Erik Bauer from Gaming Paper here! We have a new Kickstarter (well it's not totally new...it is about 12 days old and has only 8 days left.
It is an amazing high level Pathfinder Role Playing Game adventure written by John Ling, maps by Lazz, and artwork by Joel Biske and Jude Beers.
Please take a look and consider giving us your support!
You can read all about it right here:
http://kck.st/Mh7CtX
Now a word from the author John Ling!
Erik wanted a post from the author, but frankly… he’s an idiot, barely capable of stringing together words into a coherent sentence, let alone making a paragraph. And so, for your benefit, I’ve used one of my spell slots to get that fool out of the way for a while. Please, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Leander d’Arstond. I’m a supremely intelligent wizard who had the audacity to sacrifice some clerics of the Sun God and fracture my phylactery into four pieces. Don’t worry — I’ll avoid too many big words so as not to confuse you mere mortals. I’m about as evil as they come, one bad ass dude as you might say in your vernacular. I rip the tags off mattresses and laugh about it!
With introductions out of the way, allow me a moment to convince you not to buy this little product. You would need to be a fool to invest even a simple six gold coins in this endeavor. I understand that Top Ten lists are popular among dwellers of your particular Material Plane, and so I’ll debase myself this one time to give you the Top Ten Reasons Not to Buy This Product.
10. Ling is an idiot. He and Bauer agreed to make this little soirée on the planes between 24,000 and 26,000 words. The moron instead wrote 34,000 words! If the man (I use the term loosely) can’t even hit a simple target, how do you expect him to produce quality?
9. For his part, Bauer has issues, too. His writer blew word count, and he didn’t assert breach of contract? And he’s going to publish the extra words? And not charge more for it? These are the sort of business decisions that make me weep.
8. Need more proof Bauer has no business sense? The man hired Lou Agresta to write an adventure. Seriously, he must have been desperate. I can promise you, dear reader, that Rone Barton wrote the good parts of that debacle, and he still weeps at the prospect of having to share the title page with Agresta.
7. Clearly, Ling and Bauer are boring, too. Want evidence? Nobody has even sniffed at the pledge level to have dinner with them at this thing called GenCon — whatever that is. Smart, dear readers. Very smart. Ling would probably just sit there and drool on his plate, and Bauer, no doubt, will regale you with boring tales about his characters. The fact that you could run up a 500 gold coin tab at one of the finest restaurants in downtown Indianapolis is clearly not enough to make that experience worthwhile!
6. Gaming Paper? Seriously, have you ever looked at what it is? It’s wrapping paper, with lines drawn on it. What sort of flagship product is that? It’s not like it’s super-convenient or anything. I mean, you have to rip it or cut it. What’s wrong with a little water, a rag, and some elbow grease to clean off a vinyl mat?
5. I have a highly skilled assassin strike team at my beck and call. Ling thinks the best use for that team is to send them after your PCs, with detailed instructions on how to kill them — and why killing them isn’t a big deal! But just understand… this is my strike team. I could opt to send them after you, instead, if you think traveling to the planes is a good idea.
4. Just so you understand Ling’s lack of writing skill… Assassin strike team aside, there’s a good chance your PCs will DIE while trying to track me down. Where’s the fun in that? Then you have to listen to them whine and cry while they make new characters, and they’ll likely blame you for it! I mean, I’ve had centuries to prepare for their PCs. Hell, one whole room of my lair is covered in glyphs and symbols. How do you think your PCs will survive that? Undead minions (including blood urchins, something you’ve probably never even heard of since it’s my very own creation!), constructs, fire giants, airship pirates, an advanced aboleth sorcerer, an angry and territorial crag linnorn, rock trolls, oozes, devils, demons, angels. I have so many minions — some of whom don’t even know they’re my minions — your players don’t stand a chance.
3. More proof that Ling’s writing is terrible? Bauer needs to hide it by doing things such as including color artwork, six full page maps by Rob Lazzeretti — the only talented person Bauer hired for this catastrophe — and a slew of black and white art. Clearly, Bauer is looking to take your attention away from the fiasco that is Ling’s writing.
2. Back to Bauer’s business sense… have you looked at some of the rewards? He’s practically giving away his only decent product: All Stars Take on the Mega Dungeon. What a terrible business decision, giving away perfectly good product just to get suckers to buy the balderdash Ling is writing. And since your players are angry with you for killing their characters, you’ll have nobody with whom to play All Stars. Save your money!
