Dire Corgi.

Some related videos from PaizoCon 2012:

1) Rise of the Runelords 5th Anniversary Round Table

2) Rise of the Runelords 5th Anniversary Q&A

Great videos. Thanks for posing.

I get that Tsuto is a Half-Tian Half-Elf... But his face looks a lot less menacing now than it did originally. Just a bit too rounded. The stubble really didn't help there either.

Well, I'm excited to receive this anniversary book. I'm just curious though, will pathfinder EVER come to a point where the adventure paths take characters beyond 15th level and into epic levels? I know there are only the rare few, but I really do love sometimes taking a character and campaign all the way, and really push the envelope.

I'm just curious though, will pathfinder EVER come to a point where the adventure paths take characters beyond 15th level and into epic levels?

You should look around some of the boards - I seem to recall that issue popping up once or twice before. It's... complicated.

Well, I'm excited to receive this anniversary book. I'm just curious though, will pathfinder EVER come to a point where the adventure paths take characters beyond 15th level and into epic levels? I know there are only the rare few, but I really do love sometimes taking a character and campaign all the way, and really push the envelope.

Perhaps some day. I'm trying to push Shattered Star as far as possible toward 20th, but I fear that I'll only reach 17th or 18th level.

There are other possible solutions, but I'll leave them for the future.

Some day.

Duniagdra DaaMyour wrote:

Well, I'm excited to receive this anniversary book. I'm just curious though, will pathfinder EVER come to a point where the adventure paths take characters beyond 15th level and into epic levels? I know there are only the rare few, but I really do love sometimes taking a character and campaign all the way, and really push the envelope.

Perhaps some day. I'm trying to push Shattered Star as far as possible toward 20th, but I fear that I'll only reach 17th or 18th level.

There are other possible solutions, but I'll leave them for the future.

Some day.

We have plenty to enjoy between now and when that happens!

Well, I'm excited to receive this anniversary book. I'm just curious though, will pathfinder EVER come to a point where the adventure paths take characters beyond 15th level and into epic levels? I know there are only the rare few, but I really do love sometimes taking a character and campaign all the way, and really push the envelope.

Unlikely as long as there aren't even rules for these levels.

NONESUCH wrote:

Adam Christman wrote:

Yay for fruitlessly negative comments! Ah, internet...please change.

An opinion about art is not a fruitless negative comment. It's just an opinion. Paizo makes great products. And the artwork for their products is topnotch. I love them. I'm just not in love with this one.

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

I'm guessing that works for opinions as well! ;)

I rather loved the artwork in this book, so I'm guessing it really does work in this instance!

I'm not referring to the artwork inside the book. I don't have the book yet so I can't speak to the artwork inside. I'm talking about the cover. Not a fan of the cover. That is all.

I like most of the new art. There is one little inconsistency that's bugging me, though. All of the chapter headers are of the Iconic from each of the six original AP volumes, over the right side of the cover banner from the original issue of the AP. (For the Appendix, it's Karzoug on the right hand side.)

Except Chapter 6. Chapter 6 is supposed to have Harsk on the right side of the chapter break, it uses his face to mark the pages, but as for the chapter break itself, no big picture of Harsk, just the full background panel featuring the first 4 Iconics against a pair of Rune Giants, male and female. Nothing major, I know, but still a weird inconsistency.

I like most of the new art. There is one little inconsistency that's bugging me, though. All of the chapter headers are of the Iconic from each of the six original AP volumes, over the right side of the cover banner from the original issue of the AP. (For the Appendix, it's Karzoug on the right hand side.)

Except Chapter 6. Chapter 6 is supposed to have Harsk on the right side of the chapter break, it uses his face to mark the pages, but as for the chapter break itself, no big picture of Harsk, just the full background panel featuring the first 4 Iconics against a pair of Rune Giants, male and female. Nothing major, I know, but still a weird inconsistency.

That's... weird.

Because Harsk is right there on page 299 in the chapter break in my print copy. Might be a weird PDF error... hmmm.

My PDF looks fine.

I like most of the new art. There is one little inconsistency that's bugging me, though. All of the chapter headers are of the Iconic from each of the six original AP volumes, over the right side of the cover banner from the original issue of the AP. (For the Appendix, it's Karzoug on the right hand side.)

Except Chapter 6. Chapter 6 is supposed to have Harsk on the right side of the chapter break, it uses his face to mark the pages, but as for the chapter break itself, no big picture of Harsk, just the full background panel featuring the first 4 Iconics against a pair of Rune Giants, male and female. Nothing major, I know, but still a weird inconsistency.

I'll look into this. If it's a PDF error it will get fixed.

Kvantum wrote:

I like most of the new art. There is one little inconsistency that's bugging me, though. All of the chapter headers are of the Iconic from each of the six original AP volumes, over the right side of the cover banner from the original issue of the AP. (For the Appendix, it's Karzoug on the right hand side.)

Except Chapter 6. Chapter 6 is supposed to have Harsk on the right side of the chapter break, it uses his face to mark the pages, but as for the chapter break itself, no big picture of Harsk, just the full background panel featuring the first 4 Iconics against a pair of Rune Giants, male and female. Nothing major, I know, but still a weird inconsistency.

