So Xin went Backpacking through Europe and came home where he got kicked out of school for doing a different method than the professor who hated looking stupid got it.
So "Seven Dooms of Sandpoint" reveals in some minor background details that someone was trying to make Divination a proper school of sin magic. They wanted to be called the "Runelord of Vainglory," but, uh, she had bad timing. She reached a runelord's magical power a few months before Earthfall and then got crippled by her visions of the coming apocalypse. Whoops. It's unclear if she made a runewell, but it's most likely she was just overwhelmed with terror by watching her own death on repeat.
This is great to know! I haven't had a chance to dig into Seven Dooms yet, so it looks like I've got an addendum video to make for this series in the future.
Xin reaching to connect the schools of magic to the virtues of rule reminds me of how Isaac Newton was really into the mystical & religious significance of the number seven, as a result was very insistent that there were seven colors of the rainbow, and that's why indigo is considered a color of the rainbow.
Love this video and reminded me of something I heard of a long time ago that there use to be two more sins that were merged into the seven, vainglory and despair. From my understanding vainglory is excessive vanity or mega pride but I feel that despair fits SO WELL with divination. Looking into the future and seeing all the bad coming. And while not an opposite I see self control as an old virtue which fits for divination not being studied. If you practice self control you avoid going too deep into divination due to the risks but if you go with the opposite of self control you have no control to stop you from constantly looking into the future entering a state of despair. Both extremes would encourage divination to be "lost" as a major like the 8th virtue/sin lost. But that would be reaching to explain plot hole. Your videos just make me want to look and think.
The spellwell in the book looks confusing based on its description. If the rings are supposed to be able to rotate, why do they spiral inward? I'd expect something like skyrims claw puzzles. Is it a design error?!
That... Is an excellent question. I am currently away from my reference books for the next week, but I will check and get back to you. It's possible the art and the description do not match (that happens somewhat often), but it's also possible that I misinterpreted how the spellwells functions.
Meaning Xin's motivation to expand his empire? I agree that it could be much clearer, but unfortunately the existing lore doesn't provide a lot of context (that I could find) regarding that decision. I interpret it as Xin seeing a glorious future for himself and his people which rivaled Azlant, and that necessitated the conquest of a large swath of territory.
@@Podfinderhe also brought with him dozens, hundreds, or thousands of followers. Supporting them and settling them would take a chunk of resources. If there were dozens of lesser apprentices, they would have been equipped to raid and conquer the locations with starmetals or other valuable resources.
So Xin went Backpacking through Europe and came home where he got kicked out of school for doing a different method than the professor who hated looking stupid got it.
On the first day of sin-mas the runelords gave to me: An e‐ternal o‐li‐gar‐chy!
So "Seven Dooms of Sandpoint" reveals in some minor background details that someone was trying to make Divination a proper school of sin magic. They wanted to be called the "Runelord of Vainglory," but, uh, she had bad timing. She reached a runelord's magical power a few months before Earthfall and then got crippled by her visions of the coming apocalypse. Whoops.
It's unclear if she made a runewell, but it's most likely she was just overwhelmed with terror by watching her own death on repeat.
This is great to know! I haven't had a chance to dig into Seven Dooms yet, so it looks like I've got an addendum video to make for this series in the future.
Which is hilarious because Eastern Orthodox Christianity has an actual eighth sin: DESPAIR
Xin reaching to connect the schools of magic to the virtues of rule reminds me of how Isaac Newton was really into the mystical & religious significance of the number seven, as a result was very insistent that there were seven colors of the rainbow, and that's why indigo is considered a color of the rainbow.
Love your work.
Both extensive and compact.
I'm finally learning all those things I wondered about Golarion.
Thank ou so much!
Thank you Merry Sin-mas!
First comment!! 🎉 Woo!!! Merry Sin-mas! So looking forward to all of these videos!
Let's go! Awesome Christmas present! Merry Sin-Mas!
Thanks and Merry Sinmas! Everything I've heard about Xin previously has been pretty positive, so it was good to hear a new perspective!
He is very frequently depicted as this wise and benevolent king, so I thought it was important to show the less savory aspects of his character.
Love this video and reminded me of something I heard of a long time ago that there use to be two more sins that were merged into the seven, vainglory and despair. From my understanding vainglory is excessive vanity or mega pride but I feel that despair fits SO WELL with divination. Looking into the future and seeing all the bad coming. And while not an opposite I see self control as an old virtue which fits for divination not being studied. If you practice self control you avoid going too deep into divination due to the risks but if you go with the opposite of self control you have no control to stop you from constantly looking into the future entering a state of despair. Both extremes would encourage divination to be "lost" as a major like the 8th virtue/sin lost.
But that would be reaching to explain plot hole. Your videos just make me want to look and think.
These sound like great ideas for a homebrew campaign! Love the despair idea in particular!
Its finally here! Merry Sin-mass and Happy Horrordays to everyone!
Love this channel. Hope it gets the subscribers you deserve.
Thanks very much!
Please note that the 8 schools predate 3.0, and existed in ADND 2e
Very true. I didn't mean to imply that they were invented for 3E, only that the Pathfinder implementation predated Pathfinder as a system.
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The spellwell in the book looks confusing based on its description. If the rings are supposed to be able to rotate, why do they spiral inward? I'd expect something like skyrims claw puzzles. Is it a design error?!
That... Is an excellent question. I am currently away from my reference books for the next week, but I will check and get back to you. It's possible the art and the description do not match (that happens somewhat often), but it's also possible that I misinterpreted how the spellwells functions.
Since seemed like a good guy until he made his own town.
Pro-knowledge.
Seems like a key point is missing regarding the expansion cause.
Meaning Xin's motivation to expand his empire? I agree that it could be much clearer, but unfortunately the existing lore doesn't provide a lot of context (that I could find) regarding that decision. I interpret it as Xin seeing a glorious future for himself and his people which rivaled Azlant, and that necessitated the conquest of a large swath of territory.
@@Podfinderhe also brought with him dozens, hundreds, or thousands of followers. Supporting them and settling them would take a chunk of resources. If there were dozens of lesser apprentices, they would have been equipped to raid and conquer the locations with starmetals or other valuable resources.
@ChronoHarvester an excellent point!