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Cancel Subscription
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Unfortunately, I am finding myself in a position where I need to ask to have my subscription to Pathfinder cancelled. This is nto a quality issue. You guys do great work. I am trying to reduce my monthly expenditures.

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Order #1116195
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Hello,

I just cjhecked the status of this and it seems you credited the wrong amount to my account. I returned the hardcover Delta Green Campaign Setting, but you credited me for the softcover Delta green novel.

Could you please check this and correct it?

Also, how do I use a credit when going to pay for an item?

Thanks

Chris

Motivate the Pathfinder! BIG CONTEST!
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Sacrifice

Motivate the Pathfinder! BIG CONTEST!
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First attempt

GRRR..never can remember how to link images.

Schools as powers belong in the Wizard Class section
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I've been looking for the Arcane school specialization powers all morning. Nice to know that there is a discussion about where they should go, but can I ask where they currently are?

EDIT: Never mind. I found them.

My comment is, wherever you plan on finally putting them, if they are not in the Wizard class desription, reference the page number they are on.

Thanks!

Pathfinder Adventure Path #19: "Howl of the Carrion King" (Legacy of Fire 1 of 6) (OGL) Print Edition
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BluePigeon wrote:
What Character levels? What Character levels?!

"For characters of 1st to 3rd level."

Order #1116195
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Good Evening,

I just received this shipment and there is a problem with the hardcover Delta Green hardcover book. The binding is almost entirely ripped away from the main portion of the book in back.

Please advise on how this should be returned for a new copy

Thanks

Chris Manos

Pathfinder Chronicles Miniatures: Kyonin Diplomat
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Bellona wrote:
Is it just me, or does the mouth/lower facial structure look very odd for an elf?

it's a heck of a lot better than I could sculpt, but not my favorite mini

Halfling and Gnome height
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Coridan wrote:
Ok, this is the ONE thing I liked from 4E that I can name off hand. They made halflings and gnomes taller. Not much taller (from what I understand like 10-12 yr olds or jockeys). But at least they aren't 5 year olds anymore.

I've always thought that the span for Medium (4'-8') was waaay too large and should be more like 5'-8' if not 5'-7'.

This would be a welcome change for the Pathfinder world imho.


Easy enough chance to make in your own world, just adjust the base height. Elves in my world are taller...MUCH taller. And humans are fatter...Oh wait...thats based on real life...

Maiden of the High Seas & SWW
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carborundum wrote:
My Maiden is ready. We're playing tomorrow night. I made a big box...

If you've done this already, how did you arrange the inside and who did you put in which cabin?


I used it. Tavey and the Captain were in the aft cabin. Some of the PC's and some of the NPC's stayed in the fore cabin. Avner wanted the aft cabin to himself, but conceded to sharing the fore cabin. He flat out refused to bunk below decks.

I didn't bother setting up walls in the hold. No actual combat went on below decks.

My players LOVED the ship...

GameMastery Critical Hit Deck
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We started usingt his about 6 months back. We tried it a couple nights, giving people the option of drawing a card or rolling extra damage. Most people drew cards and really enjoyed the outcome. The issue we have is the bad guys confirm crits more than we do.

Extra Large Dice Bag Cocoa Leather with Dragon
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gee thanks Aubrey, just the answer I wanted....

only goes to prove how moronic some people are

Extra Large Dice Bag Cocoa Leather with Dragon
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What size is it?

Pathfinder 4?
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JLA, if you are in th US, contact your post office and have them forward your mail.

From Absalom: Called?
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I like 'Absalomi', maybe on rye with a slice of Swiss

Hook Mountain Massacre Director's Cut
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Rambling Scribe wrote:
You know, I shared a hotel room with Nick at Origins, and everything I've tried to write since then has a sick and horrific twist.

Ah I see...so Nick has the original copy of the King in Yellow, signed by Hastur himself, eh?

