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I'm another NH gamer! Unfortunately, I am on the other side of the state on the NH/VT border near Claremont. About 2 hours away from Nashua, where it seems most everyone else is located.
Has any consideration been given to selling the various t-shirt graphics as transfers (iron on or otherwise), so that the people who want colors other than black can put it on a colored tee of their choosing? If this is feasible, it may be a way for both Paizo and the non-black tee wearing minority to have their cookies and eat them too!
Just look for a place where the rain falls mainly on the plain...
But I am a gay male and I would love to have a fantasy hero who is also a gay male, I'm talking the central hero who isn't effeminate and stereotypical but a gay male. Try the fantasy series by Richard K Morgan. The main character is gay, makes no bones about the fact, and is in no way effeminate. The Steel Remains is the first book, I forget the name of the series itself.
Give Eclipse Phase a look. It has a unique background, so it is not a standard generic sci-fi setting.
I could be interested in an Eclipse Phase game. I have the books and am very intrigued. A long time ago I was part of a long-running Traveller PbP game, but nothing similar in quite some time.
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Do you happen to know how come Borders.com only has used copies? Did they not reorder through your distributor with the newest printing maybe? I was hoping to pick one up with a coupon for a friend's son for Hanukkah, but no longer on the shelf and only pulls up on Borders.com as a "used book".I'll have our sales manager look into it—thanks for letting us know! It is almost impossible to find ANY rpg books (except WotC product) available for order on the Borders website. The bricks-and-mortar store locations will carry RPG books that will not show up on the website; Pathfinder, Shadowrun and Eclipse Phase come to mind immediately as things I've seen at my local Borders but are not listed on their website. I imagine it may be a function of the distribution sources used for the website versus the sources used for bricks and mortar inventory.
EDIT: I just looked and it does look like there is Pathfinder product listed on their website now, although I still can't find Shadowrun or Eclipse Phase.
It was very close for me between Lora and Jason, but in the end...I too vote for Lora!
and a professional level violinist... Who?
Unless the akata is secretly into that sort of thing and would actually pay extra for it...
FWIW, I used to pre-order some RPG books from Amazon, and while they offer great prices, they are notorious for not having the books available for sale, or shipping the books, until weeks after the books started to show up in my local bookstores. I've always bought Paizo products directly from them and have taken to usually buying other RPG products from sources other than Amazon, preferably as directly from the publisher as possible. EDIT: Ninja'd by 20 seconds!
I detect EEEvil! (and to think, he always seemed like such a friendly and helpful customer service rep...but as we all know, photos posted on the interwebs never lie)
He might have an Iphone AP and is doing somthing for the game with his phone an iPhone Adventure Path? ...interesting...did it come from the future to change the present? :)
Someone is playing with their cellphone instead of paying attention to lovely Lilith! tsk tsk Maybe this is why there were no cookies present...everyone had to be punished because of one person.
It looks like Erik is already staring straight into the bright shiny future of Paizo.
How many levels of Mercenary constitutes as "enough"?
Yay! I know (of) a celebrity (but haven't met him yet)! ...Nate Peikos is one of my wife's cousins
About 12 years ago, I found a RPG group of 3 or 4 guys through some website and joined them for a few months. Keep in mind these guys were all in their mid-20s to early-30s There was one guy whom all the others whom all the others constantly teased/ragged on for just about anything: he played the 'wrong' cards in M:tG, he picked the 'wrong' name for his ranger, he 'always' played a dumb fighter, etc. And most of the time these weren't friendly jibes but mean-spirited. Granted, this guy wasn't the brightest bulb, but these guys were supposedly his friends. There was one guy who usually did the DM/GMing. As a DM/GM he was pretty decent but as a player...ugh. As a player, he always insisted on getting preferential treatment; higher level, better/more equipment, etc. If he didn't get this treatment he would get sulky and throw little passive-aggressive tantrums. I was desperate for some gaming, so I stuck with them for a few months, but while there were a couple good moments (there was a great Cyberpunk game that ran 2 or 3 sessions; I still remember everything about my character from that one) I finally just couldn't be bothered to drive an hour each way to the group for what was usually average gaming-seasoned with lots of uncomfortable, childish behavior. I guess I was spoiled by having 2 great long-running gaming groups back-to-back when I was active duty Air Force. Since I got out I haven't found a good group to play with - the games either disintegrate within a half dozen session due to schedules or the other players just aren't a good fit. sigh.
Denizens of Leng, though they need a shorthand name. Lengoliers?
Are you still taking donations towards printing costs for this issue? I'm unable to attend PaizoCon (being on the opposite coast and all) but I definitely want to support this project again!
I see she is utilizing her new gift: an entangling whip of colored lights
He is playing the part of Deity in the upcoming movie "Dude, Where's My Deity?"
