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I'll probably pick these up, I doubt it'll release OSRIC at my table though.

Maybe it's just me, but where's the bone being thrown to those of us who've subscribed since the beginning and have to pay FIFTEEN BUCKS for a novel that is available in a brick and mortar store? (Or cheaper at Buy.com or Amazon, if you wait?) Sorry, but a free PDF that comes with a $15 subscription doesn't cut it! Hey, Paizo, how about a credit to those of us who have paid FULL PRICE since the beginning of your fiction program?

I find the free pdf and epub great. :)

How else would they keep the ceilings from falling?

Forget the ceiling, I want privacy in the bath house!

Even though I'm not a beginner, this looks soooooooooo awesome. Seems better then the 4e Red box. I want! :)

I see more ENnie Awards in Paizo's future.

Once upon a time I wrote about zombie tea parties, unlucky gremlins, and the like. Now I try to find seven different ways to describe a Flip-Mat.

Tell Lisa you want to write an adventure then. XD

I just love the little catalog books. Even though I get most of the stuff in it from subs, they're so cool to look at. :)

SirUrza wrote:

Mattastrophic wrote:

Off the top of my head, you might be thinking of the art for the Cloaked Dancer from 3.5's Complete Scoundrel.

Was like that but I swear there was a Paizo one.

Page 24 of Dark Markets - Guide to Katapesh? He's not specifically called out as a dervish dancer, but he sure looks the part.

Nope, was a she.

Off the top of my head, you might be thinking of the art for the Cloaked Dancer from 3.5's Complete Scoundrel.

Was like that but I swear there was a Paizo one.

Maybe you mean the art of James Jacobs' PC in the NPC guide?

link

Shensen was the first one I checked, but no.

I could have sworn at one point or another I remember seeing in a Paizo book art for a dervish dancer. Maybe not a scimitar but definitely a combat dancer. Before everyone says Ultimate Combat.. the elf swashbuckler wasn't what I was thinking. She was more of a veiled dancer with a whole bellydance/arab garb look.

WANT.

Me too.

Did Paizo sweep?

Epic. Can't wait for Borderlands 2.

Can someone point it out to me?

Nothing to point you to. It'll be available some time after GenCon is over. Today is the last day of GenCon, so it's not available.

Sadly, there's no game shop near me :-( no free RPG day for me, cept what I get online

Unfortunately I'm in the boat of the 2 "near" me aren't "near" me and I have to work tomorrow, so even if I do go, odds are all the good stuff will be gone.

Hopefully Paizo won't make us wait too long before they make it available for purchase via the site.

I've enjoyed both the NPC Guide and Rivals Guide. I'm still hoping there will be a heros guide which not only feature new hero NPCs but will also give us a default levels and published backgrounds of the Iconics.

I will say this, the Inner Sea World Guide is by far in my opinion the best looking book Paizo has put out to date. I know quite a few people that love that Paizo's pdfs aren't priced the same as the printed books because they can buy the pdf before or after the printed book and not feel well... insert graphic word here.

yay, grabbed one.

Doh! I got the 2009 set but I missed these, dang my lurking. Come on Vic, find some more. :)

When I managed a Walden 2 years ago they were getting Pathfinder stuff via Diamond directly for manager orders. I can't remember but I'm pretty sure that Planet Stories was coming from Ingram.

Nothing was ever on time, but I did get a chance to promote the first few AP issues and modules before my Walden closed.

Could have sworn in 3.x that the Ghoul had an ECL of +3. *shrugs*

There's also Libris Mortis that turned being a Ghoul into a character class.

Still nothing on this huh?

But from a philosophical standpoint I have always felt that a campaign should be open-ended and organic. It grows and takes shape depending on the actions of the players - without a definite ending point.

I like endings. Just because the campaign ends it doesn't mean that world ends. If the campaign has a nice tidy ending it can be the back drop for future campaigns.

Today's heroes are tomorrows legends in an organic setting. ;)

Call me a sucker for a good zombie apocalypse.

Ok. Just making sure, I don't want an early death. :)

I may be confused then—both books are bound with the same process; the fabric isn't glued to the spine in either product.

