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Will there be some sort of notice when we can re-subscribe, and avoid this as part of the subscription?

I like the product, and it looks well done, but I just don't have anyone to teach the game to right now, so I skipped it. I would like to continue that subscription though once this item is finished going out.

thanks cosmo!

I would like to drop the following subscriptions at this time:

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscription
Pathfinder Modules Subscription

thank you

I think it should be noted that MANY iconic things within the game arose from the original megadungeon that spawned the game in the first place.

The Maure Castle adventures showcase dungeons with a lot secrets, mysteries, new items/magic to find, scary traps and encounters, and were not just one big hack fest.

I'd like to see something with a great deal of interaction between the city and dungeon, and useful reasons to travel back and forth between the two, with a plot that affects both areas.

A dungeon with numerous levels/areas, which are slowly uncovered like the map was in Kingmaker. Give the PCs the choice to go to areas they won't likely survive, if they choose to do so, with reasons enough to stay and explore where they are more likely to survive. Kingmaker could be a good roadmap for building a megadungeon adventure.

I would love to see a megadungeon AP

I'd like to see a 'warforged', living construct, subrace of inevitables, or something along those lines.

Maybe they could come from that 'crashed spaceship' area, or be from planes of law, or set loose by the wizard who created them, and they just learned how to reproduce?

I'd also like to see some 'technology' to go with them, like upgrades, or equipment they can attach, like a crossbow or (gun)

Woo Hoo!!! Now we need a box of monsters to go with this.... :)

I just sent to the site today to read a little while I was relaxing and just to find this:

All files withdrawn at the request of Wizards of the Coast.

It's too bad...that was a great reference site for 3.5 material.

I think paizo supports local game stores VERY well. How? By producing a popular product, which people want, and is in demand. Thus bringing people in to their stores, and driving sales.

I'm VERY happy about this! I can't wait, sign me up for a preorder, and get Wizkids slaving away on new sets.

I would like to see random packs, I think they will make the largest splash at the retail level for random sales. I loved buying a booster box of each set(when I could) and opening them all up, better than Christmas morning.

Preset pack/sets will work for me too. I need my pre-painted minis fix. I had thought there would never be any more, but it looks like paizo has come through again, and saved another part of the hobby I thought would be gone.

I hope this initial set will have a bunch of figures to start us out. Can't wait for more preview pics. Hurry!!!

I wonder if this has anything to do with why he hasn't written a Pathfinder adventure in awhile.

You can still use scrolls, wands etc. of the spell since it is on your spell list.

Don't give up, when my group started getting smaller, I found 3 guys locally to join my weekly game through this board, and 2 of them joined us. I also found some others in the general area, but not quite close enough to make a weekly drive.

In the meantime, I recommend getting into a play-by-post site or game to get your gaming fix.

gold ingots, here ya go... :)

Im in eastern PA. But don't give up. Try the nearby colleges?

Thank you all, some awesome suggestions here! :)

hmmm, this prob wasn't the best spot for this post? Please move to the most appropriate section.

I'm terrible with naming characters so...thought I'd ask for some ideas here.

The character is a dwarven barbarian. He will be using an earthbreaker. Playing in the CotCT AP. For him, barbarian is more a fighting style than a way of life. He will have 'Hulk' as a likely nickname. I was considering using something like 'stonesplitter' for a surname, but not sure yet. Ideas welcome.

And yet their sales seem to be doing very well. I think for most people, the convenience of having a paper copy at the table is too much to ignore. Plus, there are many places/times when you might want to look up a rule or ponder your next character idea when you don't have access to sit in front of the computer and a book is more convenient. Many people have jobs looking at a computer screen all day at work, and don't want to continue doing so when they get home. I would say Pathfinder's very existence is partly due to the number of people who prefer paper copies of the rules.

It feels like exciting times in the hobby again. Definitely looking forward to this, and I hope to see it bring many new faces into the hobby.

