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I just finished the book this weekend. It was a lot of fun! I enjoyed that it addressed some important life issues/ consequences without being "preachy" or feeling like the issues were shoe-horned in.
I lent it to a friend of mine who I think will enjoy the book!
I've been loaning out the Pathfinder Tales books quite a bit lately. It helps to know that I have digital copies, so if I never get the physical copy back, I can still read the book.
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How about the rest of the campaign that Lieutenant Sturgeon refers to in this one? Andorens releasing slaves? That's something I can sink my teeth into. Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike Rambo: First Blood Part II.
It would be nice to see a bit of history about how this ragtag group got together, too. That can easily be handled in flashback (like in the Firefly episode Out of Gas).
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James Jacobs wrote:
I'm not gonna say who the transgender iconic is, but I will say this—it's not a curse, and said iconic is not trying to "return to his/her birth gender."
My money is on Ezren for the transgender iconic. Just look at the art for the Girdle of Opposite Gender. It's only a "cursed item" if you didn't want the change.
Huh. That's an interesting idea for a character development quest...
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Question:
I'm sure that the comic will not be available digitally, since that is sold elsewhere by Dynamite Comics (if I remember correctly). However, would it be possible for subscribers to recieve a digital copy of the GAMING Material only?
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Update: Added Bastard, Sword and Liar's Blade
"The Past"
A Lesson in Taxonomy WF [between 4643-4662 AR, approximately 60 years before Hell's Pawns]
The Walkers From The Crypt WF [approximately 20 or more years before Plague of Shadows]
Noble SacrificeWF [between 4697-4701 AR, approximately 10-15 years before "The Present"]
"The Present" (stories more or less happen concurrently, except "sequels")
A Lesson in Taxonomy WF > Hell's Pawns AP > The Lost Pathfinder WF > Prince of Wolves N > A Passage to Absalom WF > Husks Jade Regent AP > Master of Devils N > Killing Time WF > Queen of Thorns N
The Walkers From The Crypt WF > Plague of Shadows N
The Illusionist WF > The Winter Witch N
The Worldwound Gambit N > The Ironroot Deception WF > In the Event of My Untimely Demise WF > Blood of the City N
The Secret of the Rose and Glove WF > The Perfumer's Apprentice WF > Thieves Vinegar WF
Faithful Servants WF > Death's Heretic N
Krunzle the Quick WF > Song of the Serpent N
A Tomb of Winter's Plunder WF > Bastard, Sword WF > City of the Fallen Sky N > Liar's Blade N
Misery's Mirror WF > Nightglass N
The Box WF > Light of a Distant Star Shattered Star AP
In Red Rune Canyon WF > Called to Darkness N
Note:You will not lose anything by reading any of these out of order. All of the Pathfinder Tales are written in such a way that a later story will not spoil a more recent story. I just put things in order because I enjoy reading them in order. Where stories are not connected, I have endeavored to place then in the order that they were published.
I have not included any stories that do not have a connection to other stories (such as Robin Laws' Plague of Light, Elaine Cunningham's Dark Tapestry or Prodigal Sons.
To assist the reader, I am adding some notation after each story.
N = Pathfinder Tales Novel
WF = Web Fiction
AP = Adventure Path Fiction
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That's a great cover. I'll promise you this: I'll buy the first book and see if I want to subscribe for the rest. I really like that this goes from level 1-20, and I have heard very good things from others about Way of the Wicked.
@Kcinlive: It is geared toward Drow and Dwarves specifically. That's not to say you can't play other races, but players should be strongly considering a mostly Drow or mostly Dwarf party.
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Steve Geddes wrote:
Kickstarter doesn't address the issue. It's not that they're worried they won't sell any and can't risk the capital, it's that they're worried they'll sell less of the new AP (partly from people choosing a pathfinderised CotCT over the new AP and partly from people saying "I won't buy the six individual instalments, ill buy the compilation").
