AJCarrington's page

Not sure why you would question Maya (Paizo rep giving you the link to their store on Amazon), but another option you might be interested in is Pegasus Publishing who picked up a license a year or two back.

I have shirts from both and quite like them. For me, the "normal" t-shirts from Amazon fit and feel better, but YMMV.

The core PF2e module hasn’t even been released for v13; you may want to install v12 if you can’t hold off until the updated modules are released.

Is this what you’re looking for?

https://paizo.com/pacg#downloads

The V13 rule set is still in test. General rule with Foundry is that you don’t update until your rule sets and modules have been updated/released as well.

I think the bigger question will be the non-book releases. It currently looks like books will avoid a lot of the tariff increases, but boxed sets, cards, maps, etc likely will not. Cards (maybe maps) can likely be relocated to NA for printing, but boxed sets, board games…that infrastructure appears to be weak (at best). I would not be surprised to see those releases delayed, canceled and/or shifted to direct-sale only.

As well…what about Pathfinder Battles…while not a Paizo product, those minis are likely going to see massive increases. WizKids may be able to avoid RoW increases by shipping direct, but its going to be a missive hit on their business model.

I believe there will be portfolio reviews as part of the upcoming PaizoCon, though the signups aren’t live yet.

You can get the graphic novel PDF from DriveThruComics, if that is something you're interested in.

I don't expect manufacturers/published to absorb these taxes...so, prices are going to go up (especially for those of us here in the US).

There may be some relief on books (only) as there has been commentary suggesting that they are tax exempt, but all other products (cards/maps/minis/etc) will be likely subject to tariffs which, in turn, will be pass on to us (the consumer). The more owner a publisher has of their distribution channel (ie ability to sell/deliver direct), the better they will be as they can (choose to) minimize how the taxes get passed on to the end consumer.

The business model of your FLGS is going to be challenged...it really depends on how much the local market will be willing to pay for the products they're looking to buy. There have been some interesting articles focused on the comic book industry that I expect will translate to the TTRPG space.

Of course, all of the above with the caveat "in my humble opinion" ;)

Thanks for the update Maya.

Issues persist (for me) in regards to the .jpg versions, but I have been able to download the .pdf version with no issue.

Pretty much all Paizo print releases get a digital version.

Both jpg downloads have a single image, with dimensions of one pixel by one pixel.

Pathfinder Monster Core Battle Cards Download: JPGs (backs) 221 bytes
Pathfinder Monster Core Battle Cards Download: JPGs (fronts) 223 bytes

Checked this morning and the same for me.

AJCarrington wrote:

I just purchased and have experienced the file issue with the JPGs. Ticket has been submitted.

That's so weird! I don't have the issue anymore, and it shows that the file was updated this week! Yes, please reach out to Customer Service about it, and send them some screenshots of what you're experiencing! We've been spending time actively trying to fix this this week.

Thanks. Received a quick repose from Customer Service advising they were aware and that the issue was being worked.

Aventhar wrote:

Still unable to download the Jpgs as of today.

This has been fixed and confirmed on my end personally!

I just purchased and have experienced the file issue with the JPGs. Ticket has been submitted.

They are simply merging AP and Adventures into a single sub; there is a comment from Customer Service here.

"Roll20 is no longer a part of PaizoConnect and discounts and complimentary PDFs do not apply."

When did that happen?

Roll20 announced it back in March:

Upcoming Changes to Roll20’s Paizo Connect

AJCarrington wrote:

Was anything mentioned re an .epub version as well? This will likely be the first hardback I’ve picked up in quite some time, but love the flexibility of digital.

Godsrain will be available as an e-book and audiobook as well.

Awesome, thanks Mark!

Was anything mentioned re an .epub version as well? This will likely be the first hardback I’ve picked up in quite some time, but love the flexibility of digital.

Hi! I bought this on Pathfinder Nexus but I don't seem to be able to download the PDF from the Paizo website. Anyone else having this issue?

Yes, for this and the Monster CoreI opened a ticket with Demiplane and they advised that they were “currently waiting for Paizo to make those products available for the Paizo Connect feature on their side”.

