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I regretfully say that's my read on the situation as well. Sometimes the PCs make a good decision that means they lose out on treasure or rewards.

If it makes a difference, your group came up with a really ingenious solution and they have the respect of the scenario's author. :)

No. But this thing isn't exactly a fish.

You guys are going to EXPLODE when you see the Hendrix stuff at the EMP.

They aren't "lost". There was a miscommunication between Paizo and Dynamite, and they went astray for a few issues. We will likely get back to them because we were having fun with them.

I dunno, what do you guys think?

YES

So now there is a Paizo.com exclusive cover which looks more "Saturday-Morning-Cartoon-ish" than the original cover which fits the art style of the comics better.

Can we get any insight on why that choice was made for the Paizo exclusive cover? I know that the Paizo covers have been homages to different generes or movies (Jaws, Ghostbusters, Spiderman, etc). Is this an Homage that I just don't recognize?

I'm trying to decide which cover to get. I can only afford one. Since I have Paizo exclusive covers for all the comics, I'm leaning toward this one, but it just doesn't seem to fit as well...

-Aaron

The cover is not an homage. We were enjoying some work the artist was doing for us on another project, needed an exclusive cover for paizo.com, and decided to use him.

Further, the "homage" covers are taking a little break during the second story arc, and may or may not return.

Now that some time has passed, I can engage this topic without worry that I become contaminated by the sheer... Estesness of it.

Essentially, Maelfesh appears ONLY in the Mika-Oba books, and really mostly only in The Demon Hand.

There's nothing official about him beyond that.

He's horrible. Those books are really, really, bad, and you do no favors to Greyhawk by incorporating that drek into your games.

YMMV, of course. :)

Sorry. They were causing a lot of damage to the comics, and since we have LOTS of other products with maps in them it seemed like a natural thing to cut.

Nothing scheduled at the moment. Is there a particular one you'd like to see?

It is not supposed to have a map. From issue #7 forward, the map will not be a feature in the comic. Apologies for the confusion in the description text.

It is simply too painful.

Brain... leaking...

Must turn back.

Must.... not... dredge... GAH.

I hear (but don't necessarily obey yet) on the swarm front. That said, many swarms are not low to the ground, so it presents a bit of an interesting conundrum.

To be clear: the "brand-new poster map of the region explored in the Pathfinder comic" is not meant for tactical combat, with a 1" grid, right? (I'm trying to collect those; indeed it's the main reason I subscribe to the comic!) Instead, it'll be a regional map with a much larger scale, right?

Thanks.

Right, this is NOT a tactical map, but rather a regional map of the Sandpoint region.

Thanks for your support, Mair! There's some incredible stuff coming in the future. You won't be disappointed.

All are nice pieces, I'm just not sure about the rarities. Guess I am just inclined to think more along the lines of a low level campaign as compared to a higher level campaign.

The Greater Host Devil is CR 6.

Oh, and because I didn't mention it in the blog, both the Sentinel Devil and the Host Devil are Mediums.

Damn, Fiendship is Magic would have been a great headline for this. I will steal it later.

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The issue I had was with the albatross of the River Song character dragging down every episode it was ever in. I could not have cared less about that character and it was just annoying to see it popping up so much. It got way too much focus and I am quite happy to see it gone.
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Well, she's back for the last episode this season, so you're not quite out of the woods yet.

Me, I actually like her. I think Kingston does a solid job, and the character is a nice addition to the Doctor Who mythos.

If it seems like you are insulting another person on a thread about Doctor Who, it's probably best to take a step back and evaluate your demeanor.

Please be respectful toward one another.

Hell, one of my favorite companions is Turlough, but you don't see me baiting people into a fight about it. ;)

Lake Union fireworks show was just saved, as Judy predicted, about an hour ago. So that'll be the big show for Seattle. Not sure it's worth the hassle of trying to get there from the con, though, as traffic snarls for hours and hours.

I've strongly considered all of the things you just mentioned. I think oni is the only one I don't already have written down in my idea notebook. :)

Why was the color of the Goblin Dog changed to a lighter color? I liked the brown established in RotRL and also in this set with the goblin sitting on it.

Goblin dogs range in coloration from gross pink to darker brown, as we've shown in our illustrations of them to date. Part of the deal with doing a repaint is, well, it's got to be a different color, so that's why you see some variation.

For that matter, goblins themselves vary a bit in coloration, so future goblin figure repaints may very well look more gray or even lighter-skinned/pale than the mostly green guys we've produced so far.

The Large White in this set is definitely on the Large side of Large.

Erik Mona wrote:

The Colossal Red was obviously way too big and hugely impractical. I think everyone understands this. :)

Going to have to disagree here. Since there is no upper limit to the Colossal size category in 3.5, way to big can't be a real issue. Impractical, yeah, you got me as He's not one I use often when I am gaming, but I have used him. And when I set him on the battlemat my players just cringed when I said "and, yes folks, he is to scale." He's about 120' tall in scale after all (roughly 14" tall at the top of his crest), which makes him a truly epic for.

Don't get me wrong. The Colossal Red is an awesome sculpture/room decor piece, but in terms of using him as a mini... I think it's kind of a one-shot deal.

I do like this better with the huges seperate, though I hope their rate of release gets a bit more frequent.

That's the idea.

Make lots of these, Eric. I would point at how fast you sold through the encounters and iconics packs as a metric, and at how rapidly huge dragons rise in price on the secondary market. Don't under-produce these.

Both the Beginner Box Heroes and the Champions of Evil sets are currently available. :)

Does that mean however that cases will no longer have the option of getting the huge booster?
If that's the case, will these sets be part of our subscription?
If not, will our discount work on these?

