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I am going to be honest here. The class name is not going to change at this point.

When designing the class, I made sure to build at least one divinatory revelation into each list, although they have a widely different agenda depending on the focus.

Perhaps that is not a strong enough link... I am open to discussion, but not on the name.

Jason Bulmahn
Lead Designer
Paizo Publishing

A "new" Campaign Setting, with updates to the rules, fixes to the consistency, replacements of those things that simply don't fit/exist any more, and new goodies and/or reprises of information from the APs that logically fit within the confines of the book? I'll buy it :)

My gaming schedule is not allowing us to do much more than read the new classes and talk about 'em, but I must say I like the Oracle with the curses. It fits, they make sense.

bugleyman wrote:

I don't think you can remove items.

For what it's worth, I believe that some sort of "download organization/filtering" is on the TO-DO list.

Is it safe to assume that once an item is purchased is will always be available for re-download?

As the answer seems implied based upon current behavior, I would love an official answer.

Thank you!

Well done! I liked the 'guard showing up on the scene' plot when it was suggested above and you improvised on it further. :)

If it's the 'role-players' seeking drama or climatic events that has caused the previously dilemmas, I would still keep the phrase "Are you sure?" readily available. It could save you some time and worry.

"You don't find it" sure to raise paranoia levels on all searches; and

"Are you sure?" for any action that is probably going to get someone killed, and not the bad guys :)

Gamer Girrl wrote:

Lord Gadigan wrote:

<snip> Maidrayne Vox, the Mistress of Blades was formerly a Fighter 12. She is now a Fighter 3 / Ranger 3 / Hellknight 2. She lost 4 levels in this process. She is also now a centaur, having formerly been a human. Her alignment shifted from Lawful Evil to Lawful Good. <snip>

I don't remember the specific locations, but I know it was stated on the board that the reference of her being a human was incorrect, and that she is supposed to be a centaur.

I must have missed the reference to her being a human, as far back as the Hellknight sidebar in the Magnimar write up she's a centaur.

This is where the confusion started.

It'll be a couple years (::whimper::) before I get to run LoF, but it is most definitely the one I'm doing next :)

Unfortunately, with work and travel times, our group can only get together once a month, for a weekend of gaming fun. And we're trading off GM duties between three of us, running the first three APs (I have Crimson Throne). Hence why I'll have a huge pile of APs begging to be run on my shelves by the time I get to Legacy :)

Mothman wrote:

Hi Josh. I personally like the Adventure Paths, but if you want to check out a few modules before you buy, two of them, Hollow’s Last Hope and Revenge of the Kobold King are available as free PDFs at the Paizo store.

Is there a specific adventure path story you would recommend.

Thanks everyone. The modules look good but I'm tempted to get the council of thieves if it's any good. How much of these books are the actual 'module' part? It looks like they are general magazines that also contain adventures.

Edit: Showing my real name as my username is totally odd. I can't find where to change it.

Foreward pp 4-5
Edge of Anarchy (adventure) pp 6-57
Harrow (article on the Harrow deck and how to use it) pp 58-61
People of the Road (article on the Varisians) pp 62-69
Pathfinder's Journal (serialized fiction in each book) pp 70-75
Bestiary (new beasties) pp 76-89
Pregenerated Characters pp 90-91
One page of what's coming next month
Two pages of ads :)

The fiction for the first three APs (18 installments) was written by numerous authors and followed the story of one Eando Kline. The fiction now only arcs over six books, or one Adventure Path.

***

I have always loved homebrewing, but with real life, I find myself using published worlds, and absolutely LOVE Golarion for a number of reasons. And I adore the APs, as it gives me a good, lengthy storyline to play with my friends and go from first level to wherever it takes us. This is a huge strength for the busy adult, you can still put your spin and additions on a very healthy body of work :)

<snip> Maidrayne Vox, the Mistress of Blades was formerly a Fighter 12. She is now a Fighter 3 / Ranger 3 / Hellknight 2. She lost 4 levels in this process. She is also now a centaur, having formerly been a human. Her alignment shifted from Lawful Evil to Lawful Good. <snip>

James Jacobs wrote:

Valdermar, for example, is a name I made up

Did not. It has existed for a long, long time, in our real world. The Danes and Swedes had kings whose names were Valdemar. :P

To find the Iconics info, go to any Blog entry, click on Tags, and from that long list click on Iconics. Linky

Scroll down the list, and you should find all the info you want, in reverse order on the Iconics, first their stats, and then their backgrounds toward the bottom :)

<snip> I just take Pathfinder's "backwards-compatible, keep your game the same as before just with some new updates" to heart. And, to me, slaad, rilmani, modrons, and such were as "D&D" to me as the main 5 metallic dragons always being Gold, Silver, Copper, Bronze, and Brass (not this Adamatine and Iron crap 4E has going). So I use Paizo's stuff, like I said earlier, as either good substitutes or additions (new inevitables for Law plane, Proteans as primordial Limbo beings, Daemons as Yugoloths). <snip>

But as James said, for Paizo's own, they are carving their own path and finding their own critters to populate and play with. I like it, myself, as it keeps things fresh, and my players won't necessarily know what I'm pulling out of the hat.

I just like the Doors reference in the title :)

Ouch ... it sounds to me that the unraveling caused by one player's actions in character are what put the real stumbling block to continuation.

I'd take a second look at the backgrounds and hooks the party took and gave you when they created their characters, and see what you can use there to try and pull things together. Yes, the players need to meet you partway in willingness, but the blatant murder really was a sundering point, I'm sure, and I'd be non-plussed as either a player or GM by it.

One possibility is to talk to the party and suggest a "take two" on the scene, after talking to the murderous character. What was his alignment? What class, and what would the reprecussions of his callous murder of a helpless foe be? If the player is unwilling to bend, that may be a problem right there.

I know when my players have been tired, I've had to nudge a few times about alignment and "are you sure so-and-so would do that?" We are playing three campaigns, and sometimes character personality bleeds a bit from one to another, and giving players a chance to rethink their actions can be a big help.

If you don't want to do a "take two" ... use the riots to hit home. Have fires endanger or destroy someone's home/business/ Have mobs rough up a family member or friend. Use the backgrounds to get the party moving in the right direction, separately, and then have them happen to be in the same place at the same time.

Also, who wound up with the brooch? What happened to the orphans? Those are things that can pull the party back together, though probably without the character that committed the murder ... that player should probably come up with another character, working with you for how and why they are involved.

Hope that helps some.

Nice....this won't be out until all 6 books are out....Lot of good it will do for those running the campaign now.

Now, because of folks wanting something different from the folios, we're getting this nifty large maps, but the folios were already in teh queue for when they would be published, plus having to get the art done and in and approved.

All this takes time.

Lyingbastard wrote:

The book's been out a whole 3 months. If you're getting into Epic Level issues already, slow down the experience progression and/or start everyone at level one. I've never had a character even make it to level 20, so Epic Level campaigns are a bit beyond my experience.

You do realize that some gamers who bought Pathfinder are not starting at first level but actually continuing their games right. Converting them over rather then starting over. So for some Epic levels are needed.

I can understand wanting more, but I personally want it done right, and so far Paizo has not disappointed. If folks want fast, use the old material until the new is available.

Is doing an AP of more than 6 volumes off the table? Or is 6 volumes just a guildline that seems to work best? If the story was awesome but the AP needed a 7th or even 8th volume would it be more likely you just cut the story down?

We have three campaigns running, rotating through the GMs. The first two groups were created using 3.0 rules, later adapated to Beta, and now adapted to Pathfinder. The third group was created using Beta rules and now adapted to Pathfinder.

