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Ohh that is neat. I can't wait till I see the Pathfinder beasts done up. Hope they come out soon!

Thanks for the input you saved me $1.00. I also have the Campaign planner from them and yup the page at the back will work just fine.

I really like this idea. I'm going to pull up my books and take a look at what I can see and how that works for my campaign. But the concept is neat. Thanks for the idea.

More on the Ancient peoples

Thessilonian, Shory, Azlanti.

Delves into ancient ruins, archeology, and pseudoscience of ancient peoples. I am eagerly awaiting the Orsirion series as it also feeds this need but would like more on the others as well. Perhaps even just somethign expanding on the Linnorm Kingdoms?

Thanks for all the great fun.

Also to seek this in is the arcane bond magical. Logic suggests it but not stated. Could a wizard "Shatter" the bond and thus neuter the wizard till he has time to make/buy/rebond? I ask because I did that to a player and once done the logic of it boggled us and Pissed him off.

We have decided it is magical and house ruled it that way till we hear otherwise.

Your thoughts?

The world itself didn't interest me but the magic has alot of potential.

I have added the spell templates to my spells that are in Thassilonian. I never felt they were "special" enough to be these rare, not heard of spells with a -10 on the roll, but end up being a normal spell in all other respects. I wanted the players to feel that the magic of these ancient people was powerful and different then what is available now. The templates really help with that. Plus the spells that are castable at three different power levels also makes for just added neatness. Why use your magic missile when you have flaming missiles of Kakatal. I added Fire, Runic, Eldritch to the spell, just to give it some fun. It does take some time to make them up and get the exact feel you want but it adds something really neat and my players seem to enjoy it, esp the Wizards.

I had a great surprise this morning before I went to work. Several of my books and other items I had ordered came with my morning mail. I signed for them and dug into them before I went to work.

Your service has been great and I just wanted to say again Thanks alot for the great service. It is just so nice to get everything flat and unbroken and undamaged. I have gotten other items from other places and they have arrived but often, not always, they have been bent in the mail. Arrive damaged in some way and just little annoying things like that. None of these things has happened with anything I have gotten from you guys. Thanks a bunch.

the game stuff is also great but this is about the actual service which has excelled. Even when a couple of items didn't get to me they very quickly sent replacements. So very nice and courteous and the emails have alwasy been so very professional and helpfull.

Again Thanks and have a great Day

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Dave

I like that idea that the undead have so embraced their undeadness they become even more resistent to the positive energies of Clerics and Paladins. Sure this could be bonus to saves but I am more thinking of Damage Resistence versus Channel Energy. Only an uber Vamp or undead Lich or the like or maybe an undead Cleric. Perhaps with an undead Cleric it can use it's own power to counter the Positive energy as a free action if it has this "feat" to allow that. I like that idea! I think I'll use it on my party soon.

Thank you

I always can use another map, esp ones that have this much flvour to them. Again thanks a bunch.

I have just noticed the same thing. I had some missing items, but then sent me a nice email saying those are coming so I headed over to the pathfinder site to see what was new in the blog and bloards and noticed all the items I have sitting in my cart are no longer marked down with my Pathfinder Advantage? I too have been here since issue #2 and I subscribe to most everything. Me and my players really enjoy the world.

Whats up?

have you thought of something simple like a ribbon that dissolves if any violence is done by these people. Worn in a very open space like finger or wrist. Yes it doesn't stop the use of these powers but if the challenge is to do the adventure with out violence or to find a way to fake that they still have these on. Maybe they only fail if spells are cast. Possible changes colour like litmus paper and when people leave they are checked to see if they have and how much and possible what type and fined/charged accordingly. Players certainly can get get around this and simple skip town but law abiding players might actually keep to this. Its a thought?

Has anyone added their own pathfinder journal entries. I made one that I wanted to use with my party. It is campaign specific but inthe Golarian world. I put a couple puzzles in it so as to give players who want to do it something to when they aren't active in the game. I was also thinking of writing up one with just some campaign stuff but run into what does the avarage person know? It would seem everyone has heard of the Pathfinder Organization, bits of their journals are out there for everyone to read. But someone born in Sandpoint, what do they know of the world?

