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when is this gonna ship?
According to the online schedule, it is in stock now, and thus is probably in the queue for subscribers.
I will be honest, this is the first time thus far that I am left completely underwhelmed and unimpressed by a Pathfinder manual, purely talking about layout and illustration. I have just browsed it quickly because the new adventure path issue completely got my attention but the artwork I have seen looks almost amateurish. Hopefully it will raise the level with content, I will definitely go through it with proper attention. On a side note, even "Infernal Syndrome" has its share of (please forgive me the term) mediocre illustrations from what I have seen. I wouldn't mind if I was not used to spectacular works like those in Legacy of Fire (or even the previous issues of Council btw).
I will be honest, this is the first time thus far that I am left completely underwhelmed and unimpressed by a Pathfinder manual, purely talking about layout and illustration. I have just browsed it quickly because the new adventure path issue completely got my attention but the artwork I have seen looks almost amateurish. Hopefully it will raise the level with content, I will definitely go through it with proper attention. On a side note, even "Infernal Syndrome" has its share of (please forgive me the term) mediocre illustrations from what I have seen. I wouldn't mind if I was not used to spectacular works like those in Legacy of Fire (or even the previous issues of Council btw).
Didn't worry much about the art myself, but the text is frakking awesome. I've never thought much about playing a dwarf, but this has me interested.
Light years ahead of elves of Golarion in my opinion.
I will be honest, this is the first time thus far that I am left completely underwhelmed and unimpressed by a Pathfinder manual, purely talking about layout and illustration. I have just browsed it quickly because the new adventure path issue completely got my attention but the artwork I have seen looks almost amateurish. Hopefully it will raise the level with content, I will definitely go through it with proper attention. On a side note, even "Infernal Syndrome" has its share of (please forgive me the term) mediocre illustrations from what I have seen. I wouldn't mind if I was not used to spectacular works like those in Legacy of Fire (or even the previous issues of Council btw).Didn't worry much about the art myself, but the text is frakking awesome. I've never thought much about playing a dwarf, but this has me interested.
Light years ahead of elves of Golarion in my opinion.
Speaking of Elves of Golarion, are there any plans to re-do that book to match up with the recent release of the PF RPG Manual?
Speaking of Elves of Golarion, are there any plans to re-do that book to match up with the recent release of the PF RPG Manual?Not currently. Maybe if we sell out and have to reprint, but that day is a LONG way away.
Then perhaps an errata to the book with the necessary subsequent changes. For instance, the removal of the Creation Domain in the PFRPG Core Rule book kinda puts a damper on people who play Elvish Clerics who wish to Worship Findeladlara. This drops her worshippers from 5 domain choices to 4.
Imaginary Canadian erinyes girlfriend...
What's wrong with an erinyes girlfriend? Though I prefer rakshasas myself; she can read your mind and become literally anything you desire... ahem. We were talking about the dwarves of Golarion, weren't we? Does anyone have the book yet, and if so, how does it stack up?
Imaginary Canadian erinyes girlfriend...What's wrong with an erinyes girlfriend? Though I prefer rakshasas myself; she can read your mind and become literally anything you desire... ahem. We were talking about the dwarves of Golarion, weren't we? Does anyone have the book yet, and if so, how does it stack up?
Absolutely NOTHING! I should know, since I have several Erinyes... er, assistants. I can even get *you* one... you only need to sign this contr...parchment with uhm, your blood (and don't bother with the fine print)! ;)
I'm glad to see this come out and was very glad to get it as part of my subscription! I'd unfortunately also have to admit this is the first Paizo product in the Pathfinder line (AP/Module/Companion/Chronicles) whose cover art just didn't "Wow" me, grab me by the throat or anything.
Not that it's bad or anything; it just didn't look up to the usual high standards I've come to expect after previous books.
Fortunately, the inside pretty much makes up for it!
Mine arrived with water damage at the spine on the bottom. Some of the pages stuck together a little and I had to cut them apart with a knife, carefully, to minimize the damage. It wasn't done in transit because it came in the same box as three other products, which were pristine. Somehow, somewhere before it was packaged, this one got wet. Anyone else have this problem?
FYI, I've been a subscriber of various products for some time and this is the first issue I've had at all with anything, so apart from this I still say kudos to Paizo.
