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The Tier Fishy must flow!

Yes! Now, loyal adherents of the true faith, repeat after me:

I do not breathe. Reliance on air is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will revel in my breathlessness. I will permit my lack of breathing to pass over me and through me. Hail, Tier Fishy! Death to the infidel air-breathers!

I choose a similar solution:

I "placed" a stair above the stair leading down to the sleeping quarters with the exit being a door next to the door to the officer cabin. As the PCs will never get the chance to enter the officer cabin they won't see that there isn't really a stair coming up at this place.

I'm doing something similar. The stair I'm adding is more of a ladder-stair, if that makes sense. It's a narrow, very steep stair that only takes up a single 5-foot square.

Oooooooooh. Black. Silvery. Ordered!

I created an item for the 2011 Superstar contest that might help here:
Iron Collar of the Unbound Coven

Currently working on the NPC from book 2. Will post them within the next day or so

You. Da. Man!

In cryptozoology, the lusca is thought to be a giant octopus type creature.

That's awesome. I had no idea it was a cryptid, and after reading the Wiki article I'm intrigued even more. I live about a half hour from St Augustine!

This is a neat idea. I can certainly see it catching fire more than the item cards.

Agreed. I'd love to have a set of these for Skull & Shackles.

I think the biggest oversight in this publication is the lack of stats for Harrigan and the other senior officers as they might factor into some of those plans.

Not sure if it's fair to call it an oversight, but I see your point. This is one of the reasons why I'm waiting until all 6 of the AP modules are out before I attempt to run the campaign.

Plugg's damage on the tidewater cutlass is not coming up properly, so keep an eye on that

The Heavy Blades weapon training is the culprit. A cutlass is a light weapon, roughly equivalent to a rapier, and is not a "heavy blade".

I changed Plugg's weapon training to Light Blades and the damage popped up to +6.

Definitely looking forward to this. Congrats, Sam!

Do any GM's of Skull and Shackles want a copy of them?

I was thinking about doing the same thing but haven't had the time to do it. I'd love a copy if you're offering!

tjp123 at gmail.com

I recommend the adventure Ship of Fools, a short, nasty piece of work that takes place on a sinking ship. It can easily be slipped in as a side encounter later in the campaign.

Ok, so yeah, I helped write it ... but take a look for yourself (there's even a free preview). We've gotten some darn good reviews on it already. ;-)

Anyone worried that their players will get bored for the first 20 days? Seems like it could get pretty repetitive.

I plan to tighten this section up with a few planned encounters/events designed to acquaint the PCs with the crew and to pirate life in general. I also certainly do not plan on playing each and every day of this 20-day period. My players would ... mutiny. :-P

It's great to have you back, Nick! You've long been one of my RPG idols (Heck, I even included an ogre hootenanny homage to you in my RPG Superstar adventure proposal). Sincere best wishes to you as you get your personal and professional life back in order.

And you, Lou -- it's been said a hundred times already but it's worth repeating: you're a class act. I pre-ordered RC, but I long ago reconciled with the lost money. I'll wait and hope that RC sees the light of day one day.

Review up here and RPGNow, and am adding it to NerdTrek as soon as their maintenance issues are done.

Thanks, this was an excellent adventure...now to go enter it all into Hero Lab....lol.

Thanks for the kind review, KTFish! I'm glad you enjoyed mine and Rich's creepy-love-child-of-a-scenario. ;-)

Definitely picking this up.

Just curious, is this a hardcover or softcover book?

I really like the Peg Legs and Eye Patches rules.

I'm planning out our next venture as we speak!

<<Tom begins giggling to himself and cackling maniacally. >>

It's awesome to see how much better than the first GU this is - kudos, two thumbs up, stellar work!

Thank you for your review!

Why do you think so?

Oh, I was just reminiscing. ;-)

cyclopes

What an oddly spelled word. ;-)

This book is going to be very useful! I use the NPC gallery in the GameMastery Guide all the time. A cracked-out version of that gallery is sheer awesomesauce.

Very much looking forward to this. ARRRRRRRR!

... his sick mind ...

<Gasp!> Hey! I resemble that remark! ;-)

Sounds like fun!

Did Wraithstrike get pranked? That link took me back to my FB page. Congrats Tom for doing well.

