Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Ultimate Wilderness

Upon receiving this book I had a tear in the cover at the bottom (tear through the cardboard of the cover almost like something slammed against the bottom edge of the cover and pushed part of it inward) and had a large crease in the back cover of the book. The crease only appears to be on the printed part of the back cover and not through the entire cardboard. The corners of the book were also worn. The pages of the book were pristine. Deducting 1 star for condition of product.Apart from the physical appearance of the book, the content is superb. The idea of plant based characters is intriguing. Gives a completely different aspect of play. The added variety of classes and archetypes covers many different character types. The options given to the player are endless.

Although the shifter class may have some issues and can arguably be overshadowed by the original druid class itself, it does the job it is supposed to well. A good GM will be able to work with their player and help buff the class if it really is that necessary. I take the idea behind these campaign settings as suggestions and not the "letter of the law." The book has plenty of great material to make up for the Shifter class' supposed disappointment. It's worth it if you have a very open world with a lot of area to explore and you want to make your PCs actually work hard for their progress while maintaining a deeper level of intrigue. The new race options are also quite interesting and are fun to play around with. Have fun and keep on!

This book is complete trash.A sample of what you'll find1: The shifter. The class worse at it's job than a druid with 9 wisdom. Anyone who says this class with only the content is this book is good is just bad at the game. Play a hunter or druid or one of the archetypes of other classes that get shapeshifting abilities.2: A feat that lets you make animal sounds. In one favored terrain type. Yes, what most people considered a survival or know.nature check is now a feat3: Nerfs! Snowball is reprinted with a stealth nerf (loses it's save or suck, is now evocation). Lore Warden gets stealth nerfed into the ground by a designer who forgot how combat maneuvers worked.4: Dry content designed to fill pagesThis book is quite clearly an indication that the guys at Paizo are phoning it in. It's full of plain terrible game options that received no playtesting. If you want flavor, buy Spheres of Power for shapeshifting instead. If you want decent rules options, cherrypik of d20pfsrd like everyone else. If you want a decently put together firstparty hardback, buy any other Paizo book. Yes, even the ACG.

Overall, this book was excellent. The Shifter class, while being a major draw of the book, is far from it's best feature. The book's best features are the new rules. The new plant races are unique and don't feel redone, several of the archetypes are excellent and encourage new ways to play old classes, the feats are interesting and add new abilities, and the new companions and companion abilities are a great addition to any game involving players with familiars or animal companions.

Great new class options and new races.

Using the product for a pathfinder campaign. Player wanted to be a shifter.

Two new races, a new class, a bunch of new archetypes. All wilderness things. Now your pathfinder characters can not only go on wild adventures, but have wild fights with wild spells and wild items!

It's exactly what you think it is and what you are paying for

Good addition to the one of the best rpg's of last decade.

Slightly damaged cover but nothing too bad.

O Ultimate Wilderness teve uma hype muito forte por conta da classe Shifter, que muitos acharam que seria um druida focado em Wild Shape. E após lerem o livro viram que não era nada disso. O Shifter é uma classe nova que funciona como um personagem marcial que trabalha juntamente com druidas e rangers em proteger a natureza, e o vínculo dele com a nature e animais se dá na forma de aspéctos animais que ele pode assumir a forma. Então ao invés de termos todos os animai's já listados em bestiários como opções (como um druida), temos alguns animais disponíveis, como ursos, tigres, lobos, e o shifter vai ganhando seus aspectos ao longo da sua carreira. Então ele está mais para um monge ou paladino da natureza do que um druida focado em combate. A classe é interessante no papel, mas o grande problema dela é que ela não sofreu playtest, e portanto não se sabe o quão balanceada está. As análises iniciais é que ela não se destaca em nada especificamente por conta das suas mecânicas conservativas (a paizo não ousou em tentar algo muito novo), portanto esperem uma errata logo logo.Os jogadores também terão três novas raças jogáveis focados na natureza, dezenas de arquétipos novos, e muitas feats e magias que envolvem a natureza, como fazer charge pulando encima de um inimigo a partir de um terreno elevado. Outro ponto importante é que todas as regras para familiares e companheiros animais lançadas anos atrás nos Familiar Folio e Animal Archive foram revisadas e republicadas neste livro, com algumas novas adições para ambos.E para o mestre, temos diversas novas mecânicas para desafios em áreas selvagens, desde tabelas para gerar o clima de uma região para o ano todo se necessário, até regras para extrair venenos de criaturas (graças a Norgober). Os novos sistemas são úteis, especialmente os que envolvem novos usos para skills como Heal e Survival, que já são pouco usadas exceto nos primeiros níveis. Temos regras para criar armadilhas na natureza, como fossos e troncos esmagadores, temos também regras para criar trofeis de monstros derrotados (queria usar o olho de um troll como amuleto, ou decorar seu elmo com os chifres de um dragão? Agora você pode), temos regras para colher ervas raras com possuem efeitos especiais temporários e também para explorar uma área com mais detalhes (algo que mistura um pouco as regras de Library Research com Hexploration). E por fim, o livro termina com uma lista de itens mágicos temáticos para natureza, incluindo a possibilidade de cultivar árvores mágicas (sim) que geram frutos mágicos (exatamente) que podem ser colhidos algumas vezes por semana, e algumas delas são fantásticas.Somente vou tirar uma estrela por conta do Shifter, a classe tem um potencial muito grande, que atualmente é jogável, mas deixa algumas coisas a desejar. Então já vejo que vou ter que aguardar uma errata pra ele e deixar guardada dentro do meu livro.

great book !

Ultimate wilderness may be the best hardcover release from pathfinder in years. This book is full from front to back on elements for DM’s and Players alike. The new shifter class is an interesting idea especially for druid players or those seeking a native American shaman character idea. There are also 4 races detailed in this book which are all very interesting especially the Leshi. Also the number of class options for previously existing classes is staggering and amazing, 1 class is just called the Dino Druid, guess what they do? Spells and feats are here as well and are of the usual quality. Where this book really shines though is in 3 sections. Its detailed breakdown of the fey, the first world and druid religions, the new gathering mechanics for poisons, herbs and other items and finally in DMing a game set in the wilderness. This book is so useful it really is hard to break it all down in a review but if you play pathfinder you cant go wrong with this one.