Paizo Announces Hellfire Dispatches, a 128-Page Lost Omens Sourcebook for 2026

A single spark has ignited the dry tinder of decades-long saber-rattling into the full-fledged inferno of the Hellfire Crisis, embroiling an entire region into the war between infernal Cheliax and its former holding of Andoran. Paizo's answer to that sprawling conflict is *Lost Omens: Hellfire Dispatches*, a 128-page setting sourcebook arriving April 1, 2026 in both a $44.99 standard hardcover and a $64.99 Special Edition.

From the front line to back-room intrigue and from grim reality to fantastical struggles, the dispatches cover the full range of the Hellfire Crisis. In addition to news of the war and fronts where heroes might win important victories, the sourcebook provides new options for factions involved in the war. The Eagle Knights loyal to Andoran and the Hellknights divided by Cheliax's wartime demands were there when the first blows were struck. Others were pulled in as the crisis spread into their homes, from shadowy Nidal to the halls of power in Absalom and from the already-bloody forests of Nirmathas to settlements beneath the Inner Sea.

The mechanical content is substantial. The book includes ten archetypes, among them three freedom-loving Eagle Knight options, the law-bound Hellknight, and a Starstone aspirant, alongside new character options for members of all classes and themes, plus more than a dozen new troops to challenge parties on all sides of the conflict, a perfect complement to the skirmish rules presented in Pathfinder Battlecry. A gazetteer covers prominent NPCs and plot hooks in each of the conflict's primary fronts, from the Arch of Aroden to Absalom, and from shadowy Nidal to the waters of the Inner Sea itself.

Whether you're fighting the battles of the Hellfire Crisis in the Hellbreakers or Hell's Destiny Adventure Paths, assisting the Pathfinder Society as it navigates the continent-spanning war in the Pathfinder Society Organized Play campaign, or running your own exciting war-based adventure, the book has everything you need to bring the Pathfinder setting's largest conflict to your table. That breadth of compatibility means the book will land equally well at an organized play table running Year of Battle's Spark scenarios and at a home table running a fully homebrew campaign set against the war's backdrop.

The writing credits go to Rigby Bendele, Caryn DiMarco, Stephanie Lundeen, Liane Merciel, Matt Morris, Erin Roberts, Kendra Leigh Speedling, Tan Shao Han, Landon Winkler, and Andrew White. That ten-person roster reflects just how wide a canvas Paizo is painting across: each writer's contribution presumably covers a distinct front or faction, which tracks with the sourcebook's first-person, multi-perspective structure.

The Special Edition is a limited edition deluxe hardcover bound in faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark. The standard hardcover carries item code PZO13008HC; the Special Edition is PZO13008SE. Both editions share the April 1 street date confirmed by Paizo's own store listing, and the book's ISBN-13 is 978-1-64078-779-7.

The Hellfire Crisis meta-event began with the Battle of Hellknight Hill in the summer of 4725 AR and spans more than a year's worth of Pathfinder releases. *Hellfire Dispatches* arrives near the height of that storyline push, and Paizo has already announced a follow-up regional gazetteer, *Cheliax: Infernal Inheritance*, which will hit retail on October 7, 2026, as the Hellfire Crisis comes to a close. For groups deep in the campaign, *Hellfire Dispatches* looks to be the definitive reference for everything that happened before the last shots are fired.