If that happened to a large degree (it would definitely happen in a few cases), they've suddenly damaged the secret of their success.
The risk just doesn't match the reward. Better for them to make cool, new stuff.
^^This^^
Also, updating Rise of the Runelords to Pathfinder put a big strain on the Paizo staff. Folks there were working longer than normal hours on a product that they had already released and sold 10 years ago. They are staffed to produce what they currently produce.
If you want to get the rest of the Kingmaker books, purchase the PDFs, put them on a thumb drive or CD, and take them down to an office supply store and pay to have them printed and bound. Paizo staff has already said (in other places on the forums) that you can print a copy of your legally owned PDFs for personal use only (which includes running a game from them).
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Just a note to Paizo and the 3PP out there. Take a look at Book of Magic: Insurgency of Summer. Look at the tablet/laptop pdf. Then imitate it. Jon Brazer Enterprises Tablet optimized pdf is the greatest improvement to allow less-paper-gaming that I have seen yet.
I use a 10" netbook as my GM screen, and this allows me to read/use a pdf without scrolling. I need to get that review finished and posted tonight.
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Just a note to Paizo and the 3PP out there. Take a look at Book of Magic: Insurgency of Summer. Look at the tablet/laptop pdf. Then imitate it. Jon Brazer Enterprises Tablet optimized pdf is the greatest improvement to allow less-paper-gaming that I have seen yet.
I use a 10" netbook as my GM screen, and this allows me to read/use a pdf without scrolling. I need to get that review finished and posted tonight.
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Thilo,
I'll throw in my 2 cents of thanks for all your reviews. You inspire me to write more reviews. I can attest to the amount of time that goes into a well thought out review. That is the very reason that I do not have more reviews up. Between working 2 jobs, family and volunteering I have very little spare time.
Also, I just watched a film that made me think of you. The 1994 film, The Crow. I don't think I have watched it since high school. The last time I saw it, I had the same haircut as the little girl, Sarah! Also, I'm currently at school with a guy stationed at Spangdahlem, which also reminds me of you. Unfortunately, he's not a gamer.
I hope that you are well! Keep up the great work! You are an inspiration to all of us!
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You are most welcome, but, you will not lose anything by reading any of these out of order. All of the Pathfinder Tales are written in such a way that a later story will not spoil a more recent story. I just put things in order because I enjoy reading them in order. Where stories are not connected, I have endeavored to place then in the order that they were published.
Update: Added In Red Rune Canyon and Called to Darkness
"The Past"
A Lesson in Taxonomy WF [between 4643-4662 AR, approximately 60 years before Hell's Pawns]
The Walkers From The Crypt WF [approximately 20 or more years before Plague of Shadows]
Noble SacrificeWF [between 4697-4701 AR, approximately 10-15 years before "The Present"]
"The Present" (stories more or less happen concurrently, except "sequels")
A Lesson in Taxonomy WF > Hell's Pawns AP > The Lost Pathfinder WF > Prince of Wolves N > A Passage to Absalom WF > Husks Jade Regent AP > Master of Devils N > Killing Time WF > Queen of Thorns N
The Walkers From The Crypt WF > Plague of Shadows N
The Illusionist WF > The Winter Witch N
The Worldwound Gambit N > The Ironroot Deception WF > In the Event of My Untimely Demise WF > Blood of the City N
The Secret of the Rose and Glove WF > The Perfumer's Apprentice WF > Thieves Vinegar WF
Faithful Servants WF > Death's Heretic N
Krunzle the Quick WF > Song of the Serpent N
A Tomb of Winter's Plunder WF > City of the Fallen Sky N
Misery's Mirror WF > Nightglass N
The Box WF > Light of a Distant Star Shattered Star AP
In Red Rune Canyon WF > Called to Darkness N
I just noticed that I have left it up to the reader to figure out where to find these stories. Some are novels, some are web fiction or Journals from the AP's (generally released later as an ePub). I have not included any stories that do not have a connection to other stories (such as Robin Laws' Plague of Light, Elaine Cunningham's Dark Tapestry or Prodigal Sons.
