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I have several subscriptions through Paizo, but I've noticed that having so many subscriptions interferes with getting subscription copies early. I have an email saying that my order for November was pending as of October 27th, but I haven't received any emails since then about this order. The order has two books (player core and GM core), two flip mats, and an adventure path issue. On various social media, I'm seeing many people post that they've received their pdfs, and one person who lives in Seattle just posted that he has his physical copies of the player core and gm core.

If there's anything you can do to improve this - so that the book pdfs get to me earlier, like processing books as a separate order from maps, I'd appreciate it. I like having both pdf and physical copies, so I appreciate the subscriptions, but I also appreciate the perk of having early access, but I don't get to take advantage of that anymore, since the pdfs aren't added until the books actually ship, and apparently book, map, and adventure path orders don't ship very quickly.

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I just bought some PFS scenarios I'll be running tomorrow, and they're not showing in my list of digital content to download.

I saw the stickied thread above about some content not showing up, so I tried another browser, and it didn't show up there, either.

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I'm one of the players for this event. I have not played Eternal Obelisk before, and that scenario sounds interesting to play.

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Sorry, it was this Paizo blog.

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I haven't gotten any response yet to my request to volunterr at PaizoCon (I have checked my spam filters). Are there still people being contacted, or should I assume that at this point, I won't be needed to GM at PaizoCon?

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A new update of the Pathfinder files is available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab.

This update adds Melee Tactics Toolbox to our existing Player Companion #18 package. This package is available for $4.99 and already contains Giant Hunter's Handbook and Familiar Folio.

In the Campaign Setting line, we've added Tombs of Golarion to the existing Campaign Setting #13 package. This package already contains Undead Unleashed, Ships of the Inner Sea, Lost Treasures, and Belkzen, Hold of the Orc Lords, and is available for $4.99.

This update also incorporates a recent FAQ that codifies the damage increase/decrease mechanics and implements several things like mounted charging with a lance and vital strike that required damage dice multiplication, as well as including many bug fixes.

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Belafon wrote:

I agree the FAQ probably needs a tiny bit of clarification but in the meantime

As to the specifics, 4d8->4d10->8d8
For one size down on d10s, change to an equal number of d8s. For one size up, change to d8s and double the number of dice.

From the two examples we have - 2d10 and 4d10, I don't think the progression is based on transferring to d8s and doubling. I think 2d10 is in the same table position as 3d8, which is why 2d8 and 4d8 are each two places away from it. His example in the post is that 4d10 is in the 6d8 position, making 4d8 and 8d8 the numbers that are two places above and below.

So maybe the idea is to pretend the number of d10s are d8s, and then find the position of that number of d8s in the table, and then jump two positions higher than that. So for 2d10, find the position 2 above 2d8 - the 3d8 row, which would mean for 3d10, find the position 2 above 3d8, which is the 4d8 row, meaning it would go to 3d8 and 6d8 (which is actually the same result as transferring to d8s and doubling gives). For 5d10, you'd find the position for 5d8, which is on the 6d6 row, then jump 2 to the 8d6 row, meaning it would go to 6d6 and 12d6.

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I'm afraid I'd really appreciate an official answer as to whether the table continues on beyond 16d6 and appreciate more official examples in the d4 and d10 series. Currently, there's only two examples in the d4 series before they say "and so on", and one example in the d10 series before they say "and so on".

I'm pretty sure that for the d4s, you take the maximum damage, and if it's divisible by 6, turn it into that many d6s, otherwise divide it by 8 and turn it into that many d8s, but I don't know how to modify the Powerful Charge ability of the Barometz (B4 pg 16), which is at 10d10, if that monster had some damage dice-altering effect, because a single example isn't enough to allow me to extrapolate a series for the d10s.

I'd guess that 4d10 is at the same table position as 6d8 and 8d10 is at the 12d8 position, the same way 2d10 is at the 3d8 position, but the 1.5x multiplier that works for those doesn't help with 3d10 (a stone colossus's slam), 5d10 (a Nightwave's Bite), 6d10 (an Adamantine Golem's slam) or 10d10 (a Barometz's powerful charge).

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A new update of the Pathfinder files for Hero Lab is now available from the automatic updates mechanism in Hero Lab.

The classes in Occult Adventures are so complex that it's taking us a while to get them finished, but since we've passed the halfway point, we decided to give you all the classes that are finished, rather than waiting for the last ones before releasing it all.

This update adds the Medium, Mesmerist, Psychic, and Spiritualist classes from the Occult Adventures playtest. The Kineticist and Occultist are still being created, and we'll get those to you as soon as we can.

This update also has a few bug fixes.

