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Would it be tacky to paint a pinup of Szuriel on the side of the tanks like they do with bombers?
marvelous pigments have so many uses...
Sorry for possibly sounding rude to the pazio staff but you have given us two months of new material which I am grateful for and would purchase, but in that amount of time of new materials there hasn't been any update to this months products, descriptions and covers.
While I do understand the pressures of gen-con(?) I do believe that with this volume in particular the suspense will cause a few agitated persons to go berserk with the suspense. So while I do like that you take your time making these products, an update would be helpful to the stress of suspense many of us are feeling.
Your loyal fan,
Zergtitan
Rasputin!
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True, but how many take place on Earth? ;)
Also you did stir the pot a bit earlier with your teasing :p
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Updated to final cover and description!
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Updated to final cover and description!
Oh man. Oh man oh man oh man.
Oh man.
Awesome.
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Squeee!
Valeros brought a knife to a gun fight. And he's winning.
Was the Mystery cut? Or is that in the gazetteer of Russia?
What makes this cover so special? There are dozens of other products that still have mockup covers and non-final solicitation text.
They are all eager to fight their own species and tanks, which you can do in every war-game out there already...
Checking the cover I think its better if I skip this part (the first AP I ever will skip hopefully) or the bestiary must have some pearls, but me thinks they are based on humans and their weapons now everything points that way.
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What makes this cover so special? There are dozens of other products that still have mockup covers and non-final solicitation text.They are all eager to fight their own species and tanks, which you can do in every war-game out there already...
I can kill orcs and fight dragons while using advanced technology like high quality blades and extremely protective armor in every single other fantasy roleplaying game too, but I somehow am still able to be excited about releases where you can do these things.
Sheer awesome, Brandon must be pleased.
I hope there are TANKS WITH LAZORS there!
Piloted by giffs, of course!
LOVE the picture of Rasputin! Especially since it is obviously based off one of the most famous photos of the real person. Fantastic!
"THIS IS RUSSIA!" *throws desk over in glee and kicks Baba Yaga in doll form over into an endless pit.*
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Wow, great job to the people at Paizo, you didn't just provide this months images but a whole slew of cover art and description updates leading into August! To you I give a standing ovation. :) *clapping hands for 5 mins*
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"THIS IS RUSSIA!" *throws desk over in glee and kicks Baba Yaga in doll form over into an endless pit.*
Careful there.
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Several Russian soldiers: "Ты моя мама?"
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Several Russian soldiers: "Ты моя мама?"
It'll be Daleks next, mark my words. And worse luck, not a sign of the minor artifact known as Ace's Baseball Bat....
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I want this to sell so well that they do a dieselpunk earth based sourcebook.
I wonder if Mr Hodge, Paizo, and Kobold could put their heads together and come up with a post apocalyptic 1918 magic has been unleashed on Earth source book.
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"Heh, look, a sword in a trench fight..." schlurk!!
Mmmmm ... mustard gas ...
Reposting this out of sheer joy!
I am so stupid excited to GM this one, you have no idea :D
You and me both. XD
Those gas masks are the scariest part of the cover IMO. Perhaps because it is almost a mockery of a human face. Rasputin is immediately identifiable, so the artist did a good job capturing his image.
As to what class the soldiers have: most would probably be 1st level commoners, truth to be told, with the NCOs being warriors and the commissioned officers being nobles, occasionally at a higher level than 1st for veterans. The aforementioned article at The Alexandrian points out why.
I´m very interested to see that one. I like crazy crossovers - anyone remembering Top Ballista? I thought it was hilarious. (And seeing now that it was written by Carl Sargent, whom I consider one of the best writers in that time at TSR, might explain why I like it).
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Maybe for some adventures... but not for one for 13th level characters.As to what class the soldiers have: most would probably be 1st level commoners...
Balancing this adventure's high level requirements with our perception of what realistic skills and abilities we expect "real world" veteran soldiers to have was one of the toughest things to get right with this one, but I'm really excited for everyone to see what we came up with!
Balancing this adventure's high level requirements with our perception of what realistic skills and abilities we expect "real world" veteran soldiers to have was one of the toughest things to get right with this one, but I'm really excited for everyone to see what we came up with!Maybe for some adventures... but not for one for 13th level characters.As to what class the soldiers have: most would probably be 1st level commoners...
I think surviving trench warfare, "Russian" (sorry we dont have enough rifles or bullets here is a stick) style and a revolution would bump you up 5 or so levels.
I don't know yet how Rasputin survived and got to where he is, but it only stands to reason he would want to bring only elite troops with him.
Of course, I'm not even sure whose troops they would be. Not likely Red Army. Maybe Whites? More likely surviving Tsarist soldiers.
The Civil war went on for years White (Tsarist), Black (Anarchist), Red (Communist), I think there even Blue (Democratic reformist)Russians ...
The Whites were still a major force in 1918.
Not relevant but interesting.
