Qadira Gateway To The East

Dominating the southeastern reaches of the Inner Sea, the nation of Qadira is among the richest and most powerful of the region. Along its roads travel countless caravans and traders of exotic wares, infusing the regional markets with strange spices, unusual weapons, and exotic magic from the east. This Pathfinder Companion explores the nation of Qadira and its shining cities, and presents numerous options for player characters from the region, including new spells, new character traits, new magic items, and a new prestige class.

Never has a land needed heroes more than Varisia. There, at the edge of civilization, barbarians clash with dark armored invaders, foul creatures lurk within the hearts of titanic monuments, and daring explorers unearth the secrets of a forgotten age of wizard-tyrants. This definitive Pathfinder guide equips players with all they need to face Varisia's dangers and mysteries, as well as dozens of new options for playing characters native to this wild region -- perhaps as a mystical thundercaller of the Shoanti barbarians, a daring bravo leading a caravan of Varisian wanderers, or an obsessed magic-user steeped in the lore of the sinister Thassilonian empire. New options for character backgrounds and campaign traits allow players to integrate their characters into any of the Adventure Paths set in Varisia -- such as the Rise of the Runelords or Shattered Star Adventure Path -- like never before! Varisia needs heroes, be one of them with the all-new format Pathfinder Player Companion: Varisia, Birthplace of Legends!

Located along the busy trade routes between Asia and Europe, Afghanistan was for centuries a place where a diverse set of cultures met and exchanged goods and ideas.

The race is on to discover the lost treasures of ancient Osirion, seat of the Pharaohs of antiquity! Scoundrels, archaeologists, Pathfinders, and foreigners scour the sand-choked pyramids and temples of this once mighty kingdom! Pathfinder Companion: Osirion, Land of Pharaohs provides a comprehensive overview of Osirion from its star-crossed ancient history, to its treacherous modern politics. A complete gazetteer of the nation's teeming, monument-laden capital of Sothis provides a great resource for player characters from -- and for Game Masters running campaigns set in -- the pulp-inspired nation of Osirion.

An updated and comprehensive single-volume history covering all periods from human origins to contemporary African situations.

Bring life to the inhabitants of the world of the Pathfinder Chronicles with this exciting new reference for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Why waste precious prep time crunching stat blocks when Paizo does the work for you? The lavishly illustrated NPC Guide provides scores of fully-realized NPCs with strong ties to the Pathfinder setting, each with statistics, motivations, mannerisms, and a new mechanic for handling favors and NPC-granted boons in the campaign. Additionally, the book contains dozens of quick-and-dirty stat blocks for such campaign staples as Red Mantis assassins, Hellknights, Scarni thugs, Linnorm King marauders, prophets of Kalistrade, and more -- one for each nation in the Pathfinder Chronicles campaign setting. As an added bonus, the NPC Guide also includes full statistics and backgrounds for the personal characters of Paizo Publishing staffers such as Erik Mona, Jason Bulmahn, Sean K Reynolds, F. Wesley Schneider, James Jacobs, and more

This book presents pioneering work on a range of innovative practices, experiments, and ideas that are becoming an integral part of urban climate change governance in the 21st century. Theoretically, the book builds on nearly two decades of scholarships identifying the emergence of new urban actors, spaces and political dynamics in response to climate change priorities. However, it further articulates and applies the concepts associated with urban climate change governance by bridging formerly disparate disciplines and approaches. Empirically, the chapters investigate new multi-level urban governance arrangements from around the world, and leverage the insights they provide for both theory and practice. Cities - both as political and material entities - are increasingly playing a critical role in shaping the trajectory and impacts of climate change action. However, their policy, planning, and governance responses to climate change are fraught with tension and contradictions. While on one hand local actors play a central role in designing institutions, infrastructures, and behaviors that drive decarbonization and adaptation to changing climatic conditions, their options and incentives are inextricably enmeshed within broader political and economic processes. Resolving these tensions and contradictions is likely to require innovative and multi-level approaches to governing climate change in the city: new interactions, new political actors, new ways of coordinating and mobilizing resources, and new frameworks and technical capacities for decision making. We focus explicitly on those innovations that produce new relationships between levels of government, between government and citizens, and among governments, the private sector, and transnational and civil society actors. A more comprehensive understanding is needed of the innovative approaches being used to navigate the complex networks and relationships that constitute contemporary multi-level urban climate change governance. Debra Roberts, Co-Chair, Working Group II, IPCC 6th Assessment Report (AR6) and Acting Head, Sustainable and Resilient City Initiatives, Durban, South Africa “Climate Change in Cities offers a refreshingly frank view of how complex cities and city processes really are.” Christopher Gore, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University, Canada “This book is a rare and welcome contribution engaging critically with questions about cities as central actors in multilevel climate governance but it does so recognizing that there are lessons from cities in both the Global North and South.” Harriet Bulkeley, Professor of Geography, Durham University, United Kingdom “This timely collection provides new insights into how cities can put their rhetoric into action on the ground and explores just how this promise can be realised in cities across the world - from California to Canada, India to Indonesia.”

This beautiful, affordable volume of the Pathfinder Player Companion provides everything a player needs to know about the world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Short overviews of the more than 40 nations of Golarion's Inner Sea region will help players choose a homeland for their character, with plenty of character traits to reward players for immersing themselves in the campaign world. Brief descriptions of the gods and religions of the Inner Sea expand the list of deities from the Pathfinder Core Rulebook and offer tips to help players pick an appropriate patron deity. Easy color reference maps on the book's inside covers give players an "at a glance" look at their world, allowing them to better chart their destinies.