You’ve found the not-so-secret playtest for Pathfinder Secrets of Magic! This upcoming sourcebook, scheduled for July 2021, brings you loads of new spells, magic items, special types of magic, and information about the inner workings of magic. But this playtest? It’s all about the two new classes! Your insight into them will be vital as we prepare them for the final book.
- The magus combines spells with attacks. The classic concept of the warrior-mage hybrid lives here. The test will show whether this class outshines martial characters or spellcasters, or whether it balances its two sides in a satisfying way that feels special. The magus gets fewer spell slots, though the slots’ spell levels get as high as a wizard’s!
- The summoner is for the player who wants to adventure alongside a cool sidekick! A powerful entity called an eidolon holds a supernatural connection with the summoner, sharing health and working in tandem. This class also casts spells but has fewer per day than other spellcasting classes.
Sketches of the magus and summoner by Wayne Reynolds.
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How to Playtest
The playtest will run until October 16, 2020. We’re looking for your feedback, comments, and criticisms regarding these classes, but we’re focusing our attention on feedback from play. Make new characters, use them as PCs or adversaries, and run a few game sessions or encounters incorporating them!
Anything can change based on the results of the playtest! These are early iterations of the new classes; some abilities might be a bit extreme or stretch some assumptions of the game, and the best way to find out if we’ve gone too far (or in the wrong direction) is for us to deliver these classes into your hands. We don’t expect to release any changes to these classes during the playtest itself, only in the final version of the book.
Once you’ve had a chance to try these classes, you can submit your feedback in the following ways.
- Surveys: Head to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SoMClassSurvey and https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SoMOpenResponse to take surveys that will allow us to gather your responses. These surveys will be available starting Tuesday, September 8, 2020, and they will remain open until the end of the playtest.
- Forums: On paizo.com, you’ll find a Secrets of Magic playtest subforum with threads for discussion and announcements, plus threads for each of the two new classes. When you post to the forums, look for existing threads on your topic before starting a new one. Remember that every poster is trying to make the game better for everyone, so please be polite and respectful.
We’d like to thank you for participating in the Secrets of Magic playtest. We’re looking forward to seeing what you think and using your feedback to make these classes the best they can be!
Logan Bonner
Pathfinder Lead Designer
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