Well...if it is an intro game, then the goal is to bring in new players. They could certainly start an 'intro' game with an AP, and then...buy the core book and keep going? Isn't that the goal? You wouldn't necessarily need an 'expert' set etc. That's what the core books are for.

theres a weapon in the dwarf book, a modified spiked chain, that does both.

A few ideas for you:
archer, clerics make decent archers with the right feats

melee: take negative channeling and selective feat(to exclude allies) and blast the enemy, and/or a 2 handed weapon

ranger- urban variant- get trapfinding, and most ranger goodies inc spells

domains- I like liberation and luck more than protection or plant, travel is awesome

what is the other priest doing? Is he tanking? It could be interesting to also make a tank and fight side-by-side with him, buffing and healing as needed, it would be tough for enemies o get throught that, esp with 2 wizards in the back lobbing spells.

Well, I don't know about best, but look for wands of spells that are cheap(1st level), and have a lot of utility and will get used.

I like minor image, useful at most levels. For recovery, clw is the cheapest healing you can buy, and lesser restoration is usually quite useful for a group to have.

mage armor is frequently a favorite, esp for use on the party monk and other classes that cant use the wand themselves.

endure elements is practically a necessity, depending on the campaign.

An attack spell that rolls to hit can be used by the party rogue to sneak attack with, and causes the same damage as the spell type.

A level 15-20 AP

megadungeon- something like part one of Age of Worms, where the group had numerous leads to follow, both in the town and in the dungeon, and had to go back and forth several times. Some mystery solving thrown in. Puzzles, riddles, stores with specific lists of items for sale, etc. Whispering Cairn was one of my favorite adventures of all time. I would love to see something like that expanded into a 6 part AP.

certainly some nice options here, thanks for the ideas everyone.

I'm debating whether to get an oversized weapon, taking a -2 to hit, but getting extra damage, and was just curious on people's thoughts on whether the tradeoff is worthwhile.

I thought you needed an attack roll to sneak with a spell? That would leave magic missle and fireball out, but 3 for scorching ray(provided conditions for sneaking apply to all three attacks).

Can these sources of DR stack? The DR granted by the barbarian class, and that granted by the adamantine armors.

Hi, my friend is playing an alchemist, and enjoying it(he is usually the fighter) and a question came up this week at the game...

How far can an alchemist throw a bomb? The confusing wording is that the range is listed as just that. The range. It is not listed as a range increment as most thrown weapons are.

All I can say is wow, to the awesomeness of this promotion! Been enjoying the novels very much so far, and looking forward to more. Will definitely et this extra copy to someone who will enjoy it.

As for future freebies...bookmarks with Pathfinder art would be sweet.

I'm playing the druid in this group. The players have made some switches and the current lineup looks like this:

human druid
human fighter shield/sword two weapon fighting(Captain America!)
human? alchemist
human sorcerer

(prob the first time in awhile most of us played human characters)
The 'fifth wheel' mentioned previously is still undecided, but has shown an interest in 'something different' than another 'fighter' or 'archer', and he would like to see something with more special abilities. Currently, we are making an archer based oracle and archer based paladin for him to look at.

ah, good reminder. It's not a frequently used combat style at our game.

The number of feats needed for the ranged is tough. I might try to see what he thinks of a longspear instead, melee from the back rank.

I'm starting this thread to get some ideas, and see where it ends up. This is for one of my friends, who is trying to decide on a new character to play, and wanted to see what this looks like.

So the initial idea here is for an oracle, concentrating on archery for the combat, bow or crossbow undecided.

stats rolled: 16,16,15,13,12,11 - these are from memory, I will update later if I'm off.

I was thinking of the Wind mystery, and the haunted curse, as the player would like to play around with some 'special' abilities. So the invisibilty, flying, levitate etc. fit right in.

race:probably human

feats: I was thinking archery related for L 1,1(bonus),3,5 and getting an extra revelation at L7, and maybe again at L11

spells- mix of combat buffs, and recovery, using the abilities to take care of misc and movement.