To assist the reader, I am adding some notation after each story.
N = Pathfinder Tales Novel
WF = Web Fiction
AP = Adventure Path Fiction
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DSXMachina wrote:
That'll help the players decision making processes. :P
Me: "Looks like you'll need to roll up a new character."
Player: "What! How did Willie the Wizard die?"
Me: "He drew his dagger and rushed into combat against 3 Barbarian Lizardfolk."
Player: "I don't remember doing that..."
Me: "His warcry was some slurred version of 'Kraken Rum!' Do you have any idea what that means?"
Player: "..."
Me: "Also, you ate three of my Hissers last night. What got into you?"
Player: "I think I'm going to be sick."
Me: "You already were..."
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Scott Betts wrote:
For accuracy? Come on. You just want to find some flaw in the conclusion because you don't like it.
That's not how suicides work. Firearms are overwhelmingly preferred by male suicide victims - in the absence of firearms, they will resort to other methods that are nearly as effective.
Female suicide victims overwhelmingly choose poisoning/overdose or self-mutilation (e.g. wrist-cutting) when attempting suicide, and are successful far less often. They tend not to resort to firearms.
Owning a firearm makes you much more likely to try, and more likely to succeed.
Sorry, but correlation does not imply causation.
The fact that firearms are preferred by male suidcide victims, does not mean that firearms owners are more likely to attempt suicide. Here's an equivalent (and just as ridiculous) statement for you: People who devlop diabetes overwhelmingly report having eaten cookies. Therefore, eating cookies makes you much more likely to get diabetes.
Edit: A better restatement of the arguement: All shark attacks occur in the ocean, therefore, all people swimming in the ocean will be attacked by sharks. OR Nearly all drownings occur in two or more inches of water, therefore, all people in water deeper than two inches will drown.
If I remember correctly from my college psychology class, male suicides overwhelmingly tend to be more "successful" than female suicides regardless of method. The thought (at the time) was that males tend to not want to "cry for help" with a suicide and rather just want to really end it. Thus, they plan and choose methods that are more effective. The converse (that most female suicides were thought to be a cry for help) is irrelevant to the current discussion.
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Adoendithas,
Your mom is showing a lot of wisdom in that ruling.
I would recommend that you start by looking for a group at your Friendly Local Gaming Store (FLGS). Many of them have game running at the store during one evening each week. If they don't, ask if there has been any interest in having a weekly game at the store.
If you have the Pathfinder Core Rulebook, you could look for a local Pathfinder Society group. They may or may not meet at a Friendly Local Gaming Store.
Your best bet, though, is to find some friends who are interested in playing, pick up a published adventure, and start playing! That was what I did. You can start without complete knowledge of the rules with forgiving friends and a lot of advice from the boards here. The Beginner Box is a good way to start (with Pathfinder rules).
Another option is to find an adult who is related to you (or one of your newly forming gaming group) who may be interested in being a GM for your group of friends. I'll bet that you could find a parent who would be overjoyed to be asked to GM for a group of your friends!
Most important is keeping your mom involved so that she knows who you are playing with, what the game content is, etc.
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Adoendithas,
Your mom is showing a lot of wisdom in that ruling.
I would recommend that you start by looking for a group at your Friendly Local Gaming Store (FLGS). Many of them have game running at the store during one evening each week. If they don't, ask if there has been any interest in having a weekly game at the store.
If you have the Pathfinder Core Rulebook, you could look for a local Pathfinder Society group. They may or may not meet at a Friendly Local Gaming Store.
Your best bet, though, is to find some friends who are interested in playing, pick up a published adventure, and start playing! That was what I did. You can start without complete knowledge of the rules with forgiving friends and a lot of advice from the boards here. The Beginner Box is a good way to start (with Pathfinder rules).
