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And, in a wonderful case of brilliance, I was in the process of reaching out to CS and the order email came through.
Thank you!
It's always sad when it's street date and my subs haven't shipped yet.
I'm a little frustrated at being at the end of the queue again, as an overseas (UK) customer knowing that I will have to wait quite some time for my physical books to arrive just adds to the frustration. I accept that the estimated end shipping date is just an estimate, and it's pretty rare for Paizo to still be processing subscriber shipping after street date. What irritates me more than anything is the discussions on social media. My favorite (/s) question so far has been "has anyone had experience blending SF2E and PF2E in a game?". No. I can guarantee that nobody has because none of us have the final SF2 rules yet. There are people posting threads and comments online as if the books are in everyone's hands - not "here are some cool highlights that I love in the new books", but actual deep-dive questions on rules interactions. And as a rules nerd, I'd love to take part in those discussions. Except I don't have the books yet. I know there's nothing I or anyone else can do about it, but it's actually depressing to see people having "how does X work with Y" discussions when only a small fraction of the player base actually have the book.
The license was lost because of the (at the time) forthcoming 4E release, WotC didn't renew the license, and didn't tell Paizo until very late in the process. It had nothing to do with quality on either party's part.
My watch begins!
Non-mint is "not perfect", so it's a first printing that either got returned for some reason or has some physical damage (usually VERY minor) to the product. The worst "non-mint" thing I've ever bought had a dent on the corner of the cover. So it might not be second hand, it might just be something that got damaged a little in shipping, but is still usable. Paizo aren't in the habit of sending out product with actual damage, so a non-mint product is really just "not as pristine as factory new" rather than anything more severe. Given that my books see more abuse getting carted around to games than non-mint products do, I'm generally happy to buy one if it's the only option available.
Well, had a lovely surprise today when a parcel dropped on my doorstep containing an AP, PC2 and the Starfinder Playtest book. I've still not had a shipping notice. I don't actually know if my credit card has been charged. Once I get my next credit card statement and find out, I'll be emailing CS to either pay or just get the shipping notice. Meanwhile - I have books to read.
Mine also still says "Pending," You might want to reach out to CS in an e-mail. Until we get to the end of the expected shipping window - which is Friday - there's no point contacting CS, since the order isn't at all delayed until that point. And even then that assumes that there isn't another update. We must be patient.
Ask, and ye shall receive.
Pending order notification. My watch begins.
8.5 year necro is impressive.
Definitely a typo. It's a +1 striking, major staff of fire.
Heh, yeah, can't expect anything to happen in the tabletop gaming sphere around Europe during Essen - because the thing that's happening is Essen.
I think "Paizo community" is a perfect description. Still working on the sheets to make sure I know exactly how they tick (and I'm still in the process of wrapping my head around the 2E kingdom rules, anyway), but I have some ideas already.
Firstly, wow, these are looking amazing! Frankly I might even just save myself the worry and not do an updated version myself, because these are just awesome. Secondly, and this is by no means a criticism AT ALL, but tomeric, could you please remove my name from your references to the Ultimate Campaign Kingdom Tracking Spreadsheet, as I cannot in good conscience claim any form of ownership for a project that has been the work of several primary authors as well as countless users who have found bugs and suggested revisions. I am immensely proud to be the current caretaker of that sheet, but I absolutely refuse to claim it's "mine". But going back to the real topic, I am blown away by these. I'm going to spend a few days having a play around with them, and if you'd like I can share my thoughts?
A pleasure. Oh, and in case anyone's wondering (thanks for the prompt, RD), yes, I absolutely intend to create a PF2 version of the sheet for the upcoming Kingmaker AP products, I just have to fit it in.
Thanks for the update, sucks a bit that my physical products will take longer to get here, but this is good information with detail, so I'm not in the slightest bit concerned.
Bugfix done to correct the issue, thanks for the help, it was easy to find with the sheet you shared. Still working on finding the time to add the updated stuff, but it will be happening.
