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Put the dragon back into your dungeon!

Want to unleash a dragon on your players, but the PCs aren’t high-level enough yet? You don’t have to wait any longer. The Book of Drakes lets you bring the most iconic monster in fantasy into your Pathfinder Roleplaying Game today.

Strange and wondrous creatures lurk among the further branches of the dragon's family tree, ready to bring excitement to your game table. The Book of Drakes includes:

  • More than 20 ready-to-play drakes, including the crag drake, pact drake and gear drake
  • Drake familiars and improved familiars
  • Draconic feats and abilities
  • All-new Drake spells
  • A system for building your own drakes for any party of any level, in any environment

Whether you’re adventuring in Open Design’s world of Midgard or your own home setting, drakes provide unique adversaries, unusual companions, and compelling NPCs. Get The Book of Drakes today and bring on the dragons!

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5/5

I love dragons and I love playing in settings where dragons have an important and prominent role to play. However, this is not a book of dragons, but a book of drakes!

Let me start by saying that this book is among the most beautiful that I've seen to date, and I am talking about the print version, which is black and white! I believe the pdf is in colour. Everything in this book has the feel of an old book of drakes and that is also how most of it is written, as a treatise on drakes.

First we get a little overview of drakes (how they are classified and how they are different from dragons), then we get the meat of the book, the player's section. This chapter presents you with new feats, alternate class abilities, an alternate class (the drake tamer), a prestige class (the master of drake forms), rules on how to play either a pseudodragon or a candle drake, spells, magic items and some more general adventuring gear. There is a lot to like here, especially the rules to play a pseudodragon or candle drake.

Next up is the bestiary! This book presents a lot of drakes, 20 drakes to be precise, with some amazing artwork. Personally, I am not a big fan of the whole drake philosophy (as this book presents it), that drakes are all over the place and come in an infinite number of shapes, however, those few that the book presents are really useful and will certainly bring the wondrous drakes into the game. And not to worry, while the drakes seem cute and harmless (especially if you look at the cover), there are evil drakes lurking among the shadows, like the sewer and mist drakes. This chapter ends by presenting rules on how to build your own drakes (basically a point-buy system). I haven't tried this system out, so I don't know if they work.

I really liked this book, although I would hardly use drakes as the book suggests. The book of drakes sets out to bring drakes into the world and they succeeds beautifully in doing this! Good work!


Outstanding book on little dragons.

5/5

Book of Drakes by Open Design

This product is 62 pages long. It starts with a cover, ToC, forward, and credits. (4 pages)

Chapter 1 – Ecology of the Drake (6 pages)
It talks about the first drakes, differences between them and dragons, sample treasures, their role in the Midgard Campaign setting, a list of 40 unclassified drakes and it ends with 10 drakes of note.

Chapter 2 – Players and Drakes (18 pages)
It starts off with how to use drakes as companions, next it lists 10 feats for drakes or having them as companions. Next is alternate class abilities, some like with the alchemist(summoner and wizard) gives the PC a drake companion, others like the barbarian(fighter, monk, druid, oracle) lets them learn a special ability from drakes, while others like the bard(inquisitor, rogue, ranger, and witch) just get new class options, or the clerics new drake domain, or the new sorcerer drake bloodline, Paladin Archetype, cavalier order.

There is also a new alternate class based on the summoner with a focus on a drake instead. A PrC Master of Drake Forms which focuses on shape changing. Next we get two drake races as new PC races, the pseudo dragon and candle drake. Next we get 16 new spells. Followed by 7 new magic items, 4 drake weapons and 3 drake equipment items.

Chapter 3 – Game Masters and Drakes (31 pages)
This section starts off with stats and information about 20 new drakes, with full stat blocks and art. The range from CR1 to 14 and are fairly evenly displaced across the CR range. The next section is advice on how to build your own drakes. The section on building your own drake is very in depth and you should have no problem at all being able to quickly and easily build any drake you could imagine.