Well I thought to give it to players as a hand out so that they could work on it while we played the main game. Often someone has some time out when the rest of the party is doing there own things in Sandpoint. Were off to the deal with the goblins next session but I wanted to put some possible future adventures out there, but not simple a "here there be treasure" but something requiring a little more thought from them. I think several of my players will like the mind challenge but in contexts of the world were playing in. They have been to Artfell forest and were the ones mentioned in the journal which I also thought would give them a little rise as they are trying to get famous, one wants to be a full fledged Pathfinder, our rogue Ethan.

But thanks for letting me know someone took a look at it.

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Right now our wizard, who was born in Sandpoint but has spent the last 7 years or so out in school has been wooing Ameiko. It seems a mixture of attraction and greed as he is tied to the Ship owner family and sees her as a way into the Glassworks. Little did he know that she would soon be inheriting them. He did rescue her from her brother and he was the main player to say capture and not kill him. Even though they all fear he'll escape and prove a problem later the wizard seemed to have won them over.

I don't think I'll have him escape but actually play out a trial to better connect the party to the town as they will be called to give their eye witness testimony. I am sure I'll be able to keep him alive and maybe bring him back with the scribbler possessing him or some other wacky idea. I know Nulai would barely blink an eye from everything I have read, he was just a cute tool, useful to her cause but nothing more. Maybe I have the players have to guard him as he is taken to jail as maybe some of her allies want him dead in case he reveals something. Now that could be fun. He is still a pain but not as a villian but someone they have to keep alive. I like that.

I have adpated a couple of logic puzzles and made them fit as best I can with the world of Golarian, written in an a Pathfinder form. Is this where we put such ideas? Or else where. My original post has sat unnoticed, possible my title is wrong. I just have gotten such great stuff from this community I wanted to pay back with some of my own work.

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I'm not sure this is the right place for this but as I'll be using it in my ROTRL adventures I figured it would work.

Basically I have written a pathfinder journal entry for the players, drawing upon what they have done and opening up the possibility of further adventures in the same adventure area. It based on Into the haunted Forest which I used as a side adventure that someone else proposed and though I didn't uses all their ideas they were a great starting point. I also wanted to tie it into ROTRL. I found a couple of logic puzzles in my tonnes of loose sheets and adapted them to the world of Glorian as best as I could in an evening. I am hoping to write some more and will post them again if people like them. Just looking to see if anyone else has done the same or something similar. These boards have given me so much I felt I needed to add something back myself.

So here goes:

Pathfinder journal Entry #107

Recent Activity around the Artfell forest has brought light to several previous unpublished Pathfinder activities. These adventures were both unsuccessful and not deemed useful to be published at the time of their occurrence. But in light of recent discoveries from several adventures in the Artfell forest these past forays merit greater consideration.

The people in question, a band of adventures out of Sandpoint, were tracking down a group of items referred to as the Panoply of Narven. This group of relics was scattered through out a small region of the woods near the Travelers Stop Inn. Though they were hired only to retrieve two of these items, a spear and ring, they discovered there was in fact 9 items and they had been used in some sort of ritual gone wrong. The items had been placed based on in specific places in an attempt to do something, but what exactly is unclear at this time. The ritual seems to have been done wrong in some way, with the caster, a person known as Willowroot, perishing in the attempt. The items that did reach us, and were examined are what brought us much conjecture.

The items seemed to have been charged with anger, annoyance, and quite simple were teed off. They didn’t possess any sentience, just an over all mad rage lingering, perceptible by any skill wizard. This has led our investigators to examine the area in more detail, looking into past events and other clues that the adventuring party uncovered on their exploits in the Artfell forest.

One most unusual point of significance is a speculation by a young Pathfinder that the placement of the items, when view on a mp from above form a symbol and that the symbol is Thassilonian in origin. While we have our doubts about this being relevant, further investigation has led to finding records of a similar rune. The closet one that seems to match up with various factors is an ancient magical symbol for evocation magic, but which dates back to before that of the Age of Darkness. Little is known of this time other then powerful beings known as Runelords ruled then and this does seem to be one of their infamous runes. What Willowroot was attempting is unknown but speculation abounds.

