Blaze like the sun! Crash like the waves! Thunder like a rockslide! Harness the overwhelming power of the most primordial forces of nature with Rage of Elements, a new 224-page rules resource for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game focused on the fundamental building blocks of reality itself!
The elements are yours to control with the all-new kineticist class, which brings one of fantasy’s most popular hero types to Pathfinder. New elemental spells and gear provide tons of additional element-themed options for all character classes, and an extensive gazetteer provides an overview of the majestic elemental planes―including two new the decaying Plane of Metal and the vast and orderly forests of the Plane of Wood. A meaty bestiary presenting scores of element-themed creatures helps to populate these alien landcapes―and liven up even the drabbest Material Plane dungeon!
The gateways to elemental power stand open wide with Pathfinder Rage of Elements!
A supplement in every sense of the word, Rage of Elements adds a substantial amount of elemental themed mechanics to pathfinder games. There’s not a whole lot here for martial characters (except a huge number of magic items) but it’s an incredible book for those looking for elemental themed spellcasters. I play an Elemental Bloodline Sorcerer (metal) in a Pathfinder game and there are tons of spells in here that I use.
The real star here in this book is the kineticist class. A true blaster than can blast all day long, this is the class for you if you want to blow stuff up all the time every time. I’m not really into classes like that personally, but I can see the appeal. Mechanics are well thought out and it’s different enough from an elemental themed caster.
Even though there is a ton of stuff in this book, the writing is what sends it down to 3 stars. Pathfinder has this weird problem in general in that the game itself is amazing, but the writing is so…bland. Reminds me a lot of the WotC 3.5 error where they had lots of good ideas, but the books had a tendency to put me to sleep.