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Hi guys,

I forgot to update my credit card info when it expired and as a result Pathfinder 19 and 20 are still pending to be shipped, whereas Pathfinder 21 has already been shipped to me.

Can you plaese charge me for 19 and 20 and send them on the way..I don't want to jump into the path halfway through.

Hey, can you guys check my account billing?

I have been been charged on my credit card over the last few months for pathfinder 4,5, 6 ..all according to plan..

Now today I get an email saying an order I placed Oct 2, 2007 (?!) will be soon be sent and I will be sent pathfinder 7 and charged for that and pathfinder 4, 5, 6.

I am not sure what went wrong along the way with the automated billing process but as much as I like the product I am not predisposed to enjoy being charged again for something I already paid for (i.e. pathfinder 4,5,6).

I haven't really followed Forgotten Realms much since 3.0 came out but starting a new campaign and I wanted to be an Eldritch Knight prestige character.

so I start doing the min maxing...

1. Fighter 4 and then mage 6 then all the way Eldritch knight but that means sacrificing lvl 9 spells for weapon specialization..

2. Fighter 2/rogue 3/wizard 5 then Eldricth knight..good skills and mix of feats but no lvl 8 or 9 spells

3. Ranger 2/wizard 8/eldritch knight...only 1 lvl 9 spell

4. paladin 3/sorcerer 6/eldritch knight ..great saves but alignment restricted and no high level spells

So i am totally conflicted although option 3 looks the best to me..

then I am looking through players guide to faerun 3.5 and notice the regional feat miltitia..all gives martial weapons prociency...so stuff the fighter class and start as wizard..

boom wizard 10/eldtricth knight 10..problem solved..

I don't know if Eric Mona put this feat in his Dragon article for regional Greyhawk feats but he should have given the Greyhawk wars...

I thought about Eldritch knight before but always balked at being lower powered on my spells..with this regional feat I have no worries..

Well, I have been reading Dungeon since 1986 but never had a subscription. Strange but true. I have about 70 issues including most of the rare early ones save 2 and 4.

But in any case, based on the excellent work of Mr. Mona, Mr. Jacobs and all the contributers to the current adventure path, I have decided to finally commit to a 2 year subscription.

So keep it coming Paizo, and be proud that you coaxed a subscription from someone who in 36 years has only ever subscribed to one other magazine (The economist).

Seriously, this was a very well thought out, designed, written and presented adventure.

Something that took chracters from Levels 10 to 15 would be cool..

While waiting for Age of Worms to really get kick-started my players have been bugging me to restart the campaign I ran from 2001 to 2003. It was based on the Night Below campaign set with Haranshire set 3 days ride southeast of Waterdeep near Secomber(just north of the High Moor). There was a lot of side trips and the characters all reached 20th level. They now want to play these guys again to take care of unfinished business. To try and get back into the zone I have been recapping the characters based on their exploits and writting it in Ed Greenwood style. So what follows first is the character backgrounds, with actual new events in the high level campaign starting in DR 1379.

Just a quick question..

What Greyhawk CY is the first age of worms adventure set in?

Assuming that the Red Death occured in CY 579 and in the Diamond Lake supplement it states the hill giant in the town died 18 years ago from the plague..

Then I am good using CY 597 as the starting date?

If that's the case, antything of substance happen geopolitically since the banishment of fiends and the great northen crusade and the creation of kingdom of Ahlissa?

I love the Whispering Cairn adventure in 124, its as good as anything I've ever seen in Dungeon and I have been buying it since 1986.

However, just a few questions because I love details and a few minor timeline issues cropped up when reading the issue.

1A. Ellival MoonMeadow is said to have lived in Diamond Lake for over 100 years, longer than any other living resident..however..

1B. The Dourstone mine is said to have been in operation for centuries, and Ragnolin Dourstone has managed the mine since the begining

1.C. Dourstone was said to have picked the mine location through the influence of the faceless one..which implies that this happened hundreds of years ago..however

1.D. The faceless one is human and so unlikely to have lived for centuries, and even if he has he is said to have arrived at the mine 6 months ago..

So how to reconcile this? I am going to fudge things and assume that Dourstone inherited the mine and his ancestors were guided by the cult, and the faceless one is simply the agent who has recently been assigned to the mine.

Ok, next one...

2.A. The seekers broke into the cairn 50 years ago, and one stole the red lantern. So

2.B.Alastor broke into the mine 30 years ago. How did Alastor get to the final trap without having all the lanterns (since the red had been stolen 20 years previously and stuck in another part of cairn?).

I am fixing this by assuming the seekers broke in 25 years ago as opposed to 50 years ago.

All very minor stuff but I love the details, which is why this is such a great adventure. I'm the type of DM that loves to list the type of each gem and if my characters cared I'd also break the coins out of country of issue...