With the builder set, and the evolution set, will subscribers get more codes?

The Rise of the Runelords set is the only standard set to date to have a Huge booster associated with it. For the time being, we won't be doing Huge minis as part of big sets at all.

Subscription discount codes work for Encounter Packs. The White Dragon Evolution boxed set counts as an Encounter Pack for these purposes.

We do not have any current plans to do any Colossal "miniatures". :)

The Colossal Red was obviously way too big and hugely impractical. I think everyone understands this. :)

That Troll Champion will be the largest troll we'll do. Check out the Sea Troll from Skull & Shackles (once it's out) for the "definitive" height of a standard troll going forward (the one in Heroes & Monsters was too small).

Scale really is the most difficult aspect to get right with these things, that's for sure. :)

One of the things I'm struggling with a bit is that our Gargantuan dragons are almost always going to be smaller than the WotC ones, because they cheated and put theirs on giant bases with tons of overhang. The Gargantuan Blue looks smallish compared to their Gargantuan Blue, but it's probably the right size for a Pathfinder dragon.

Which is frustrating.

But it is what it is, and I don't have a great "solution" at this point.

Oh, how big is this huge white dragon compared to the "Huge Black Dragon" from the original release? I ask because I had found the size disappointing for the Black Dragon.

It's bigger. If I were to do the Huge Black Dragon today at the same size, I'd probably put him on a Large base. The Large White Dragon in the Evolution pack is significantly taller, and maybe even a bit bulkier, than the Huge Black Dragon we did for Heroes & Monsters.

The reason I'm not being too specific is that we don't actually have the Whites on hand, since we sent the paint masters to the factory over a month ago. When we get production samples I will photograph all of the dragons together for a fun size comparison.

Our sales director, Pierce Watters, will be there for a series of meetings with retailers and distributors at the trade day following the event, but we do not currently participate in the public part of the convention. Let us know if you think that's a mistake. :)

So the bloodbug is a stirge?

I certainly wouldn't say that.

Erik Mona wrote:

Oh, you guys should know by now that I'm not going to give any more details than I've already given!

Ok, ok, both are in the Campaign Setting line.

Baseless speculation to run with:

Nex and Geb sourcebooks, obv.

....aaaaand, GO!

Here's the thing.

Nex is mine. Mine mine mine mine mine mine mine.

When we put together the Gazetteer, each member of the editorial staff got to pick one country that was "theirs," that they'd be the champion of, etc. etc. etc.

Nex was the country I claimed. I have a ton of ideas for it, but not that much free time.

At some point, I will have the free time to do it up right. In the meantime, we'll keep detailing it piece by piece until I have enough time to do it in style. Then, I promise it will be awesome.

Until then, there are plenty of other awesome countries in the world. :)

Oh, you guys should know by now that I'm not going to give any more details than I've already given!

Ok, ok, both are in the Campaign Setting line.

I strongly suggest that the OP stick around for a little bit. There's a product we're about to announce that addresses on of his specific criticisms explicitly, and one we're working on right now (that will come out later) that will have a ton of the type of thing he's asking for.

That said, it's important to understand that our books--all of them--are meant to be used as part of A GAME. If you're running a campaign set in Cheliax, for example, it's certainly important to have stuff like regional maps, cultural details, and a fair amount of contextual history, but it's also helpful to have stat blocks for important NPC types (hellknights, Nidalese shadow casters, etc.) and it's often helpful to have things like campaign traits to hook players into the setting.

We can find a good balance between continuity wank-fest and useful campaign resource. We're not always going to get that balance right for every gamer on every product, but we will continue to do our best with it, and as the campaign setting matures it's likely that the OP will see more material that is more in line with what he's asking for.

But there will be rules in most of these books, because the books are meant to supplement play of the Pathfinder RPG.

Imagining the scaling Captain Riptooth looks like he should tower over the Wereshark Pirates. Together they should make a fun and interesting looking encounter. Paizo you did it again. You made minis that match within a set and you made something never before made in PPM. Bravo!

And as a final note, it looks like I will have to put away my Shark Toob miniatures. :)

And there's more of this sort of thing to come in this set, as well. :)

More Huge news very shortly. Like probably in a week or two.

Im sorry, I will never be able to use these with a straight face thanks to Street Sharks.

They do look good, though.

In fairness, I will point out that all three of these sharks are jawsome.

Rambler: When the time comes that I can slate Large creatures into the common rarity, I will be a very happy boy indeed. :)

Kthulhu,

You do realize the numbers that ICV2 is using ALSO comes from the manufacturers themselves as well? Both Paizo AND WotC have said as much in regards to their sales and ICV2.

This is not true.

Manufacturers are not asked to supply information for this ranking. It is strictly between distributors and stores. Most game companies (certainly including Paizo and Wizards of the Coast) do not share their sales figures with anyone.

Congrats, Stephen! You've certainly earned it!

Erik, I'm not sure how my comment reads to everyone and I think it may have come off sarcastically. I hope it didn't, because it was not meant that way.

No offense taken. I was agreeing with you. :)

That's correct. We'll try to clear up the main post, but the point is that the _comic pages_ will be shared here on paizo.com, not the other stuff.

That's the spirit!

Selissa is Uncommon, at least presently.Actually, all three of these figures are Uncommon. I'd normally make Arronax Rare, but this set had too many better Rare candidates and I figured he'd sub in for an officer character people might want multiples of.

Kamadan, as far as I know, is not a mythological name and belongs to another company.

The current plan is to release huges in formats other than as part of big sets.

Expect to see Encounter Packs and products like them in the months to come.