Mike Selinker Adventure Card Game Designer |
Frencois |
The new cards have me wishing that the old class decks will get some love. They need a booster pack or two.
Yes, it seems that new class decks benefit a lot from new boxes and all the feedbacks over the years.
It would indeed be great to have a special updating deck of new cards to add/replace some of the earlier class decks cards.
Hannibal_pjv |
Duncan7291 wrote:The new cards have me wishing that the old class decks will get some love. They need a booster pack or two.Yes, it seems that new class decks benefit a lot from new boxes and all the feedbacks over the years.
It would indeed be great to have a special updating deck of new cards to add/replace some of the earlier class decks cards.
New decks benefits also from matter that they don't have to divide the card pool among 4 characters...
Yep 2nd edition of class decks 1-7 would be nice. but who knows maybe after Paizo runs out of different classes, we will see new editions :-)Duncan7291 |
The two items I would love to see (Actually two categories of items):
(1) updated booster for old class decks; and
(2) after updated booster, a new box booster for each new set that comes out. So when Mummy's Mask comes out, we get cards designed to work well with that new set. Having a character that can repair a ship really wouldn't be helpful in the desert.
Hannibal_pjv |
Gambit001 wrote:So I know Barbarian got delayed a month, but are both Barbarian and Oracles still planned for early February? Same day?Hope so, at least we europeans will win a bit on shipping potentially.
Hmm.. it is hard to give any reason why they would be released at the same time. I expect them to sell better, if there is some time between releases. Same reason as why Mummy was put on hold.
skizzerz |
I'm cool with that. I was really hoping February wasn't gunna cost me 100.
But if you spend $100 you get $10 off on shipping ;) (I know it was likely an exaggeration, but hey, couldn't resist)
That said, they're gonna have to double up at some point in time if they want to get caught up with the original schedule... unless of course they don't care about the original schedule and according to the new schedule they are perfectly on-time with everything, and we were always at war with Eastasia.
Theryon Stormrune |
When in Feb is the Barbarian Deck due out? I've got a lot while in the Sidecart ;)
They are going to be generating subscription orders tomorrow. Shipping within the next two weeks.
Theryon Stormrune |
There are no class decks for base sets.
If you take a look at the original 7 class decks: Bard, Cleric, Fighter, Ranger, Rogue, Sorcerer and Wizard, you'll find that they're different than their RotR counterparts. And the matching characters from S&S (Bard, Fighter, Rogue) are also different.
So when you see the Gunslinger and Oracle and Alchemist coming out, they're not from S&S. They're not geared for play with S&S. They're their own classes.
Each class deck that comes out is designed for generic play with any base set. If you want a ranger that's geared better to fight demons, then you can use the WotR Harsk with his class deck. Otherwise, the class deck version is going to be the same whether played in RotR, S&S or WotR.
Frencois |
I would add to what Theryon said by saying that indeed some Class Decks may be more suitable for a specific background. E. g. I would recommand playing the Gunslinger class deck with a base set whose background includes gunpowder. Which - at that time - means S&S. But nothiong prevents either:
- to play the Gunslinger CD with another base set
- or Paizo to issue anoither base set with guns involved
So ultimately, Theryon is fully right: CD are by construction base set independent.
Keith Richmond Pathfinder ACG Developer |
Frencois |
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Cause yeah, guns are a totally proper response to needing to kill a lot of demons. Obviously.
Not remotely as good as using monk fighting fan... just kidding. I'm still totally amaze at the facility you guys have to put pirates, ninjas, vikings and mummies in the same box.
My mother is a retired History teacher here in France (true). She just had an heart attack translating my post (not totally true but close). :-)Keith Richmond Pathfinder ACG Developer |
Tanis O'Connor Adventure Card Game Designer |
Theryon Stormrune |
Street date for the Oracle deck is March 30. We've been told, in the past, that the character sheets never show up prior to the street date. So I'm hoping to see them near the end of next week.
cartmanbeck RPG Superstar 2014 Top 16 |
James McKendrew |
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Got my Oracle deck in the mail, definitely not disappointed in it. The three characters are all amazing in different ways, and I had a lot of trouble deciding which of them I'll use first. (Ended up choosing Ramexes for his double-dipping of Allies).