And the Number One Reason not to purchase this product?
1. Seriously, how many times do I need to say it? Ling is an idiot who couldn’t write his way out of a wet paper bag, even if you ripped a hole in it to get him started. The dude thinks magical chamber pots are a good idea!
Run, good reader. Run! Take your money somewhere else. There’s no need for you to purchase this obvious failure of a product. You don’t need the 34,000 words, the planar travel, the devious traps, the precious rewards, the glorious maps from Lazz, the color artwork. The fact that my unlife is at risk if your gaming group gets this has absolutely nothing at all to do with this suggestion, either. Speaking of suggestion, don’t make me break out more spells in order to convince you! Run! Go outside and play or something. I think while I have Ling under my control for a little while longer, I’ll take advantage of it. My lair needs cleaning… Just in case your PCs show up anyway, I need to get rid of the cobwebs.
Sincerely,
Leander d’Arstond
Evil Mastermind
http://kck.st/Mh7CtX
linkified<---Since I linkified your web address for convenience I think you owe me some of the spoils from the many creatures you have killed. I am sure you have some of their souls stored somewhere. For this small endeavour I will only demand two of them.
Erik can give you more info, I'm sure, but there's two that I can think of.
Citadel of Pain written by Lou Agresta and Rone Barton.
All Stars Take on the Mega Dungeon by Ed Greenwood, Monte Cook, Steven Schend, and Brian Cortijo.
Many of the mid-range packages have one or both adventures included.
Pledged.
Pledged, as well.
Two souls? For that simple task? Fine, fine. Will you accept Bauer's and Agresta's?
That works, and I plan to pledge also. :)
As Zherog mentioned, Citadel of Pain and All Stars Take on the Megadungeon are our two Pathfinder Role Playing Game adventures out. We do have another adventure releasing this weekend as part of Free RPG Day! We also offer the Mega-dungeon, Gaming Paper rolls, Gaming Paper singles, and even a line (3 styles - Dork Tower, Stan!, and Cthulhu) of wrapping paper.
This is our 5th Kickstarter. All have been successful and all have been fulfilled...except for the most recent. It is printed and ready to ship, but cannot be distributed until after Free RPG Day (this Saturday). So, Slavers of the Secret Garden ships on Monday.
Thanks for the question!
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I am a user of several products of Gaming Paper. I have used the rolls, the singles, and am currently getting my Wednesday Pathfinder group ready for The Citadel of Pain.
Citadel of Pain is pretty awesome. I think it's one of the best adventure intro encounters ever, to be honest. Very intense.
Pledged!
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Two souls? For that simple task? Fine, fine. Will you accept Bauer's and Agresta's?That works, and I plan to pledge also. :)
Hey now! So this is the thanks I get, Ling? I introduce you to Erik and your creat-ow! Your creation takes-ow! Hey, what theAHHGHHHGHHRHGHRGGHG!
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Joined as well - I really hope you'll make the final stretch!
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For those who have looked but not chipped in yet (or for those who might ant to raise their pledge), I want to take a moment to point out that Erik has gone and tweaked some of the higher priced pledge rewards. In particular, I think he's insane with what he's giving out for the top pledge level now.
For $500, you get dinner at the Palomino restaurant in Indy during GenCon for you and up to 3 guests, up to a $500 tab. Dinner will include me and Erik, and he'll invite along everybody else involved in the Production of Fractured Phylactery as well. We'll talk about the adventure, gaming in general, the industry, what it's like to be a super-sexy freelancer (I'll have to let somebody else answer that, though). Whatever.
But... you also get: PDF copies of Fractured Phylactery, Citadel of Pain, and All Stars Take on the Mega Dungeon; a signed (by me) print copy of Fractured Phylactery that you can pick up at GenCon; the Mega Dungeon map pack; four rolls of gaming paper; and print copies of Citadel and All Stars!
Frankly, I think Erik has lost his mind. ;)
Thank you to those who have pledged. And thank you to Lou for sharing his soul with Leander. I'm sure we can work something out to get it back later...
Our "final Push" and some stretch goals have been posted. Basically, though? More planar adventure goodness!
There are fewer than 24 hours left to help us Kickstarter 'Fractured Phylactery'. For everyone who is like me and waits until the last bit to back a project NOW IS THAT TIME!
Thanks for all your support in making our Kickstarter successful.