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Vic Wertz (Technical Director), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 02:03 PM

We at Paizo Publishing understand how important PDFs have become to most roleplaying gamers. We know that PDFs allow you to easily carry around a large library of books on your laptop, PDA, or cell phone. We know that PDFs are great for searching for that piece of obscure information. We know that PDFs are a great way to keep out-of-print products available. And we know that PDFs provide a great way to check out new products.

At paizo.com, most of the roleplaying books we publish are available in both print and PDF editions. We take pride in the high quality of our PDFs and think that they are some of the best in the industry. And we would love to show you how cool they are by allowing you to buy our Pathfinder PDFs for 35% off the regular retail price through the end of April. This offer includes Pathfinder Adventure Path PDFs, Pathfinder Modules PDFs, Pathfinder Chronicles PDFs, Pathfinder Companion PDFs, and Pathfinder Society Scenario PDFs.

Just add the Pathfinder PDFs you would like to buy into your cart, and when you are checking out, type the promotional code "PDFLove" in the appropriate box. The 35% discount will be applied to your Pathfinder PDFs at that point. You can use this code as many times as you like until the end of April, and feel free to share this code with your friends.

We also invite you to check out the FREE PDF products available at http://paizo.com/store/downloads/free. These include several of our own products, such as the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Beta, our adventures Hollow's Last Hope and Revenge of the Kobold King, and our Player's Guides for Rise of the Runelords and Curse of the Crimson Throne, as well as dozens of PDFs from other publishers.

We would also like to remind you that subscribers to our Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Modules, Pathfinder Companion, and Pathfinder Chronicles lines get FREE PDFs when the corresponding print editions of their subscription products ship—just another way in which we thank our customers for their support!

So drop by paizo.com and check out all of the downloads we offer at http://paizo.com/store/downloads. The digital age is here, and we are proud to be your provider of amazing digital products for years to come.

houstonderek, Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 02:04 PM

I love you guys :)

flynnster, Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 02:07 PM

Vic, do you have or want more children? I'd carry your children for you!!!!

silverhair2008 (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, GameMastery Maps Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 02:08 PM

What HD said. Thank you for being the upstanding, outspoken, and considerate people that you are.

Just my 2 cp.

Joana (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Planet Stories Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 02:09 PM

YES!! I'm off to spend some money. :)

Lanfranc, Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 02:13 PM

You should give a medal to whoever's responsible for your marketing. This is brilliant, both in timing and execution.

I amused myself for several minutes by imagining a heavy emphasis on all the "we"s. ^_^

DMcCoy1693 (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Chronicles Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 02:17 PM

Vic Wertz wrote:

And we would love to show you how cool they are by allowing you to buy our Pathfinder PDFs for 35% off the regular retail price through the end of April.

Ohh good. My wallet can stop screaming for a few minutes until I get paid later this month. Consider me buying something, just not today.

TriOmegaZero (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 02:26 PM

Well, I won't have to spend any more money now, since I already get everything that's on sale... XD

Pax Veritas (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Modules Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 02:31 PM

Vic- on this difficult day, the day Arneson passed away, and the day the Stormtroopers of the coast came in the night to retrieve the legacy of our game, please pass along my sincere and heartfelt thanks to Lisa, Erik et.al. The savings is nice, but the gesture is one of integrity, and a nod of kindness and leadership on this bleak day.

Thanks, again.

Mairkurion {tm} (Pathfinder Adventure Path, Planet Stories Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 02:42 PM

Just to double check, this doesn't include Pathfinder Terrain, right?

Gorbacz (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 02:44 PM

Wait wait... 15% for the Pathfinder Advantage...and 35% ... means ...

50% discount ?

muha.

mwahahaha.

heh.

muhahahahaha.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH....

(in Mark Hamill's voice, of course.)

Vic Wertz (Technical Director), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 02:46 PM

Gorbacz wrote:

Wait wait... 15% for the Pathfinder Advantage...and 35% ... means ...

50% discount ?

Sorry... The Pathfinder Advantage does not stack with other subscription or sale discounts. Only the greater discount applies.

Gorbacz (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 02:48 PM

Sorry Vic mate, I can't hear you over my maniacal laughter ! :)

joela, Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 02:51 PM

Vic Wertz wrote:

At paizo.com, most of the roleplaying books we publish are available in both print and PDF editions. We take pride in the high quality of our PDFs and think that they are some of the best in the industry. And we would love to show you how cool they are by allowing you to buy our Pathfinder PDFs for 35% off the regular retail price through the end of April. This offer includes Pathfinder Adventure Path PDFs, Pathfinder Modules PDFs, Pathfinder Chronicles PDFs, Pathfinder Companion PDFs, and Pathfinder Society Scenario PDFs.

