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I've been reading through Book of the Damned Vol. I: Princes of Darkness (Hell is cool again!) and there's one thing I've been wondering about throughout the book - unique devils. Now, the book mentions somewhere that the infernal nobility (such as the Infernal Dukes and the Whore Queens) are unique devils and it seems to be implied (to me at least) that the only unique devils in Hell are either dukes, whore queens, or archfiends.

Is that a correct interpretation?

Not to speak for stuart, but I *think* he might be referring to the city stat block where population, government form, max gold, important NPCs, and other pertinent information is contained.

That was accually the main table I was looking for on the screen. Now I am not sure if its worth picking up. :( How can you leave out the table that tells you what kind of action something is? To me that is the one table you need to help combat flow fast.

See, in any given game session my players and I roll a hell of a lot of skill checks and that means flipping through the rulebook a lot. Personally I'm glad I can just look at the skill check DCs on the screen and then have my rulebook open on one page (action types) throughout the session.

We also use many different actions in a game, but since that table's contained within a single page, I can just look at that page.

That's just my opinion, though. You mileage may vary. :)

Also, there's the circumstances in which the party meets the bad guy to consider. In many cases, parties will have drained some of their resources fighting their way to the end game boss, who's possibly fighting in his home turf, meaning henchmen, traps, additional gear and spell boosting, and other obstacles that the heroes must overcome in the end encounter.

Do their legions have devils as support units integrated? What do you think?

I hope that a celestials book comes long after ALL of the fiends are covered. While celestials are occasionally antagonistic to pc's, it's not often enough for me to be panting eagerly for a 64 page treatment.

Pretty please?

Sounds a bit Dagon'ish. Me like!

I really hope they'll release a variant of this series focusing on celestials. I've had some fun moments using celestials as allies and villains and it'd be great for celestials to get the Paizo treatment.

That said, Lords of Chaos is one of the books of 2010 for me as I'm planning a Mendev/Worldwound campaign. Now we just need a Chronicles book focusing on that region. :D

Yeah, I always keep a browser open with Wikipedia when GMing. As long as one remembers to take the site's contents with a grain of salt, it's an invaluable resource.

PDFs have been unlocked, books skimmed. First impression of the artwork (let's face it, we all like pwetty pictures!) is that the majority is excellent and a few pieces are less than stellar. That's to expected, though.

If you have the pdf, you can use Adobe Reader 8 or earlier to extract the images. Adobe Reader 9 no longer has this functionality.

I'm beginning to wonder if I didn't change my shipping settings correctly as it's Wednesday and still no e-mail.

I'll see if I can find the dictionary. Sounds like a pretty nifty resource.

Oh goodie. I *just* got the 'in the next week or so, we'll ship your stuff' e-mail.

I'm starting to feel the taint of impatience...

Okay, so during our talks regarding the manifestation of my AGCB-related curse, Nick Logue was kind enough to mention that, if I hadn't done so already, I should definitely read Malleus Maleficarum (the nature of my curse has to do with Mendevian inquisitions).

My question to you guys is, what oher Real-World resources would you recommend I get a hold of for my Pathfinder Chronicles games? I'm looking for anything concerning mythology, folklore, real-world events (such as the inquisitions), stuff about monsters (demons, devils, vampires, dragons, etc. etc.), and just about anything else that might enhance my GMing.

Also, what resources have you guys at Paizo used for your research?

I suppose hardware manufacturers are quite pleased with paizo.com. All this F5'ing means a lot of new keyboards. :D

I feel your pain. Patience is a virtue, it is said.

Everything we're expecting this month has now arrived, and the "hold for monthly" shipments are now going out.

Bestiary XXVII :p

We're already rewarded with discounts and a free PDF. I really don't think we have much to complain about.

however that said
is the beastiary almost almost done yet??

So is this a different system than Dark Heresy or just a different approach to roleplaying in the 41st?

Have you checked out the Bestiary previews? I'm pretty sure they feature the monsters that lack stat blocks in the initial Council of Thieves installments.

As long as the screen doesn't contain images of miniatures I'm a happy camper. :)

Just got mine as well. Now, I've only skimmed the PDF but I have to say that this is an excellent example of why Paizo managed to get me hooked in the first place. This installment seems very roleplay-heavy and the script in the back is just plain brilliant. First glance says "wonderful job guys!"

1a. Dragonlance
1b. Golarion
2. Warhammer 40,000
3. Warhammer Fantasy
4. Cthulhu Mythos
5. Forgotten Realms
6. Shadowrun

If you're worried about possible conflicts with future development, though, you can probably safely assume that there are wardstones all around the Worldwound, and that the focus of the demon vs. mortal conflict is against Mendev in any event.

No, in addition to the military presence, the extremely high concentration of paladins, clerics, holy relics and locations, possibly even quite a few more or less powerful celestial beings, serves as a sort of magnet for the demons, compelling them to continually throw themselves against Mendev, ignoring other more convenient ways to spread their unholy taint.

Okay, so I've been wondering about this for quite a while, coming up with some possible scenarios. However, I'm curious if anything official exists that might answer my question.

We know that the wardstones prevent the demons of the Worldwound from entering Mendev. But what about other neighboring nations? What prevents the demonic hordes from invading Ustalav, Numeria, and other nations?

