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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.

Mine arrived yesterday as well! It is beautiful and shiny! Hefty too.

This is why I convinced the wife to let me fill the basement with bookshelves. I don't get rid of anything! I want more books!

I preordered one copy through my FLGS. It's Millenium Games here in Rochester NY. I hadn't been inside in a while and to my surprise (and delight) Paizo products take a good 15-20% of the display space dedicated to RPGs as you enter the store. It's right next to the 4th Ed stuff, which predictably takes 50% of the same display. All in all, I thought that was pretty decent exposure. The rest of the RPGs are to the back of the store but Paizo occupies prime real estate in terms of shelf space.

My wife has a very understanding attitude about my Paizo habit. She says it's cheaper than golf and much better than gambling.

I need this!

It's hard to define but back in the pages of Dungeon, whenever I read them, I got this feeling that these were very cool adventures. They were evocative, interesting and well crafted. So, I would say it started with the extremely high quality of their product.

That it turned out they happen to be awesome people who are very responsible and take customer service to a level I have never experienced before was icing on the cake. That's why I make it a point of buying everything they publish.

Folks, reviews are appreciated! :D

Seriously, it's awesome!

Well, I was planning on getting one copy through my somewhat-F LGS. I'll only do it if they can guarantee that I'll have a copy on the 13th though.

BTW, it does look fantastic! I really like the cover and the content sounds like it could be very useful.

Are there plans on having this available here on Paizo for pre-order?

I would like to see sample Pathfinder Venture Captains from different areas and with different approaches to their jobs and to managing teams of adventurers. For example, detailing two competing Venture Captains from Absalom and how they could be used as either patrons for the PCs or as a source of competition.

I'm in! This should be interesting.

Just an addition to the above post you could place that adventure idea on Grubber's Hermitage just off Sandpoints coastline. I have been wondering what to do with that named isle for some time now, as for the Dragons Punchbowl thats for another time.

Click on the Pathfinder Roleplaying game on the top left. Scroll down to the bestiary and add pdf from there.

Just ordered the print edition and tried out the wonderfulness that is the "add to my next monthly shipment" option.

I am sure it is very obvious but I can't find the link to the pdf version though. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Golem Glow FTW!!

That's the first time I've ever typed "FTW". It just seemed appropriate.

This is why it pays to read the posts before posting. I almost freaked out when I saw "unavailable"! There is no way that Paizo sold all available copies between Saturday and Sunday!

I feel better now although I will keep checking the website from work all day. No whippersnappers are going to keep me form my bonus bestiary!

Just as a counterpoint to whether darkvision is a nice perk or not. In my opinion it is. First of all not everyone will be a caster with access to it. Even if you are a caster with access to the spell (ranger and sor/wiz in beta) then you have to use a spell slot for darkvision and it lasts for 1 hour/caster level. So that 3rd level wizard will have darkvision for 3 hours unless he uses even more slots on the spell. Half orcs will be able to use it all day. A half orc wizard can memorize a web, or invisibility, or any other useful spell with that slot.

Goggles of darkvision are expensive and represent a significant investment for most PCs. The half orc can invest that gold on his armor, weapon, other items, etc.

It seems like I might be in the minority but I prefer the new art with the exception of the gnome. The old anime-blocky art was fine too.

I bought and played around with the pack. I am near clueless in Photoshop (my version is an old 6.0) and even I could make decent looking maps with these! Very happy with the product.

As far as suggestions, I could use more furniture.

More on the 'bloodlines' name. I also thought it would be a parody on sorcerer bloodlines.

I just read it and thought I'd add my thoughts.

As a product that only adds flavor to a character this would appeal to certain types of gamers. It appeals to me, for example, but I don't think it would garner a lot of attention from about 3/4ths of the players at my regular weekly table. Many people would prefer to come up with this kind of background for themselves, at least for their own characters. Your work could be used as inspiration but I'm not sure many would adopt it completely. The writeup could be useful for a DM that needs to flesh out a family.

