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Hey guys,

This order contained Gloom: Cthulhu instead of Gloom: Unfortunate Expeditions.

It's not that I don't appreciate the offer of a $25 item for $15, but the copy of Gloom: Cthulhu I ordered already arrived in order #1878749. Thanks anyway, but I'll need to work out some kind of return/exchange.

Thanks in advance.

So first the good news...all the items that arrived are in great shape! I was worried about the Mouse Guard RPG box set, Campaign Coins package, and the Tome of Horrors Complete all being the same box. I thought for sure something would get mangled or crushed. Nope! Everything that came was in perfect condition, thanks for the great packing job guys!

So then the "other" news...the Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Sea Region Poster Map didn't appear to make it into the shipment at all. It's missing. The other 3 maps were in there, but the Inner Sea map was missing.

Could I get one please?

Saw your post on FB and figured I better come to the source to be sure. Just wanted to double check to make sure order I placed this morning, 1800672 is ok.

There was some...weirdness when the order was placed, but Megan assured me in another thread it had been sorted out.

In light of the impending sell-out, I thought I should double check to make sure the order looks ok on your end, and that it'll ship with a subscription shipment when the print copies become available.

Can the backordered Santa Mousling and Helper be split off into its own order please?

I'd like the pending items to ship as soon as possible and didn't realize the order was waiting on a backordered product.

Thanks in advance.

YES!

I love it when you guys include little details like this. When our interests outside the RPG world cross over like this, I know my money is going to the right company.

The Oak Island mystery has always fascinated me. Below are some links for extra-curricular reading. The Oak Island wiki is easy to find by casual searching, but the Douglas Preston Smithsonian Magazine article is a little less so.

Smithsonian Magazine article by Douglas Preston who later used this research as the basis for the novel Riptide (which was an ok book):
http://www.prestonchild.com/books/riptide/art35,127

Oak Island wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Island

Enjoy!

At my local con, Miscon (Missoula, MT this past memorial day weekend) I got the chance to meet Robert and Connie Thomson. They are wonderful people; friendly and approachable, knowledgeable and enthusiatic about the game we all love.

They had a table in the vendor room stocked with product which seemed to generate a fair amount of interest. (As an aside this was the first year Pathfinder had a good showing at Miscon...one, frequently two Pathfinder sessions on offer each day, which played to a full table each time.) Robert ran sessions of Albion Armitage's Astounding Arsenal. Due to conflicting con obligations I wasn't able to get in on any of his games, but it looked like the tables were full and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves.

I picked up Phantasia Zoologica I: Dogs, and my wife insisted on Luven Lightfinger’s Gear & Treasure Shop, which is fortunate for me since that's proving to be all kinds of awesome. Comparisons have been made to Aurora's Whole Realms Catalog, and I think this is pretty accurate. It's full of the kinds of detail my players and I crave.

In my opinion they're the best kind of third party publisher Paizo could hope for. They have fun, interesting products that expand and support the system. Anyway, Robert and Connie, thanks so much for coming to Miscon. We're fortunate to have you guys nearby. See you next Miscon...

Will Paizo be there?

Selling things? Signing things?

I'd sure like to pick up my copy of Pathfinder RPG at Pax and have the crew sign it. That would be swell.

It would save me quite a bit on gas money if you were there. You know. So I wouldn't have to drive around to your homes.

Could someone take a look at this order? It seems like it's been pending for longer than usual.

I'm guessing something is out of stock.

If it would be possible to split this order into two parts can we do that? Stuff that's in stock ships now, stuff that's holding up the order ships when available?

I used my Pathfinder RPG off to printer discount for this order and I'd hate to lose it if my order doesn't ship in time.

Neat! This is being demoed right now at Miscon 23, my local con.

I'll have to check it out.

I'm running a new player on some solo adventures using the Pathfinder RPG Beta. She had some questions about full-round actions, how they get resolved and how they affect the next rounds actions. In spite of my experience as a DM (and in light of paragraphs that were pointed out to me), I found I didn't have a good explanation as to how things really worked besides "this is how I've always done it". I promised a comprehensive answer and I know the crew here can be counted on.

So exhibit A, from Chapter 9 pg 134:

Full-Round Action: A full-round action consumes all your effort during a round. The only movement you can take during a full-round action is a 5-foot step before, during, or after the action. You can also perform free actions and swift actions (see below).

Some full-round actions do not allow you to take a 5-foot step.
Some full-round actions can be taken as standard actions, but only in situations when you are limited to performing only a standard action during your round. The descriptions of specific actions, below, detail which actions allow this option.

