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These are great! Thanks for posting them. My group is currently in Lightless Depths, so some of these are right on time for them. Keep 'em coming!

Stop eating poop

Regarding Copper Dragons in Dragons Revisited, I think I may have spotted a couple errors (although I may be missing something since I’ve seen no discussion on this). It seems as though there may have been some confusion that Coppers were of the fire persuasion, rather than earth/acid. On page 30, it makes reference to their fiery breath, and then later on the same page it talks about them exploring areas fatal to dwarves such as molten magma. Also, on the next page, it mentions them emitting great gouts on fire when drunk.

Now, I guess that they could do some of these feats using magic, but I would think it would be mentioned if they were assuming magic to gain a fiery breath weapon.

Anyway, it’s not a huge deal, I was just wondering if there was something there I wasn’t seeing.

For what it’s worth, I’ve just read up through the copper chapter, and I absolutely love the book. It may be my favorite of the Chronicles line. Each dragon type is very unique and interesting. Great job Paizo!

@ Giant Eagle.

I do understand the Tolkien roots and all, but...

"Hey, some huge bird is flying there"
"Huge bird ? Great, incoming dinner. Can you get me a positive on what bird is it ?"
"Hmmm....looks like a Giant Eagle"
"Ah crap, he's intelligent, NG and all. No food today."

I would feel really cheated if I were a Giant Raven or Giant Hawk ;)

Giant Eagle.

There are several threads about this. Short version: It's a bug; Gary's working on it.

My subscription order #987899 shows a message saying that the payment method was declined. I checked the bank account and there is plenty of money in there. Also, I called the bank to ask about it and they confirmed that they approved the charge. I'm not really sure what the best thing to do at this point is. I've always used the same card for my subscriptions, with no problems. I sent an e-mail to customer service as well, to cover all my bases.

I'd really like to have this order in my hands when I leave for GenCon on the 13th. I have another debit card for a different account if it is needed. What is the best way for me to handle this?

Thanks.

Hey there. I'm in Pittsburgh (Swissvale to be more specific). I've got 2 games going on right now, but don't really have any spots open, or time to run another. If you or your buddy is a DM, I might be able to hook you up with some players, or play myself. There's a game store in Oakmont that I frequent that has a pretty good community. Shoot me an e-mail JDavidF58 (at) hotmail (dot) com. If nothing else, I can introduce you to my gaming community.

Add me to the list of subscribers who did not get the Gaz with PF 9.

My group and I personally love flaws and traits. As you said, flaws are a good way to help get more feats, and they're a fun roleplaying tool. I even gathered all of the official flaws (from UA and several dragon issues), and typed them up into a flaw document, which is now an extremely valuable tool for all our campaigns.

While it's true that fairly meaningless flaws can be chosen (murky-eyed is a common selection), I've never found that it unbalances the game, although others' experiences may be different.

Heh. Yeah, that was my wife that posted that. We just figured that the post got eaten. But apparently it was there, and something just got messed up. Thanks for re-posting the text there. If it doesn't find it's way back, we can re post it.

Put me in the "Me likey skill points" camp. Either way, I will keep skill points for my game.

1. No sir.

2. Probably will cancel my subscriptions.

3. I will buy as much stuff as possible. :)

That is one of my all time favorite articles. I don't think anyone in my group has played a regular fighter since.

I bought 2 boxes of these at GenCon and they are awesome! We also have a small chest (like 3x6 inches or so) that we got from a craft store, and with the coins in there for the players to count, it's way better than saying, "You find 2,438 copper, 438 silver". They are amazingly high quality, and I will probably buy more.

Huh, guess I should do a review of them.

Happy Mona day Monas!

RETH-Mog wrote:

I also have not received my copy (or my U1). I wasn't sure if I should still wait a bit or if it should be here by now.

*gets out calender* when did yours ship out? Mine says shipped on the 2nd, which means it's only been 7 days. (it doesn't get picked up til the next day, plus 5-10 BUSINESS days means no weekends and no Columbus day - so US subscribers have until thursday before they are even late)

I also have not received my copy (or my U1). I wasn't sure if I should still wait a bit or if it should be here by now.

I gotta go with B.

3.5 is a great system, and it sounds like in making things simpler for 4th edition, they are removing options. And I loves me my options.

Dear Bizarro,

What ever happened to this great thread?

Pittsburgh, PA

I'll be there. I know I'm not a big name around here, but it would be cool if I saw some of you guys (I'm a HUGE lurker and feel like I know some of you quite well by reading the boards all day). Anyway, if there's some kinda meetup or whatnot, I'll check it out. Also, I'll try to hit the Paizo seminars, they were cool last year.

The last line under the Thorn Bow description states "Thorn bows cannot be made into composite thorn bows." but the roseblood sprites have composite thorn bows. It's no big deal, but I'm worndering what was the intent?

Man on the Silver Mountain
by Rainbow

Does anyone know if there are stats for Rauthaven anywhere? I looked around in a few places, but couldn't find any. I'm just looking for an idea of what kind of things my PCs can do while there (buying and selling and whatnot). If not, does anyone have an idea of what the population is like, and maybe what the gp limit may be?

It is very possible that it's in an obvious place and I've missed it and, if so, please just point me in the right direction. I have access to every 3.X book and magazine.

