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Are there any schools in Golarion where kineticists can study their powers?

For example, do kineticists train at the Arcanamirium, College of Mysteries, Magaambya, Eastern Front Academy, Twilight Academy, the Endless Repository, Alabaster Academy, or Quarterfaux Archives?

Is anybody able to actually download Mantle of Gold? I got my Rage of Elements file without issue, but both the single file and file per chapter options for the AP volume are coming out of personalization as a few hundred bytes.

I’m having the same problem.

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Then again, perhaps none of this adds up. (For example, art in other books doesn’t seem to suggest that Absalom fashion is Victorian in style.) Personally, I agree with what Mathmuse recently said in the “Why Most Inner Sea Nations Fail” thread. As he opined: “The true out-of-game-reason is that the writers and artists want us to recognize Alkenstar was a Wild West setting with steampunk elements, so the residents dress like Wild West setting with steampunk elements.”

Nevertheless, discovering a workable in-game explanation is a lot of fun. I cannot draw, but I have made up flavorful backstories for NPCs based on my in-game explanations for details that the original writers did not explain.

I completely agree.

Perhaps the cowboy-style clothing derives from the specific customs of the Garundi Ustradi clans who founded Alkenstar. According to the Impossible Lands book, the clans’ customs and values influence modern Alkenstari society, and the book shows a picture of Ancil Alkenstar---who it notes was taken in by the clans---in cowboy-style clothes. Impossible Lands also emphasizes that everyday wear in Alkenstar is pragmatic, so it’s conceivable that this is the style of clothing that was the most pragmatic for this particular geographic location.

As for the more Victorian fashion of the elite: Impossible Lands indicates that Alkenstar’s ethnic composition has changed over the years due to the duchy’s “aggressive courtship of migrant laborers and the affluent from across Golarion,” with the Ustradi clans absorbing customs they found useful into their society even as the Ustradi remained the duchy’s wealthy elite. Given that Impossible Lands seems to indicate that the duchy tries to retain some degree of independence from both Nex and Geb even though it is technically a duchy of Nex, it’s possible that the Ustradi, as they grew wealthy over time, looked to absorb the customs of elite outside of Garund for their fashion, particularly to the extent that the peoples of Avistan migrated to Alkenstar.

Notably, the Agents of Edgewatch AP has art depicting what appears to be a Victorian style of dress for Absalom. So it’s conceivable that, to the extent the wealthy Ustradi of Alkenstar---who seem to consider themselves to be excellent merchants---looked to absorb the culture of areas of the Inner Sea regions beyond Garund, they elected to adopt the fashion of Absalom, one of the greatest trade cities in Avistan.

Then again, perhaps none of this adds up. (For example, art in other books doesn’t seem to suggest that Absalom fashion is Victorian in style.) Personally, I agree with what Mathmuse recently said in the “Why Most Inner Sea Nations Fail” thread. As he opined: “The true out-of-game-reason is that the writers and artists want us to recognize Alkenstar was a Wild West setting with steampunk elements, so the residents dress like Wild West setting with steampunk elements.”

Any recommendations for a spellshot build that uses one or more firearms, rather than crossbows?

What guns might work best for a gunslinger with the spellshot archetype?

Hi, apologies about that! Looks like the PDF wasn't attached to physical product, but it's fixed now and should be available in your downloads shortly if it's not already!

Thank you!

Thank you for all the great products this month!  Unfortunately, it looks like my order #36532081 is missing one pdf item: Panetfall, the first volume of the Horizons of the Vast Starfinder AP.  My order covered this item but it didn't get posted in my downloads with the rest of the order's pdfs. Is there any way this can be added to my downloads?  Any help would be much appreciated!

Hi Nikofaust,

It looks like your default shipping method is UPS Ground and our system wants to ship this out in two packages. I have gone ahead and switched your shipping method to UPS 2nd Day Air, which will ship your books in one package, and discounted the price to what the shipment would have cost for one package delivered via UPS Ground. If you have any other questions or concerns about your order, please let me know!

Thanks, I appreciate the help!

I recently received an email notifying me that I am about to be charged for my September subscriptions. The email indicates that my subscriptions will be broken up into two shipments: one shipment with volume 3 of the Agents of Edgewatch AP and another shipment with volume 2 of the Devastation Ark AP and the Pathfinder Advanced Player's Guide Character Sheet Pack.

These aren't bulky items, and it seems like they could easily be placed in one shipment. Breaking them into multiple shipments costs me more. Is there a way to combine the shipments, or refund me the shipping costs of the second shipment? Any information would be much appreciated, thanks for your time!

Hi Nikofaust,

Both of those GM screens are now May releases. You can see any updates to products in each month's subscription thread in the Customer Service forums. Let me know if you have any other questions!

Thanks, I appreciate the update!

I received my initial March subscription email, but it looks like two items---the Advanced GM Screen (which I believe is part of my Accessories subscription) and the Exclusive Advanced GM Screen (portrait version, which I think I purchased separately)---were not included in this order. 

However, I'm not sure if those screens are even available this month.  Their descriptions on Paizo's website say they won't be available until May, but the "March 2020 New Releases and Subscription Shipping" post on Paizo's Customer Service forum says they should be included in the March orders.

If those screens are available this month, is there a way to add those items (both the print and pdf versions) to my March subscription order?  If so, will doing so hold back the order?  If it would hold things up, I'd rather get the existing order more quickly and have these two items follow later this month.
  
Any information would be much appreciated, thanks!

Following up, looks like I’m one of the folks whose orders have been placed in Suspended Pending.

I’m in suspended pending as well.

I wanted to check in on whether the delivery window for this order was still no later than tomorrow? 

I ask because I have not yet received my shipping email for this order, and wasn't sure if February 21 was still the outside deadline for shipment, since it seemed like this month's orders may have begun generating a day or two later than Paizo initially anticipated they would. 

Any information would be much appreciated.

Thank you!

I’m in the same boat too.

I have the Single File download, for those who only had the Chapter versions, you may be able to refresh?

Great suggestion! I was able to refresh and the Single File download was there. Thanks!

Like Zaister above, I received access to my PDFs as a subscriber today but there is only the "one file per chapter" download for the Lost Omens World Guide. Is it possible to receive a single-file pdf version of the Guide too? Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks Sam, I’m grateful for the help!

Hi Sam, any chance you could check my situation too? I think the system skipped my PFS and SFS subscriptions as well. Any info would be much appreciated!

Hello Nicholas,

We found out just before generating orders that the Druma book had to have its release pushed back one month. You should receive the book in next month's subscription shipment. We realize this will cause two items for that subscription to release in the same month. If you are not interested in the Lost Omens World Guide, we can schedule your subscription to cancel after the Druma book, preventing it from generating the Lost Omens World Guide, or we can cancel the extra item once its generated.

If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know. Thank you!

I appreciate the update, thanks!

Hi! I received the initial email generating an order for my subscriptions today. But, while the latest Pathfinder and Starfinder Adventure Path books were included, the Druma book was not even though it's also included in my subscriptions. Could my order (#7917917) be updated to include the Druma book too? Any help would be much appreciated!