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No drama here guys. The word is simply insulting. If you have any respect for me let this post just sink to the bottom. To answer your question about beer. Paizo rented all the deluxe suites. I can't host my beer party in their hotel choice. You cannot serve beer in the conference rooms unless it is served by the hotel and they will only serve their beer. I really don't want to host it off site either. I will just have to enjoy this PaizoCon in a different way. So, no beer this year.
I believe I posted in the appropriate forums. But no, I was not posting about 5th Edition or any one particular Edition. Definitely the news about 5th Edition sparked me to post. Edition Wars are such a cliche though and if the dialogue is about Wizards of the Coast does not mean necessarily it is an Edition Wars issue or categorized as their latest edition. I suppose you should create a Wizards of the Coast thread but then that would not work. Just more trolling to do. Boxing me into 5th Edition/4th Edition/Edition Wars just does not describe how I feel about a general thought about the industry leader (if that is what Paizo still chooses to call them). As for me, I like them right where they are in the rear view mirror. You can't please everyone I suppose and being admin of a messageboard where people blab up disasters that turn heated cannot be fun to deal with. Regardless, I am just taking my thoughts elsewhere. And as far as drama goes, why lock a thread when you can just move them quietly? The idea of posting the same thing twice is rather humiliating. I generally never lock threads on my site as a rule but I don't see traffic like you do either. You guys are a business and I am sure there are more depraved posters that sling insults when they see an opportunity. You must see it in the distance before they even come to fruition. My posting days are over on these boards other than to inform about Pathfinder Chronicler or ask questions about shipments. Other than that, who cares what I had to say anyway. The sooner I stop clogging the door the better off everyone will be in dealing with the real problems.
I am not trying to start some flame war or anything of the such. But is Wizards of the Coast really good for the game industry? Here is a metaphor:
I will make no bones about it. Corporations run your game. But if you had a choice, why this corporation? Merry Christmas! YOU ARE FIRED! Sound familiar? Oh accept it. We love to be fired on Christmas from a great company. A company we see as the leader of the industry. YOU ARE FIRED! Oh wait, its January. Darn, we'll fire you next year. I love 4th edition. It showed me the sickness of this industry. The sickness that if you work hard enough YOU GET FIRED. They can fire their customers too. You love 4th Edition? YOU'RE FIRED! You love 3rd Edition? YOU'RE FIRED! You love 2nd Edition? Who the hell are you anyway? You love 1st Edition? Aren't you dead yet. You love 5th Edition? Get the hell out of here and buy some more 4th Edition until we are ready. Nuff said.
I haven't missed a thing. Look- discounts, markups, sales...it's all distraction - an illusion. People charge what they think the market will bear. Regular players will pay $10 for a nice, big pdf. Nerds will pay twice that for half the content. We're paying a nerd tax, and I'm just pointing it out. If I wasn't on vacation I wouldn't have had the time or inclination to do so. I for one will likely continue paying it. Pathfinder rocks! I will just throw in that the cost of the PDFs is a disincentive. If you think it is unfair, then I believe yourself to be right. However, if you delve a little deeper into Paizo's history you will discover that they made their claim to fame based on subscribers to their magazines like Dungeon and Dragon magazine. Just putting aside their notoriety, you will see that the magazine business prefers subscribers. They prefer subscribers because they get a very accurate picture as to how many copies they need to fulfill. By doing so, they have less lost revenue. They won't get stuck with absurd numbers of volumes nor will they miss sails because they prematurely ran out. Usually a magazine offers discounts in the half price range and Dungeon and Dragon magazine were no different. However, if Paizo did that with Pathfinder...then they would be at odds with every local hobby shop in America. And by Paizo not running all their lines as if they were a magazine, they allow you the choice of going to them direct or just buying it where you feel most comfortable. Now that I have said all that, I will get to the real heart of it all. Paizo doesn't offer discounted prices by directly going through them, and buying their PDFs may not be worth the price because you can almost get the magazine/book for a little more just by going to your hobby store. And though this may seem prohibitive, it is a fair deal for those running hobby shops that want to sell Paizo Products (who otherwise would not). But, if you subscribe to any of their lines, Paizo gives you the PDFs for free. That's right, free PDFs for those that are subscribers. That is their magazine angle of building in the value. That is why I am a superscriber. I am doing it strictly for the PDFs, which I feel will one day be worth more than the silly books themselves. We are about 2-3 years away from having tablets that can fully display all PDFs. Pretty quick, I will have every Paizo Pathfinder Product with me at the gaming table. There is no backpack that could fit all that crap and I would certainly not want to go back and retro buy all those damn PDFs just so I can enjoy them in my near future. Paizo did a PDF sale of all their Pathfinder supplements like two years ago. I bought a lot of PDFs during that free-for-all, but I regretfully say that has not happened again. I was hoping it would be a yearly thing, but it wasn't. They know their PDFs have a value now and that it keeps us loyal as subscribers. To run another PDF sale would make a mockery of the last two years I have been loyal to them, so I think they never will again. FYI.
