Paizo maps Pathfinder’s next wave, from Feybound to Hell’s Destiny

Paizo’s coming-soon page now works like a working calendar for Pathfinder tables. Preorders open only after an item reaches Paizo’s warehouse, usually about six weeks before street date, and shipping does not begin until that street date hits. The release schedule page, which Paizo says is updated monthly, lays out the next rhythm clearly: order reminders on May 13 and June 10, available-thru dates on May 17 and June 14, subscriber days on May 18 and June 15, and street dates on June 3 and July 1, with May 6 already set as the next launch day.

That matters because the first summer hardcover with real table impact is Pathfinder Lost Omens High Seas, due July 1. It is the book that will spill fastest into campaigns, with new character options and a fold-out poster map, plus setting coverage that ranges from Hermea and Mediogalti Island to the Mordant Spire, the Shackles, and underwater regions. If a table is planning a sea campaign, this is the one to budget for first. Cheliax, Infernal Inheritance follows on October 7 with a regional gazetteer of Cheliax, Corentyn, Isger, Nidal, Ravounel, and Scorchhome, along with new character options and another poster map. Feybound and Vaultlines both land on November 4, but they are aimed further out on the calendar.

Feybound pushes hard into the First World, with a gazetteer of that realm, expanded material on the Eldest, and player-facing fey options that include fauns, gremlins, nymphs, sprites, and the fadrim versatile heritage. Its pitch is all about curses, transformations, and memory magic, which makes it the kind of book GMs will mine for a Feywild-style side arc. Vaultlines sits on the opposite end of the spectrum: a complete Pathfinder Second Edition campaign for 11th- to 20th-level characters, written by Sen H.H.S., Jacob W. Michaels, and Andrew White, with additional material by Matthew J. Hanson, Paul Hughes, and James Jacobs.

The shortest runway belongs to Pathfinder Society. Season 7, Year of Battle’s Spark, is framed around the Society working with Andoran as spies, saboteurs, and safe messengers against Cheliax’s infernal push. The next digital scenarios, including #7-17 and #7-18, are set for May 6 and can be run at events that day. Later entries sharpen the season’s direction: The Handmaiden’s Gaze puts Hellish soldiers outside Absalom in the Cairnlands at 11th to 12th level, while The Home of Empty Breath sends 5th- to 6th-level characters into Geb after a missing ghoul academic, with Msasa Kuatuz, giant bugs, and assassination attempts in the mix.

Farther down the road, Bastion of Blasphemies, a complete campaign by James Jacobs for levels 5 to 13, follows Troubles in Grayce, while Hell’s Destiny stretches to a 256-page hardcover Adventure Path for four characters, starting at 10th level and ending at 20th, with Corentyn, Cheliax’s diabolical aristocracy, new items, character options, and monsters. The page makes one thing plain: Pathfinder’s next wave is being sequenced to feed subscriptions, store shelves, and Society tables in the same breath.