Aaron aka Itchy's page

6 months after Douglas Muir 406 checked in. I'd love if they published the "orphaned novels" as epubs (along with the web fiction and Pathfinder Journals that never got an epub version).

But I've lost hope that it will ever happen now.

At one point earlier this year, James S. actually had me slowly gathering information on all the we needed to get out into epubs (which includes most of that list, I believe). It's still on our to-do, but right now they keep getting other bigger projects bumped above them...like Starfinder, for instance. But I want to see all the fiction out there as well, and I know it's just a matter of time.

I see that this is archived which crushes my hopes of ever getting the rest of the Web Fiction and Pathfinder Journals as officially published e-books. I still hold out a little hope. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE collect each one into a e-book and sell it on the site. I would buy them all. I would buy them (all of them) as soon as I saw them.

It has been just over a year since I commented that I would purchase any and all short fiction that has not yet been published (see the list at the top of this thread) as an ePub/PDF. I stand by that statement. If you publish it, I will buy it. It might take me a few weeks as I would spread the purchases out, buying one as I finish reading one. But I would eventually purchase them all.

Most pressing to me personally, would be to see The Bonedust Dolls by Kevin Andrew Murphy and Sweet Ichor by Robin D Laws.

Thinking about this again today as I contemplate rereading Kevin Andrew Murray's alchemist tales. I know that the one from the winter AP has not been compiled and I desperately want it to be. Same with at least one Howard Andrew Jones web fiction piece.

I'm hopeful that these get made. Once the human resource of time is spent to get them formatted into an ePub, they are a salable item that doesn't take up space in the warehouse. I'm guessing that the expected profit isn't worth the cost.

My impression is that the Pathfinder Tales line was always a labor of love more than a moneymaker.

Note to the publishers: If/when these are made, I WILL purchase them all.

I know this is a super old thread, but is there any hope of getting the old web fiction and the rest of the Pathfinder journals out as ePubs?

I also would love to see the rest of the Web Fiction and AP Fiction get published as Short Fiction ePubs. I would buy them. Granted at a rate of about one a month, but I would work my way through them. I own all the ones that have been published so far.

The current Comics Humble Bundle includes 4 more Worldscape one-shots. Do you know if they will be rolling all 8 one-shots into a single volume? Or will they have 2 volumes of one-shots. My preference is a single volume with all eight, but I know you have very little say in the matter.

The worldwound Gambit was great, but I have to give props to the Varian and Radovan series as well. Blood of the City was great also, but was a bit paced weirdly to me

I loved that Blood of the City brought back the Fire-blooded sorcerer from The Worldwound Gambit. I can't for the life of me remember his name and it's not important enough to me to look it up.

I also liked that there was a passing callback to Gad in Lord of Runes, but he was busy elsewhere doing something and would not have been able to help out.

I'm probably going to get flak for this, but IMO the best novel in the Pathfinder line by far is The Worldwound Gambit. It's the tightly told story of a caper involving demons that doesn't want to be anything else.

The Worldwound Gambit also introduces one of the characters that shows up on Lord of Runes.

I also really enjoyed The Worldwound Gambit. It's one of the Tales line that I've reread more than once.

The greatest difficulty in having these two products line up in that way is timing, to be honest. All of the authors on Ruins of Azlant had their manuscripts (and maps) turned in long before this Flip-Mat made its way onto the schedule, and since Flip-Mats need to be a certain dimension (regarding number of squares) and I didn't specifically ask one of the authors to present an encounter map that fit those dimensions the two products didn't sync up like that.

I also agree with you that it's cool to have a Flip-Mat be the exact map in an adventure (provided that the Flip-Mat is usable in other situations too), so thanks for voicing your thoughts on this. I'll certainly keep it in mind in my future Adventure Paths. (And maybe try to find a really good way to fit something into one of the Ruins of Azlant adventures in development that makes this map a firmer fit than only thematic.)

I too would be more inclined to purchase a flip mat that is both generically usable AND an encounter map for an AP that I'm buying. I know you all are super busy making awesome products, but this extra bit would make them more awesome. :)

Is this cover going to join to other covers in the series? Like the Paizo exclusive covers did in City of Secrets? It has that look.

You can also look at the Pathfinder Tales Suggested Reading Order. I was maintaining this list until budgetary constraints forced me to stop my Pathfinder Tales Subscription.

