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Yes, over the past few months USPS has started taking longer than ever to get my Pazio packages here. So much so that I have considered changing my shipping to UPS but the price difference has so far kept me from making that change.

Please cancel these items I am going to pick them up at my FLGS.

My two coppers.

The last thing i would want to do is run a 7 person table. I would much prefer to run two 3 person tables with 2 GMs. But on the other hand, I don't like turning people away.
I would prefer to have the option of a 7 person table, in case i get a couple of walk ins, and my two "back up GM" players are not present.

Elyas.

Andrew Philips- Hey it is good to see you back on the boards...I hope everything is going well.

!!!Caution Threadjack-- So how do folks do the whole back up GM thing? I can't stand to run a scenario unprepared, I don't feel it is fair for players, esprcially new players.

Myles--I am currently attempting to return to gaming at Game Theory, time restraints have forced me to only run PFS during my Sunday home game breaks. If you still come to Duke I'll keep a watch for you.

I am in favor of a 6 player limit, from both sides of the screen.

It does sound like a Flip Map and Map Pack combo to me. I'd have to buy it.

Andrew Phillips wrote:

... I will contact our local Venture Captain and see about offering to take a couple of players, within limits of course. It could help fill out our group on the shorter days and get them to take the "organized" part a little more seriously.

Sounds like a good plan. Contact your local VC - wait that's me. Let me know which day and how many players.

Will do, I hope to be able to "anounce an event" two weeks in advance. Currently we will not run PFS on Sept. 26th. And we need a different location for Oct 2nd. which will probably be a PFS game.

Hiya Andrew,

Sorry you couldn't make last night's session at Game Theory. Folks had fun, but I think they might've been able to use your expertise. Perhaps another time.

Anyhow, you might point out to them that it'll help your standing in the Society if you can log the sessions that they've played (after all, those games would count towards your Star-ranking).

And, at worst, your players will have an account with Paizo that they can use for whatever fell purposes they decide - buying stuff, seeing what new things are in the pipeline for imminent release, access to the PRD, checking out the forums, etc, etc.

Hope to see you again at the GT sessions.

OM [aka Joe]

Thanks for the advice Joe, my new plan for GT is to just show up without scheduling myself and take my chances getting a table, at least I won't discourage anyone else from signing up that way.

Thanks for all the advice everyone.

Mostly I want to support Paizo and Pathfinder RPG, the more gamers I get involved the more options I'll have for gaming in Golarion in the future.

Also another thing that may be holding you up is, if you are not properly advertising that you are running a PFS Group, people may not take you seriously enough to get involved. Either you are running a home group or an official society, but whatever you decide, you have to declare it.

Good point maybe I will contact our local Venture Captian and see about offering to take a couple of players, within limits of course. It could help fill out our group on the shorter days and get them to take the "organized" part a little more seriously.

Andrew Phillips wrote:

So what pitch can I use to get them to register?

I guess first, why is it that they don't want to register? They don't think they'll ever play these characters outside this group? They don't care about the organized play aspect? They don't have 1-2 minutes of free time? :)

Your first two points would be correct, I'm going to reserve PFS numbers for them before we play again to kind of give them the hint again. I'm pretty sure they would like the PFS at our local game store but none of us really have the free time to game more than once a week. But I would like to get them involved in our local PFS.

We have a fairly long running gaming group which slowly adds and loses players. Recently, since April, myself and another of the group have been running PFS on weeks when we can't get whole group together for our regular campaign. But as yet we have not been able to convince the others to actually register their character here. I'm not talking about a lot of sessions, 7 I think, and everyone has the Chronicle sheets and keeps coming back for the games but won't register. We don't even play Pathfinder as our regular campaign and still some of these guys have purchased Pathfinder books.

So what pitch can I use to get them to register?

As each of these pre-orders becomes availible I would like to have them combinded with my next subscription shipment following the availability of each order of course.

And how do I buy the huge Dragon?

I have a bunch of pennies and bottlecaps that are fully compatible with the pathfinder roleplaying game too :D

That awesome! My son's lego basic peices are also fully compatible with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

Jessica as a Gray Maiden

Steve Geddes wrote:

I'd be a big fan - especially if it could be set in the dungeons beneath Kaer Maga, since I think that would provide a nice opportunity for 'breaks' from dungeon delving and would also avoid the problem of loot disposal, training/purchasing of equipment and so forth (plus it's just generally awesome).

