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I wonder, could there be an option to add the Foundry module to the subscription? My issue with the current changes is to keep the subscription and then add the Foundry module is approximately $35, assuming I have the enough gold to keep my discount with the new store it would $51 for the sub and the module. If there was an option to subscribe and get everything for $35ish. I at least would look at doing that.

It doesn't help with those who decide to run it later, but it would at least be something.

Yea, I will have to reconsider my AP subscription if that is the way it is going to work now. Or stop buying the Foundry modules. I definitely won't be paying twice for the PDF.

I am an evil millennial! The bane of all publishers everywhere! That said, I really only want PDFs of everything. Happy to buy, but I really only want that. I read almost exclusively on a tablet and my phone.

I also demo this stuff, so I've bought FIVE decent tablets and I hand those out at tables for my players to read the books. I've committed to the bit.

Also, I play with people online when not demoing at cons. Demiplane is awesome for character builds and playing nice with Roll20.

Demiplane says that you get a PDF when you buy the book from them. So, If I drop my book subscriptions and only buy via Demiplane will I get the PDFs? Honestly this will have me a ton via shipping and the physical books are expensive to just sit in my basement and rot.

If I stop my subscription and buy via Demiplane, will I still get the PDF I want and the help for my players I need? Is there a downside that I don't see?

So the big change is going to be you get your PDFs on release date instead of when your books ship. So sometimes 2 to 3 weeks later. But otherwise you have it correct.

Are there any known production or delivery issues with the Infinity Deck? Amazon.de has had my delivery set for today since at least a week and I just checked and it got changed to "between November 14 and March 9" which is hilarious, if also frustrating. I was hoping to use it in my first campaign starting October

This might be the start of the Diamond issues. Diamond was the biggest if not only way that most publishers got product to Amazon. With the bankruptcy and ongoing lawsuits, I expect products on Amazon might be few and far between.

It would be very interesting to know what’s changed here. Paizo has been doing monthly Adventure Path episodes for the best part of twenty years; I can think of plenty of potential advantages of the shift, but none that wouldn’t also have been advantages 5, 10, 15 years ago.

I expect it is a series of pieces. One, James already mentioned is one SKU per AP is easier for distributors and stores to stock. Two, printing costs, printing X quantity of 1 book, will be a lot less complicated then print x of book 1, x-y of book 2, x-z of book 3, where z is more than likely bigger than y. Three, is a guess, but I assume getting a book out quarterly is going to lessen (but not remove some of the time crunch) for AP releases. But most of those are my educated guesses, only Paizo knows for sure.

My watch continues.

Still pending.... Let's see if complaining helps.

2800 new posts... I ain't reading all of that.

It was a pretty good paragraph though!

And it shows how good at adventure design you and Greg are that it went from that to the amazing adventure it ended up as.

One paragraph! :D

Will this just shot up my must play list. I am a bit disappointed that James and Adam didn't think to tell me directly about this one. :D

When will my previous PDF be updated to the Remaster?

It will be during the Paizo business day so earliest it will probably happen is 10 am PST. But I would expect it within a few hours of that.

Is the stream still going ahead today? x

As this is the only mention we have seen, I doubt it.

Ok, now I am wondering if we are going to get the recordings or not. It has been basically a month with no info on those. That is unfortunate, because I didn't see a lot of reporting on some of these seminars.

At this point my doubt is increasing.

Ok, now I am wondering if we are going to get the recordings or not. It has been basically a month with no info on those. That is unfortunate, because I didn't see a lot of reporting on some of these seminars.

oninowon wrote:

Does the Pathfinder 2e corebook require the Pathfinder Gamemastery Guide or is it good on its own? I'm really just interested in one book having all the rules to run a game (more specifically, the rules necessary to run Starfinder 2e).

To reiterate what Dancing Wind said, the Pathfinder 2nd Edition Core Rulebook has been replaced by two remastered rulebooks, Pathfinder 2nd Edition Player Core and Pathfinder 2nd Edition Player Core 2. (Piazo did not put a "1" in the title of the first Player Core rulebook, but we players nevertheless call it Player Core 1.)

