While I expected nothing less than the best from both author and publisher, I was still pleasantly surprised by how good this was. Jacob's artwork is as endearing as ever, and the variety of loamlings depicted is wonderfully inspiring. The ancestry's story and flavor runs the gamut from serious to fun, giving every sort of player something to sink their teeth into. There are some great feats here for "earth elemental" related stuff, which I usually find a "hit or miss". Michael Sayre has managed to hit a great balance given this ancestry comes with a burrow speed (don't worry, GMs, there's limits). The added Golarion lore was executed masterfully.