I'm on board with what Steve's got going here. I'm a huge fan of Kaer Maga and the sprawling warren of tunnels and ruins below.

I'd love to see an adventure path set in, around, and under Kaer Maga. Adventure path + mega-dungeon = everyone wins!

+1 twice

Count me in, I've even got the cash already set aside :-)

That's why I love me subscriptions, have the cash planned out in advance.

In close to 30 years of gaming I had one group make it to 20+ levels and the camapign was memorable. If I can put together a group like that again having Mythic level material availible will be awesome.

I get the point the OP is making. If you don't frequent Pazio's site you won't look at the tabs(at least I don't), adding the link to the nice bold blue column that starts with "Join the Pathfinder Society!" would help with first impressions.

FAQ!

Thanks for the FAQing.?

Can I say that on the boards?

Thanks, maybe one day I'll actually learn how to use your ordering system, I'll only benn using it for 4 years ;)

For order #1617372 Would it be possible to remove the LEGO—Star Wars: MINI TIE Fighter and instead add GameMastery Flip-Mat: City Streets?

Please and Thank you!

Thanks for the update and the link to that thread. Paizo certainly knows thier customers better than any other company I've ever dealt with :)

And to follow up I forgot to mention that my subscription last month did include a copy of Prince of Wolves which I had already received on schedule in a previous month's(September) subscription. As I said my subscription have been wierd.

I plan to Gift the extra copy of Prince of Wolves to a friend.

I did not receive the Inner Sea Map Folio with my February subscriptions. Including it with next month's subscription will be OK.

Ever since I had to suspend most of my subscriptions I have had a little trouble with my monthly shipments including everything. You guys have been great about correcting everything quickly but I was hoping you could take a look at the settings for my subscriptions to see if there some kind of mistake? My tag as a Superscriber is correct if that helps.

As always, Thanks!

thanks for the quick response : )

My Subscriptions Page is acting strangely. Although my list of ongoing subscriptions is correct. The Example Subscription Shipments including January's shipment, which includes several non subscription Pathfinder Campaign Setting items, does not include 'my actual' subscription copy Pathfinder Campaign Setting item.

I had a similar problem with my subscription last month and customer service put items in my cart so that I don't miss them.

But could someone check the settings of my subscriptions so that my January shipment will match the product schedule? And of course still have all of the items added from order #1571686 less the Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Sea World Guide (PFRPG) Hardcover, of course. I had the Holiday11 discount on part of order #1571686.

To sum up I think that although My Subscriptions show that I am subscribed to Pathfinder Campaign Setting, I did not, in December, nor will I receive any of the items according to My Subscriptions Sample Shipments. I hope this can be corrected.

Thanks for your time.

The Inner Sea World Guide is order #1571686, which I hope should be part of an upcoming month's subscription, should this be corrected so that I don't recieve 2 copies?

Also My Subscriptions page is behaving oddly, I am subscribed to all of the Pathfinder products but only the Adventure Path, Companion and Tales show up in my Example Subscription Shipments, which wouldn't normally concern me(since it is called an "example" subscription shipment) except that I did not receive the Book of the Damned-Volume 2 with my last subscription shipment(I have since added Book of the Damned-Volume 2 to my Wishlist and will place an order for it in January).

Corrections or clarifications would be appreciated, Thanks.

Keep the cover who says it needs to be a mock up! this looks like it will be great. Hopefully it will be as well written as the Guide to Korvosa.

+1

You've got a lot to live up to, but also great material to start with.

Now I have to decide if I want to subscribe to GameMastery Maps ongoing.

I wasn't even tempted before, I have 3 of the Map Packs but have never actually used them where as I actually use the flip-mats every session I GM.

It is not fair Pazio has too much insight.

I'm fine with some of the flip mats being "blank" on one side. Those other textures are interesting for me, and sometimes fit what I'm drawing more than the basic flip mats do.

+1

If your players are up for the sand box style Kingmaker would be perfect. You wouldn't really need to make the encounters tougher, there is plenty to keep them occupied besides combat.

This will be the first time I've ordered enough to quailfy for Discounted Shipping. Will the discount show up on My Subscriptions page or is it just applied at time of shipment?

Gift Option was the problem.

Thanks for the help guys.

I thought I had been able to use the option to add any non subscription purchase I made to ship with my monthly subscription's shipment. Has this changed or does it have something to do with my recent confusion with my shipment?