A few weeks from now, PathfinderRPG.dk goes live.

That said, you might want to check out the Community Use Registry for a list of sites operating under the Community Use Policy.

Looks like you and I will be competing veector. ;) I'm creating a similar site dedicated to fan material for Pathfinder RPG and Pathfinder Chronicles. Seriously, it's great to see your site up and running. Congrats!

The Razor Coast. Mind you, it's still in editing and has been for quite a while now. Logue's working hard to get it done, though.

EDIT: And the Dark Mistress is faster...

If I hadn't signed up for the Pathfinder RPG subscription, this is one book I'd have preordered immediately. Even with more than a decade's experience as a GM, this is one title I'm very excited about. Sure, I can make up chase rules or rules about (in)sanity on the fly but it sounds like this book will give me those tools and more and I can just focus on roleplaying. Add in the 100 ready-to-use NPC stat blocks (give or take a few) and all the other great stuff and we have a winner!

I think the RPG line should have fewer books per year then the other lines (Paizo always said that the RPG was going to support the Adv. lines and settings, not the other way around)

I'm currently working on a site that'll hopefully be a grand resource for Pathfinder games, including NPCs. I hope to have a version of the site available within the next couple of weeks and the plan is for the Paizo community to submit fan material to the site. Once done, the site can be found here.

The first draconians were created in a foul ritual performed by Dracart the Black Robe, Wyrrlish (a cleric of Takhisis [the head honcho of the evil pantheon and the Dragonlancian version of Tiamat]), and the red dragon Harkiel.

It was long believed that draconians were unable to breed true, but that is not the case. A clutch of female draconians were discovered after the War of the Lance and draconians are now able to reproduce. In fact, there's now a nation comprised of draconians called Teyr.

As for Dragonlance 4e, I'm all for it. Even though I've made a decision to stick with 3.5/Pathfinder RPG, it'll be very interesting to see how Wizards of the Coast will approach Dragonlance in the 4e era of the game.

From the Community Use Policy FAQ:

You say that I "may not alter the color, typography, design, or proportions of the logos or icons, or otherwise modify them." Can I resize them?

Yes, you can resize them, so long as you resize them proportionally—that is, you don't squish them by scaling them more in one direction than in another. This also applies to product covers and other images.

That's what I figure as well. Just need to be absolutely sure. :)

Greetings,

I'm working on a products section for my fansite, showcasing the various Pathfinder products. Am I allowed to resize cover images for use as thumbnails?

The Cinderlands. Classic hostile environment. It's like Golarion's Darksun.

The Worldwound is pretty cool too. Reminds me of Warhammer in a good way.Definitely wouldn't mind a chronicles product about the Worldwound.

At the moment I have three favorite locations. The first is Mendev/The Worldwound. I'm fascinated by the Mendevian Crusades and the whole witch hunt/inquisition aspect it includes. It also has a certain Diablo feel to it.

Other than Mendev, Orision/Katapesh is very much on my wish list for a Pathfinder Chronicles game. I love the stuff I've read about both nations so far.

My third pick would have to be Ustalav because I'm a sucker for horror games.

Another thing that might useful to people new to Golarion is the Community Use Registry, which lists websites dedicated to Pathfinder. Of course, the material contained in the sites listed in this registry is unofficial but once the sites develop they may become invaluable resources to any gaming group playing in Golarion.

King in Yellow wrote:

Does anyone know if there's a picture of the pactmasters or an alluum in this?

There are both.

Lucky bastard...:-P

Seriously, congrats man! That's great news! I'm waiting impatiently for my own wee daughter to decide she wants to meet her father but apparently things are rather comfortable for her where she is...:-D

Anyhoo, congrats again man. Here's to your wee bundle of joy!

It means you can only use the artwork as-is. You can resize it, but only if you keep the aspect ratio; no resizing it only vertically to cram the artwork into a narrow spot, for example. No photoshopping your friend's face onto Seoni. No adding additional flourishes to the Sihedron Sigil. No taking a map we've posted to a blog and adding in additional furniture.

The Community Use Policy looks great! Now I can finally get my fansite project on the road.

One question, though. The policy states that we may use text or artwork posted in the Paizo blog, excluding certain items such as photos. Does this mean that we modify this artwork to include in banners, logos, and other forms of graphics we produce for our site? Or does it mean that we can use the artwork as-is and that we may not alter it?

I'm currently working on something very similar. Once it's ready it'll be located on pfrpg.dk. I'm really just waiting for Paizo to come out with some sort of fansite policy that I think they've been working on.

As for your site, I like the simple design. Easy to use as a visitor and I'm not distracted by all kinds of bling. Lookin' good.

As far as forums are concerned, I think I'll just to this community from my own site. I'd like for my own site to be part of this community and not its own little thing.

As a Danish superscriber to Paizo's products, I'm always forced to pay the extra fee whenever I receive a package from Paizo, and I've stopped counting the times I've cursed the Danish Postal Service and wished them (them being the boss dudes, not the man on the floor) all kinds of unpleasantness. I could just unsubscribe to some of the products, but I'd rather not see that happen. If the fee continues, I'll probably be forced to. :(

Aalborg, Denmark is probably best known for its schnaps. Also, it has a famous party street named Jomfru Ane Gade.