ALP-CS04: Cerulean Seas ThThee Azure Abyss Role Playing Game Supplement New Deep sea Guide for use with the Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game* Written by Emily Ember Kubisz, Sam G. Hing, & Matthew Cicci ! Credits ! Lead Designer: Emily E. Kubisz Artistic Director & Layout: Tim Adams Authors: Emily Ember Kubisz, Sam G. Hing, & Matthew A. Cicci Editing and Development: Ben Welsby, Jeffrey Turner & Steven O'Neal Legal Consultant: Marcia McCarthy Cover Artist: Fabio Porfidia; Interior Artists: Tim Adams, Ian Barker, Carl Beu, Caren Billings, Adam Burnier, F. Drew Chandra, Collette Curran, Edyta Felcyn, Nicole Hansche, Johannes Holm, Forrest Imel, Markus Juuso, Mathias Kollros, Emily Ember Kubisz, Setiawan Lee, Lynton Levengood, Chan Tuck Lueng, MDA art, Chenthooran Nambiarooran, Emily Naviasky, Juan Novelletto, Fabio Porfidia, Dylan J. 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Contents Hing Chapter 1: The Underdeep 4 Chapter 5: Azure Abyss Setting 52 Preface ....................................................... 5 The Dark Trinity ....................................... 53 Introduction .............................................. 6 Other Racial Histories ............................. 56 Common Terms ........................................ 7 Languages of the Underdeep ................. 62 Environmental Basics .............................. 8 Underdeep Religions ............................... 62 Chapter 2: Deep Sea Races 14 Chapter 6: Deep Sea Bestiary 66 Aquatic Races Revisited .......................... 15 Introduction to Deep Sea Monsters ....... 67 Asterak ...................................................... 18 Creature Glyphs ....................................... 67 Dwarf, Austorian ..................................... 19 New Sea Monsters ................................... 68 Echin .......................................................... 20 Obitu, Aquatic .......................................... 21 Appendices 90 Oculus, Viden ........................................... 22 Appendix 1: Deep Sea Monsters ............ 91 Rusalka, Abyssal ...................................... 23 Appendix 2: Pronunciation Guide ......... 91 Underdeep half-races .............................. 24 Appendix 3: Index of Tables ................... 91 Vital Statistics ........................................... 25 Appendix 4: Art Index ............................. 92 Open Game License ................................. 93 Chapter 3: Deep Sea Classes 26 Special Thanks .......................................... 94 Existing Classes ........................................ 27 Cardstock Minis ....................................... 95 Angler ....................................................... 28 Index .......................................................... 96 Prestige classes ......................................... 33 Chapter 4: Deep-craft 42 Underdeep Materials ............................... 43 Weapons .................................................... 44 Feats ........................................................... 45 Underdeep Spells ..................................... 48 Underdeep Magic Items........................ 50 3 Chapter 1: The Hungry Darkness 4 TThehe Underdeep everal fathoms below... Where the light of sun will never shine, the sea shall also never know the warm embrace of good or the security of peace. The cataclysms of the surface world are evident only in the increase of life-sustaining ruin that rains down into our realm. Though we are envious of the bounty of your sunlit kingdom, we know that it can never suit us. We are the creatures of the eternal night, the horrors that you warn your children about, and the reason you fear the shadows below. We are indeed vicious and you are wise to avoid these dismal places. Even that which is frightening has much to fear. Our past is stained with eons of bloodshed. Our legacy is that every race different from our own is either an enemy or a slave. Our hatred does not stop there, however. Even among our own kind, clan wars clan and every family has rivals that wish them dead. The treachery boils down as deep as the inky trenches that we dwell in. One is not even safe from one’s own offspring. Survival exists only for the fittest and the smartest. Our world, however, is not devoid of hope. If you allow your eyes to focus, you will see our own unique starry night. Colors of an alien spectrum will dance before you in ghostly radiance. Life, while hideous in form and function, still radiates a light that even those accustomed to rainbow-licked reefs would find awe-inspiring. Just as we have beauty here, we can also foster the forces of goodness and peace, sometimes in the most unlikely of situations. A dimly shining example of this is the Dark Trinity.. The name itself stirs up a feeling a dread, and what it represents is indeed terrifying. In the name of continued existence, lesser factions of the deep drow, obitu, and oculus species forged an improbable alliance. Their leaders, while maniacally evil in their own right, drafted a