Ooooo... neat!

Woohoo! I'm hoping for Golarion's take on the mercanes (my current favourite SRD creature).

I enjoyed Secrets of Xen'drik, and I have high hopes for this book!

I cannot wait!

I can't wait for this one! I'm guessing it's chock-full of little morsels that'll fire the imagination!

Ha! I love this cover! More like this, please!

Ha! I love this cover! More like this, please!

I'm guessing this is temporary, since that was the image used for the Slums map pack.

I really do like that image though.

cappadocius wrote:

Ha! I love this cover! More like this, please!

I'm guessing this is temporary, since that was the image used for the Slums map pack.

You are correct!

Mikaze wrote:

cappadocius wrote:

Ha! I love this cover! More like this, please!

I'm guessing this is temporary, since that was the image used for the Slums map pack.

You are correct!

More like that, please! Say, maybe on the Guide to Katapesh?

The cover is up on the blog but the link to the full-size version is broken :( any chance it could be corrected so I can admire it in it's full glory?

[EDIT] Aha! Through my mighty deductive skills (hah) I found the cover here, and very snazzy it is too.

Still not working for me. I was a bit surprised to see that it isn't a Reynolds cover as I thought he did the Chronicles covers. Oh well, I must've missed that memo. :D

[EDIT] Aha! Through my mighty deductive skills (hah) I found the cover here, and very snazzy it is too.

Ooh, that cover's hot. Of course, I'm rooting for the poor guy just trying to walk his cute widdle doggies, and getting all anbushed by that crazy fanatic...

Still not working for me.

Same here. I want to see the cover, too!

That link worked for me!!!

Sweet cover!! Same artist that does the item cards? Love the Gnoll.

RM

The link in the blog has been fixed.

The link in the blog has been fixed.

Yay! It is an awesome picture!

But does it have a Troll Market?

Honestly, when I saw that on the Hellboy 2 DVD, my first thought was "Katapesh".

That is one SWEET cover! I love the action, and even the "Battlefield Earth" angled shot is working. Plus, I didn't know the cleric was a dual-wielding "Crouching Tiger" type fighter! Man I want this book!

That is one SWEET cover! I love the action, and even the "Battlefield Earth" angled shot is working. Plus, I didn't know the cleric was a dual-wielding "Crouching Tiger" type fighter! Man I want this book!

She isn't. She's just doing something that looks cool at the cost of a lot of minuses on her To Hit roll.

+2 style points.

i agree with Sean... style goes a long way with me:D

and a decently buffed cleric shouldn't have so much penalties

also... Saranrae Clerics are know for their skilled derbish... who is not to say that Kyra took the rpestigue class and know she is a two-dual wielding cleric bringing pain to the evil doers and awesome art to our covers? :D

I have many plans for this place, so I am waiting it with great expectation :)

Is it March yet? When will it be March!?!

Is it March yet? When will it be March!?!

Assuming there are no unforeseen delays in customs, we expect March to arrive shortly after February concludes.

Tarren Dei wrote:

Is it March yet? When will it be March!?!

Assuming there are no unforeseen delays in customs, we expect March to arrive shortly after February concludes.

good news.... lets hope its not delayed...

well maybe only this March... for once I would want not to get older this soon in the year

I've uploaded the finished cover.

Brilliant!

good good
very good

I've uploaded the finished cover.

...and now the cover has author names!

It will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine.

Ooh, can't wait. I'm absolutely loving the A Guide To series. Will this have an awesome map of the city like in the Guide to Korvosa?

Ooh, can't wait. I'm absolutely loving the A Guide To series. Will this have an awesome map of the city like in the Guide to Korvosa?

There's no poster map in Dark Markets. The map of the city of Katapesh is a full-page map.

Does this by any chance have bartering rules?

Does this by any chance have bartering rules?

Nope. Game time at the table is too precious to spend trying to get an extra 5% profit on junk you're selling. ;)

Zaister wrote:

Does this by any chance have bartering rules?

