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Some tidbits I've noticed:
Humans lost martial weapon proficiency
Domains are vastly improved from Beta (still not happy with the War domain's 1st level ability though)
Sor/Wiz stayed d6
It suggests animal companions can have ints higher than 3 though I don't see how...
Nimble Moves and Acrobatic Steps feats allow you to ignore rough terrain for 5 and 20 feet respectively
Special Materials is in the Equipment section rather than by magic items (awesome)
Halfling Sling Staff is a sling that does 1d6 for small 1d8 for medium and can also be used as a club
I'm gonna have to go back to work in 15 minutes so I can't just sit and read the whole thing ><
I hope mine comes today. Mine was bought in such a way that I won't get a shipping e-mail.By "bought" do you mean "held up every UPS, USPS you saw until a copy 'fell' off the back of their truck" ^_^
No, someone on the boards found out I had been laid off and bought me a copy as a gift. I don't know who it was, but they, not I, will recieve the shipping notification, at least I figure that is the case. It was a wonderful gesture and a wickedly pleasnt torture as well.
MisterSlanky
(Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path, Campaign Setting, Companion, Battles Case Subscriber)
MisterSlanky
(Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path, Campaign Setting, Companion, Battles Case Subscriber)
Humans lost martial weapon proficiencyNot happy about that... I really liked that addition to the humans.
A friend of mine is going to be pissed. He built his entire Pathfinder character concept around that. (He was using the Beta rules to at least put together a character outline before he has to frantically write up the character in the hour before his event.
Hmm... I didn't realize preordering it would get it before street date. I ordered my from a local store, so hopefully it'll be arriving sooner, rather than later. *Shrug* Oh, well. I did manage to get a bit of a discount doing it that way, so I can't really complain. I won't be able to do anything with it for a while anyway.
IT'S HERE! I'm fumbling between open the box w/ my keys and typing this out =p
Congrats!
<sigh> Mine hasn't even shipped yet. At this rate I am looking at getting it closer to the 18th than the 13th (assuming it even ships on Monday) which, considering some people are already getting copies, is somewhat irritating. At the very least I was hoping to get the books by the 15th so I could pass them out to my crew in anticipation of the new campaign. This campaign is replacing a 4e game I put on hold, somewhat forcibly.
These books are sort of a birthday present from me to my group and my birthday happens to fall on the release date. It might have been more expedient to simply order them through the LGS, I suppose. But then, it likely would have been less of a guaranteed order.
Not a huge deal, just a little disappointing. Certainly not angry by any stretch. Just really, really excited. :)
A friend of mine is going to be pissed. He built his entire Pathfinder character concept around that. (He was using the Beta rules to at least put together a character outline before he has to frantically write up the character in the hour before his event.Humans lost martial weapon proficiencyNot happy about that... I really liked that addition to the humans.
Same here.
I have built a couple of characters that are specifically built to utilise this rule as well. I am going to either stuff up the entire concept or House Rule the change. Only problem is it will be another DM's call on the House Rule.
You can always try cutting back one feat in your builds and take Martial Weapon Prof as the human bonus. I know it will delay some effectiveness at lower levels, but there it is. Unless the PFRPG cut back on the feat progression to 3.5's 1 every 3 levels, instead of every odd. Better yet take the opportunity and revise the builds to use an Exotic Weapon.
Halfling Sling Staff? Sounds mighty awesome.
MisterSlanky
(Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path, Campaign Setting, Companion, Battles Case Subscriber)
You can always try cutting back one feat in your builds and take Martial Weapon Prof as the human bonus. I know it will delay some effectiveness at lower levels, but there it is. Unless the PFRPG cut back on the feat progression to 3.5's 1 every 3 levels, instead of every odd. Better yet take the opportunity and revise the builds to use an Exotic Weapon.
Halfling Sling Staff? Sounds mighty awesome.
Only problem with that is that Exotic weapon prof. requires a +1 BAB, and if you're trying to deck out your wizard or rogue, it doesn't work too well.
A friend of mine is going to be pissed. He built his entire Pathfinder character concept around that. (He was using the Beta rules to at least put together a character outline before he has to frantically write up the character in the hour before his event.Humans lost martial weapon proficiencyNot happy about that... I really liked that addition to the humans.Yes, i guess a whole new character concept needs to be created.
It seems the scales tip more often in favor of 'procrastination pays off now', so again I am on the wrong side.
Only problem with that is that Exotic weapon prof. requires a +1 BAB, and if you're trying to deck out your wizard or rogue, it doesn't work too well.
That seems like a better candidate for a house rule then giving all humans martial prof.
Amazon is saying my order won't even ship until the 19th :(. Sigh, at this point I don't even know if they have enough books to fill my order or if I should just go get the pdf.
I GOT MY BOOK!
WOOT!
it is beautiful....sniff..sniff
btw, I didnt expect mine for another week according to the mail I got, so maybe they shipped them early, and put a later date on the mail to surprise us?
One awesome thing I noticed so far...divine bond is worded much better, and the bonus can stack with an existing weapon.
Paul Hedges
(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Roleplaying Game, Campaign Setting, Companion, Tales, Battles Case, GameMastery Maps Subscriber)
Mine came today as well. It was actually sitting outside my door. Glad it wasn't raining or stolen.
I'll refrain from making post about the content of the book until the 13th. I hope Paizo isn't upset that some of us are getting these almost a week early. It will be handy to have before GenCon, though.
I was wondering when the first books would start showing up. They have been busy shipping for a number of days now, and due to the randomness of the post office and various delivery services, it does not at all surprise me that some folks got them a bit early.
Jason Bulmahn
Lead Designer
Paizo Publishing
I'm in PA
My shipping email I got a few days ago, and said it wasnt shipping until next tues, with 4-8 days for delivery. It was a nice surprise to get early though! And excellent timing too, as I'm on vacation this coming week.
I got the other goodies too, like the module, and part one to CoT, but those have to wait. Busy reading.
Reckless
(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Roleplaying Game, Campaign Setting, Companion, Battles Case Subscriber)
I have built a couple of characters that are specifically built to utilise this rule as well. I am going to either stuff up the entire concept or House Rule the change. Only problem is it will be another DM's call on the House Rule.
I think I will open up a human racial trait for that. Take any one martial weapon proficiency or an exotic weapon proficiency if you have a proper background or already have all martial proficiencies. It still takes a slot but not a weapon slot. Pretty easy to deal with honestly.
IT'S HERE!
Just a note on Why it's there. Last Thursday we're at the office late - like 10:00 late - finishing up the dark ones' cave in James's Sandpoint game, when Jeff, Cosmo, Vic, and Lisa come on up. They'd been in the warehouse all evening packing boxes of the PFRPG. And then turned around the next day and joined Jeff S., Alison, and Brock the next day to do it some more! So yeah, there's a pretty good chance that if you have your now, it was packed by the owners/managers of the company way past their bedtimes. Just throwing that out there! It's really exciting that folks are getting this now - somehow that helps make the last months of work all real.