Rise of the Runelords (Finished the first book)
Saffire of Clan Abd Zada Half-elf/Half-Varisian Sorcereress, Fire Elemental Bloodline (5th)
Emyralda Urindarohesarin Half-elf/Half-Varisian Rogue (5th)
Ilda Sunroamer Dwarven Fighter/Cleric of Sarenrae (1st/4th)
Gamunar Cateyes Human (Shoanti - Sklar-Quah) Fighter/Ranger (1st/4th)
Jezkah Sorrow-Weaver Human (Shoanti - Skoan-Quah) Barbarian (5th)

Curse of the Crimson Throne (Finished the second book)
Sister Bernadette Half-elf Cleric of Shelyn (8th)
Lt. Col. Bellerseus Mylonas Half-elf Ranger and Hippogriff Rider of the Sable Company (8th)
Felina Vercarne Half-elf Rogue (8th)
Konrad Mandal Human Wizard (8th)
Adiera Mollari Human Holy Warrior of Pharasma (variant Paladin) (8th)

Second Darkness (finished the first book)
Panya Calphiak Human (Garundi) Fighter (4th)
Bartalan "Bart" Half-Orc Rogue (4th)
Ander Bjornson Human (Ulfen) Bard (4th)
Madd "Bob" der Tinkerin Gnome Sorcerer (4th)
Mariam Pagala Human Rakshasa Blood/Cleric/Druid (1st/1st/2nd)

(The Rakshasa Blood was created using the bloodline rules from the Unearthed Arcana to create a variant tiefling before Paizo created variant tieflings LOL! She may morph into a Tiefling Cleric/Druid (1st/3rd), but that hasn't been decided yet)

I think ya'll are looking for the Dawnflower Dervish of Sarenrae, which was published in Wayfinder #1 starting on page 14 :)

Republicans? ;)

EDIT: Though my players do call me an Evil GM a lot :)

hogarth wrote:

Gamer Girrl wrote:

Whereas with the pouches I found, these dice and a set of the 144 d6s, I get away with about $2 a child. That's doable!

Good thing you're not playing Champions -- 144d6 is only enough for 5 or 6 players. ;-)

Or 40K!!! :)

I think my fave two dice, though, are a giant pair of foam d6s that I used last year with my group playing TOON. Soft enough that when the kids got a little crazy it would bounce off others with no damage, and big enough that I could read them from across the room :) TOON with 14 folks running a race and cheating left and right ("I use my gadget as a bazooka and shoot Mr. Stickman!") was awesome ways to spend an afternoon :)

Oooh, does this, perchance, mean there may be more of your glorious paper minis for this AP? My group just finished Seven Days, and having your minis on the board made for perfect encounters! Everyone knew exactly what they were facing, and loved the art :)

Inquiring Minds Want to Know!

Gamer Girrl wrote:

But due to the necessary random nature of the Pound o' Dice, I would have to buy several sets to make as many full sets as I need for the kids I'm teaching.

Ah, but that's the beauty of it! Dice are the embodiment of the philosophy of randomness!

All life is chance!

:)

Gamer Girrl wrote:

Also tracked down this site if you need Bulk Dice Bags

*drool*

Gamer Girrl wrote:

And when you're buying dice for 28 folks, you want as cheap as you can go with still having quality :) I mean, I love the kids I work with, but popping over to my FLGS and buying that many sets would bankrupt the Christmas budget! Whereas with the pouches I found, these dice and a set of the 144 d6s, I get away with about $2 a child. That's doable!

You can also get dice by the pound

EDIT: If the group I work with was smaller, I definitely would have purchased the Chessex Pound o' Dice, thinking about it more. It's the sheer quantity I need to give each child their own complete set that sent me hunting around for alternatives where I could guarantee what I got without breaking me :)

PsychoticWarrior wrote:

Bah - cheap dice are for posers.

They're also for folks who don't have ten bucks to spend on a set of dice.

If I could buy GameScience dice for three bucks a set I would, but I'm not paying eight or ten bucks for dice, regardless of how nice they might be (and I won't lie, GameScience dice ARE nice).

So don't be hatin' on us folks who like our dice cheap. :p

Gamer Girrl wrote:

Arnim Thayer wrote:

Specifically, there seems to be a need for a standard for Organized Play. We can't have Sam from Hoboken with his Animal Companion having more hp than Georgia from St. Louis, even though they are both playing druids with the same stats and the same level, showing up for the same session at GenCon.

Ummm, why not? Just as Sam and Georgia's druids with the same stats can have different hit points depending on how they roll, why shouldn't their animal companions?

Because you don't roll for hit points in Pathfinder Society organized play.