A warning about this playtest material; once Occult Adventures itself is released (it's scheduled for a Gen Con 2015 release), all of the playtest material will become a part of our Occult Adventures package. For those who purchase this package once it's released, the characters you've created during the playtest will continue to work in Hero Lab, and you'll get access to the new content added in the full book (with the caveat that if something about the class changes between the playtest and the full version, there may be some changes you need to make - for example, if the class selects from among several abilities, and one of the options you selected for that slot is removed after the playtest, your character will have an unselected ability to choose, in order to replace the one that's no longer legal). If you do not purchase the Occult Adventures package, any levels of the playtest classes will be removed from any characters that used them. (As a note, this is the same way we handled the ACG, APG, UC, and UM playtest classes in Hero Lab).

Also, be aware that this is playtest material. We'll try to keep up with any official updates to the playtest as it proceeds, but we'll always be at least a few days behind. Also, if things about these classes change during the playtest period, existing characters using the class that changed may end up with errors.

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When you activate Bonded Manifestation, do you get all the abilities you've earned so far (so an 8th level spiritualist would gain ectoplasmic shield and spirit touch), or would you have to choose one of those abilities to gain this time?

If you do have to choose only one, can you pay multiple times/round to gain multiple abilities at a time? If so, does each new ability require its own standard action to turn on, or can you turn on as many or as few as you want with the same action?

If you can use only one at a time, and you're not allowed to pay extra to get multiple abilities, and you wanted to change abilities, do you need to turn off one before starting another, or is there any efficiency bonus to switching the active power, as opposed to the normal free+standard to deactivate and then re-activate this ability?

My reading is that the "...gains a new way to use her bonded manifestation" phrasing means you can only use one at a time - you have to pick only one of the ways to use the ability at a time, but I wanted to make sure that was how this ability was intended to be used.

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A new update of the Pathfinder files for Hero Lab is now available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab.

We've added the Monster Codex in this update - lots of new items, feats, and variant races to use to modify the monsters you'll be throwing at your players, so that you can still give them surprises with familiar monster races. This book also has nearly 200 NPCs - Monsters built with class levels, ready to drop into an encounter. This package is available for $9.99.

From Rite Publishing, we've added In the Company of Monsters, which contains six evocative player races and racial paragon classes that are sure to bring new and exciting encounters to your game. Includes new options for the Gargoyle, Giant, Ironborn, Minotaur, Restless Soul, and Wyrd races. This package is available for $9.99.

We've also added Ships of the Inner Sea to our existing Campaign Setting #13 package. This package is available for $4.99 already includes Undead Unleashed, and will get at least one more book from Paizo's Campaign Setting line in future releases (the exact book or books are still to be determined).

And although we're not finished, we didn't want to delay getting you all the portions of Advanced Class Origins that are finished. This has been added to the existing Player Companion #17 package, which is available for $4.99 and already contains Champions of Corruption, and will get another book from Paizo's Player Companion book in a future release. The portions of Advanced Class Origins that are finished are the Bloodrager, Investigator, Slayer, Swashbuckler, and Warpriest classes.

This update also includes player content from Adventure Path issue 87. We've also improved the CR calculations, so that Hero Lab now takes into account Key Classes when calculating CR.And we've redesigned the summary panels. There are now fewer of them, each is wider, and they can now scroll to show everything on them if there's not enough space.

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I've gotten my subscription set up. Please do change the number of copies of each pathfinder pawns to 2 of each item.

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I'm interested in adding a Pathfinder Pawns subscription, but I'd like to get two copies of everything, because I find that I often need multiples of many of the characters in order to have enough for the encounters I'm running.

Is this an option? I haven't been able to find any settings that let me set that up.

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Inner Sea Gods will be its own package.

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Cohlrox wrote:
No "point buy" ability scores in Hero Lab as far as I can find. This seems like a pretty basic functionality that would be useful to many people. Makes me not want to purchase this product.

When you're first starting a new character, on the screen where you're choosing the books to use and the level to start at, one of the options is labeled "Pick/Roll Ability Scores" - click on that, and change it to "Point Buy: Standard Fantasy, 25", or one of the other point buy options.

If you want to modify an existing character, you can re-open that form by choosing Configure Hero from the Character menu.

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A new update of the Pathfinder files for Hero Lab is now available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab.

This update adds a new feature to Hero Lab - the encounter builder. This lets you choose a target CR for your encounter (and if you've loaded the PCs into Hero Lab, shows you their Average Party Level, and how difficult this encounter is estimated to be for them). Then, look through all the NPC and monster portfolios stored in Hero Lab (currently over 4,000 of them if you own all the available Hero Lab packages), to find the ones you want to add to this encounter. We also offer a filter option, if you're looking for specific details in the monsters you're adding. Hero Lab will keep track of the XP that your encounter is worth so far, and how much is still left in the budget for the CR you've chosen. Once you're finished, you can add those enemies to Hero Lab, and use Hero Lab to keep track of the enemies' HP, conditions, the spells cast on them, etc.

