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Ohh, looking forward to Thursday's blog!

I thought they mentioned somewhere the possibility, specifically for these books considering the three covers, exclusive game store sketch, that they were looking at an easy way to pause or skip the core books. Did we get any update on that?

I thought I had read something about this as well.

Sorry If missed this elsewhere, but if I'm a rulebook subscriber, and would like the special edition (with PDF) as opposed to the standard version, what would be the appropriate way for me to achieve that?

I am sorry no one posted those notes here when they were made. As has been noted, Customer Service doesn't spend much time in the forums currently so I was personally unaware that something was not posted here for folks. You can find those notes on the FAQ page located here: https://paizo.com/pathfinder/faq down near the bottom.

For ease, I have copy/pasted that information in a spoiler below for folks just as it is a decently sized list.

** spoiler omitted **

Thank you!

Will the PDF be updated by chance?

Jackson Wood wrote:

We're looking into this issue, but it seems to be more complex of an issue than it first appears. Rest assured that it is now on the relevant folks' radar and we'll post here when we've come to a resolution.

I was emailed by someone in customer service about the errata 3 days ago and immediately replied asking them (again) to also post the information here. Could you please post the corrections here? I mean, I can do it, but I think people would prefer such information coming directly from Paizo.

Yes, would be good for the community at large to be informed :)

RiverMesa wrote:

What's especially curious about this one is the final line, no longer mentioning the OGL or The World's Oldest Roleplaying Game.

Given recent events and announcements, I take it this one might no longer be under the Open Game License (but presumably not under the ORC yet either)?

I seriously doubt that part 3 of an adventure path would be licensed differently than parts 1 and 2, so almost certainly this one would have to still be under the OGL (as I think someone would have said something if part 1 was under ORC or no license).

It has the OGL printed at the end, as usual.

Ooo, I love it.

Curmudgeonly wrote:

Aaron Shanks wrote:

SatiricalBard wrote:

Can someone at Paizo please escalate the map issue and get back to us with a timeline for errata?

Please let us know at customer.service@paizo.com.

Appreciate everything you do Aaron. I understand the desire to push folks to customer service, but that ultimately results in a 1 on 1 conversation with whomever submitted the ticket, leaving the rest of the community wondering what's happening.

Would it possible for Customer Service or a Social Media person to be tagged in the forums or have a CS/SM rep keeping an eye on the product threads so that the community at large can be informed of things instead of specific individuals?

I believe this is fairly common practice in other places / industries.

There is not a way to tag Paizo Staff in our current Forums. We are looking into new Forum software. We'll put it on the discussion list.

We are also talking internally about the ways CS should or should not be involved in the Forums.

Great, thank you!

SatiricalBard wrote:

Can someone at Paizo please escalate the map issue and get back to us with a timeline for errata?

Please let us know at customer.service@paizo.com.

Appreciate everything you do Aaron. I understand the desire to push folks to customer service, but that ultimately results in a 1 on 1 conversation with whomever submitted the ticket, leaving the rest of the community wondering what's happening.

Would it possible for Customer Service or a Social Media person to be tagged in the forums or have a CS/SM rep keeping an eye on the product threads so that the community at large can be informed of things instead of specific individuals?

I believe this is fairly common practice in other places / industries.

Regarding the Pathfinder Rage of Elements PDF: on full screen (27"), nothing is pixelated or unreadable. We consider the product to be acceptable, but we'd like to better, if we can.

The constraint is the file size vs our current upload system. We had to run a second compression on it because, using our normal method, the original file is too big to be uploaded to our site. We are looking into getting a higher res version, that is also small enough to upload, but we don't know if or when that will happen.

Therefore, we have no immediate file update planned.

Hmm, that's a bit odd considering the Rage of Elements PDF is easily the smallest of the rulebooks at 23MB, when Treasure Vault is sitting here at 145MB... and the Fists of the Ruby Phoenix hardcover PDF is at 180MB...

Clearly, there's room for less compression.

I believe the two maps for F - Workshop Heights and G - Lower Guldrege, are labelled in reverse and incorrectly numbered. Reading this chapter is breaking my brain. Two silos clearly seem to be G3 - G4, Thenur's home is most likely G5-G7. But I can't make sense of the G2 buildings on the map.

