Pathfinder’s new Draconic Codex adds a host of new dragons to Pathfinder 2E, including new draconic player options!
Inside the pages of Pathfinder: Lost Omens – Draconic Codex (to use its full legal name), you’ll find a ton of new dragons and dragon accessories. This isn’t just a new book of dragons to torment the players with, after all. While that’s part of it – certainly the dragon’s hoard of it – there are also plenty of new player options as well. From draconic pacts to draconic deities, even a whole new expansion for Kobolds, you’ll find what you’re looking for in Pathfinder’s “big book o’ dragons.”
Pathfinder’s Draconic Codex – A Menace With 20 New Dragon Types
One of the best thing about Pathfinder 2E, is just how deadly the monster fights can be. Dynamic too. It’s not just big sacks of hit points. And ever since Pathfinder 2E started to decouple from the OGL, we’ve gotten even more out there and esoteric with dragons. Requiem dragons. Trickster dragons. Coral dragons. The book is full of them and all the assorted things they need to feel majestic, like the true forces of nature they should be. This is true whether you’re a player or a GM.
Players will enjoy the new ancestry and heritage options. Whether it’s new stuff, like the Dragonet ancestry, or just expansions to familiar options, like the Dragonblood and Kobold ancestries. Or if that isn’t enough, you could forge a draconic pact to tie your fate (and get power from) a dragon, a move we haven’t seen since Dragonheart. If you want to be more normal about dragons, though, you could just use some of the new draconic archetypes, like the draconic acolyte archetype, which lets you become more dragon-like as you grow in power.
GMs will have a lot of wonderful toys too. Including nine draconic deities—these are deities worshipped by dragons and regular ol’ mortals alike. Or dig into expanded background and lore for your favorite dragons. Get real deep into the dragon physiology of Pathfinder and see if how try to explain why some dragons have a damaging aura.
“Dragons! The very name invokes power beyond reckoning, fire that can melt mountains and fangs the size of swords. To face a dragon is to face the ultimate challenge of any adventurer’s career. The reward for victory: gold, enough to twist any mortal’s heart into a bigger monster than the one they just slew. Inside this 224-page tome lies the secrets of dragonkind, as well as those mortals who look upon them with awe or with bitter envy. Research a fearsome foe or summon the courage to make an ally of these primordial beings and put your strength and wisdom to the test. Success will see triumph beyond measure, while failure leads to an ignominious end within the dragon’s maw!”
Of course, the biggest draw is probably the new dragons featured in the book. There are stats for more than 20 types of dragons. And if you’ve looked at the dragons in the upcoming Monster Core 2, you know they start to get… esoteric.
Or go real hard in the paint with the archdragons. See what happens when Pathfinder 2E designers can get real wild with the upper limits of draconic power.
What new dragons will you unleash with this potent codex?
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