In this case it sounds like you begin your full-round action during your turn on Round 1. You may make a 5 foot step whenever you wish (as allowed by the specific action description of course). Your full-round action completes on your turn during Round 2...here's the confusion/question...at which point you may take your Round 2 turn normally? Or is part of your turn on Round 2 consumed by the full-round action from Round 1? This leads me to:

Exhibit B, from Chapter 9 pg 137:

Start/Complete Full-Round Action

The “start full-round action” standard action lets you start undertaking a full-round action, which you can complete in the following round by using another standard action. You can’t use this action to start or complete a full attack, charge, run, or withdraw.

Here it sounds like you could take a move or move-equivalent action, begin the first half of a full-round action as your standard action on Round 1, complete part 2 of the full-round action as your standard action during Round 2, and then take a move or move-equivalent action to complete your turn. However, when taken along with the previous paragraph it seems clear that only a 5 foot step is allowed. This section does make it sound like part of your turn on Round 2 is used by the full-round action. This part is difficult to accept based on the full-round action required to make a full attack. You begin your attack with a standard action on Round 1 and complete it with a standard action on Round 2? Really? (Ok, I know this isn't the case, but my player was drawing very near to conclusions along these lines based on a very literal reading of the rules.)

The specific cases where this came up in play are summoning spells, specifically, when does your summoned creature actually appear and when can the caster and creature act normally, and preparing an oil flask as a thrown weapon.

Please gentle Paizonians, help reconcile these two passages. I thought I had all this figured out years ago. I guess not.

I recently placed order #966376.

I just found out today that I'll be out of town June 6th to 14th.

Would it be possible to hold this order for shipping until June 13th?

Thanks in advance.

I have house rules. You have house rules. We've all made little tweaks here and there to parts of 3.5 we wanted to try and improve.

Let's take all our pieces and parts and spread them out on the table so everyone can see them. Maybe someone has something that would be a good fit?

No judging or namecalling anyone's house rules...this is just show and tell.

My house rules:

• Increase skill points to a minimum of 4. Classes with 2 +Int skill points are increased to 4 +Int.

• Flanked as a state. If an enemy is flanked by two attackers, any other attackers will also receive a flanked bonus to attack, as well as allowing a rogue to sneak attack.

• No more immunity to critical hits or sneak attack damage. Run one campaign that's really heavy on undead and you'll see why this can be a real drag for the players.

• A new feat every even level instead of every three. (Bear in mind I haven't tested this myself yet. I'd swear that someone like Lilith or Eileen the Prophet was going to try something like this also, but I never heard how it turned out.)

Who's next?

In the gut check thread I posted this (as my super-sekrit alias!):

Erik Mona wrote:

3) If Paizo does not convert its RPG products to 4.0, how will that affect your purchasing patterns for our products?

My purchases of Paizo RPG products will continue at their current pace. I will see you, however, and raise you that if you *don't* convert, I will subscribe to Gamemastery modules instead of buying them piecemeal.

I am true to my word and have now subscribed to Pathfinder Modules and will be all in for the Pathfinder RPG.

Congratulations on your new business endeavor, and best of luck.

Not to pump us up too much, but you have a fantastic community of fiercely loyal customers, and I think you will do well.

Long live Paizo and Pathfinder,

~justin

What's everyones opinions / advice regarding this?

It's been years and years since I've played or run these, and I was thinking about having a go at it with my current group.

The conversion to 3.5 won't be a problem, but what I'm wondering is are there any specific advantages to using the stand alone modules (S1, S2, etc...) as opposed to picking up Realms of Horror and using that?

~RD

I placed this order July 28th, knowing full well that it wouldn't be shipped until Pathfinder: Rise of the Runelords Player's Guide (OGL) was ready to ship. All items went to a Pending status, except for the Players Guide, which was in a status of PreOrder. Also included in this order was my Pathfinder subscription.

I received the email announcing my Pathfinder items were getting ready to ship, and Pathfinder 1 and the bonus Players Guide appeared as a separate order 788121. This order is currently in a Shipping status complete with UPS tracking number (yay!).

My question/issue is about my original order, 769203. All items in this order still say Pending, except for the Pathfinder: Rise of the Runelords Player's Guide (OGL), which is now Cancelled for this order. In fact, the status says "Cancelled Sunday". I did not cancel this item myself, and I'm not sure why it was cancelled. To be clear though, I don't mind that it's been cancelled from this order if that will expedite shipping at this point.

So, why was Pathfinder: Rise of the Runelords Player's Guide (OGL) cancelled from order# 769203? As a follow up, can you tell when this order will be shipping?

Thanks in advance.