Mapping Lower Guldrege isn't any easier, as the AP only describes G1 to G4, and except for maybe G2 and G3 don't quite seem to map to visual cues of F1-F4 on the map. G5 through G7 aren't mentioned at all.

Yea, this one seems pretty severe

I've been biting at the bit to buy this PDF, but the graphics talk has me concerned. How bad is it? Are we likely to get a 'fix'?

It's not terrible, and unless you zoom into an image you may not even immediately notice. But the images are pixelated, there's a lack of detail and crispness. It seems that they were over-compressed.

Curmudgeonly wrote:

Aaron Shanks wrote:

Rage of Elements is the first Pathfinder book to show the upcoming Remaster changes, and we've got a free Core Preview PDF to lay all of those changes out for you — and give you some special extras!

Hey Aaron - are you able to inquire as to why the Rage of Elements PDF has low resolution images? It looks quite pixelated, very obvious on the front cover for example.

(Reposting via the correct account.) Hello, we are aware of the issue. It was a very large file. This is the export quality required to create a reasonable file download size. The Art team is working on a happy medium, but we don't know if that is possible at this time.

Thanks! Appreciate you all looking into it.

Rage of Elements is the first Pathfinder book to show the upcoming Remaster changes, and we've got a free Core Preview PDF to lay all of those changes out for you — and give you some special extras!

Hey Aaron - are you able to inquire as to why the Rage of Elements PDF has low resolution images? It looks quite pixelated, very obvious on the front cover for example.

Is it just me or do the images in the PDF look low res? Seems pixelated.

Curmudgeonly wrote:

Hello, wanted to flag that the PDF download zip didn't come with the separate interactive maps file

It's in the 'one file per chapter' file. It's not labeled as an "interactive map". It's just "Worst Of All Possible Worlds" as a PDF.

Thanks! Downloaded it. Probably still worth it for Paizo to fix the single file zip :)

Hello, wanted to flag that the PDF download zip didn't come with the separate interactive maps file

Just wanted to bump the size of the PDF at 192MB, was Paizo able to look into why it's so much larger than standard?

Kingmaker 1e had numerous problems with the grids with maps not being properly aligned, which extends all the way to Book 6.

I've noticed that some of these grids have been fixed for the 2e release but there are other maps, such as Floor 3 at the House at the Edge of Time, which have not been fixed.

This makes it rather difficult for usage on Virtual Tabletops and just plain annoying when printing them out for in-person play.

Is this an oversight, and is there a chance that maps may be corrected in the future for later prints or digital releases?

Other than that, loving the new version of Kingmaker and I cannot wait to see what Paizo has in store for 2023-2024.

Just for my own edification, is it the ol' grid squares are uneven, making it impossible to line up against the grids in VTTs?

Curmudgeonly wrote:

double check I still qualify for the PDF?

This was published back in May 2022. There is no "pre-order" for previously published products.

So, no, you won't get a free PDF.

D'oh, not sure how I missed that. Must have seen some of the other editions and thought they were all pre-order. Thanks.

I today subbed once again to the AP line, and pre-ordered this in the same order, wanted to double check I still qualify for the PDF?

Curmudgeonly wrote:

Ok, I see now that some are 6 part and some are 3. Is there somewhere that describes or explains the difference?

6 parters are 1-20, 3 parters are either 1-10 or 11-20; the shorter APs apparently sell much better than the longer ones, so expect to see more of them going forward.

Age of Ashes, Extinction Curse, Agents of Edgewatch, Strength of Thousands, and Blood Lords are all 1-20s.

Abomination Vaults, Quest for the Frozen Flame, Outlaws of Alkenstar, Gatewalkers, and the upcoming Sky King’s Tomb are all 1-10s.

Fists of the Ruby Phoenix and the upcoming Stolen Fate are 11-20s.

Thanks, that's helpful. Any there any of the 3 parters that go well with others as sequels / prequels?

Ok, I see now that some are 6 part and some are 3. Is there somewhere that describes or explains the difference?

I used to be an AP subscriber back in the PF1 days. It seems things have changed a bit. APs are now 3 books as opposed to 6? Do they still cover levels 1-20?

Will this have a PDF version?

Is the only difference between the special edition and the regular one the faux leather cover?

Thank you Paizo! As always, great customer service! One day, I hope to resub :)

Hello Paizo,

I haven't been keeping as close attention to my subscriptions due to recent personal matters, and only just realized that I never received Book 5 of Ruins of Azlant (Tower of the Drowned Dead)

I have Book 4 and 6, but not 5.

