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Read up to chapter 12, waiting on my seat excitedly to see final chapter :3

Same here. I definitely appreciated the daily emails to help us "catch up" with the latest chapter! All in all, I enjoyed the weekly updates (it helped me enjoy Fridays a bit more) and appreciate all of the Otari-based resources for us to use. I certainly hope fiction like this continues!

Mark Moreland wrote:

raphaelus wrote:

Neat. Is he by any chance in any of the pawn sets?

He is not. This art was commissioned specifically to illustrate the character from the story. That doesn't mean he never will be, but we don't currently have a pawn set with him in it, either released or in the works.

I'd love to see a "Otari Box" and/or an "Absalom Box" that have maps, npcs, pawns, and 'village tales'. The kinds of stories that people sit around and tell each other at bbqs, and in bars, the communal version of family lore, "remember when XXX did YYY?"

A 'hometown setting box', if you will, like we were always asking for for Sandpoint.

Yes! A product like this (for Otari) would be outstanding!

Phalimar wrote:

going forward, there's got to be a way to get folks up to the current chapter. :-)

We've looked into ways to do this with the mass mailing system we use, and haven't found a great way to get that done. We will continue to explore our options, however, and should we do this again, we'll try our best to give people ways to catch up if they sign up late.

Yep, just a suggestion. I'm enjoying the story so far and failed each of my Will saves when reading the other Otari-based blog entries (saves I didn't mind failing given the return with GMs Toolbox, Encounters, and more). :-) I was late to First Edition but loved all of the information around Sandpoint. Moving into Second Edition, I'm hoping Otari will be fleshed out to a similar level of detail (even if much of it comes via the blog). Well done!

Hi Logan. As luck would have it, my order arrived this morning! If you still have the ability to cancel the replacement, please do (hopefully you'll be able to before the warehouse is back fulfilling orders). My apologies for not waiting just one more day. :-)

Thanks Logan. With the warehouse being closed this week for inventory, I figured I'd wait until EOW to see if the package arrived. It hasn't yet so I'm curious as to the next steps.

Loving these Otari-based encounters, characters and toolbox entries! But the spoilers are brutal (I'm only up to Chapter 6 of Shroud)... going forward, there's got to be a way to get folks up to the current chapter. :-)

Hello! I placed this order on Nov. 19th and it was shipped out on Friday, December 11th (4-8 days). Using the tracking information, UPS Mail Innovations shows no record of the shipment. :-( So I figured I'd check in to see if a CS rep would be able to assist.

Please let me know if you need any additional details.

Thanks!

Does anyone have any details about the "extensive gazetteer of the town of Otari" that will be a part of "Ruins of Gauntlight"? Of course, I would not expect it to be anywhere near the size as the Sandpoint Campaign Setting but curious as to how much information that might be packed into it. I've got the Beginner Box (although I can't open it until 12/25 for some reason) and "Troubles" and the Flip-Map are on their way.

"latest parts" is relative. :-) I've received the first three chapters and _think_ there are, now, at least five...? Definitely enjoying the fiction (as it is helping me flesh out Otari) but I would love a way to get current with the latest chapter!

As much as I enjoy collecting pre-painted miniatures, and really love the Legendary Adventures, the cases are just getting too expensive for me. Thank you.

Thanks Joana, good to know. I'm not on a subscription for those but I placed my order on Nov 19th and wasn't sure if I should have been getting nervous or not. :-) It's not the end of the "Expected to ship" window for my order yet so I'll just be patient.

Do the physical copies start shipping the same day as the PDF availability?

500 errors every time as well. Clear Paizo.com cookies, home page loads fine, click to sign in, sign in, back to 500 errors. :-(

Thanks FlashRebel.

I was just asking specifically about hitting a particular square (not really, necessarily I guess, as a part of combat). I _think_ I have my head around that first quote but I think I'll just house rule the AC5 (it's just easier for what you get out of it). Regarding the torch and caltrops, it was mostly about placement.

Caltrops are small and, thus, throwable. So if a PC is hiding around the corner of a building and some creatures are coming down the adjacent street, they might want to target a particular square during their movement (and not be in a position to just scatter them next to their current position). With a torch, they may be a similar position attempting to target a dry stack of wood.

I'm sure I've just missed it in the PF2E CRB, but whether you're throwing a bomb, torch or caltrops at a particular square (on a flip-map), what are the rules? In PF1E, we gave each square an AC of 5 and, if the target was missed, we'd roll a d8 to determine which surrounding square was hit instead. Is there something similar for PF2E?

Well, I'll be! :-) With as much time as I was looking through Adobe Reader for a menu that would allow me to show/hide layers... it never occurred to me that I could simply copy-and-paste the image and, as well (!), not get the labels or text. It appears that all of the interesting images (the NPCs, the vial, maps, etc.) can be copied this way... and that's fantastic! Now... what did I miss to know that these images work this way? Are there some tips or instructions somewhere that indicates this is an option? I figured I'd need to take a screen grab and go from there.

Regarding scaling, I'll have to figure that out on my own... I thought I'd have to scale it up... but it appears I may have to actually scale it down.

Thanks TomParker!

(While I'm sure this has been brought up before elsewhere, I really wish the maps provided in the PDF were separate files, with layers to remove the location indicators (so as to not give things away to the players), and, most importantly to me, that I could print in scale where 1" = 5'.)

My group enjoys using tabletop maps and I'd prefer not to draw them by hand since the maps provided in the adventures are way better than a map drawn by hand with a black Sharpie. :-) Has anyone any tips on how to take the maps out of this PDF (or any) and scale it up to where it could be printed and played on a table top to scale?

I've considered trying to reproduce, as best I can, the maps in MapForge so I can print them out for tabletop use. But I'm having a hard time getting around the fact that I'm starting right at the maps I'd like to use in the PDF... if I could (easily) print them to scale.

Does anyone have any pointers on how to describe what monster languages sound like (to the untrained PC)? For example, how would you describe what Draconic, Jotun, Necril or other languages sound like (to give players a unique description of what a language might sound like)?

So it's just a way to identify relative power between the items in question. Thanks HammerJack and Razgriz1.

Is there a clear definition of the terms minor, lesser, moderate, greater, major, supreme and what they indicate? For example, a Sturdy Shield (CR588) shows a greater shield is Level 13 but a greater Staff of Transmutation (CR595) is listed as Level 10. A quick search on AoE http://2e.aonprd.com/Search.aspx?query=Lesser%20greater) returns lots of results but there doesn't appear to be a formal description of how to think of these terms? Are they simply a generalized relative scale?

Katina Davis wrote:

Hi there,

Sorry about the confusion with this! I've worked with our tech team and we believe this issue to be resolved now. If you're still seeing display errors on your order, please contact Customer Service and they should be able to refresh things to display the correct price.

Thanks!

Still coming up as just about 380 for the Subscription case with incentive. Will contact support via phone again to see if I can get it set up properly

Thanks!

Hi Yoshua.

Were you able to get to the bottom of this pricing issue? I'd like to start with the Legendary Adventures case for a subscription as well but I'm curious as to whether we get charged at the higher rate and then have to work directly with customer service as to the difference...?