I assume you're using the sheet I host? If that's the case, have you actually exceeded 25 cities? The first 6 city sheets are shown by default, but there are a total of 25 built into the workbook. If you're using Excel, go to Format > Hide & Unhide > Unhide sheet... The popup window will show you all of the hidden worksheets, including city sheets 7 through 25, army sheets 2 to 9, and a few others, though I would strongly recommend not changing anything in the sheet called Dropdown unless you know exactly what it will do. If that doesn't solve the problem for you because you have exceeded 25 cities, I'm sorry to say that I can't really help too much. It's not an impossible task to add more City sheets, just time-consuming because the data get referenced in so many places that adding +'City 26!XY69' or whatever everywhere it needs to go would be a bit of a pain. Though if you are interested, most things get collated in the "City Overview" sheet, so you could probably add the relevant lines there, increment the city number where appropriate, and that would make it work in most circumstances.
Thank you! I'll have a proper look at this in a few days and your link.
Dex score is given as 26, so... +11/6/1, +8 Dex, +1 WF is +20/15/10. Weapon training and +2 weapon puts it up to +23/18/13. TWF with a light weapon (+2 dagger in off-hand) is -2/-2, so with the three attacks GTWF allows, the full attack combo seems to be: +21/16/11 rapier and +20/15/10 dagger. Unless someone points out a place I'm wrong, of course.
Because they scale, Cantrips are the baseline spells that magus use to spellstrike. Other spells (if they're suitable to spellstrike with) should really only be used for emergencies.
To try and help out the CS team: after you've left it personalizing for 60 seconds and you click on the link again, what happens? The download process is a bit odd, and doesn't work the way you might think: you have to click the product link 3 times during the process: once to personalise, once to prepare the download, and once to actually download it.
That's a pretty fair point, given how tightly this product ties into Ultimate Relationships and is almost required to make URel work, plus with this being a plug-in for existing AP characters, it might not fall foul of the cultural sensitivity issues that made LG pull the Far East line (a decision I wholeheartedly support, btw). The most significant problem is that it's probably not a huge seller, so the cost of a cultural sensitivity review might be beyond the value this product has to LG. Given how much I love this product and the value it adds to URel, I will see if I can have words with the relevant parties and come to some sort of conclusion.
Hope so! I'm pretty pleased with how it worked out. I would have loved to do something akin to a public playtest of the rules too, but that's not something Paizo has ever had the bandwidth to take on, alas, with actual class playtests taking a higher priority. Internal reviews, solo playtesting (done by me), and feedback from the design team should be enough though, I'm hoping! It's pretty self-contained after all, and doesn't have the wider-reaching concerns, I guess, that a brand new class that could potentially be in ANY game, would have.In 2nd edition, your kingdom uses the character building rules. If you know how to build a character, you know how to build a kingdom already. Instead of an ancestry, a kingdom has a charter. Instead of a background, it has a type of government. And it has only one class: Kingdom. Beyond that it gets skills and feats and levels up with its own XP... As a very outspoken fan of the 1E Kingdom rules, I would have loved to be able to playtest the 2E rules. I guess I’ll just have to wait until the book comes out. Fortunately I can continue to be patient.
Close - cis- is a Latin prefix, as is trans-, and that’s where chemistry got them from. The Romans, for instance, divided Gaul into “Cisalpine” (on their side of the Alps) and “Transalpine” (on the other side of the Alps), which is the fun history example I prefer to reach for.Because I believed it to stand for something? Christ, why are you actively looking for something to be offended by?…why are you writing cis in all caps? Thank you for the update and correction, it’s much appreciated.
Because I believed it to stand for something? Christ, why are you actively looking for something to be offended by?…why are you writing cis in all caps? In that case time for a small element of education. The term "cis" is actually a chemistry term meaning "on the same side", in contrast to the term "trans" meaning "on the other side". Since the term transgender is used to reference someone who has "changed sides" (ie transitioned from their assigned-at-birth gender), by common usage someone who is cisgender retains their assigned-at-birth gender. In cases where it's clear that gender is being discussed, it is reasonable to shorten both terms to the prefix only. Therefore the term cis is not an acronym or initialism, but a complete term in its own right and does not require capitalisation. This educational moment brought to you by someone who was once offended by the term cis who then got educated and is now a strong advocate for it.
