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I am so incredibly excited for this book! I don't know who to thank for the Pathfinder line of fantasy RPG but if someone who does reads this, please give them my absolute and heartfelt appreciation. My most favorite things in fantasy are constructs and magic items. Pathfinder ALWAYS keeps me entertained. Best of luck with this book! Does anyone know if there will be augments (similar in function to the magic item compendium's augment crystals)?

Man! Seems like it was just yesterday that those two were teaming up to co-author "Shut In" in Dungeon #128:

"Not all evil spawns in ancient ruins or on fiendish planes. Sometimes all corruption needs to take root is a jealous memory, cultivated bitterness, and a lonely place to bloom. . ."

Still awesome. Congrats to you both!

Hey, thanks everybody! Really appreciated!

Erik is fine and continues his ever-expanding role as publisher.

As for my title, we haven't had an editor-in-chief for some time and for the last three years my role has been considerably more than just "guy in charge of the editors." As the company continues to grow Erik's attentions rightly move toward exploring exciting new projects and possibilities, while I've been increasingly helming the day-to-day adventure of making sure Paizo Publishing keeps... well... publishing.

What this promotion means for me is that now all of our editing and development officially falls under my umbrella, as well as much of the organization and outlining of new products - along with the champions of our individual product lines (and others, because coming up with new books and adventures is usually fun). Pretty much, if it has to do with our print projects, assigning them, developing them, editing them, approving them, getting feedback to authors, or any of the other bits that go into making a book happen (that isn't layout or on the design team's shoulders for the three hardcovers in our Pathfinder RPG line), it's on me and my crew's shoulders. Other than that, most of the other ramifications of our internal changes are mundane (or DOUBLE SUPER TOP SECRET... if that's a thing).

What this means for folks playing the home game... is pretty much nothing. The crew that brought you everything you already love is the same crew bringing you everything you're going to love. Nothing to see here, move along.

In other news, this has meant that Fiction Editor James Sutter has stepped up to Senior Editor to take on direct oversight of the wilder-than-you'd-expect world of editing everything for the Pathfinder brand, as well as captaining the most bombproof team of editing geniuses in gaming.

Beyond this, James Jacobs continues to be our creative director, assuring elf eyes from Pathfinder Society to Pathfinder comics to Pathfinder Miniatures to Pathfinder Everything Else are appropriately shaped, continuity is maintained across our brands, ideas cleave to the highest calibers of coolness, and that his writer's callous never grows soft. Lead Designer Jason Bulmahn still heads up the design team and spends his days coming up with innovative new ways to kill characters (or is it monsters this week?). "Señor" Art Director Sarah Robinson continues her jet setting as head of the art team (She's at Spectrum Live this week, less than a week since her return from a con in Germany) and wrangler of a thousand incredibly artistic cats. And beyond that, everyone else - Andrew, Chris, Crystal, Judy, Mark, Mike, Patrick, Rob, Sean, and Stephen - got other rewards for their fantastically hard and continually awesome-under-fire work (except for Adam who just got a pat on the head and half a shiny red apple [and not even those] because he's still new; but we love him anyway).

So that's the scoop! Now back to work!

Ledford the Barbarian is racking up an impressive kill streak at my store. We're going to put up a wall of honor chronicling the brave adventurers who've fallen to his axe.

I love this company. :)

I love forums, but eventually most of them leave a bad taste in my mouth, and I have to leave. I have to hand it to Paizo and the moderators: these are some of the most pleasant forums I've used. Great job keeping the troll away. I've known from day one that I liked these boards because people treat each other like human beings here.

I just realized a second big reason I love these forums:

No signatures!!! Thank you, thank you Paizo! I just wanted to say something because I'm sure you get the occasional request to add signatures. All you have to do is go to any forum that allows them and see how and why they'll ruin these beautiful boards as you do. Even on forums that limit the size of the signatures, it's amazing how obnoxious people can still be with them.

Kudos guys!

Bring forth the pizzas!

I am really pleased with how the artwork for Baba Yaga's Horsemen turned out.

Good job, Adam and Company.

Yohoho anna bottlea brass monkey!!!

Her pancakes were awesome. Thanks, Liz! You made my working Saturday not suck!

Liz is just AWESOME as awesome gets!

Gninja Awesome!

Thanks Liz!

You think you're so kool with your own private flumph.
I'll show you!!!

Apparently, the Golarion Apocalypse has seven horsemen.

It is of course a real coup to have Rich Pett come over to the US, but the return of Steve Greer is also a big deal, in my view. He worked on some of the very earliest Pathfinder modules and it would be great to hear from him on his experiences.

Truth! He's returning to write a Pathfinder module with "No Response from Deepmar"—huzzah!

As Dark Sasha said, there are plenty of other threads around to air your grievances regarding Razor Coast. Please keep them in those threads, rather than here.

I want to hear more about the other attendees to this year's PaizoCon and the reason why (10th anniversary and the first Adventure Path, Rise of the Runelords). There are enough threads on that other topic already.

It is of course a real coup to have Rich Pett come over to the US, but the return of Steve Greer is also a big deal, in my view. He worked on some of the very earliest Pathfinder modules and it would be great to hear from him on his experiences.

