I need to put my subscriptions on hold. I'll be travelling/moving for the next several weeks, and will un-hold them once I have a new, correct address to send them to.
I was bored during class today, so I made an outline of what I consider a "prototype" for how Paizo APs seem to be put together. This is based solely on my own observations, not on any insider information on how it's actually done. So, here it is, adventure by adventure:
Introduction
* Establish setting, mood, major NPCs
* PCs gain home base
* Not part of major story arc
* PCs are active
Threat
* PCs are now at home in the setting
* Some outside force threatens to disrupt that home
* First step of the story arc
* PCs are reactive
Rabbit Hole
* Initial threat defeated, but not gone
* PCs dig deeper, discover something bigger going on
* Plot expands beyond home base
* PCs are active
Exodus
* PCs are forced (literally or figuratively) out of their comfort zone/home base
* Details of the exit only loosely connected to the plot
* PCs are reactive
Regroup
* PCs acquire resource (item, ally, information) necessary to defeat big-bad
* Involves neutralizing major secondary threats
* PCs are active
Climax
* Homecoming and liberation
* PCs defeat big bad
* PCs are active
I just updated my address for my subscription, and wanted to make sure it also gets properly updated for outstanding preorders and soon-to-be-shipped items.
So, I have to ask, was End of Eternity inspired in any way by Riven?
The mechanism by which the scroll operates, the islands of varied climates and appearances that are crumbling into oblivion, it seems to come directly out of Riven!
Due to work circumstances, I won't be able to attend PaizoCon like I had planned. Fortunately, one of my friends is interested in taking over my badge/dinner ticket. Is there (or will there be) any procedure to transfer them over to him?
I live in an apartment building. I have a little tiny mailbox for letters, while packages are delivered to the main office, where I can pick them up.
This works well enough, except that sometimes the postman decides to try to CRAM my poor Pathfinder AP issue into the tiny little letter mailbox. The envelopes are often practically shredded in the process, and the book itself is rather badly bent.
So, I was wondering, would it be possible to put a DO NOT BEND sticker on the envelope or something? I considered contacting the post office, but we don't consistently have the same person delivering here, so I doubt it would help.
I know this is almost a month late, but I've been moving a lot over the summer and had all my Paizo stuff sent to my parents, so I only just got my copy of the campaign setting, and I'm sad to report that the binding appears to be broken in the back, just after the last "real" page, but before the colored cover sheet. Is it too late to hope for getting a replacement copy? I can send pictures of the breakage if you'd like.
(Sorry if this is a repost, the board ate my first attempt.)
Back at the beginning of May, I changed my mailing address to my parents' address, as I will be moving several times in the course of the summer. However, I just found out that my copy of Pathfinder #10 went to my old address, even though I changed my mailing address well before it was even thinking of being mailed.
My subscription settings show the correct address. What gives?
Ach, sorry for the confrontational tone about. I was in a grumpy mood when I wrote it. :-(
I'm in the Silicon Valley/San Jose area for the summer, and was wondering if anyone needed a temporary player for their game. I'm pretty much open to anything. If you have anything, contact me at resistor (at) mac (dot) com
I have a slightly odd request. I love my Pathfinder subscription and don't want to cancel it. However, I'm going to be moving several times in the course of this summer, and I'm afraid that the physical copies might get lost in the shuffle and/or end up at the wrong place at the wrong time.
So what I'm asking is: would it be possible to put my subscription "on hold"? I'd keep paying for them monthly, but just don't ship them. Then ship them all in, say, September? That way, even if I'm not getting the physical copies, I'll still have the PDFs in the mean time, and I know the physical copies won't get lost in transit.
I know this is a lot to ask, but I'd really like to keep the subscription up. Thanks!
Oh well. Here's what I was working on, for posterity.
Spoiler:
Amulet of Deadening
This amulet, made of a pair of finger bones etched with dark runes, radiates a feeling of death. The wearer's flesh becomes ashen and cold, and the she gains some of the benefits (and detriments) of undeath.
The wearer has no constitution score, and is immune to disease and poison. While wearing the amulet, she is immune to critical hits, sneak attacks, and other attacks requiring discernible anatomy. However, being neither truly alive nor truly undead, she does not heal naturally and gains no benefits from healing magic. Spells and effects that damage undead (other than turning attempts) also damage her.
