paizo.com - GameMastery Item Cards: Kingmaker Deck

Vic Wertz (Technical Director), Tue, Dec 8, 2009, 06:57 PM

I've added sample cards. The card list is yet to come...

gigglestick (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; GameMastery Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Fiction Subscriber), Wed, Dec 9, 2009, 06:27 AM

Vic Wertz wrote:

I've added sample cards. The card list is yet to come...

So, do the AP themed card decks have ALL of the magic items that enemy NPCs have in those adventures (minus a few potions and scrolls?)

James Jacobs (Creative Director), Wed, Dec 9, 2009, 10:52 AM

gigglestick wrote:

Vic Wertz wrote:

I've added sample cards. The card list is yet to come...

So, do the AP themed card decks have ALL of the magic items that enemy NPCs have in those adventures (minus a few potions and scrolls?)

Oh my no. An Adventure Path covers dozens, if not hundreds of encounters. Many of which give out multiple items as treasure or NPC gear. Since each item card deck is limited to 52 items, we just pick and choose a mix of actual items that will appear in the Adventure Path and mix those up with some that don't but are still "on theme" for that Adventure Path.

delabarre (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Wed, Dec 9, 2009, 10:58 AM

James Jacobs wrote:

Oh my no. An Adventure Path covers dozens, if not hundreds of encounters. Many of which give out multiple items as treasure or NPC gear. Since each item card deck is limited to 52 items, we just pick and choose a mix of actual items that will appear in the Adventure Path and mix those up with some that don't but are still "on theme" for that Adventure Path.

Like the "Bottle City" in the Legacy of Fire deck. A nice nod to Sandman ("Ramadan") but I don't think I'm going to be handing that one out to my PCs.

James Jacobs (Creative Director), Wed, Dec 9, 2009, 11:48 AM

delabarre wrote:

James Jacobs wrote:

Oh my no. An Adventure Path covers dozens, if not hundreds of encounters. Many of which give out multiple items as treasure or NPC gear. Since each item card deck is limited to 52 items, we just pick and choose a mix of actual items that will appear in the Adventure Path and mix those up with some that don't but are still "on theme" for that Adventure Path.

Like the "Bottle City" in the Legacy of Fire deck. A nice nod to Sandman ("Ramadan") but I don't think I'm going to be handing that one out to my PCs.

It's as much a nod to Robert Kuntz's classic adventure as well. But yeah; great example of the type of thing that is "on theme" but not in the Adventure Path.