Downloading! Yay!

Downloading! Yay!

Oh, and, smurf. Just to see me change.

DEAR GODS!

I can download it too!!!

SMURF!

Woot! Me too!

Edit: Hey! Everyone else, knock it off. My download is going slowly because you're all downloading at the same time as me. I'll post when I'm done and then you can download.

Edit2: Damn you Paizo! First you do the rpg superstar and now you give me the next issue of pathfinder to read. I need to start writing for nanowrimo tonight!!! Argh!!! Quit producing products that I need to read as soon as I receive them!!!

Christ! I wake up, turn on the computer and this!

This is gonna be a great cup of coffee.

w00t!

Edit: I was gonna mention that they have narcotics in the ink, then the coffee hit my lips and I realized that this is digital and you are just compulsive, Sebastian.

Edit 2: Got it just as the belly started to warm, cya later suckers, I'm readin'.

I breezed through all of it reading some encounters and marveling at the picture of the Mother of Oblivion and such, and I can say that this one is pretty good. The adventure is very jam-packed, with many varying locations and events.

I just shudder at that ogrekin Mamma picture.

Smurf.

just browsing the pdf & I must say I can't wait for the hardcopy to get here!!! (don't want to spoil to much it by reading the pdf, ha ha)

(btw, my downloads were rapid fast this time around, seemed like Pf came down around the same time as GM, which is saying something with the way my isp is lately, LOL)

love the chapter on Varisia (love the artwork for the races)

the Bestiary has some interesting but cool critters in it.

heck haven't even check out the adventure chapter yet, will do that tomorrow!!

nice work guys, love seein the new Pathfinder each month

(+ the new GM module EwtP looks great as well)

RM

I finished Hook Mountain skipping stats and a paragraph here and there. That's a great adventure. Logue has redeemed himself in my eyes (didn't really like Crown).

Edit: I was gonna mention that they have narcotics in the ink, then the coffee hit my lips and I realized that this is digital and you are just compulsive, Sebastian.

I'm obsessive and compulsive.

Speaking of which, James, when are we going to see the stuff that got cut...

It says I have 6 downloads available, but it's Pathfinder #2 repeated a second time. Smurf it. (pants) No fair. (Since I'm a Smurf, I get to be very impatient and super Smurfy).

Kudos to Paizo. Youz guys are fast!

Ha! I don't think ANYONE should ever see those. Or the stuff I self-edited from Edge of Anarchy...shudder.

Stuck at work..../sigh

Speaking of which, James, when are we going to see the stuff that got cut...

"ASK ME ABOUT MIG-A-MUG TUG"

And I'll tell you some of the stuff that got cut out. Nick can probably do the same.

Sebastian wrote:

Speaking of which, James, when are we going to see the stuff that got cut...

Probably never. It was pretty over the top. If you run into me at Gen Con or somewhere like that though, use this PASSPHRASE:

"ASK ME ABOUT MIG-A-MUG TUG"

And I'll tell you some of the stuff that got cut out. Nick can probably do the same.

Someday we'll share, but only in person with no tape recording devices of any kind present. My FBI file is thick enough thank you very much.

Sebastian wrote:

Speaking of which, James, when are we going to see the stuff that got cut...

Probably never. It was pretty over the top. If you run into me at Gen Con or somewhere like that though, use this PASSPHRASE:

"ASK ME ABOUT MIG-A-MUG TUG"

And I'll tell you some of the stuff that got cut out. Nick can probably do the same.

Heh. That'd be awesome!

You had me at 'Ogrish hillbilly horror'. OK, this is the perfect Halloween gift, a day late :) Mamma Graul.. OK, I need to take a shower now just from seeing that and reading about her.. habits. At least she is a dutiful mommy what takes care of Her Boys. *shudder*

I will most assuredly find you at GenCon this year and ask you what got cut. Or hand you my therapist bill, either one :)

Yah, this is great. My favorite X-Files episode was "Home" with the Peacock family who keep momma on a cart under the bed, and though I've forgotten a lot of The Hills have Eyes I'm pretty sure I liked it, too.

Well, I'll have no problem making it even more disturbing when I finally do run it.

It does have me pumped for this weekend, when a kind little old lady who lives in the woods and heals up some weary adventurers is going to feed babies to a band of good but unobservant PCs, a classic ploy I learned from a friend a few years back.

Just downloaded my PDFs and went through them briefly. (I'm one of those who waits for the printed copy before I get into any significant reading so I can't say anything about the adventure yet.)

