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As much as it pains me to do so, I'd like to cancel my Pathfinder Battles subscription. I've received an email notifying me that my case will ship soon and so I'm not sure if it's too late for me to actually cancel with regard to the Heroes & Monsters case.

CHEATER!

I prefer to use the term "research." ;)

If we're being thrown "Lovecraft" by Greg Vaughn, I'd say that Monster #3 could be either a shantak...

According to Scott Purdy's DeviantArt page, that's exactly what it is.

Using material from non-core books is not new as far as Paizo's products are concerned. Even before Pathfinder RPG came out, Paizo used materials from non-Paizo sources, such as the Tome of Horror books published by Necromancer Games or the Advanced Bestiary published by Green Ronin.

The trend continues with Pathfinder RPG. Paizo uses material from their non-core books (such as the Advanced Player's Guide). However, as has always been the case, you can easily play a module without owning the book because the stat blocks are written to contain any information necessary for you to do so.

The Paizo people have said that Tian Xia won't be all about Japan and China. It'll be Golarion's Asia, featuring realms inspired by other regions and nations in real-world Asia and some realms that aren't directly inspired by any real-world Asian concepts. So it won't just be fantasy Japan. According to Paizo, it'll be fantasy Asia.

The original tabletop game the RPGs have spun off from requires buckets of 'em. ;)

Aha! Well, my introduction to Warhammer 40K came through the Dark Heresy game. :-D

Why was that a surprise?

I've played Dark Heresy for a couple of years now and I find it a solid system that works very well for the Warhammer 40K system. It's based on d100s.

I want to throw out the comment that I'm really looking forward to this supplement. I know that negative voices are often the loudest, so I want to make sure there are plenty of positive voices out there as well.

+1

I'm no expert on Asian history or geography or anything else history-related and I've never really been much of a fan of Asia-inspired campaign settings. Certainly never played in any of them.

I'm just looking forward to some well-written material from Paizo that'll expand on the world that's fast becoming my favorite fantasy setting. Based on the top quality material I've purchased from Paizo over the years, I'm stoked about next year's change of scenery and I can't wait to see what fun stuff Paizo comes up with.

I don't have any set expectations about how this material will turn out or how it'll affect the forums (how can I since it's not really in the production stage yet, as far as I understand it?). I'm just looking forward to some inspirational reading that'll help me in my games. If I like what I read, I'll definitely use it. If not, then I won't use it. Either way, a lot of gamers will use it and that's awesome.

This. It's not really hard to understand, since the words "touch attack" do not appear anywhere in the text.

Apparently, to at least one person it was. ;)

Okay so I'm not sure I get how this works. The magus casts a touch spell, intending to make use of the spellstrike ability. Does he then make a regular melee attack against an opponent's AC, adding the effects of the touch spell? Or does he roll a touch attack and, if successful, add the weapon's damage?

Wrapping my head around this is a bit hard as the parameters for using a touch and for using a weapon are different. One merely needs to touch an opponent to succeed while the other needs to penetrate any defenses (armor, etc.) the opponent may have.

Ravingdork,

I've finally uploaded the file to the Dragonlance Nexus. It can be found HERE. If you have any other Dragonlance conversions, we'll be more than happy to host them for you.

Oh, and hey there nighttree!

Also is preventing the resurrection of a lich really worth saving the unlives of a bunch of vampires.

If the lich in question is the Whispering Tyrant? Yes!

THIS THREAD contains a list of the demon lords of the setting and the next Book of the Damned most likely focuses on those demons. There's also a post in that thread where the Pathfinder equivalents of the old WotC demon lords are listed, including Obox-ob.

He does. Send the file to heinestick [at] gmail [dot] com and I'll make sure your file is posted.

For some reason, I'm unable to download the file. Have you considered getting the Dragonlance Nexus to host the file?

A well-done rip off of the Warhammer Witch Hunters.

Because no gothic horror game is complete without guys in steepled hats with crossbows.

Plus one.

Personally I think Ustalav is the perfect place to put some in-game focus for the alchemist class. Creepy locations, characters, and events tied to alchemy mixed with the horror themes that define Ustalav.

Also, I'd like to see some details on how Ustalav deals with the taint of the Worldwound.

Undead Revisited

Barring any unforeseen delays, we're looking at mid-November.

That would be neat as I preordered it via paizo.com.

It works for me now. :)

Though I can't Downloaded it. For some reason when i click the product link the downloads section it just refreshes the page. All the other download links are working fine. Just this product is not working.

Yeah, I have the same problem and I sent an email to customer service as well (before I noticed your post DM).

It is in the spells section, I am AFB and don't remember the page number.

Page 209.

Actually, now that APG is out and UM/UC are on the horizon, I declare a Fresh Start for my games. The Completes, the Tomes, the Heroes, the Funky Sourcebooks are all going for their well deserved holiday, and my PF games will be run only on Paizo PC material. I'll keep some monster books around until the PF Bestiary count goes up, but in general I consider PFRPG to be a great opportunity to slim down my shelves and discourage obsessive dumpster diving in my games. Hence the reset.

