Description

Pathfinder RPG, 2e: GM Core, Sketch Cover.

PLEASE NOTE: Customers must purchase 1 copies of the core book (PZO12002HC), for every copy of this sketch cover they wish to purchase.

NOTE: This product is offered exclusively to hobby distributors for a 120-day exclusivity period, after which time it will also appear on Paizo.com.

Unleash your imagination, creating worlds and stories beyond measure with the new Pathfinder GM Core for Pathfinder Second Edition! This comprehensive 336-page hardcover rulebook gives Game Masters everything they need to craft thrilling tales of adventure, from a single-night’s dungeon delve to complex epics spanning years. Within these pages you’ll find clear guidelines for creating new hazards and monsters, tools to design challenging, balanced encounters, and rules for rewarding characters for the dastardly challenges you array before them! Pathfinder GM Core also contains a dragon’s hoard of magic items and treasure to entice and reward your players, from simple healing potions to magic weapons and armor and legendary artifacts, including dozens of brand-new items!

Pathfinder GM Core is the second core rulebook for the fully remastered Pathfinder Second Edition RPG! These rules are compatible with previous Pathfinder Second Edition rulebooks, incorporating comprehensive errata and rules updates and some of the best additions from later books into new, easier-to-access volumes with new presentations inspired by years of player feedback. Along with the Player Core, Monster Core, and Player Core 2, these books provide a new foundation for the future of tabletop gaming! 

This sketch cover edition features a beautiful image of the original pencil sketch of the Pathfinder GM Core cover by superstar artist Wayne Reynolds, and is offered exclusively to Paizo’s hobby retail partners for the first 120 days of release. 

Pathfinder GM Core includes:

• The rules needed to run a game of Pathfinder, including guidelines for creating challenging encounters, determining success, and giving out rewards.
• Advice aimed at making you an incredible Game Master, along with tools to ensure you and everyone else at your table has a safe and enjoyable experience.
• Guidelines to help you create your own content, from campaigns and adventures to hazards and monsters.
• Rules subsystems to help you handle a wide array of game situations, including rules for chases, duels, research, infiltration, and more!
• A guide to the world of Lost Omens, with a look at several important regions, an examination of the peoples and cultures of the world, and a glimpse into what lies beyond the veil of the universe!
• Fully integrated errata from the first 4 years of Pathfinder Second Edition, including improvements to staves and talismans and all-new apex magic items!
• Published under the new Open RPG Creative (ORC) license, giving players and Game Masters even more freedom for making their own creations based on Pathfinder Second Edition.

Sales Points

• Gorgeous Wayne Reynolds sketch cover is a hobby retail exclusive for 120 days following release, and will NEVER be offered to bookstores or online retailers other than paizo.com.
• Pathfinder GM Core is the definitive “main” Game Master rulebook for Pathfinder Second Edition GMs, effectively replacing portions of the Pathfinder Core Rulebook and Pathfinder Gamemastery Guide. All GMs need a copy of this book.
• Streamlined and optimized based on a half-decade of player feedback. While the Pathfinder Second Edition rule system remains the same, the presentation in this volume has been completely revised and updated to speed up learning the game and play at the table.
• Extensive marketing support throughout 2023 and 2024.
• Compatible with the Open RPG Creative (ORC) License.

Comparison Titles

PZO2103 Pathfinder RPG: Pathfinder Gamemastery Guide (P2) 978-1-64078-198-6

PZO2101 Pathfinder RPG: Pathfinder Core Rulebook (P2) 978-1-64078-168-9

Writer: Logan Bonner, Mark Seifter

Size: 8 x 10

Page Count: 336

Format: Hardcover, full color

Recommended Age: All ages