This update also adds Champions of Balance as a free update for anyone with the Player Companion #14 package. This package already contains People of the Sands and Bastards of Golarion, and is available for $4.99.

For those of you with Rite Publishing's Secrets of Adventuring package, we've added more content to that package - Chapter 8 as a free update to that package.

If you don't have Secrets of Adventuring yet, do you feel like your Pathfinder game needs a refresh? Feel like you just need a new take on classes or the usual approach to your games? From the publisher that brought you 1001 Spells, Rite Publishing is now bringing “The Secrets of Adventuring” to your game! This book brings provides new choices for the usual Pathfinder character options, and also takes a new approach to classes. If your players aren’t interested in the hack and slash approach, provide them with the option of Tactical Archetypes! Rite Publishing has partnered with Hero Lab to release Chapters 1-6 this month, and more chapters will be released over the following months as free updates to anyone that has purchased the package. Refresh your game today with “The Secrets of Adventuring” for only $14.99!

This update also adds player content from Adventure Path issue #79 "The Half Dead City" and includes several bug fixes.

If you're not familiar with Hero Lab, please head over to the Hero Lab page of our website. There, you can download the program in demo mode and try it out. The only things you won't be able to do in demo mode are save and print (although you can see the print preview), so that you can give it a thorough test before you decide to purchase our program.

Another option if you'd like to try Hero Lab is our Hero Lab for the Pathfinder Beginner Box program. This program is free, and does support saving and printing, and allows you to make heroes and monsters from the Pathfinder Beginner Box.

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Note: If you are using the encounter builder beta, check your email for a link to the 8.12 update, and use that, rather than 8.11.

A new update of the Pathfinder files for Hero Lab is available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab.

For those of you with Rite Publishing's Secrets of Adventuring package, we've added more content to that package - Chapter 7 as a free update to that package.

If you don't have Secrets of Adventuring yet, do you feel like your Pathfinder game needs a refresh? Feel like you just need a new take on classes or the usual approach to your games? From the publisher that brought you 1001 Spells, Rite Publishing is now bringing “The Secrets of Adventuring” to your game! This book brings provides new choices for the usual Pathfinder character options, and also takes a new approach to classes. If your players aren’t interested in the hack and slash approach, provide them with the option of Tactical Archetypes! Rite Publishing has partnered with Hero Lab to release Chapters 1-6 this month, and more chapters will be released over the following months as free updates to anyone that has purchased the package. Refresh your game today with “The Secrets of Adventuring” for only $14.99!

This update also includes several bug fixes - namely a fix to the custom magic weapon/armor sale price issue and some problems with Eldritch Heritage.

If you're not familiar with Hero Lab, please head over to the Hero Lab page of our website. There, you can download the program in demo mode and try it out. The only things you won't be able to do in demo mode are save and print (although you can see the print preview), so that you can give it a thorough test before you decide to purchase our program.

Another option if you'd like to try Hero Lab is our Hero Lab for the Pathfinder Beginner Box program. This program is free, and does support saving and printing, and allows you to make heroes and monsters from the Pathfinder Beginner Box.

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Dragnmoon wrote:
Quick question, how do you guys determine what is PFS legal when your updates come out prior to the list for PFS? Do you have insider information? Or do you wait for the next update to adjust what is PFS legal?

Mike Brock sends us the updates a few days ahead of time, which we really appreciate.

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A new update of the Pathfinder files for Hero Lab is now available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab.

This update adds a new Player Companion book for those who own the Player Companion #14 package; Bastards of Golarion. This package is available for $4.99. It already contains Player Companion: People of the Sands, and will get one more book from the Player Companion line, as Paizo releases more of them.

Do you feel like your Pathfinder game needs a refresh? Feel like you just need a new take on classes or the usual approach to your games? From the publisher that brought you 1001 Spells, Rite Publishing is now bringing “The Secrets of Adventuring” to your game! This book brings provides new choices for the usual Pathfinder character options, and also takes a new approach to classes. If your players aren’t interested in the hack and slash approach, provide them with the option of Tactical Archetypes! Rite Publishing has partnered with Hero Lab to release Chapters 1-6 this month, and more chapters will be released over the following months as free updates to anyone that has purchased the package. Refresh your game today with “The Secrets of Adventuring” for only $14.99!

This update also adds player content from Adventure Path #79 and some bug fixes.

If you're not familiar with Hero Lab, please head over to the Hero Lab page of our website. There, you can download the program in demo mode and try it out. The only things you won't be able to do in demo mode are save and print (although you can see the print preview), so that you can give it a thorough test before you decide to purchase our program.