It just doesn't look right and it doesn't seem like the first group of pages is actually attached to the fabric spine.

Picture time!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47219175@N03/5738575712/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47219175@N03/5738578788/

Peanuts are still going to be used wherever we think it's appropriate. (Keep in mind that many of the products we sell aren't hardcover books.)

Indeed. I've been very happy with the packaging as of late because for a while the books weren't making it to me without damages.

In the binding method our current printer uses, the white fabric strip is not supposed to be glued to the spine itself. (The printer we used for the first two printings of the Core Rulebook used a different process, and that strip *was* glued to the spine.)

Ok, just making sure because even the Inner Sea World Guide isn't like this. Granted it's not big enough to fit a pencil through, but I just don't want it to be a problem in a few months. ;)

I received my Ultimate Magic today, I opened it, and was startled to hear A LOT of crackling. Upon further investigate I discovered the binding of the pages completely separated from the spine of the hardcover. When I hold the book up like a T ... (covers open) I can actually seem through the gap between the binding and the cover's spine.

Should I be concerned the cover is going to separate from the pages?

I just want to thank Paizo for the corner guards too. Love them. And congrats on the Paizo shipping boxes. :)

Could we please have, as the next hardcover book, the epic level one? I do not really see anything left to do apart from that (and psionics, but I would say more people will use the Epic level rules than the psionic ones, especially since mind flayers are not included in PFRG).

While I agree with you, I would use the Epic rules before I personally use psionic rules, there's a problem with releasing them first.

Epic rules for psionics.

Do we include them with the rules for epic psiconics with the psionics and risk them not getting proper playtest attention? (1-20 is waaaaaaaaaay more important to playtest!)

Or not include them and release an Epic rule 2 book? I certainly don't want 2 books... especially if it means only psionics are in the book.

Epic rules are as niche as psionics.. it might be forever before we get a book 2, if ever if sales aren't good.

Also, what do you include in the Epic level rules? We have the core classes and all the extra base classes now. If Paizo releases more base classes after the Epic book comes out, then you now need more epic books.

No, the epic book can't come out until Paizo is finished releasing base classes. Which I REALLY hope happens when the Psionics book comes out.

We all know paizo likes to use Icons on the covers they use in products. Based off the four lined up icons on the side of the box we are getting: Mage,Rogue,Cleric and fighter and Human and elf as races at lest.

That was like the third thing I thought when I saw this.

The first was.. didn't Paizo say no more boxes?
The seconds was.. wait, where's Seoni!?!
The third was.. oh the classic 4 classes. ;)

It should also be noted that the reason we're sending the free "give to a friend" books specifically to subscribers is that looking to the subscriber base is the easiest way for us to identify a significant chunk of the hardest-core Pathfinder Tales fans. So while I'm not saying we'll do precisely this promotion again, subscribing to the line lets us know you're a potential literary ambassador, in case we do more things like this in the future. :)

Definitely will be spreading the love, this was a brilliant move btw!

I don't have as much time for the forums as I once did, but you can bet I'll be spreading the love. I'm glad I'm still considered among the hardest-core fans.

Now if I could just make it to a Paizo-con or Gencon... ;)

Nothing prevent you to take additionnal archetype with Infiltrator. Like Infiltrator/Horse Lord or Infiltrator/Beast Master.

Sure there is, I don't want Horse Lord or Beast Master.

Taking another alternative class feature to make up for the fact that one breaks the class isn't a solution.

Assuming the alchemists works 5 mins per hour for paying additionally necessary untrained helpers (mostly for carrying the tons of material and finished products away), needs 5 mins rest per hour, works 50 mins per hour and works 8 hours a day, he has 400 craft alchemy checks for his own income.

Any suggestions, why this shouldnt be allowed due to some rules?

Why would a DM ever allow that?

Of that's fine, the GM/DM should allow it. But while the alchemist is in his "workshop" for 8 days, the rest of the party will be leaving on day 2 to go adventuring. :P

I could have sworn that the Urban Ranger had a replacement class feature for Wild Empathy, but I just checked - and you're right. Hunh.

