SIDEQUEST (Issue 25 - Jul 2023)

The World of Istar: An introduction to the world of Istar, which is the Icarus Games setting. We've been sharing things from areas of this setting, including Ashk and the Jewel Cities, for the last few years, but there's going to be a LOT more Istar specific content coming so we thought a quick refresher primer was in order!
The Shards of Istar: One of the defining features of the world of Istar is that magic came to the world when the dragon-god Istar was killed and their body crashed into the world. As their bones fossilized, they became the magical substance known as sunat stone which first introduced magic to the mortals of the world. The Shards of Istar are weapons made from pure pieces of the corpse of the dragon-god Istar, and in this first of a new series, we introduce the concept of the shards and give you the first stats for one of them.
Vathek, Twice Cursed: Vathek is one of our Iconics, characters who appear across multiple artworks. He is a tiefling reaver fighter and has appeared in several pieces of cover art through the years. Folks have been asking for more information on our iconic characters, so this is the first in a new ongoing series that will introduce each of the 12 iconics and provide stats for them as NPCs in your games.
The Vinemaw: Back in February, we hosted a monster munch for our writers and a bunch of other industry professionals to help people get used to writing for Pathfinder2e mechanics, and as part of that, we commissioned a piece of artwork from long-time contributing artist, Mattias, for folks to use as inspiration for their designs. Well, we're finally publishing our statblock for that monster, the Vinemaw! Included in your download is the high quality 300dpi magazine, as well as a smaller file size version.