Nope. Game time at the table is too precious to spend trying to get an extra 5% profit on junk you're selling. ;)

That's it. I'm finding a new game where I can be as thrifty and miserly as I am in real life!

does this have a map of Katapesh?

does this have a map of Katapesh?

The map of the city of Katapesh is a full-page map.

does this have a map of Katapesh?

There's a map of Katapesh the city and Katapesh the country, yes. Although there's not an awful lot of details on the regional map of Katapesh, since so much of it is either desert or savannah.

So, is this now an April release or will it still be coming out about the same time as PF#20?

So, is this now an April release or will it still be coming out about the same time as PF#20?

It didn't make the boat with #20, so it will be an April release.

OK, thanks Vic.

will there be a PrC for the Zephyr Guard?

It didn't make the boat with #20, so it will be an April release.

Man. Those boats from China sure do seem, um, slow.

;)

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Really looking forward to this one too!

will there be a PrC for the Zephyr Guard?

Nope.

The product blurb reads like it's more about Katapesh the city than Katapesh the country. If I'm correct, where would I go to find out more about the nomadic tribes of Katapesh?

I'm excited to find out about the Pactmasters. Are they mercane? Denizens of Leng? A completely new statblock? I'm on tenterhooks, I tell ya!

I'm excited to find out about the Pactmasters. Are they mercane? Denizens of Leng? A completely new statblock? I'm on tenterhooks, I tell ya!

Dude, everyone knows that Pactmasters are a Warlock paragon path.

The product blurb reads like it's more about Katapesh the city than Katapesh the country. If I'm correct, where would I go to find out more about the nomadic tribes of Katapesh?

The chapter on the country of Katapesh is about the same length as the one about the main city. The country section talks about the gnoll and jann nomadic tribes that live in the wildlands—however, the LOF AP has much more info on the gnoll tribes than [iDark Markets[/i] does.

I'm excited to find out about the Pactmasters. Are they mercane? Denizens of Leng? A completely new statblock? I'm on tenterhooks, I tell ya!

Ha! And I thought I was a cunning ******* for coming up with a wealthy merchant nation run by "alien" masters (the Mercane) specializing in magic item trade (this was for my homebrewed setting). Seems like others have come up with the same idea... :)

Demiurge 1138 wrote:

I'm excited to find out about the Pactmasters. Are they mercane? Denizens of Leng? A completely new statblock? I'm on tenterhooks, I tell ya!

Ha! And I thought I was a cunning ******* for coming up with a wealthy merchant nation run by "alien" masters (the Mercane) specializing in magic item trade (this was for my homebrewed setting). Seems like others have come up with the same idea... :)

The Fritz Leiber short story, "Bazzar of the Bizarre" (from which Katapesh borrows its nickname) has a pretty similar setup as well...

Asgetrion wrote:

Demiurge 1138 wrote:

I'm excited to find out about the Pactmasters. Are they mercane? Denizens of Leng? A completely new statblock? I'm on tenterhooks, I tell ya!

Ha! And I thought I was a cunning ******* for coming up with a wealthy merchant nation run by "alien" masters (the Mercane) specializing in magic item trade (this was for my homebrewed setting). Seems like others have come up with the same idea... :)

The Fritz Leiber short story, "Bazzar of the Bizarre" (from which Katapesh borrows its nickname) has a pretty similar setup as well...

Now that you mention it, it does... maybe that's where I got the idea, too! You know, it's been nearly ten years since I last read it -- maybe it's time revisit Lankhmar again! :)

When I read all Vance's 'Dying Earth' -stories, I blatantly and consciously stole some ideas from them as well, but now I'm dropping the homebrewed setting because I've got so much good stuff for Golarion! :)

(BTW, James, it's nice that you guys placed 'Castle Odranto' in Ustalav... a great way to give a nod towards Walpole's gothic horror classic!)