Another option if you'd like to try Hero Lab is our Hero Lab for the Pathfinder Beginner Box program. This program is free, and does support saving and printing, and allows you to make heroes and monsters from the Pathfinder Beginner Box.

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toscrawford wrote:

Is there a tool that accepts Hero Builder as an input (standard format export, XML, API, etc) and does a decent job with the output? Is there a way for a report generating tool (Cognos, ODBC, etc) to reach inside of Hero Builder and grab the data it needs to do a decent print out?

Basically, is there any way to get under the covers of Hero Lab to create a third-party formatting tool?

In Hero Lab, click the view updates option at the top right. At the bottom right of that list, change the "Show All Updates" filter to "Show Custom Output Types", and that will give you a list of the custom character sheets that have been created by our users.

For information on creating your own, in the Help menu, choose "Hero Lab Manual", and then click the "Custom Output" link.

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A new update of the Pathfinder files for Hero Lab is now available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab.

In this update, we've added a new Player Companion book; People of the Sands. This is the first book in a new Player Companion #14 package, which will get 2 other books from the Player Companion line, as Paizo releases more of them. This package is available for $4.99.

We've also added a new book in the Campaign Setting line; Osirion, Legacy of Pharoahs. This has been added to Campaign Setting #11, which already contains Demons Revisited and Mythic Realms. This package is available for $4.99.

This update also includes player content from Adventure Path issue #77, and some bug fixes.

If you're not familiar with Hero Lab, please head over to the Hero Lab page of our website. There, you can download the program in demo mode and try it out. The only things you won't be able to do in demo mode are save and print (although you can see the print preview), so that you can give it a thorough test before you decide to purchase our program.

Another option if you'd like to try Hero Lab is our Hero Lab for the Pathfinder Beginner Box program. This program is free, and does support saving and printing, and allows you to make heroes and monsters from the Pathfinder Beginner Box.

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Have you tried Hero Lab's own combat management tool? From the View menu, choose "Show Tactical Console".

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azhrei_fje, to find the DTD, open the Help menu in Hero Lab, and choose "Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Manual". The DTD is one of the last things, so scroll all the way through that file. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of anything like the old statblock you're asking for that already exists.

The sort of weapon grouping you're asking for is on our to-do list, but is not a project we've had a chance to implement yet. The closest you could come to this is to print off several copies of the statblock, each time with a different set of weapons equipped.

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A new update of the Pathfinder files for Hero Lab is now available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab.

This update adds Magical Marketplace to the existing Player Companion #13 package. This package is available for $4.99, and already contains Blood of the Moon and Mythic Origins.

The update also adds the NPCs from the Inner Sea NPC Codex. These are available from the Import Stock Hero option in the Portfolio menu. Look through the list of portfolios for "Inner Sea NPC Codex". These are available to all users, but some of these NPCs may not be fully available unless you own all the books that were used to build them. For example, The Arclord of Nex NPC uses the Arclord of Nex prestige class, which is from Paths of Prestige.

Hero Lab's editor has been re-arranged somewhat. Now, there are several main tabs in the editor, with the individual tabs you're used to grouped within each of the main tabs. Since this change also lets us avoid a limit that we had reached in Hero Lab that restricted the number of editor tabs that could be shown at a time, we've taken the opportunity to go through our list of editor tabs to add, and add them.

The Managers, Rooms & Teams, and Buildings and Organizations sections of Ultimate Campaign's Chapter 2: Downtime have now been added. These are available to anyone with the Ultimate Campaign package.

We've also added several new spell adjustments, and this update includes several new bug fixes.

If you're not familiar with Hero Lab, please head over to the Hero Lab page of our website. There, you can download the program in demo mode and try it out. The only things you won't be able to do in demo mode are save and print (although you can see the print preview), so that you can give it a thorough test before you decide to purchase our program.

Another option if you'd like to try Hero Lab is our Hero Lab for the Pathfinder Beginner Box program. This program is free, and does support saving and printing, and allows you to make heroes and monsters from the Pathfinder Beginner Box.

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A new update of the Pathfinder files for Hero Lab is now available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab. This update is mainly for the Advanced Class Guide Playtest - all of our playtest material has been updated to match the Revised Advanced Class Playtest.

We've also added the NPCs from Towns of the Inner Sea - you'll find those among the Import Stock Hero options in the Portfolio menu. This update also includes several bug fixes.

If you're not familiar with Hero Lab, please head over to the Hero Lab page of our website. There, you can download the program in demo mode and try it out. The only things you won't be able to do in demo mode are save and print (although you can see the print preview), so that you can give it a thorough test before you decide to purchase our program.

Another option if you'd like to try Hero Lab is our Hero Lab for the Pathfinder Beginner Box program. This program is free, and does support saving and printing, and allows you to make heroes and monsters from the Pathfinder Beginner Box.

