Ambrosia Slaad wrote:
What's wrong with Piers Anthony? If you exclude the pun loaded Xanth series (which really is straight up fantasy-comedy), the vast majority of his work is decent Sci-Fi / Science Fantasy. Steppe
All of these are appropriate, heck Pazio even reprinted 2 of the in their Planet Stories line. Much as I dislike him, I am actually surprised at the omission of Orson Scott Card from the list.
rknop wrote:
The Shobhad - Akhiton's resident 4-armed giant nomads armed with Raydium rifles. :) They are an homage to ERB's Green Martians, though culturally distinct.
Bummed I missed out on the limited edition of the collected edition (Got the Rise LE and it is sweet). Here's as good a place as any to make my opinion known. I feel that on collected editions, the Limited Edition Version should be the ONLY version (no LE version, just a normal print run like Pazio normally does, but with the only cover being the Faux leather and foil embossed version), it just looks classier than the main release. There, it's out there, I said it. /End Whinging.
Anguish wrote:
What? No Androids (all made by the Deva-droid corporation)? No Gelfs?And will there be a C.A.N.A.R.I.E.S. prestige class in your ideal version?
Eric Hinkle wrote:
I'm sure not EVERY one from SyFy needs it. They've had a couple gems. Not many to be sure, but a couple. Manticore (aka Manticore WMD) Reign of the Gargoyles, and Sasquatch Mountain (aka Devil on the Mountain) were really good. (I can't believe I am defending SyFy :) )
Berselius wrote:
A gargantuan Silver or Gold Dragon would be nice (heck, ANY, Gargantuan Metallic Dragon would be cool). For that matter a Gargantuan Black (Pathfinder Style :) ) and a Gargantuan Blue (that isn't decked out in gold and magic) would be great. What can I say, I love Dragons. This is why I'm so sad that the Evolutions only got 2 species of Dragon out before they more or less died :(
Silver Dragon!! I love how the figure seems very sinuous, almost fluid in its build and posture. It is a nice contrast to the bulkier Red, and Whites we have had in recent memory. Its look also just screams Pathfinder. The Beast!! From the cover of one of my favorite adventure paths. The Kirrix !? It's cool looking, I know nothing about it, but I like it. Now all I need to do is figure out where I can use that bad boy.
Kalindlara wrote:
Apologies, the link kept taking me to a two-week old version of the site from my Cache where there was nothing even remotely spoiler-ish. now that I've tried it again all I can say is WOW.
Cat-thulhu wrote: Here looks to be a surprising lack of detailling on the goblin. Single tone to skin, black mouth ( teeth not picked out like on previous). I hope it matches the standard we've been getting, would hate the only archer to be the badly detailed figure. Odd, hopefully it's just a bad pic. Took a look at the pic, the teeth seem to be picked out in white.
Ooze licker wrote:
Backward compatiblility is not the issue here. Availability is. The Dire Boar from the DDM line, was released in the Harbinger Set, as a Rare and was hard to come by even 12 years ago and currently goes for between 13$ and 25$ (19$ here on Paizo's Store) on the secondary market (Assuming you want a wild one, The Thunder tusk boar from Desert of Desolation is more moderately priced (6$ here at Paizo), but has the drawback of having a saddle and armor.) A Dire Boar (or any Dire animal really), is something that most DM's are going to need multiples of, something which is not really feasible at 20$ a shot. As for the Gargantuan Red, it is A) the last Chromatic Dragon to get a Gargantuan Sculpt (And as much as I love My Colossal red, I've only really had call to use it once, but my Gargantuan White and Blue DDM Dragons have seen much use, and my new Paizo ones are likely to see as much (Blue, White, Green, Brinebones, and now Red), B) it is one of the most frequently requested miniatures out there, and, C) as you mentioned, it fits design-wise with the Red evolutions set. I also have most (not all, I have a few gaps) in my DDM prepaints, and in many cases multiples. Yet I still buy the Pathfinder battles minis (which given the quality are far from over priced, falling in line price wise with getting a similar number of UNPAINTED Reaper or Games Workshop minis, and without requiring me to assemble and paint them). You don't want to buy them that's your bag, but the Pathfinder battles line has only re-trod a small portion of the path laid by the DDM line (which itself did reprints of certain figures as well, Large Blue, Red, and Copper Dragons, Huge Red Dragons, Storm Giants, and Drow, endless freaking drow all come to mind), and is doing quite well apparently without your contribution.