Welham and Daigle, where have I heard those names before....?

They seem familiar from somewhere else on the boards, I swear they do.

Hah! You're up next, Dain! When are you making your run at the title?

Next year, Neil, next year. ;)

Congrats to Mike!

And big props to the other top 4 as well, particularly Tom. This contest has never been this close, to my knowledge. It was CRAZY close. I think that speaks to how good all the submissions (and particularly those two) were this year.

The contest is such a long, grueling process. You all--all 4 of you--really should be very, very proud of yourselves!

I can't wait to see what you have in store for us, Mike. Congrats on the win and best of luck in your post-Superstar career. This will open doors. What you do with them is up to you.

I, for one, can't wait to see what you have in store for us!

This is gonna be the first print Wayfinder I don't have a piece in. :(

That'll teach you to go and get hired by Paizo and do a half way cross country move. <shakes fist> ;)

I blame Daigle's inability to find 25 hours in a day on his negative level after reincarnating from mantis to flumph.

But good news for the rest of us; that leaves room for another submitter.

That'll teach you to go and get hired by Paizo and do a half way cross country move. <shakes fist> ;)

Not that I'm some big deal guy or something, but the thing that got me illustration work for Slumbering Tsar and Frog God Games was work I produced for Wayfinder. Some guy named Greg Vaughan saw a few pieces I had made and said "the kid's got moxie!"(at least, that's how I imagine it) and I wound up with a fifteen installment project on my hands.

Sometimes people ask you to work for free and nothing comes of it but in the instance of Wayfinder, your work WILL actually be seen by people that can hire you.

I'm James Keegan and I approve this message.

Adam Daigle the monster maker? May he die a thousand deaths! Which is to say his monsters are awesome...and have killed more of my PCs than there are calendar months.

Who's "Daigle?"

Neil is THE MAN!

Nope.

Not until Daigle gets here, anyway.

I just wanted to send Neil Spicer belated Valentines day wishes from the entire Paizo editorial pit*. Neil's exceptionally nuanced analyses of each contestant's work should be one of the highlights of this year's show for anyone interested in freelancing for Paizo--he's really giving away the secrets here folks. But, for me and all of the developers and editors on the Paizo staff, Neil's writing advice is worth its weight in gold, as it's the exact sort of feedback we give our freelancers.

It turns out that having awesome ideas isn't even half the battle of writing for RPGs (it's actually kind of expected). You've also got to make your ideas exciting to read and easy for your developers and editors to work with. Someone might have the coolest adventure ideas in the world, but if I have to rewrite every sentence, I'm never going to assign that freelancer work again. So, all you would-be designers out there, dust off your grammar books, read Paizo's published products and really consider the styles and formats you're seeing, and take a good look at Neil's advice throughout this competition.

Below I've copied a number of the comments that provoked all this gushing.

- Your use of the word "will" is also a sign of weak writing. Look for ways to avoid that. It'll strengthen your prose. Instead of saying a creature will do something, just say they do it. That makes your writing much more active and evocative.

- You're using a lot of passive voice, though. Try and avoid as many conventions of the verb "to be" as you can. So, go back and highlight just the places where you used "is"..."are"..."was"...and "were" etc. If the majority of your write-up is relying on those types of verbs, you need to work on replacing them with more active verbs to make your prose read better and come across as more evocative.

- Go back through and identify all the usages of the verb "to be" by highlighting "is"..."are"..."was"...and "were"...and you'll see you rely way too much on that to convey your ideas. Overall, your writing would be stronger if you can find ways to use more active verbs as you present your villain's backstory and the location's history. Sometimes, it's okay to rely on a "was" or "were" when talking about things in the past. But use them sparingly.

- On top of all that, you keep capitalizing non-game terms like goblin and ogre as proper nouns. That's not how those terms should be presented in a game product.

- You left commas out of your XP values.

- You've failed to italicize references to the Bestiary, Bestiary 2, and Gamemastery Guide.

- There are a lot of spacing problems in your writeup. Several words got jammed together...

- Missing an apostrophe

- More proofing problems

With all of that in mind, I strongly RECOMMEND Mr. Spicer advance to judge next year's competition**. Thanks Neil, from all of us in the pit!

* And we love the rest of you judges too. Just slightly less then Neil. (Unless you're Sean... screw that guy.)

** Sorry dude. No rest for the wicked.

Adam and I have been getting into trouble together at shows and rolling dice at the gaming table since we were too young to buy beer legally. Some of the best times of my life have been had with Daigle at my side, and I wouldn't even be writing in the biz if it wasn't for his relentless insistence that I get into the freelance game. Going to be tough not having him a mile up the road or next to me at our weekly game sessions, but I'm unbelievably excited that he's going to be doing what we love as a full-time job.

Here's to you, Adam. Wind in your sails and all that. Paizo's getting the best of us, and it is good to know that my future work will be in the hands of my best friend. Don't you dare change a word of it! Hahaha.

Sail away, and find your way to Mariana, my friend.