Just add the Pathfinder PDFs you would like to buy into your cart, and when you are checking out, type the promotional code "PDFLove" in the appropriate box. The 35% discount will be applied to your Pathfinder PDFs at that point. You can use this code as many times as you like until the end of April, and feel free to share this code with your friends.

*Looks at his deadtree Paizo books.* Uh, oh. AND have the pdf versions. Hmmmm....

KaeYoss (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion, Planet Stories Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 02:58 PM

Hm... had you offered something like "Buy a Module, get PDF for free", I might have been really tempted. Luckily you didn't do this, as I've already more than maxed out my RPG budget this month. :D

Still, it's a terrific idea. Kudos!

Mairkurion {tm} (Pathfinder Adventure Path, Planet Stories Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 02:58 PM

Well, I'm buying something, that's for sure.

Did I understand correctly about the Pf Terrain pdf?

Lanfranc, Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 03:03 PM

joela wrote:

*Looks at his deadtree Paizo books.* Uh, oh. AND have the pdf versions. Hmmmm....

PDFs are very convenient if you have a laptop or PDA... ;-)

grifter7, Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 03:04 PM

:) I'm going to get some free cash towards the end of the month and two PF Adventure paths I'm wanting will be ready to be brought. /emote the happy dance
You guys rule. I was thinking about switching to some company that will not be named newer edition but now I'm think I found my new system. Big thumbs up Paizo for making lemonade out some lemons you guys got this week.

golem101 (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 03:06 PM

Paizo rocks. That's all I can say right now.

Tomorrow I'll supercharge my card. Gonna have a nice, happy, pdf-rich day.

Vic Wertz (Technical Director), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 03:08 PM

Mairkurion {tm} wrote:

Well, I'm buying something, that's for sure.

Did I understand correctly about the Pf Terrain pdf?

Right—Pathfinder Terrain is not included, as it's published by WorldWorksGames under license, not by Paizo.

Mairkurion {tm} (Pathfinder Adventure Path, Planet Stories Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 03:10 PM

Thanks, Vic. Just planning out my line of attack for the month. :)

The Katapesh pdf will be available before the end of the month though, correct?

veector (Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 03:16 PM

Best gaming company in the world. Period.

SirUrza (Paizo Charter Superscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 03:24 PM

I need some coupon codes I can use on stuff I'm not subscribed too. :)

Vic Wertz (Technical Director), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 03:25 PM

Mairkurion {tm} wrote:

Thanks, Vic. Just planning out my line of attack for the month. :)

The Katapesh pdf will be available before the end of the month though, correct?

While Dark Markets will go to subscribers in April, the PDF is scheduled for release on May 13.

The Dragons Revisited PDF, though, will be available on April 15th, so you will be able to apply the discount code to that one.

Benoist Poiré, Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 03:28 PM

WOW. That's a seriously cool offer.
Thanks, Paizo team!

golem101 (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 03:33 PM

Vic, the pdf for Blood of Dragonscar will be released within the timeframe of the offer?

FlareStorm, Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 03:37 PM

35% off AND I have all month to use it? Going from being completely disenfranchised with the industry to being proud of it within a few hours is too stressful. I need a new hobby :)

I'll be here on payday!

Vic Wertz (Technical Director), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 03:49 PM

golem101 wrote:

Vic, the pdf for Blood of Dragonscar will be released within the timeframe of the offer?

It's due April 29.

Aotrscommander (RPG Superstar 2008 Top 32), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 04:02 PM

Well, guys. WotC really have ballsed up. I wasn't planning on spending any money on RPG in the immediate future; my somewhat limited funds were all ear-marked for more starships. However, a sale like this is rather too good to miss. I was - eventually - planning to start picking up the Pathfinder modules for when I finish running my converted Night Below; which would have been months and months away.

Now, however, I'm going to be checking my available funds and after Easter - if not tonight - I'll be giving you fine folks at Paizo my hard-earned pennies.

(By the way, it's a REAL achievement for anything to get priority over starships. There is, for me, no greater thing than starships ('cept maybe chocolate). I regard starships like most people regard sex, as a sort of magic holy grail and the pinnicle of existance. Getting priority over that is somewhat harder than getting blood out of a stone (or finding a speck of intellect in a WotC/Hasbro director - oooh burn!))