I appreciate what has been said, and it shows an awareness that I think many people have feared didn't exist. I am also encouraged by the employee engagement survey and reaching out to a law firm for an external investigation. These are positive steps. The apologies for poor behaviour and corporate decisions are also welcome in my eyes. I am also aware that Paizo cannot discuss internal disciplinary or staffing matters. I would hope that, at least in regards to former employees, Paizo seriously consider making it clear that those ex-staff are able to publicly discuss their employment (and the end thereof) and experience of disciplinary proceedings. This is a start. I consider it a positive one. There is a lot more.
As with my call to Paizo to recognise the union, I have sent a brief email directly to Erik, Lisa, and Jeff, to express my thanks and admiration for this step.
I have emailed Jeff, Erik and Lisa, and expressed my feelings as respectfully and honestly as I could, and called upon them to voluntarily recognise UPW. I've seen some antagonism and comments that make it clear that some people perceive Management and the Union to be in opposition to one another, and while I am aware that it is possible for that to happen over some issues, the overall impact that a good union and an honest company management can achieve is exceptionally advantageous to everyone involved. That is the position UPW are looking to get to - working with the Execs to make Paizo stronger and better. I cannot applaud the decision to create UPW enough, and I have high hopes for the future.
Seems like a reasonable complaint. Flagging to get moved to Paizo General Discussion or Website Feedback, since those are more appropriate than the 2E forum.
I think you're on the right track, RD. Basically, the FAQ text doesn't let you use your normal 10th level spell slot for any spell you could cast without expending a spell slot, and you can't use your normal 10th level spell slot for abilities that give you more spell slots, but the Divine Font ability is outside that - you don't use the normal 10th level spell slot for Divine Font, it has its own spell slots. So if an ability creates spell slots "at your highest spell level" and you can cast 10th level spells, that's fine, they work as expected and create 10th level spell slots. Similarly, 10th level cantrips are fine - you're not using the 10th level spell slot to cast cantrips without expending spell slots, you're using your cantrips for it.
Not entirely clear, but I'd say that you roll for each type.
I think it'll be called Chemfinder. Which sounds a bit like a rubbish Breaking Bad ripoff.
"HONK!" -Shensen, casting sound burst.
"Oh, hey Shensen-Band-of-Bravos-and-this-is-the-rest-of-us." - Frong, proving as always that his memory is great, but his common sense is atrophied.
The deluxe are really collector's items. The major difference is the cover (faux-leather embossed) - all of the contents are identical. As someone who does like collecting RP books, I consider it a worthwhile purchase, but I use my normal edition for day-to-day play.
"Mek mek mek mek mek mek MEK mek mek." - A kobold
"Hey, you should talk to Kwoka." - Frong "Why do you wanna talk to Kwoka?" - Frong "Listen, listen, listen..." - Kwoka
It partly depends on what is being meant by a "6-mile hex" or a "20-mile hex" (though my calculations make that second map closer to 15 miles per hex, which is rather amusing since the legend says it's 10). If we assume that both mean "corner to corner", then a 12-mile hex has an area of 93.6 m^2, a 6-mile hex has an area of 23.4 m^2 and a 15-mile hex has an area of 146.1 m^2. The only change you'd actually need to make would be to hex population densities - the UCam rules assume 250 people per 93.6 mile-squared hex, so a 6-miler would have 62.5 people per hex, and a 15-miler would have 390. Everything else can be run as written without any impact on the balance of the subsystem.
While I certainly can't speak for Jason, and definitely can't speak for Paizo, the last update I'm aware of is that Legendary have completed their turnover to Paizo, and it's looking like a Q4 2020 release, but since it's 2020 things might change.
I'm not crying, you're crying! That was really beautiful James, thank you for sharing that moment with us. So damn happy for them!
This is shaping up to be awesome. Backed for PF2 (within the first hour or so, I'm just lazy about posting here). Really can't wait to see this, and I hope the 2E uptake is as good as it deserves to be.
Definitely the right move. Well done Paizo for making positive choices and decisions. I'll second (or third or fourth) the idea of a virtual con, if something can be arranged.
My wife once rolled a d6 into a dice tray... and it landed on a corner of the die. I have a photo somewhere because it was so utterly unbelievable.
New links in case the old ones don't work!
Have I still not removed that instruction from the sheet? F9 forces excel to recalculate the sheet, and should do absolutely nothing right now. The sheet purposefully has no macros in it to avoid security concerns from users. |