Very nice art preview! This is looking sweet.

Oh, WOW. Just seen the artwork posted on the November 14th Paizo Blog.
Please may I have a copy of the module to, uh, 'proof-read'? :D

That artwork on the blog is SWEET!

I wonder what the wolfish black dragon thing with hooves might be. :)

I wonder what the wolfish black dragon thing with hooves might be. :)

Doomguide Valkyrie CR 6

Soaring high above the ground, this dwarven battle maiden is mounted on an umbral, dragonwinged ram. Armed with sword and lance, she is the pristine incarnation of bloodshed, and with a hate filled battle cry, she beckons you to welcome her sanguinary embrace.
Ecology: Creatures of ancient dwarven mythology, they are known to bring the souls of traitors and cowards into the netherworld where they will suffer for eternity. Some dwarven warriors claim that they witnessed battles between Doomguide Valkyries and their good aligned counterparts fighting for the spirit of dwarves who were both, soldier and traitor.

I just checked the RPGSuperstar entry, and I think it might be the mount of a Doomguide Valkyrie.

Ah, clever. :) Thanks! Sounds cool.

I've posted the finished cover. If you don't see terror swooping from the skies, clear your browser's image cache.

Not long now!

Just curious: Where is Glimmerhold located in Golarion? Is it in the Mindspin Mts, the Five Kings, the Menador range, or somewhere else completely?

Glimmerhold is located at the rim of the Mindspin Mountains near Janderhoff.

Glimmerhold is located at the rim of the Mindspin Mountains near Janderhoff.

Yes, but where? Is it in Varisia? In theory, they could trade with Janderhoff from anywhere. Just about everywhere one the "rim of the Mindspin Mountains" is closer to Janderhoff than any other major dwarven settlement.

It’s in the center of an artificial lake boardered by the dammed-up Gjurn River. There are also mentions of locations nearby called Ogmorn Ridge and the Monastery of Sigreir’s Pledge. There’s also a sentence partway into the module that mentions water being scarce “deep in the Mindspin Mountains.” That’s all I could find as to its location, though. I looked for the Gjurn on my maps of Varisia, Belkzen, Bloodsworn Vale, the main map of Avistan and Garund, and Cheliax (since that map includes part of Southern Nidal), but I wasn’t able to spot the river or the city on any of them. I’d probably place it at the far Eastern end of Varisia over next to Nirmathas if I had to take a guess as to its location. Sorry I couldn’t be of more help on that.

Yeah, I got all that too. I just wish it were stated in the adventure. It would be one sentence. Oh well. Still a really cool module. If all Superstar adventures end up this good, I can't wait to see the next one!

Wow I am in awe of this one.

Since Paizo hasn't done anything 4e, I imagine this is going to be 3.5 via the OGL.

Since Paizo hasn't done anything 4e, I imagine this is going to be 3.5 via the OGL.

Yes—anything that comes out before August is 3.5 OGL; anything August or later will be Pathfinder RPG.

Yes—anything that comes out before August is 3.5 OGL; anything August or later will be Pathfinder RPG.

That is, except the Pathfinder RPG Bestiary and the Pathfinder module Crypt of the Everflame, that are targetted for a July release as kick-offs to the whole Pathfinder RPG thing in August. Right?

Vic Wertz wrote:

Yes—anything that comes out before August is 3.5 OGL; anything August or later will be Pathfinder RPG.

That is, except the Pathfinder RPG Bestiary and the Pathfinder module Crypt of the Everflame, that are targetted for a July release as kick-offs to the whole Pathfinder RPG thing in August. Right?

Right you are!

sounds good, wheres glimmerhold? Is itinthe pathfinder world inner sea area?

Ah, my ancient technology has shown me the answer at last! thanks.

Had a chance to browse through it.

Wow. Can't wait to run it for my 4e game. I have one player running a fighter rager and he's gonna MURDER you know who when he finds out the background.

Can we get a permanent link from the product description to today's blog so that people can pick up the map?

Can we get a permanent link from the product description to today's blog so that people can pick up the map?

I've left myself a note to link to the map tomorrow.

Zeugma wrote:

Does anyone know where in Golarion this module will be set?

Assuming it remains dwarf-centric and James didn't veto that, my best guess is the Five Kings Mountains, but that's just a guess and I've been known to be wrong from time to time.

In other words, roughly in the neighborhood of Falcon's Hollow? I seem to recall that the Darkmoon Vale guide stated that Droskar's Crag (where the evil dwarven monstaery is) was part of that mountain chain.

One of the problems we had with Clash of the Kingslayers was that its initial development was done under a "don't use Pathfinder content" umbrella, I believe. Certainly, when it was in development, Christine didn't have access to the wealth of Golarion information we had here at the office, since most of that stuff wasn't in print yet. As a result, fitting this module into Golarion was actually a pretty awkward and difficult process... especially since the initial adventure had dwarves and derro living together with the 3.5 assumption that dwarves and derro are similar creatures. (In Golarion, they aren't; derro are descended from deep underground fey creatures, not dwarves; derro are closer to gnomes than dwarves as a result.)

Anyway, we bounced around several locations for Glimmerhold—the Mindspin Mountains and the Five Kings Mountains were the two finalists (yet still... the city didn't have a tag on the maps, which is a bit unfortunate). In any case, we ended up placing Glimmerhold in the Mindspin Mountains, although we haven't said exactly WHERE in these mountains the dwarven city is at. Since we've done a lot of development on Varisia and some on Belkzen, without ever mentioning Glimmerhold, that infers that Glimmerhold is NOT close to those regions. Rather, it's in the southern Mindspin Mountains, probably somewhere along the mountains bordering southern Nirmathas or northern Molthune.

Just picked it up and can't wait to bite into it tonight! It looks great on the flip-through, though!

I invite Barbarosa, the fellow who gave a very terse two-star review, to drop a line here explaining what aspects of the module he found problematic.

I have a question about this adventure.

Thanks.

Not that which belongs to the PCs, that would be a jerk GM thing to do! :)

(Note that Christine's original RPG Superstar proposal for the adventure specifically calls out that it doesn't affect the PCs. Yay!)

Not that which belongs to the PCs, that would be a jerk GM thing to do! :)

(Note that Christine's original RPG Superstar proposal for the adventure specifically calls out that it doesn't affect the PCs. Yay!)

Thanks for the quick reply!

BTW, what's happened to Christine Schneider? Is she continuing to write rpg stuff?

Is it just me, or does Torag seem a little vindictive for a LG deity?
I have another option . . . and some proposed options for a certain deity who has largely been neglected so far.

Part of the reason for this is I needed to convert Clash of the Kingslayers to use for a size 7 APL12 party of ex-Living Greyhawk mercenary players.

If anyone is interested, I have updated stats suitable for running this adventure at this level.

Is it just me, or does Torag seem a little vindictive for a LG deity?

I have another option . . . and some proposed options for a certain deity who has largely been neglected so far.

Wow...great minds think alike. I've recently started converting this module to Pathfinder and got stuck on which diety the Doomguides worship. Came to the same conclusion as you.