In the price range of $1-2 I might consider getting more mainly because I enjoyed reading it. I don't foresee much practical use for it for one of my PCs. As a DM I might drop this family somewhere when needed.

Avemar, your order hasn't shipped yet because you're holding for a monthly shipment, and we expect to the next Planet Stories book to arrive before the end of the month, so your shipment is waiting on that.

Oddly enough, it does help to know that the e-mail is not imminent. I can relax now and do something else.

I'm dying here! Is the order in which these are shipped random or am I, once again, the victim of a surname that starts with one of the last letters of the alphabet? I'm just curious. This way I can be prepared next time and just lay off the 'check mail' button on my e-mail.

Do bribes help? And if so, who do I send the nice booze to? Cosmo, Teter, the big honcho in the corner office? Inquiring, greedy minds want to know.

I am very, very jealous! Now I check my e-mail constantly waiting for the one that let's me know I can download my copies.

I thought that if there was a penalty for failure (i.e. missing by more than 5 sets off the trap) then you couldn't take 20. You can take 20 on search but not on disable device.

Oh, and before I forget- Chill, second edition.
A seriously overlooked and forgotten classic- the skill resolution, while taking a bit to get used to, was one of the most elegant I've come across. Always came across as the lesser brother of Call of Cthulhu, but I think that was just unfair.
Oh, and the art was kickass too.

I must now go home and look for my book.

We've been playing once a week since March '07 and currently in the middle of City of Broken Idols. The group is having a lot of fun still. I think that may come in large part from having a very stable group that has been playing for the better part of 8 years. What's killing me right now is that I have 3 spellcasters in my group, plus cohorts, and boy does that ever take time. One battle can take the whole session sometimes. The players are enjoying it though.

I also try to emphasize the environment. They loved Golismorga and we spent more time there than anticipated. They also have strong ties to Farshore and the island. Lastly, they love their ship. Those things help.

It is a marathon though.

Excellent! I choose option 2 btw. My live action group will go Pathfinder RPG and an online gaming group with my childhood friends will go 4E.

Thank you for the prompt response! I'll be looking forward to the changes.

I have a monthly shipment with my different subscriptions. Whenever I order anything extra I would prefer to have those items held and shipped with my monthly shipment. Is there a way to set that up?

Thank you.

...and this tag whore gets his!!

I'm ashamed to say that I may subscribe to Planet Stories in large part for the tag. I know, I am a sad individual. Of course, I'll probably end up enjoying the books tremendously too!

My belief, assuming that Amazon isn't charging more than Paizo, is that buying directly from Paizo would be better for Paizo, because they get the retail markup that would otherwise go to Amazon.

I just placed an order for Kill Doctor Lucky, the Titanic version, through Amazon. S&H was free since I have Prime.

Out of curiosity, what is better for Paizo or what would Paizo prefer? Buying items like this one from Amazon or directly from Paizo?

Churtle remained with the group and is the cook on the renamed Sea Wyvern. There is a clan of halflings on the ship (one is a PC, another is a cohort and the rest are carpenters and crewmen) and they are close with her.

The PC likes using poisons even though he is not skilled at using them and gets Churtle to concoct the poisons for him.

I'm kinda scared. Do you have uber-telepathy skills?

That was exactly the same situation I was thinking about (and the same experience I went through).

Whoa.

My leet speak is lacking. I must practice so I can fit in with the gleemax crowd. The porch is not for this old man!

I just had a nasty flashback to The Elder Scrolls. Remember Morrowind? Great detail, endless hours of gaming fun, thousand and one things to see and do. But it included a steep learning curve.

Its successor, Oblivion. A nightmare if you enjoyed Morrowind, dumbed down skills, lots of weapons taken out and a main story you could finish within hours(and at level 1, mind you). It looked better but for the true fan, it just wasn't the same. I played it for hours, sure.