It ends with a OGL, back cover and ads. (3 pages)

Closing thoughts. The art work is color and ranges from good to pretty good. Editing and layout is top notch, I didn't notice any errors at all. While the book is mostly focused on drakes there is some useful information on class options, spells and magic items as well. There is just not a lot I can say about this product, or really there is to much and if I start listing all I liked about it this will turn into a 10 page review. So instead I will list everything I didn't like about it. Which was nothing, so I will skip to a couple of things I wish they had added but didn't. I think it would have been nice to have a witch drake patron and option to replace their familiar. Also I think it would have been neat to have seen a monk fighting style based on drakes, thought the styles for PFRPG came out after this book so that's understandable.

Basicly other than a few nitpicks like the couple I just listed I have nothing at all negative to say about the book. If drakes interest you in the slights this book is well worth the price and you won't be disappointed picking this up. So what's my rating? Well with how well done it is, I have no choice but to give it a 5 star review.

Trust me, I'm a Succubus.


We welcome our drake overlords

5/5

The Book of Drakes had me nodding my head in agreement in the Welcome page. I rarely use dragons in a game because they're so powerful and alien, and I cringe whenever a dragon fanboy player wants to have a draconic bloodline or, worse, become a Dragon Disciple. But games like Pathfinder lose something deeply fantastic if draconic elements are entirely excluded. The drakes in this book have a charming, whimsical, yet dangerous quality that is more accessible and somehow more human than a full-blown dragon. Midgard specifics take up very little of the space in this book, and help non-Midgard GM's see how drakes can be used in other settings.

Other reviews go into detail about the structure and organization of the book, so I'll simply add my impressions to what others have said. Overall, the elements presented in this book are flavorful and well-balanced and designed. I have not seen anything yet that I would not allow a player to use at my table. However, I would be careful of using drake companions too heavily. These are not simple animal companions which can be run by the PC. Each is a full-fledged character. Drake companions will need thought and care on the part of the GM to give them their due. I would run them as GMPC's, which can be a lot of work.

Different drakes are lovingly and clearly detailed and usable right off the page. There is a nice variety for different situations and alignments. This is one of the books I'd keep handy as a GM in case I needed an interesting ad hoc NPC.

And if detailed ecology and player information and a whole cornucopia of fun drakes isn't enough, the section about building drakes lets a GM expand the book to suit their own campaign. The rules are easy and clear and the examples useful.

The Book of Drakes is a wonderful addition to any gaming library. It's beautifully designed and written, full of substance as well as fun fluff, and the illustrations are absolutely gorgeous, perfectly reflecting the character of the drakes they illustrate. I give it five stars. Maybe now Wolfgang Baur will return the authors' pets?


The Book of Drakes belongs on your bookshelf.

5/5

I confess to being enamored of pseudodragons for a long time, and this book is exactly the kind of book that almost seems designed to appeal to me.

Daigle and Welham have hit a home run. The descriptive text is evocative and the rules are well-considered. All of the drakes would make interesting NPCs and/or player companions- and I do love that there are options for playing a drake PC yourself, if you're inclined. There's lots of good information for players and GMs both. One of my favorite parts of the book is the section covering rules for designing your own drakes- I'm already planning to create my own drake familiar in a game I've just begun playing in, and I'll be using the book to develop the drake as the character progresses.

The art is definitely worth mentioning. The print version of the book is in black and white, and the color version of the book is in color. Both work, but the color is definitely something that everyone should see. I'm very much hoping that the people at Open Design will be able to some day release the special edition that Hugo Solis brought to Paizocon, which from pictures (and raves from those who saw it) seems pretty incredible in its own right.


Dragony Goodness – Everything from Whimsy to Blood, Guts, and Gore

5/5

The Book of Drakes is big! Sixty-two pages packed into an eighteen megabyte pdf file. It is also lavishly illustrated (this is the first game supplement which has ever prompted me to use that phrase) with a multitude of high quality full-color pictures. Cover artist Kieran Yanner and interior artist Hugo Solis have done truly magnificent work.

