribe as soon as it comes out. What will subscribers get? They get the individual PDFs and a PDF of the final Book of Beasts: Character Codex Compendium as well as a coupon to order the final print version at a reduced price. As an added bonus, subscribers will also get the Hero Lab classic files of the characters. We will be selling them separately for those that are not interested in the full subscription, but subscribers get them included.

So what is the scope of the Character Codex Subscription? As mentioned above, we’re limiting the classes we’re drawing from the Advanced Player’s Guide, Ultimate Magic, and the Advanced Class Guide. We will be utilizing feats, spells and archetypes from these books plus the core rulebook, Ultimate Combat, and the Advanced Race Guide. That will provide you with some excellent NPCs from a diverse set of books. Some quick math though: 18-ish pages for 17 classes in those three books comes to over 300 pages for the NPCs. Note that doesn’t include any possible appendixes we know we’ll need (eidolons, mounts, familiars, etc) let alone any we haven’t thought of yet, nor anything else that will require pages (i.e. Title Page, OGL, etc). That is more than a little intimidating for a company our size. Currently, the Book of Heroic Races: Advanced Compendium is our largest book at around 250 pages and that took 2 years and a lot of sweat to finish. So we are thinking of covering 12 classes in this outing. That puts this project at around 200 pages before everything mentioned above. While still a stretch, it is considerably more manageable.

The question then becomes which classes do we include. The warpriest is almost ready to send off to the editors, and we have artwork picked out for the arcanist, magus, and slayer classes so they’re definitely in. That still leaves us 8 classes to pick. This is where you come in. Tell us what classes you want to see by voting in the poll below. If you don’t see the poll because of the browser you are using or various settings or if there are some classes you want covered above all others, please leave us a comment below.

Are you excited for this project, for additional Pathfinder 1e support? Is there something you want us to produce that is not yet available? We want to hear your voice. Tell us your thoughts. Post a comment and let your voice be heard.

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February 17, 2020 4

Pathfinder 1e: NPC or Monster “Codex” II?

After a number of conversations, I have hear a desire for either a spiritual successor to Paizo’s Monster Codex or the NPC Codex. I sat back, thought about it and it seems that such a product is not only possible but quite doable. I know I never did it before because I was always expecting Paizo to do such a book. Since that obviously never transpired and there appears to still be a desire for such a product, I would like to ask you for your opinion. Which appeals to you more?

Vote in the poll above and make sure to leave a comment below if you feel strongly about either book or some aspect of it. Perhaps you want it to focus on the Advanced Players Guide, it maybe you want Ultimate Psionic classes mixed in. Maybe you want more occultist minotaurs and shifter samsarans instead of elf witches or halfling inquisitors? Share your thoughts.

After voting, make sure you stop over at DriveThruRPG and grab one of our many adventures while they are in sale for only $5. This sale lasts only a few more days do head over there now.

February 3, 2020 0