Music and the Savage Tide
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Back in Dragon 355, you had a list of music for Savage Tide. Most I can Guess at composer or Source, but some....like "Main Title", are a bit vauge. Any way you could post the composers of the 31 pieces?

Thanks.

Chris

Encounters: Gargoyles of the Lowlands?
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They are scouts for their stone giant masters

Combat Maps
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Watcher, I am proficient with Dundjinni and would love to help you in this endeavour. Let me know your progress and I can give you a hand.

feel free to e-mail me to coordinate.

thorscipher_NOSPAMmason AT yahoo DOT com

Paladin Mounts for Dwarves.
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A chariot pulled by a Dire Boar

Chapter 3 Lizardfolk lair questions
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Our group ran into a raiding party of draconic kobolds on the way back to BWK. We spared one of them and interrogated him. I'm hoping that he shows back up in the future. He told us about the dragon's egg, and our first thought was that the dragon was going to make draconic lizardmen. As we were bearing a peace treaty from the lizardmen, we felt it was our duty to inform them of this treachery. Therefore back we went....

...and that is where it got interesting. My Archivist died and I brought in a Lizardfolk Druid. WE carried the egg out of the egg chamber before destroying it. When the paladin smote it and the worms erutped out, and into the swamp....my druid demanded to know what was going on....

...now he is followin the aprty making sur ethey don't despoil any more natural lands...reminding then that the swamp was home to things like chuul, and much, much worse.....

Filge
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We turned him over to the Sisters of Wee Jas, along with evidence of his undead animation.

Water damaged PF #2
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I got my PF 2 days ago....it was pouring all day. I was dreading where I would find the shipment. It was in a plastic bag, inside my storm door, hooked on the doorknob. Thank gods my mail carrier has a brain......

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Ah tell you whut

4.0: PAIZO IS STILL UNDECIDED
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Eric,

I have made my position on 4.0 known. I will not be buying in. I will be staying FIRMLY in 3.5. If you make the decision to break from WotC, I'll be there beside you. You guys have fantastic products and amazing ideas.

Ultimately the decision is yours. Yes, I am a Paizo fanboy. I have made the decision to cut any purchases from WotC. Even future 3.5 rulebooks. There are enough 3.5 3rd Party sources out there that have amazing work to fuel my hobby and imagination for years to come.

Chris

Domestic Subscribers: Pathfinder #2 Not Arrived Yet? Please read:
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Thanks Cosmo,

I did not intend my comment to be taken as scathing in any way. You guys rock and I know how USPS handles media mail. I've been extremely pleased with the PDF's, but the tactile guy in me wants something in my hands. I'll go hold my pathfinder #1 while I read my PDH #2.

Keep up the good work. That people are eager to get your product in their hands is a VERY good thing. DOn't take it as anything but.

APpreciate the communication.

Chris

Order # 782795 MIA, should I panic yet?
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I'll give it a couple more days before I 'panic'. The PDF is holding my fix for the time.

Paizo Firefox plug-in?
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Vic Wertz wrote:
And dripping with humo(u)r!

UGH! BAD PUN!!!!

Journal of Galen Thorn, Archivist - An Age of Worms Chonicle
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Flocktime 13

Shalana, This morning we set out for the lizards lair again, to warn them of the cowbird egg in their own nest. It will take us three days to get there, and three days back, but it is something that must be done. Ivy is cured of her ailment, but will be weak for a couple days until we can heal her fully.

I will write more later.

Thorn

Thorn died later this day when a plant creature snuck up on the group while they slept, entangled them, and beat on them. Slait was smashed while he slept, while Thorn was killed when the plant creature's thorns penetrated his heart. Later, just before the group reached the lizardfolk lair, the group ran into another kyuss spawn. Sara ran in fear, only to be saved from olunging headlong into a quicksand bog, by a lizardman Druid named TingTang, and his manservant, Kalamar. TingTang, interested to see why the warmbloods were in the swamp and visiting the lizards, followed the group. Kalamar, owing TingTang a lifedebt, also followed.