Another option is to find an adult who is related to you (or one of your newly forming gaming group) who may be interested in being a GM for your group of friends. I'll bet that you could find a parent who would be overjoyed to be asked to GM for a group of your friends!
Most important is keeping your mom involved so that she knows who you are playing with, what the game content is, etc.
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Bionaut, challenge coins are also quite common in the Air Force. Our tradition is for one airman to slap their challenge coin down on the bar or table at the "club." Then everyone has to pull out their own challenge coin and slap it down on the bar. The person who does not have a challenge coin with them buys a round. If everyone else also has a coin with them, then the person who issued the challenge buys a round for everyone!
My unit (103 ACS) makes up a special coin for each deployment.
Generally, commanders and generals have their own coins that they give out. Chiefs (E-9) and Shirts (First Sergeant) also often have their own coins.
Michael Brock, a PFS coin is a neat idea (I'd buy one). You could also make up Venture Captain coins (that have to be given/earned) and even 5-star GM coins (that require the requisite rating to purchase)!
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You are most welcome, but, you will not lose anything by reading any of these out of order. All of the Pathfinder Tales are written in such a way that a later story will not spoil a more recent story. I just put things in order because I enjoy reading them in order.
Update: added Thieves Vinegar to the Norret/Orlin Web fiction list
"The Past"
A Lesson in Taxonomy [between 4643-4662 AR, approximately 60 years before Hell's Pawns]
The Walkers From The Crypt [approximately 20 or more years before Plague of Shadows]
Noble Sacrifice [between 4697-4701 AR, approximately 10-15 years before "The Present"]
"The Present" (stories more or less happen concurrently, except "sequels")
Hell's Pawns > The Lost Pathfinder > Prince of Wolves > A Passage to Absalom > Husks > Master of Devils > Killing Time > Queen of Thorns
Plague of Shadows > Howard Andrew Jones' future novel
The Illusionist > The Winter Witch
Worldwound Gambit > The Ironroot Deception > In the Event of My Untimely Demise > Blood of the City
The Secret of the Rose and Glove > The Perfumer's Apprentice > Thieves Vinegar
Faithful Servants > Death's Heretic
Krunzle the Quick > Song of the Serpent
Misery's Mirror > Nightglass
A Tomb of Winter's Plunder > City of the Fallen Sky
The Box > Light of a Distant Star (Journal in Shattered Star)
I just noticed that I have left it up to the reader to figure out where to find these stories. Some are novels, some are web fiction, some are Journals from the AP's (generally released later as an ePub). I have not included any stories that do not have a connection to other stories (such as Robin Laws' Plague of Light or Elaine Cunningham's Dark Tapestry) or that I have not read (such as Prodigal Sons).
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Here's a bit of an update to this list. Let me know if I missed anything:
"The Past"
A Lesson in Taxonomy [between 4643-4662 AR, approximately 60 years before Hell's Pawns]
The Walkers From The Crypt [approximately 20 or more years before Plague of Shadows]
Noble Sacrifice [between 4697-4701 AR, approximately 10-15 years before "The Present"]
"The Present" (stories more or less happen concurrently, except "sequels")
Hell's Pawns > The Lost Pathfinder > Prince of Wolves > A Passage to Absalom > Husks > Master of Devils > Killing Time > Queen of Thorns
Plague of Shadows > Howard Andrew Jones' future novel
The Illusionist > The Winter Witch
Worldwound Gambit > The Ironroot Deception > In the Event of My Untimely Demise > Blood of the City
The Secret of the Rose and Glove > The Perfumer's Apprentice
Faithful Servants > Death's Heretic
Krunzle the Quick > Song of the Serpent
Misery's Mirror > Nightglass
A Tomb of Winter's Plunder > City of the Fallen Sky
The Box > Light of a Distant Star (Journal in Shattered Star)
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Reviewed here and on RPGnow.com. Golly, having a new baby in the house really eats into my RPG reading time! You would think that I would have had more time to get this review written being on two weeks of FMLA leave from work, but I think I had less time.