It seems odd to have Wild Empathy when so many of the alternative options move the class away from it's nature side.

Maybe It is the intent (to replace FT, Camouflage and HiPS), Adaptation isn't as circumstancial as the abilities related to FT, but I don't know. IMO It should be errated or clarified, I'll click the FAQ button.

I have no problem with it replacing the 2 abilities, but for that we need to increment Adaptation at the Camo and Hide levels, not JUST the old Favored Terrain levels.

I do have a problem with it killing 2 abilities and not giving us anything for them. :)

Each of these pages should also have a link for an RSS feed for that poster's new posts, which may be even more convenient.

I cry for Paizo's poor server if everyone of us had our own unique rss feed for people to follow.

So I just noticed something. If you take Adaptation from the APG to replace Favored Terrain as a Ranger, you end up breaking Camouflage and Hide in Plain Sight which lets you make a Stealth checks in your favored terrain.

If you take Adaptation.. you have no favored terrain. So umm yeah.. is there eratta for this?

Am I just missing them or did the APG not include any alternative class features for Wild Empathy?

Ah ha I see where I read it wrong. The -2 in the light crossbrow entry was refering to the attack, an additional penalty for 1 handing them (like if you were doing a sword and a light crossbow.)

Hmmm, I'd be interested in seeing what IkeDoe is talking about.

So probably like a lot of people, I'm psyched about Diablo 3. Seeing the Demon Hunter got me thinking about how possible that is in D&D. Not so much in 3.5 or 4, but certainly possible in Pathfinder thanks to all the crossbow love.

Obviously you need Two Weapon Fighting, -2/-2.
Grab up Rapid Reload to reload and shoot in the same round.

Now under the Hand Crossbow it says...

"You can shoot, but not load, a hand crossbow with one hand at no penalty."

So does that mean the -2 penalty from light crossbow comes into play?

"Normally, operating a light crossbow requires two hands. However, you can shoot, but not load, a light crossbow with one hand at a –2 penalty on attack rolls."

So check me on this math for dual wielding hand crossbows...

-2/-2 on first attack (assuming their loaded.)
-4/-4 on all other attacks for the rest of combat.

As cool as this is, my old interactive atlas website was cooler. :P

1. Is there room for another d20 version?

The question isn't is there room, the question is, can you bring something to the table people find interesting.

Aubrey the Malformed wrote:

You want it in your hands before or after someone has crapped on it?

Depends...if it's Nick or Tim then I'll take mine with crap because usually what they crap is pure gold gaming nuggets!!! :D

I just threw up a little in my mouth.

Here is some rules for the players do all the rolls (saving throws and save attacks). I would find it hard to believe half of that was not open.

Oh my. Those rules look very suiting. I really should take the time one day to read through Unearthed Arcana thoroughly.

So OGL questions, would using those rules require referencing UA or just the SRD in the notice?

Same questions applies to modifying those rules.

Lou wrote:

I expect the manuscript I hand to Nick to be on the order of 175,000 words, broken out roughly like this:
Intro - 2,480
Chapt 1 - 29,851
Chapt 2 - 28,699
Chapt 3 - 16,979
Chapt 4 - 25,521
Chapt 5 - 40,000
Appendix I - Fire As She Bears - 20,000
Appendix II - 12,000
To give this perspective, the adventure portion of a Paizo AP is around 35k words per volume or 210,000 for an entire AP.

No offense to anyone involved but I'd be way more excited if the majority of that was Nick's work and vision. I'm worried the book'll be a mishmash of inconsistent grammar and writing styles.

Not that I know of.

You could always just do a quick conversion.

Save + 10 becomes a static number.
DC - 10 + 1d20 becomes the attack.

Oh I know, I was just wondering how Open it was.

Are there any d20 OGL products that used them as defenses instead of saves?

I can't believe I'm going to go here but...

He paid for it with money from Dracula who wanted to animate his stillborn babies. :p

Awesome pics, great costume. :)

You guys are funny. Isn't this a reprinted trait?