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Any further update on the ETA?

The latest ETA is ... right now! Go get it!

Thanks for bearing with us through the delay, folks! Hopefully you'll find it was well worth the wait!

This comes up often, may I suggest that you put up pre launch pages for Foundry modules? With an expected date on them. Maybe even utilize the new Foundry Marketplace?

Yes! It took us a while, but future FVTT modules are now set to go through the same solicitation process as our other products, which means we should be able to get their store pages up ahead of time, release dates included. That process typically runs about six months ahead, so you likely won't begin seeing those pages up in advance until sometime this fall, but they're coming!

I feel like someone asks this in every product thread, but since there is no release schedule for them AFAIK:

Will this be getting a Foundry VTT release? Please, please, please?

All I can say at this point is that it won't be out tomorrow ... but also that in the long run, I don't think you'll mind.

Is the token pack going to have all brand new images or will it have some/full overlap with the existing Character Gallery module?

Pathfinder Tokens: NPC Core will include portrait and token art for every statblock in the NPC Core book, most of which are brand new, although there are a small number of pickups from the pre-Remaster Gamemastery Guide which were already included in the Pathfinder Tokens: Character Gallery pack. Notably, this includes art for statblocks that don't actually have art in the book itself, so if you've been unable to sleep since the book released, tossing and turning as you try to imagine what a Court Historian or an Iruxi Masked Mummer are actually supposed to look like, I have good news for you!

Is this released yet? Anyone got a link ready?

Unfortunately, we've run into a few minor last-minute production snags that are likely going to push the release of Pathfinder Tokens: NPC Core out until sometime next week.

Our hope and intention was to release today alongside the book itself, but we also really want to avoid the issues we ran into with the initial release of the Monster Core pack last summer, so we're going to be taking a little bit of extra time to make sure we can deliver the most polished product possible right out of the gate.

Sorry for the delay. We know a lot of folks have been really looking forward to this (I'm one of them), but I can also assure you that when it releases, it'll be worth the wait!

I don't know if this is the right category for this post, but here goes:

Back one year ago, Paizo announced a partnership with Michael Ghelfi to make original scores for the APs

There was a mention that they'd be available here, which never happened. Though the Seven Dooms and Wardens OSTs did release on Michael's bandcamp.

At the same time, Ghelfi posted a youtube video announcing the partnership that in the comments of said video he announced that as part of this, they were working on a Rise of the Runelords OST. Exciting stuff!

But it's been a year, and while I actually haven't gotten a foundry module for APs after Wardens, the lack of OST releases tells me that Curtain Call and later doesn't have their own original music. Is anyone able to confirm?

Question is: If yes, why isn't there releases of these? And if not, well...what happened? This was a pretty exciting project

First of all, glad to hear you were excited to hear about this project! I am too, so I'm happy to be able to tell you that it is still in the works, although our original plan to release a soundtrack for every Adventure Path from late 2023 forward has hit a few snags that are forcing us to re-think the best way to approach it. Basically, two things happened:

1) We ran into some unfortunate and unforeseen technical limitations that prevented us from being able to sell the downloadable digital music files on our webstore as originally planned. There's hope that we can get these issues resolved at some point in the future, but in the meantime, the inability to sell albums on paizo.com makes it a lot harder for both us and Michael Ghelfi Studios to meet the sales numbers we need to justify continuous back-to-back production, especially at the pace we'd need to be doing it to match our current cadence of quarterly Adventure Path releases. (If you know any 18th-century Austrian noblemen interested in becoming patrons of the arts who are also big Pathfinder fans, please let us know.)

2) Speaking of that pace: it turns out that, even for the insanely talented and optimistic composers at Michael Ghelfi Studios, composing and arranging a full-length musical score every three months is a pretty daunting task. In the interest of ensuring that they have the time to give their work the time and attention it deserves, and also, you know, can sleep once in a while, we're looking into finding a way to set more achievable goals while still making it easy for you to integrate the music into our other digital releases that may have already come out by the time it's complete.

In other words, rest assured that the project definitely hasn't been abandoned or forgotten; we're just investigating new ways to make it work so that it can be as cool as we want it to be. As you mentioned, the Seven Dooms for Sandpoint and Wardens of Wildwood soundtracks are already available on Bandcamp, the Season of Ghosts soundtrack has been well underway for a while, and we also have a number of smaller individual projects in the works that we hope to be able to tell you about soon. Once we've got all of those issues sorted out, though, it is absolutely our intention to begin bringing you full Adventure Path soundtracks again, in a way that makes them easy to use in both your online and in-person games.

