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I'm guessing it's Crystal Frasier, developer of the War for the Crown Adventure Path (and probably this book as well). ^_^
Book cover image says Mark Moreland.
Does it? Huh. Perhaps it's his work, then.
Looking forward to it!
Who or what is Grogrisant(the lion)?
Something way outside of the Animal type, as it has six eyes ...
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Something way outside of the Animal type, as it has six eyes ...
*moves the drinks away from bellona*
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For my part, though I do enjoy being able to ridicule incompetent aristocracy, there comes a point where it interferes with the verisimilitude, by prompting the question "How has a country, almost universally run by such bumbling idiots, not been overrun by their neighbours?".
So I support the setting canon being of a mainly competent Taldor, with the option for future writers and GMs to sprinkle a few chinless inbreds in positions of unearned authority, as they see fit, whenever they need a comedic interlude.
For my part, though I do enjoy being able to ridicule incompetent aristocracy, there comes a point where it interferes with the verisimilitude, by prompting the question "How has a country, almost universally run by such bumbling idiots, not been overrun by their neighbours?".
Looks at every nation in history.
"too big to fail?"
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For my part, though I do enjoy being able to ridicule incompetent aristocracy, there comes a point where it interferes with the verisimilitude, by prompting the question "How has a country, almost universally run by such bumbling idiots, not been overrun by their neighbours?".
Looks at every nation in history.
"too big to fail?"
Also, all the neighbours are bumbling nitwits too.
Charles II managed to restore the monarchy. And he was a grade-A doofus.
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For my part, though I do enjoy being able to ridicule incompetent aristocracy, there comes a point where it interferes with the verisimilitude, by prompting the question "How has a country, almost universally run by such bumbling idiots, not been overrun by their neighbours?".
So I support the setting canon being of a mainly competent Taldor, with the option for future writers and GMs to sprinkle a few chinless inbreds in positions of unearned authority, as they see fit, whenever they need a comedic interlude.
This is part of why I favor the Byzantine comparison...
'Cause the Byzantines could be SUCH SHCMUCKS, clinging to the tatters of their pride in being the Roman Empire, even though the days of Justinian were long in their past... and then they'd get a good leader and enjoy a brief resurgence- never to full power, of course, but they'd regain some of what they'd lost, make some big reforms... and a decade or two later, they'd be right back into the mess their own arrogance and complacency created.
I'm confused how this got reviewed already, when today's blog says it's going out to subscribers soon. Does Paizo send out advance copies??
Or maybe this blog was written a while ago and is only getting posted now...I suppose that would explain it.
EDIT: this could be my fault. Looks like this went up on Friday, not today.
That first review did go up four days before any subscribers had their PDFs.
I took a look. I dig it. My only complaint is that I started a campaign set in Taldor this past August, and you moved a few things. Stuff that was mentioned but not mapped now is mapped, and so I guess my PCs visited North Kravenkus.
Also, I always got the sense of Taldor as having only a few big cities still -- Oppara, Cassomir, and Demgazi -- but the book adds a lot more. So the version of Taldor I've been running has a lot more "once-populated, now reclaimed by wilderness" areas.
My PCs are going to be 9th level by the time Crownfall comes out. I'm going to give them a chance to do the 1st level adventure, and see how easily they could nip this whole adventure path in the bud. :)