Numbers of foreign soldiers who occupied the indicated regions of Russia:
50,000 Czechoslovaks (along the Trans-Siberian railway)
28,000 Japanese, later increased to 70,000 (in the Vladivostok region and north) [10][11]
40,000 British (in the Arkhangelsk and Vladivostok regions (these include troops from the Empire that left their own armies and signed on into the British army))
17,000 Poles - mostly 5th Rifle Division (almost 12,000 men) in Siberia and 4th Rifle Division (ca. 4000 men) in "Southern Russia", also a single 400-men-strong battalion in Murmansk within the Anglo-Slavic Legion
13,000 Americans (in the Arkhangelsk and Vladivostok regions)
12,000 French and French colonial (mostly in the Arkhangelsk and Odessa regions)
11,500 Estonians in northwestern Russia[4]
4,192 Canadians (in the Vladivostok region)
1,100 Canadians (in the Murmansk and Arkhangelsk regions)
41 Canadians (in the Baku Region)
4,000 Serbs (in the Arkhangelsk region)
4,000 Romanians (in the Arkhangelsk region)
2,500 Italians (in the Arkhangelsk region and Siberia)[10]
2,300 Chinese (in the Vladivostok region)[12]
23,351 Greeks (part of I Army Corps under Maj. Gen. Konstantinos Nider, comprising 2nd and 13th Infantry Divisions, in the Crimea, and around Odessa and Kherson)[13]
150 Australians (mostly in the Arkhangelsk regions)
These numbers make a total of 255,503 foreign troops stationed in Russia during the civil war.
I don't think the Mensheviks were ever considered part of the Whites. Even where the Mensheviks fought the Bolsheviks, in the Caucasus, they weren't considered part of the White Army. Stooges of the Whites? Sure (Trotsky's book about the war with Georgia was originally called Between Red and White), but not Whites themselves.
Looking over the bios of White Army leaders (Denikin, Wrangel, Yudenich, Kolchak) it doesn't look like any of them were calling for the restoration of the tsar, mostly, I imagine, because the family had been executed. They all tended toward an autocratic, anti-semitic, Russian nationalist "democracy."
50,000 Czechoslovaks (along the Trans-Siberian railway)
28,000 Japanese, later increased to 70,000 (in the Vladivostok region and north) [10][11]
40,000 British (in the Arkhangelsk and Vladivostok regions (these include troops from the Empire that left their own armies and signed on into the British army))
17,000 Poles - mostly 5th Rifle Division (almost 12,000 men) in Siberia and 4th Rifle Division (ca. 4000 men) in "Southern Russia", also a single 400-men-strong battalion in Murmansk within the Anglo-Slavic Legion
13,000 Americans (in the Arkhangelsk and Vladivostok regions)
12,000 French and French colonial (mostly in the Arkhangelsk and Odessa regions)
11,500 Estonians in northwestern Russia[4]
4,192 Canadians (in the Vladivostok region)
1,100 Canadians (in the Murmansk and Arkhangelsk regions)
41 Canadians (in the Baku Region)
4,000 Serbs (in the Arkhangelsk region)
4,000 Romanians (in the Arkhangelsk region)
2,500 Italians (in the Arkhangelsk region and Siberia)[10]
2,300 Chinese (in the Vladivostok region)[12]
23,351 Greeks (part of I Army Corps under Maj. Gen. Konstantinos Nider, comprising 2nd and 13th Infantry Divisions, in the Crimea, and around Odessa and Kherson)[13]
150 Australians (mostly in the Arkhangelsk regions)
TRULY the Baku Canadian Regiment was a force to be reckoned with.
(breaks up snickering)
They did their job.
I don't know yet how Rasputin survived and got to where he is, but it only stands to reason he would want to bring only elite troops with him.
Of course, I'm not even sure whose troops they would be. Not likely Red Army. Maybe Whites? More likely surviving Tsarist soldiers.
The Civil war went on for years White (Tsarist), Black (Anarchist), Red (Communist), I think there even Blue (Democratic reformist)Russians ...
The Whites were still a major force in 1918.
Not relevant but interesting.
Numbers of foreign soldiers who occupied the indicated regions of Russia:
50,000 Czechoslovaks (along the Trans-Siberian railway)
28,000 Japanese, later increased to 70,000 (in the Vladivostok region and north) [10][11]
40,000 British (in the Arkhangelsk and Vladivostok regions (these include troops from the Empire that left their own armies and signed on into the British army))
17,000 Poles - mostly 5th Rifle Division (almost 12,000 men) in Siberia and 4th Rifle Division (ca. 4000 men) in "Southern Russia", also a single 400-men-strong battalion in Murmansk within the Anglo-Slavic Legion
13,000 Americans (in the Arkhangelsk and Vladivostok regions)
12,000 French and French colonial (mostly in the Arkhangelsk and Odessa regions)
11,500 Estonians in northwestern Russia[4]
4,192 Canadians (in the Vladivostok region)
1,100 Canadians (in the Murmansk and Arkhangelsk regions)
41 Canadians (in the Baku Region)
4,000 Serbs (in the Arkhangelsk region)
4,000 Romanians (in the Arkhangelsk region)
2,500 Italians (in the Arkhangelsk region and Siberia)[10]
2,300 Chinese (in the Vladivostok region)[12]
23,351 Greeks (part of I Army Corps under Maj. Gen. Konstantinos Nider, comprising 2nd and 13th Infantry Divisions, in the Crimea, and around Odessa and Kherson)[13]
150 Australians (mostly in the Arkhangelsk regions)These numbers make a total of 255,503 foreign troops stationed in Russia during the civil war.
Jeez...so many foreigners. Were they all supporting the same faction, or did they just show up to support various geopolitical interests?
Ahem. Anyway, If I end up playing this, I'll probably roll a Ranger and take Favored Enemy: Russians.