But I just wanted to say Thank you to the change on the images showing the layouts of the places! Now I can copy the images into Paint Shop Pro without all of the tags! This is a huge time-saver for preparing battle grids using the maps from the adventure!

Will this great modification be available for all future Pathfinder's now?

(I notice the images in J1 still copy with the tags -- Can I hold out hope for GameMastery Modules to be able to have images copied without tags starting in some future module?)

Thank you all at Paizo very much for this change to Pathfinder!

Yah, this is great. My favorite X-Files episode was "Home" with the Peacock family who keep momma on a cart under the bed...

User-friendly PDFs are always more welcome!

Well I am only about halfway through the actual adventure but have managed to read everything else. So far the adventure looks to be A+ and the new monsters are sweet. I am still trying to get into the Pathfinder Journal and it's slowly growing on me. I also really enjoyed the gazetteer it has some great hooks, not to mention the hints of things that I see happening in the 2nd and 3rd AP's.

The only remotely bad thing I have seen so far is the Keeping the Keep chapter. I was hoping for soooo much more good stuff. The part explaining about castles was a buzz kill for me personally,(Kind of a hobby) however I can see how it could be useful for others.

For some reason though I always find giving players things to do in order to run a keep the worst part of it. My players usually love keeps and land. For me though I just can't deal with it very well. It is one of my admitted many faults as a DM. Still while disappointed a bit by that part it still held some good ideas and spearked a few from myself.

So all in all I have to say great job Paizo and Logue.

In addition D1 was pretty good too. This is just so much better though.

I have to run along and finish reading the adventure now.

PS: More stuff for Keeps!!!

Woot!!! Just downloaded it now. I'll read through the adventure in a bit, but had to say something about the Varesia gazetteer. My players have been clamoring for more info on the world. Awesome job, people, simply awesome. You should all be very proud of yourselves, this is a worthy successor to the lost magazines. Scratch that. I'm liking Pathfinder MORE than Dungeon & Dragon.

EDIT: Holy Hot Diggity!!! I don't know how you did it, but Tars is right! Using the Image select tool in Reader, you can drag the image to the desktop and it creates a .bmp file MINUS the room numbers. Perfect for scaling up and printing out battlemats! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Yay! Downloaded!!

Can't wait to read it. Love the look of the Varisia Article. Skimmed the adventure. Looks to be another wonderful Logue creation.

I will tell the players to bring plenty of body bags.

Yah, this is great. My favorite X-Files episode was "Home" with the Peacock family who keep momma on a cart under the bed...

A truly excellent episode, and definitely one of the many inspirations for the Grauls.

My laptop's being a bear, but I'll read it monday while listening to phone audits... fun fun,

Do we have to use Winzip to open the pdfs?

Do we have to use Winzip to open the pdfs?

Like others have said, this thing looks good! I only skim the PDF because I like reading hardcopy and using PDF for reference only.

We have to talk about the art though.

It was very hit or miss. I dug the pics of Shalelu, Mommy Graul, and Lucretia but disliked Jakardros Sovark, Vale Temros, and Kaven Windstrike. I thought that type of cartoony art was bye-bye by popular demand?

On the good side, whomever did the pix of Grazuul and Lamatar Bayden deserves a big raise. Who was that? Effing Flantastic, right there.

It was very hit or miss. I dug the pics of Shalelu, Mommy Graul, and Lucretia but disliked Jakardros Sovark, Vale Temros, and Kaven Windstrike. I thought that type of cartoony art was bye-bye by popular demand?

On the good side, whomever did the pix of Grazuul and Lamatar Bayden deserves a big raise. Who was that? Effing Flantastic, right there.

I think Grazuul came from JZConcepts and I think Lamatar came from Ben Wootten... not postive, though. Come "Curse of the Crimson Throne" I hope to be crediting artists in margins, sort of like how WotC does in their hardcovers.

But I just wanted to say Thank you to the change on the images showing the layouts of the places! Now I can copy the images into Paint Shop Pro without all of the tags! This is a huge time-saver for preparing battle grids using the maps from the adventure!

Will this great modification be available for all future Pathfinder's now?

(I notice the images in J1 still copy with the tags -- Can I hold out hope for GameMastery Modules to be able to have images copied without tags starting in some future module?)

Thank you all at Paizo very much for this change to Pathfinder!

Just finished my first read through and I have to say it's a damn fine issue.

The adventure was top notch. It managed to combine the feel of frontier town exploration with some moments of genuine horror and disgust. I really like the new re-imagining of ogres. Genuinely disturbing. The new look Scrag as well seems very cool. I can't figure out how to do spoiler so I can't really go into any more detail. Sufficed to say it is a great adventure and I can't wait to run it.

