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Just to double check since I changed my preorder of a case to a subscription and now can't preorder the black dragon. I am guaranteed to get a black dragon when my subscription case ships as long as I included the premium option as part of the subscription, right?

The biggest complaint we heard about the earlier "NPC Guide" was that the stats in that book were TOO low level—that the NPCs in that book were not really much of a timesaver since building low-level stats is relatively easy.

As a result, we deliberately skewed the NPCs in "Rival Guide" quite high, and judging by the reactions the book's getting, it seems to have been the right choice.

Another big NPC book would not focus on low level foes. It'd probably focus on medium and high level ones, similar to the Rival Guide, but perhaps with more in the CR 6–12 range than Rival Guide had.

I agree that mid-level is the sweet spot to concentrate on while still covering the low and high level bases. However, for me the main reason to buy a book like the Rivals Guide is for the background, flavor and team mechanics of an actual party. Individual NPC books are neat too (as long as the actual NPCs are interesting) but for me what rocks hardest about this book is that it mirrors the PCs in terms of party interactions and tactics. The art is very good too.

I love this book! Moar!

I get the impression that this one focused on the higher part of the power band so another one with more teams at mid level would be awesome. This from someone who when DMing the Savage Tide played up the Jade Ravens for all they were worth! Same thing with Entombed with the Pharaohs. There is nothing quite as much fun as rivalries between the PCs and other adventuring groups.

Fantastic! I particularly like the collected fiction from the APs although I'll end up snatching everything that's available.

Any news on this? I am undergoing Pathfinder fiction reading withdrawal since I've stopped reading both the web posts and the AP fiction in anticipation of the ePubs.

It seems like the staggered condition is not removed by the heal spell. Is that right? It would seem to me that if it removes stunned it should also remove staggered. Am I missing something?

I didn't get one either.

I'd love it!

Agreed! I'm going by memory mostly but this should be easy enough to scale down and in fact may even be more enjoyable at the slightly lower power level.

I'm very fond of this module because it shows the politics between two of the iconic nations in Golarion and in my mind kind of defined the dynamic at the border between Andoran and Cheliax. It grounded an aspect of Golarion and was also a lot of fun. As a brand new world it helps to have points of reference like the one provided by this module. We played it sandbox-style where there was a set of objectives and it was up to the players to come up with a reasonable approach.

Highly recommended!

Ha! I pressed the purchase button last night furiously thinking that these would fly off the shelves.

Anyway, I can't wait to get my copy.

Yes... we'll be putting up several more, one week from tomorrow. Future ePub compilations will generally follow each story's conclusion by a couple of weeks.

Excellent! These are perfect for reading on an iPad while I rock my son to sleep.

Congratulations! I have a 10 month old at home and I've spent countless nights rocking him to sleep while reading Paizo stuff. Highly recommended!

At the same time however people like myself have to drive 50+miles to the nearest gamestore. Buying product from Paizo direct is my gaming groups only viable method of getting the gaming stuff we want.

+1

In my case 35 miles or so, but still.

Dropbox/Goodreader/Paizo stuff is a great combination!
With the latest version of iTunes, you won't even need Dropbox. You'll be able to give Goodreader access to the device, and you can copy directly from your PC.

Really? That sounds great! Could I trouble you to explain how to do this?

I don't have Numbers but would get it if there is a good character utility for it.

For die-rolling the Diceonomicon just became iPad compatible and it's gorgeous. It is not free however. I think it's $5, which I paid happily.

That sounds like a very reasonable approach. Once you make the announcement you can expect two pre-orders from me.

Hyrum,

Thank you. May I suggest that you update the webpage and maybe make a post on the yahoo group with this information? Maybe you did already on a different venue and I didn't see it but my impression is that people are a bit anxious with the uncertainty. At least this will allow some closure for another chapter in the Chill saga.

Thanks again,

One of my players just got an ipad but it wouldn't download any of paizo's PDFs through Safari. How did you guy get your PDFs on your ipad, or are we the only people having this problem? This would be vary helpful, thanks

I use GoodReader. Once installed I get an option on the download prompt to download into GoodReader. It's $0.99 but I think it's a must-have app.

I am still interested and would increase my pledge under certain circumstances.

However, I would like some clarification if possible. I was putting two and two together and realized that Hyrum was also involved in the Chill 3rd Ed project. What happened there? I can understand if the fundraising was unsuccessful and thus the project was shelved but either I missed that communication or it just wasn't explained to the people who were participating.

Thanks,

I use GoodReader as well. Best 99 cents I've spent in a while. I can download, unzip and organize files straight from the Paizo website. After personalizing in Safari I just wait for the download prompt which asks if I want to download into GoodReader. GoodReader will also pull files from Google Docs, which I use as a cloud-based hard drive.

Perhaps Apple should have allowed this kind of flexibility from the get go but at least there are apps that can lessen the blow from the rigidly closed ecosystem that Apple likes to foment.

It is awesome to have any and all Paizo pdfs I want in a 1.2 pound little slate that is on all the time!

I finally got mine because I wanted a 3G one. It's fantastic for gaming. However, I would ignore Steve Jobs and his hyperbole. I hate that he insists on calling it "magical".

I invested in GoodReader for iPad and have not had any issues with fonts, missing letters or anything. I can zoom in and move the page with my finger so my eyes don't feel much strain. It's awesome that with GoodReader I can download zip files and convert them to pdfs straight from the Paizo website (My Downloads). The app allows for a normal organized file structure. It works better, IMO, than the native pdf viewer as well.