Hopefully the issue gets sorted soon.

You can also get some. T-shirts from Pegasus Publishing. The Amazon store used to have hats (I think), but haven’t seen anything there recently. Hopefully with the Remaster launch in full swing we’ll see some updates.

Ahhh…missed that nuance…didn’t realize the soft cover came as part of the sub.

I emailed CS and haven't heard back.

I like the idea of special omnibus hardcover editions, but there needs to be a reliable way for subscribers to pick them.

Couldn’t you just preorder and have it ship with your subs?

AJCarrington wrote:

Not to ask a silly question, but why wouldn't you look at other vendors who offer these discounted prices?

It's not a silly question at all. Though I used to own thousands of pre-painted minis, I've not personally really been in the market for years; definitely not at all since I retired in 2022. Pawns are more my financial speed nowadays.

So...why do I even care? Well, my interest is more about the health of Pathfinder (and by extension, Paizo). I've noticed a pattern of price increases of late that seem very obviously excessive. Not just much higher than the (historically high) rate of inflation, but high enough, frankly, to price the products in question completely out of the market (Pathfinder society scenarios being $9 being the most egregious, but $7 for a single blind mini is a close second).

In short, I'm not sure who is minding the store nowadays, but I'm afraid whomever they are, they're making some decisions which appear rather likely to end badly all around.

Gotcha. While there is no doubt prices are increasing, not sure I share your concern/skepticism. I tend to see this more as the market resetting itself...manufacturers are adjusting prices to to establish better margins to support their businesses over the long term (covering cost increases, wages, etc). Of course, there will be some who overstep as well as those who don't take advantage of the opportunity. I think Paizo is trying to thread a pretty small needle...time will tell how well they manage. I may not have issue with their approach, but I'm a customer of one ;)

Not to ask a silly question, but why wouldn't you look at other vendors who offer these discounted prices?

This adventure has been updated to correct some game terminology. A full changelog is in the spoiler below.

** spoiler omitted **

Alex - I'm not seeing that this has changed is my asset listing...it is showing as last updated Jan 29

Edit - well that is weird as the file seems to have the edits noted.

I really hope this is the final cover art...looks amazing!

Can anyone point me in the direction of an authorized outlet for PF2e that offers a ball call (or 2 ;)). I could have sworn the Amazon store had one at some point, but can’t seem to find anything there now.

Thanks in advance and Happy Holidays!!

@Aaron - any chance we could get some new, hi-res versions of the Player Core and GM Core covers to spice up our desktops, phones and tablets?

No worries...best of luck with your searches. I'm kind of curious to see how they tackle these...there seems to be demand, but costs have increased dramatically. I saw on a a RfC video that boardgame cardboard sheet costs had increased 400-500%...not 100% comparable, but close enough.

I believe that Aaron has hinted/suggested that the Pawns line is going to be relaunched at some point, though nothing formal has been released.

Great stuff! Really happy to see more fiction and looking forward to the relaunch of Pathfinder Tales (or whatever it will be called )

I have experienced this for a LONG time as well. Some changes were made maybe 12-18 months back, and performance improved, but overall, still incredibly slow.

I typically use FF on Windows with uBlock Origins and LastPass as my only plugins. The number of elements uBlock is flagging these days is crazy...over 1K after about 5 minutes o.O !! I've never seen numbers like this on any other site. For reference, when I load the blog using Vivaldi and its built in adblocker, it reports that it's blocked 136 trackers (doubleclick.net) and 136 ads (102 googleleads.g.doubleclick.net and 34 static.doubleclick.net).

I have an older iPad and navigating the blog is pretty much non-functional. It just takes forever to load. No real issues with the forums or pages on the site (at least in my experience).

All this being said, hopefully the site refresh coming soon can address.

I am curious to see how this pairs with the upcoming changes to subscriber benefits that Aaron has teased are in the works. With the higher price points, sourcing via online stores will become a lot more attractive (financially), particular when you factor in shipping costs. I stopped my subscriptions sometime back as it was more cost effective to buy the books separately and get the PDFs in conjunction with Demiplane.