That's... weird.

Because Harsk is right there on page 299 in the chapter break in my print copy. Might be a weird PDF error... hmmm.

He's not in my copy either. I'm using PDF Complete to view mine.

James Jacobs wrote:

Kvantum wrote:

I like most of the new art. There is one little inconsistency that's bugging me, though. All of the chapter headers are of the Iconic from each of the six original AP volumes, over the right side of the cover banner from the original issue of the AP. (For the Appendix, it's Karzoug on the right hand side.)

Except Chapter 6. Chapter 6 is supposed to have Harsk on the right side of the chapter break, it uses his face to mark the pages, but as for the chapter break itself, no big picture of Harsk, just the full background panel featuring the first 4 Iconics against a pair of Rune Giants, male and female. Nothing major, I know, but still a weird inconsistency.

That's... weird.

Because Harsk is right there on page 299 in the chapter break in my print copy. Might be a weird PDF error... hmmm.

He's not in my copy either. I'm using PDF Complete to view mine.

Using Acrobat Reader X, he's not there in the Lite version. I have not looked at the full version, though.

I am using PDF-Xchange and he is on page 299 of mine, same with Adobe. On page 298 is the giant fighting the iconics though.

Kvantum wrote:

I like most of the new art. There is one little inconsistency that's bugging me, though. All of the chapter headers are of the Iconic from each of the six original AP volumes, over the right side of the cover banner from the original issue of the AP. (For the Appendix, it's Karzoug on the right hand side.)

Except Chapter 6. Chapter 6 is supposed to have Harsk on the right side of the chapter break, it uses his face to mark the pages, but as for the chapter break itself, no big picture of Harsk, just the full background panel featuring the first 4 Iconics against a pair of Rune Giants, male and female. Nothing major, I know, but still a weird inconsistency.

That's... weird.

Because Harsk is right there on page 299 in the chapter break in my print copy. Might be a weird PDF error... hmmm.

Windows 7 64-bit, Adobe Reader X, Harsk is there.

Just looked at all Version...

He is only missing on the PDF for the Lite version, both Full and separated.

He appears fine in the normal version of the PDF.

Hmm. I can confirm that, at least for my setup, the Lite version is also missing Harsk. I blame James Jacobs...his hatred of dwarves is the stuff of legend.

Well it is the Lite version, Harsk has been hitting the ale kinda hard and getting a bit of a ale gut on him. So maybe he is not lite enough to qualify for the lite version anymore. :)

Lite Version for me, both Reader X and PDF X-Change, no Harsk.

Hmm. I can confirm that, at least for my setup, the Lite version is also missing Harsk. I blame James Jacobs...his hatred of dwarves is the stuff of legend.

Harsk is actually one of the dwarves I like. Mostly because he's UN-dwarfy in a lot of ways. Such as the fact that he doesn't booze; he's a tea drinker.

I apologize if this is obvious or has been answered many times, but I didn't see anything in a few quick searches. Is there no Print + PDF bundle? You have to buy both separately at full price? Thanks.

Paizo doesn't offer Print/PDF bundles like many other publishers do. Instead, their business is based on a subscription model, wherein the customer subscribes to a product line and thus gets the PDF for free with their purchase.

In this case, the only way to get the PDF with the print copy is to preorder and be subscribed to the Adventure Path line at the time of shipment. That said, however, if you purchase the print copy from Amazon or some other store that is offering it at a discount, you could then buy the PDF from Paizo at full price and still get both for less money than you would pay for both at full price from Paizo.com. It's like a do-it-yourself bundle. :)

Another thing to note about the subscriptions - if you subscribe to the AP, you get a subscription discount that does apply to other physical merchandise (and subscriptions?).

Has the book reached the mass market yet?

Release date isn't until Wednesday, and I'd be shocked if Amazon started shipping sooner than a week or two after that, considering their past performance with Paizo new releases. Ought to be in brick-and-mortar stores on Wednesday.

I get that Tsuto is a Half-Tian Half-Elf... But his face looks a lot less menacing now than it did originally. Just a bit too rounded. The stubble really didn't help there either.

Yes! I agree completely. There's less of a a snarl of contempt to this new art. (I like the piece of art by itself, just not in the context of Tetsuo though).

I really love the new scene with Amieko's dad. It sucks we're past Burnt Offerings with my group, they would have loved to do the scene.

I almost did something similar to the new encounter in the Boneyard in my game. Scraped it in the end but it's a pretty cool idea.

A lot of the transitions from chapter to chapter are smother, though I don't love all of them. Like between 3 and 4. I like the idea of the PCs not knowing that the giant attack is going to happen until it does. Like there back for the 1 year anniversary of saving the town. knowing the attack really changes the mood and feel of that battle (not that it's wrong I just like the chaos of the original battle as written). Of course if the PCs hate the whole "run your own fort" then then knowing the battle is eminent and rushing back to Sandpoint is great.

All and all I see this as an extended cut with more options at my finger tips, which is awesome. I'm falling in love with Sandpoint all over again. It's such a great town. There was a thread a while back with the OP stated there was no place in Golarion where he would want to live. Well Sandpoint is that place more than anywhere else! It's the type of place people want to retire to. Amazing job James!

