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baron arem heshvaun (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber), Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 01:34 AM

Carrion Hill.

Urban Horror.

References to the Outer Gods.

Underground ghoul societies.

Initiative please.

Sanity checks.

I'M IN !!

Gorbacz (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 01:36 AM

Richard "Celestial Gas Spore Paladin/Ranger" Pett.

vagrant-poet (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber), Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 01:38 AM

I love the spawn of Yog-Soggoth!

Nice work, looks like you may have a seller.

Asgetrion, Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 05:17 AM

Amazing... I'm already Pett-rified with fear! :)

Gorbacz (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 05:20 AM

Somebody call the PETTA !

(People for the Ethical Treatment of Tentacled Aberrations)

Lazaro (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber), Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 05:24 AM

Asgetrion wrote:

Amazing... I'm already Pett-rified with fear! :)

BOO that wasn't punny at all!

I really like how this adventure is looking

Montalve (Pathfinder Adventure Path, Planet Stories Subscriber), Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 08:00 AM

yes definitively as I learn more about that adventure I fall more and more in love with ti... I have been waiting for it as long as I knew it was coming out.

damn that is the only reason I continue in thesuscription for modules... I WANT thatadventure.. ahh and the one from the superstar :P

Mairkurion {tm} (Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Fiction, Planet Stories Subscriber), Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 10:07 AM

My attention has been successfully gotten.

feytharn, Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 10:09 AM

Want...Now...MUST...HAVE!!!

Heathansson, Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 10:10 AM

A samwich is a samwich, but a Dunwich is a meal.

13garth13 (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber), Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 10:13 AM

The more Lovecraftian madness and monstrosities (ghouls AND spawn of Yog-Sothoth! Suweeeeeeeeet) the better! This is a must have!

Cheers,
Colin

P.S. Yes, I love horror/dark-fantasy adventures, almost in an unnatural, non-family-friendly way ;-) ;-) Are there any rumours about anything else like this on the horizon from Paizo?

Zombieneighbours, Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 11:02 AM

13garth13 wrote:

The more Lovecraftian madness and monstrosities (ghouls AND spawn of Yog-Sothoth! Suweeeeeeeeet) the better! This is a must have!

Cheers,
Colin

P.S. Yes, I love horror/dark-fantasy adventures, almost in an unnatural, non-family-friendly way ;-) ;-) Are there any rumours about anything else like this on the horizon from Paizo?

I have already sacrificed five points of POW to nemesis, nyarlathotep's pet cat, in the hope that he will be able to sway paizo into future projects in this vain....we can but hope the sacrifice was not in vain.

Gear, Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 11:21 AM

:homerdrool: pant pant pant MUST HAVE

Richard Pett (Contributor), Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 11:27 AM

Don't buy it...

Tekeli-li!

James Jacobs (Creative Director), Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 12:18 PM

13garth13 wrote:

The more Lovecraftian madness and monstrosities (ghouls AND spawn of Yog-Sothoth! Suweeeeeeeeet) the better! This is a must have!

Cheers,
Colin

P.S. Yes, I love horror/dark-fantasy adventures, almost in an unnatural, non-family-friendly way ;-) ;-) Are there any rumours about anything else like this on the horizon from Paizo?

If this sells well, and/or it gets great reviews, we'll certainly do more Lovecraft stuff. Actually, we've been doing Lovecraft stuff since as early as Rise of the Runelords. I'm probably the biggest Lovecraft fan at Paizo, and since I'm also the Editor-in-chief, I can pretty much say that there'll be various amounts of Lovecraftian elements seeping into all sorts of stuff now and then.

KaeYoss (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion, Pathfinder Fiction, Planet Stories Subscriber), Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 12:21 PM

I hear Hastur has a new gig: He appears to people who make bad puns while talking about PF or CoC, and horribly tortures them to death over the course of a decade.

Too mild, if you ask me, too mild! }>

Thorkull (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Companion, Pathfinder Modules Subscriber), Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 12:24 PM

James Jacobs wrote:

If this sells well, and/or it gets great reviews, we'll certainly do more Lovecraft stuff. Actually, we've been doing Lovecraft stuff since as early as Rise of the Runelords. I'm probably the biggest Lovecraft fan at Paizo, and since I'm also the Editor-in-chief, I can pretty much say that there'll be various amounts of Lovecraftian elements seeping into all sorts of stuff now and then.

I like it, sounds about right: some Lovecraftian elements with some Lovecraftian modules (maybe even an AP!), but it shouldn't become the focus for Pathfinder. After all, if you *really* want Lovecraft, there's always Call of Cthulhu.

Kevin Mack (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Fiction Subscriber), Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 12:30 PM

Love the new art in Todays blog although if it's to much to ask would it be possible to have some art with the Iconics in it? (Especially a certain Gnome one?)

Larcifer (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 12:32 PM

looking forward to this one. Hey James Jacobs I e mailed you a while back, wondering if you ever got the e mail?

Nicolas Louge, Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 12:34 PM

I don't like this foolish Pettery.

Asgetrion, Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 12:58 PM

James Jacobs wrote:

13garth13 wrote:

The more Lovecraftian madness and monstrosities (ghouls AND spawn of Yog-Sothoth! Suweeeeeeeeet) the better! This is a must have!