This has been kicked around before but I will put it out again. Gamemastery Map Cards would be a nice edition to the recent maps created by Paizo. Take 5-6 maps that are deemed most universal in utility and create cards that alter those landscapes. By putting the card on the map you change the features of the maps. Future maps could have markers where these cards can be placed. Need a secret door that wasn't there before, presto. Want to add merchants to the scene, presto. Want to reveal a recently sprung trap, presto. Want to make the ship appear to be damaged, presto, want to make a door appear smashed open, presto. The idea is to reveal a new map within the Map Pack or Flipmat to give it more versatility and re-playability. Make the maps come alive and with future maps try to keep the cards in minds when designing maps. Turn a haunted house into real haunts that interact with the map. Most importantly, make it two sided cards for twice the utility.
This PaizoCon I will not be participating in the lottery so my schedule is fairly open for plans the entire weekend, except the preview dinner on Saturday. I am open to all suggestions for games. My preference would be to create a very involved Pathfinder Rules game that is well built up before the Convention. This is open to anyone that would like to create something special that no one will soon forget. Free homebrews at my table. My email is zuxius11@yahoo.com. Everyone and anyone invited to participate. Paizo, 3rd Party, Paizo Fans, Free Spirits, Freelancers all welcome. Think Grand Convocation mixed with a board game and then blindfolded. Get creative with Plot Twist Cards and just about anything else.
If you could run a FairyTale for my family Paris, I would be most indebted to you. My wife's best memory of the previous Con was your game. My daughter will be there this time and she is three years younger than my son. The whole family will be coming and my wife would not want to miss such a game if you ran it...off the lottery for sure.
Again, I rather just create something now that I can look forward to. I no longer want to participate in the lottery and I could care less about it. I dislike it. More games in the lottery would be of little interest to me because I won't be in the ones I want anyway. I want something more certain and I rather just put something exciting together and enjoy the Convention than go for a fourth year of "I didn't get it again" disappointment. I see videos of a lot of people having a great time playing with Paizo personalities and I wish I could be there. I am done wishing. Tired, tired, tired of it. I don't want to whine about it or any of that. I just give up on the idea of it. If I eat a bunch of great lunches with the gang and sit and watch seminars, I guess that is that. If something brilliant could be put together before the convention, that would be even better. I guess nothing is better than your first PaizoCon. The Grand Convocation got me around a lot of Paizo people in a very short period of time. Went to bed that night saying, damn, how did they do that? That was the best and I don't think anyone understood how exhilarating that was. It was a Disneyland Tour De Force for me and a true introduction to what Paizo is about. After such a memory, it really is hard to feel that way again.
This actually sounds like a waaaaaaay better idea. Creating a game that is better than anything at the Con. Why not? We certainly have the genius to put it together with all the talent walking around the Con. We could even prep it properly before the Con even begins by running a thread that ramps up to the Adventure. Now I think I am actually excited about playing my first game at a convention, PFS aside.
Actually Justin, everything is in place and heading as planned. The Anthology will be the best thing I have ever worked on and the beer will be better than ever. If you must know, Robert Gresham is taking over Pathfinder Chronicler and the hotel won't let me serve my beer in conference rooms. The size of their rooms are very small for entertaining so I have to get a 500 dollar room for one night to throw my traditional beer party (which I will be doing). These expenses are truly out of control though and out of my hands. So, hat in hand I consider 2013 to be a much tamer affair. I would like to go to GenCon one of these days.
