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My current conspiracy theory is that Paizo is testing the waters to potentially turn Adventure Paths into quarterly 192~256 hardcovers permanently.

Starfinder tends to be the place that Paizo first tests new concepts, which started the 3 parter adventure path trend. That line is now shifting to hardcover adventure paths. Seven Dooms had a hardcover equivalent. A standalone issue 200 was a good test product. The campaign setting products shifted to hardcover. And now the stand-alone adventure line is shifting to hardcover.

Stores tend to have an easier time selling hardcovers and they restock more often. 5E shifted to hardcover adventures some time ago for multiple reasons. Quarterly releases sell better. You don't compete against yourself with players buying only a select few of products. This was a huge problem with DND 3E and the relentless Forgotten Realms products. Buyers get fatigue and sales have a huge drop-off.

I think the Lost Omens line has sold a lot better since the shift to hardcover, over the 64 page softcovers of "Pathfinder Chronicles" and "Pathfinder Campaign Setting." (The product is better too in my opinion, it has less inconsistencies. The relentless releases of the previous line had more editing issues. It seems there was some lore that had less oversight since it was being hammered out so quickly.)

Paizo's current release format is a holdover from the APs basically being a Dungeon magazine replacement. They were a magazine company, but the market has moved on, and their place in that market has shifted.

Had to come back and gloat that I was right. Called it!

When will my previous PDF be updated to the Remaster?

The product description hasn't been updated to reflect the expanded page count during the development cycle. It's almost twice as large as posted!

I hope we actually get to kill Treerazor. Too many adventures (across companies) always have you defeat “aspects of.” It’s interesting that the APs often have you take part in earth shattering events (breaking Tar-Baphon seals, build whole new nations, etc.) but is always very tentative on letting you completely destroy the iconic baddies, although it’s arguably less status quo impacting on other things APs let you do.

I get not fully breaking toys but 18 years later, I think we should get to shatter one…

The image link for Fantasy Grounds sends you to Hero Lab, and the Hero Lab link recursively sends you to a broken Paizo link.

Are there going to be premades? High level PC creation is a lot of work, even in 2E.

TTRPGs since the dawn of time: “Welcome to a universe of unlimited imagination. Step into a fantasy where mortals transcend the material realm, battle devils, and dragons. Come join us in a world where you can dance with gods and battle with demons…but first fill out this W2.”

What is the quality of the B&G maps?

It actually depends on whether it's a Platinum, Gold, or Silver Edition. The Platinum edition box sets are better. They maps come in a separate art/scroll case, so they don't have creases in them. The Silver Editions are a bit more like the Paizo flip mats, but on thinner cardstock.

I would suggest watching YouTube unboxing videos of them to get an idea.

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3) You could recruit a player to be the mapper. This is how things worked eons ago in the dawn of RPGs. The GM would describe the area, and a designated player would map it out on graph paper. If you have a player you trust to be able to keep player knowledge separate from character knowledge, you could even provide a copy of the map for them to reference during play and to draw out on the table. For someone who enjoys drawing and making maps, this isn't really a chore at all, and being chosen for that task by a GM can potentially make for a more engaging experience for that player.

I was totally that player! Now I'm the GM, so no one is stealing away my drawing duties. :P

I keep hearing “people wouldn’t buy a deluxe set of battle maps in the hundreds of dollars range”, but the success of Beadle and Grim sets (such as their Curse of Strahd set which has the entirety of Castle Ravenloft) tells me there is a market for ridiculously sized, multipart battlemaps that cost hundreds of dollars.

I guess 5E may have a wider net, wherein that subset of players looking for deluxe battle maps may be larger…but I’m still not convinced that’s necessarily true. I bet a crowd funded deluxe set of a popular or iconic adventure would show there is greater interest in a deluxe box set (including full battle maps) than you’d think…

My current conspiracy theory is that Paizo is testing the waters to potentially turn Adventure Paths into quarterly 192~256 hardcovers permanently.

Starfinder tends to be the place that Paizo first tests new concepts, which started the 3 parter adventure path trend. That line is now shifting to hardcover adventure paths. Seven Dooms had a hardcover equivalent. A standalone issue 200 was a good test product. The campaign setting products shifted to hardcover. And now the stand-alone adventure line is shifting to hardcover.

Stores tend to have an easier time selling hardcovers and they restock more often. 5E shifted to hardcover adventures some time ago for multiple reasons. Quarterly releases sell better. You don't compete against yourself with players buying only a select few of products. This was a huge problem with DND 3E and the relentless Forgotten Realms products. Buyers get fatigue and sales have a huge drop-off.

I think the Lost Omens line has sold a lot better since the shift to hardcover, over the 64 page softcovers of "Pathfinder Chronicles" and "Pathfinder Campaign Setting." (The product is better too in my opinion, it has less inconsistencies. The relentless releases of the previous line had more editing issues. It seems there was some lore that had less oversight since it was being hammered out so quickly.)

Paizo's current release format is a holdover from the APs basically being a Dungeon magazine replacement. They were a magazine company, but the market has moved on, and their place in that market has shifted.

This is awesome news! And even if you just port the tokens, art, and maps for the 1e APs I will buy literally every single one without hesitation. Same deal for already released 2e APs.

I made some 3D-printable AoE templates. Here's the Thingiverse link if anyone else would find them useful:

Link to templates

I made some condition rings (a la the ones on Critical Role) for my Pathfinder 2e group. Figured I'd post a few of them here :)

Link to image

The rings were printed on an Ender 3 using an 0.2mm nozzle and painted using Citadel paints. Colors were chosen to correspond to the Paizo condition cards.