Cheers,
Colin

P.S. Yes, I love horror/dark-fantasy adventures, almost in an unnatural, non-family-friendly way ;-) ;-) Are there any rumours about anything else like this on the horizon from Paizo?

If this sells well, and/or it gets great reviews, we'll certainly do more Lovecraft stuff. Actually, we've been doing Lovecraft stuff since as early as Rise of the Runelords. I'm probably the biggest Lovecraft fan at Paizo, and since I'm also the Editor-in-chief, I can pretty much say that there'll be various amounts of Lovecraftian elements seeping into all sorts of stuff now and then.

Well, I've been waiting for this ever since it was announced... not only because I'm a huge Lovecraft fan, but also because it's set in Ustalav and the premise sounds so darn good! :)

(I just love things with tentacles; I love them so much that I'm planning to use a Deepspawn-controlled village in my FR campaign, too!)

James Jacobs (Creative Director), Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 12:58 PM

Larcifer wrote:

looking forward to this one. Hey James Jacobs I e mailed you a while back, wondering if you ever got the e mail?

Probably. I get a LOT of email. And particularly in a week in which the office is moving email gets overlooked...

Iron Sentinel, Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 02:39 PM

I definitely need to get a copy.

Todd Stewart (Contributor), Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 03:15 PM

Ah man, did that darn Whatley kid let his messed up brother out again? ;)

Sean K Reynolds (Developer), Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 05:21 PM

Kevin Mack wrote:

Love the new art in Todays blog although if it's to much to ask would it be possible to have some art with the Iconics in it? (Especially a certain Gnome one?)

Are you asking in general, or specifically for Carrion Hill art with iconics?

Disciple of Sakura, Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 07:14 PM

I rather like the sounds of this one. Depending on price and what-not, I may have to investigate it. And I don't typically run prepublisheds, thanks to some rather poor experiences with them just about every time I've tried.

James Jacobs (Creative Director), Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 11:26 PM

Disciple of Sakura wrote:

I rather like the sounds of this one. Depending on price and what-not, I may have to investigate it. And I don't typically run prepublisheds, thanks to some rather poor experiences with them just about every time I've tried.

Since I'm in the business of selling modules... I'm curious! What kind of things in the published modules you've run caused problems?

Kevin Mack (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Fiction Subscriber), Fri, Sep 4, 2009, 12:43 AM

Sean K Reynolds wrote:

Kevin Mack wrote:

Love the new art in Todays blog although if it's to much to ask would it be possible to have some art with the Iconics in it? (Especially a certain Gnome one?)

Are you asking in general, or specifically for Carrion Hill art with iconics?

Both

Disciple of Sakura, Fri, Sep 4, 2009, 04:13 AM

James Jacobs wrote:

Since I'm in the business of selling modules... I'm curious! What kind of things in the published modules you've run caused problems?

I'll readily admit that I haven't run a Paizo module all the way through (I started running a test of the Alpha 3 through the free prequel to the Kobold King line, whose name is escaping me). However, my general complaint with modules is issues with start-up (ie, how to get the adventure started) which often feel restrictive, and with either pacing or encounter design.

For example, I picked up the first module in Curse of the Crimson Throne back when it was on sale for $7. It's got some parts that I really like (like the Shingles Chase section). But the set-up doesn't really feel particularly good for me and how I like to run my games. Also, the pacing just feels wrong. Reading through it, I'm given the impression that weeks should be passing between sections, but it also feels like, in the process of running the game, the PCs could easily move from one section to the next in a matter of days. It wound up becoming something I'd borrow portions from, but I don't think I'd be able to actually use it as designed without heavily modifying it and/or forcing PCs not to progress in certain places.

Having played through half of Second Darkness so far, some of the assumptions in the adventures there also struck me as odd. Our party spent a great deal of time investigating some of the clues provided in an early part of the AP, only to discover that we were expected to just flat out kill one NPC and assume that we had all the information we needed, rather than incapacitating him and getting additional information. As someone who tried to run a mystery adventure once, I know it's not easy, but the DM found no guidelines for what to do if we actually didn't just hack our way through the adventure. It ultimately felt a little unfulfilling.

Of course, my worst experience was from back in 2nd edition with a module called "The Terrible Trouble in Tragidore" or something like that, that began with the PCs having their equipment stolen by a wandering minstrel they invited to share their camp with them. The players understandably did not like that. I've played in/run a few others, and they've never been terribly successful, so I tend to just write my own, which I enjoy well enough anyway.

Wolfthulhu, Fri, Sep 4, 2009, 04:22 AM

Ia! Ia!

I can't wait to get my tentacles on this module. :-D

Mairkurion {tm} (Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Fiction, Planet Stories Subscriber), Fri, Sep 4, 2009, 06:16 AM

I've run two modules (one twice). My only regret is that I don't own more of them. It was fun back when we had a thread and everybody ranked their favorites.

Cthulhu4President (Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Fri, Sep 4, 2009, 06:27 AM

I will definately be pestering my DM to run this one......I still dream of completing The Mountains of Madness........

Sean K Reynolds (Developer), Fri, Sep 4, 2009, 01:22 PM

Kevin Mack wrote:

Both

Well, I know Lini is mentioned in upcoming art order (in fact, she's one of the iconics we're using for Realm of the Fellnight Queen, what with its connection to gnomes and the First World and all, so I'll keep that in mind as we go forward.