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Mat Patel, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 01:58 PM

where do i get it today? or am i really behind the curve

Joana (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Planet Stories Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 01:58 PM

Mat Patel wrote:

where do i get it today? or am i really behind the curve

There's a list of participating retailers at www.freerpgday.com.

damnitall22 (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 02:03 PM

Well I managed to hit Troll and Toad and pickup mine. However my wife apparently under the happy pregnant hormone level today stopped into a different store and picked one up as well. She did this last year too so I may just start planning on getting something else when I pick mine up. However if she didn't pick it up I would screwed for having grabbed something else.

Great looking book and the few entries I have read were great. I will be finishing it up tonight after I now the lawn.

I also picked up Dungeon Denizens revised it too is a great book.

Zuxius (Paizo Superscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 02:15 PM

I will have to buy it. Have to!

Darkwolf (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, GameMastery Cards Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 02:17 PM

damnitall22 wrote:

Well I managed to hit Troll and Toad and pickup mine. However my wife apparently under the happy pregnant hormone level today stopped into a different store and picked one up as well. She did this last year too so I may just start planning on getting something else when I pick mine up. However if she didn't pick it up I would screwed for having grabbed something else.

Great looking book and the few entries I have read were great. I will be finishing it up tonight after I now the lawn.

I also picked up Dungeon Denizens revised it too is a great book.

Now, I'm not married so have no real life experience in these things, but maybe you two could ya know, talk about it before hand? Just a thot. ;)

Adam Daigle (Contributor), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 03:19 PM

Just grabbed mine at Dragon's Lair in Austin. They had a table with the offering laid out and a one per customer rule. There were three left when I got there.

The book looks great. Certainly an appetizer before the Bestiary!

AlKir (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 03:31 PM

I snagged mine today from Evolution Games in Lansing, Michigan. It was about an hour road trip for us, so we consumed mass quantities of caffeine and hit the road. Arrived a half hour before opening and hung out in the parking lot. Made our way in and were the first to the free stuff table.
There before me lay two available bestiaries. Whoo Hoo. But talk about some reserved copies eh? Does anyone know actually how many copies came in each box? Any how my crew proceed to walk out with enough retail to pay for his box o' free stuff with the profits. Free RPG Day works, folks. :D

My copy is beautiful and in my opinion a damn fine selection of monsters and top notch art as always. The product is less than 20 pages and I am a happy satisfied person! Let that stand unto itself.

I hope everyone else got the groovy stuff they wanted. And thanks again to Paizo for offering up a quality product for free.

Radavel (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 03:39 PM

Is this thing a free download now? Can't seem to find a download link....

Adam Daigle (Contributor), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 03:42 PM

Radavel wrote:

Is this thing a free download now? Can't seem to find a download link....

Monday I believe was said somewhere.

Radavel (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 03:45 PM

Thanks very much. I really thought I missed it.

Fantasy Flights said the same thing for their quick start rules for Rogue Trader.

deathboy (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 03:59 PM

Got my copies today at Time Machine Hobbies in Manchester, CT today. I got one and my wife got one and my son got one as well. It all great. I can't wait for the actual Beastiary to come out.

Though I have a question behind the spoiler:

Spoiler:

damnitall22 (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 04:03 PM

Darkwolf wrote:

damnitall22 wrote:

Well I managed to hit Troll and Toad and pickup mine. However my wife apparently under the happy pregnant hormone level today stopped into a different store and picked one up as well. She did this last year too so I may just start planning on getting something else when I pick mine up. However if she didn't pick it up I would screwed for having grabbed something else.

Great looking book and the few entries I have read were great. I will be finishing it up tonight after I now the lawn.

I also picked up Dungeon Denizens revised it too is a great book.

Now, I'm not married so have no real life experience in these things, but maybe you two could ya know, talk about it before hand? Just a thot. ;)

Well we do talk about it. She knew I was going to Free RPG Day but she likes to surprise me with D&D stuff all the time. Last year the store I went to had a strict one per customer policy and she was able to get me some stuff from a different store. This year both stores had a liberal policy and so I ended up with more stuff. She also snagged me a copy of Classic Monsters Revisited and the Guide to Absalom.

Madgael (RPG Superstar 2010 Top 32), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 04:06 PM

Stoopid Eau Claire, Wisconsin...