I hadn't opened my miniatures sub so I thought, maybe they were in that box, but alas not.

Would you be able to send me my copy?

Also - as I'm finding my time and finances taken up with other things at the moment, can you cancel both my subscriptions?

Thanks in advance,

Curmudgeonly

Great to see the mini blog starting up again.

Yes! I'd been wondering what happened to the minis blog! Glad it's still a thing!

And loving these minotaurs! They'll go nicely next to my ones from WotR and H&M.

Thanks Katina! Will it still ship on time or rolled into next month?

Can you guys retry? It seems odd the payment was declined. I just used the card to purchase other things from a different store without issue.

Oddly, the email I received was sent today, and required that I respond by the 9th, yesterday...

Sent an email titled the same as this post with the pictures

Hmm, I don't have any issues with how the DM played this, though I now have a question regarding Detect Evil for Paladins.

I always played it as the Paladin needing to actually target it on someone/something. i.e. it didn't work as the Cleric version which detects evil in a radius around him over 3 rounds.

A paladin can, as a move action, concentrate on a single item or individual within 60 feet and determine if it is evil, learning the strength of its aura as if having studied it for 3 rounds. While focusing on one individual or object, the paladin does not detect evil in any other object or individual within range.

Have I been doing this wrong?

*bump* Didn't want this to get lost in the shuffle.

Hello Paizo,

I received my hardcover of the Curse of the Crimson Throne, but there seems to be an issue with how some of the pages were cut.

Pages 338 to 352 are slightly long on the top right edge, extending slightly passed the previous pages.

Pages 353 to 385 are clipped on the top right edges at an angle.

I'm wondering if it's possible to have the book replaced? I'm unsure what the process is for this type of situation.

I can send a picture if needed.

None of the content of the book is affected, this is mainly a cosmetic issue.

Thanks!

Loving this set! Always happy to receive more giants!

Looks correct, thank you!

*bumping this as it wasn't addressed*

Umm, it appears you canceled my AP subscription and not the RPG one :(

Can you fix it please?

Thanks!

Hello Paizo,

Please cancel my PF RPG sub.

I will maintain the AP line and Battles mini subs.

Thanks!

Wow, did not see that coming.

I'm guessing their more experimental APs will go there?

Interesting that it's part of the same universe though.

According to this page, the live banquet revealed:

• Blackjack will be a vigilante.
  
• LOTS of new art for CotC. All the good art from the AP is in the CRB.
  
• New content. Rebuilding encounters.
  
• Looked back at feedback and changed the AP so you don’t leave Korvosa. New mini adventures.
  
• September 2016
  
• Erik Mona: “Yeah, some of tha stuff is going to be a miniature.”

Specifically regarding not leaving Korvosa, is that correct? I hope the party still goes to Scarwall... I loved that part of the AP.

When's the actual announcement?

I've been thinking of running this AP also without Mythic, or at least less Mythic levels given to the PCs. I hope you keep updating the thread so I can see how it works out for you in later books!

Just got an email from them on it, and proceeded to back it right away.

I dunno, there are still a bunch in this set.

I won't stop until I've done all of them, or until someone makes me stop. :)

This has me excited. One thing that I loved about the Wrath of the Righteous set was the sheer volume of Demons I got. I am happy now to hear I will get a bunch of Devils too :D

This has the potential to be my favorite set yet!

Hello Paizo,

It seems that in my attempt to complete order 3947261, your system has charged me twice.

Can you take a look?

Thanks,

Arthur

Those are awesome. Been wondering when we'd starting seeing some angel minis!

I'm loving this set so far! Thank you!

Oh - I just wanted to also say Erik, that I finally got around to opening my Rusty Dragon set (I moved across the country, pf minis had to wait), and I just wanted to comment on how much better the quality was compared to previous sets. No smudged faces, paints looked great. I was very happy. A huge step in the right direction.

Thank you for your continued effort in improving this line!

Oh man, I am late to this party! But I am so excited for this, even though I already played through it in 3.5, I will happily repurchase this to own it with PF rules!

I was hoping you guys would do another remaster after Rise of the Runelords! Maybe in 4 years, we will see a Second Darkness compilation :)

May is fine, thanks!