Anyway, I am ambivalent on the whole 4E. Wait and see, I guess.

I'm confused by the "currently unavailable" description. Is this out yet? I want to get one and would definitely order it from Paizo so I can get it autographed.

My group will visit Tamoachan tonight. We've been playing weekly since March but we take our time.

Pretty!!!!!

I am such a fanboi (atrocious spelling intended).

Avemar wrote:

Any references in the document to the actual ship's name? The guys changed the name of the ship to the Tigerfish II in honor of the ship where they met in a little introductory scenario.

Thanks in advance!

Don't they know its bad luck to rename a ship after it's been christened. That's even worse than having a woman or bannanas on board.

I didn't know you couldn't have bananas either. It's a good thing I don't sail much because I love bananas.

Sweetness!! The greedy side of me (which happens to be significant) wants it now instead of November.

Must have some patience.

Awesome! My players are just about to get to Tamoachan and we could definitely use something like this. I'd appreciate it if you could send me a copy too. rlvargas0 {at} yahoo {dot} com

Any references in the document to the actual ship's name? The guys changed the name of the ship to the Tigerfish II in honor of the ship where they met in a little introductory scenario.

Thanks in advance!

I stressed urgency. Given the carnage and the sounds coming from the caves my players thought there were people inside that could still be saved from the savage pirates. Being of a benevolent bent they pressed on. In fact, the PCs, to their credit, barely slept from that point until they had cleared out Vanderboren Manor of bullywugs. Then they just collapsed from exhaustion.

Wands of cure light wounds are really useful in situations like these and my players burn through them in record fashion. Their usefulness in combat is somewhat limited but they are great between battles.

I received my pdf copy by e-mail and just love it! The articles I've read are all top-notch and the art is very high quality. My favorites are the Ecology of the Derro and the far darrig article.

Small but fierce indeed.

We are nearing the end of Bullywug Gambit. The party just fought Huntress Lorb-Lorb Tub.

Sea-cliff dwarf fighter 5: He has the glamered armor from earlier and decided to make it look like he didn't have any shirt on. I know this is unorthodox but he enjoys the look so I'm fine with it.

Human sorcerer 5: She thinks she is a shaman or juju priestess and gets very upset when someone calls her a sorcerer or wizard. Her repertoire of spells come mostly from the Spell Compendium and have a different flavor to the standard compliment of spells that most people choose. Not very good as a primary combatant but very good as a complementary combatant. Has a sneaky spell that distracts enemies into provoking attacks-of-opportunity. She calls it the juju finger or something like that.

Human fighter 4/mindblade 2: mechanically this guy is a very effective tripping melee fighter. He has joined Zelkarune's Horns and has ties to the guard from that district.

Halfling rogue 5: loves poisons but is not skilled at using them so he ends up poisoned as often as the enemies. Very ugly, scarred halfling from Shadowshore who is becoming better acquainted with his skills. He is actually very steady and loyal.

Darfellan druid 3/ barbarian 2: not sure what his plan is but he is going for a prestige class. His swimming prowess has come in handy a couple of times.

Human cleric 5 of Osprem: A whaler with a peg leg, one eye and very handy with a harpoon. He is the most skilled sailor out of the bunch.

I love the team. They have every base covered. The juju priestess doubles as the face.

Now, I realize that PAs are probably not OGL. I also realize that I could just use the guidelines in the PHB II to convert the Pathfinder organization into a PA.

Having said that I find that the information given in the STAP for PAs is top notch and above anything that I could have come up with on my own. Could we have some unofficial suggestions on how to liven up and establish the Pathfinder organization as a PA? For example, what are the titles for the different positions within the Pathfinder hierarchy? What classes make up the majority of the membership? What skills are prized? Are there divisions within the organization? Some of this may be obvious but some is not.

I'm hoping to see that kind of information in the books or on some other place. Please?