Does anyone know what will happen with Gatewalkers Foundry modules when this releases? Will there be a new module, updates to the existing ones, or no Foundry port of the remastered changes at all?

The existing Foundry modules will stay as they are (including the discount you get for owning PDF versions of individual volumes), but we'll also be releasing a new single-module compilation, similar to the one that exists for Abomination Vaults, which incorporates all of the updates and changes being made in the hardcover. You'll get a discount on that module for owning the PDF of the hardcover version, but not for owning the individual volumes (also similar to how it works with Abomination Vaults).

Not sure if it's just me or not with this issue but the bestiary isn't loading with the module.

This should also be fixed now. You'll need to update the module and perform a new import to get everything loaded in, of course.

Looks like there was a caching issue with the webstore that was causing the link not to appear. If you refresh your downloads page, it should be back now. Sorry about that!

This actually something we've talked about quite a bit!

The main reason we haven't tried anything yet was actually brought in the original post: there are tons of 3rd party creators out there making awesome maps already, many of them with Foundry support already built in, and it would be difficult for us to sell, say, a pack of 25 Flip-Mats rigged up as ready-to-go Foundry scenes at a price point that could compete with any number of $5-per-month Patreons that offer literally years of archived monthly releases. The closest we've come is the Flip-Mats we include with each Pathfinder Society scenario, which obviously offer extra value because they're being offered alongside adventure content written specifically to use them.

We're always open to new ideas, though, so who knows, maybe sometime in the future!

6-06: Rotten Apples and 6-07: A God Falls Where Magic Fails have been added to the Pathfinder Society Year 6 Deluxe Edition (Full Season) and Deluxe Edition (1 of 2) modules.

Triumph of the Tusk volume 1: The Resurrection Flood is now available for purchase!

Starfinder 2nd Edition Playtest Adventure: Empires Devoured and Starfinder 2nd Edition Playtest Scenario #4: Rescue at Shimmerstone Mine have both been added to the Starfinder 2nd Edition Playtest Deluxe Adventure Pack!

Do we know when this module will update for Wheel of Monsters?

Right now. :)

Hi!

I own both the beginner box and the core rulebook for 2e and was planning on using foundry.

It is listed as $35 and I wanted to make sure this is the correct pricing. I'm going to buy it in any case and if this is not correct I will file a CS ticket.

Thanks!

The base price for the Beginner Box is $34.99, and includes the Beginner Box PDF. However, if you already own the Beginner Box PDF, you're eligible for a discount equal to the full retail price of the PDF, which brings it to just $15.00.

By the way, if you're thinking "Wait a minute! That sweet Humble Bundle that's available right now gives me that very same Beginner Box PDF as part of every tier, which means that I can get a $20 discount on the Beginner Box Foundry module as well as a bunch of other Pathfinder PDFs for as little as $5 total!" then oh no! You've discovered a loophole in our pricing structure that you'd better take advantage of before we realize what we've done and fix it! (We're not going to fix it. Enjoy!)

Curtain Call 3 of 3: Bring the House Down is now available!

For Foundry usage, will there be a token pack product for this or will the art from this book just get added to the npc character gallery module that recently released?

I mean, it'd sure be silly to release a major book packed with new character art and not offer some kind of integration with the hot new character token collection/management module, wouldn't it?

That being said, this hypothetical character token pack bursting with all-new art would likely be its own product rather than an addition to existing one, and could probably be expected to be priced similarly to the recently-released Monster Core module.

Curtain Call 2 of 3: Singer, Stalker, Skinsaw Man is now available for purchase!

Pathfinder Society Year of Immortal Influence – Deluxe Edition (1 of 2) and Pathfinder Society Year of Immortal Influence – Deluxe Edition (Full Season) are now available for purchase!

Hello!

The purpose of this subforum is to serve as a single centralized location for information about our latest releases for Foundry Virtual Tabletop, as well as patch notes and other product updates. In most cases, you can expect a new post whenever we release a batch of new products, but occasionally (such as in the few weeks following a major software update) we'll be posting more frequently.

Please note that this subforum will also make a note of any changes or errata that were made or discovered during the conversion of our content to a Foundry Virtual Tabletop module, some of which may not yet be reflected in the print or PDF versions of the source material. Any and all changes have been suggested and/or vetted by the team responsible for development of that content. In the event of any discrepancy between a Foundry module and a print or PDF version of the same content, the Foundry module should be treated as the latest and most up-to-date resource unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Please note also that the listings of errata and clarifications may contain spoilers, so players may wish to avoid them.

