Historical Horrors

Since the beginning, people have told stories of the monsters that stalk the night, lurking just beyond the town wall or the village's edge. These are the creatures of myth and legend that have stood the test of time, which have entered everyday language and remained cultural touchstones for thousands of years. Now the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game goes hunting for 10 of these classic monsters, culled from among the greatest stories ever told.

Mythical Monsters Revisited explores the lives and societies of the most famous monsters of all time, drawn from the mythology of the ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Aztecs, and others. Each monster entry features an extensive ecology exploring the creature's biology and culture, notes on the monster's real-world background, tips on how best to utilize the beast in your game, detailed overviews of the monster's role in the Pathfinder campaign setting, and more.

Inside this book, you'll find monsters like:

• Medusas, the snake-headed banes of ancient Greece, who turn their enemies to stone with a glance.
• Hydras, the many-headed serpents that grow two new heads for each one they lose.
• Four types of sphinxes, from the riddle-loving gynosphinxes to the philosophical androsphinxes, the goat-headed criosphinxes, and the evil hawk-headed hieracosphinxes.
• Harpies, the feral winged women whose siren songs lure adventurers to slaughter.
• Phoenixes, who are reborn from their own ashes.
• Couatls, the feathered serpents of Aztec myth who serve as messengers and servants of benevolent gods.
• Other ancient terrors such as flesh-hungry wendigos, three-headed chimeras, leonine griffons, and the horrifyingly intelligent sea monsters called kraken.

Mythical Monsters Revisited is intended for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and Pathfinder campaign setting, but can easily be used in any fantasy game setting.

To Kill a King

Can two kings truly trust one another? King Irovetti, ruler of Pitax and potential rival to the leaders of the eastern Stolen Lands, opens his gates and hospitality to the lords of that realm. Within his city of shallow indulgences and crude decadence, he hosts a tournament ostensibly meant to foster friendship and peace, but fraught with dangers all its own. Is the King of Pitax's good will sincere, or does he harbor a more sinister goal? And are the PCs fated to gain an opponent who commands not only a nation, but allies from a deadly other realm?

This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path includes:

• "War of the River Kings," a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 12th-level characters, by Jason Nelson.
• A tour of the hollow wonders and grim shadows of the oppressed city of Pitax, by Mike Ferguson.
• Merciless insights into the iron-shod doctrine of Gorum, god of battle, by Sean K Reynolds.
• Pathfinder Ollix Kaddar's adventures in the gladiator pits of Tymon in the Pathfinder's Journal, by Steven E. Schend.
• Four new monsters, by Julian Neale and Sean K Reynolds.

Pathfinder Adventure Path is Paizo Publishing's monthly 96-page, perfect-bound, full-color softcover book printed on high-quality paper. It contains an in-depth Adventure Path scenario, stats for about a half-dozen new monsters, and several support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the standard 3.5 fantasy RPG rules set.

Please note that the map on page 33 was printed incorrectly; the correct map can be found at the Paizo website.