So to recap, WotC have succeeded in not only convincing me to spend money on their competition in preference to them but that I otherwise wouldn't have spent at all!

That's like negative sales or something.

golem101 (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 04:11 PM

Vic Wertz wrote:

golem101 wrote:

Vic, the pdf for Blood of Dragonscar will be released within the timeframe of the offer?

It's due April 29.

Looking forward to it.

erian_7 (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 04:17 PM

Yep, that's just about the stupidest thing I've seen WotC do in the last day or so. Just bought all the old Gamemastery modules that got sucked into the Pathfinder Modules lineup to show my thanks to Paizo--that puts me owning pretty much every PDF they've got out now, I think.

Thanks for rockin'...

Mothman (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 04:20 PM

Nice work Paizo! Class act.

Louis Agresta (Contributor), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 04:27 PM

Lou says, "Vic, you did this on my birthday! Thank you!"
Wallet says, "Damn you."
Lou says, "Awesome!"

Lou opens wallet, paradoxically shutting it up.

Lou wins.

Agognon (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 04:29 PM

Yay! Finally picked up my Classic Monsters Revisited.

Will probably get Dragons when available.

Too bad Katapesh won't make it out this month I'm finally playing in a Pathfinder game and it's Legacy of Fire.

Thanks for the PDF love!

Mikaze, Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 04:46 PM

Keep on keeping on, youse guys.

Xaaon of Xen'Drik (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 04:47 PM

Vic Wertz wrote:

Gorbacz wrote:

Wait wait... 15% for the Pathfinder Advantage...and 35% ... means ...

50% discount ?

Sorry... The Pathfinder Advantage does not stack with other subscription or sale discounts. Only the greater discount applies.

It has in the past...this a change?

DitheringFool (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, GameMastery Cards Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 04:52 PM

thank you again Paizo for saving the game I love!

GreatKhanArtist (Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Modules Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 04:55 PM

Yay! Easter presents! I'll have to go get those PDFs I want that are sold out.

Oh, I don't mean to nag, but any chance the Player's Guides for "Second Darkness" and "Legacy of Fire" will ever be free, since the first two were? Just wondering, since the SD AP is over now...

Matthew Morris (RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32, 2010 Top 16), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 05:46 PM

Wow, ok, next check I grab the rest of the Pathfinder scenarios.

Eric Tillemans (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, GameMastery Cards Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 06:00 PM

Matthew Morris wrote:

Wow, ok, next check I grab the rest of the Pathfinder scenarios.

Yes, despite not being sure I needed them I bought all 18 available scenarios. Partly because I love buying adventures and partly just to support Paizo.

Sothrim (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 06:01 PM

... and time to finally buy the latest two Pathfinder Society scenarios that have been sitting in my shopping cart.

And of course, since those are so cheap, I may just have to buy something else, like a KODT bundle of trouble.

See, THAT's how you run a business: building and rewarding customer goodwill.

You guys rock.

Vic Wertz (Technical Director), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 06:12 PM

Xaaon of Xen'Drik wrote:

Vic Wertz wrote:

Gorbacz wrote:

Wait wait... 15% for the Pathfinder Advantage...and 35% ... means ...

50% discount ?

Sorry... The Pathfinder Advantage does not stack with other subscription or sale discounts. Only the greater discount applies.

It has in the past...this a change?

Nope—that text ("The Pathfinder Advantage does not stack with other subscription or sale discounts") has been part of the subscription description since we introduced the Pathfinder Advantage. We may have made a couple of exceptions in the past, but the default is that they don't stack.

Sayler Van Merlin, Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 06:15 PM

Vic Wertz wrote:

Xaaon of Xen'Drik wrote:

Vic Wertz wrote:

Gorbacz wrote:

Wait wait... 15% for the Pathfinder Advantage...and 35% ... means ...

50% discount ?

Sorry... The Pathfinder Advantage does not stack with other subscription or sale discounts. Only the greater discount applies.

It has in the past...this a change?

Nope—that text ("The Pathfinder Advantage does not stack with other subscription or sale discounts") has been part of the subscription description since we introduced the Pathfinder Advantage. We may have made a couple of exceptions in the past, but the default is that they don't stack.

everybody knows only luck and untyped bonuses stack...

