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From the vault of the gods in the planar nexus of Axis, to the fields of Elysium where righteous heroes battle endlessly even in death, and on past the gates of Hell itself, the PCs must race through portal after portal to recover the lost souls before sinister outsiders can beat them to the prize.
You know, maybe it's just me but that description seems awfully ambitious for 32 pages. I'm not doubting it's possible, but you describe three planes there as well as where the players start, that's gotta be a lot of maps. and encounters.
Either way, I'm really looking forward to this. some of my players fondest memories are when I bounced them around Planes and Demiplanes.
Quick question for anyone in the know are the planes mentioned above the only ones the PCs will visit or will there be more as well?
Given that we've seen adventures and product descriptions change pretty drastically between announcement, development and release, I'd say that anything here is subject to alteration down the road. I imagine we'll know more specifics when it's closer to coming out or after it's on the shelves (to avoid spoilers and all).
This module looks like its got a huge amount of potential and is one of the ones I'm really looking forward to. The J series has been pretty solid so far. Quick question for anyone in the know are the planes mentioned above the only ones the PCs will visit or will there be more as well?
I'm not certain the planes in the description are precisely all those in the module -they're included among possibly more- but that's not my question to answer. Sean or Colin can say more.
That said, it rocks to have Colin writing something planar again.
Colin McComb...of Birthright fame? I haven't seen anything from him in years, but look forward to checking this one out.Yes, of Birthright and Planescape, my buddy, Colin. :)
Birthright was my favorite 2nd Ed. setting, and Planescape second favorite. I'm looking forward to this product. A dream come true would be an resurrection of Birthright. Is there any possibility for Paizo to make that dream come true?
Birthright was my favorite 2nd Ed. setting, and Planescape second favorite. I'm looking forward to this product. A dream come true would be an resurrection of Birthright. Is there any possibility for Paizo to make that dream come true?Colin McComb...of Birthright fame? I haven't seen anything from him in years, but look forward to checking this one out.Yes, of Birthright and Planescape, my buddy, Colin. :)
i'll beg that'll work.................
32 pages for multi-planar travel?
I guess there will be Campaign Chronicles and maybe Pathfinder Companions to supplement this adventure, but still... 32 pages!
I think this is what you would be looking for:
Birthright was my favorite 2nd Ed. setting, and Planescape second favorite. I'm looking forward to this product. A dream come true would be an resurrection of Birthright. Is there any possibility for Paizo to make that dream come true?Colin McComb...of Birthright fame? I haven't seen anything from him in years, but look forward to checking this one out.Yes, of Birthright and Planescape, my buddy, Colin. :)
Birthright is owned by Wizards. I don't think they have any interest in bringing it back as a full setting, or licensing it for other companies to develop.
That said, who knows what the future holds? We have some interesting things bouncing around Ideas For Future Product Land, one of them may end up like BR.
sounds very very cool
If I may say so myself, it is. :)
It is heading out for playtesting right now, and I am overall very happy with it. We'll see my reaction when Sean's done "developing" it - we might also say he'll be "taking a chainsaw" to it.
I'm incredibly honored to have been asked to write this, and I hope everyone has as much fun playing it as I did writing it.
-Colin
Mr Baron
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sounds very very coolIf I may say so myself, it is. :)
It is heading out for playtesting right now, and I am overall very happy with it. We'll see my reaction when Sean's done "developing" it - we might also say he'll be "taking a chainsaw" to it.
I'm incredibly honored to have been asked to write this, and I hope everyone has as much fun playing it as I did writing it.
-Colin
Colin,
It is great to see you on the boards. Hopefully we will see more of you and (better yet) more products from you!
Colin McComb is the very first professional game designer I ever worked with, as he referenced some of my notes on the AD&D Abyss for his excellent Planescape book, FACES OF EVIL: THE FIENDS.
That is, incidentally, the first D&D book in which I received a name credit, which was a HUGE deal to me at the time.
Colin is a class act, and I think the Planescape line sticks out as a silver lining of Second Edition (which was mostly cloud) in large part because of Colin's writing.
I am thrilled to be working with him on a Pathfinder product.
And we'd be thrilled to work with him on more of them. :)
This module looks like its got a huge amount of potential and is one of the ones I'm really looking forward to. The J series has been pretty solid so far. Quick question for anyone in the know are the planes mentioned above the only ones the PCs will visit or will there be more as well?
The module focuses on a site in the Abyss, a site in Abaddon (Grey Wastes), and a border town that may well be in the Outlands. There are side notes that a DM could easily spin into several others.
This module looks like its got a huge amount of potential and is one of the ones I'm really looking forward to. The J series has been pretty solid so far. Quick question for anyone in the know are the planes mentioned above the only ones the PCs will visit or will there be more as well?The module focuses on a site in the Abyss, a site in Abaddon (Grey Wastes), and a border town that may well be in the Outlands. There are side notes that a DM could easily spin into several others.