Please note that the reading order suggested by Dave Gross is NOT entirely chronological.

*Ackbar* It's a trap! *Ackbar*

Adobe is wanting to be finnicky adding maps. Would people be fine if those were added in an included folder?

I agree with others above. Any way you get it out there is fine. Let us know where to find it when it's all said and done! I'll give it a read and try it out on my table (or at the very least, mine it for encounters to throw at my players).

I respectfully agree and disagree with you, Scott. I agree that you are effectively stripping a vote from one of the two candidates that stands a chance of getting elected. Absolutely true.

I disagree that it makes the outcome worse for yourself. I do not believe that either of the major candidates has my best interest at heart. Since things will be just as bad for me regardless of who gets elected, the outcome for myself is the same; neither better nor worse.

Every person who voted in the 2000 and 2004 elections are collectively responsible for the country electing George W. Bush. Everyone who votes in the election is exercising their political muscle and at the end of election day, somebody wins the presidency. We all share the responsibility for that decision.

I think that symbolic actions are tremendously important. Symbolic actions are all that we have. Due to the electoral college, all US voting is symbolic. Likewise, a clear conscience is tremendously important. If you don’t listen to your conscience, what DO you listen to?

When I voted for a third party in the last election, my vote said “I disagree with what the Republicans are doing and with what the Democrats are doing. I will not support them, so I will vote against them.” The candidate I voted for did not get elected. The two major parties got the message: “There are people out there who don’t support you.” Also, the people who voted for Nader didn’t vote for George W. Bush. They voted for Ralph Nader.

This November, I will not vote for Barak Obama or for Mitt Romney. I will instead vote for someone else. Will they win the presidency? Unlikely. Will I still be able to say, with a clear conscience, “I didn’t vote for him,” when the president and congress passes more invasive legislation? Yes. Will I still be responsible for the results of the election? Yes, along with everyone else who voted in the election.

76) You were studying the theory of teleportation spells with a classmate. He chants and gestures and before you can duck out of the way, you appear in a room where a group of strangers are attacking a fire elemental. You have no memory of the past week.

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Go Joe!!

I have been so impressed with everything that have bought from Rite Publishing that I am backing this one. I am glad that you had a level that I can afford on my Rappan Athuk induced shoestring budget.

I wish I could afford the $100 pledge, but I can only throw in $15 for the pdf's this year.

I hope that we get lots of pledges. I hope we get to the Player's Guide and to the Bestiary!

-Aaron

Which raises the question: "What was on that arrow?"

I'm sure we'll find out in the next strip or so, but I'm curious what you think?

-Aaron

I am really hoping that I can find 4 players to run Carrion Crown while I am at the NCO academy. If I can find them, I will be throwing some money your way. :)

If I cannot find them, I will have to wait until I start the campaign later. :(

-Aaron

Hmmm... I'll have to check that program out.

-Aaron

I am very interested in paper minis, especially since I am in the military and tend to try to take an AP with me on any deployment or TDY.

Paper minis are a lot easier to get and transport out in the field. Just print 'em up before hand, stick 'em in an envelope, and send an email home when you need 'em shipped out. At the end of the deployment, take all your pennies, dimes and quarters out of them, and leave them behind.

One thing that Rich Burlew did with his paper minis for OOTS Kickstarter supporters was to make mounts mountable! He drew them with a little dotted line in the middle or slightly "forward" of the middle. You cut the dotted line and fold that portion the other way, creating a small flat space that can hold your PC!

Good art is a huge plus and would go a long way toward influencing me to purchase. Also including (or selling them as) line art so that I can color them in myself. I made that last part bold because the more I think about it the more I like it. It allows those of us without the time or talent to paint minis to effectively "paint" our own minis.

What creatures would I want?
-Sets of PC races drawn up in the different base classes (including 3PP classes)
-Mounts
-the entire Animal companion list (with size variations)
-Summon Monster list (in Fiendish and Celestial form)
-Summon Nature's Ally list
-Sets of common enemy races with different weapons (orcs, kobolds, goblins, humans, lizardfolk)
-Minis of some of the creatures that we are not likely to see come to plastic, or that are very expensive in plastic or metal:
--Dragons of different sizes and colors,
--the Jabberwock,
--the Bandersnatch (standard and frumious),
--swarms,
--elementals of different types in different sizes,
--dinosaurs,
--fey,
--familiars

I'll stop there for now. After seeing how expensive the Pathfinder Battles sets are, I am very strongly inclined to move to paper minis for my home games. If I have to choose whether to spend money on gaming material and have paper minis or buy plastic ones and have no leftover funds for gaming material, I'll take the paper minis.