Tom Qadim thanks his esteemed demi-lich peer and offers apologies for the mis-link.

Thank you, fishy-friends. Tom Qadim is proud of his three consecutive years in the Superstar contest. He'll miss competing next year.

By the way, please "Like" Tom Qadim's Tom Qadim page on Facebook!

Your link seems to be broken. At least for me, it's just going back to the top of this page.

Thanks for the head's up, Jacob!

Here's Ship of Fools. Buy it! We'll make more! ;-)

Very well done, Mike!

Congratulations, Mike!! Well done!

Good luck to all of you! Whatever happens with this round, it was a pleasure competing with you, and I look forward to seeing your names on future Paizo products.

I couldn't have said it better myself. It's been an honor, gentlemen!

Boom!

You've just been Neiled!

Since they say so many things would need to change, if you win might I recommend The Scarlet God Comes to Dustpawn as suggested in the general discussion?

I found Meepo's amalgamation chock full of interesting ideas. I'm not sure I can speak to any of them right now ... especially since it feels to me like Mike's proposal is the one with clear momentum.

For now, I'll just say I'm looking hard at Aucturn or Orv as a replacement for Leng.

Thank you everyone for your feedback, and thank you to those of you who sent a vote my way. Regardless of the bizarre issues surrounding my module proposal (::shakes fist at parallel design::), I still feel as thankful and humbled for being at this stage of the contest as I did when I made the Top 32 for the first time waaaay back in January 2010. It's been a long strange road indeed!

So, win or lose, just like James Jacobs and the other judges have said, I feel like a winner already. And I owe this feeling to you, my friends here on the Paizo boards. So, thank you! I promise you'll be seeing more of me very soon!

Mike Welham wrote:

I'm finding out just how bad a habit nail-biting is...

Does that make you a cannibal?

Yes, it's a terrible habit! I've been eating Mike's nails too.

Don't forget to vote for your favorite RPG Superstar module proposal! The voting booth closes today, 5 PM EST.

Thus far the ship of fools has received two five-star reviews from the Paizo community reviewers.

That's awesome. Thank you for your reviews!

I just finished reading this book for the third time. There is so much rich, fluffy goodness here. It's chock full of material I want to exploit.

More, please!

Nice job, Ogre!

Awesome!

Tom Qadim thinks that rap is effin fly, yo.

Wait. Do people still say "fly"?

Nawth Cackalacky...

That's a great NPC name!

Tom Qadim wishes he could wrestle. But, alas, no arms.

Does anyone else feel like there's a bit of overlap between all of the Lovecraft stuff and the Qlippoths?

If I'm not mistaken, I think Quippoths are mentioned in a Pathfinder product (whose name now escapes me) as being on the list of Mythos entities. They are at the very least Mythos-friendly.

I have not decided what I will run for which group but I know that both Rappan Ahtuk and the Slumbering Tsar will have a place at my table as soon as I can make it happen.

I'm due to run Skull and Shackles next, but I loooooove the idea of running a campaign based around Slumbering Tsar AND Rappan Athuk. Too cool.

Farewell and adieu to ye fair Spanish ladies ...

I am still a demilich.

Tom Qadim did not realize Wraithstrike was an enlightened being like himself (just with fewer class levels and hit dice). Tom Qadim concedes there is room for Wraithstrike and its minions in the fishbowl afterall.

::Respectfully Skull-bumps Wraithstrike::

Even though the gurus at TPK Games cleverly aligned the release of Ship of Fools with April Fool's Day, I just want to make it very clear that this is not a "joke" adventure ... like the old Castle Greyhawk module. Ship of Fools is intended to begin as a horror-tinged investigation of a derelict ship that could easily turn into a multi-deck slaughterfest aboard a cramped ... and SINKING! ... merchant galleon. PC death and/or "assimilation" is a very real danger here. ;-)

...am eagerly awaiting the beginning of the month so I can be snagging this.

It's actually available now. ;-)

It was an amazing experience collaborating with Rich on this adventure. He came up with the creepy-cool plot and the fantastic cartography. Then he let me off my leash and allowed me to run hog-wild all over it. I think we made a great team, but we'd love to hear your opinions. Let us know what you think!

Those of you interested in a few Shattered Star spoilers might want to read James's feedback on my RPG Superstar module proposal.

;-)