Specifically, there seems to be a need for a standard for Organized Play. We can't have Sam from Hoboken with his Animal Companion having more hp than Georgia from St. Louis, even though they are both playing druids with the same stats and the same level, showing up for the same session at GenCon.

James Jacobs wrote:

We've already published those.

They're invisible, though.

So, in order to find the Giant invisible rabbit you have to make a Perception DC 20(invisible)-Size catagory(Giant is... er um which size catagory would Giant be under) but you still have a 50% chance to miss the entry in the Bestiary. Just be glad they did not add the dire template..."its got fangs like this!"~Monte Python

Though if you get very, very drunk, be careful you don't sideslip into another film and start seeing Pink Elephants!

I decided to go poking around, looking for inexpensive dice (I am teaching a group of 28 children Pathfinder, 4th and 5th graders) to give as a Christmas gift, and I found this site Dice! :)

Talk about perfect for giving gifties of dice sets ::laughing::

Also tracked down this site if you need Bulk Dice Bags

Thought I'd share :)

Welcome to the madness and hoping your stay is long and fruitful! :)

<snip>

But, hey, in 5 or 10 years or so when the next fantasy system rolls out, we'll all be able to say, at least I have the greatest collection of stat blocks ever produced.

Gamer Girrl wrote:

Many? I have gone through the Bestiary, and I am starting to wonder if we're reading the same book?

We are reading the same book. The rest of your post confirms it.

You are with the vast majority of posters here and feel that the few paragraphs (sometimes measured as just several sentences) are more than enough flavor text.

I think presenting so little flavor information is a step back for monster books and is evocative of products I have a low opinion of.

But we are drawing inspiration for our viewpoints from the same material.

Everyone wants something different I suppose. It is fortunate that Paizo's intentions and the product they delivered appeal to so many here. A happy coincidence of interests that leaves me on the outside.

As a final note, the fact that Pathfinder is fully compatible, with just minor tweakings on your part, with all the 3e MMs you like for their extensive fluff means you have the fluff you already need. The stats for the modules and APs that Paizo is going to publish will only presume ownership of the Bestiary, that you already have in hand. You need nothing else to play. That was a stated goal from quite some time back, and Paizo fulfilled that admirably.

I'm not going to convince you, you're not going to convince me, but as Sebastian mentioned earlier, using terms like "many" and "most" when referring to how something is viewed is going to bring out the defensive in folks that like what you don't ::shrug::

James Sutter wrote:

Two quick points:

So utility was key with our monster selection, as was quality art, but as one of the authors I hope that there's still enough flavor there to hook you in. (And I can definitely say that, with many of the monsters I worked on, we certainly provided more flavor than the SRD/MM... I can't tell you how many hours I spent combing mythology articles on Wikipedia.)

Many of the monsters receive flavor text that consists of only a few sentences located in the bottom right hand corner of their one page writeup.

My definition of "fluff" is filler, nice to have, but not necessary to running a critter. So, yes, there is little fluff to be found. But all the information I need is there.

This screamed something unpleasant to me that I will refrain from saying here since I've been borderline too overt in my criticism so far.

The vacillation between saying that the book has little to no flavor text on purpose and that the book has more flavor text than we should have expected so be euphoric is somewhat strange to me.

The book has the least flavor text of any monster book I've purchased in years. Simply put, it's not what I expected of Paizo. Perhaps that speaks to the high standards I had for these products. Or perhaps I'm just a deranged idiot that wants something impossible (it's odd to become used to something impossible though, and I've become quite used to monster books being fairly interesting reads).

jscott991 wrote:

I actually meant the 384 page Monstrous Manual which compiled all the Compendiums. That's an unfortunate typo, since it lent itself to a very simple rebuttal focused only on the loose-leaf page concept rather than the substance of the book.

In that case, I should point out that the 384 page Monstrous Manual did not come out at 2nd edition's launch. It came out four years AFTER the launch. Having been at ground zero of the launch of two edition changes (first 3rd edition at WotC and now Pathfinder at Paizo) I can report with accuracy that launching a game takes a lot of work. It takes everyone working together and all hands on deck. And it requires a paring down of content—you can't immediately produce a new edition of everything that the previous edition had.