The group entered the lizards lair, quickly found the lizardfolk shaman they had made the a-greement with and explained the situation. Troubled they proceeded to the egg chamber, where the dragons egg sat in the midst of the lizardfolk, guarded by draconic kobolds. Slaying the kobolds, the group picked up the egg and moved it outside to destroy it. Smiting it cracked it open, spilling hundreds of green worms over the swampscape. Siobhan turned them, TingTang fired them, but the group was not sure if they were all destroyed.

TingTang got very agitated by the situation, demanding to know what the group had "put in his swamp". When they explained it to the lizardman, the druid vowed to follow them and make sure they dealt with this affront to nature, reminding them of the dangerous creatures in the swamp that could be infected...Chuul for example.

The group made it back to the Keep, and to Diamond Lake fine, where they spoke with Allustan. Allustan was very troubled by Thorn's death, but had no explanation, and referred them to an associate in Greyhawk.

After taking care of some things in Diamond Lake, and travelling to the druids to inform Shalana of Thorn's death, the group moved on towards Greyhawk. Beset by wyverns, displacer beasts andworgs didn't delay the group long.

CURRENT GROUP
Dwarven Paladin
Human Fighter
Human Sorceress/Bard
Elven Scout
Aasimar Cleric of Pelor
Human Barbarian
Lizardfolk Druid

Goblins -- Life through Their Eyes: Book One
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great comic, may have to support and buy the book.

Is Logue is the Runelord... of Envy... or Gluttony?
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I've been thinking about picking up Etherscope for quite some time now.....

Eberron PbP Adventure -- Eyes of the Lich Queen
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howdy,

not sure if you have all the players you are looking for but I'd be interested. If you would like a character, I can drop one down tonight. Just let me know if there are still openings and if you're going with the D-marked idea.

Chris

Doesn't the Mag go through Editing????
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Don't Feed the Trolls

What new book would you like to see?
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I'm pretty good on books. I don't really require anything moe from WotC.

Maybe 5th Ed...

Hey, it had to start sometime....now that 4th Ed is announced, we have to start panting for 5th Ed....

You're Sitting in a Tavern...
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I usually have an obligatory Green Dragon Inn...and it usually gets burned to the ground, exploded, craterified, shunted into the Nth dimension, crushed, imploded, etc. When the characters reach the green Dragon Inn, they know there will be trouble....

Other than that, I look around the room for some inspiration. This morning, as I haven't drunk enough caffine, I spy a calendar, a french press, chemical books and catalogs, a bottle of Advil, and my Get Fuzzy calendar...

...hmm....

The Alchemist's Cat?
The Sleepless Apothecary?
The Sleepless Month Inn???

OK, perhaps I should do this when I have more coffee....

Seven Swords of Sin = Shadowrun?
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Nice...Now I'll have to make the Ork Physical Adept I played for 4 years in college to run through SSoS...

Journal of Galen Thorn, Archivist - An Age of Worms Chonicle
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NOTE: I was not at the session after liberating the keep, consider that letter lost in transit.

Dear Shalana,

The past three days have been interesting. After leaving the lizardfolk lair, with the offer of peace from the lizardfolk shaman, we headed back towards the keep. The shaman had released Marzena and three men-at-arms they had captured on good faith that we would secure the peace treaty with the tribe. It also sent two scouts with us to lead us back to the Keep safely.

Well, safely wasn’t to happen. The scouts and two of the men-at-arms were viciously killed by a chuul, an aberration created by dark magicks as a footsoldier in an ancient war. Brom and Tanith both nearly fell as well, but Siobhan and I kept Brom up, while Tanith decided to lay in the much, unable to move, paralyzed by the creature’s saliva.