Of course you can - as long as you only do one of those things at a time. At least until Apple get their S*** together and adds multitasking to the iPad.

Which sounds like it will happen by Fall when OS 4.0 will be available for the iPad.

For what it's worth, I seem to be having the same issue with the packages lately. It is taking the Postal Service quite a while to get the Paizo packages to me. I just stay patient. They do get here.

This is the best review I've seen for the iPad. It does a fair job of going through the positives (there are many) and the negatives (there are also, many).

http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2010/04/ipad-review.ars/

It boils down to how each individual plans on using it. I plan on using a lot! Just have to wait a bit more for the 3G version since I plan on using it on the road a lot.

I am waiting for the one with 3G because I am obsessive compulsive and the worry that there might be something cool that uses A-GPS consumes me.

I know, I have problems.

...and I felt guilty about what I wrote and bought it anyway. At least I can now say that the formatting is very nice indeed and quite superior to just pointing Safari to an SRD website.

Thomax,

I presume you are the developer of the PFR app. I really would like to support a fellow gamer that developed an app for my favorite gaming system. However, I think you priced yourself out of the automatic impulse buy range. There are many articles about the downward spiral of the app prices on the Apple store and how it affects developers. I sympathize. At the same time I just can't help but be influenced by the current pricing trends and I need to figure out your apps worth to me.

My question would be, how different is your app than say accessing d20pfsrd.com in Safari? I presume that the information would be better formatted to the screen kind of like what Wikipanion does for Wikipedia. That is a valuable service (and I paid 4.99 for the pro version because I really like it and wanted to support the developer) but I would need to try it out before paying $6. Maybe more screenshots to showcase the formatting would help.

As I type this I feel really weird because I buy pdfs sight unseen (mostly) for $5 without a second though. Maybe my own impulse buy threshold is $5.

I don't know, I just thought it might be useful for you to know that the price point didn't fit into my personal impulse buy threshold and it forced me into thinking whether I actually need this and would I use it. I don't know how typical I am so take it for what it's worth.

For what it's worth, I use HeroLabs currently for Pathfinder and I think it's great.

I used to have the same problem with the Blackberry browser. I don't have my Blackberry anymore (Droid, which I love!) but the problem was solved by downloading the Opera browser.

Avemar wrote:

How well did Ptolus do business wise? That might be a good model for a highly detailed, well-made and expensive product.

If Paizo just copies other settings, we won't get original settings. They'll feel bland.

How did you get that from my question? I just want to know if there is a succesful precedent for the business of producing an expensive RPG product and charging a lot of money for it.

How well did Ptolus do business wise? That might be a good model for a highly detailed, well-made and expensive product.

This type of thread is really fantastic! I'm currently running this module and plan to switch the satyrs back to araneas with a bit of work.

Thanks to all involved!

Fantastic! Count me in as another vote for more of this!

Chill was the best horror game out there, again - sad

It was! I loved Chill so much. If there ever was a patronage project to resurrect Chill with reputable creative people like the roster for Pathfinder Modern I'd donate even more than for Modern.

Ooohh...

The behind the scenes stuff feels like extras on a DVD. Great for fans of the product!

If Paizo is ok with it I'd love to see more.

I am so upset. My boss decided to come into my office for a friendly chat just when this went up and I missed the top 6. I guess there are 8 people int he 250 bracket so I pledged 100.

How pathetic? I have been camping for days like many others and just missed it because of bad luck.

I finished reading through the pdf over the weekend and will be running this module for our group starting tomorrow. I loved everything about it, from the variety in scenarios (roleplaying before the wedding, wilderness encounters, site-based romp through the Queen's palace, diplomacy while organizing the army to fight the Queen). Realm of the Fellnight Queen and Entombed with the Pharaohs, are my new favorite Paizo modules. I think it stacks quite well with the old Dungeon classics.

Imagine the New England Journal of Medicine published an article that details the benefits of three drugs in a specific series of trials back in 2007. Along comes 2010 and one of the companies that holds a patent on one of the drugs wants to reprint the article for distribution to sales reps on US and North American Markets and needs to order up 400 or so copies of that issue of NEJM. The single article pdf won't do, because you want the reps to show the doctor they are visiting the article in the journal (more legitimacy).

Not that it's here or there but I've never seen a drug rep dropping a whole journal. In my experience they always drop just the pertinent journal article. After all, the reference is there and easily corroborated with PubMed.

Sorry for the threadjack.

Me three... Can't help it.

I'd like to make a suggestion. Would it be possible to have these in ebook format as well? I'd be willing to pay extra for that.

I've got $250 burning a hole in my pocket. I'm in!

+1!!!

Thank you very much!

Finally getting around to doing this. Whenever I click on either select recipient or add new recipient the page just reloads and nothing happens. Help, please?

Nevermind. I think I figured it out. I just have to buy each pdf individually and send the notification by e-mail. Pretty cool!

Is this fixed? I'd also like to buy a few PDFs of the rulebook as gifts.

Nevermind. It seems to be working now.

Thank you!

I've been trying to refresh about every minute or so and it just says 'waiting for personalizer'.

I've been having difficulties personalizing files on the My Downloads page. Any suggestions?

I thought I had pre-ordered a dead tree version of this book but I don't see it in my pending lists anywhere. I'll wait to see next month's shipment. If it isn't there I'll order a pdf.