In the case of the 384 Monstrous Manual, I very much suspect that the fact that they weren't creating those monsters from scratch was a KEY FACTOR in allowing such a huge book to be printed in the first place.

So yeah... the book you hold up as the pinnacle of Monster Book design came out four years after the edition's launch. A lot can happen in four years.

People seem to think it is ridiculous to expect ecology and society writeups, but that is exactly what most everyone was expecting when 3e omitted it. It was brought back, but now is gone again. Why is it shocking to be disappointed and upset?

Comparing the two pages, both write-ups fit on one page. Yes, the stat block in the Bestiary is larger, but it incorporates the information on Combat in approximately the same space. The page has less "room" in the Bestiary, because it uses proper margin width that was almost non-existent in the MC. The picture takes up the same approximate space, and is much better in the Bestiary, not looking like a close up of a grasshopper/cricket. Because the monster is done in color, you do not need to do as long a verbal description, saving words there.

Now to the grist of the argument. The Ecology and Habitat that you lament at being lost is there, in the text ... it has been reworded, condensed in some parts, but what I need to know, I have. The information that may appear to be "missing" I look at as excised, cut out as no longer pertinent to this version of the Ankheg.

What it seems you want is a tab saying "here is the Ecology" etc., whereas you were given "here is the creature" ... ::shrug::

The information that I need is in the Bestiary. If I want more, I would either make it up for myself, find older sources, or see if Paizo had done one of their Revisited or APs covering the critter in question. I am one of those that always wants more, I love seeing what other folks are doing, but I don't require it.

If people are satisfied with the extreme retrograde that the Bestiary represents when compared with 3.5's evolution, then I don't know what else to say.

The Paizo explanation is easily understood, but it doesn't change the fact that the Bestiary repeats the exact same mistake that so many players complained about when 3e came out.

Only this time, the book is being praised and defended much more loudly, at least here.

It's amazing to me that in its 20th anniversary, the Monstrous Compendium of 1989 remains, by far, the best monster book ever produced.

Why we can't equal that book (which also used, for the most part, 1 page layouts) 20 years later and despite no fewer than 4 separate attempts (3.e, 3.5, 4.0, and the Bestiary) is beyond me.

I expected something else from the Bestiary. I didn't get it. I'm now being told I'm never going to get it. I don't like softcover books and I don't like short books. So despite my initial enthusiasm, I guess Pathfinder is a dead end for me.

I did not hear lots of complaints before this about a monster manual, except for the one that you find the strongest. I worked at a gaming store at the time that 2e came out, and heard all the problems with the Monstrous Compendium ... how folks despised the ring binder format, that pages tore out too easily, that you could not organize the monsters in any way you liked (despite that being one of the selling points) since they often printed 'em back to back on a page, especially in the later expansions.

You say you don't like softcover, yet that is, to me at least, the epitome of a soft cover, with all those loose leaf pages and the fact that TSR of the time never came out with a third binder to hold all the world specific packets (I know, I have the first two binders and a third black three ring on my shelf to hold the complete sets).

I am sorry you're writing off the game system because of it not meeting an expectation that you had that was never promised or to my mind implied. I know there were lots of angst on these boards with folks worrying that the Core rulebooks would be TOO much Golarian, and they did their own homebrew, or FR, or whatever ... the core rules of any D&D game have always been as setting neutral as possible.

I find plenty of fluff in the Bestiary to keep me happy, and go to the sources for the expansion because that's where it belongs, in the Chronicles, not the Core.

Just to throw a bit more info - the screenshot I sent was from a Vista Business SP2 system running IE8.

I also see the same issue on an XP Pro SP3 system running IE8, and from a Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2, again with IE8.

Don't have IE7 or Firefox to test, but I did try "Compatibility Mode" on all three systems, same issue.

What's in this product? Maps of course but what maps? Are they maps that are in the AP books that more detailed or are they maps that expand what is shown in the AP books? Or are these more like the map packs?

