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Hi all.
I've never participated in Organized Play before, so forgive me if this comes across as a dumb question:

When playing Pathfinder Society games, are parties organized by faction (i.e. everyone in the group belongs to the same faction) or can a group be composed of different faction members (and if so, would that cause internal conflict within the party)?

Also, anyone know of any PS events happening in Portland Oregon? I run a serious weekly campaign (3 years and still kickin!) so my gaming time is quite limited, but I'd like to check out an event if I can make it fit into my schedule...

I just got some difficult news about my health, and it looks like I'll be out of work for some time. Consequently, gaming products can't be a high priority for me right now. I subscribed on July 4th, so my order hasn't even been processed yet. If you could cancel that order, as well as my ongoing Pathfinder subscription I'd really appreciate it.

If it's too late to catch order # 886105, it's no big deal. Just don't send any further issues.

I'll be returning as a customer as soon as I've got things sorted out.

Thanks very much.

Since my FLGS (both of them) seem to be on a personal crusade to bum me out no matter how much money I throw at them, I've finally thrown in the towel and subscribed to Pathfinder! I've been meaning to do it for a while, and the prospect of never again having to make the trek to either of these s&+#holes to get my books is like a weight off my shoulders.

Anyway, I'm wondering how soon I can download the pdfs after my orders process? (It's 4th of July weekend so I'm assuming monday at the earliest). I'm only asking because I'm friggin' dying to read #10.

In honor of Gary's life, my group played Tomb of Horrors today using 1st edition rules. Obviously everyone died (except the cleric*), and everyone had a blast (even the two players who've only used 3e). I haven't had such a good time behind the DM screen since I was twelve years old.

When all was said and done, the group unanimously voted to shelve our 3.5 campaign (which is currently between adventures) in favor of a new 1st edition campaign. I nearly wept with joy. I've been an ardent supporter of 4e, but it's looking like I won't be buying the books just yet.

So screw you, 4e! The Village of Hommlet awaits!

*Oh yeah, the cleric. This was amazing. The group had been whittled down to 3: The gnomish fighter/illusionist, the elven magic user/thief, and the cleric. They had decided to camp in the Chapel of Evil to regain spells. The cleric announces that he has a few cures left and the others line up to be healed. The (secretly Lawful Evil) cleric casts Cause Serious Wounds on the gnome, killing him outright. The elf figures out what's happening too late, and the cleric bashes her head in with a +3 mace. The cleric whistles his way out of the Tomb of Horrors carrying everyone's stuff.
Somewhere in the Outer Plains, I think Gary was smiling.

I realize that this is pretty far out, but for a while I've been taking notes for a campaign using the King In Yellow as the BBEG. I was kicking around the idea of having a king who gained the throne via the Unspeakable Oath (described in CoC D20 as a pact in which you gain a boon from Hastur in exchange for allowing the possession of your body by the King in Yellow at some future date).

The king dies before being possessed (possibly through assassination), and so the burden of compensation falls to his daughter. She becomes possessed soon after her coronation and brings a regime of madness and terror to the kingdom.

Now, I realize that yellow is a few shades from crimson. But the previews for CotCT have got me thinking about using this AP as a basic framework for this idea. Granted, it's not even out yet, but it was the first thing that sprung to my mind.

Anybody else thought of something like this?

I'm a huge Paizo fan, but I've yet to delve into Pathfinder (heresy, I know). I've flipped through the first volume, I follow the previews, but I've yet to invest because my group still has maybe three more months plotted out in our current campaign.

I'm pretty keen on the pulp aspects I've seen so far, and I've got an idea that the Paizo team has similar sensibilities to my own when it comes to adventure writing. I am all but certain that I'll enjoy Pathfinder.

What I'm looking for, however, is a short synopsis of the overall themes and mood of Golarion (at least what has been shown thus far). Something along the lines of the advertising copy on the back of Planet Stories, for example. Something I could use to sell my players on Golarion without asking them to scan dozens of threads and blog posts to learn about the world.

Any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.