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Thank you for reporting this. I've added it to our to-do list.

For future reference, here's our bug reporting form

Since we only check Paizo's forums every few days, you'll probably get a faster response posting bugs there than on the Paizo forums. Also, having the bugs all go to a single place makes it easier for us to organize our bug lists and make sure we don't miss anything.

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drbuzzard wrote:
Does this include a fix for the swashbuckler so they don't get too many bonus feats?

Could you please give me more details about this issue, please? What are you seeing? What do you expect to see? I just checked our bug tracking system, and no one has reported anything along these lines recently.

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A new update of the Pathfinder files for Hero Lab is now available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab. This is a smaller update - The main change is that the Arcanist now matches the Revised Arcanist. There are also a few bug fixes, and some new adjustments.

If you're not familiar with Hero Lab, please head over to the Hero Lab page of our website. There, you can download the program in demo mode and try it out. The only things you won't be able to do in demo mode are save and print (although you can see the print preview), so that you can give it a thorough test before you decide to purchase our program.

Another option if you'd like to try Hero Lab is our Hero Lab for the Pathfinder Beginner Box program. This program is free, and does support saving and printing, and allows you to make heroes and monsters from the Pathfinder Beginner Box.

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The Advanced Class Guide Playtest is now available in Hero Lab!

A new update of the Pathfinder files for Hero Lab is now available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab.

The Advanced Class Guide Playtest is free to everyone with the Pathfinder system for Hero Lab, but only until Paizo publishes the Advanced Class Guide book (which is scheduled for a Gen Con 2014 release). Once that book becomes available, we'll be adding an Advanced Class Guide package to Hero Lab, and all of the playtest content will be moved into that package. If you purchase the package once it becomes available, any characters you created using the playtest material will continue to work (with the caveat that there may be changes between the playtest version of a class and the final version that may require some fixes). Those who do not purchase the ACG package once it becomes available will not be able to use any of the playtest content after that.

Journey to the Far East with the Heroes of the Jade Oath package, produced by Rite Publishing. With new skills like Fung Shui, as well as new feats and optional rules, your players will enjoy exploring this rich culture's history within this new Pathfinder setting. Enjoy new classes, archetypes, spells and more! This package is now available for $14.99.

The Free City of Zobeck package, produced by Kobold Press, lets you journey to the famous Crossroads City, compiled at last for everyone who loves noir adventure, clockwork characters, dwarves, and kobolds. A wealth of new feats, PC races, spells, equipment and archetypes are available for everyone who loves gritty and urban characters! This package includes content from Alleys of Zobeck, Streets of Zobeck, the Zobeck Gazetteer, and the Player's Guide to the Crossroads. This package is now available for $14.99.

This update also includes several bug fixes.

If you're not familiar with Hero Lab, please head over to the Hero Lab page of our website. There, you can download the program in demo mode and try it out. The only things you won't be able to do in demo mode are save and print (although you can see the print preview), so that you can give it a thorough test before you decide to purchase our program.

Another option if you'd like to try Hero Lab is our Hero Lab for the Pathfinder Beginner Box program. This program is free, and does support saving and printing, and allows you to make heroes and monsters from the Pathfinder Beginner Box.

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Deanoth wrote:
As above Chemlak is completely correct. You get one game system. Be it Pathfinder, 4E, Savage Worlds and or something else. With the purchase of Hero Lab you get two licenses (different from the game system) to apply to two different computer systems. Once you have chosen a game system though and want another game system, you have to purchase another at the same cost of $29.99. Each additional licenses to use on a different computer system (up to two more from the original...

A correction; purchasing another game system in addition to the choice of game system you get while installing Hero Lab costs $20, not $29.99.

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Vrischika111 wrote:

you have 2 free licences (to install on 2 computers )

you can buy one additional for 10$ for a 3rd computer
those 2-3 installations will include all the packages you purchased in addition to the core system

note that you do not need to be connected to the net to run HeroLab

should you want to never connect your pc to the net, there is a procedure to validate using a file coming from another computer

In addition to one additional for $10 for a 3rd computer, you can purchase a second additional license, also for $10 for a 4th computer.

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A new update of the Pathfinder files for Hero Lab is now available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab.

This update adds Bestiary 4 to Hero Lab! This book has been added as a new package, which is available for $9.99.

This update also adds Blood of the Moon as a free update for all of our users who already own the Player Companion #13 package. This package already contains Mythic Origins, and will have one more Player Companion book added to it in an upcoming release (The exact book is still to be determined, as Paizo releases more books in the Player Companion line). The Player Companion #13 package is available for $4.99.

This update also adds player content from adventure path #75, and includes several bug fixes.