Thank you!

So how much longer until the official release?

-34 minutes. :)

Hey, good news!

First of all: as of the next Foundry v12 stable release, the core settings will have a simple toggle you can use to switch between having your dynamic tokens fully fit their grid squares and scaling them down to allow for more padding.

Second: We've heard/seen your feedback and have already done a second pass (and may do some additional ones in the future) to make some improvements to the tokens, such as adjusting the pop-outs and doing some cleanup to remove minor graphical issues like background artifacting that we missed on the first pass.

Third: Art has been ordered for the five missing Ancient dragons, and we'll be adding them in a future update!

Fourth: And, finally, now that the FLGS embargo is over, you can look forward to seeing the monsters from Free RPG Day 2024's Starfinder: Second Contact added in another future update, as well as to the Starfinder Second Edition Playtest Deluxe Adventure Pack.

i am just wanted to know if the content from Second Contact was added to this or will be added

They're not in there yet, but the Second Contact creatures will be added to both this module and the Pathfinder Tokens: Monster Core module in a free future update.

Is anyone else having trouble importing the adventures within the module?

As a general rule, we always recommend that you perform adventure imports into a freshly created world with only the required modules active, and then reactivate them to avoid potential conflicts (or at least identify which modules are causing them). You may want to disable any other active modules and try again.

Are there any steps necessary to get these dice other than enabling both modules?

There shouldn't be. You should be able to just open "Dice So Nice!" from your "Configure Game Settings" window, click the "3D Dice Settings" button, and then select "The Rollsmith - Starfinder" from the Dice Presets dropdown menu.

Well, I can now definitively say that launching four new digital products, at once, on the first day of Gen Con, from the show floor, has proven to be ... challenging. All four of those downloads should be working properly now, though. Thanks for bearing with us!

So given this obvious contradiction... only one of these can be true. I hope it is the latter as it often is when I purchase other FoundryVTT premium modules on paizo.com(except season 5 PFS and season 6 SFS).

The statement on this page (PDFs are not included) is the correct one. Apologies for the misunderstanding; it looks like we accidentally included a line from a different product description in the page copy that went on the Foundry page.

We know a lot of people like the PDF bundle option (which is why we offer it with most of our adventure content), but given the large number of adventures included with this module, we figured it made more sense to offer them as a separate purchase. The price of the six PDFs alone comes to roughly $64, so if we'd opted to include them with the Foundry module, we would likely have had to at least double its price, which would have made it a lot less accessible.

And these adventures are used for the playtest, but they were written and designed as if they were "normal" adventures, so they won't change after the full release of Starfinder 2e

Correct!

Is there going to be a version of this that just includes the assets and not the journals with the adventure content? I am very used to running from pdfs, and Paizo sells asset packs for the PFS2 seasons as an alternative to the deluxe version.

Also could you please feature a screenshot or gif of the dice?

The asset packs were an experiment we tried with our first Pathfinder and Starfinder Society seasons, when we weren't sure whether the community would be interested in the full-package treatment we'd been giving our Adventure Paths (especially since so many regular Organized Play GMs already have the PDFs). As it turned out, the deluxe versions were far more popular than the asset packs, so we currently don't have any plans to continue them for future seasons.

I can, however, share a preview of the digital dice!

Will this and the existing token pack conflict or will it work to have both installed and enabled simultaneously?

The existing Pathfinder Tokens: Bestiaries pack will continue to work the same way it does now, which is to say: it will map tokens and portrait art to every creature in all three of the Bestiary compendiums that come standard with the Pathfinder 2e system for Foundry VTT, as well as to equivalent creatures in the Monster Core compendium that didn't get new art in Monster Core and/or remain more or less unchanged.

Likewise, the Monster Core pack will map tokens and portrait art to every creature in the Monster Core compendium, as well as to creatures in the three original Bestiary compendiums that have the same name and remain more or less the same creature. (This latter distinction is important because some creatures appearing in Monster Core, despite having the same name, have undergone substantial changes in the Remaster to distinguish them from their OGL origins.)

Right now, if you have the Bestiary pack but not the Monster Core pack (because it hasn't yet been released), you'll see the original Bestiary art for, say, the Harpy mapped onto both the Bestiary compendium entry and the Monster Core compendium entry, because the Harpy underwent some changes but is fundamentally the same monster. You'll see the Bestiary art for, say, the Sea Hag mapped onto the Bestiary compendium entry, but not the Monster Core entry, because the Remastered Sea Hag is a very different creature from the OGL version. If it was the future, and you had the Monster Core pack but not the Bestiary pack, you'd see the same cross-mappings, but in reverse.