-Aaron

"Excuse me, sir. A Xeno-what?"

There's a Slumbering Tsar coloring book? Was this a Paizocon only thing? That's pretty cool!

-Aaron

I'm sorry to hear that you are sick. Get well soon! My prayers are with you as well!

-Aaron

Mars13,
I'll be honest, I wasn't going to fund this one because I'm stretched thin financially already.

Then I noticed on your kickstarter page that you are in the Army. I have to support a fellow servicemember-gamer. So I pledged what I could afford (digital only).

Thanks for serving, and here's hoping that we make those stretch goals!!

-Aaron

If not willing to pay $30-$40 for a new book, how about $6?

I believe that Veil of Truth: Space Opera Rules and Setting (PFRPG) PDF from Eridanus Books may have what you are looking for.

I cannot attest that it does have the weapons you are looking for, I don't own the book. But as I was reading the Free RPG day adventure, I got the sense that these items would be appropriate. You could always send a PM to jmberaldo here on the boards to find out.

-Aaron

Aaron, I think you are probably correct. We've kept our pricing at very reasonable levels to combat that.

The reasonable pricing is the only reason I was able to pledge. You guys were my last pledge for 2012.

Also, on a related note -- we are 666% funded as of right now. Somewhere, a demon lord laughs.

That's awsome and appropriate!

Somewhere = The Temple of Orcus in Rappan Athuk, of course!!

-Aaron

Approximately $1400-ish to get another miniature. Only a few days left, folks. Let's get some more pledges!

I think a lot of folks are maxed out after the Rappan Athuk Kickstarter. I know that I have to cut back on my gaming budget severely for the rest of the year.

-Aaron

Keeping the Butter theme, a friend of mine once wanted to start a band called "The Undead Buttermuffins."

As far as I know, he wouldn't mind you using the name. I would buy whatever your first product was and give a copy to him if you were "Undead Buttermuffin Publishing," or something like that.

-Aaron

I am very intrigued by all these products. I have been reading through the Carrion Crown AP for the last couple of months. I am hoping to find enough gamers (and time) to run Carrion Crown while I am away at the NCO academy.

I have set them aside until I find out if I am acutally going to have the time to run a Carrion Crown campaign. If so, then I will pick them up. If/when I get them, I'll also try to get reviews written ASAP.

-Aaron

I like the Magic Missle and Cure Light Wounds feats. I agree with the request for more spell focused bullet points.

-Aaron

Top 10 Reasons to buy the Ship of Fools

1. You are a carp DM, and want to seas the day!
2. Because you and the buoys need an adventure to run!
3. You can actually use the saying that there is fungus amongus.
4. You need something to read during your aquaholics anonymous meeting.
5. Because not buoying it is simply unfathomable!
6. Your devocean to slaying zombie mariners is unparalleled.
7. You scurvy dogs need a good dose of vitamin sea.
8. Because it's aboat time for some real ship to go down!
9. You want to add a tinge of fear to the phrase "motion in the ocean."
10. Because you want to run an entire session talking like Quint from Jaws…

Face it, your players are going to wet themselves when the ship hits the fin!

This make me like your company just that much more!

-Aaron

I found it hilarious!!

This isn't a cheap option, but Herolab allows you to print a PDF version of your character sheet, which you could then use on the iPad and print off for your GM.

-Aaron

I take it, that it will be by USPS rather than Fed-Ex or other carrier? As I have managed to get a friends military address and it works differently for different carrier companies.

EDIT: Sorry about all the questions, it's just I have never backed a Kickstarter before. But this is too awesome to pass up. After pledging Amazon didn't give me the opportunity to put in an alternate address, does this happen after the completion date?

Short answer: Yes.

Long answer: When the Kickstarter is complete you will get a survey asking for your relevant information (T-shirt size, Orcus or Tsathogga miniature, mailing address, etc). If I remember correctly, this is when you will be asked to pay your shipping costs.