Mairkurion {tm} (Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Fiction, Planet Stories Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 04:13 PM

Joana wrote:

I sent my husband this morning, and he got there before the store opened and waited. The sales clerk mentioned to him how excited she was about Pathfinder and how she couldn't wait for August! Good Paizo buzz!

EDIT: Mairkurion, which Lone Star did you go to? We went to the one in south Arlington.

I went to the one on Mockingbird. On my way back from DFW, where I was dropping off some friends, I stopped at the one in Irving to get my daughter a copy (she's stuck at work today AND in MN--doubly cursed), only to discover that one went kaput.

Tarren Dei (RPG Superstar 2009 Top 8), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 04:17 PM

I went to my local gaming store and picked up PF#20. I didn't even have to tell them what free product I wanted. They pulled it from the box for me when I walked in. Paizo gets all my gaming dollars.

Devil of Roses (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Fiction Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 04:33 PM

Got it. Already have Revenge of the Kobold King so I picked up two other things that caught my eye.

seekerofshadowlight, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 04:39 PM

damnitall22 wrote:

Well I managed to hit Troll and Toad and pickup mine. However my wife apparently under the happy pregnant hormone level today stopped into a different store and picked one up as well. She did this last year too so I may just start planning on getting something else when I pick mine up. However if she didn't pick it up I would screwed for having grabbed something else.

Great looking book and the few entries I have read were great. I will be finishing it up tonight after I now the lawn.

I also picked up Dungeon Denizens revised it too is a great book.

Hummm you have a store in richmand? where at?

TriOmegaZero (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 04:40 PM

Looked like the local store here wasn't very busy today. Got mine with many to spare. Hope they get them all out to people.

JoelF847 (RPG Superstar 2008 Top 32), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 04:53 PM

Got mine at Games Plus in Mount Prospect, IL - they seem to have ordered 2 or more boxes of Free RPG Day stuff, and were letting people take 2 items. Got the Bestiary and the Hero Lab CD.

The BB is great, and lots of nice rules tidbits in there. I particularly like how leadership can be used to gain monster companions and uses the druid animal companion rules for them, and the implication that Shield Guardians are now a template that can be applied to any golem. The special situational modifiers for outsiders being called with planar ally or planar binding are also cool.

XP being listed next to CR will be very useful, as well as the treasure value in gp. I noticed that the advancement entry is gone, but I assume general rules for that exist.

I was a bit confused by the ascomoid having improved overrun though - since it has trample, would it ever need to use overrun instead? Speaking of overrun, the CMB rules seem to indicate that bull rush and overrun are now part of your move action, which should make them a lot more useful since you won't have to give up your standard action to use them.

Asgetrion, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 04:54 PM

TriOmegaZero wrote:

Looked like the local store here wasn't very busy today. Got mine with many to spare. Hope they get them all out to people.

So unfair -- mine didn't participate at all, and it's part of the biggest RPG store chain around here (in fact, it's the only one that has also 'brick-and-mortar' stores).

Did I understood correctly that I can't order a print copy from Paizo? Because since I *cannot* get a free copy, I would gladly pay for a book.

Darkwolf (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, GameMastery Cards Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 05:01 PM

Asgetrion wrote:

TriOmegaZero wrote:

Looked like the local store here wasn't very busy today. Got mine with many to spare. Hope they get them all out to people.

So unfair -- mine didn't participate at all, and it's part of the biggest RPG store chain around here (in fact, it's the only one that has also 'brick-and-mortar' stores).

Did I understood correctly that I can't order a print copy from Paizo? Because since I *cannot* get a free copy, I would gladly pay for a book.

Linky
Should be available here Monday-ish.

Asgetrion, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 05:21 PM

Darkwolf wrote:

Asgetrion wrote:

TriOmegaZero wrote:

Looked like the local store here wasn't very busy today. Got mine with many to spare. Hope they get them all out to people.

So unfair -- mine didn't participate at all, and it's part of the biggest RPG store chain around here (in fact, it's the only one that has also 'brick-and-mortar' stores).

Did I understood correctly that I can't order a print copy from Paizo? Because since I *cannot* get a free copy, I would gladly pay for a book.

Linky
Should be available here Monday-ish.