The Pathfinder 2nd Edition GM Core and the Pathfinder 2nd Edition Monster Core are written for the GMs (gamemasters). The GM Core is slightly handy for the players, because it contains some treasure tables describing high-level items the player character could purchase. However, the Archives of Hethys under Equipment are combined together and have search and sorting functions, so they are much easier to reference.

The Pathfinder 2nd Edition Gamemastery Guide was written exclusively for GMs, and its most useful content has been moved into the Pathfinder 2nd Edition GM Core. It is not necessary.

The materials necessary for the Starfinder 2nd Edition playtest are described in the article Paizo Blog: Starfinder Playtesting Overview. It recommends Pathfinder 2nd Edition Player Core and Pathfinder 2nd Edition GM Core but not Player Core 2. And suggests that the Archives of Nethys are enough. I suspect that the GM Core is for the GM running the playtest scenarios, but I do not know that for certain.

Page 5 of the Starfinder 2nd Edition Playtest Rulebook repeats this:

Starfinder 2nd Edition Playtest Rulebook, Introduction chapter wrote:

REQUIRED PRODUCTS

To cram as much playtest content as we could

...

A couple of additions/corrections. GM Core is a bit different from the Gamemastery guide and a lot more necessary now, as all of the magic items and some of the how to play the game rules moved there.

Starfinder Player Core, GM Core, and Alien Core were announced as the first 3 Starfinder rulebooks. Technically Galaxy Guide is first but not a Rulebook.

I think everyone needs to calm down, because we aren't getting a major rewrite of the classes. Sayre already said they are incorporating the errata which we already have, changing OGL language to ORC, and that is it. This isn't going to be a Player Core rework of the core classes.

This is just an errata update.

Terevalis Unctio of House Mysti wrote:

Are the delays reflecting in the shipping dates above?

I checked this post before the delay announcement and I can confirm it's not different at all, my guess is that they simply don't really know how much it's gonna be delayed by, but still expect it to be within the window

The way I read it is if you just order something from the Paizo store there might be a delay, not that there will be delays with subscription shipping.

The PF2 update seems to be out now. Mine just updated to 6.2

And the product page for this is up on Foundry!

Same here it is in the wild now.

Starfinder Class playtest for Technomancers and Mechanics is coming in 2025, likely very early because I'm pretty sure they said those two would be in the core book.

Slight correction they said they wanted those 2 classes available when the Core Rules released, but they are in an unannounced book coming in early 2026.

The PF2E system update is out and installed, but still can't find the adventure pack package on foundry module search.

The issue seems to be the module itself not being published.
https://foundryvtt.com/packages/sf2e-playtest-deluxe-adventure-pack
This should go to the package page, but redirects to full package list.

The PF2e system update is not out yet. it will be something higher then 6.1.3

I am guessing the product requires the new version of PF2 which releases today. I am seeing a similar issue with the new SF playtest module which you can install, but I can't enable yet. So, it should be good to go later today.

Definite day 1 tech issues.

Approx 6 (+ 4-7) hours left for free PDF

For me, to use computers skill and items

Just under 12 hours to go.

How does this work in foundry? I didn't think there was a sf2e module?

One of my pf players is gunna be outta town for next session and then I saw this on the blog ... it would be cool to run one of these while we're down a player, and we're all used to the pf2e system :)

There is an SF2 module already for the Field Tests, which is going to be updated tomorrow with the Playtest Rulebook, is my understanding.

Also to help manage expectations, this is a very different playtest than PF2 was. It honestly feels like more of a PF2 supplement playtest, but more elaborate. Instead of just testing the new classes, we are also testing, ancestries, equipment, feats, spells, and the 2 new skills. There are new actions, new conditions, etc, but they rule system itself is the same one that PF2 is using.

Book is already read, and work started on a Biohacker conversion.

For weapons it is Level 0,2,4,10,12,16,19. And basically C is base. T is +1 potency, A is +1 striking, S is +2 striking, E is +2 greater striking, etc… you don’t have to change out runes so cost is the same minus the previous runes in silver pieces.

All I am going to say is CTASEUP is a really smart idea.

Ed Reppert wrote:

Waiting is...

a test? a challenge? certainly an obstacle

The hardest part.

Justin Franklin wrote:

Noven wrote:

So when you say 2 to 4 releases per year, are APs just not happening anymore or are they just going to all be released in 1 big book instead of 6 monthly books?

They have been single books for over a year now.