The other, less disturbing item of note is that several of these items showed to have been constructed of Shory aeromancer techniques. A tome of considerable length has been shedding some very interesting illumination upon other documents in our possession. Several of the items also show to contain material and marking of known Shory workmanship.

Speculation is that the Narven people either were long descendants of a Shory city or were in possession of other Shory technology. If this is the case there may be a hidden city somewhere beneath the trees of the Artfell forest, or a cache of items or other rare and important artifacts of the Shory people. When the Narven people were destroyed several centuries ago no record of any store house of magical treasure was noted. Our investigation into what was recovered, and looted has so far revealed that the invaders from the moors failed to see the true value that the Narven people had to offer. But also since the Narven people were felled it would suggest that they too had lost the knowledge, or most of it, and thus were unable to defend themselves. Many questions are still needed to be answered but it raises many possibilities.

One of these possibilities is a castle ruins in the Artfell forest. It has been explored on the upper level many times and even the lower donjon has been explored. A funeral area has also been found but a complex puzzle riddle and three powerful specters guard the route. Till this time nothing warranted exploring this tomb, but as this was a castle in the Artfell forest, and which has become overgrown long before we had anyone investigating it would suggest it had some times to the Narven people. This is possible an ancient stronghold of theirs before they embraced a more arboreal lifestyle.

The story of the castle is that the Queen Yanne is buried in the tomb below that of her four daughters. These girls were each buried after their mothers’ death, when they died. So protective of her they now reside as spirits who block the way. But there is a legend and a cryptic puzzle to gain access to the tomb beyond. Each daughter had a favorite thing they would get for their birthdays. Something she loved so much it is said that when they see it they will ignore any trespassers, to simple enjoy being in the presence of their most favorite thing. It is said that if four such items are brought to the tombs of the four sisters, one for each of them that passage will be granted. But the puzzle is a bit more complex. We have collected what clues we could and have provided them here for your use and hope that you will past beyond the 4 sisters and into Queen Yannes’ tomb below the castle. These clues seem rather odd to us but they are what we have been able to find and are accurate and deemed valuable by our researchers. The puzzle seems to have been set when the girls were very young, thus making it harder to decipher by those who were possible present when the tombs were made.

All four sisters celebrate birthdays on different days but in the same week. Provide the sister with the right gift in the right order by the day of the week. The four sisters are JoYanne, Mary, Polly, and Susan. They were born on Toilday, Wealday, Oathday, and Firday. They are 6, 7, 8, 9. The four items are a book of bed time stories, a painting of her patron diety Desna, slippers of velvet, and a violin.

1. JoYanne’s birthday is the day before that of the girl who will get a painting, but the day after that of the eight year-old.
2. The sister who will receive the book is two years older then the one who celebrates her birthday on Wealday.
3. The seven-year-old will be receiving a pair of velvet slippers. Her birthday is earlier in the week than that of the oldest girl, but later in the week then Polly’s birthday.
4. Mary isn’t the youngest of the four sisters.

We hope that these clues will illuminate and allow you passage into the tomb beyond. We anticipate great things reside beneath that ruins.

Other conundrums have also been unearthed which we believe would be useful in other parts of the tomb beyond the four sister guardians.

There is said to be a special merchants scale but instead of two scales to compare weight this one has five scales. The right amounts need to be put on each scale and only then will the passage be revealed. There are a total of ten weights and each scale must have two on it. Also which stone is placed on the scale first is of importance. The puzzle revolves around a group of adventures eating at an Inn and wanting to sample the fine fair but each wanting to have their own unique dinner. There are five different meals and five different desserts.

The meals are Beef curry, Chicken pie, Lamb’s liver, Lasagna, and Venison. The five desserts are Apple pie, Cheesecake, Ice cream, Pavlova, and Tiramisu. The five adventures are David a wizard, Fergus a fighter, Rosie a cleric of Sarenrae, Sarah is a ranger, and Timothy is a rogue.

1. Fergus isn’t the man who ate both chicken pie and strawberry pavlova.
2. Rosie is the sister of the person who chose a juicy venison steak followed by lemon cheesecake.
3. The person who tucked into tiramisu didn’t choose lasagna as a first course.
4. Sarah ate a mild beef curry, but not tiramisu.
5. David chose the apple pie.