I truly enjoyed reading this book. It was a lot of fun, I want to throw my players at the Shadow plane now. *evil grin*
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You could also take a look at Raging Swan Press' modules. I have not purchased any of them, but I have heard nothing but good things about them.
Also: a big +1 to Temple of Orcus. It's free and it's good.
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LMPjr007 wrote:
Dale McCoy Jr wrote:
You Might want to check out Shadowsfall: Temple of Orcus. It's a 5th level adventure from Jon Brazer Enterprises, my company. And It's free. So you can't go wrong. Sorry, I can't link to it. I'm on my phone. If someone could link it, I'd appreciate it.
Linkified!
I just thought I would mention that this is something that I love about Pathfinder Third Party Publishers (3PP). LMPJr, providing a link for his competitor Dale McCoy of Jon Brazer Enterprises.
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You could use creative language that is not "profanity." Sit down with a Thesaurus and come up with some really fun stuff. This serves a two-fold purpose:
1: Your players get the idea that they ARE being cursed out/at
2: The younger readers on the boards get to go look up new and interesting vulgarities and are thus educated!
If you do a search for "Shakespeare insults" you'll find loads of material. Here's a few to inspire you:
"You mammering milk-livered coxcomb!"
"Run back to your gorbellied canker-blossom, you knotty-pated pignut!"
"She was a vain rump-fed popinjay! We had a whirl and I sent the whey-faced strumpet away!"
"This is a fusty fine predicament you've got me into, you hedge-pig"
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!"
Voting for a third party is a symbolic act. It says that you believe in the system, just not the candidates. It is like choosing RC Cola over Coke and Pepsi.
Boycotting the vote is also a symbolic act. It says that you find the system to be invalid. It is like choosing not to drink soda at all.
Either way, you're almost guaranteed to have almost zero intended effect on the outcome of the election. There is just too many things stacking the deck in favor of the two candidates.
Scott Betts wrote:
The point isn't that the deck is stacked in the major parties' favor, and thus your vote won't matter. It's that you effectively are stripping a vote from one of the two candidates that stands a chance of being elected, making the actual outcome of the election worse for yourself than if you had just voted for a major party in the first place.
I respectfully agree and disagree with you, Scott. I agree that you are effectively stripping a vote from one of the two candidates that stands a chance of getting elected. Absolutely true.
I disagree that it makes the outcome worse for yourself. I do not believe that either of the major candidates has my best interest at heart. Since things will be just as bad for me regardless of who gets elected, the outcome for myself is the same; neither better nor worse.
Quote:
Fergie wrote:
I have voted for Ralph Nader in the last three elections, and while I could pull the lever with a clear conscience, I also figured out that it had about as much effect on things as flushing my toilet.
Scott Betts wrote:
People with that mindset are, collectively, responsible for the country electing Bush over Gore in 2000. I'm not sure why you think that situations like voting for Nader have no effect. The people who voted for Nader ended up responsible for eight years of President George W. Bush. You, or those like you, if you didn't reside in Florida, could have prevented that, but chose not to because they either a) thought their "symbolic action" was more important than the reality of electing a President, or b) didn't bother to think about the consequences of pulling the lever, and decided to reassure themselves that they have a clear conscience anyway.
Every person who voted in the 2000 and 2004 elections are collectively responsible for the country electing George W. Bush. Everyone who votes in the election is exercising their political muscle and at the end of election day, somebody wins the presidency. We all share the responsibility for that decision.
I think that symbolic actions are tremendously important. Symbolic actions are all that we have. Due to the electoral college, all US voting is symbolic. Likewise, a clear conscience is tremendously important. If you don’t listen to your conscience, what DO you listen to?