"Four poster maps represent the Stolen Lands, the region Kingmaker players are destined to rule, with huge posters of the war-torn bandit town of Pitax and the lost village of Varnhold rounding out this beautiful collection"

So, I think you're getting around six poster maps, four for the Stolen Lands, and one each of the two areas mentioned :)

OK massive amounts of apologies to gamer girl. You were right and my statement was overly broad. I was relating my one bad experiance but I didnt relate the good ones where a hubby and wife co-gm'd and it was one of the best gamnes I ever played in.
The spouse combo can be problematic but so can any other situation. No insult to married gamers was intended, heck I actually hope that when I decide that this is the person for me that they game too or have a hobbie that they like as much so we can have individual time or time that we both look forward to sharing.

I am one of the lucky ones, we met in the college Sci-Fi club, played D&D (and other RPGs) together in many campaigns, and the rest is many years of history together :) We have our own hobbies as well, but gaming is first choice for both of us, whether P&P or MMO.

Good gaming!

One thing to remember is that the Bestiary is NOT supposed to be Golarian specific. It, and the Core Rulebook, are designed for folks wanting to play the game, not the world.

The fluff is therefore kept on the light side, as anything they write that goes into great detail would be Golarian specific. Folks have complained that there was too much of that in the Core Rules with the inclusion of the Gods of Golarian (which I found very silly, since throughout D&D there have always been gods included that reflected the major campaign world of the time).

I personally am enjoying the Bestiary. The fact that the layout is consistant, that I have pictures of all the beasties to use, and can rapidly find the information I need. Yes, I would have loved to have all the fluff and info that I know Paizo is capable of, but I also want to have LOTS of monsters to play with and be able to lift the book :)

For fluff and Golarian specific information about a creature, the place to go are the APs for monsters used within the realm of that story arch, and the Revisisted series, that gives you tons of useful information and some very, very specific Golarian information.

Just some food for thought when viewing any of the books from the RPG line -- they are going to be generic, as befits rulesbooks. Fluff is found in the Chronicles.

Glee! This will be awesome for use with Crimson Throne ::rubbing hands together and making evil GM cackling noises::

Its not just players either, I will never again paly with a hubby/wife combo. She could do anything because he would never kill his wifes charecter. she was a fighter and she had a magical artifact that let he cast any spell of any level once per day. I quite that game after 3 sessions.

Hey all, I'm an old gamer, started with the Red and Blue boxes of AD&D in the early years and have been playing everything from White Wolf to Shadowrun since then.
Now, I'm trying out Pathfinder, mainly because I like where the 3.5 rules stood, and the world looks great. (Also, because the 4ed book scared me WHERE ARE MY CHARTS???)
But my question is what would be a good introductory story arc that I could use to level a small group of casual players? Some have the rulebook already, and are familiar with the game, but where can I look to find my "Keep on the Borderlands" type of adventure that can work us into the ruleset nice and easy?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

Now, if you're wanting to really dive in with both feet, check out one of the APs. You will begin as first level chars, and progress through hell and high water until the completion around 15th level or so :) I personally love Curse of the Crimson Throne, but it was written pre-PFRPG, so would need tweaking here and there. But it would just be some tweaking, as I can attest, having started this campaign under 3.0, migrated to Beta and now into PFRPG ::chuckle::

Council of Thieves is the first fully PFRPG out.

Welcome to the fun!

Molech wrote:

Dragnmoon wrote:

Sure that is why you are going to Dragon*Con... I am sure it has nothing to do with the costumes...*NSFW* ;-)

GenCon was great... But I have to say, I still enjoyed Dragon*Con More :-)

Uh, when is DragonCon? I think I'll go.

-W. E. Ray

It's held over Labor Day weekend.

...

GenCon and DragonCon are the other two conventions that come to mind. GenCon is an obvious draw, as we're all gamers, but DragonCon has a massively impressive guest-list, and to be perfectly honest, seems like there's more to do there...

So, my question goes out to you fine folks who have attended GenCon or DragonCon in the past:

What did it cost you? What was your breakdown, as far as expenses and what not?

One year we did stay in the main hotel, but did not find the service to be that much better, though the rooms were prettier :) We had a special deal that year that one of the group of friends arranged, so that we saved on the cost and made it comparable with the Days Inn, and we actually had to walk farther to get to some of the stuff we wanted to do ::chuckle::

My expenses always included air fare, but for staying there:

Hotel approx: $120 per night, arrive red-eye Thursday morning, around dawn in Atlanta, and take the shuttle to the hotel. Leave Monday morning, so if sharing a room with at least four friends, $120 for room.

