Devotees of the gods, cunning mercenaries, fun-loving performers, crafty engineers, devious villains and more all have roles in your game with the Pathfinder NPC Core! Over 250 stat blocks for NPCs let you drop all kinds of characters into your game, from servants and farmers to masters of magic and martial arts. The NPCs are crafted to be fun and easy to use, with sets of adjustments to quickly change their ancestry, level, and more. You'll also find a trove of NPCs specific to non-human ancestries, like a dwarf general, goblin get-gang, and kobold egg guardian. Each section of NPCs is themed, and includes lore, custom rules, and random tables to spice up your gameplay. Never find yourself making up statistics on the fly again-you can find everything you need in the Pathfinder NPC Core!

This sketch cover edition features a beautiful image of the original pencil sketch of the Pathfinder NPC Cover cover by superstar artist Wayne Reynolds and is offered exclusively to Paizo's hobby retail partners and direct sale on paizo.com.

Featuring contributions by Raychael Allor, Rigby Bendele, Joshua Birdsong, Chris Bissette, Jeremy Blum, Logan Bonner, Dan Cascone, James Case, Jessica Catalan, Katina Davis, Rue Dickey, Chris Eng, Eleanor Ferron, Josh Foster, Matthew Fu, Andrew D. Geels, Sen H.H.S., Katrina Hennessy, Vanessa Hoskins, Patrick Hurley, Sara Jeffers, Michelle Jones, Erik Keith, Jason Keeley, Michelle Y. Kim, Maryssa Lagervall, Christiana Lewis, Luis Loza, Jacob W. Michaels, Zac Moran, Matt Morris, Patchen Mortimer, K. Tessa Newton, Mikhail Rekun, David N. Ross, Tony Saunders, Michael Sayre, Shay Snow, Joel Southall, Kendra Leigh Speedling, Levi Steadman, Kyle Tam, Jamie Trollope, Ruvaid Virk, Grady Wang, Andrew White, Landon Winkler, Jackson Wood, Isis Wozniakowska, and Basil Wright.