For now, if you have both the Monster Core Pack and the original Bestiary pack installed, the Monster Core pack will always take precedence where applicable. However, both packs still contain all of the art for their respective books, so if you want everything in the Monster Core pack except the new Harpy, you can always manually assign it from the token directory contained in the Bestiary module.

Any update for the people that bought the previous bestiary pack?

Like will the "same" monsters still work?

Yeah, as per the explanation above, the original Bestiaries collection will continue to map to both the various Bestiary compendiums, as well as the Monster Core compendium where applicable. It is worth noting, though, that even monsters that appear in both the Bestiaries and Monster Core pack been given all new tokens for the Monster Core pack that did not appear in the Bestiaries pack, including full support for the new Dynamic Token Rings feature introduced in Foundry version 12.

Woo! Love to see it.

Though a little sad to see duplicates in place for the different ages of the new dragons - will there be more art coming at some point to differentiate adult and ancient dragons?

Fingers crossed in hope. Dragons are cool...

Dragons are cool! Unfortunately, the species introduced in Monster Core have never appeared in a book before, and therefore don't have the 20+ years of archived art to draw on that the old chromatic and metallic ones did. While the Monster Core pack has unique pieces of art for 19 of our 24 new dragon variants, we did end up having to duplicate the existing Adult art for the Ancient age categories of Adamantine, Diabolic, Empyreal, Fortune, and Horned dragons, which have yet to be illustrated anywhere.

But that's the nice thing about digital products: if and when we do create unique art for Ancient dragons of those species, we can just add them to the pack as a free update, while keeping the old ones around as options if it turns out you like them better. So we will.

Annnnnd for those interested, all four Starfinder 2nd Edition playtest scenarios (Shards of the Glass Planet, It Came From the Vast!, Wheel of Monsters*, and Rescue at Shimmerstone Mine*), as well as both playtest adventures (A Cosmic Birthday and Empires Devoured*), will be receiving the same deluxe treatment as our Pathfinder 2nd Edition Adventure Paths in the upcoming Starfinder 2nd Edition Playtest Adventure Pack for Foundry Virtual Tabletop, releasing alongside the playtest on August 1st!

Did I mention that it includes exclusive Starfinder Second Edition digital dice featuring a Captain Concierge hologram that pops up when you roll a natural 20 (until you're so tired of victory that you turn it off)? Yes, I did, right there.

(* provided as a free update when they release this fall, of course)

BTW, Is Paizo considering premium VTT modules for this season ?

Yes.

Looks like the manifest URL is broken, doesn't let me install within foundry. Tried installing through install module within foundry setup and directly from the manifest.States that the module does not provide a download URL.

This is a known bug with the updates to all of the PFS modules that dropped yesterday; we're looking into it and hope to have it fixed today. Sorry for the inconvenience. (UPDATE: It's fixed.)

Can we expect Foundry versions in that same timeframe?

Yes.

Feel free to respond using Spoiler tags, but is there a way to run this AP so as to protect the magical forest and still alleviate the resource-hungry people’s needs?

So, now that Foundry's 12.319 release notes have dropped, I can announce that there will in fact be a brand new official Monster Core Token Pack releasing shortly after the official release of Foundry v12, and that it will not only include all of the art from the Monster Core book, it will fully support v12's new Dynamic Token Engine core feature (which you can read all about at https://foundryvtt.com/releases/12.319, if you haven't already), allowing you to apply all kinds of neat condition-related effects to your tokens automatically, without the use of any additional modules!

(This is not strictly related to the existing Bestiary token pack, which will continue to be the definitive token collection for all three pre-Remaster Bestiaries, but since people have been asking about Monster Core support for Foundry here, it seemed like the right place to share the news.)

B. Will a foundry module be available also on that day?(assuming foundry has a system to download to start play testing)

Yes!

Will there be a Foundry VTT module for this or any other playtest scenario?

Sure will! The current plan is to release day-and-date premium Foundry VTT conversions of both Starfinder 2e playtest adventures and both 2e Starfinder Society scenarios. More details forthcoming, but you can expect a super blasty-shooty August.

just bought the bundle and were it should say were the code is, it just does not show anything. is the foundry vtt not out yet, or did it glitch up and not give me a code

Sorry, that was a temporary glitch that seems to have been related to the site update that was rolled yesterday. It should be resolved now, but if it isn't, please feel free to contact Customer Service so we can look into it for you.

