NPC Gallery

Pathfinder Gamemastery Guide (Second Edition), page 204

• Courtiers Though adventurers travel through perilous dungeons and across treacherous wilderness, sometimes the most dangerous place they can end up is in a noble court.
• Criminals Some criminals are the desperate who have no option but to break the law to survive, while others choose a life of crime for thrills, forming gangs or underworld guilds that specialize in certain illegal ventures.
• Devotees Religions inspire devout individuals to uphold their tenets.
• Downtrodden Unfortunately, every society has people living on its fringes.
• Explorers The world is a wide, open place fraught with peril and adventure.
• Foresters From the managed and cultivated forests that support villages to the tree-covered crown lands where only nobles and their servants are permitted to hunt, forests provide.
• Healers The world is a dangerous place.
• Laborers Every day, laborers perform backbreaking physical work.
• Magistrates Magistrates are the cogs and gears that keep bureaucracy running, moving the machine along under the inertia of the status quo.
• Mercenaries A broad category that includes those wielding arms, spells, or even guile and cunning, mercenaries hire themselves and their expertise to those with the gold to pay for it.
• Mystics Those initiated into the hidden truths and forbidden secrets of the world are forever transformed—or so they claim.
• Officers Larger societies rely on those with the authority and the ability to interpret and enforce laws.
• Performers Performances can serve as entertainment, expressions of beauty, or part of a shared culture.
• Publicans Countless adventures begin in a tavern or a pub.
• Scholars True power comes from knowledge: the power to shape the growth of kingdoms by mere whispers, staying three steps ahead of adversaries, or even knowing which flora is best for creating untraceable poisons.
• Seafarers Adventurers may need passage on a swift vessel, or they might face danger from raiders at sea or in coastal settlements.
• Tradespeople Every settlement needs tradespeople to create new products, facilitate commerce, and keep the infrastructure from crumbling.
• Villains Villains pursue selfish and cruel goals, trampling over anyone foolish or purehearted enough to stand in their way.
• Firebrands Wherever oppression or an opportunity for daring adventure can be found, the Firebrands can be found chasing after.
• Hellknights Firm believers in enforcing the law at any cost, Hellknights are often based in Cheliax, but they travel to all across Golarion to enforce their ideals of order.
• Knights of Lastwall Though the nation of Lastwall is shattered and its leaders have fled, the courage of those who once defended its shining walls remains strong.
• Magaambya Adepts Incredible events have rocked the lands of Avistan over the past 10 years, from whole cities reappearing out of a loop in time to magical explosions vaporizing the prison of Gallowspire.
• Pathfinders The Pathfinder Society is a large and influential organization seeking to learn and share their knowledge to others, and its members can be found even in the least likely of places.
• Theme Templates This section provides a number of stat blocks for members of the five organizations presented previously in this book.