Place the stones with the corresponding marking on to the proper scales to open the doorway.

I like some of your ideas there. Especially the hand wraps adding special properties to a monks hth damage.

I am right now wondering how to make the monks of the Pathfinder world different and unique. They all seem to end up being pretty mush the same with equipment having to be used I find to make them distinctive, and even then most of the gear out there is pretty boring.

I want to make the Monks and other classes more connected to the campaign world, and not just the costume they wear but there very abilities. Domains do a great job of this as does the Sorcerer abilities. A little was done for the Wizard and other classes but nothing really seemed there for the monk who seems to be a primary class in this Pathfinder world they have created and I enjoy playing in.

There is mention of various groups, the recent past of the Clexian Monks being tied to barded and Chain devils sounds cool but is that just the "clothes" the wear or do they have different abilites only available to them because of their devotion to these forces. I hope so but I have my doubts?

These are just great.

Last night both the Broken and the grappled issues came up and I was able to just pull out the card and see here you go, these are the rules in Pathfinder. Then move on with the game. What a great time saver.

Had you thought of making the Template downloadable so that others can make their own cards? How easy is it to make them? They print off so well with 9 on a page and fit so nice. I'd like to do some of my own for often used spells and for other refernece issues like characters abilities.

Thanks for the great work!

These are great

The 9 per page works great as I have a card book I have been using with some other cards I bought, and others I made, but none as fun as yours!

Some spells like Web, Entangle, or ones that have odd or complex rules so there handy for the players and gm. I keep them in a little book that was meant more for Yu-gi-oh or Magic cards and these fit just fine and are always ready and at hand so I don't have to keep looking up often used or confused rules.

Thanks and please keep up the great work!

That is great map, thanks a ton. I am printing if off right now then going to laminate it and give it to my player thats a pathfinder in Training.

Again Please do more! So good!

Thanks

Dave

Two different parties

Tuesday:
Elf Fighter
Elf Rogue
Elf Wizard Evoker
Elf Cleric if Sarenrae
Elf Cleric of Erastil
Elf Wizard Generalist

Sunday
Human Varasian Wizard Evoker
Human Chelish Wizard Generalist
Human Shoanti Barbarian
Human Vararian Cleric
Human Chelish/Shoanti Rogue
Human Chelish Fighter
Human Shoanti Druid

They seem to have their bases covered and both Rogues are into the whole Pathfinder gig, which is a good hook to move the campaign along.

I agree

Too many times, and not just for weapons, but for any equiment you end up flipping from one page to another. Charts should pool all the useful information in one place. Then use footnotes to check out extra data.

I hope they do somethign like this. The Dc for Craft would also be a great addition.

Thanks

Well I like the rage points and when we play this week our Barbarian Girl will I think pick it up fast and enjoy immensly the options given to her as a Barbarian with Rage points. If she doesn't I'll let you know. But were all having fun so far with Alpha

Is this suppose to get me to go to 4.0???

As I said in the title I won't be going to 4.0. I was honestly intrigued by it, and had read the boards & I wanted this so i could give it an honest try. It fails to impress.

Pros: None really except they changed the format of how the adventure is presented to a much easier way with the mini map local right where the game information for that local is.

Cons:3 large maps, two of which are from other products which thankfully I hadn't bought.
Rules for 4.0 that are not clear, no flavour, and turn wizards into sorcerers or machine guns
Art has pictures of 3 main villians and 2 locals & thats it, not bad but for a showcase item fails to impress.
The adventure is Keep on the Borderlands & is nothing special which again for a showcase item why not try & wow us but really just no omph to it

I have no issue with the mechanic, and I think that yes it can be done in a zone of silence. What I think needs added is the individual flavour of the diety involved. I like to add the RP stuff anywhere I can as "special effects" and not game rules lawyers fodder.

Case in point this has got me thinking about our cleric or Torag. I think that when she calls upon Torag for her Channeling there will be a loud "Clang" of a hammer on an anvil, sparks flying out from her and a wash of heat like a just opened oven or furnace. Everyone will know she did it, it will still harm undead and heal living. But she will be able to do it simply by standing there, with her Holy Warhammer in hand.