The second afternoon on our trek back, we were assaulted by kobolds, but they seemed to be slightly different. Afterwards Slait explained that sometimes Dragons mate with kobolds and infuse their blood with the creatures, creating half-spawn. They fought tenaciously, but dropped fairly quick. One that I had used the magical whip on remained alive, but inconscious. With the thought of finding out who sent them, we woke it, still wrapped in the whip.

After some brief talks, and offering food and wine, Ibli opened up and said that his master, Illithane, had sent them after us to prevent the peace treaty. Aparently the peace treaty would interfere with the master’s plans. While we returned to the keep, this Illithane had sent the kobolds into the lizardfolk’s egg chamber with an egg of Illithane’s own, that when it hatched would make the lizardfolk brood into thralls of Illithane. I can only assume Illithane is a dragon, and a black one at that, and that it intends to make half-dragons of the lizardfolk. I wish I had read more about dragons and their ilk. I know so little of their tactics, strengths and weaknesses.

The kobold also told us not to drink the potions with the decorations, and showed us they contained the live green worms. The touch of silver seems to destroy them though. It may be prudent for all of us to arm ourselves with silver weapons. Perhaps a couple pounds of silver dust would be prudent too.

Torn between returning Marzena to the keep and warning the lizardmen, we decided to return to the keep, only a day away. When we arrived there, the garrison had arrived, but curiously they were not in the keep. Instead they were billeted outside, and the keep was locked and guarded. The soldier we left in charge hung from a tree.

Confused, we made our way to the captain’s tent, a paladin named Melinda. She offered us some refreshments, wine, baked flatbread with spicy red pepper sauce, and cheese. We shared knowledge with her, what we knew about the lizardfolk, and their peace treaty, Illithane’s egg, and she shared what had happened at the keep.
Aparently, the men at the keep had locked their old wizard in the cellar after he returned from wandering in the swamp. He didn’t look very well and tried to attack some of the other guards. The captain had locked him in the basement until he could be dealt with. Soon after the attack on the keep, and we left, the wizard, some sort of zombie, crawling with green worms, burst out of the basement, killed two of the guardsmen and dragged them off into the darkness. The remaining men fled from the keep and locked the doors, hanging their commander for putting them in such danger. In the morning, there were sounds of more creatures moving around in the keep.

So, I guess, we, the heroes of Diamond Lake (?), will be reclaiming their keep for them. After a short dinner, we plan on entering, Brom and Tanith enlarged, and the remainder of us blessed with Conviction, myself with Shield of Faith, Light of Lunia and Protection from Evil, we entered the keep, the doors locking ominously behind us.

In the basement, under the stairs hid one of the creatures. By the blessings of Pelor, Siobhan turned it, and it’s worms, to dust, while Brom flicked the worm crawling off of him with my dagger. Sure enough, the worms die on contact with silver. Unfortunately, two had snuck up behind us, one attacking Ivy and the other, Tanith. Soon enough they too were dead and and we checked each other for worms, but none were to be found.

We awoke this morning to the sound of Ivy retching. She was extremely sick, uncoordinated and not as pleasant to be around as normal. Her skin also had started to decay. Between Siobhan, Brom and myself, we deduced that she must have caught something from one of the zombies or the worms and took to trying to heal her. We worked for most of the morning until finally Brom laid his hands on her and prayed to Moradin for her healing. His faith is strong, asn she started to look better almost immediately.

So now we sit here, worried for our friend, but in need of returning to the lizardmen to warn them of the cowbird egg amongst their own.

I will write more later,

Thorn

CURRENT PARTY
Elven Archivist
Dwarven Paladin
Human Fighter
Elven Scout
Human Sorceress/Bard
Human Warmage
Human Cleric of Pelor

Creating maps for Burnt Offerings
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Michael F wrote:
What's the best software to print this map out? I don't have photoshop.

Check out the Dundjinni forum. One of the members there owns a printshop and has offered to print out Dundjinni created maps on his web-fed printer, for the cost of shipping.