I would love to see a combined offering that could merge print and digital (PDF/Demiplane/Foundry), but I’m not sure that is viable yet, given all the moving pieces.

When I have raised tickets with CS, I’ve typically had a response with a couple of working days. Note that CS is not active on the weekends, so I’m guessing you’ll see something from them early next week .

Hi, I was curious how people were already able to read the adventure path already. I don't mind waiting but I've been super excited for this adventure for a while lol.

I suspect they were subscribers who got access to the PDF once their order had been shipped.

If you can add it to your cart, you should be able to purchase it (at least, that's been my experience).

What? seriously? A AAA videogame, 6 years in development, employing an army of developers is $70 and this is $120?

If you have the PDF, it’s $50 right now. Also, comparing the addressable market of s VTT module to that of a AAA game doesn’t seem to be reasonable, IMHO. If you don’t see the value, there is nothing forcing you to spend the money.

Will this be updated to reflect all the Remaster work that is going to be released within the next few months? I've been waiting for this, but I don't want to get it if it's not going to also work with the remaster.

I do not think that Paizo has announced any plans to retroactively update previously released adventures for the Remaster. With no change to the source material, I can’t imagine any further changes to the VTT module.

That aside, I don’t think there will be anything preventing from using this with or without the Remaster content.

AJCarrington wrote:

@Aaron - a question that was raised a couple of weeks ago while discussing Rage of Elements release. Have you been able to confirm if the PDFs for the new Core books will suffer the same image compression issues as we saw with the Rage of Elements PDF?

Yes, I have confirmed that we have been able to use our normal (pre-Rage)compression for the Player Core and GM Core.

That is excellent news Aaron, thank you!

Now we just need to get Rag of Elements updated... ;)

@Aaron - a question that was raised a couple of weeks ago while discussing Rage of Elements release. Have you been able to confirm if the PDFs for the new Core books will suffer the same image compression issues as we saw with the Rage of Elements PDF?

I was more refrrring to the nominal dimensions of each size…not all are cut the same ;)

@Dennis - I just noticed that the are a lot more size options available for the t-shirts ( not the premium ones) on Amazon, so that may something you want to check out.

This looks great! Any chance there is a size chart we can refer to?

Thanks Aaron

Thanks Aaron, much appreciated. PDF file size is not an issue for me; as others have mentioned, I am much more interested in higher quality/resolution artwork.

Something to include in your inquiries...the current Core Rulebook comes in at 80 MB with the GM Guide coming in at 27 MB...about 107 MB for both. While it's not an exact measure, the new Core books are coming in ~70 MB (per your comments). My hope is that the new books would be of equivalent or better detail/resolution as the current books.

Aaron - will this issue potentially impact upcoming releases?

Hm. Interesting. I originally downloaded these files sometime before July 26th, which is when they were updated. For me, at least, it was that update that messed things up, as I just now tried to download the files again, and got broken files of ±150 bytes on two of them, and no download on the other two (no error message, they just didn't download anything).

When will this be fixed?

I checked my account this morning and was able to download the single file with no issues.

I checked this morning and the issue with my Highhelm downloaded have been corrected.

Just want to echo previous comments about the compression used for the pdf - it does not look great on a display.

It's disappointing to see so many jpeg artefacts, right from the cover onwards - there's great artwork here but it's been overzealously compressed, that I feel sorry for the artists. I hoped the individual chapter pdfs would be better, but it is the same issue.

It's below the standard I've come to expect from Paizo, and looks more like a pirated pdf than one I've just paid $20 for. Treasure Vault has a similar number of pages and looks fine. Can this really not be better compressed?

Otherwise, I'm very happy to finally have this and looking forward to trying out all the great content.

Another comment to echo and support this issue; I have also raised a ticket with Customer Service so that they can track it.

Hopefully we will see a "hi res" aka "normal" version released following Gencon.

Joining in to confirm I have am having the sames issue; ticket has been sent to Customer Service.

I really appreciate that you continue to post the videos to YouTube. I’ve never been a huge fan of Twitch and can never seem to be able to make the livestreams.