Arcane Anthology

Arcane Anthology
PZO9465
(Book)
Author(s)	Alexander Augunas, Steven T. Helt, and David N. Ross
Publisher	Paizo Inc.
Price	Print: $14.99 PDF: $9.99
Released	January 27, 2016
Type	Sourcebook
Binding	Paperback
Pages	32 pages
isbn	ISBN 978-1-60125-814-4
Rules set	PFRPG
Series	Pathfinder Player Companion
Follows	Agents of Evil
Precedes	Blood of Shadows
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Arcane Anthology, a Pathfinder Player Companion sourcebook by Alexander Augunas, Steven T. Helt, and David N. Ross, was released on January 27, 2016.

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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

Spellbook Styles of the Inner Sea (inside front cover)

Descriptions of bound codexes, folded codexes, palimpsests, scrolls, and wooden and wax tablets

Introduction (2)

A description of the role and use of spellbooks on Golarion.

Rules Index (3)

Spellbook Preparation Rituals (4)

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.

• Nyzam's Remedies
• Songs of the Linnorm Kings
• Erages Journeyman's Manual
• Galtan Cookbook

Analects of Aroden (6)

Describes a series of universalist spellbooks containing spells believed to have been created by Aroden.

• The Swordsman's Analects
• The Guide's Analects
• The Last Azlanti's Analects

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.

Wisdom of Jatembe (12)

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.

Runes of Wealth (18)

Describes works purportedly derived from a legendary Thassilonian spellbook of Haphrama, an ancient runelord of greed:

• Calamaes Fragment
• Cyrusian Codex
• Runes of Wealth

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.

Cold Irony (24)

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:

• find fault
• foretell failure
• perfect placement

And two archetypes, including Olinchi-inspired augurs common among the Bekyar.

The Workbook of Lokoris Sarini (26)

Describes Sarini's Workbook, a spellbook owned by the famed Chelaxian entertainer. Spells include:

• heckle
• stage fright
• tough crowd

And an archetype of sensory-controlling illusionist magi.

Tome of Stone Wards (28)

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.

Arrowsong's Sorrow (30)

Describes a recent, but popular, spellbook among elven universalists in Hymbria, authored by a poet known only as "Arrowsong". Also, a bardic archetype and masterpiece inspired by her works.

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