Another
month has come and gone. It was a fairly quiet month for me here on
the blog, particularly in the world of Doctor Who.
However, I did review the excellent and very important book Doctor Who and Race. I highly
recommend people read it! I also wrapped up the third series of
Sherlock with “His Last Vow” and took a
little look back at Babylon 5
in honour of its 20th anniversary.
In the world of Pathfinder, I looked at three products: Herald of the Ivory Labyrinth,
People of the Sands,
and Osirion, Legacy of Pharaohs.
In
some exciting Pathfinder news, this month sees the release of the
first Pathfinder Legends,
a series of audio dramas from Big Finish, who are most
well known for their Doctor Who
audio dramas. The first release is Rise of the Runelords: Burnt Offerings,
based, of course, on the first Pathfinder Adventure Path
volume. You can listen to a trailer at the link. To be honest, I’m
not all that impressed by the trailer, which surprises me as you
would expect the trailer to showcase the very best of the production.
Still, Big Finish has a very good record with their Doctor
Who audios—enough of a record
that I am very confident in their ability to do a very good job with
Pathfinder Legends.
You can purchase copies from Big Finish or from Paizo.
Alas, much like with Big Finish’s Doctor Who
material, personal budgetary constraints mean I’m not going to be
able to pick any of these up in the near future. Hopefully one day,
though. One day...
I’ll
wrap things up with a short review. Here’s to a great March!
Wrath
of the Righteous Poster Map Folio
As
with most map folios for the adventure paths, the Wrath of the Righteous Poster Map Folio
comes with three large, full-colour maps. One is a map of the
Worldwound, the area where most of the action of Wrath of
the Righteous takes place. The
second map is of Kenabres, the city where the adventure path begins
in The Worldwound Incursion.
Both of these maps are high-quality and beautiful to look at, while
also being highly useful for playing the adventure path. Admittedly,
the map of Kenabres is really only useful for the first adventure,
but the map of the Worldwound will be useful right up to the final
instalment.
However,
the stand-out map of this set is the third one: a map of the Abyss
(which the PCs travel to in the fourth
and fifth
instalments of Wrath of the Righteous).
Mapping out the Abyss is a daunting task—no, more an impossible
task really, considering the Abyss is essentially an infinite plane
made up of countless other planes. What this map does instead is
provide an artistic rendition of the various Abyssal realms and
“where” (metaphorically speaking) they are in relation to each
other. Admittedly, the map doesn’t have a lot of utility in actual
game-play. However, I don’t really care. The map is utterly
beautiful to behold and can easily serve as an in-game representation
of the Abyss—something the players’ characters might actually
see. Ultimately, this map provides a visual element to enhance
game-play. It gives both players and GMs just a little hint on what
their characters are seeing, allowing the imagination to fill in the
rest. It also makes a great poster to hang on the wall.
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