Your Guide to the Savage Tide
Dungeon® magazine’s wildly popular Adventure Path series kicks off its new 12-installment Dungeons & Dragons campaign with the October issue (#139). To celebrate the magazine’s 20th year of fantastic adventuring, Dungeon magazine and Paizo Publishing®, LLC are offering a FREE Savage Tide Player’s Guide at this year’s Gen Con Indy.
How Do I Get It?
Stop by our booth and buy a new subscription or renewal to Dragon or Dungeon (including our new month-to-month option!) and the Player’s Guide is yours!
Or …
If you’re an existing subscriber or prefer to purchase your magazine at a local game store you can get the Player’s Guide for a small fee.
Savage Content
The Savage Tide Player’s Guide is a handy overview of the city of Sasserine; the location featured in the first few adventures in the Savage Tide Adventure Path.
It contains:
* A full map of the city
* Detailed maps of the seven districts
* District descriptions including NPCs, residents, and common rumors
* New feats tailored to fit each district and the themes of the Savage Tide Adventure Path
Wow!
Don’t run your Savage Tide Adventure Path without it! Stop by our booth and take your first step on a savage journey.
1) Good to see that you folks are taking a page from Monte and Ptolus. I've already got my players just drooling over Ptolus because of the players guides.
2) What, no love for those of us who just can't afford to go to gencon? I'll be wanting this Player's guide. will it be available "for a small fee" online to current dungeon & dragon subscribers?
Creative Director
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1) Good to see that you folks are taking a page from Monte and Ptolus. I've already got my players just drooling over Ptolus because of the players guides.
2) What, no love for those of us who just can't afford to go to gencon? I'll be wanting this Player's guide. will it be available "for a small fee" online to current dungeon & dragon subscribers?
I think the plan is to make the Player's Guide available after Gen Con from our web store. The content will be available first to those who can get to Gen Con, but shortly thereafter should be available to everyone. I wrote and developed and helped edit it... but after that I'm kinda unclear on the exact details.
Of coruse, the map itself will be reproduced as a 4-panel poster map in issue #139 of Dungeon, so you won't miss out on that even if you don't get a copy of the Player's Guide. But if you want to expand the adventures beyond what appears in Dungeon, the Player's Guide will be pretty handy for DMs as well.
Dammit! You just made a purchase!
My group's not even out of the Age of Worms, and are already drooling over Savage Tide. Guess you get more of my money. Oh noes.
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Hm, will there be issues of the Player's Guide shipped to europe, for FLGS and non-subscribers? I'm reading the mags every month for years now and i never subscribed because my FLGS has it much, much earlier than the subscribers get them. I'm loyal to the magazines and i'd be sad if my wish to get the issues asap would prevent me from getting the PG.
A 'players only' guide for the next AP? I must have it!
Will it be free to download from here?
I think the plan is to make the Player's Guide available after Gen Con from our web store. The content will be available first to those who can get to Gen Con, but shortly thereafter should be available to everyone. I wrote and developed and helped edit it... but after that I'm kinda unclear on the exact details.
Sweet. long as I can buy at least one copy I'm happy. Player's guides are a really useful resource for everyone - DMs and Players alike.
Of coruse, the map itself will be reproduced as a 4-panel poster map in issue #139 of Dungeon, so you won't miss out on that even if you don't get a copy of the Player's Guide. But if you want to expand the adventures beyond what appears in Dungeon, the Player's Guide will be pretty handy for DMs as well.
Poster map. oooh I'm drooling already.
How much exactly is a "small fee"?
Can we renew at the Paizo booth at the online discount? (Not sure if it's still being offered--I just remember it from last time I renewed)
How much exactly is a "small fee"?
Can we renew at the Paizo booth at the online discount? (Not sure if it's still being offered--I just remember it from last time I renewed)
I just renewed dungeon - the online discount is still there. :)
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Creative Director
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The six initial affiliations are each given a short paragraph of information in the Player's Guide, but we didn't have enough room to go into more detail; issue #348 of Dragon will have the details on them.
As for the other questions, I don't have exact answers but I'm 98% sure that you'll be able to renew or extend existing subscriptions at Gen Con and therefore qualify for the free player's guide. I'm not sure what the "small fee" will be for those who just want to buy it, alas.
As for the other questions, I don't have exact answers but I'm 98% sure that you'll be able to renew or extend existing subscriptions at Gen Con and therefore qualify for the free player's guide. I'm not sure what the "small fee" will be for those who just want to buy it, alas.
Awesome. Just too awesome. Can't wait for Gen Con.
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Chief Creative Officer, Publisher
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The small fee, unless something changes, will be $5. We're selling them at the show, and also as an in-bag promotion to active US military folks who buy the magazine in the field. Any leftovers will be available at paizo.com, but we'll also be making the whole file a free download about a month after the convention.
--Erik
That takes care of us Europeans then. :)
The small fee, unless something changes, will be $5. We're selling them at the show, and also as an in-bag promotion to active US military folks who buy the magazine in the field. Any leftovers will be available at paizo.com, but we'll also be making the whole file a free download about a month after the convention.
--Erik
Okay . . . so curse my stupidity, but let me re-state this to make sure I understand properly.
The three options for the majority of the populous are as follows:
1. Purchase hard-copy at Gen-con
2. Order hard-copy from paizo.com after Gen Con IF there are left over copies from Gen Con.
3. Wait a month or so and get free download from paizo.com
Assuming that I have that right, and knowing that 1. is not an option for me, I definately hope there's some left over for purchase.
The small fee, unless something changes, will be $5. We're selling them at the show, and also as an in-bag promotion to active US military folks who buy the magazine in the field. Any leftovers will be available at paizo.com, but we'll also be making the whole file a free download about a month after the convention.
--Erik
So I was right, and you guys really are taking a page from Ptolus & Monte.
That is incredibly awesome! I hope more publishers start getting the idea that they can promote sales with small free players guides and product support.
Kudos, Paizo!
I'll be snagging some of these for my group. I'm not the DM for this one though.
Peace and smiles :)
j.
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Chief Technical Officer
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The three options for the majority of the populous are as follows:
1. Purchase hard-copy at Gen-con
2. Order hard-copy from paizo.com after Gen Con IF there are left over copies from Gen Con.
3. Wait a month or so and get free download from paizo.com
To be a bit more accurate:
1. Get printed copy free with subscription or renewal at Gen Con.
2. Purchase printed copy at Gen Con
3. Order printed copy from paizo.com after Gen Con IF there are leftover copies from Gen Con.
4. Wait a month or so and get free download from paizo.com
(and, I guess, to be complete:
5. Join the US military and get a printed copy free with purchase of a specific issue at the PX.)
Yep, definitely buying 5 of these for my players.
To be a bit more accurate:
1. Get printed copy free with subscription or renewal at Gen Con.
2. Purchase printed copy at Gen Con
3. Order printed copy from paizo.com after Gen Con IF there are leftover copies from Gen Con.
4. Wait a month or so and get free download from paizo.com
(and, I guess, to be complete:
5. Join the US military and get a printed copy free with purchase of a specific issue at the PX.)
Hmm . . . curse options 1, 2, and 5 being not available to me. Well, I guess 3, and 4 aren't bad.