If you're not familiar with Hero Lab, please head over to the Hero Lab page of our website. There, you can download the program in demo mode and try it out. The only things you won't be able to do in demo mode are save and print (although you can see the print preview), so that you can give it a thorough test before you decide to purchase our program.

Another option if you'd like to try Hero Lab is our Hero Lab for the Pathfinder Beginner Box program. This program is free, and does support saving and printing, and allows you to make heroes and monsters from the Pathfinder Beginner Box.

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The Bestiary 4's store page says its pdf is available on the 30th, and the day the pdf is available is normally the day it goes on sale in brick and mortar stores, but this preview says it's already available.

Do I make a trip to my FLGS yet?

(As of last month, the store page said this would be available on the 23rd, but it appears to have been moved back sometime this month).

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A new update of the Pathfinder files for Hero Lab is now available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab.

This update adds Mythic Realms to the existing Campaign Setting #11 package. This package already contains Demons Revisited, and will get at least one more Campaign Setting book, to be determined as Paizo releases more books in this line. This package is available for $4.99.

Also in this package is Mythic Origins. This is the first book in a new Player Companion #13 package. This package is also available for $4.99, and will get 1-2 other books from the player companion line, as Paizo releases more books.

This update also adds player content from Adventure Path #74, and includes several bug fixes.

If you're not familiar with Hero Lab, please head over to the Hero Lab page of our website. There, you can download the program in demo mode and try it out. The only things you won't be able to do in demo mode are save and print (although you can see the print preview), so that you can give it a thorough test before you decide to purchase our program.

Another option if you'd like to try Hero Lab is our Hero Lab for the Pathfinder Beginner Box program. This program is free, and does support saving and printing, and allows you to make heroes and monsters from the Pathfinder Beginner Box.

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A new update of the Pathfinder files for Hero Lab is now available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab.

We've added more content from third party publishers. Rite Publishing is now selling a Hero Lab version of their 1001 Spells book though Hero Lab's purchase system. 1001 Spells is available for $9.99.

Also, in case you missed it, our last update (which happened during Gen Con) included new packages from two other third party publishers. Frog God Games' Tome of Horrors IV is available for $14.99, and Kobold Press' Midgard Campaign Setting is available for $9.99.

Our last update also added several books from Paizo to Hero Lab. The big one was Mythic Adventures, which is available as its own package for $9.99. We also added Demon Hunter's Handbook and Faiths and Philosophies to our existing Player Companion #12, which is available for $4.99, and already contained the Pathfinder Society Primer. We also added Demons Revisited as the first item in a new Campaign Setting #11 package. This package is available for $4.99, and will have other books from the Campaign Setting line added to it in future releases (the exact books have not been determined yet).

This update also adds player content from Adventure Path #73, and includes several bug fixes.

If you're not familiar with Hero Lab, please head over to the Hero Lab page of our website. There, you can download the program in demo mode and try it out. The only things you won't be able to do in demo mode are save and print (although you can see the print preview), so that you can give it a thorough test before you decide to purchase our program.

Another option if you'd like to try Hero Lab is our Hero Lab for the Pathfinder Beginner Box program. This program is free, and does support saving and printing, and allows you to make heroes and monsters from the Pathfinder Beginner Box.

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Tinalles wrote:
Mathias Gehl wrote:
Havoq wrote:
Does it add support for SLA's meeting the requirements for PrCs?
Havoq, I apologize, but I can't figure out what the abbreviation "SLA", means, so I'm not sure what issue you're trying to report.

SLA = Spell-Like Ability.

There have recently been a slew of FAQ entries about SLAs, which you can find on the general FAQ for the core rulebook.

The key one is that spell-like abilities now satisfy pre-requisites for feats and, apparently, prestige classes. So, for example:

- Aasimars have Daylight, a 3rd-level arcane spell-like ability. With 3 levels of Rogue and 1 level of any arcane casting class, they can enter Arcane Trickster.

- Any gnome with the standard racial spell-like abilities qualifies for Arcane Strike, even if they lack an arcane casting class.

I've done some work in Hero Lab's editor writing up homebrew stuff for one of my campaigns. Based on that, I suspect that implementing this in HL is going to be a MAJOR pain.

Thank you for explaining the issue. I had seen that FAQ, but I had not realized the connection between that and more generic prereqs like "Able to cast 2nd level arcane spells" - I had only been thinking of it in terms of "ability to cast detect chaos, detect evil, detect good, detect law, or detect magic", which is something that we can't do yet - I knew that this FAQ meant that when we get that working, we heave to test for spell like abilities as well as castable spells.

Havoq, thanks for bringing this to my attention, and Tinalles, thanks for explaining the details. I've added this to our to-do list.

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Havoq wrote:
Does it add support for SLA's meeting the requirements for PrCs?

Havoq, I apologize, but I can't figure out what the abbreviation "SLA", means, so I'm not sure what issue you're trying to report.

