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Take a second to re-read my original post, thepriz. You'll see that I said that "most of the reaction to the changes in _Dungeon_ have been very positive." I was not attempting to whitewash the reaction to Dragon, but was instead offering an analogy from my own experience to prove that message board comments _do_ factor into our decision-making here at Paizo, in reaction to tmcdon's stated skepticism that such comments have any effect at all. That is all. --Erik Mona
I think you're too cynical, Tim. Sales certainly had something to do with the final decision to axe Polyhedron and refocus Dungeon exclusively on D&D, but the reams and reams of comments posted to messageboards and sent via email informed the decisions I made about how to go about the change. Given that most of the reaction to the changes to Dungeon have been very positive, I think there's definitely a give-and-take, and hope that these messageboards help us to communicate directly with our readers. --Erik Mona
The first Adventure Path was written to a very loose outline, with authors dropping in dangling plots here and there in an attempt to leave fertile ground for future authors in the series. Many of these threads, such as the Sign of the Smoking Eye template, were picked up by the authors closing out the series. Others, such as Celeste and the Ebon Triad, were not. I'm sad to say that Celeste does not appear again in the Shackled City Adventure Path. I am pleased to say, however, that she _will_ appear in the _next_ Adventure Path, and will play a fairly important role. The truth behind her mysterious character will come out eventually, and we're hoping it will be all the sweeter because it will have been about a year in the making. Oh, by the way, the current plan is to include appendices in the second Adventure Path that include suggestions regarding inserting the campaign into the Eberron and Forgotten Realms campaign settings, written by some of the foremost experts on those worlds. I'm really excited about our current plans, and it's definitely a Herculean effort not to just post my full outline here on the message boards! Which reminds me. One difference for the next Adventure Path will be short "The Path Ahead" articles every five issues or so that will chart out in broad strokes where the storyline is going, what NPCs you might want to try to keep alive, etc. We'll also be doing fairly extensive "concept" art for important characters and locales, and hope to build excitement through these articles. I'm glad most people seem to have enjoyed the Shackled City. I suspect you're really going to like what we have in store for 2005. --Erik Mona
Good questions.
There've been some pretty decent adventures in your magazine that I would like to run in between Adventure Path episodes, but with one adventure per level, it sounds like it might be pushing it. On the contrary, I hope the new approach makes it easier to "sub in" alternate adventures if you don't care for one of the 20. We'll see how it goes. And finally, a question: Will Adventure Path 2 take place in the same "world" as Shackled City? Assuming we go with the current outline, it will be on the same "world" as Cauldron, but about 1,650 miles to the northeast. --Erik Mona
The next Adventure Path will probably be about as "Setting Specific" as our "generic" adventures. Everything you'll need to play the campaign will be provided for you in the form of "Backdrop" articles (like 114's "Isle of Dread") and poster maps. It will range over a larger area than the Shackled City Adventure Path. It will start in a village, with a suggestion that all of the player characters are from that village or are passing through when the first adventure begins. The current outline does not involve a trip to the Outer Planes. We've been doing that enough lately. The current outline involves a handful of dragons. There will be many undead. It's currently slated for 20 adventures, one for each level. --Erik Mona
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