When I voted for a third party in the last election, my vote said “I disagree with what the Republicans are doing and with what the Democrats are doing. I will not support them, so I will vote against them.” The candidate I voted for did not get elected. The two major parties got the message: “There are people out there who don’t support you.” Also, the people who voted for Nader didn’t vote for George W. Bush. They voted for Ralph Nader.
This November, I will not vote for Barak Obama or for Mitt Romney. I will instead vote for someone else. Will they win the presidency? Unlikely. Will I still be able to say, with a clear conscience, “I didn’t vote for him,” when the president and congress passes more invasive legislation? Yes. Will I still be responsible for the results of the election? Yes, along with everyone else who voted in the election.
76) You were studying the theory of teleportation spells with a classmate. He chants and gestures and before you can duck out of the way, you appear in a room where a group of strangers are attacking a fire elemental. You have no memory of the past week.
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She's very Batman-ish. Right down to the raspy voice. Though, maybe Strategemini is more correct with the Punisher comparison. She certainly is lethal. Dead men tell no tales.
Has she encountered a Hellknight? It's certainly a Hellish night for her if nothing else.
How do we know that she is named in Curse of the Lady's Light?
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Kevin Andrew Murphy is writing the Pathfinder Journal? Excellent! It's funny, because I just posted a question/comment ruminating on my desire for a Pathfinder Tales novel penned by Mr. Murphy.
Huh.
I just noticed that Kevin Andrew Murphy has THREE first names. I just finished NCO Academy, and one of the guys in my flight (from Kentucky) has three first names. Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
I am very interested in paper minis, especially since I am in the military and tend to try to take an AP with me on any deployment or TDY.
Paper minis are a lot easier to get and transport out in the field. Just print 'em up before hand, stick 'em in an envelope, and send an email home when you need 'em shipped out. At the end of the deployment, take all your pennies, dimes and quarters out of them, and leave them behind.
One thing that Rich Burlew did with his paper minis for OOTS Kickstarter supporters was to make mounts mountable! He drew them with a little dotted line in the middle or slightly "forward" of the middle. You cut the dotted line and fold that portion the other way, creating a small flat space that can hold your PC!
Good art is a huge plus and would go a long way toward influencing me to purchase. Also including (or selling them as) line art so that I can color them in myself. I made that last part bold because the more I think about it the more I like it. It allows those of us without the time or talent to paint minis to effectively "paint" our own minis.
What creatures would I want?
-Sets of PC races drawn up in the different base classes (including 3PP classes)
-Mounts
-the entire Animal companion list (with size variations)
-Summon Monster list (in Fiendish and Celestial form)
-Summon Nature's Ally list
-Sets of common enemy races with different weapons (orcs, kobolds, goblins, humans, lizardfolk)
-Minis of some of the creatures that we are not likely to see come to plastic, or that are very expensive in plastic or metal:
--Dragons of different sizes and colors,
--the Jabberwock,
--the Bandersnatch (standard and frumious),
--swarms,
--elementals of different types in different sizes,
--dinosaurs,
--fey,
--familiars
I'll stop there for now. After seeing how expensive the Pathfinder Battles sets are, I am very strongly inclined to move to paper minis for my home games. If I have to choose whether to spend money on gaming material and have paper minis or buy plastic ones and have no leftover funds for gaming material, I'll take the paper minis.
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It's too bad that it won't be ready for Paizocon. :(
That said, I'm not going to Paizocon. I'm several years away from being able to go to any of the Cons (since I would want to bring the family and my kids are not old enough for that yet).
I am still preordering this product. I am really excited to see more of this setting. I hope that I will be able to get a copy of Shadowsfall: Temple of Orcus!
