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Malacki wrote:

I have skimmed some of the reviews of this but I can't seem to find any specific information on the role playing and skill side of the game.

Can anyone tell me the level of role playing and whether there are any skill challenges or how much skills are involved?

Thanks.

If what you're asking is "Is this a hack and slash adventure?" then the answer would be "No. But there is still tons of combat."

Perhaps a better way to ask what I am attempting to ask is will classes with a greater skill focus get use out of those skills? I'm thinking about classes like Rogues, Bards, or Inquisitors who might focus in on skills like Bluff, Diplomacy, Disguise, Sleight of Hand, Survival or things of that nature. Even as basic as making a series of swim or climb checks to accomplish certain goals throughout the adventure.

And thank you for the quick response. It is always nice to see a company that is so attentive to consumer questions.

Man, can I write run-on sentences or can I write run-on sentences?

John Benbo wrote:

Does Greg get paid per word or per PC killed? I think per word would be cheaper.

I get paid in the souls of the dead PCs. Muwahahahaha!

And this, folks, is why he writes the things he does. Now the cat's out of the bag, Greg!

Does Greg get paid per word or per PC killed? I think per word would be cheaper.

I get paid in the souls of the dead PCs. Muwahahahaha!

P.S. Lou was one of the first guys to pick up on Tsar a few years back and pimp it on his RPGAggression blog and get some conversation going about it among the interwebs. So I feel he was partly instrumental for Tsar getting to where it is today. It has not been forgotten, Lou. :-)

John Benbo wrote:

Does Greg get paid per word or per PC killed? I think per word would be cheaper.

So, so, so excited to see this out in its entirety. When I first met Greg, we played a gag on him. He didn't know I was a newly minted freelancer, just starting my excursion into game design, or that we had many mutual friends.

So when I cornered him on an escalator, it looked like I had just attached myself to his group. "You're Greg Vaughan!" I glowered, waved my hands. "I want to punch you in the #%^@! You're responsible for killing more of my characters than any other writer! You and Istvin! Damn you Greg Vaughan!"

Then I followed him off the escalator.

It took a bit to convince him this was a gag and that I wasn't the worst sort of rabid anti-fan-boi-stalker.

I'm still not convinced.

Quick clarifications:

1) It does indeed start at 7th level. So many pieces of ad copy have been written for this thing over the last eight years it's no wonder that Liz didn't see it somewhere in all that mess.

2) The pre-order from Paizo does indeed include the bonus chapter--why? Basically because when we created FGG and originally put this book up for sale we had no idea that Paizo would ever partner with us in putting it out. We figured it would be a single modest print run and then a much, much smaller print run for people that wanted it later (thus the huge price increase), so we wanted to encourage the earlier pre-orders because they're much cheaper to make in larger numbers. What Paizo has done is functionally continued the subscription pre-order that we began in order to continue to include the bonus chapter. However, only the FGG pre-orders (that end March 31st!!) will be the numbered editions signed by Bill and me. Anyway, that's the gist of my understanding of how the situation has developed. Further details will have to come from Bill and Lisa.

3) The book hasn't completed layout yet, so the 1,000 pages is still an estimate. I can tell you that the manuscript topped 550,000 words when all was said and done, whatever that comes out to page count after maps and art are added. Bill has spitballed it at about 500 words/page, which is where the 1,000 page figure comes from. Whatever the page count comes out to, it'll include all of the material from ST1- ST14 plus the bonus chapter and few other added goodies here and there.

We're hoping soon! (though sadly it wasn't in time for the October subscription shipments). We are anxiously awaiting the shipmentfrom the printer at our warehouse!