paizo.com Recent Reviews by KigerWulfpaizo.com Recent Reviews by KigerWulf2022-05-26T20:08:20Z2022-05-26T20:08:20ZPathfinder Player Companion: Knights of the Inner Sea (PFRPG): Temper Your Expectations (4 stars)KigerWulfhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8ufc?Pathfinder-Player-Companion-Knights-of-the-Inner-Sea2012-09-30T02:51:29Z<p><b>Pathfinder Player Companion: Knights of the Inner Sea (PFRPG)</b></p><p>I suppose some of the negative reviews are fair, but on their whole, I also think of them as unfair and a result of the same problem that has plagued the X-Men trilogy, unfair expectations.</p>
<p>Knights of the Inner Sea shouldn't be a book that is designed to augment your sorcerer. This book will be rather unvaluable to such a person. However, if your desire is to play a Knight from the Inner Sea region of Golarion, this book would make a fantastic addition to your collection! </p>
<p>The leadership feat is generally not a favorite of gaming tables, and the necessity of the mount to the success of the Cavalier class has been much-maligned. However, when thinking of a Knight, we conjure images of two warriors riding toward each other in a joust, commanding their steed to be a part of the warrior in battle. And almost always, a squire is standing in the background, ready to give his liege another lance or assist in donning a suit of armor.</p>
<p>So, to call this book broken or weak is unfair, it is using the image of the Knight that has become a fantasy mainstay as its base.</p>
<p>With that said, I would have liked some more options, but I'm not sure what those would have been, I just know that I wanted more!</p>
<p>All-in-all, this will be an incredibly useful volume for me when I create my own Knight of the Inner Sea, both in building the statistics and in the Role-Playing of the character.</p>
<p>You don't need to lower expectations, just correctly position your expectations.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Player Companion: Knights of the Inner Sea (PFRPG)</b></p><p>I suppose some of the negative reviews are fair, but on their whole, I also think of them as unfair and a result of the same problem that has plagued the X-Men trilogy, unfair expectations.</p>
<p>Knights of the Inner Sea shouldn't be a book that is designed to augment your sorcerer. This book will be rather unvaluable to such a person. However, if your desire is to play a Knight from the Inner Sea region of Golarion, this book would make a fantastic addition to your collection! </p>
<p>The leadership feat is generally not a favorite of gaming tables, and the necessity of the mount to the success of the Cavalier class has been much-maligned. However, when thinking of a Knight, we conjure images of two warriors riding toward each other in a joust, commanding their steed to be a part of the warrior in battle. And almost always, a squire is standing in the background, ready to give his liege another lance or assist in donning a suit of armor.</p>
<p>So, to call this book broken or weak is unfair, it is using the image of the Knight that has become a fantasy mainstay as its base.</p>
<p>With that said, I would have liked some more options, but I'm not sure what those would have been, I just know that I wanted more!</p>
<p>All-in-all, this will be an incredibly useful volume for me when I create my own Knight of the Inner Sea, both in building the statistics and in the Role-Playing of the character.</p>
<p>You don't need to lower expectations, just correctly position your expectations.</p>KigerWulf2012-09-30T02:51:29ZPathfinder Society Scenario Intro 3: First Steps—Part III: A Vision of Betrayal (PFRPG) PDF (Retired): Solid Conclusion (4 stars)KigerWulfhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8jot?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-Intro-3-First-Steps-Part-III-A-Vision-of-Betrayal2011-09-06T23:55:44Z<p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario Intro 3: First Steps—Part III: A Vision of Betrayal (PFRPG) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>Finished this with what was left of my original party of 6 (two couldn't make it, so had four players).</p>
<p>This one had a completely different feel from the other two parts and gave a great final introduction to the Pathfinder Society. </p>
<p>Each encounter was a lot of fun, kept the group guessing all the way through.</p>
<p>I thought this was a great conclusion to a fun introduction to the Pathfinder Society.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario Intro 3: First Steps—Part III: A Vision of Betrayal (PFRPG) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>Finished this with what was left of my original party of 6 (two couldn't make it, so had four players).</p>
<p>This one had a completely different feel from the other two parts and gave a great final introduction to the Pathfinder Society. </p>
<p>Each encounter was a lot of fun, kept the group guessing all the way through.</p>
<p>I thought this was a great conclusion to a fun introduction to the Pathfinder Society.</p>KigerWulf2011-09-06T23:55:44ZPathfinder Society Scenario Intro 2: First Steps—Part II: To Delve the Dungeon Deep (PFRPG) PDF (Retired): Fun dungeon delve (4 stars)KigerWulfhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8jos?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-Intro-2-First-Steps-Part-II-To-Delve-the-Dungeon-Deep2011-09-06T23:47:14Z<p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario Intro 2: First Steps—Part II: To Delve the Dungeon Deep (PFRPG) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>After playing through Part I, we had high expectations.</p>
<p>I ran this for friends who had played part I, but had no PFS experience otherwise. This scenario was enjoyable for everyone. The prep was VERY minimal for me, I used plexi to draw the map as the group explored it.</p>