I don't HAVE to decide. My girlfriend got hold of mine before I could. She's playing Grazzle in SotS.
Talonius |
cartmanbeck wrote:Got my Oracle deck in the mail, definitely not disappointed in it. The three characters are all amazing in different ways, and I had a lot of trouble deciding which of them I'll use first. (Ended up choosing Ramexes for his double-dipping of Allies).I don't HAVE to decide. My girlfriend got hold of mine before I could. She's playing Grazzle in SotS.
I was really torn between Ramexes and Alahazra, but she won out because of how awesome she was in S&S.
She's blasting through catching up to the rest of the team!
Eliandra Giltessan |
I was solidly on Team Ramexes until I started thinking of Alahazra in concert with all those boons. Lookout + Seer's Headdress means 4 cards examined! So now I'm playing solo Ramexes through RotR and saving Alahazra for SotRu. But I don't think I'm getting the full Ramexes experience this way, cuz I don't need the extra explores on a solo run. I may have to accept that I'm playing oracles for the next 2-3 seasons.
James McKendrew |
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Grazzle with a cure spell is awesome. When he draws the cure spell, on his next turn, he does is Bone Healing (you know, that sounds kinda perverted), then immediately casts Cure on himself to recover some of the damage. It's a pretty good cycle. We split the healing based on draw piles, trying to get everyone to the same point. It's pretty good for three-player. I imagine in six-player, it'd be way less useful.
ManiiNames |
We started a three-player game of Wrath last night, and I am playing Grazzle. I have to say his healing ability is astounding. Using the discard-to-heal mechanic was able to keep my two partner's decks extremely rich with blessings and allies, leading to an extreme number of explores.
To keep myself alive I packed two cures. Keeping careful track of where they were / might be in my deck or hand allowed me to heal my partners like crazy while experiencing only mild risk myself. I think a perfect scenario would be having a Paladin partner, someone who carried a single cure they could use to heal Grazzle on those occasions when my cure(s) ended up in the discard pile. Then I wouldn't have to be quite so paranoid about milling one off the top of my deck.
That being said, once I finally get a role card (this will take a while) and select the feat for (□ If any of those cards have the Divine trait, you may recharge them instead.) it'll be truly nutty. Why couldn't Grazzle discard virtually his entire remaining deck every turn, healing his party for a huge amount, without any real risk? The cure(s) would automatically recharge, and could then be drawn and cast to heal yourself of the losses?
PhyllisSteen |
I've been a fly-on-the-wall reader of the message boards for two years (almost daily, you all are great and thanks for building such a great community), and I'm coming out of the word work to chime in and say that Grazzle as a Bog Medic is the best experience I've had as a divine caster. He automatically recharges spells (so he is a great attacker) and he can heal everyone but him without having to move? It has given us the upper-hand in our SS game several times. We are on Adventure Deck 5 now in SS, and I'm reluctant to end it because I love Grazzle so.
John Compton Pathfinder Society Lead Developer |
James McKendrew |
I've been a fly-on-the-wall reader of the message boards for two years (almost daily, you all are great and thanks for building such a great community), and I'm coming out of the word work to chime in and say that Grazzle as a Bog Medic is the best experience I've had as a divine caster. He automatically recharges spells (so he is a great attacker) and he can heal everyone but him without having to move? It has given us the upper-hand in our SS game several times. We are on Adventure Deck 5 now in SS, and I'm reluctant to end it because I love Grazzle so.
Hooray for a new voice! As I mentioned (in another topic), Grazzle is AWESOME for S&S, since he starts with Survival AND Craft (both on his strongest skill, no less!), nevermind all the other cool stuff.
This weekend I restarted the Season of the Shackles with Grazzle and his rather surly companion Bekah. The scaly rascal has proven very effective and allows the battle-bard to explore much more recklessly than she would otherwise!
I tried Bekah in AP (RotR). It feels like she tries to do too much, like a first edition fighter/cleric/magic user. I liked her OK, but she wasn't as much fun as most other characters I played. When her partner (Athnul, I think) got killed, I started over with a new character.