Pretty much what has been said above is true. Your map of Golarion could really end at the confines of the country you are playing in. I might also suggest you can rip your favorite country (countries) right out of the map and build a new map around it. If you like Steampunk, I would just rip Alkenstar out of the map and put it in a Steampunk world. If you like Cyberpunk, rip out Numeria and build a new map around it. These themes are all varied and almost exclusive individually on their own like a toolbox. If you are looking for a cohesive world where everything is built to some pecking order than I think you missed the point of what Paizo was going for. Paizo doesn't think in the "big sense" because their stories revolve around regions that are tied to a theme. As for me, my next story will feature undead and a lot of shootin' within the Mana Wastes.
Well, for starters I did use comeliness rules back when AD&D released Unearthed Arcana. Basically, beauty is only skin deep. Mildly speaking, it made PCs feel good about their characters...in a nutshell. When they tried to seduce NPCs they did it with confidence, bravado. I can see why they got rid of it. Eye of the beholder kind of stuff. Don't you want to be barbie? I found this while typing in Comeliness D&D at Google.
Hmm, still not sure I get that. Is this going to be 60 bucks or will I be charged 120 bucks plus the 60 bucks. 180 dollars. I just wonder because I am not sure if I already paid for the Tome of Horrors and the Pathfinder minis. In other words, are you guys throwing in 120 dollars worth of free stuff or will I need to put more cash in the bank?
We are about to start in the publishing process of our second anthology which includes Paizo Intellectual Property from your Pathfinder Campaign Setting. We understand this book cannot be sold. The question pertains to a publisher that wishes to "publish" the book and put their logo on it. As long as it is for free, are there any problems with this? They just want to found a publishing company and use this book as a demonstration of the work they will do in later non-Paizo related works. Ted
Aaah yes. The final month of editing for the book is at hand. Can you believe that all these people haven't met the requirements to get into the book??? We will just have to see who wants to be in print and who does not. 1. My Shadow by Crystle Stevenson:In Editing by Curn Bounder PFCO. The Mohrg with the Golden Tongue by Robert Gresham:Needs Revision
Many of these works are being pushed through the process but most of them are not. Time is running out and the deadline is Nov. 13th. We have procedures folks and getting your story published must be adhered to. Contest winners or not, get it done or find your story not in the book. On a higher note, the stories we have in the can so far are amazing. I would happily print what I got, even right now.
I will just pipe in here. The post office does not move most of their own mail. IT is contracted out to a LOT of shippers like UPS,DHL,FEDEX GROUND,SPEE-DEE DELIVERY, etc. Gang, the post office uses these guys all the time and that is why some packages cannot be verified by the post office as to where they are. The post office doesn't know. If the commercial carriers suddenly failed the post office would go down with them.
Contact me and I'll hook you up with a physical copy if you wish. We accept donations for the book and shipping will be 5 bucks. This of course is the exclusive book that was distributed at PaizoCon 2011 last year. The 2012 book will be available for free next PaizoCon.
Just to be clear. If you would like to submit a story for our next Pathfinder Chronicler Anthology II and are a member of Pathfinder Chronicler, please start writing and getting edits for your story before August 24th. The cut off date is set.
Official list of the Top 20. As well as Anthology II Announcement. For writer feedback head over to here and read carefully. We are not providing feedback on stories in the Paizo forums. Instead we have opted to provide feedback in a more useful place so everyone can take that feedback and apply it to getting their story printed in the Anthology II.