OK, so it’s big and beautiful, but is it useful? Happily, it is!

Before I tell you why I think this book about little dragons is useful, let me take a moment to talk about big dragons: Dragons have been centerpieces of legend since the dawn of history. People have been telling stories and even composing operas about them for centuries. Whether in a story or in a game, they make great Boss Monsters for heroes to strive against. However, being so big and powerful, they have to be applied sparingly. When used as opponents they can quickly wear out a group of PC’s; as allies they can overshadow the players and take away all the excitement. Wanting to inject more dragony goodness into the game, lots of efforts have been made to create lesser draconic races. Sadly, attempts to scale back the power of dragons while still keeping them interesting have met with limited success. Mostly what we’ve gotten has been a confusing medley of half-dragons, which were not only less powerful than true dragons, but also less interesting.

This is why the Book of Drakes is useful: It presents a group of pure draconic beasties which are every bit as interesting and exotic as regular dragons, while being small enough (in both power and size) to fit more frequently into your game. There are drakes for every niche that you might care to fill: Sinewy and mysterious drakes to be the familiars of spellcasters, foul-tempered drakes who would rather fight than talk, mysterious drakes that spy from the shadows and may be much closer than your group thinks they are…

Chapter 1, “Ecology of the Drake”, is an in-depth introduction to drakes. We get a lot of good information on what drakes are like, how they fit with their surroundings, and how they are likely to interact with characters. It also lays out a classification system which is quite broad, yet flexible enough to fit into any campaign. Drakes, it turns out, are far more varied than dragons. Some drakes are very much creatures of this world, living in gritty urban environments, while others are almost like patron spirits of various philosophies. This chapter is also jam-packed with inspirational examples, several of which I plan to lift whole-cloth into my game world. Players and GM’s alike will find plenty to interest them in this chapter.

True to the note on the cover, there is also a section in this chapter describing how drakes fit into the Midgard campaign setting. If you are not familiar with Midgard, don’t let that put you off. This is a well-designed supplement, meaning pretty much everything is portable to other settings. To use this information in your own world, the worst you’ll have to do is change a few place-names.

Chapter 2, “Players and Drakes”, provides just what it promises: Ways for players to have their characters interact with and benefit from drakes (usually, but not always, on friendly terms), and even guidelines for using drakes as characters. There is a list of alternate class abilities which shows some love for every one of the base classes - or, in the case of the Inquisitor, shows a new way to display some inquisitorial disdain. There are new feats, new spells, new magic items, new class abilities, and even two new classes: Drake Tamer (base class) and Master of Drake Forms (prestige class).

Chapter 3, “Game Masters and Drakes”, starts out with a bestiary presenting stats for twenty different kinds of drake, spanning the Challenge Ratings from 1 through 14. Every one of these creatures is novel and unique. A staggering amount of imagination has gone into the attributes and features presented here! Also in Chapter 3 is a section titled “Building Drakes”, which details how to create completely new kinds of drake for your campaign. Unlike other “how to build a monster” articles I’ve seen in the past, many of which were not really all that useful, this section has good, solid, practical guidelines and suggestions.

In addition to the twenty sets of monster stats in Chapter 3, in Chapter 1 we are given suggestions for twenty more types of drake plus descriptions for ten additional special NPC drakes. Fifty kinds of drake are lurking in this book! Count them – fifty! You can find everything from the inoffensive little Candle Drake all the way to drakes that are genuine forces of nature.

My favorite (so far) is Wheshadulen, a unique NPC drake who claims an entire river as his lair. He has spent centuries sculpting his river’s course through the countryside, bestowing benevolence or visiting malevolence along its shores as he sees fit. The next time you need to cross a river remember to throw in a nice fat goat first. It may be Wheshadulen’s river, and he may grant you a safe crossing in return for your tasty gift.

Don’t wait – fill your games with dragony goodness now!


