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It saddens me that the metric here is "pages per dollar."

Is a map worth more or less than a page of text? If the page has a large image, does that increase or decrease its worth? If the text is riddled with errors and poor writing, should that change its value? What's the value of fiction vs a new class/archetype vs an adventure?

X pages of well-written prose with a clean layout and decent art is worth far more than X pages of grammar and spelling mistakes that looks half-assed and slapped together. Removing "quality" from the equation makes any discussion on the topic futile. If you're fine paying $10 for 1000 pages per month, I can crank out a LOT of Lorem Ipsem with stick figures. Sign up now, and I'll tell you where to send the checks.

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As Endzeitgeist noted, Fire Mountain Games' Way of the Wicked books are one hundred pages every month for $10.

Personally I don't see them doing this on a monthly basic for a long term, due to the fact that adventures normally sell at 1/6 compared to campaign sourcebooks or player guides.

If this is the real aim of your question, I would have hoped that a Third-Party Publisher wouldn't take such a cheap shot at a peer. Jealousy and bitterness does not draw customers.

I bought 2 of the full "Starter" sets, which gives you a good variety across all 4 metal types, and traditionally have 3-5 players at my table. The key part about using coins like these is to remember that they're a representation of the coins your character has, not the exact items. As such, they work very well for giving you a tactile sense of your character's wealth.

When I need to represent a large number of coins, I go with washers. You can get 1" steel washers at a hardware store for next to nothing. You're looking for 1/3 oz weight to get the standard coin weight. You can then put them in a leather/velvet/etc pouch for the players. After the roleplaying, you can give them the Campaign Coins to represent the value and take the prop back.

I am hurt and crushed at the exclusion of the beloved albatross.

Removed some posts. Please post nicely, and remember that wish lists will not apply to everybody's tastes—be respectful of other people's play styles.

But everyone else plays the game wrong!

Is it Friday yet?

Congrats, Daigle! Another fine minion for the aboleths.

Yay for 14 hour unplanned downtimes!

Almost as good. The screen on this thing is jaw-dropping, even on apps that don't have Retina-specific display.

Best Buy. After 6 gift cards and some saintly patience from the very nice customer service lady, I have my iPad 3. Er, new iPad. Or whatever Apple's calling it.

Your Droid will have to wait outside. We don't serve their kind here.

Unfortunately, I have no more insight into the state of the server than anyone else. Lilith is the keeper of that domain. I've notified the hosting company the best way I know how and hopefully, they can resolve it.

To tide you over, I'll provide the following Link Not To Click:
http://www.thatcantbehealthy.com/oddities/face772994757.png

No, no, I was wrong. It's just the puffin after his all-night mackerel binge. Carry on.

The stench of death is strong in here.

The chat has been taken down until David showers. The cost of incense and fumigation was getting too high.

I demand transparency in the voting! How else can we confirm the validity of the results?!

Core Rulebook, Page 12 wrote:

Nonplayer Character (NPC): These are characters controlled by the GM.

Asking for FAQs to include things like this is the reason we can't have nice things.

Can we also get clarification that you can't, in fact, take actions while dead?

Role play is also more difficult when you are playing at a big table and often gets monopolized by one or two players.

Wait, people roleplay in PFS? I thought the point was dealing crazy damage and keeping the other people at the table from contributing meaningfully to the scenario.

I thought this was going to be a thread on natural contraceptives and the logistics of adventuring while pregnant. I'm disappointed.

This is where virtualization is handy. Shunt the server to the failover hardware, make the change, move it to the new home.

Lies!

Warrior shot the food!

I have found a Finnish analogue to our beloved Cosmo:

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As an added bonus, A glorious video!

This is everything you need to know about rage

Do your f&#+ing dishes

The similarities between the Eye of Abendego and Jupiter's Great Red Spot have been noted, and incorporated into Distant Worlds...

And I heartily encourage any adventure that ends with ".... IN SPAAAAACE!" :D

Might I inquire as to whether or not you have cleaned your allotment of tableware?

grats!

At some point, all the gentle reminders and handholding are clearly being ignored or disregarded. Once people are disqualified for flagrantly ignoring the rules, then the next group will pay attention. Until then, it's all "I'm sorry" and "I didn't realize."

Suppose you hired a freelancer to write 2000 words on sahaguin with the instruction not to include anything about aquatic elves or aboleths, yet the turn in is 3500 words on how the aboleths turned aquatic elves into sahaguin. It's unlikely you'd work with that person again. Similarly, as Clark said, someone who can't keep their mouth shut shouldn't be trusted with secrets.

Can't follow rules, don't get work. Such a person is definitely not a Superstar.

The immediate impression that self-publishing gives is "my work isn't good enough that someone else was willing to represent it." In RPG Land, that's doubly damning because there's already an enormous quality divide between the Big Name Publishers (Paizo, White Wolf, et al) and the third-party publishers.

If you don't rate inclusion in a 3PP product, why would I waste my $3 on your PDF? Charging more than $5 is just hubris and setting yourself up to fail. Take a look at what other publishers offer, look at the quality of your art, layout, and writing, and price your product honestly. I bet it comes out right about $3.

If you honestly believe that your precious words are too good to "give up [your] precious rights" to see in the hands of customers, you're grossly overvaluing your product. A reputable 3PP will let you retain your rights and give you much-needed exposure to the community. It also helps legitimize your product in the eyes of gamers by marking you as least as good as your publisher.

Yays!

I'll just leave this here

As it should be.

These questions are hard. What it mean nah-meh?

Oooh, did I pass?

Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints? \m/ \m/

Tease.

If you think that's nasty, you should see the stats on the Seven Year Lich. Terrifying.

Brothers In Baldness unite!

Chili today. Hot tamale.

I would also ask that if signatures do get added it's either solely for the PbP forums or we have a way to turn them off. Having 85% of a post be signature is just irritating and offputting.

Not to mention the chafing on your chin.

While we're at it, let's rename "crossbow" to "arrowgun" and add a new line of weapons called "crossbow" that will fire two arrows at a time but require 4 arms to use.

Good. The ones we have are getting worn around the edges.

Yes!

And starving in a cardboard box. ;)

I'm not sure I understand what the alternative would be. Not having the work done? Or done so poorly you end up having to redo it anyway?

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Now you're just playing with it.

That's what she said.

I think it's safe to assume it is.

Eh, I'm waiting on the 797. That thing's gonna be awesome. The 787 is just a fad. It'll blow over soon.

I had this urge to have salsa and nachos for dinner. So, I poured a bunch of salsa into a bowl, added a bunch of sharp cheddar cheese, and then grabbed the sour cream. The expiration date was 14 OCT 11... :( ...and it sure tasted good! :D

You've got almost 3 years until it goes bad. Nothing to worry about.