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A new update of the Pathfinder files for Hero Lab is now available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab.

This update adds The Worldwound to the existing Campaign Setting #10 package. This package is available for $4.99, and already contains Fey Revisited, Chronicle of the Righteous, Dragons Unleashed, and Castles of the Inner Sea.

This update adds two new Player's Companion books to Hero Lab. The first is Dragonslayer's Handbook, which has been added to our Player Companion #11 package. This package is available for $4.99, and already contains Quests & Campaigns and Kobolds of Golarion. The second book is Pathfinder Society Primer, which is now the first book in the new Player's Companion #12 package. This package is also $4.99, and will get 1-2 other books from the player companion line, to be determined as Paizo publishes more books from that line.

This update also includes player content from adventure path #72, which wraps up the Reign of Winter adventure path, along with assorted bug fixes.

If you're not familiar with Hero Lab, please head over to the Hero Lab page of our website. There, you can download the program in demo mode and try it out. The only things you won't be able to do in demo mode are save and print (although you can see the print preview), so that you can give it a thorough test before you decide to purchase our program.

Another option if you'd like to try Hero Lab is our Hero Lab for the Pathfinder Beginner Box program. This program is free, and does support saving and printing, and allows you to make heroes and monsters from the Pathfinder Beginner Box.

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The Monster Creator was added early this year as a free update for everyone who owned the Bestiary 1 package, but it looks like we forgot to update that page on our website to mention that new capability. I'll get that fixed.

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In Hero Lab, if you just want to print out statblocks for the various monsters from the Bestiary, you can load that monster from the Portfolio menu...Import Stock Hero. If you want to customize these monsters, you can add class levels, templates, or additional HD from the Classes tab. Then, you can generate a statblock from the file menu...Output Active Hero Statblock.

If you're looking to create new monsters from scratch, we offer two options. The first is the Bestiary Monster Creator. We've implemented the Monster Creation guidelines (Bestiary 1 pgs. 290-293), so that as you choose a Type and change the HD and ability scores, and then add the monsters attacks, special abilities, etc., we calculate where your creature falls on table 1-1: Monster Statistics by CR, which will give you an idea of what CR to assign to your creature. This capability requires the Bestiary 1 package within Hero Lab.

If you've already finished designing your creature, you can use our integrated editor (Tools menu...Launch Editor) to enter the stats you've chosen, and create a new race that way. Then, you can customize it with classes and templates and generate a statblock the same way you'd handle one of the monsters you had imported from the stock portfolios.

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A new update of the Pathfinder files for Hero Lab is now available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab.

In this update, we have two books from Paizo's Campaign Setting line; Castles of the Inner Sea, and Dragons Unleashed. These have both been added to the existing Campaign Setting #10 package. This package already contains Fey Revisited and Chronicles of the Righteous. This package is available for $4.99.

This update also adds two books from Paizo's Player Companion line; Quests & Campaigns, and Kobolds of Golarion. This is a new package, and is available for $4.99. In a future update, a third Player Companion book will be added to this package (the exact book is still to be determined).

This update also updates the Pathfinder files to the 6th printing core rulebook, adds player content from adventure path #71, and includes several other bug fixes and improvements.

If you're not familiar with Hero Lab, please head over to the Hero Lab page of our website. There, you can download the program in demo mode and try it out. The only things you won't be able to do in demo mode are save and print (although you can see the print preview), so that you can give it a thorough test before you decide to purchase our program.

Another option if you'd like to try Hero Lab is our Hero Lab for the Pathfinder Beginner Box program. This program is free, and does support saving and printing, and allows you to make heroes and monsters from the Pathfinder Beginner Box.

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Daronil wrote:

I just wanna know how you guys always manage to make the download exactly 97.7 Mb. Seriously! There's got to be so much variation in the updates, yet the download is always exactly the same! :)

Black magic, my mother used to say...:)

More like buggy magic. I think the download's around 157MB right now, but there appears to be a bug that won't let the downloader report more than 97.7 MB.

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A bugfix update, 7.15, is now available. This fixes the "Favored Enemy: Choose an Option" and Hex: Choose an Option" bugs, adds the missing Reckless trait, along with several other fixes.

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Protoman wrote:
Boo. Reckless trait isn't available yet :(

Sorry about that, looks like we missed that one. I'll get that added for the next update.

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On second thought, Chapter 4 isn't really all for the GM - it's for the entire group.

If you're playing a campaign with a kingdom, your PCs will be the ones with rulership positions in that kingdom, so you're making decisions about how the kingdom grows, and your characters are the ones dealing with the stories that arise about that kingdom, and if you go to war, your characters are probably out leading their armies, so you're rolling the dice for the mass combat units on your side of the battle.