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Dark_Mistress wrote:
Now all you need is the feat that lets a witch take a drake as a familiar and the monk fighting style. Plus they wasn't really concerns more observations. :)

I thought they were insightful observations, so I wanted to close the gaps you saw. :)

This article gives you the monk fighting style. Unfortunately, I don't have an option for a witch to take a drake as a familiar.

I hope you (as well as anyone else who checks it out) like the extra info.

Dark Archive

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

So what you're saying is that you're almost done then huh? :)

Shadow Lodge

In the section on playing pseudodragons, why is their poison DC so weak?

(injury; save Fort 1/2 class levels + Con bonus + 2; frequency 1/minute
for 10 minutes; effect sleep for 1 minute; cure 1 save).

The book explains that the limit on poison is there to keep it equivalent with the SLA's of the core races, but even the DC of cantrips start out stronger than that.

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Dragonborn3 wrote:

In the section on playing pseudodragons, why is their poison DC so weak?

(injury; save Fort 1/2 class levels + Con bonus + 2; frequency 1/minute
for 10 minutes; effect sleep for 1 minute; cure 1 save).

The book explains that the limit on poison is there to keep it equivalent with the SLA's of the core races, but even the DC of cantrips start out stronger than that.

Oops. Good catch. I left off the baseline 10 when I designed the poison DC. I intended to reduce the number of times a pseudodragon character could use poison, not the effectiveness.

The DC should be 12 (10 + 2 for racial bonus) + 1/2 class levels + Con bonus.

Mea culpa. I hope that helps.

Shadow Lodge

No problem. I suspected that the 10 was missing. Now my squadron of pseudodragon alchemists can take flight at full power!

Paizo Employee Director of Game Development

Dragonborn3 wrote:
No problem. I suspected that the 10 was missing. Now my squadron of pseudodragon alchemists can take flight at full power!

I want in on that game. :)

Shadow Lodge

Adam Daigle wrote:
Dragonborn3 wrote:
No problem. I suspected that the 10 was missing. Now my squadron of pseudodragon alchemists can take flight at full power!
I want in on that game. :)

Oh no, please don't tempt me to try and run a game with a party made of candle drakes and pseudodragons...

Question: The Drake Tamer alternate class does not list when, if ever, the drake made with feature points increases in size. Is a high level Drake Tamer meant to have an extremely pimped out Tiny Drake?

Liberty's Edge Contributor, RPG Superstar 2012

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Dragonborn3 wrote:
Adam Daigle wrote:
Dragonborn3 wrote:
No problem. I suspected that the 10 was missing. Now my squadron of pseudodragon alchemists can take flight at full power!
I want in on that game. :)

Oh no, please don't tempt me to try and run a game with a party made of candle drakes and pseudodragons...

Question: The Drake Tamer alternate class does not list when, if ever, the drake made with feature points increases in size. Is a high level Drake Tamer meant to have an extremely pimped out Tiny Drake?

Good question, and something that we didn't make clear. Use the listed CR of the drake in the Drake Tamer's table as a guide for the drake's size. Therefore, at 3rd level the drake would progress to Small (since it's a CR 2 drake), at 5th level the drake would become Medium (CR 3), and at 7th level, it becomes Large (CR 5). You may extend the progression if you wish, but the drake should be Large by the time your Drake Tamer reaches 11th level.


Pathfinder Adventure Path, Lost Omens, Maps, Rulebook Subscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber

I have another quick question - the 'Chrysalis' item - how long does the effect last for (or is it permanent?) - I didn't see that anywhere, but I might simply have missed it. I suspect that it is a 24 hour duration, because a permanent 2 evo points for 10,000 gp seems to be quite strong.

Also, I am presuming that any given creature can only benefit from it once, right? Like, I couldn't put my Eidolon in the thing, get 2 evo points, and then put it in again the next day and get another 2 more - that too would seem crazy good for 10,000 gp.

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MrTsFloatinghead wrote:

I have another quick question - the 'Chrysalis' item - how long does the effect last for (or is it permanent?) - I didn't see that anywhere, but I might simply have missed it. I suspect that it is a 24 hour duration, because a permanent 2 evo points for 10,000 gp seems to be quite strong.