Food: I budgeted around $200 for food ($10 for breakfast and lunch, $20 for dinner) and didn't go much over that. We ate a lot of Wendy's because of the convienance, though we did branch out to other locations, and had fun for dinners trying a different place each day.

Didn't need any money's for transport, except to and from the airport via the shuttle ... I think that was $25 at each end (Atlanta round trip and then Los Angeles or San Diego round trip) per person.

Dealer Room ... WAY too much LOL! Always had a budget, always went over it. But I'd bring Traveler's Checks, use those first, and then pull out the ATM/Credit Card :)

Our goal is to bring about $500-$600/each for spending money (books, etc.) and $300/each for meals/drinks/whatever. Rounding up, make it an easy $1K.

What did you pay for hotels? If you took advantage of the VIG program, how did that help?

On the note of the VIG, were there any limitations for companion badge holders that bothered you?

Brian E. Harris wrote:

For DragonCon, what hotel ends up being "the best"? It appears that the con is held across multiple hotels?

Any special things to note for this?

THANK YOU!

I loved every trip I made to Dragon*Con, and if I can budget it in again, I will return. I've spoken with Anne McCaffrey, seen John Rhys Davies talking about the Lord of the Rings (before it came out), been hugged by Walter Koenig, sang with Leslie Fish, gotten books signed by Laurell K. Hamilton, and had the time of my life. Only gaming I did was what friends twisted my arm into doing, as there was simply too much to see and do to "lose" four hours in a game.

If you enjoy good music, and don't mind not sleeping, definitely check out the Filk at night. Starts around 11pm and goes until the last person falls asleep!

Tarren Dei wrote:

Vic Wertz wrote:

Lisa Stevens wrote:

GeraintElberion wrote:

Award-winning? What's the award?

I believe it won an ENNie.

-Lisa

The Pleasure Prison of the B'thuvian Demon Whore won the silver in the category of Best Adventure in the 2006 ENnie Awards. (The gold was taken by The Shackled City Adventure Path.)

One-on-one adventures will be great for my son Nerrat and I. I don't think the "Pleasure Prison of the B'thuvian Demon Whore" is going to be the one we play though. ;-) What else do they got?

haha! I'm teaching my 9 year old niece the game, and I think we'll steer clear of that particular one as well. Does anyone know if most of the others from this company would be appropriate?

I hate you all.

My group loves the Lovecraftian elements in the game :) Funny story threadjack ...

We are about to enter the Hospice of the Blessed Maiden for the grand finale of Seven Days to the Grave. One player comments about how he's ready for just about anything, as long as it's not the Hounds of Tindalos. Another player, the GM for our Rise of the Runelords game, just grins, as they are lurking awaiting us in HIS game. I blithely say, "Oh, no, I don't have the Hounds, I have Gugs," and continue with my last paper prep. The fourth player offhandedly goes "Good" and then does a be-yoot-iful double take breaking us all up as what I said sinks in :)

End of threadjack!

Keep those Lovecraftian touches coming!

Gamer Girrl wrote:

So when do we start bombarding Paizo with our wants for Bestiary II? :) Personally, I'm hoping for the Hippogriff, though I think with the ease that I am having reading the new stats, I should be able to Pathfinderize one for my Crimson Throne Campaign.

We've actually already got the monsters for the Bestairy 2 all picked out and folks are already working on them, so it's technically already too late to bombard us with wants for that book. If we get a huge outcry of support for a specific monster, that MIGHT convince us to make a late-in-the-game change, but that window is closing rapidly and I don't really want to open it in the first place.

Hippogriffs are in, though, and always were, even before Hippogriff Madness took over these boards. :) As for the banshee... it wasn't in the 3.5 SRD so it never had a good chance of getting into the Bestiary at all. The fact that it's name is part of a spell more or less guarentees it'll show up in Bestiary 2. You can actually apply that logic to ANY monster named or illustrated in the Pathfinder Core Rules that doesn't currently have an entry in the Bestiary.

Thank you James, and Erik!