The mythic power instilled in you gives you a pool of Mythic Points. Unlike most aspects of your character, which persist over the long term, Mythic Points last for only a single session.
Mythic Points are required to cast mythic spells, use some mythic feats, activate mythic items, and can be required to attempt some mythic deeds (see below). Each mythic character starts the session with 3 Mythic Points and can have a maximum of 3 Mythic Points at any time. If you have Mythic Points, you do not gain
.Mythic Deeds
A mythic deed is a task, often in the form of a hazard or noncombat challenge, that restores an adventuring party’s Mythic Points once successfully navigated. It’s even possible that a party might uncover their Callings after completing their first mythic deed as non-mythic characters. A mythic deed should generally be at least a moderate challenge for a party of the characters’ level or involve a combination of hard and very hard skill checks for the PCs’ level (see Difficulty Classes in Pathfinder GM Core for more information on Level-Based DCs and Adjusting Difficulty); if the deed is easily accomplished without using mythic resources, it isn’t a mythic deed.
Many mythic monsters have mythic deeds associated with them. These can serve as examples for creating your own mythic deeds as a GM and are often intended to allow players to interact with the monster at a level where fighting the creature would be unwise or unrewarding. The creatures presented in Mythic Monsters all include an array of mythic deeds to use in stories where those monsters play a prominent role.
A mythic deed tied to a monster doesn’t necessarily need to be presented at a different level than the monster it’s associated with. For mythic monsters whose presence in a campaign is only intended to last a single session, it’s likely that any associated mythic deeds will be no more than 2 levels higher than the monster and no more than 2 levels lower.
Recovering Mythic Points
Mythic power is a rare and precious resource. While it accrues and recovers naturally within mythic characters over time, it can be difficult to accrue during the heat of combat. The following are ways a character might regain Mythic Points during a session.
- Slaying a mythic opponent in combat restores 2 Mythic Points to the character whose attack, spell, or effect defeated the opponent, and 1 Mythic Point to all other mythic characters in the party.
- Completing a mythic deed restores 3 Mythic Points to each mythic character in the party.
- Following their Calling by taking actions particularly in line with the edicts (as determined by the GM) restores 1 Mythic Point to that character’s mythic pool.
- A legendary accomplishment or epic sacrifice can restore 1 or more Mythic Points for a character, even if it’s not one of the more defined ways to recover Mythic Points. The GM gauges when this should occur. Mythic characters have more power over their own story than most and should be rewarded when the story is particularly compelling!