Oh, that's great! I hope I'll be quick enough to grab a print copy... :)

Adam Daigle (Contributor), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 05:47 PM

deathboy wrote:

Though I have a question behind the spoiler:

** spoiler omitted **

You might note the list is an incomplete list.

Andrew Betts (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Fiction Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 05:58 PM

Vic Wertz wrote:

Andrew Betts wrote:

I drove to the nearest store. Got there when it opened. They opened up the boxes. They got twice as many of one item and no Bestiaries ... I nearly cried. Twas the only thing I wanted to get from Free RPG Day ... 2 hours of driving for nothing.

That's... odd. We were told there beforehand that there would be a minimum of ten copies of the Bestiary per box, and after the boxes were packed, we were told that they did hit over 10. (I think it was actually more like 15.) Who's the store?

It was GrandLAN Gaming in Grand Rapids, MI. We were there when they were opening the packages and and they ended up with 30 of one of the books and no Bestiary. There were 4 of us there just for that. We were all pretty bummed out. The guys at the store were really confused, but all they could say was sorry.

Musa, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 06:26 PM

In Barcelona was the only retalier shop in Spain. So I went there this morning just to hear that packs and all the stuff hasn't arrived yet...

;(

Watcher (RPG Superstar 2010 Top 4), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 07:51 PM

Vic Wertz wrote:

So not. I was going to schedule it for midnight, but then I realized that it needs some attention before I can put it up. We'll get it up as soon as possible, but I think even noon on Monday is probably optimistic.

Sad I am. :(

Oh well. Monday shall come.

Thraxus (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 07:54 PM

Doc_Outlands wrote:

I live in such a pit of utter abject lack of culture that my FLGS's are Paizo, RPGNow, and ebay.....

ONE STORE in Louisiana is participating and it is on the WRONG END OF THE STATE!! I was shocked to see no entry for Little Wars in BR, unless they've closed and I didn't know about it. Of course, they are on the wrong end of the state, as well.

Little Wars is not closed, but it does have a new owner who took over just a few months ago. However, they have not really been stocking a lot of Pathfinder stuff yet.

Winterthorn, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 08:15 PM

It's 11:15 PM Saturday night and all I see is the PDF is currently unavailable.

So does this mean we have to wait until Monday evening after work to download the free PDF? I really didn't want to miss the freebie! :(

What deity must I appease to be sure I obtain this elusive PDF?

Dark_Mistress (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Fiction Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 08:20 PM

Winterthorn wrote:

It's 11:15 PM Saturday night and all I see is the PDF is currently unavailable.

So does this mean we have to wait until Monday evening after work to download the free PDF? I really didn't want to miss the freebie! :(

What deity must I appease to be sure I obtain this elusive PDF?

They have said the PDF and a limited number of print copies will be up to buy Monday afternoon PST.

Pax Veritas (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Modules Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 08:23 PM

***** 5 STARS *****

Extremely well selected creatures, marvelously updated to new Pathfinder RPG rules, lavishly illustrated, excitingly explained (in terms of the new game rules).

This was the highlight of everyone's excitement today! Thank you, PAIZO. P.s. Gamestore owners are eagerly awaiting Pathfinder RPG - and two have told me they wished it were already here! (P.s. 3.5 has also been selling quite a bit in association with the adventure paths.)

You are #1, my friends.

Well done indeed.

3.5 Thrives!

Dark_Mistress (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Fiction Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 08:28 PM

Pax Veritas wrote:

***** 5 STARS *****

Extremely well selected creatures, marvelously updated to new Pathfinder RPG rules, lavishly illustrated, excitingly explained (in terms of the new game rules).

This was the highlight of everyone's excitement today! Thank you, PAIZO. P.s. Gamestore owners are eagerly awaiting Pathfinder RPG - and two have told me they wished it were already here! (P.s. 3.5 has also been selling quite a bit in association with the adventure paths.)

You are #1, my friends.

Well done indeed.

3.5 Thrives!

This post reminded me of something. One of the local stores i stopped at today. Had before had a clearence sale to sell all their back stock of 3.5e stuff. Today i noticed they had not a lot but a number of 3.5 stuff, when i asked about it. They said they had gotten enough requests for it that they tracked down some of the products and ordered more.

I was honestly surprised by that. For the record it was mostly WotC stuff with some GR and Mongoose stuff. Not counting their seperate pathfinder section.

