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Being a fan of both Kingmaker and demons, I'll have to get this one just to see what it says about Kostchtchie and Iobaria.

And a silly pair of questions, what are the new monsters in this one? And what is the story being told in the Pathfinder's Journal for this AP?

I just gave it a review, I hope it's a good one.

Just got it and I love it.

One question: the Amadan (very neat critter!) can only be seen by people under the effects of a curse. Does this mean that if you're playing an oracle (seeing as how they all have a curse on them), that he can see the monster?

Of course, if true, that can lead to some amusement as the 'crazy oracle' tries to convince everyone that the reason why everyone's going blind/insane/lame isn't because of his magic, but because of the little weeping, blood-stained bag of... something, slithering around town.

Doubtless a silly question, but can anyone tell me if this book contains any expanded information on the Empyreal Lords Andoletta/Grandmother Crow and Arshea?

Hmm, I'm guessing that a palace is basically a bigger, fancier castle (as done in the kingdom building rules from Kingmaker)?

These are the parts I'm most eager to see, the kingdom and settlement building rules and how to handle mass combat. And the release date - arrgh, so near and yet so far.

I'd like to get a copy of this; sadly every link to the Legendary Games site says that it's currently unavailable. The site, that is.

Daronil: I think the Ughar are just a local minor tribe.

My own take would be that the Tiger Lords managed to wipe out of absorb most of the other local Kellid tribes, so all that's left is little groups like the Ughar, who seem limited to one small village.

It all sounds great. I just hope that the kingdom-building parts of chapter 3 are compatible with the excellent 'Book of the River Nations' from Jon Brazer Enterprises. But whatever we get, it'll be a delight to read.

I have this one and it's a pretty good piece of work.

A story set in the River Kingdoms, and involving a gunslinger? I have got to get this one.

That looks like a nice list, and I imagine that a cavalier of mine might like riding a war elk. The latter might also be something to breed for a new kingdom in a Kingmaker game.

There are rules for handling vassals and vassalage in one of the free Wayfinder fan-produced magazines here on the site. It should be in number 5, along with lots of other fun material for a Kingmaker campaign.

EDIT: And here's the link for it.

Congratulations on getting the needed funding.

I love the depiction of Seoni as a bride!

Yeah, that looks great! The only way it could have been better would have been with Imrijka in that outfit. Just kidding. Maybe.

And I like the idea of a section on marriage and family, and how your lineage can make trouble for you. That should be especially useful in a medieval-esque world where family ties could mean rather more than they do today, for both good and ill.

Ooh, this one looks good. I love creepy/bizarre fey material!

With Ultimate Campaign coming up - supplemental rules for kingdom-building, temple organizing, mass combat and all the rest.

I'd definitely love to see this myself.

Mister Nelson, pardon my asking this here, but how exactly would I go about creating an account for future use on the Legendary Games site?

And I do like the module. Nice use of 'lesser wendigos' with a potential for things getting very badly out of hand if the PCs mess up.

I just got my copies of those maps; thanks!

About 13 pages. As a heavily martial class, it's a little shorter than, say, the Shaman.

Ah, thanks for that. Sounds like just enough pages to go into detail without unnecessary padding.

Pardon my asking, but what's the page count on this?

Fomorian giants as they exist in D&D are closed content and not something we can use in Pathfinder.

Rats! I so like those twisted horrors.

Eric Hinkle wrote:

These look good. And PCs can now own their own sauna among other businesses? Heh, great idea, though I wonder what will happen the first time some group of PCs discover that they're making more cash from their business than from their adventuring.

Really, I am so looking forward to this book!

That is actually highly unlikely. Businesses are good at rooting your PCs to a community, giving them a reason to care, and getting them involved with politics and other dynamics in an area, but they are not the way that PCs are going to get rich. In most cases, it would take about a year just to recoup the initial investment.

Jason Bulmahn
Lead Designer

Okay, and thanks for the explanation, but I was mostly joking. Or maybe I read one too many fantasy stories by De Camp wherein the 'hero' retires at the end to open up a business because that's safer than everything he just went through.

And I think that's a great list of reasons for why a PC might want to do this. Heck, PC clergy of Abadar ought to love this section.

These look good. And PCs can now own their own sauna among other businesses? Heh, great idea, though I wonder what will happen the first time some group of PCs discover that they're making more cash from their business than from their adventuring.

Really, I am so looking forward to this book!

David_knott_242, Weirdo, thanks for those suggestions, they really are appreciated.

I'd get this book if you published it.

Okay. It's just that given the popularity that Kurosawa's films have long had with many a filmgoer (heck, even I like his jidai-geki stuff, and I'm the sort who considers the 'Godzilla' series to be classic cinema) I wondered why they were making that choice.

Still, I hope it works out for those involved.

I just have a few quick questions about how to handle a Cavalier/Noble Scion (from Paths of Prestige) who would like to pick up the Squire feat.

1) In Knights of the Inner Sea we're told that the Squire feat (which you can get at 5th level) becomes Leadership at 7th. If I do it that way, then what happens when I get to level 2 of Noble Scion and get Leadership as a free feat? Should it be changed to picking another feat entirely, probably from the Noble Scion's 'regional expertise' list?

2) The Dilettante Studies that the Noble Scion gets at 5th and 9th level don't seem especially helpful to a cavalier beyond 'Dilettante Warrior'. Would a 'Dilettante Cavalier' option that allows for a +1 to the bonuses from either the cavalier's banner or his challenge ability be too potent?

Thanks for any help.