Also, I am presuming that any given creature can only benefit from it once, right? Like, I couldn't put my Eidolon in the thing, get 2 evo points, and then put it in again the next day and get another 2 more - that too would seem crazy good for 10,000 gp.

You are absolutely correct, Mr. T's Floating Head! The creature resets after 24 hours (by implication, but it would have more clear on our part to state it directly). So, you could put your Eidolon in day after day for 10 days, but it will lose the evolutions proived by the chrysalis after 24 hours. You could give your Eidolon the same evolutions each time, or switch things around, though.

I hope that helps, and you don't pity me.


Pathfinder Adventure Path, Lost Omens, Maps, Rulebook Subscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber
taig wrote:
MrTsFloatinghead wrote:

I have another quick question - the 'Chrysalis' item - how long does the effect last for (or is it permanent?) - I didn't see that anywhere, but I might simply have missed it. I suspect that it is a 24 hour duration, because a permanent 2 evo points for 10,000 gp seems to be quite strong.

Also, I am presuming that any given creature can only benefit from it once, right? Like, I couldn't put my Eidolon in the thing, get 2 evo points, and then put it in again the next day and get another 2 more - that too would seem crazy good for 10,000 gp.

You are absolutely correct, Mr. T's Floating Head! The creature resets after 24 hours (by implication, but it would have more clear on our part to state it directly). So, you could put your Eidolon in day after day for 10 days, but it will lose the evolutions proived by the chrysalis after 24 hours. You could give your Eidolon the same evolutions each time, or switch things around, though.

I hope that helps, and you don't pity me.

Thanks! That makes perfect sense - and since the duration is 24 hours, the issue of stacking bonuses never comes up. Nice. I don't pity you, but I do pity the fool who thinks he's going to get permanent bonuses out of this:)


One of my players is using the candle drake as a PC. We started a new campaign right after this came out, and it's working pretty well. Initially, I had some reservations about the spells she got access to right from level one, but while it does let her one shot 1 encounter per day (maybe), so does sleep, and that's a staple of the game. I've been enjoying it quite a bit. Buying this book for the Drake PC rules actually pushed me to buy more books from this line, it's that good.

One thing I, and my group, wonder. If someone wanted to advance as a drake, as opposed to a 'normal' class, what would you recommend? I was thinking Synthesist (Archetype) re-skinned if that's they way the PC wants to go all the way through, but for just a little advancement, maybe allowing either a feat to give Feature Points, or Favored Class Options?

How many points would you give for each?
Also, any thoughts on alternate racial traits?

I'd certainly drop a few $$$ on an add-on PDF. Your work is top notch.

Paizo Employee Director of Game Development

This is great! I’m glad you’re enjoying the book and your group is getting good use out of it.

I admit, I’m not sure how to answer the question right off the top of my head. The drakes-as-PCs section was one that I was opposed to including when we were outlining the book, but Mike convinced me and promised to keep it reasonable. While we both worked on how we’d implement those rules, Mike took the lead on that section, so he might be best to answer this particular query. I’ll give it a look too, of course, but I may be slow because my brain is firmly planted in my current projects.

My first instinct is that it would be suggesting going the route of using one of the base drakes and the option to apply feature points applicable to the CR as mentioned in the Advancing Levels as a Drake PC section. But, if you’ve already got someone playing a candle drake, I think the simplest method would be to allow the player to either take a class level or get 10 feature points as if it gained a hit dice from the advancement mentioned in the Building Drakes section. I would set a cap on how many times they could do the feature point increase in a row, otherwise they could easily upset some balance. Things can get weird by combining the two different methods (actually increasing hit dice and then having to keep racial and class HD in mind), but if you keep your eye on it and it works for your game, then no worries.

You could also make up a feat that gives you 3 feature points, but keep that in mind considering what kind of class features the PC would be getting and the kinds of things you can get with feature points. Maybe 2 feature points for the feat might be a better fit.