I like these kinds of products, and I hope paizo continues to do them. As for my vote on what to see...PLEASE make a Pathfinder version of warforged!!!!!

prereq should be an odd level, as he wont be able to take it at an even level anyway.

move action and an extra use/day would be a worthwhile feat imo.

Something I'd like to see: A product that stats out prices for magic items already in the system, but not spelled out on the charts.

charts for: wands of various level and caster level.(and various amounts of charges) ex)price for wand 2nd level spell, CL 3-20(one entry per each CL)

charts for scrolls, CL 1-20(the ones in the book are all minimum level)

charts for potions, various CL

charts for staffs, with different arrays of spells. ex) price out a staff with 1 first, 1 second and 1 3rd level spell, a staff with 1 first and 1 fifth level spell, a staff with 3 3rd level spells etc. A LOT of these.

I know you can figure this out from the charts in the book, but having a product with it all statted out for you would be awesome.

A nice start. I will add my opinions. :)

-evasion- bump it to a higher level? 7ish, and 13 or so for greater
-skills- needs a skill list. I'd like to see disable on it, but no trapfinding. Leave that to the rogues.
-trap sense, I'd rather see this than uncanny dodge
-twin ability, tough mechanic. Wouldnt it be easier just to give shadow projection? (as a ki ability?)
-monk stuff, imo, downplay this a lot more, except for one thing. ki pool.
-ki pool, lots of cool stuff could be added this way, and replace some of the other abilities. Could even make more use of it than monks do.
-death attack stuff, drop it, leave it for the assassin
-sneak, imo add a mild sneak progression, maybe +1d6 per 4 levels starting at L4
-spells, I like mostly. I'm curious why the summons though.
-capstone, needs a capstone ability.

I doubt it. Games Workshop decided a few years ago to put a pretty tight lid on online sales that were not through their own website. I think they banned all such sales for awhile, but then later allowed them sans any product pictures.

The half prices for materials and enhancement are separate. Crafting a masterwork weapon is a separate from magically enhancing it. And the magic enhancment would be half, or 1000gp in this case.

You know, I think there was a really grat idea further up in this thread that got lost in the banter.

I think it would be a great idea to have a small handful of talented, competant and trustworthy individuals get an advance copy of the pdf, pore over it, and send back a list of any found typo, spelling etc errors. Kind of like a pre- errata thread that pops up after the book comes out, except you would have it before the book goes to the printer.

And as also mentioned, I don't think they would ask for much to do it.

If there is an ability to opt out for those who are on here every day, then I can't see it as a bad thing to add.

What I can't understand: why this keeps getting beaten around, but I have yet to see anyone complain about the OTHER human favored bonuses, that give extra spells known to other spell casting classes?

So it is 'overpowered' for a sorcerer, but not when applied to other classes?

btw, I think it is perfectly fine, and is not likely to be enough of a boost for anyone in my group to want to play a sorcerer.

Yeah, I recognized some of them, like the werewolf, I have that one. I was looking at this as a way to pick up some I missed, or maybe some that are new just to these packs.

So, the bases are different then?

So are they the same size as the wizards DnD minis? And are the other DnD sets this size also?

A large pile of statted out critters to save time from thumbing through the beastiary would be really useful. Especially if they have stats for augment summoning included. :)

I think the size was nice, because for example, I don't really need the 4th edition articles, but there is enough of both, that fans of both systems have enough material to enjoy. I liked the issue, and I will continue my sub as long as the quality continues.

As for content, i think you have a good mix. The articles I am enjoying the most right now: Are the ones featuring discussion on role-playing games, information about the hobby, from the prominent names like Monte.

I see it more on play-by-post games. probably because it is easier to roleplay there when you aren't actually looking at the hairy dude sitting across the table from you. :)

small elementals can have a great deal of utility.

I'd like to see this too. Especially if it had great interaction with the city/area around it. Like the type of interaction present in the Whispering Cairn(Age of Worms part 1), one of my favorite adventures.

Not to mention the Summoner war.