Dragon Slayers!

Thursday, May 13, 2010

The last five months have been an uphill slog for the entire Paizo team. The goal: produce more than 30 accessories, Adventure Path volumes, modules, maps, novels, and hardcover books, before May 12th—the date by which our August releases need to be to our printer. The task has been daunting, and at several points along the way seemed unlikely, but at 10:30 last night, with the shipping of the Advanced Player's Guide and a scant hour and a half to spare, we slew our literal editorial dragon. Such means not just that (barring calamity) we'll have a big hardcover at this year's Gen Con Indy but that our module and Pathfinder Adventure Path lines are on schedule (even ahead of schedule) for the first time ever! So check out some shots of the hectic last few days around here. As for us, I'd like to say it's time for celebration and long naps, but it seems like that's never the case: we've got far too many cool things in store to rest yet!

The recently slain editorial dragon! (And his fiction-related wyrming!) We've been coloring off sections every time a product ships. And this wasn't even everything!Erik, Jeff, and Jason in the final moments of the APG. 10:30 p.m. 5/11/10
James, Sarah, and my firmly tied shoes in the final moments of the APG. 10:30 p.m. 5/11/10James's whiteboard provides much information, most importantly on the status of our senior art directorix.
Jeff, Sarah, and a contemplative James check through the final proofs of the Advanced Player's Guide.Erik did his invaluable executive proof of more than half the Advanced Player's Guide in two seemingly endless and near sleepless days.
Some editing marks are weird.A big stack of slain corrections and double checks on the final proofs.
Jason makes his first and Paizo's last marks on the 2010 Editorial Dragon! Erik (playing the theme to Rocky), Crystal, Judy, Patrick, and Sarah look on.Sutter coup de graces the Fiction Wyrming. James, Rob, and Chris assist.

Wes Schneider

Managing Editor

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Silver Crusade

Congrats!

NOW LET THE SCOURING BEGIN

Core Class Archetypes

Archetypes come with alternate class features that can be swapped out for standard class features as long as the prereqs are met.

Barbarians have a number of them listed there, and it looks like they each come with their own set of powers, likely rage powers?

The archetypes are:

Brutal Pugilist
Drunken _________
Elemental Kin
Hurler
Invulnerable Rager
M_______ Fury
Savage Barbarian
Superstitious
_________ Warrior

edit-oops, looks like the new powers aren't necessarily tied with the archetypes.

Bard: Same deal.

Arcane Duelist
Archivist
Court Bard
_____ Magician
Sandman
Savage Skald
Sea Singer
__________ Performer

Paladin:
Hospitaler
Undead Scourge

Looks like characters can take on more than one archetype at a time too. Hmmm... Looks like there are some restrictions on that as well depending on what each archetype replaces.

I wonder if there will be archetypes listed for the six new classes.

Widows and orphans may or may not be getting some love in the book. That note is a bit vague in its purpose.

The art spread for the Races chapter features Harsk facing off against some goblins. Have we seen this piece before? Is it new? I can't recall it offhand. (looks like it's likely reused, I recognize the art on the New Rules page)

KINGMAKER SPOILERS!!! NOW I KNOW THERE'S LIMESTONE IN THE CAMPAIGN!! :(

But seriously, congrats. Go hit a bar together this Friday and have a montage looking back on the experience, like on Cold Case.

I suspect I'll be seeing the art director's status in my nightmares. Those gnashing jaws and that burning glare...

Liberty's Edge

Hmmm, I wonder what that word under Erik's pen is ... ?

I think I know the feeling.

Liberty's Edge

Mikaze wrote:

Widows and orphans may or may not be getting some love in the book. That note is a bit vague in its purpose.

I hope we don’t have too many widows or orphans!

Widows are too-short last lines of a paragraph, orphans are when you have the first line of a paragraph as the last line on a page.

Liberty's Edge

Oh!

And very well done on slaying your dragons Paizo peeps! Let the looting begin!

Silver Crusade

Mothman wrote:

Hmmm, I wonder what that word under Erik's pen is ... ?

I think I know the feeling.

That the paint for your home has arrived?

?


You guys are geniuses.
(genii?)

Silver Crusade

Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber

Bard archetype: Sandman. You guys are awesome. I already love the book !

Silver Crusade

Anyone else suspecting Cultured Warrior is going to be an archetype for Fighter? (ie: lose a feat, get skill points)

Silver Crusade

Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber

I'm curious about the Cleric archetypes. I can bet that one of them will have Heavy Armor Proficiency ;-)


9 odd acrhetypes per class makes me very happy!

That's a lot of customisation. Also I think we can see the coloured versions of the Cavalier, and someone wearing all brown, The alchemist maybe? In the photo with the core rulebook open on the desk.

EDIT: Oddly they don't look Wayne Reynoldsey, so maybe their archetype art!


Man. This game me painful finishing dissertation flashbacks.

You staff people take care of yourselves.

PS Nice scouring, guys.

Grand Lodge

Looks good guys...Congrats!


Gorbacz wrote:
Bard archetype: Sandman. You guys are awesome.

Now I'm envisioning someone with a lonely heart like Pagliacci and lots of wavy hair like Liberace.


Mikaze wrote:

The archetypes are:

Brutal Pugilist
Drunken _________
Elemental Kin
Hurler
Invulnerable Rager
M_______ Fury
Savage Barbarian
Superstitious
_________ Warrior

There seems to be a Breaker archetype just before Brutal Pugilist!

Silver Crusade

Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber
hogarth wrote:
Gorbacz wrote:
Bard archetype: Sandman. You guys are awesome.
Now I'm envisioning someone with a lonely heart like Pagliacci and lots of wavy hair like Liberace.