I know some of this isn’t totally firm, but I hope it helps. And seriously, thanks again for picking the book up and getting some great use out of it. I want to play in y'all's games.

Liberty's Edge Contributor, RPG Superstar 2012

Thanks for tackling this, Adam. I know Adam and I were trying to let Paizo take the lead on monster-as-character advancement, so we didn't want to throw yet another system out there.

I agree that you'd want to advance the drake with class levels OR feature points (not both) to keep things from potentially getting out of hand. I'd cap the feat at 2 feature points as well, but you may find you need to alternate between 2 and 3 feature points (where the first feat would get you 2 feature points, and the second 3, then the third would reset to 2, etc.), if you want to keep things balanced. You may have to fiddle with it a bit.

I wish I would have designed some alternate racial traits, but that might just be something I could submit to KQ as a web enhancement. Thanks for the idea! :)

Also, I'm glad you've enjoyed our little book which served as a gateway to all the great offerings Open Design has.


Adam Daigle wrote:
You could also make up a feat that gives you 3 feature points, but keep that in mind considering what kind of class features the PC would be getting and the kinds of things you can get with feature points. Maybe 2 feature points for the feat might be a better fit.I know some of this isn’t totally firm, but I hope it helps.

I was thinking two or three per feat, so I guess I was on track. Thanks for that. It does help.

Adam Daigle wrote:
I want to play in y'all's games.

If you're ever in Baltimore, come sit in on a session. If you don't mind geckos.


taig wrote:
I agree that you'd want to advance the drake with class levels OR feature points (not both) to keep things from potentially getting out of hand.

Yeah, I don't think a racial class is what anyone in my group would look for, but the feat seems solid.

taig wrote:
I wish I would have designed some alternate racial traits, but that might just be something I could submit to KQ as a web enhancement. Thanks for the idea! :)

If you do, make sure you post here so I know about it!

What's your take on allowing feature points as favored class options? 1/2 per level? Too much? Too little?

Thanks for the replies and attention.

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ThatWeirdGeckoGuy wrote:
What's your take on allowing feature points as favored class options? 1/2 per level? Too much? Too little?

1/2 per level seems perfect. That would be 10 feature points over a 20-level "career", which seems pretty much in line with favored class options.


First things first: I love this book! However, I have some questions about the drake tamer's skill list. Of all the classes I've seen, it's the only one that doesn't have Craft, the only spellcaster that doesn't have Spellcraft, and the only spellcaster with flight spells that doesn't have Fly. Were these omissions intentional or accidental?

Paizo Employee Director of Game Development

qneiform wrote:
First things first: I love this book! However, I have some questions about the drake tamer's skill list. Of all the classes I've seen, it's the only one that doesn't have Craft, the only spellcaster that doesn't have Spellcraft, and the only spellcaster with flight spells that doesn't have Fly. Were these omissions intentional or accidental?

I went back over some notes to see if there was any reasoning or whatnot, but to me it looks like it was just an oversight. Mike might have a different take.

Glad you're enjoying the book!

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Adam Daigle wrote:
qneiform wrote:
First things first: I love this book! However, I have some questions about the drake tamer's skill list. Of all the classes I've seen, it's the only one that doesn't have Craft, the only spellcaster that doesn't have Spellcraft, and the only spellcaster with flight spells that doesn't have Fly. Were these omissions intentional or accidental?

I went back over some notes to see if there was any reasoning or whatnot, but to me it looks like it was just an oversight. Mike might have a different take.

Glad you're enjoying the book!

Adam is correct--the omission was an oversight.

Likewise, I'm happy to see you like the book.


Question: What's the feature point cost to shapechange as the river drake?
(By the way, I'm loving the book)

Paizo Employee Director of Game Development

Bardess wrote:

Question: What's the feature point cost to shapechange as the river drake?