I should add that my original thought was to have about eight planes until I was rightly convinced that I could hardly do justice to any of them in that limited amount of space. I trimmed it back, and then discovered I was over by about 10,000 words (approximately 16 pages).
Hell and Elysium will have to wait - but the way the adventure is set up, you can have side quests and attachments to this adventure without disturbing the overall flow. If you'll pardon my saying so, it's... ahem... modular.
Colin McComb is the very first professional game designer I ever worked with, as he referenced some of my notes on the AD&D Abyss for his excellent Planescape book, FACES OF EVIL: THE FIENDS.
That is, incidentally, the first D&D book in which I received a name credit, which was a HUGE deal to me at the time.
Colin is a class act, and I think the Planescape line sticks out as a silver lining of Second Edition (which was mostly cloud) in large part because of Colin's writing.
I am thrilled to be working with him on a Pathfinder product.
And we'd be thrilled to work with him on more of them. :)
In case the credits for Faces of Evil weren't specific enough, I would like to reiterate that Erik's notes on the Abyss were incredible, and that I had many thought-provoking discussions with him about the nature of evil. FoE would not have been nearly as good without his input, and I was/am delighted to see him become a superstar in the industry.
There. That should satisfy the mutual admiration society. :D
Mr Baron
(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Roleplaying Game, Campaign Setting, Modules Subscriber)
I will take that as we should expect more from Colin, which is very good news ;)
Without a doubt, Planescape sticks out as a cutting edge product from the 2nd ed days, and Colin was one of key writers of that product line.
As an aside, it seems that every writer from earlier editions of D&D that I wonder what happened to, pops up as a contributor for Paizo. I am hopeful that there will be more of these "old timers" making appearances as writers for the Pathfinder line up.
The blog preview on this module has impressed me more than any module to date. Anybody else feelin' it or am I just succumbing to the advanced stages of fandom?
I thought exactly the same thing. I read it, sat back, and said "woah, that's gonna be pretty cool!" I had to re-read it to believe this was just a module.
The line of J-series awesomeness continues!
Dark_Mistress
(Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path, Campaign Setting, Companion, Modules Subscriber)
Todd Stewart dropped a little hint that some more daemons would be showing up soon.
Are there any in this module?
"Well, I don't exist in this cosmology, but for the moment I'll be Trelmarixian the Black's press secretary. And on behalf of my syrupy employer the Lord of Wasting, I can answer that one with an emphatic yes since the module takes place partly inside of his native plane.
Trelmarixian will make some appearance as an alt on the boards at some stage once there's an appropriate picture for an avatar."
*daemonic grin*
This module looks like its got a huge amount of potential and is one of the ones I'm really looking forward to. The J series has been pretty solid so far. Quick question for anyone in the know are the planes mentioned above the only ones the PCs will visit or will there be more as well?
Ir was a hoot to playtest! I think you guys will like it a lot.
Kevin Mack
(Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path, Campaign Setting, Companion, Modules Subscriber)
Just wondering if there has been a delay on this product? I thought it would have started shipping to subsribers by now (email said a week on the 25th of june)Delivery to our warehouse has been delayed... we're now anticipating arrival on Monday.
Dude, I'm stircrazy waiting to see how the artwork on the interior turned out.
Kevin Mack
(Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path, Campaign Setting, Companion, Modules Subscriber)
Kevin Mack
(Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path, Campaign Setting, Companion, Modules Subscriber)
I want this, but I don't... It is so close to full PFRPG, that I don't really want to up convert ): I know releases are planned way out and commissions commissioned well in advance, but shucks, I'm a lazy GM...
Well, it is backwards compatible. And anything straight from the MM will most likely just be a reference to a page number. So you can refer to the Bestiary in September instead. You'd only "need" to convert any NPCs with class levels and perhaps some skill checks or traps depending what they are and how the skill in question changed from 3.5 to PFRPG. Having not read the adventure yet, I can't say how much it would lean to one extreme of ease of conversion to the other, though.
By the way, Colin realized about halfway through designing this that he was going to be WAY over if he included a chapter about Elysium, so we decided to cut it. Now he's finishing it up and he and I are going to self-publish it as an inexpensive tie-in PDF encounter site. :)
Sounds cool! Consider it sold to me!
By the way, Colin realized about halfway through designing this that he was going to be WAY over if he included a chapter about Elysium, so we decided to cut it. Now he's finishing it up and he and I are going to self-publish it as an inexpensive tie-in PDF encounter site. :)
Having read over it, that's awesome that it's not going to waste on the editorial desktop recycle bin.
Shame the thanodaemon working for Charon couldn't make it in either.