I will be thinking about this now for all the gods and what the evil ones would look like. They don't have to even be the same for the same diety. Players & GMs could personnelize it to their hearts content to help them role play it. Add things like smells and aromas, tremors in the ground, whatever. But as per the rules every one knows that the cleric did it and the effects would be as per the game rules of harming undead and healing living.

I think anytime RP stuff, especially allowing players to add there own is a great oppurtunity. Again these boards are great and full of inspiration. Thanks

I repeat everything as above with JUSTO. The customer Service has been great. Very prompt and very polite. When I didn't get my pathfinder #4, lost somewehre in the Christmas rush. I think they are just fantastic

I REALLY like this idea. I have sorta been doing this in my home brew game but not really putting numbers or huge thought to it. i have used it more as a sense and just told players when then sense something magical but these boards have given me new ideas as well as great food for thought.

I play the ability to further the RP value of things, telling them they sense a hot magic item when they are near a wand of burning hands and or passing near where some magical event has recently or maybe long ago happened and the echo is still there. For me it's less about the mechanic and more RP but these ideas for the mechanic are great.

Thanks

Ok this is freaking me out.

I have never been to the Gen Con Indy but all the rooms are booked up now!?! Is that that many of us or is there less room then there was at Milwaukee? I was at Milwaukee several times and 3 of the 4 I was right down town and walking distance to the event, sometimes a good 20 min walk but totally do able. I'm not going this year but I was thinking of next year and was wondering if the rooms get filled up this way all the time?

thanks

Well for me I am really enjoying the Iconics. I like the back story and the pictures are incredible and evocative. I haven't been a big fan of gnomes before but after reading the Pathfinder RPG I started to like what they felt like and this gnome druid just really rocks! Her look and back story just screams RP potential and stories galore. I will be using her as an NPC shortly as I think she might be just what my tuesday group needs to help them out along with Shalelu as they have had some problems with the goblins of Thistletop.

Thanks a bunch!!!

I like that you can add skills, every 2 levels is a wee high but not hating it. I use skills a lot in my game, it's why I liked the Mongoose books with there additional uses for skills. Maybe every 3 levels might work better.

Thanks a bunch!

Thanks a bunch for all these great handouts. My players REALLY has enjoyed them.

I find the optional adventures just add alot more to the game. Having the players get to know the various NPCs for various reasons adn not just those they want to purchase stuff from. The horse guy is a kewl one as is the whole goblins mining works well in my game. I have used the Haunted Forest adventure by Paizo as a side adventure and that has worked well. Another person posted about that and they have some interesting ideas as well to add.

Well I had the party in the same room that Tsuto had his sister in. They awoke and were able to get free with a few lucky rolls and then started making weapons. That was the best. first a rock, then a brick, then a full bottle of wine then I had them run into 4 goblins who were fiddling around with some junk. It was a good fight and then the party had Dog slicers. they explored around a bit, ran into one of the Sin Spawn who really scared them as it started healing itself as it's wounds closed and chased them for a bit. they got back to the surface and organized the militia and prepared to head to Thistle top to gain revenge, their stolen items, and they think possible rescue of Tsuto sister who they still suspect is the mastermind. funny players.

Check the Blog

Use the PDF to print off the colour pics

Surf around with pathfinder or rothrl in search I found some that way as well.

Also the other modules and books if your a subscriber are riddled with pictures you can capture and use, I should know I do it all the time. they really freaked when I showed them the sinspawn picture and exclamed "Whats wrong with it's mouth? Is it a predator." It then went on to give them a serious fight esp. once I told them they noticed it woulds sealing up as they fought it. Much fun for me.

Also search for Goblin tribes as there is stuff on the different tribes appreal which added great flavour to them. Also there was a great write up about the towns 12 militia which was of good fun when my party worked on a defense for the town before heading out to thistletop.

Thats all I can think of right now as at work and it is very busy.

Really great news.

I just quick scanned the rules last night after our RothRL game and I was happy with what I see. Today I printed off a copy so i can read away from the computer and it did print rather slow but it did print. I too did b&W as no need for all the pictures in colour. I will also be sending all my players in my Tuesday game a link and get them playing.