Well, that is not really something that was a thing until the whole ORC thing and then the immediate wind-down of Starfinder 1. Just happened to be the last couple APs that were compilations. Are they doing this with the Pathfinder AP line or is Starfinder just getting the shaft here?

No, it didn't that was announced at PaizoCon or GenCon 2023 as how they would be from now on.

So when you say 2 to 4 releases per year, are APs just not happening anymore or are they just going to all be released in 1 big book instead of 6 monthly books?

They have been single books for over a year now.

Yeah that does not explain the only 2 to 4 releases every year portion of the email.

Starfinder APs haven't been single books since April of 2023. They are now single hardcover books.

Incredibly.

Odd.

Well it was the 3rd.

Orthos wrote:

Eric Swanson wrote:

Orthos wrote:

Might be but access is currently limited.

OK fixed.

Yep, that looks like it. I remember seeing this just after I started posting in FAWTL regularly, could have named every single person in the picture back then.

Huzzah! I’m in there somewhere. I think. Good times.

You definitely are

Justin Franklin wrote:

Props to PMG this posts has gone on for 13 years the previous ones didn’t even make it a year.

If I recall correctly, each would get so long it would start causing havoc with the messageboards. PMG would sadly have to shut it down. Then he finally figured out a way to prevent the havoc.

That was my understanding as well. we would basically get to a certain number of posts and the database couldn't handle it.

Props to PMG this posts has gone on for 13 years the previous ones didn’t even make it a year.

I was just thinking of the Hugo Solis commission…

I downloaded it today so I had a copy.

Back in the day, I built him a real-life ban hammer and mailed it to him...

And it was awesome!

I had forgotten about the enemies list! It's littered with inside jokes I no longer remember.

I don't remember what it was I said in the old Paizo Chat, but I remember it was funny. :D

I may just hang out here for at least a few days in remembrance. It is good to see everyone again, even if the circumstances suck.

Sebastian wrote:

I feel obliged to swing by the old clubhouse as well. Good to see all* you bastards again. I hope life is treating you well and that you found someone as abusive as me to put you in your place.

*RIP PMG

Nobody abuses me as well as you :(

I did double check that I was still on the enemies list.

captain yesterday wrote:

Who?

Gary Teter, PostMonster General

The man, the myth, the legend, and the reason Sebastian's image is a pony, and a Bella Sara Charter Superscriber.

Stopping by to post in honor of PMG.

RIP PMG,

As others have mentioned I often hung out with him in the Paizo Webchat as well.

I remember "helping" him with the forum code, by finding things like you used to be able to spam the boards by just hitting Submit Post multiple times. Or double posting to get around the smurf filter (post twice delete the first). Once he fixed that one he just set my message board image to a smurf.

Even though I haven't talked to him as much as I would have liked of late, he will definitely be missed.

Edit: And clearly I have forgotten how to format text on the boards.

The downloads for the new AP volume (197, Let the Leaves Fall) are doing that thing again where they fail personalization (both single file and one file per chapter) and end up showing a file size of only a couple of hundred bytes. The Core book PDFs, though, thankfully are personalizing and downloading fine now.

Seeing the same thing here.

Dancing Wind wrote:

Click the link in the post above yours. :-)

That appears to be for Fantasy Grounds, I would like to purchase the pdf through Paizo.com.

But thank you for pointing the link out.

Nope that link (at least in Rysky's post) is the playtest material for the PDF from Paizo, no payment.

My pdf's for this book are showing 0B and I'm unable to download the pdf. My Rage of Elements worked just fine though.

I have reached out to CS.

I am seeing the same. So definitely an issue.

My guess is that there is some issue with the advertisements in the old issues that require their removal. This was a problem that TSR had when they released the old Dragon magazines on CD ROM back in the day. I even went so far as to compare the issue I just purchased, Dungeon 139, to a scanned version on Archive.org. Sure enough, several advertisements had been removed from the version that I just downloaded. I hope if this is the case that Paizo has a plan to update these old issues and make them available for PDF purchase again. I know that's a lot of effort on their part but there is some really excellent content in those old issues.

Just to be clear Paizo can not do that. Wizards of the Coast would have to.

More than likely due to what WotC will let them sell as those are all owned by them. But probably would need someone from Paizo to say for sure.