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So if I subscribe I can spend my saved gamemastery dollars (due to the reduction in product)on companion stuff?
Is this going to alternate months with the modules
Yes and yes.
And save $3 or so overall since the Pathfinder Companion is slightly less than the Pathfinder Modules.
Starting in August:
August - Pathfinder Companion: Second Darkness
September - Pathfinder Module D4: Hungry are the Dead
October - Pathfinder Companion: Elves of Golarion
November - Pathfinder Module J4: The Pact Stone Pyramid
December - Pathfinder Companion: Osirion, The Land of Pharaohs
January - Pathfinder Module S1: Clash of the Kingslayers
Paizo, good to see you guys are trying to get some Player business back instead of just DMs. This looks like some really solid product. I'm looking forward to it.
I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but the "Pathfinder Companion: Second Darkness" has been added to my current Side Cart. If I am reading that correctly, that means that my stuff will keep stacking up until August without being sent ('cause I think the same thing happened when I subscribed to Pathfinder Chronicles).
With the Pathfinder Modules going bimonthly this subscription is a no-brainer to me. So I added my subscription yesterday and now I only have to figure out if my budget can encompass the Chronicles subscription too.
I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but the "Pathfinder Companion: Second Darkness" has been added to my current Side Cart. If I am reading that correctly, that means that my stuff will keep stacking up until August without being sent ('cause I think the same thing happened when I subscribed to Pathfinder Chronicles).
Oooh, same here. Good catch!
Edit: it's also not showing up in My Subscriptions. No biggie, just FYI.
Then we can start a new 6 step "recovery" program:
Me: Hi I'm Lori.
Group: Hi Lori.
Me: I am a Pathfinder complete addict.
Group: That's OK, we have a nice 6 step adventure path for you.
Me: I thought you were going to help with my addiction?
Group: Oh, we are, dear. We are... (muh ah ha ha) Because after that 6 step program, there will be another 6 step program...and another.
Me: (Fails Will save) Opens pocketbook...takes a slow look at the VISA card and slowly gives it to my "sponsor" (Cosmo).
to quote the Pathfinder Companion, Second Darkness thread
Vic Wertz wrote:
Ross Byers wrote:
So this is what happened to the free Player's Guide?
Yep. We will be sending a free copy along with subscriber copies of Pathfinder 13. So you're getting 32 pages instead of 16!
How does this affect future pathfinder APs and Pathfinder Companion releases? will I get all Pathfinder Companion releases free as part of my AP charter subscription?
or will Second Darkness be the last in the AP Players guides with Pathfinder Companion replacing the Players Guides for future APs in a more general term?
I really liked the idea that I can simply hand my players guide to my players without them getting hold of adventure information. The traits in Curse of the crimson throne players guide are also an awesome addition.
How does this affect future pathfinder APs and Pathfinder Companion releases? will I get all Pathfinder Companion releases free as part of my AP charter subscription?
or will Second Darkness be the last in the AP Players guides with Pathfinder Companion replacing the Players Guides for future APs in a more general term?
I really liked the idea that I can simply hand my players guide to my players without them getting hold of adventure information. The traits in Curse of the crimson throne players guide are also an awesome addition.
Pathfinder Companion is a separate subscription from the AP. It is not included.
The Second Darkness Player's Guide no longer exists. It has been replaced by Pathfinder Companion: Second Darkness, which will be free with your AP subscription. The first dose is free, as they say.
I really liked the idea that I can simply hand my players guide to my players without them getting hold of adventure information. The traits in Curse of the crimson throne players guide are also an awesome addition.
The Companions are going to be completely player-friendly. Kind of like expanded Guides, with material that's all perfectly safe for players, as well as being about Golarion as a whole and the different aspects of it.
You guys are awesome. Now, eventually you might release a whole new slew of products, and I might not be watching. If that happens will the 'superscriber tag' go away? So it might clue me in to a whole new product line?
You guys are awesome. Now, eventually you might release a whole new slew of products, and I might not be watching. If that happens will the 'superscriber tag' go away? So it might clue me in to a whole new product line?
Erm... good question. And one that we won't need to answer anytime soon!
Pathfinder Campaign Setting Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber; GameMastery Superscriber
This is a test of the Superscriber System.
On an entirely unrelated topic, where's the Titanic Games Subscription?
Which, if you're a Pathfinder Superscriber, Planet Stories Subscriber, and Titanic Games Subscriber, nets you the coveted Paizo Deluxe Superscriber Tag!!!!!
On an entirely unrelated topic, where's the Titanic Games Subscription?
Which, if you're a Pathfinder Superscriber, Planet Stories Subscriber, and Titanic Games Subscriber, nets you the coveted Paizo Deluxe Superscriber Tag!!!!!
Ha!
Nah! Then you qualify for the "my Paizo bill is larger than my mortage payment" tag.
Is this a seperate subscription from Pathfinder and Pathfinder Chronicles?
SHORT ANSWER
Yes it is. It only ships once every other month, not monthly.
LONG ANSWER
The Modules used to come every month. Now they will come every other month. It is still a seperate subscription.. though it has been renamed Pathfinder Modules...
This new Companion series will alternate with the Modules, but it also is it's own subscription.
So the break down...
1.) Pathfinder... unchanged as you know it.
2.) PF Chronicles... no set schedules, and unchanged as you know it.
3.) PF Modules (used to be GameMastery)- now every other month
4.) PF Companion - brand new concept, every other month, alternating with the modules (but unrelated to the modules)