Staples or Kinko's may also have a web-fed printer for your use.

Shatter Happy Villains
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Save-vs-DM wrote:
Our rogue is going for a total "mad grenadier" vibe. He's got ranks in Craft (Alchemy) [I house rule it so that anyone can use the skill, not just spellcasters] and is starting out with about 4-5 flasks of acid and fire on his person. I'm sure by the time they hit Weathertop they're he's going to be loaded down with them. It would almost be an instant kill. He's got a 12 wisdom and poor will saves.

I played Shadowrun back in college. One guy thought his character a mad grenadier and carried around a bunch of grenades, some C-12, and some explosive rounds. Failed a stealth roll and go hit with a mana ball. Funny thing, in Shadowrun 1ed, mana balls set off explosives. 20 grenade, 50 explosive rounds and 4kg of C-12 later...

Thus is the downfall of the mad grenadier.

Personally I think shatter is a woefully underused spell. We got a wand of shatter on AoW, and it came in nice and handy against the ceramic air elemental guys...and the remaining charges annoyed the hell out of the high priest of Hextor ("Hmm...what does the Hextor Holy Symbol look like? I shatter it..."). It also acts as an inprovised detect magic. ("Hey, that unattended sword didnt shatter....Hmmmmm...")

Japanese Names
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Takamori wrote:
you can't just MAKE UP Japanese names. They have to be SPELLABLE with KANJI.

Um....they aren't Japanese Names...they are names from a culture in a FANTASY setting that ISN'T JAPAN, and DOESN'T use Kanji. Therefore they DON'T need to be spellable using a real world system of writing.

Relax, man. Change the names if they offend you that much, and from your attitude, they offend you. If you don't like them that much, stop buying the AP. These guys are trying to produce a great setting THAT ISN'T MODERN EARTH. If they cowtow to your demands to change the oriental sounding names to be precisely Japanese, then they should also change all the Westernish names to be exactly the western names. Perhaps they should change Varaisa to Romania?

D&D has always been a game of creating names and countries and cultures that borrow from what we know.

Pathfinder .pdf ... or .pdfs. Multiple sections? No bookmarks?
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it's free, guys. Be thankful they are giving you a pdf at all.

Any ETA on the RotRL pdf
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Currenty downloading. Now I have something to peruse this afternoon while I play Mad Scientist in the lab. You guys rock.

Music for Rise of the Runelords
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snowyak wrote:
the soundtrack from 'gladiator' also works wonders.

really, any Hans Zimmer is good for D&D. If you liked this, check out Dead Can Dance, as the vocalist from both is Lisa Gerard.

Pathfinder & 4th Edition
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Odds are the good folks at Paizo are under gag order to not say anything until the official announcement, so they can't say anything, mo matter what they know. I'm sure there will be a lot of information come tonight...or tomorrow.

I'lkl stick with paizo as long as they stick with 3.5 and OGL. I will not buy into another Edition. I've been through 3, and each time I had a craplopad of material to get rid of. Not gonna happen again.

*sits down on the front porch in his rocking chair, picks up his 3.5E DMG that he still hasn't read entirely, and sips his fine, single-malt scotch*

WotC countdown
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chopswil wrote:
anyone know why this WotC site has a countdown with a graphic of "Adventure" instead of its usually fare?
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/features

do we need this in every forum? You'll know in around 6 hours.

Quoth the Raven Rawks!
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the one thing I noticed is the Archives map was missing the basement. I haven't read that far into the adeventure, so I don't know if it something critical or if I can just make it up.

Other than that, like Chimes at Midnight, I LOVE this adventure. Would love to see the third in the series.

Distance between Falcon's Hollow and Sandpoint?
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be creative and make Falcon's Hollow the next town over from Sandpoint.

Race, Place and Two Cultures
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interesting thread. I'll have to fill this in more when I get a chance, but I'll try something involving halflings , knights templar and ninjas...



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