This is the announcement concerning the Round 1 Extension on the front page of our website. Officially we are extending the Pathfinder Fiction Contest 2011 Round 1 until July 15th, 12:01 AM. The reason? Last year we failed to properly refine the potentially great works that came from the talent in the community. Several stories from the contest that many of us felt worthy of print (with a little more editing) were left on the wayside, never to grace the pages of our Anthology. We attribute this to the contest’s end and the lack of desire by authors to see their stories improve. I will attempt to reconcile this grievance. As founder of Pathfinder Chronicler, creator of Pathfinder Chronicler Anthology Volume I and one of the judges of this year’s contest, I wish to stress that each and every one of you can join the Pathfinder Chronicler Forums and work on your entries there with other contestants and Pathfinder Chroniclers. Not as competitors, in a ruthless contest to be #1, but as kindred spirits with the desire to lift your fellow fiction writer to their highest potential. If you wish to be published in the Pathfinder Chronicler Anthology Volume II, this is your chance to start pushing it through. Not a single story was published in last year’s Anthology that didn’t have an author's participation and the vast majority did this by registering and joining our forums. At Pathfinder Chronicler we are a writing group first and though this contest flies in the face of teamwork in seeing your fellow writers reach their personal best, we would rather you notice the underlying intent we are trying to communicate. Reaching out to all of you to forge the strongest fiction community ever assembled. Our mission, to deliver fiction on par with professionals. As individuals, this just isn't achievable. If you truly honor what Paizo Publishing accomplishes then you must realize they do a whole slew of editing as a group for the better of their products. Therefore, I implore all contestants to work together in our forums to make their story the best it can be. Taking criticism can be hard but would you rather hear it from a judge after it is too late? If three different individuals look at your story, for sure they will find something that will add significantly to your story. I have seen it happen, over and over for the past 2 ½ years. We are allowing all entries submitted or not submitted to participate in this process. If you already turned your story in and would like a chance to participate in forums editing, you may now take that story out of submission and resubmit before the new Round 1 deadline. Still have your doubts that competing and helping each other won’t work? Read this FAQ concerning your worries. If you have any questions after the FAQ, feel free to contact us at pfcontestquestions@pathfinderchronicler.net Thank you for your participation in being the best writers of fiction in Pathfinder!
This is the announcement concerning the Round 1 Extension on the front page of our website. Officially we are extending the Pathfinder Fiction Contest 2011 Round 1 until July 15th, 12:01 AM. The reason? Last year we failed the community—failed to properly refine the potentially great works that came from the talent displayed in the contest. Several stories from the contest that many of us felt worthy of print (with a little more editing) were left on the wayside, never to grace the pages of our Anthology. We attribute this to the contest’s end and the negative stigma authors feel when returning to a story that lost the contest. I will attempt to reconcile this grievance. As founder of Pathfinder Chronicler, creator of Pathfinder Chronicler Anthology Volume I and one of the judges of this year’s contest, I wish to stress that each and every one of you can join the Pathfinder Chronicler Forums and work on your entries there with other contestants and Pathfinder Chroniclers. Not as competitors, in a ruthless contest to be #1, but as kindred spirits with the desire to lift your fellow fiction writer to their highest potential. If you wish to be published in the Pathfinder Chronicler Anthology Volume II, this is your chance to start pushing it through. Not a single story was published in last year’s Anthology that didn’t have an author's participation and the vast majority did this by registering and joining our forums. At Pathfinder Chronicler we are a writing group first and though this contest flies in the face of teamwork in seeing your fellow writers reach their personal best, we would rather you notice the underlying intent we are trying to communicate. Reaching out to all of you to forge the strongest fiction community ever assembled. Our mission, to deliver fiction on par with professionals. As individuals, this just isn't achievable. If you truly honor what Paizo Publishing accomplishes then you must realize they do a whole slew of editing as a group for the better of their products. Therefore, I implore all contestants to work together in our forums to make their story the best it can be. Taking criticism can be hard but would you rather hear it from a judge after it is too late? If three different individuals look at your story, for sure they will find something that will add significantly to your story. I have seen it happen, over and over for the past 2 ½ years. We are allowing all entries submitted or not submitted to participate in this process. If you already turned your story in and would like a chance to participate in forums editing, you may now take that story out of submission and resubmit before the new Round 1 deadline. Still have your doubts that competing and helping each other won’t work? Read this FAQ concerning your worries. If you have any questions after the FAQ, feel free to contact us at pfcontestquestions@pathfinderchronicler.net Thank you for your participation in being the best writers of fiction in Pathfinder!
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