Thanks! I'll keep an eye on my email from time to time.

-Aaron

Aaron aka Itchy wrote:

Rob, I looked over that page and I did not see the Inner Sea World Guide listed. Is that book covered yet? Just curious since our group is considering purchasing Herolab, but one of my players is branching out into the Red Mantis class, and I wanted to be able to make up his character sheet properly once he gets there.

The material from the Inner Sea World Guide is pretty fundamental to just about any game set in Golarion. Consequently, that material is included as part of the *core* package for Pathfinder. No add-ons are necessary to obtain that content. :)

Looks like we'll have to make sure that gets added to the website!

Thanks for a quick answer!! I'll be at your website late this year/early next year!

Trinite wrote:

So, for those of us keeping score at home, what would it currently cost to buy "The Whole Kielbasa", i.e. all of the HeroLab Pathfinder packages all at once?

You'll find a complete run-down of all the available Pathfinder add-ons for Hero Lab on our website at the URL below (the ARG hasn't been added yet):

http://www.wolflair.com/index.php?context=hero_lab&page=pathfinder_rpg_ packages

Please note that these are all add-ons. The initial product purchase ($29.99) would include the core Pathfinder files, covering the core rulebook, assorted other player-focused material, and lots of miscellaneous GM content. For example, it includes all PFS content, APs, GMG, etc.

Hope this helps...

Rob, I looked over that page and I did not see the Inner Sea World Guide listed. Is that book covered yet? Just curious since our group is considering purchasing Herolab, but one of my players is branching out into the Red Mantis class, and I wanted to be able to make up his character sheet properly once he gets there.

Considering means that I am working the budget numbers. Rappan Athuk has destroyed my gaming budget for the rest of the year, so I'm looking at this as a late Christmas present/ Early Birthday Present for myself.

-Aaron

Dale,

For those of us not attending Paizocon, when should we expect to be hearing from you about scheduling a Skype interview? Thanks!

-Aaron

@DemonicEgo: I'm in the same boat as you, except that I have continued to do proofreading after college. And I got my application in on time. ]:)

While I was deployed to Iraq, working in the command post, I kept myself busy by proofreading papers for some of our officers who were working on Master's Degrees.

I also wrote a Memorial Day speech for one of the officers. He had asked for ideas of what to speak about, so I wrote what I thought was a decent intro. He told me that he basically took what I wrote, tweaked a few words to make it fit the Columbus Ohio area and added "thank you" to the end.

Now I proofread all awards submitted by my Nat. Guard unit.

-Aaron

And now, let the interview process begin!!

I hope that the competition/ interview process doesn't involve duels to the death. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE (editor for JBE)!!!

My death as a result of fighting to the death over an editor position, would really upset Dearest Wife. And you don't want to upset DW...

-Aaron

SWEET!!!! I just sent this to all my players. Ever since I picked up and started reading this book, I have made it legal play in my game. My GM has done the same, but I'm the only one in the group who owns a copy. Now I hope everyone gets a copy!

That reminds me, I need to write up a review for this book...

-Aaron

TriOmegaZero wrote:

I justify it as 'I am getting a huge collection of dungeon levels to insert into ANY campaign I like'.

That's how I intend to use Slumbering Tsar and Rappan Athuk. It's so packed with awesome stuff that, even if I won't be able to run the dungeons themselves (my players aren't fond of megadungeons), I can pick of choose the stuff that fits my game. So even if I won't be able to play the entire megadungeon *pouts* these books are still tremendous tools for my games.

+1 to this. My players aren't all that interested in megadungeons either, but I can drop in levels from these as side quests, as places to visit when the players go off in a direction that I had not planned for, etc.

-Aaron

Joined as a b-day present from me to myself.

Happy Birthday!

Here is your birthday present from me: Many thanks for your many reviews. I find them useful and informative. I have modeled my own review writing style loosly upon your reviews and Dark Mistress' reviews.

-Aaron

Yeah, I'll try to time our future Kickstarters a little better, but I'm still more than pleased with how things turned out. A lot of people are saying they plan to start with our intro adventure, then go through the Bleeding Hollow, and then into Rappan Athuk.

To that I say, your players will hate you, but it sounds like a hell of a good time.

This is pretty much my plan as well, when I get around to this adventure and Rappan Athuk...

-Aaron