Timothy Ferdinand wrote: Drow, lots of drow..... Please, no. One or two to get the Pathfinder / Golarion feel would be cool, but I for one (and I know I am not alone on this) am Drow'd out. They have been over exposed ever since a certain novel series brought them into view. I realize that they have been around since 1st Ed AD&D and are a part of this wonderful hobby's past, but they seriously got over used during 2nd Ed and 3rd. / 3.5 Ed. D&D. I'm glad that they did get to make an appearance in Pathfinder, spotlighted as the Villains in the Second Darkness AP, but I am equally glad that they haven't come to dominate the setting as the Main Villains, as they have in certain other game worlds, to say nothing of them showing up as heroes at every organized play event. When it comes to Drow (or any shadowy, secretive culture really [Aboleth, Duergar, Derro, or basically any elder evil hidden from the light of day, either underground or in deep space]), less really is more.
jimibones83 wrote:
Ah but the problem is, that you can't get the Iconics (with the exception of Harsk) for that price, they are all unavailable on Paizo and they go for a hell of a lot more through another retailer, assuming you can find one that has them in stock.
I have to ask, could we possibly get The Iconic heroes as Goblins as one of the post "we've done all 31 Iconic heroes, now what sets?" a la The Paizo.com Exclusive Pathfinder Issue #1 cover It would give us four more of those wonderful goblins ;-)
Big Jay wrote: Already there ;) Got massive metal, resin, plastic and ppm collection. I conplain for all of those. What im scared is if people do like me and cherry pick it will kill the line like it did DDM. It wasn't just people cherry-picking pieces that killed the DDM line, it was also the rapid downward spiral in quality, and increase in price point that really hammered home the last few nails in the coffin.
Isil-zha wrote:
Elves / Half-elves are fairly interchangeable for one another and they cross the gamut of class types (save for specialized classes like monk, Samurai, and Ninja) and with a fairly even gender split(perhaps a slight favoring of females to males). Dwarves - have a generic, an Iconic, and a villain. (All male and all of a martial nature, not one that could pass for a rogue, priest or wizard)Halflings - An Iconic and two pirates. (2 males, 1 female but all skill monkey's - 2 that are or could be bards) Gnome - Generic fighter, Iconic, and one yet to be released. (2 male, 1 female Half-Orc - Tsadok, Irabeth, and Imrijka, and the Half-Orc barbarian from H & M. (2 male and 2 [badly needed] females, but once again all martial character types). I really like the Pathfinder battles line, but it is continuing to promote the massive race / class disparity that is found in PPM. It is remarkably easy to find an acceptable elf or half-elf miniature for either gender in virtually any class, a male dwarf of most classes, a halfling skill-based character of either gender, and only a smattering of Gnomes and Half-Orcs, predominantly male and primarily of martial types.
Orthos wrote:
"Know what this means don'tcha? Beaucoup overtime."
Gancanagh wrote:
or with 30 or 40 mixed with similar numbers of owls and falcons, you could put your players through an homage to The Birds. Of course in this homage there is an explanation, an evil Tengu Druid is manipulating them all in honor of the Demon Lord Pazuzu.
Yes!! The Russians are coming. Going to need at least 4 of each of the commons, and at least one of each of Rasputin and Polkovnik. Already scouring for a good Tank toy / model to proxy in for the Tsar tank. Thank you so much for not neglecting part 5 of the path. Hook us up with some fey next week and everyone will have had something to make them cheer.
Took me almost a week to notice that the Ice Elemental is SMALL. This reminded me that we don't have small versions of the 4 classic elementals in Pathfinder Battles either, only medium and large. That definintely is something that needs to be fixed. Maybe another "workhorse" set like Heroes and Monsters is needed (only at the present 55 piece standard), nothing Golarion-specific, just a good solid range of commonly encountered beasties, townsfolk, mercenaries, and such. It could even be split say 60/40 between Asian and "Western" pieces, with #55 being a Gargantuan Imperial Dragon (Any would work, but my pref. would be for Forest). Opinions?