Adventuring rulers will also find new structures to construct within their cities and armies to raise under their banners, expanding upon the kingdom building rules and other exciting new options from Ultimate Campaign.

And thus one more reason to get this book too.

No, seriously, they're doing it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47_Ronin_%282013_film%29

Am I the only person who wonders why anyone thought they needed Keanu in this movie? Or for that matter, why they're putting in lots of fantasy material 'just like LOTR'. What, did someone in Tinseltown decide that this story was somehow lacking in drama and excitement?

Hollywood, I wonder about you sometimes.

Thanks for that link. I know what I'll be picking up later.

Am I the only person hoping for an update on Falcon's Hollow in this book?

Annd I can honestly say, this is something that I'd never have asked for in a million years (because I figured the response would have been a resounding "No!") -- but now that it's coming I'm really looking forward to it.

Yay for werebeast races and more lycanthrope/therianthrope coverage! Hmm, between these guys, the kitsune, catfolk, and several other races from the ARG and elsewhere, there are a lot of beastfolk in the Pathfinder game. Not that I'm conmplaining!

Demond Lords? Kaiju? Great Old Ones? The finally-updated-after-all-this-time Nosferatu template?

Curse you for producing yet another book I must buy, Paizo! ;)

Thanks to Eric Hinkle for the review, but alas for our own high standards! Even though he calls Beyond the Void one of the best Lovecraftian supplements out there for Pathfinder... only four stars because it's not quite as ausgezeichnet as some of our other offerings.

As always, we aim to excite and delight and to exceed your (you = everybody) expectations every time. Glad you enjoyed the product, and I hope we knock your socks off next time around!

I'm sure I'll love your Kingbreaker PDFs.

Great roster of critters there. Heck, I even like the Chernobog, which I was unsure of -- I saw Fantasia at a very young age, and aside from Stravinsky and the dinosaurs "Night on Bald Mountain" with Chernobog was THE section I remembered.

And those new wights sound like incredibly bad news. Which is good, because I'm a fan of Norse-style undead of the "the heck with subtlety, I'll just rip your head off" type.

And the Amadan? Great to see a reference to The Fool*, even f this will probably be something different.

I've been looking forward to the Kingbreaker material for so long -- just a little longer...

Adding in yet another "I'm getting this one too" when it comes out. Though up until now I was almost certainly primarily getting it for the Kingdom Building rules; but 50+ tables for Background? That I've got to see just to satisfy my curiosity.

I'd see them as fighting like Spanish swordsmen of the 16th and 17th centuries. Get in close on large formations of troops (dive in under the pikes, etc.) and start slashing at close range.

According to the information in both Paths of Prestige (with the Aldori Swordlord PrC) and the Inner Sea Primer (which lists an Aldori Swordlord archetype), as well as the art in both books for the Aldoris, I'm getting the idea of warriors in very light armor -- probably a chain shirt at best (they make up for it with Combat Expertise and some new class abilities), long hair, tight pants and loose shirt.

That adventure sounds impressively large; and I'm looking forward to the Coldwood Codex. More weird monsters are always good.

This one looks like it'll be rather different. I like these 'background color' sort of releases. I'll be looking forward to getting a copy.

Endzeitgeist is quite correct. To expand a little, MinionQuest is three completely optional sidequests where instead of playing the bad guys ruthlessly conquering Talingarde you play their much put upon, unfairly treated underlings.

MinionQuest is intended to be used as three one-shots that over the course of the campaign allow for humorous interludes as a change of pace to the usually serious tone of "Way of the Wicked".

And yes, they've just been funded on Kickstarter and will come out sometime hopefully early next year.

Good news!

Success in MinionQuest is mostly measured by not getting eaten by the PCs' pet ogre.

Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games

Ah, so that's why the villains keep Grumblejack around! He's in charge of management-employee relations.

This looks like a very cool idea, especially given that I was just reading about Hussite waggenburgs and Russian gulai-gorods ("walking walls").

Book Seven will consist of several parts...

Yes, it will have three one one-shot adventures called "MinionQuest" intended to serve as humorous interludes in the adventure path.

But it will also contain several full length side-quests and expansions to the main "Way of the Wicked" plotline.

It will also consist of a large section of high-quality player handouts and all new art.

In short, while completely optional, it is 100-pages designed to enhance your villainous campaign.

Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games

I am looking forward to this one so very much. "MinionQuest" alone should be worth the price; one wonders what sort of lunacy Grumblejack could get into on his lonesome.

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Portrait uploaded now. Landscape later tonight.

Heh-heh-heh, just until tomorrow... I'm so looking forward to reading this one.

If I can get an answer, would Steel Net from the archetype stack with the Adaptive Tactics ability from Paths of Prestige?

Looking at the bonuses to AC that the Aldori Swordlord can get from Combat Expertise, Defensive Parry, Steel Net, Adaptive Tactics, and fighting defensively (to say nothing of the Dexterity they'll probably have), man, but these guys are hard to hit.

So you've got two 'Kingbreaker' adventures coming up? Okay, I remember that one is titled Cold Mountain, can we get any information on the other one?

That's a truly awesome review, End. Good to see I'm not the only Mythos ghoul fan out there. ;)

It's great to see that this is currently your top seller.

It looks great!

Thanks for the help.

The aasimar and tiefling ages are incorrect in Advanced Race Guide.

Aasimars and tieflings alike age pretty much exactly the same rate as humans. We'll be incorporating that change into the book's errata eventually.

** spoiler omitted **

I privately figured something like this, thanks for the confirmation. I also have the idea that a lot of tieflings and aasimar don't develop their more, ahem, unique personal traits until they hit puberty.