BTW, will you guys be doing a conversion of the Archmage PrC? It's one of my favorites, and I was sad that it wasn't part of the core rules...I think the Archmage is called the Wizard now.
How about the High Arcana abilities? A bunch of those seem to be still missing from my copy of the rules... ;)
Mine arrived with water damage at the spine on the bottom. Some of the pages stuck together a little and I had to cut them apart with a knife, carefully, to minimize the damage. It wasn't done in transit because it came in the same box as three other products, which were pristine. Somehow, somewhere before it was packaged, this one got wet. Anyone else have this problem?
FYI, I've been a subscriber of various products for some time and this is the first issue I've had at all with anything, so apart from this I still say kudos to Paizo.
I've added a replacement for Dwarves of Golarion which will ship with your next subscription shipment.
thanks,
sara marie
There is almost no setting specific flavor on the mechanics part of the book (feats, spells). Some Traits make reference to locations and gods, but those are easily altered (specially in FR where there is lots of space and gods).
Alsoa lot of the fluff of the book is about dwarvenkind in general (i specially liked the kind of breakdown of every racial trait).
Hope this helps
Is this a worthwhile purchase for my FR game, or is the book too setting specific?
I run a completely non-Golarian campaign, and this book is great. Add this to that awesome Uvandir article in Kobold Quarterly recently, and you've got a great set of stuff for modern dwarves and a dwarven 'elder race'.
How about the High Arcana abilities?
A bunch of those seem to be still missing from my copy of the rules... ;)
I seem to remember a certain chap by the name of Buhlman commenting on multiple occasions that such abilities will in fact be seen in future Paizo products, in the particular form starting with an F and ending with a T. I'd expect 'em in the APG.
Random question;
In the text, the ruins of a city named Saggorak are mentioned a fair bit, and, from the text under the cities of Larrad (p 13) and Kolvar (p 14), appears to be in that general area, but the city/ruin doesn't appear on the map on the inside back cover.
I could probably just toss it near Mount Mist, but is there another location intended for it?
Question -- Will there be a PF version of Elves of Golarion? Or is the OGL one it?
We're busy enough with our current books that we really don't have time to go back and update our 3.5 books to Pathfinder, especially as Pathfinder is designed to be backwards-compatible with 3.5. Also, we're not even done going through the core races yet (half-orcs and halflings are upcoming books), so we probably wouldn't revisit elves in a new book until we had covered all the core races.
logic_poet
(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Roleplaying Game, Campaign Setting, Companion, Modules Subscriber)
How about the High Arcana abilities? A bunch of those seem to be still missing from my copy of the rules... ;)BTW, will you guys be doing a conversion of the Archmage PrC? It's one of my favorites, and I was sad that it wasn't part of the core rules...I think the Archmage is called the Wizard now.
I miss that PrC too! head over to Pathfinder #41's page and voice support for it being in the Nethys article, please.
logic_poet
(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Roleplaying Game, Campaign Setting, Companion, Modules Subscriber)
Looks like the designer cut it (and Davarn) because his turnover was running long (he probably meant to trim it down, not cut it entirely). Here's what he sent me in response to your question:
Davarn and Kykar
Two of the Five Kings' newer cities, Davarn and Kykar grew from simple mining settlements into major travel and trade hubs over the last two thousand years. The older of the two, Kykar, is by far the more prominent, due to its high-traffic position on the underground highway between the southwestern mountains and Highhelm. This choice location makes Kykar a bustling commercial city, where all manner of goods (from both the Five Kings Mountains and the surface world) can be bought and sold-and the merchant guilds of Kykar are earning money hand over fist from their somewhat oppressive trade tariffs.
At slightly less than a quarter of Kykar's population, Davarn is nonetheless an important hub, as the nearest permanent settlement to two major mines—Bodgrin's Deep and the Iron Run (both iron mines)—and their miners travel to Davarn to spend their appreciable wages in the numerous gambling houses and breweries. As a result, of all of the Five Kings' cities, Davarn is the most plagued by crime. The most lucrative businesses are all owned and operated by a loose organization of dwarf criminals known locally as the "Three Princes": Garik Sledgeheart, Muldrim the Pick, and the bloodthirsty half-dragon Krek, who pays down-on-their-luck miners to duel each other to the death in pit fights—many of which are fixed.