Sc8rpi8n_mjd wrote:
Agreed on the Brimoraxen and Derakni, but I have to disagree strongly on Korramzadeh. They upper set of eyes being spaced the way they are actually makes sense, given that it widens his peripheral vision in a way that them being one above another wouldn't have. This is actually a consistent structure among those critters in the real world that have more than 2 eyes (mainly insects and arachnids). As for not matching up with the WotR art, well, your milage may vary, but aren't the minis generally based directly on a piece of art from the source material?
Kor - Orc Scrollkeeper wrote:
Agreed, especially in light of the fact that there is a Kingdom on Golarion where they are prominent. (I'd like a Mimmoth (tiny Mammoth on a small base), too, but I sincerely doubt Studio Foglio would ever release the rights to do one.)
Nice!! I'm going to need at least 2 of the Minotaur and at least a Dozen of the Schiir Demon (How about a demon's builder set huh?). Then all I'll need is a Pathfinder based mass battle and / or skirmish level mini's wargame that uses these minis and the Golarion setting. It's just not the same trying to retrofit other rule sets to the minis available.
Duedor wrote: Can you stop trying to "Push the limits of large"? That's a huge mini on a 2" base. Then again, "pushing the limits of Large" in this manner gets us sculpts that otherwise we wouldn't get expect as case incentives and as part of evolution packs due to the prohibitive cost of Huge minis. If the oversized larges really upset you that much, there are commercialy available bases for huge figures, just re base it.
Odraude wrote:
In fact forget the sneak attack and favored enemy!
Matthew Downie wrote: Come to think of it, Aragorn was 87, but still youthful due to his unusual racial background. So that makes Boromir the only 'normal' one, and look what happens to him. That's something I've noticed among players up where I am. Too often they equate normal human with "Red Shirt."
John Kretzer wrote:
The Anti-gun in my Fantasy RPG group are going to complain if its an Archetype, a PRC or a base class that has guns as part of the baseline assumption to the concept no matter what. They don't want firearms in their fantasy RPGs, and that's fine for them, but I do not see why that this vocal minority of the community should hobble the game designers. There is a similar sized group who don't want Asian themed characters and yet we still have base classes of Monk, Ninja, and Samurai so why not a base class Musketeer with its own collection of archetypes like say Highwayman and such?
Now what would we the fans need to do to get you to throw a PDF of those masks up on the website for those of us who couldn't make it to Gen Con? Because if all you need is a pretty please, then consider it said. (Though I realize that the physical appearance of the please has little bearing on the answer.)
Sincubus wrote:
But isn't the whole point of the Builder Series to give DMs an economical way to gather up enough mini's to represent the "common and overused," in a way that even a common rarity mini in a standard set can't? I bought a case of H & M got 3 skeletons, 2 zombies, 2 red Gob warriors, 3 blue, 1 red gob hero, 2 blue, and 2 of each orc. Not enough to run an encounter with a typical "horde" creature. And, as singles climb in price from the sets, these builder sets will be a godsend for people who don't have a decade or more of ppms available to them. I understand that you like the novel and the unique, but there is a very large population who still need the common and overused.
Tsathoggua anyone? I want my fuzzy toad Great Old one and Ubo-Satthla, Yig, Bokrug, Lloigor, the Venerians from "in the walls of Eryx" The first two are creations of Aztlani Priest Klarkash Ton. I also wouldn't mind seeing templates for Marsh, Martense, and Whatley linneages (Deep ones at two removes, Inbred Dutch Gibberlings, and Children of Yog-Sothoth).
The Tarasque would be nice, but what I'd really like to see is a 12 pack of different Titans (6 male and 6 female). One of each of the giant types (Frost, Fire, Hill, Stone, Storm, Taiga, Marsh, Wood, Cloud, Rune, Cyclops) both male and female (Male Storm giants are sadly lacking, as are females in PPM of all of the others). Female, Orcs, Ogres, and other horde monsters, almost all horde beasts are male. Some decent Male Drow (almost all Drow minis are female). I want to see equal gender representation among the monster races. That and a Mammy Graul mini would be schweet as well.