Congratulations, Adam! Can't wait to see you in the Paizo shirt at cons.

I did not see a Congratulation post so adding one.

Congrats Adam Daigle with your new job at Paizo!

Now I will have an excuse on why I only see you at Conventions..;)

YAY DAIGLE!!!

I can't think of a single person I would like to see working at Paizo's Adventure Paths more (maybe a couple are tied though).

Awesome news.

Daigle! Way to go! ... ah, it doesn’t seem that long ago that you were a fresh faced youngster hoping that some peeps at Paizo might notice some work you’d done here and there ... now ... You’ve sold out man!!! ;-)

Congrats dude.

Congrats on the dream job, it's always great seeing someone making the leap from awesome freelancer to full time paid game designer/developer.

Also, good luck on the physical move. I'm going through that now for a new job in Seattle (starting on Monday), so I know it's a major PITA.

Wow....I am so overjoyed that Mr.Daigle has joined the Paizonians....Paizites....Paizons....whatever. Congrats bro, and thanks for all you've done and will do for our community.

Congratulations, Daigle! This is excellent news!

Re: News Post.

Sarah: God, who's going to get us pizza now!? We've hired Liz, and Mark, and now Daigle!

I'd say I'm happy for you, but in truth, I think I speak for everyone here when I say that we all hate/are jealous of you.

Congrats Daigle!

CONGRATS ADAM!

About time. I'll have a drink waiting for you at PaizoCon.

Whoa. Gadigan and Greg. Thanks for being insane.

Just business as usual. :-)

How long do you wait after 'the talk' before you spring a situation like this on unruly or disruptive players?

Depends. Could be a few days... could be RIGHT NOW ROLL FOR INITIATIVE!!!

Okay, let me try my hand at this (my katakana is a bit rusty):

* Adherer (アドヒーラ adohiira)
* Adhukait (アヅカイト azukaito)
* Asurendra (アスレンドラ asurendora)
* Azruverda (アズルベルダ azuruberuda)
* Baregara (バレガラ baregara)
* Ceratioidi (セラチオイヂ serachioiji)
* Crucidaemon (クルシデイマン kurushideiman)
* Vulnudaemon (バルヌデイマン barunudeiman [this one is hard to write in katakana])
* Coloxus (コロクスス korokususu or コロクス korokusu [I'm unsure of how to deal with the "x"])
* Schir (シル shiru or シーア shiia [the second one is probably better])
* Derhii (デルヒ deruhi [I've always pronounced the "h"])
* Dire Corby (ダイア・コルビ daia korubi)
* Aghash (アガシ agashi)
* Akvan (アクバン akuban)
* Doru (ドル doru, or maybe ドール douru)
* Pairaka (パイラカ pairaka)
* Sepid (セピド sepido)
* Shira (シラ shira)
* Festrog (フェストラーゴ fesutoraago)
* Flumph (フランフ furanfu)
* Ghorazagh (ゴラザグ gorazagu)
* Grodair (グロデール gurodeeru [I tend to put emphasis on the "air" part], but グロデーア gurodeea might also work)
* Kamadan (カマダン kamadan)
* Mobogo (モボゴ mobogo)
* Pukwudgie (パクアジ pakuaji)
* Dandasuka (ダンダスカ dandasuka)
* Raktavarna (ラクタバーナ rakutabaana)
* Sabosan (サボサン sabosan)
* Shae (シェイ shei)
* Tophet (タフェト tafeto or タフェット tafetto)
* Jotund Troll (ヨウタン・トロル youtan tororu)
* Voonith (ブーニス buunisu [emphasis on the "voo"])
* Yithian (???)
* Zuvembie (ズベンビ zubenbi)

Also, check out page 44 in Bestiary 2 for hardcore explicit adult content!

Falcon's Hollow also had some excellent Bulmahn/Logue/Hitchcock writing in its creation.

I'd love the see Hitchcock return to Falcon's Hollow.

Why—did he accidentally leave some people alive there?

Whenever there is the chance of an obscure animal around, I use speak with animals with the sole intention of getting my DM to talk as if he were a Yak, Donkey, or whatever.

Wes: Did you say 8 arms and 2 tentacles?

James Jacobs: No, I said 8 tentacles and 2 arms!

Damn good work here, fellow Gary. What is it about us that makes us so awesome when it comes to roleplaying stuff?

We were shepherded to gaming greatness by Gary-prime.

Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games

I'm doing one about a candy apple red 1977 Trans Am that was boosted from this dude's trailer outside of Twin Falls. See, the fella just won four tickets on the radio to an Def Leppard concert in Spokane and rushes out of the house to pick up his best bud when he notices that his mean machine, the Red Raven, is gone. Next to the burn out marks in the gravel he spots one of his ex-girlfriend's AA tokens and knows that she took his ride to sell it to a pool shark in Billings. So the guy gathers all sorts of colorful characters from the trailer park and they head out in Scooter's tow truck to reclaim his cherry muscle car and make it to the show in time. The reward...the other three tickets and a kick ass time rockin' out, drinkin' some brews and checkin' out tha ladies.

More than one please.

A flumph avatar would be greatly appreciated, please.