But..... Tetsuo still writes a letter in Minkian (which he doesn't have) to Ameiko (which according to her stat block in Jade Regent chapter 1 doesn't have either).

Well it is the Lite version, Harsk has been hitting the ale kinda hard and getting a bit of a ale gut on him. So maybe he is not lite enough to qualify for the lite version anymore. :)

True Rangers are stealthy. Maybe he's stalking some prey across the pages.

Regards,
Ruemere

Is anyone else having any weirdness with the interactive map file?

Specifically it not being "signed" properly and at least one of the maps not showing up until you play around with the player view/gm view buttons?

Is anyone else having any weirdness with the interactive map file?

Specifically it not being "signed" properly and at least one of the maps not showing up until you play around with the player view/gm view buttons?

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I've gotten a couple reports about some map weirdness, and a few minor glitches. We'll be applying the changes and an email will automatically go out when the PDF gets updated.

The "signing" thing is normal, though. Acrobat and Reader consider the interactive elements to be "form" elements. You can disable this by going to your Preferences -> Forms and checking the box "Always hide forms document message bar."

UPS JUST delivered my copy. Very nice. Thank you.

Still waiting on my sending notification. Hopefully it ships today.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I've gotten a couple reports about some map weirdness, and a few minor glitches. We'll be applying the changes and an email will automatically go out when the PDF gets updated.

The "signing" thing is normal, though. Acrobat and Reader consider the interactive elements to be "form" elements. You can disable this by going to your Preferences -> Forms and checking the box "Always hide forms document message bar."

The signing bar doesn't come up for any of my other interactive map files...

Making that preference change did get rid of the "sign" bar but the first time you click on the file it brings up a dialog box that the file can be signed (which you can hide, but still, odd).

Still waiting on my sending notification. Hopefully it ships today.

Just so you know, you're not alone. Of course I had some irregularity on my credit card so it held up the process two days. Not my fault but definitely not Paizo's.

I won't start running RotRL until the minis show up so really, no great rush. I've played it before (well, until the TPKs made the campaign implode in book 5) so it's not urgent for me.

The Minis Maniac wrote:

Still waiting on my sending notification. Hopefully it ships today.

Just so you know, you're not alone. Of course I had some irregularity on my credit card so it held up the process two days. Not my fault but definitely not Paizo's.

I won't start running RotRL until the minis show up so really, no great rush. I've played it before (well, until the TPKs made the campaign implode in book 5) so it's not urgent for me.

I hope this is a sign that Paizo is doing really well. I've had my shipment for 6 days now.

I'm not ready to write a review yet, but I have to say, this is gorgeous. Is the new font set and stat block header style going to be a regular thing? I really like it!

Also, the picture of Aldern is fantastic.

My GM did not get his PDF authorized for download yet. He is an AP subscriber and also per-ordered the RotRL anniversary edition. Who would he speak to, to get this resolved?

My GM did not get his PDF authorized for download yet. He is an AP subscriber and also per-ordered the RotRL anniversary edition. Who would he speak to, to get this resolved?

Tell him to join the club. Paizo is still in the process of sending out shipments. I got my email the 5th saying it was getting ready to ship and still no shipment email as of yet. Paizocon really slows things down to a crawl.

Patience is a virtue.

Patience is a virtue.

Sorry, but this is the wrong threat for this statement. It's all about greed in this one!

Ruyan.

You may want to send a note to customer service if this item specifically has not shipped. If the pre-order was placed long ago, it may not be automatically combining with your regular monthly shipment.

Mine arrived today, unexpectedly (living in europe I am used to far longer shipping and I didn't realize this package was send via priority air mail). I hope to find some time for in depth reading this weekend, but I am already impressed just flipping the through the pages for art and layout.

For those of us in the USA, and if it is shipped via UPS-MI, it looks like UPS picked up a big batch yesterday from Paizo, because it just got entered into the UPS system, with a delivery date of 7/23. I'm in upstate NY, but others in the customer service forum have mentioned this also.

-- david
Papa.DRB

For those of us in the USA, and if it is shipped via UPS-MI, it looks like UPS picked up a big batch yesterday from Paizo, because it just got entered into the UPS system, with a delivery date of 7/23. I'm in upstate NY, but others in the customer service forum have mentioned this also.

-- david
Papa.DRB

Yeah mine says the same thing and I live in the middle of the country.

Papa-DRB wrote:

For those of us in the USA, and if it is shipped via UPS-MI, it looks like UPS picked up a big batch yesterday from Paizo, because it just got entered into the UPS system, with a delivery date of 7/23. I'm in upstate NY, but others in the customer service forum have mentioned this also.

-- david
Papa.DRB

Yeah mine says the same thing and I live in the middle of the country.

Same thing here. 7/23 delivery to Alabama.

-Skeld

And a 7/23 delivery to Texas. However, if past experience has shown me anything it is a 7/23 delivery to the mail center in Austin with another 2 days to Houston.

Just got mine today. WOW this is a pretty book!

7/23 delivery estimate to Michigan also.