Th Varisia article was awesome as well. So many really interesting locations to be explored. There are dozens of amazing adventure sites listed and it already sparked loads of ideas for other adventures. Can't wait to see some more of the areas expanded on.

The art I think is also worth a mention as it is for the most part great. I'm still not keen on the cartoony NPC portraits and the opening art of Hook mountain massacre is not particularly amazing but apart from that it's all good. The drawing of viperwall in particular tands out as does wayne reynolds cover art (as ever).

I think Grazuul came from JZConcepts and I think Lamatar came from Ben Wootten... not postive, though.

James Jacobs wrote:

I think Grazuul came from JZConcepts and I think Lamatar came from Ben Wootten... not postive, though.

JZConcepts, whomever that is, freaking rules. The trolls also get an honorable mention as well as the illustration of the fort and Riddleport.

Ben Wootten did the fort and Riddleport pictues, though. That much I know for sure.

Sebastian wrote:

Speaking of which, James, when are we going to see the stuff that got cut...

Probably never. It was pretty over the top. If you run into me at Gen Con or somewhere like that though, use this PASSPHRASE:

"ASK ME ABOUT MIG-A-MUG TUG"

And I'll tell you some of the stuff that got cut out. Nick can probably do the same.

No ETA for my FLGS?

No ETA for my FLGS?

It was very hit or miss. I dug the pics of Shalelu, Mommy Graul, and Lucretia but disliked Jakardros Sovark, Vale Temros, and Kaven Windstrike. I thought that type of cartoony art was bye-bye by popular demand?

Why did the rangers tolerate the Graul's homestead on the trail between Fort Rannick and Turtleback Ferry?

Did I miss something? It seemed like they had been there a while and a couple of dozen rangers would have had no problem whacking them.

Why did the rangers tolerate the Graul's homestead on the trail between Fort Rannick and Turtleback Ferry?

Did I miss something? It seemed like they had been there a while and a couple of dozen rangers would have had no problem whacking them.

I see the rangers as extremely put upon. They are the only defense for Turtleback Ferry, and other homesteads in the region. They are stretched very very thin. Most likely they requested additional forces from Magnimar on more than one occasion to mount a strike force against the Grauls, but Magnimar has no wish to send their soldiers to die in the terrible Kreeg Woods.

So, they could have wiped out the Grauls, but at what cost. What might the Kreegs Skulltakers, and other horrid things gotten up to while they left Rannick undefended and Turtleback Ferry unshielded?

What might the Kreegs Skulltakers, and other horrid things gotten up to while they left Rannick undefended and Turtleback Ferry unshielded?

Arghh...I need my copy. Stupid FLGS for not getting them when Paizo ships them to subscribers. I blame them, not Paizo. My wife's waffling on letting me subscribe is giving me withdrawls.

Nicolas Logue wrote:

What might the Kreegs Skulltakers, and other horrid things gotten up to while they left Rannick undefended and Turtleback Ferry unshielded?

I turn this right back to the demented mind of you, Nicolas Logue, for the sick, twisted answer.

James Jacobs wrote:

Sebastian wrote:

Speaking of which, James, when are we going to see the stuff that got cut...

Probably never. It was pretty over the top. If you run into me at Gen Con or somewhere like that though, use this PASSPHRASE:

"ASK ME ABOUT MIG-A-MUG TUG"

And I'll tell you some of the stuff that got cut out. Nick can probably do the same.

Heh...Mig-a-Mug-Tug...didn't make the cut. Though it gets mentioned in Crown of the Kobold King sans explanation of what it entails of course.

;)
GGG

This should be an interesting Con season!

Yasha0006 wrote:

Nicolas Logue wrote:

What might the Kreegs Skulltakers, and other horrid things gotten up to while they left Rannick undefended and Turtleback Ferry unshielded?

I turn this right back to the demented mind of you, Nicolas Logue, for the sick, twisted answer.

Shudder...why must you make me go to these horrible places Yasha!!! ;-)

**shudders**

I remember that X-files episode. Although, I am not sure I wanted to...truly demented.

Did Nick write that one?

**shudders**

I remember that X-files episode. Although, I am not sure I wanted to...truly demented.

Did Nick write that one?

No. Nick's exploits were perhaps the inspiration for it.

LOL...that was good :)

Really, explanations fall short. Instead of explaining the "Tug," you should just do it to people who ask about it.

;)
GGG