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DaveMage wrote:
Woohoo! Free frogs for everyone! (Or something. :) )
The last time that we went to the dentist, our dentist gave my son a little bag of plastic frogs as a prize. Each frog is about 2cm long. I was looking at them last night and thought, "Wouldn't it be funny if Frog God Games tossed a little plastic frog like this into each Rappan Athuk box that they ship out?"
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We use a similar houserule in our game, but it takes a full 10 minutes to swap out a prepared spell. That eliminates the possibility of swapping spells in combat, but allows a bit more flexibility for prepared casters.
If you want to stick with RAW (Rules as Written), the prepared wizard can leave spell slots "unprepared" and fill them in with spells later by taking time to study them.
Core Rulebook wrote:
Spell Selection and Preparation: Until he prepares spells from his spellbook, the only spells a wizard has available to cast are the ones that he already had prepared from the previous day and has not yet used. During the study period, he chooses which spells to prepare. If a wizard already has spells prepared (from the previous day) that he has not cast, she can abandon some or all of them to make room for new spells.
When preparing spells for the day, a wizard can leave some of these spell slots open. Later during that day, he can repeat the preparation process as often as he likes, time and circumstances permitting. During these extra sessions of preparation, the wizard can fill these unused spell slots. He cannot, however, abandon a previously prepared spell to replace it with another one or fill a slot that is empty because he has cast a spell in the meantime. That sort of preparation requires a mind fresh from rest. Like the first session of the day, this preparation takes at least 15 minutes, and it takes longer if the wizard prepares more than one-quarter of his spells.
I think that next party I GM, I am going to go with RAW for prepared casters, though.
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I would be interested in:
-a Norse/Viking themed AP. I know that Jade Regent had some of that. I want MORE!
-An Underdark type themed AP. I would even be interested in one that focused on the Political Intrigue aspects of Drow culture.
-An Underwater AP. We could explore Atlantis, take on the Aboleth Consortium, or something like that.
-A Prehistoric AP. Flavor the weapons to be primitive, flavor the races to be primitive, put the adventurers up against dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts.
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Here is a list of things that I think would be great to add wherever you see fit, these could be digital or printed:
-Poster maps
-Player handouts
-"you see this" pictures
-extra monsters (like a mini bestiary, they don't have to be in the book)
-extra encounters
-modules
-more maps (like the one that is in Black Monastery)
-battlemats/flip mats of key areas (don't need to be laminated)
-paper minis of iconic bosses or NPC's
-A thank you letter to the fans (signed or not, we don't want to give you Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)
-a short story that takes place in Rappan Athuk
-a story of a memorable encounter that one of you ran in Rappan Athuk
When you say that you cannot "get it done anywhere near in time for delivery," it made me think of Rich Burlew's Order of the Stick Reprint Kickstarter. All of the rewards for that were delayed (I still haven't received mine yet), but people still pledged and he is working on getting them done.
I am okay with delayed rewards. Digital rewards are easiest in this regard because we don't have to wait for them to be shipped. The book ships out on time, and I get an email later that my reward is ready for download.
I, for one, would not mind even if my book shipped out late (even months late) to wait for a printed reward (like a "you see this" book) to come in. Part of this is due to the fact that I will have Slumbering Tsar to keep me occupied with Froggy Evilness for quite some time.
I also acknowledge that delayed rewards likely means more bookeeping for you, the publisher. That may be more work than you want to do, especially on top of all the day to day work of running a publishing company. That's your call, and I respect whatever you decide. I just want to let you know that if you want to produce more FGG awesomeness and I have delay my gratification to get it, then I will wait patiently. I have full trust that you will not let us down.
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Finally got my but in gear and wrote my review! I haven't decided if this has supplanted The Tome of Horrors as my favorite monster book. This one certainly has better flavor text than ToH.
I have decided that I will be pre-ordering the next Shadowsfall book that comes out. Kurdag's Tale clinched that for me. I'm considering talking to my FLGS about running Pathfinder on Free RPG day. Is there anything I need to tell the owner to do to get scenarios for me to run?