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Ernest Mueller wrote:
So what does this have for PCs? So much of Ultimate Campaign seems to be kingdom building etc., which I guess can be new screens of some sort (seems more like Realm Works candidates), but for Joe I Manage My PC With This, what all do you get from UC in Hero Lab?

Chapter 1 is character history, traits, story feats, and drawbacks - entirely character based.

Chapter 2 is about putting together organizations and buildings, on a scale PCs can use.

Chapter 3 is new systems like contacts, reputation, and honor, that your GM might choose to use, and if so, Hero Lab can track them. It also has advice on roleplaying companions, roleplaying character retirement, etc.

Chapter 4 is kingdoms and mass combat, so that part is for GMs.

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A new update of the Pathfinder files for Hero Lab is now available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab.

This update adds Ultimate Campaign to Hero Lab. This is available as a new package, for $9.99. A few sections of Ultimate Campaign, specifically Kingdoms, Buildings, Organizations, Rooms, & Managers are behind schedule and were not complete by release time. They'll be added in the next few weeks as free updates for everyone who owns the Ultimate Campaign package, but the rest of Ultimate Campaign is ready to go.

For those of you who will be GMing at PaizoCon, I'd like to remind you of something we announced in our newsletter last week - we'll be giving copies of Hero Lab to all GMs at PaizoCon, or for those who already own Hero Lab, we'll add the Ultimate Campaign package to your license. (Or, if you want to use Ultimate Campaign now and not wait, go ahead and get that package, and you can take a copy of Hero Lab to give to someone else).

This update adds a second new package, Campaign Setting #10, which begins with Fey Revisited and Chronicle of the Righteous, and will get 1-3 more books from Paizo's Campaign Setting line, added as Paizo publishes more of those. This package is available for $4.99.

This update also adds player content from Pathfinder #70, and includes several bug fixes and improvements.

If you're not familiar with Hero Lab, please head over to the Hero Lab page of our website. There, you can download the program in demo mode and try it out. The only things you won't be able to do in demo mode are save and print (although you can see the print preview), so that you can give it a thorough test before you decide to purchase our program.

Another option if you'd like to try Hero Lab is our Hero Lab for the Pathfinder Beginner Box program. This program is free, and does support saving and printing, and allows you to make heroes and monsters from the Pathfinder Beginner Box.

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A new update of the Pathfinder files for Hero Lab is now available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab.

We've got even more monsters you can threaten your players with. Kobold Press has created a Hero Lab package for their Midgard Bestiary, and they're selling it through Hero Lab's own purchase mechanisms. You can purchase it using the "Purchase Data File" option in the License menu for $6.99.

This update also includes a few bug fixes, and updates the PFS additional resources for April's releases (which were not updated to include Champions of Purity and Adventure Path #69 until 2 days after our last release).

If you're not familiar with Hero Lab, please head over to the Hero Lab page of our website. There, you can download the program in demo mode and try it out. The only things you won't be able to do in demo mode are save and print (although you can see the print preview), so that you can give it a thorough test before you decide to purchase our program.

Another option if you'd like to try Hero Lab is our Hero Lab for the Pathfinder Beginner Box program. This program is free, and does support saving and printing, and allows you to make heroes and monsters from the Pathfinder Beginner Box.

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A new update of the Pathfinder files for Hero Lab is now available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab.

This update adds Player's Companion: Champions of Purity as a free update for anyone who owns the Player's Companion: Golarion #5 package. This package is available for $4.99, and already includes Animal Archive and Dungeoneer's Handbook.

This update also includes player content from Pathfinder #69, 7 more iconic characters from the NPC codex, and some bug fixes.

If you're not familiar with Hero Lab, please head over to the Hero Lab page of our website. There, you can download the program in demo mode and try it out. The only things you won't be able to do in demo mode are save and print (although you can see the print preview), so that you can give it a thorough test before you decide to purchase our program.

Another option if you'd like to try Hero Lab is our Hero Lab for the Pathfinder Beginner Box program. This program is free, and does support saving and printing, and allows you to make heroes and monsters from the Pathfinder Beginner Box.

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A new version of the Pathfinder files for Hero Lab is now available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab. This is a bugfix update - the main issues were that if you saved a portfolio on an iPad, you couldn't open that file anymore on a computer, and a fix for a display glitch on the basics summary panel.

If you're not familiar with Hero Lab, please head over to the Hero Lab page of our website. There, you can download the program in demo mode and try it out. The only things you won't be able to do in demo mode are save and print (although you can see the print preview), so that you can give it a thorough test before you decide to purchase our program.

Another option if you'd like to try Hero Lab is our Hero Lab for the Pathfinder Beginner Box program. This program is free, and does support saving and printing, and allows you to make heroes and monsters from the Pathfinder Beginner Box.

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