Will the music be releasing separately?

The music is included and integrated into the Foundry module (at least, the tracks for the first few chapters are ... we ran into some minor production delays that will require the later chapters will be added post-release, hopefully sometime this week). As soon as the full soundtrack is complete, we'll be releasing it as a separate product on the Paizo store, including all tracks, multiple file formats, and looping alternate versions.

Arita wrote:

Haven't heard of this in a while and Seven Dooms came out without the soundtrack...fingers closed it's soon!

The description of the Foundry Module says it includes it. Here is to hoping it releases soon.

We're still ironing out some minor bumps in our production process, so the entire soundtrack unfortunately wasn't quite polished enough for release by the time the module was scheduled to drop. However, we did make sure that all of the tracks for the first few chapters were prioritized so that we could included and integrate them into the Foundry module, and the remainder should be added in an update hopefully within the week, so unless you're absolutely blazing through the adventure, you shouldn't have cause to notice.

Once it's complete, we'll also be releasing the full soundtrack as a separate product on the Paizo store (including all tracks, multiple file formats, and looping alternate versions).

Sorry for the delay, but glad to hear you're excited about it!

Before anyone asks: I am happy to report that the tireless volunteers on the PF2e system dev team already have a Foundry module ready for your playtesting convenience! https://foundryvtt.com/packages/starfinder-field-test-for-pf2e

With the remastered Beginner's Box PDF out I hope we will see the Foundry VTT module updated soon. :-)

You will! It's currently in development and should be released soon.

Cori Marie wrote:

Paizo is not the folk in charge of the modules. The modules are done by Metamorphic Studios, any dates for them is on the module developers not the Paizo staff.

This is true, but Metamorphic relies on Paizo to provide us the source materials in a timely fashion, which was the underlying problem this month. The Paizo staff is nothing but helpful and accommodating, so I'm sure there were unavoidable issues on their side. It was an unfortunate month for the module.

Yep. We always strive to get our materials over to Metamorphic for conversion as early as possible, but due to the breakneck development pace for some of this content (especially Organized Play stuff), we sometimes don't have the final versions ready until just a day or two before they're scheduled to release, which in this case didn't leave enough dev time to do a proper conversion in time for day-and-date release. It's not a common occurrence, but this was unfortunately one of those times, and we apologize for any inconvenience. Rest assured that we're looking into ways we can streamline our internal processes to make it less of an issue in the future!

Has the foundry version of the BB been updated to the Remastered version?

Not yet. An update is coming soon, however!

Yes, what about APs that have already been published?

We're doing Abomination Vaults and Curse of the Crimson Throne right now.

Without going into specifics (yet), I can assure you that our back catalogues are being combed for inspiration as well as current and upcoming releases.

So, despite what we call them in the webstore, our Foundry VTT offerings aren't really bundles in the usual sense. When you buy an Adventure Path module from us, you're paying us (Paizo) the PDF sticker price for the actual adventure content it contains, and then an additional $15 so we can fairly compensate the Foundry dev team for their awesome work converting it. We offer a discount for owning the PDF not because the PDF is or should be considered a separate item from the FVTT module, but because if you own the PDF, you've already paid us for the adventure content part. That's also why we throw in the PDF when you purchase the module at full price.

Offering a PDF discount is particularly important because we know a lot of VTT GMs like to check out the PDFs to see whether the adventure appeals to them before they decide to spring for the Foundry module. Which makes complete sense, so it doesn't seem super cool to charge you $20 just so you can make an informed decision on whether you want to spend an additional $35 on top of that.

Hope that clears things up!

Good afternoon -

Is there a way to contact the dev team for the FoundryVTT modules to report a possible bug or get assistance with troubleshooting?

Thanks!

Sorry to hear you're having difficulties! It depends on the module in question. If you're having trouble with Abomination Vaults, Kingmaker, the Harrow Deck, the Beginner Box, or the Bestiary Tokens Pack, you can contact the Foundry dev team here. Otherwise, your best bet will be to submit a bug report through our partner Metamorphic Digital's service portal, located here. Good luck!

Right forgot to check, will these music be uploadable to roll20? :O Or are they meant to be purely used in foundry or in live games? Syringescape things kinda bummered me out on how hard those would have been to set up

We'll be providing each soundtrack as a collection of downloadable files in multiple formats, so you can use it on any platform you want, including live games. We might be looking at special integrations for our Foundry modules, though.

Is this likely to get a Foundry VTT module?

Yes. Very likely.