I did that last week, actually, putting my 3.x books into boxes. It's not that Pathfinder RPG is not as backwards compatible as Paizo promotes it as. It is. It's just that, wih the 4 rulebooks they've published so far, they've shown me that Pathfinder RPG books is all I need to create the characters and games I want. Heck, the Advanced Player's Guide alone contains a ton of options that, to me, are superior to previous game mechanics.

That said, I'm keeping my 3.x book. I am a collector, after all. :D

THIS and THIS.

Man, 2011 looks like it might be even better than 2010. Other than the Tian Xia and Ultimate Combat, have I missed any announcements from GenCon?

Got mine Friday and I live in Denmark.

Ravenmantle wrote:

*sigh* Just purchased the PDF and I didn't get any download links...Guess I'd better get in touch with support.

Apparently there is some issue at RPGNow.com and they are working it out. I will keep you updated on the status for these problem as I get info on it. Sorry about the wait.

Customer service got back to me almost immediately, having added an actual link to my order. So all is good now.

*sigh* Just purchased the PDF and I didn't get any download links...Guess I'd better get in touch with support.

Go to Character->Configure Hero and check the APG boxes. That should do it.

That did the trick, thanks!

I just purchased the Advanced Player's Guide and I'm wondering if it's possible to "update" an existing character to the new material. After verifying that Advanced Player's Guide has been integrated into the application, I opened a character I've been working on and the new material (specifically the classes) wasn't available.

...but generating 360 statblocks for something that's not a print product is not something anyone here at Paizo has time to do.

I'm pretty sure a lot of folks here on the forums would love to help out with that. ;)

Seriously though, I've never used the pregens in my games and I'd love to see the stat blocks be replaced with I'd be more likely to use, whether it be an additional encounter in the adventure, another monster for the Bestiary, or whatever else you guys might come up with.

As far as I can tell from the description of this book, there won't be any overlap. Classic Monsters Revisited features bugbears, gnolls, goblins, hobgoblins, kobolds, lizardfolk, minotaurs, ogres, orcs, and trolls while this book focuses exclusively on undead critters (minus ghosts, ghouls, mummies, vampires, skeletons, and zombies, all of which were featured in Classic Horrors Revisited).

I particularly like the parts about information networks and secret orders with the society. Should be interesting.

Between this, Classic Horrors Revisited, and the Carrion Crown adventure path, horror enthusiasts are set for life. Wonderful stuff!

After hearing about Carrion Crown, I'd expected this book to come out as a supplement for the adventure path, but it's still cool to actually see the book in the product schedule. Very cool indeed.

I love me some Worldwound action! Sounds like a pretty solid plotline and I get some Mendev/Worldwound background material, so I'm happy. :D

I love you Paizo.

Personally I'd like to see some more Ben Wootten artwork in Paizo's books. That said, I agree that Kerem Beyit and Eric Belisle's work has been great and I'd like to add Tyler Walpole to that list.

Surely that's a mistake since the Pathfinder RPG line is supposed to be setting neutral. If there's anything a campaign setting book isn't, it's setting neutral.

EDIT: Never mind. :-D

Aye, you're probably right. Using celestials as more than just planar allies has always appealed to me and I'd like to see such a book eventually. I understand if it's not a top priority for Paizo, though.

*cough* book(s) on celestials *cough* Okay okay I'll shut up now!

Inquisitor hands down.

Is it weird that I think the spell blood biography is one of the coolest spells in the book?

Subdomains which are basically focused versions of the regular domains.

Yeah the serpentfolk artwork is awesome. Very inspiring stuff.

Crossbow
Mounted combat
Natural weapon
Two-handed weapon
Weapon and shield

The wait is annoying…… I get that subscribers get certain advantages, however subscribing to the “big books” is simply not cost effective for us people outside the US, as the shipping costs are pretty high. (I remember that the costs were prohibitive for the Core Rule Book….). So please nice paizonites….. release the PDF for purchase ;-).

Eh, I live in Denmark and it wouldn't be any cheaper for me to buy the book here, considering the benefits I get for subscribing. Sure, there's the risk of the package being spotted by customs but that hasn't happened for a long time now.

Well Monday is over and I still haven't got my Subscription dispatched..mind you I have a lot of subs so maybe it was just the RPG only subs that went out on Monday

Nah, I subscribe to a lot of lines and I've received my PDF.

Nah, it doesn't have a High Seas feel at all. As (Ninja) James said, the opening scene is PCs realizing they are stranded on an island. There is some prologue type stuff that happens before the shipwreck, but that's it.

Yeah, that's what I was referring to but I could've phrased it a bit (a lot!) better. :D

I believe only the first volume actually has a high seas feel to it. Don't take my word for it, though.