I really like what you did with humans! Several players really felt humans in Pathfinder were a bad character choice as they get no benefits compared to the non-humans and there is no social stigmas connected to the non-humans so no penalties for all the goodies the non-humans get. this I think alone will change the players minds about playing humans in the campaign.

Again thanks and more to follow I wait eagerly.

Very kewl

Thanks a bunch. I am a horrible drawer but good colourer and this will be such a neat extra to throw into the game.

Much clapping

I don't know if they will be answering or what those answers might be but I eagerly want that kind of information for my GM tasks. I have made Runes a strong theme in my game. Putting them in anywhere I can to maintain the feel that runes have power and power can be gained by mastering those runes. I have no really clear explanation for it all but I am establishing early in the game that runes are important.

I also wondered what that was falling as meteoers don't turn? Though I do recall reading some where that there is a space craft in a mountain somewhere. Perhaps that is what it is?

Yeah I hadn't thought about the underground and stashing them down there. I'll have to give that idea some serious thought. It might be too tough for them but one of them does have improved unarmed strike and maybe see if they could make some makeshift weapons from the refuse where they are, even possible the rope or chains used to bind some of them.

But a neat idea, hmmm....

Do they possible give away too much? Just a concern of mine of revealing too much of this new adventure world that is so much fun to play and explore in. any one else with this concern. Or the reverse could there be other peoples Pathfinder Journals "unofficial" ones that maybe we all could share?

Well the goblins actual weren't the real terror it was Tsuto who flanked and "batgirl" kicked the best warrior and dropped him for 12 hp, after having taken a minor goblins hit already.

I like the idea that the locals hear a ruckus and come to check things out . This way they don't lose anything to valuable though I do think Tsuto will take the Pathfinder Compass as this will really make him an enemy for the player and thus the party.

Thanks for the ideas, this is why i really like these boards, so friendly and helpful and full of goodies.

Hi my party was defeated soundly at their encounter there. combination bad rolls, bad choices, and just unfortunate happenstance.

Now I didn't kill them as I figured I could use them as sacrifices.

I also have one of them have a Pathfinder Compass which the rest of the party didn't realize what it was or did so that coming out is fun RP. But I am not so certain I want them jailed and then have to escape.

I thought I'd have them level while unconscious and gain some hp less their negatives which would put everyone up and since the Cleric hasn't used any spells yet he has lots of healing available. Plus I thought I might have them in a wagon going to the Goblin hideout when shalelu attacks and or sneaks in and gives them a few daggers and have the fight with just some Goblins and no bosses. thus they could free them selves and get soem of their equipment back, while a few of the neat magic items are inthe bossess hands at the Goblin hide out and such.

But has anyone else ran into this problem so early?

Help if you can?

thanks also from me, minutes before we game tonight

Although a different direction than the original poster's plot, I'm going to replace Koruvus with Nualia's abandoned child - probably keep the stats unchanged, just change the name. We know he was monstrously deformed at birth, maybe the midwives didn't kill him, and he grew at an accelerated rate in Erylium's lair.

Thanks!

I'll just add my thanks as well

My party and I have just started playing the series and I have a few of the other modules. But this is just more incentive to get all the modules which I was hesitant about getting unlesss they played directly into my game. Thanks a TONN. Great as always.

Smiles to all

Great link there

All sorts of maps. Thanks

That is simple fantastic!

I have a player who is taking Torag as her deity, right now a barbarian but wants to become a Paladin of Torag. this is just so fantastic, flavorful. I had wanted some sort of military skills taught in Sandpoint and now I can have either a near by temple or put on in town, possible at the garrison or in the smiths or some area that isn't labeled but is stone. this will be a great addition to my game. Again simple fantastic. I really would like this much detail or more for all the various gods and I am sure paizo will come out with stuff but in the mean time coming up with stuff isn't always easy and these boards have been a rich fishing ground for myself.

Again thanks

thanks

I don't know how I missed it.

hello there

I really wanted to show the players the picture of Magnimar take from the sea where it shows the bridge and the massiveness of the city but now I can't find it? I know I saw it but where? Help please

I heard it should be out for Friday. I'm sure they will blog it or somehow otherwise let us know.