Sayler Van Merlin, Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 06:17 PM

Sayler Van Merlin wrote:

Vic Wertz wrote:

Xaaon of Xen'Drik wrote:

Vic Wertz wrote:

Gorbacz wrote:

Wait wait... 15% for the Pathfinder Advantage...and 35% ... means ...

50% discount ?

Sorry... The Pathfinder Advantage does not stack with other subscription or sale discounts. Only the greater discount applies.

It has in the past...this a change?

Nope—that text ("The Pathfinder Advantage does not stack with other subscription or sale discounts") has been part of the subscription description since we introduced the Pathfinder Advantage. We may have made a couple of exceptions in the past, but the default is that they don't stack.

everybody knows only luck and untyped bonuses stack...

and dodge bonuses...

Sayler Van Merlin, Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 06:18 PM

Sayler Van Merlin wrote:

Sayler Van Merlin wrote:

Vic Wertz wrote:

Xaaon of Xen'Drik wrote:

Vic Wertz wrote:

Gorbacz wrote:

Wait wait... 15% for the Pathfinder Advantage...and 35% ... means ...

50% discount ?

Sorry... The Pathfinder Advantage does not stack with other subscription or sale discounts. Only the greater discount applies.

It has in the past...this a change?

Nope—that text ("The Pathfinder Advantage does not stack with other subscription or sale discounts") has been part of the subscription description since we introduced the Pathfinder Advantage. We may have made a couple of exceptions in the past, but the default is that they don't stack.

everybody knows only luck and untyped bonuses stack...

and dodge bonuses...

...and some circumstance bonuses...

Erik Mona (Publisher), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 06:18 PM

GreatKhanArtist wrote:

Oh, I don't mean to nag, but any chance the Player's Guides for "Second Darkness" and "Legacy of Fire" will ever be free, since the first two were? Just wondering, since the SD AP is over now...

Probably not. They are twice as long and the previous versions were a nightmare in the distribution channel for a variety of reasons. We did give a free PDF of the Legacy of Fire Player's Guide to everyone on our mailing list a few weeks back, though. Something like that might happen again at some point in the future.

Mactaka (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 06:19 PM

is this to one order or to any order that comes on a pdf this month?

ie..i want to order some PFS Scenarios now, but want to get the pdf of some modules or Classic Dragons when it comes out later this month (as I do not subscribe to those, but pdf's are cool).

Sayler Van Merlin, Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 06:20 PM

Sayler Van Merlin wrote:

Sayler Van Merlin wrote:

Sayler Van Merlin wrote:

Vic Wertz wrote:

Xaaon of Xen'Drik wrote:

Vic Wertz wrote:

Gorbacz wrote:

Wait wait... 15% for the Pathfinder Advantage...and 35% ... means ...

50% discount ?

Spoiler:

Sorry... The Pathfinder Advantage does not stack with other subscription or sale discounts. Only the greater discount applies.

It has in the past...this a change?

Nope—that text ("The Pathfinder Advantage does not stack with other subscription or sale discounts") has been part of the subscription description since we introduced the Pathfinder Advantage. We may have made a couple of exceptions in the past, but the default is that they don't stack.

everybody knows only luck and untyped bonuses stack...

and dodge bonuses...

...and some circumstance bonuses...

...and different typed bonuses(d'ohh!)

Vic Wertz (Technical Director), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 06:27 PM

GreatKhanArtist wrote:

Yay! Easter presents! I'll have to go get those PDFs I want that are sold out.

Oh, I don't mean to nag, but any chance the Player's Guides for "Second Darkness" and "Legacy of Fire" will ever be free, since the first two were? Just wondering, since the SD AP is over now...

They're really not the same thing. The first two were 16-page Player's Guides that were designed pretty much exclusively for use with the AP. The last two were 32-page Pathfinder Companions that were designed to be a lot more useful to people not playing the AP... although that's not as obvious as we'd like it to be.

We're still kind of working these out—the next AP will probably have a short free PDF Player's Guide, while the Pathfinder Companion for sale that month will be a more comprehensive guide to the starting location that will be completely useful to AP and non-AP players alike. Probably.

Vic Wertz (Technical Director), Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 06:28 PM

Mactaka wrote:

is this to one order or to any order that comes on a pdf this month?

ie..i want to order some PFS Scenarios now, but want to get the pdf of some modules or Classic Dragons when it comes out later this month (as I do not subscribe to those, but pdf's are cool).

You can use the code as many times as you like until the end of the month.