<p>Some of the combat was dry, and somewhat easy (What else should we expect with 6 players?). It seemed, somehow, to take an exceptionally long time to get through the dungeon, I ended up removing one encounter from the module (it should be noted that the module expressly suggests that you do this if time becomes a factor).</p>
<p>•Spoilers Ahead•</p>
<p>All in all, we enjoyed playing this one. Our group was unable to retrieve the katana. The battle against the Blindheim was brilliant, watching the PC's fumble around with their Blinded Condition(this gave me a great first use of the Condition Cards I had just purchased) was great fun.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario Intro 2: First Steps—Part II: To Delve the Dungeon Deep (PFRPG) PDF (Retired)</b></p><p>After playing through Part I, we had high expectations.</p>
<p>I ran this for friends who had played part I, but had no PFS experience otherwise. This scenario was enjoyable for everyone. The prep was VERY minimal for me, I used plexi to draw the map as the group explored it.</p>
<p>Some of the combat was dry, and somewhat easy (What else should we expect with 6 players?). It seemed, somehow, to take an exceptionally long time to get through the dungeon, I ended up removing one encounter from the module (it should be noted that the module expressly suggests that you do this if time becomes a factor).</p>
<p>•Spoilers Ahead•</p>
<p>All in all, we enjoyed playing this one. Our group was unable to retrieve the katana. The battle against the Blindheim was brilliant, watching the PC's fumble around with their Blinded Condition(this gave me a great first use of the Condition Cards I had just purchased) was great fun.</p>KigerWulf2011-09-06T23:47:14ZPathfinder Society Scenario Intro 1: First Steps—Part I: In Service to Lore (PFRPG) PDF: Great intro to PFS (4 stars)KigerWulfhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8jor?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-Intro-1-First-Steps-Part-I-In-Service-to-Lore2011-09-06T23:30:14Z<p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario Intro 1: First Steps—Part I: In Service to Lore (PFRPG) PDF</b></p><p>•Possible Spoilers Ahead•</p>
<p>I played through this as a break from a normal home game with friends who had no Pathfinder Society experience. </p>
<p>They liked everything about the adventure, until we got to the final encounter. The logistics of fighting in such a confined space weren't easy, and our wizard ended up dying.</p>
<p>When you have 6 PC's, you hate to see someone die in their first ever PFS scenario. I'm not sure, though, if that encounter is really that difficult or if they just were really unlucky (Color Spray rendered the fighter useless for most of the combat).</p>
<p>One of the highlights of the scenario was in the warehouse, all but one of the characters fell into the water, and most had a LOT of trouble getting back out, causing laughs galore around the table as they struggled mightily to get themselves dry.</p>
<p>All in all, I loved it (and so did five of the six players). This was the best of the Intro series, IMO.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario Intro 1: First Steps—Part I: In Service to Lore (PFRPG) PDF</b></p><p>•Possible Spoilers Ahead•</p>
<p>I played through this as a break from a normal home game with friends who had no Pathfinder Society experience. </p>
<p>They liked everything about the adventure, until we got to the final encounter. The logistics of fighting in such a confined space weren't easy, and our wizard ended up dying.</p>
<p>When you have 6 PC's, you hate to see someone die in their first ever PFS scenario. I'm not sure, though, if that encounter is really that difficult or if they just were really unlucky (Color Spray rendered the fighter useless for most of the combat).</p>
<p>One of the highlights of the scenario was in the warehouse, all but one of the characters fell into the water, and most had a LOT of trouble getting back out, causing laughs galore around the table as they struggled mightily to get themselves dry.</p>
<p>All in all, I loved it (and so did five of the six players). This was the best of the Intro series, IMO.</p>KigerWulf2011-09-06T23:30:14ZBattle! Studio Paper Minis: Human Adventurers PDF: Solid offering (4 stars)KigerWulfhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8kzz?Battle-Studio-Paper-Minis-Human-Adventurers2011-05-28T12:48:27Z<p><b>Battle! Studio Paper Minis: Human Adventurers PDF</b></p><p>Wanted more minis for my games. </p>
<p>This is a solid offering, many of the characters look enough like the iconics that they are easily identifiable (I definitely saw the sorcerer and inquisitor in there) as well as some novel takes on some characters. </p>
<p>Hope there's a set released for dwarves/elves/gnomes/halflings/half-orcs.</p>
<p>Art is somewhat cartoony, but it fits with the style of all the paper minis that I've seen to-date.</p>
<p>The blank set at the back makes for a really easy way to customize them to what you want.</p>
<p>Great buy for 1.99.</p><p><b>Battle! Studio Paper Minis: Human Adventurers PDF</b></p><p>Wanted more minis for my games. </p>
<p>This is a solid offering, many of the characters look enough like the iconics that they are easily identifiable (I definitely saw the sorcerer and inquisitor in there) as well as some novel takes on some characters. </p>
<p>Hope there's a set released for dwarves/elves/gnomes/halflings/half-orcs.</p>
<p>Art is somewhat cartoony, but it fits with the style of all the paper minis that I've seen to-date.</p>
<p>The blank set at the back makes for a really easy way to customize them to what you want.</p>
<p>Great buy for 1.99.</p>KigerWulf2011-05-28T12:48:27Z