October is correct. I'm trying to catch up on the products I missed when I had to cancel most of my subscriptions, but I wanted to spread out the purchases.

thanks.

I wanted to combine this order with my October subscriptions, normally during the check out process this is an option but this time either it wasn't or I made an incorrect selection. If this order cannot be combined with my october shipment please cancel it for now.

Thanks.

I finally got the payment method worked out. I had failed to update my payment method address. Now the current payment method is up to date please process #1467025.

Thanks,
Andrew Phillips

I recently changed my address and removed my subscriptions from suspension, but My Subscriptions page is still showing the Adventure Path as suspended.

Please un-suspend the Adventure Path also.

Thanks,
Andrew.

I have finally updated my account with my new address please un-suspend all of my subscriptions.

Thanks!

I allow all Paizo stuff, since my campaigns are in Golarion, with the exception of the Adventurer's Armory.

Ultimate Magic an Bestairy III for sure.

I am very glad to here that the will only be 3 PRPG books per year other game companies have ruined thier games simply by rules bloat.

Please suspend all of my subscriptions until after August 17th.

We will be moving and I do not what to have the packages delivered when no one will be there to receive them.

At some point between now and August 17th I will update my shipping address.

Thank You.

I've renewed all my subscriptions after several months of being forced to miss some of the Pathfinder products.

I just wanted to post here since we always see subscriptions being cancelled and some months a whole screen full of "Cancel my Subscription".

AA's version of pesh matches the rules for refined pesh in Dark Markets: A Guide to Katapesh (temporary hit points, bonus against fear, Dex and Wis penalties).

AA's version of flayleaf matches the effects described in the Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting (painkiller, muscle relaxant, weakening willpower).

I don't know why they have different effects in the GMG, but AA follows the established sources for those drugs.

I think (hope) the GMG does for drugs what the PRPG did for poisons and diseases when changing from 3.5, although it sounds like it simplified these particular drugs, which isn't necessarily good.

When I saw this product first advertised years ago, I went to Wal-Mart with a $10 bill and came out with all the components I needed to make my own. Mine isn't as nice, but it's just as functional. Probably moreso, since I have color and shape coded magnetic stars, circles, and other shapes I can tag rounds to effects and effects to characters.

I have the Game Mastery Combat Pad but I would like to have details about what you put together.

Well the Adv Armory was full of mistakes so I would default to the GMG.

I've just finished reading the Sagava companion and was very impressed.

Hopefully we will see a companion for the various nations show on the schedule soon.

Being selfish isn't evil unless you're actively hurting someone in doing so.

Seriously, come on. Cutting in line in an amusement park doesn't make a paladin fall.

Wouldn't that depend on if the kid you cut in front of was the DM's kid?

Maybe I missed something but are you using the Student of War prestige class from Seeker of Secerts page 62, and asking what the best class to take prior to Student of War? If so Ranger or Fighter both work and (if your GM allows) take the Fighter variant from page 45 of the current Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting, a fighter trained at a war college sounds great for you character concept.

Although after checking the Guide the Pathfinder Organized play the fighter variant from the Campaign Setting is not allowed, so I guess ranger is your best bet of course you can get there with fighter if you are human and 14 int.

I beleive James Jacobs said this issue would be addressed and corrected and expanded in the new Cmapaign Guide.

Mikaze wrote:

This book is going to show us how Erastil, Gozreh, Abadar, and Iomedae are percieved and worshipped by the native cultures, right? Man, I really want to see how Iomedae is handled. I hadn't even thought of her as even having a presense of note amongst the Mwangi cultures, owing to her relative late arrival and how concentrated her faith is up in Avistan.

"Relative" being the operative word. :) She's been a goddess for over 800 years. It's like saying "Christianity is relatively new to the New World"... except Europeans brought Christianity to Central and South America just over 500 years ago. If you compare how well-established Christianity is there in just 500 years, it's not hard to see how Iomedae's influence may be strong in Sargava. Heck, Sargava was founded in 4138, which means Iomedae was already a goddess for over 300 years when the first Avistani colonists (who, seeing as they were from Cheliax, which at the time was very Arodenite/Iomedaen, probably worshiped Iomedae) arrived.

Your grasp of how Religion should function within a Fantasy world still amazes me after all these years. Of course it helps that I have never disagreed with your interpretations.