And what is with all the hating on Black-powder weapons in fantasy? Particularly Pirate-themed fantasy? Pistols are part of the genre, and I for one expect them when pirates are mentioned. Unless your talking Danish Pirates of the North Sea, but as I recall most people call them Vikings (which makes little sense, since 'viking' is a verb and not a noun, but oh well.) Fact is that like it or not people guns are a part of the Pathfinder game, and they are an OFFICIAL part of the Golarion setting. They are also grossly under repressented in fantasy miniatures. Does the whole set have or need guns? No. But people are getting up in arms over 3, count 'em 3 minis that do. Like I said, guns are a part of the pirate genre. Just as they are a part of the Aisan-action genre of fantasy, and I can only hope that when a Tian -themed set is done, that there is a Vanara Gunslinger and a peasant harquebusser of some description (and city police with a man-catcher polearm, but that's another argument). (having rescanned I guess 3 negative posts is not alot; sorry for the thread-jacking)
Kain Darkwind wrote: I think Imrijka is pretty. Agreed, she has the same beauty (and deadliness, I suspect) of a well made and cared-for sword. Not the shallow beauty of a traditional "hottie," like Seoni (and don't think for a moment I don't like Seoni), Imrijka's is a subtle beauty, carved in hard lines and battlefield grace. Seriously I can picture her as one of those who uses an economy of force to get the job done, neither more nor less than is needed, but willing to use EVERY tool she has at her disposal. On a side note, I'd suspect if ANY of the 21 Iconics is transgendered (or indergendered as the medical term (afraid I misspelled it though)) that it is most likely Imrijka. Just one more way for her to be a square-peg (let's play up the whole I don't fit in society vibe even further). She's also the Iconic I'd most like to see a write-up on (anything really, a meet the Iconic, a Pathfinder tales story, something). or how about this for a party: Imrijka, Demiel, Seelah, and Lirianne? (not sure on the name of the last one, basically an Inquisitor, Alchemist, Paladin, Gunslinger party)
So we get a Cryptids book, yay!!! If this goes true to form with the other "Monsters Revisited" books we'll get 10. Chupacabra
and. . . beginning random speculation Mokele M'bembe (sp)
The part I have trouble with is the supposed incopatability of Faith and Science. Both Darwins (Charles and his grandfather, Erasmus) were religious men. Isaac Newton, was as well. And I won't even get into Gregor Mendel. Why is willful ignorance in the face of supported facts now seen as a show of deep faith? And it is not just the Christians either, at one point in history the Moors were the leading engineers of the world, and now Islam is producing as many willfully ignorant extremists. This is to my perception, the first part of a multi-part problem. The second part is that people expect the school to be a daycare and have stripped parents of all ability to discipline their children to prevent the excesses of a small minority of abusive individuals. I was recently spoken to in a Wal*Mart, told that I was abusive of my eldest because I made him take a shop-lifted item back in and apologise at the service desk to the assistant manager on duty. I was told it was humiliating and degrading and that I had scarred him. What I had done was made him own up for a wrong behavior. The last part of the problem in my view (and most people will find this odd, coming from someone of my age), is the end of America's Cold War with the Soviet Union. When we had an implied threat to our very way of life and freedom in the form of a propaganda demonized enemy, our innovative abilities and competitive natures soared to new heights. They did the same things we did, and there was a major push to encourage the best and brightest of their scientists to defect to the West. Since the thaw though, our space program has stagnated, our general research budget has been slashed to non-existence, and our educational system is dying a malingering death. Peace between empires breeds rot from within, and the US is now going to go the way of the HRE and Alexander's Persia. Our leadership doesn't want intelligent and successful people, they are a threat to its power-base that simply cannot be allowed. Sorry for the ranting thread-jack.
Benly wrote:
I can see it, and I see your point. However, the first thing I saw was an Aisan outfit on Dudly Do-Right's enemy, Snidely Whiplash. That mustache is so 1800's villain. (And am I the only one who upon seeing the Wayang though, this guy's gotta sound like Vincent Price?)
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