Nix Tharel's page

I originally sent this as an email, but as it's PAX, I'm not sure how closely that is being monitored.

I backed the Kickstarter in January 2013 at the $35 Adventurer Level. If I upgrade to the Explorer level through the Goblin Works store, do I still retain all the Kickstarter benefits for the Adventurer Level? Including the 2 months (1 base and the additional bonus game) game time from the Kickstarter?

Just before the final RotRL battle, I encountered and obtained a Blizzard spell, of which I already had one in my hand.

I've seen that I can only play one card type per check, but is it possible to play two Blizzards when before encountering an enemy (outside of a check)?

The hardcovers are easy enough to store, but I'm not quiet happy with how I store others

I've noticed that the softcover books tend to be a bit thicker on the binding side. In my Adventure Path collection, a few are forced back into the shelf while the two adjacent books push together to cover the gap. Has anyone else had (and/or solved) this problem?

I've though of using more bookends, but wasn't sure if this would cause additional wear on the books.

I've put the saddle stitched books in magazine boxes. They store well in this way, but they tend to be difficult to locate. This isn't a big problem for the (old style) modules, but it is inconvenient to find a Player Companion quickly.

I would like to suggest (where sensible) a direct PDF download, as opposed to ZIP files, so that one could directly load my PDFs into iBooks on iOS devices. (I recognize that one can use 3rd party utilities to unzip the file, but I find this to be buggy at times, especially with the large hardcovers.)

An alternate suggestion along similar lines would be an App connected to my Paizo Downloads, which could handle the PDF downloads.

Prologue

As the trip winds on, you have spent many hours with your fellow shipmates. Even with private cabins, everyone has been in very close quarters. You’ve come to become acquainted with your fellow passengers along the journey. You and the other passengers have the option to join the other passengers to dine with Captain Kovack and First Mate Devers every night for dinner. The conversation has been enjoyable, but the food is more or less the same: Stale bread and watery soup. As there isn’t much else to do, most of the passengers have elected to join, with the notable exception being a Half-Elf, Aerys Mavato, who you haven't seen out of her room since an incident with the one of crew.

As the Jenivere has been crossing the final stretch of its journey across Desperation Bay, the tension on board has been mounting. The crew hasn’t said much about it directly, but they’ve been increasingly unhappy with Captain Kovack. It is a strong contrast to the early parts of the journey, where the crew ran the ship efficiently, with good humor. However, the crew refuses to talk about it directly, claiming that would be to close to insubordination. The Captain simply says he's made this trip many times, he has long proved his skill. He is the captain, and the crew needs to respect his authority.

At this point, a short introduction is in order. How do you present yourself to the other passengers, are you getting to know them or ignoring them, and how are you passing the many hours of shipboard travel.

OOC thread for Nix's Serpent Skull campaign.

When my PC's are in town or civilization, I can think of good side-conflicts to build up around the story, but I am having a hard time of thinking of how to find conflict (to be built into plot points) for druids (or possibly fey) which live their day-to-day life in the forest.

Does anyone have any resources they can recommend for ideas? (RPG supplements, fiction, notes, etc.)

Specifically, I am working with the Fangwood Forest in Nirmathas, but I could adapt (or take inspiration from) something else.