Thanks.

Awesome. Thanks so much. You guys rock!

I recently subscribed to the Gamemastery Modules. Was I too late to receive a copy of D1? If so, is there any way that it can be added to my subscription and sent to me or do I need to just order it normally? The reason I ask is because I would like the free pdf that it comes with. If I was too late and it cannot be added to the subscription, no big deal. I'll just order it normally. Thanks.

At first glance, I thought 2nd level, so I think your Clr2, Sor/Wiz3 would be appropriate. Despite doing 6 points of ability damage, it's not nearly as effective as doing several point of damage to a key ability.

Hey James. It sounds like its not too late to go back and give her that 18 Int to start. Honestly, a wizard this awesome starting with a 15 Int? C'mon. You know you wanna.

Let's go guys! Pressure James to boost her Int!

Here's a question.

If we convert our subscriptions to Pathfinder, will we be considered "Charter Subscribers" and thus get the free player's guide? Perhaps if we select to continue with a month by month subscription?

I agree. Mephistopheles' minions must have really crappy weapons and armor.

I agree about Ema's character sheets. They are by far the best sheets I have seen. I never use any other.

I will most likely be hitting GenCon again this year. I have a friend who runs a gaming shop and he sets up a booth every year (if you play Magic, stop by the Mr. Nice Guy Games booth). Last year was my very first GenCon and it rocked, and although I didn't participate in any gaming events, I did hit 3 out of the 4 Paizo seminars, and they were sweet.

I'll try to check out one of your games, Steve. I've really enjoyed your adventures in Dungeon. Tides of Dread may be my favorite of all time.

Pittsburgh, PA

Let's go Pens!

RETH-Mog wrote:

Is it too soon to be worried that I haven't gotten Dragon 353 yet? I know lots of people have had it for a while, but I can wait a few more days (at least until it hits news stands, which is soon I think).

A replacement copy will be sent this week. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Yeah, I'm from Pittsburgh. If Europe got it a while ago, I'm thinking mine may be lost.

Is it too soon to be worried that I haven't gotten Dragon 353 yet? I know lots of people have had it for a while, but I can wait a few more days (at least until it hits news stands, which is soon I think).

Thanks.

One of the players in my STAP campaign is playing an amphibeous Tibbit wizard.

We now use the crit tables for every game we play.

I hope to someday play a sha'ir, and also a dvati (perhaps a dvati sha'ir?)

I love the Dragon Compendium, it's one of the best sourcebooks.

We started a week and a half ago, playing in the Forgotten Realms. We have:

Aasimar Healer 1
Aasimar Paladin 1 (Torm)
Tiefling Scout 1
Amphibious Tibbit Wizard 1

The party is all female, so no romance with Lavinia.
The healer and scout are played by my fiancee, twins born to a half-nymph star elf mother(her character from SCAP) and a half-fiend/half-celestial father.

If it's not too much trouble, I'd like to see this stuff too.

JDavidF58 (at) hotmail (dot) com.

Pool of Radiance (the original) and The Mage in the Iron Mask. Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

The rhagodessa does indeed have a +4 racial bonus on Grapple checks—a benefit of its highly specialized grabbers covered with suckers and hooks. That bit of info looks like it got left out of the stat block, unfortunately. In any event, yes, its' grapple check is correct. It's supposed to be a menace in melee, but against ranged attacks it's not so rough.

So you can either run this creature with the normal +7 grapple modifier, or rule that its pedipalps, which are quite nasty with hooks and suckers, grant it the +4 bonus to grapple checks (which I did). The pedipalps grant this beastie a free bite attack with a +4 bonus while grappling so you could argue that the +4 bonus also applies to the grapple check.

Thanks for the response Steve. As far as I could tell, base attack of +3, Str of +4, medium creature makes a grapple of +7. I saw no other mentioned bonuses. The stat block says +11. Perhaps it was an error.

Could someone break down the grapple mod of the Rhagodessa for me? I can't seem to figure it out, but I'm probably missing a bonus somewhere.

We just put it to sleep through the grate then coupe de grace.

Speaking of this, could someone break down that grapple mod for me? I can't seem to figure it out, but I'm sure I'm missing something.

Jkojreiouipo is an adventure for 322 54th-level characters...

When we print a watermark or other texture in the background of an adventure, we try to keep that background faint and unobtrusive. What do people think: are they too visible? We can always lighten them up more or do them less, but I personally think that they look pretty nice with backgrounds like that. And although players never see the magazine, it still needs to look awesome; DMs deserve pretty picturs and neat-looking adventures just as much as players do... perhaps more, since they do so much work!

As for ink costs... I believe that it costs us the same if we print a white page with a single black dot in the center as it does if we print a rainbow elemental fighting an animated box of 64 crayons; changing the backgrounds wouldn't save any money.

Then again, that black dot sounds pretty sweet...

Anyone in the Pgh area care to game with a group of seasoned (eight years together) gamers? We usually play in Monroeville, but we've also played at Pitt's Cathedral of Learning. We're running through the Age of Worms path set in the Forgotten Realms (Sword Coast/Waterdeep). Anyone?

Are options from Dragon and Dungeon magazine allowed? Because that's where I find a lot of my "power gaming" stuff from.