(By the way, I'm loving the book)

I'm at work and don't have the book handy, so I can't give you a specific answer. However, I do recall that I mention somewhere in the drake-building guidelines that some of the 20 pre-made drakes don't necessarily match up point for point with those custom built from the drake-building guidelines. Like building monsters, sometimes breaking a rule or two is what shines.

Another approach, since I'm pretty sure I don't mention a feature point cost for shapechange, is to find other special abilities or special qualities that are similar in power to shapechange and have a feature point cost, then make your own approximation of the value. Some details may color your decision such as what alternate form (or forms) are available from the special ability.

I'll check for some more detail when I get home. I hope this helps somewhat.


Thank you. Hope that in the next Bestiary Paizo uses a point system like yours for all features, it would make much simpler creating monsters!^^
I was startled reading about the plumed drake. A long time ago (2E's age) I had created my own monster, the "Swandragon", as an agent of the freedom & paradox goddess... and it was very similar to that. So you gave me the chance to make the swandragon revive!

Swandrake
A completely white variant of the plumed drake, with a cone-shaped sonic breath weapon instead of the fire line (doesn't blind or else) and a swim speed equal to its fly speed...

Thank you!^^

Paizo Employee Director of Game Development

That sounds cool. I'm glad you're enjoying the book.

Liberty's Edge Contributor, RPG Superstar 2012

Thank you for the review, Brekkil! I'm happy you like the book.

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Welham and Daigle, where have I heard those names before....?

They seem familiar from somewhere else on the boards, I swear they do.


I havea question!

The Drake Tamer's "Drake Apportation" seems to be usable at will, there's no X per day clause. Is this intended, and if not, what is the correct usage?

Liberty's Edge Contributor, RPG Superstar 2012

Andrew Johnson 47 wrote:

I havea question!

The Drake Tamer's "Drake Apportation" seems to be usable at will, there's no X per day clause. Is this intended, and if not, what is the correct usage?

Excellent question, Andrew! The Drake Tamer can use "Drake Apportation" once per day at 8th level, and 1 additional time per day at every 4th level beyond 8th (so, twice at 12th, three times at 16th, etc.).

I apologize for the omission, and I appreciate you bringing the question up.


Thanks for the quick response!

Paizo Employee Director of Game Development

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Congrats to Hugo Solis (our own Butterfrog) for nabbing an ENnies nomination for best interior art for this book! Go, Hugo!

Scarab Sages

I here tell some lucky bastard at PaizoCon might just have purchased the last hardcopy of this book. Least, that's what a talking badger told me.

Scarab Sages

Adam Daigle wrote:
Congrats to Hugo Solis (our own Butterfrog) for nabbing an ENnies nomination for best interior art for this book! Go, Hugo!

Huzzah!


Yup, printed copies are SOLD OUT!

Shelly was kind enough to save one for me *rubs it on Aberzombie*

BTW, don't forget to vote on the ENnies (for BoD of course ;))!

Liberty's Edge Contributor, RPG Superstar 2012

Adam Daigle wrote:
Congrats to Hugo Solis (our own Butterfrog) for nabbing an ENnies nomination for best interior art for this book! Go, Hugo!

Fantastic and certainly well deserved!

The Exchange Kobold Press

Yep, Open Design's store is sold out.

As best I can tell, there is exactly one copy in the Paizo warehouse, in a warded and trapped chest somewhere. It won't last long.

Liberty's Edge

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Adam Daigle wrote:
Bardess wrote:

Question: What's the feature point cost to shapechange as the river drake?

(By the way, I'm loving the book)
I'm at work and don't have the book handy...

Now you get to say "I'm at work and have EVERY book handy..."

;-)

The Exchange Contributor; Publisher, Kobold Press; RPG Superstar Judge

A book by RPG Superstar Mike Welham and Paizo developer Adam Daigle is back in print.

I wonder if it is any good? :D

Paizo Employee Developer

Yay!

Webstore Gninja Minion

Get 'em while the getting's good folks! :D

RPG Superstar 2012

Woo hoo!

You also get an entire book of ENnie-nominated art by Hugo Solis. :D

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