--- product_id: 36309109 title: "Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Villain Codex" brand: "jason bulmahn" price: "SAR 380" currency: SAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/36309109-pathfinder-roleplaying-game-villain-codex store_origin: SA region: Saudi Arabia --- # Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Villain Codex **Brand:** jason bulmahn **Price:** SAR 380 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Villain Codex by jason bulmahn - **How much does it cost?** SAR 380 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.sa](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/36309109-pathfinder-roleplaying-game-villain-codex) ## Best For - jason bulmahn enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted jason bulmahn brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Villain Codex - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81nG9ZuxGzL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐ A sales tool to additional books? *by T***R on Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2022* To get the full value out of The Villain Codex, you need access to Advanced Class Guide, Advanced Player's Guide, Advanced Race Guide, Occult Adventures, Ultimate Combat, Ultimate Equipment, Ultimate Intrigue, and Ultimate Magic. I expect some crossover between source books, but this guide relies on too many additional tomes in a bid to sell more products.The art, design and writing is fine and there are clever story hooks and background info that GMs will find useful, but every npc build I reviewed referenced class abilities, feats, and spells from books outside of the Core books.What I was hoping for was more flexible: a roster of NPCs stat blocs with interesting backstories and personalities that can be dropped into a game on the fly and run with the core books. With more time for prep, they could be customized based the GM's own library and what they allow in their games. In the end, It looked like too much additional work to get these npcs prepped for my use (not to mention needing access to several books to run them at the table), so I returned the Codex to the seller.I should have researched this impulse buy more closely. My bad. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Uninspired and too chocolate-y *by D***E on Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2017* This book is what I have come to expect from Paizo of late. The positives are that it has amazing artwork, and the monsters/opponents are well-built and put into creative groupings.Now the downsides. This book is basically a re-hashing of the NPC codex, but in my opinion it’s less useful. Sure, the villain codex has more “new rules” like spells and gear, which the NPC codex did not have. But this book seems to have fewer stat blocks overall when compared to the NPC codex (look at the appendix). The main problem I have is that the villain “organizations” add an extra layer of structure that makes it harder to customize (I.e. harder to fit these creatures into my campaign). The appendix has some suggestions for mixing the villain organizations up, but I still find this to be antithetical to the goal of “lazy DMing”. I loved how the NPC codex was organized by class and level. So you could find a perfect (or nearly perfect) NPC or bad guy in a matter of minutes. The villain codex, on the other hand, is not organized this way, and the baddies will probably take much more time to incorporate into a game.Lastly, I find this book too chocolate-y, by which I mean that I wanted baddies that are more vanilla. Some recent splat books have added many more character classes since the printing of the NPC codex, and those new character classes are incorporated into this villain codex. An example of the new stuff is the occult classes, and the new style of spell casting that accompanies them. I don’t use occult classes in my game, so any villain in this book that incorporates that material has to be skipped. This again makes it harder for “lazy DMing”. I either have to re-work the NPCs to remove the new material or I have to look elsewhere for an opponent for my players. I recognize that Paizo has to walk a fine line between old and new material. They have to incorporate these new occult classes into their products to please the occult fans and generate interest for that sub-system, all the while keeping the “older” classes relevant to please the purists. This is a very difficult task! I just don’t think that this book strikes that delicate balance. There are too many encounter groups that mix the old and new material. So even if you love new stuff and want to incorporate it into your game, you’ll probably end up juggling five different rulebooks as you try to run a single villain organization encounter.In short, this book is good but not great for the lazy DM. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I'm a pretty avid RPG player *by C***Y on Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2017* As a preface, I'm a pretty avid RPG player. I DM Pathfinder, and play in several other weekly RPGs. I'm a big fan of 'lazy DM'ing' options - premade encounters, premade cities, things that can easily be dropped into a sandbox campaign as needed, so I can avoid spending a week creating a city, organization, etc.This is one of my favorite books for Pathfinder - and I own a lot of them.It's effectively a collection of 'generic badguy organizations', and their various members and stat-sheets. They provide pre-made encounters for each organization, each of different difficulties so you can drop them into a campaign as needed. Each organization also has some nice flavor/fluff ideas, story hook concepts, but is all overall 'generic' in the sense that you can slap whatever name/title you want on the group and members, and drop them right into your setting.Additionally many of the organizations have new feats, class archetypes, etc, for use within that organization - however the book specifically mentions potentially using these as a reward, should PC's end up being buddy-buddy with the organization, which I find pretty cool. There's also a few new magic items which is always welcome.Totally worth the purchase if you DM --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/36309109-pathfinder-roleplaying-game-villain-codex](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/36309109-pathfinder-roleplaying-game-villain-codex) --- *Product available on Desertcart Saudi Arabia* *Store origin: SA* *Last updated: 2026-04-30*