I'm actually on Neil Gaiman's Sandman, but the Spider-man super-villain comes up as well. Hogarth, you do have some imagination ")


Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber

Good show!


I'm most curious about the number of fiction titles referenced on the Fiction Wyrmling. I see "Wolves" on there, but what are all the others!?


Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber; Pathfinder Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber
yoda8myhead wrote:
I'm most curious about the number of fiction titles referenced on the Fiction Wyrmling. I see "Wolves" on there, but what are all the others!?

The three Planet Stories books that are due out this summer.


Justin Franklin wrote:
yoda8myhead wrote:
I'm most curious about the number of fiction titles referenced on the Fiction Wyrmling. I see "Wolves" on there, but what are all the others!?
The three Planet Stories books that are due out this summer.

Oh yeah. As excited as I am about those, I was hoping for some super-secret Pathfinder fiction that was going to be announced soon. :-?


yoda8myhead wrote:
Justin Franklin wrote:
yoda8myhead wrote:
I'm most curious about the number of fiction titles referenced on the Fiction Wyrmling. I see "Wolves" on there, but what are all the others!?
The three Planet Stories books that are due out this summer.
Oh yeah. As excited as I am about those, I was hoping for some super-secret Pathfinder fiction that was going to be announced soon. :-?

Yes, some of those are initials, and I was squinting to see if I could make them out and decode them for some fiction secret.


You mean you slew a figurative editorial dragon right? Normally, I wouldn't say anything, but the dragon is editorial in nature. (Editorial Subtype, perhaps?)

Contributor

Evil Lincoln wrote:
You mean you slew a figurative editorial dragon right? Normally, I wouldn't say anything, but the dragon is editorial in nature. (Editorial Subtype, perhaps?)

For us editors, it was very literal. Hence the scary, scary dragon picture. Love the comic though - going to have to check more of those out. :)

Contributor

Mikaze wrote:
The art spread for the Races chapter features Harsk facing off against some goblins. Have we seen this piece before? Is it new? I can't recall it offhand. (looks like it's likely reused, I recognize the art on the New Rules page)

It's new! Hope you like goblins! And knives. And gnomes. And knives.

Mikaze wrote:
I suspect I'll be seeing the art director's status in my nightmares. Those gnashing jaws and that burning glare...

You're SO not the only one. *shudder*

Contributor

Also, apologies to Sean. In two pictures we can only see the top of his head. But he's totally there!


F. Wesley Schneider wrote:
Also, apologies to Sean. In two pictures we can only see the top of his head. But he's totally there!

He wields and unmistakable pate.


Well done!!!!!

Dark Archive

That last picture of Sutter looks like Bart sent to the chalkboard;

I will not go over wordcount.
I will not go over wordcount.
I will not go over wordcount.
I will not go over wordcount.
I will not go over wordcount.
I will not go over wordcount.


Is that the final APG cover on the bulletin board in picture 3?

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yoda8myhead wrote:
Is that the final APG cover on the bulletin board in picture 3?

Looks like the GMG cover too me, and I'm too lazy to go downstairs and check.

Contributor

Ross Byers wrote:
yoda8myhead wrote:
Is that the final APG cover on the bulletin board in picture 3?
Looks like the GMG cover too me, and I'm too lazy to go downstairs and check.

Yah. That's the GMG. We'll show off the final cover here sooooon.

Sovereign Court

So does this mean the whole Paizo staff will be sleeping the next few days and the offices will be left undefended... er, I mean, on holiday leave?


The most direly needed archetype, for me, is a magic-free ranger. I wonder if there is one, and if so what is it like?

Dark Archive

There seems to be a mystery/bonus message in photo six - not in the book content but the post-it note written by Mona. The purple highlighter obscures part of the message - seems to say "____ it. I'm going home."

Is the first letter a ..... F? Is that right?


Congratulations guys, very impressive! Keep up the great work!

Paizo Employee Creative Director

Auxmaulous wrote:

There seems to be a mystery/bonus message in photo six - not in the book content but the post-it note written by Mona. The purple highlighter obscures part of the message - seems to say "____ it. I'm going home."

Is the first letter a ..... F? Is that right?

Erik is no stranger to words that begin with the letter F.

Silver Crusade

James Jacobs wrote:
Auxmaulous wrote:

There seems to be a mystery/bonus message in photo six - not in the book content but the post-it note written by Mona. The purple highlighter obscures part of the message - seems to say "____ it. I'm going home."

Is the first letter a ..... F? Is that right?

Erik is no stranger to words that begin with the letter F.

Like "Friendship"?

Dark Archive

my guess is file


James Jacobs wrote:
Erik is no stranger to words that begin with the letter F.

Does this mean he knows what the F in "F Wesley Schneider" stands for? :P

Sovereign Court

Mikaze wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
Auxmaulous wrote:

There seems to be a mystery/bonus message in photo six - not in the book content but the post-it note written by Mona. The purple highlighter obscures part of the message - seems to say "____ it. I'm going home."

Is the first letter a ..... F? Is that right?

Erik is no stranger to words that begin with the letter F.
Like "Friendship"?

Fabulous?

Silver Crusade

Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber

DAMN YOU FABULOUS JACK, that was my line !

Dark Archive

Lilith wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
Erik is no stranger to words that begin with the letter F.
Does this mean he knows what the F in "F Wesley Schneider" stands for? :P

"Fiendish" -- that's a fact! ;P


Lilith wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
Erik is no stranger to words that begin with the letter F.
Does this mean he knows what the F in "F Wesley Schneider" stands for? :P

Know? I assumed that it was Erik that added that F to Wes' name.

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