Winterthorn, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 08:31 PM

Dark_Mistress wrote:

They have said the PDF and a limited number of print copies will be up to buy Monday afternoon PST.

Okay! Superb!

@Pax Veritas: Indeed sir, 3.5 does thive!!! :)

damnitall22 (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 08:38 PM

seekerofshadowlight wrote:

Hummm you have a store in richmand? where at?

No, last year I went to the Rusty Scabbard. This year I went to Troll and Toad in Barbourville. Although there is a store in Richmond Comic Oasis on main st not sure what all they have. I haven't been there in about a year.

Mairkurion {tm} (Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Fiction, Planet Stories Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 08:52 PM

Not having that poster is about to kill me. I think I should order it for Father's Day.

Taliesin Hoyle (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 09:07 PM

[sour grapes]I hope those of you who actually have a game store in your country are happy with your situation, regardless of whether you get a bonus bestiary free version. [/sour grapes]

joela, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 09:17 PM

got my copy! last one at the store. Whew!

Harleykitty, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 09:45 PM

Got mine today at Generation X Comics in Bedford, TX! Woot!

Shadowborn, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 10:06 PM

Dark_Mistress wrote:

This post reminded me of something. One of the local stores i stopped at today. Had before had a clearence sale to sell all their back stock of 3.5e stuff. Today i noticed they had not a lot but a number of 3.5 stuff, when i asked about it. They said they had gotten enough requests for it that they tracked down some of the products and ordered more.

I was honestly surprised by that. For the record it was mostly WotC stuff with some GR and Mongoose stuff. Not counting their seperate pathfinder section.

Talking with the gal behind the counter at the local GS today, and she told me that there have been several people coming in to unload used 4E books in order to trade them for 3.5 used stock. I'm thinking they're still selling a good amount of 4E books, because the section is quite large, but apparently several D&D players have expressed their dissatisfaction with the new version.

Etrium, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 10:10 PM

Got mine along with a dragon warrior player's guide. God I wish August would get here right about now.

carborundum (RPG Superstar 2010 Top 32), Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 01:34 AM

No stores in the Netherlands :(
Hope I can get a print copy when it's up here.

Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease

Iron Sentinel, Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 10:35 AM

I got a copy yesterday. Not bad at all. The line up for the full bestiary looks good.

Waspinator, Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 10:43 AM

Going to get this had me going to a local game shop I didn't even know existed. I might have to go back sometime, though. It was a pretty nice little place. And something that did kind of surprise me was that it had given about equal space in its shelving units to Pathfinder stuff and 4E. It seems that they're both doing pretty well.

I also snagged the 4E module and Paranoia book. I'm not too much of a 4E fan, but I do like Eberron and the module's plot can always be adapted to 3.5. Plus, the tile section it came with can work with any version of D&D. I would've grabbed the free dice too, but what's the point of a set of two polyhedron dice that doesn't even have a d20 in it?

Taliesin Hoyle (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 11:53 AM

carborundum wrote:

No stores in the Netherlands :(

At least you live in the land of the free.

Spoiler:

voska66 (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber), Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 02:57 PM

Hmmm, June 21st. Is this product available? Says it is currently unavailable.

Dark_Mistress (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Fiction Subscriber), Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 03:03 PM

voska66 wrote:

Hmmm, June 21st. Is this product available? Says it is currently unavailable.

You can get it online june 22nd aka tomorrow. They have said they hope to have it up by noon PST.

Yasha0006, Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 03:09 PM

Typical.

My FLGS chose to have their pesky company birthday sale yesterday...and NOT do Free RPG Day, so I was unable to snag a bonus beastiary.

Oh well...guess I'll DL the PDF tomorrow.

Proficuus, Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 03:16 PM

tick....tick....tick

Waspinator, Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 04:59 PM

Proficuus wrote:

tick....tick....tick

Hook's crocodile has found us! Run for your lives!

Twin Dragons (Pathfinder Fiction Subscriber), Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 06:13 PM

Well its one day after Free RPG day,so where's the free pdf already?

Andrew Betts (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Fiction Subscriber), Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 06:14 PM

Twin Dragons wrote:

Well its one day after Free RPG day,so where's the free pdf already?

Many times the sages have said "At least noon PST on Monday". Trust the sages, they do not steer wrong.