Working in retail, I get to listen to Christmas/holiday music all day, every day. Starting before Halloween this year. As you may guess, I have built up huge stockpiles of hatred for almost all holiday tunes, although some garner special levels of disdain. Bob Dylan singing like a Muppet and Andrea Bocelli's overly bombastic delivery are the special tortures so far this year.
Nice. Totally dismissive with a hint of denigration, without being helpful at all. As well as completely ignoring the fact that OP already aknowledged the fact that he knows it to be a problem and was asking for advice and tips on how to mitigate the time needed.
Thanks Cosmo!
Hi, I don't know if I missed an option, if it happened for a reason, or if there is a bug in the code, so I thought I'd bring it up. I just placed an order (#1208811) and for the shipping option I chose to ship with the next subscription shipment which would be #1269785. Now normally my subscriptions ship UPS, but now the combined orders have changed to USPS. I don't remember changing the shipping method or being asked to change the method but perhaps there is a reason it did this. I am not upset about this nor necessarily seeking to change the method for this shipment but I thought I'd bring it up in case there is a bug in the code to combine shipments. Thanks, and have a great day!
Thanks to the Core Rulebook, I have now seen a Paizo product in a Borders store (DFW). Before, I only saw Paizo products at Barnes & Noble.WTF? I called a Borders store about this and they said it was an online-only product! I've worked at a Borders and can say that not every store location carries the same items or the same quantity of an item. What and how much is carried at any specific store is determined by the Home Office in Ann Arbor, MI. Individual stores have very, very little say in what items they carry excepting some items for the Local Interest section and even those are being increasingly restricted. So, it is very possible that the Core Rulebook is only available as a special order at that Borders location if Ann Arbor has determined that that location won't carry it in the store. FWIW, the location where I have worked just received one copy of the Core Rulebook and its RPG section normally only carries WotC and White Wolf's nWoD books with almost no exceptions.
I would say that 95% of the gaming materials I own (and boy do I have a lot) have never been used in and of themselves, but as brainfood and sources to steal ideas from. Let me just say...most of the sourcebooks and such that I acquired over the years I've only just skimmed through or read specific bits that interested me (for D&D 2Ed, 3rd, 3.5 and many many many other systems). But every Paizo book and module I've bought, I've read cover-to-cover...it is all just that good!
Titus Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Veronica Mars Firefly Twin Peaks Profit Deadwood Farscape The Tick (animated version) Sherlock Holmes (with Jeremy Brett) Pinky and the Brain Animaniacs
Hi there Cosmo, I wanted to let you know I too received a double shipment of Dark Markets and Pathfinder #21. My order # was 1159928. I hope this might help you track down where the snafu took place, so it doesn't happen in the future. I mean, I love a good 2 for 1 deal as much as anybody else, but I'm sure it cuts into your profits, and that is a "bad thing" for my favorite RPG publisher. -Roger
Active Duty Air Force: 8 years and some change
Just curious...is this book in yet? The Store Blog on Jan 8th seemed to indicate that it had arrived, but it is still listed as "preorder expected January 2009". I am hoping to purchase it (along with a bunch of other stuff) using the holiday discount. I plan to finalize and place my order in about a week or so. Thanks for any info!
I think we, the Paizo community, should pool our resources together to get a Leadership feat for Gary. Then he could have cohorts and minions to help him with his myriad Epic level website development quests!
"The power of Paizo compels you!" to spend far too much money on oodles of exceptional RPG products ...oh wait...different milieu...
I did a little searching at WotC and here is a link to the archive for the Border Kingdoms articles. Also, in the very first article there is a link to a map of the Border Kingdoms region
Info on the Border Kingdoms is in Powers of Faerun. Is any of this reprinted on the WotC boards or vice versa? The information on the Border Kingdoms in Powers of Faerun was pruned way down in the name of space. Ed Greenwood didn't want all the material that couldn't be included in the book to go to waste so he did the articles as a sort of web enhancement.
If you can find them on the WotC boards, there was a series of articles in 2006 by Ed Greenwood that gave overviews and hooks for various kingdoms and areas of an region called the Border Kingdoms. There were hooks and background galore for this area, and I believe that it was posted on the WotC site because it was cut from printed sourcebooks due to space, so most people shouldn't be too familiar with the area, so you could tinker away without upsetting the overall Realms too much.
In past games I have changed the terminology from Law to Order. I tell the players that it indicates an adherence to Orderly behavior which can include adherence to local laws and such but is more likely to indicate how they approach situations; orderly, step-by-step, lots of planning and lists, etc etc as opposed to the Chaotic character who jumps into things and flies by the seat of his/her pants. I also like to compare Good/Evil to SelfLESSness and SelfISHness. Good people will suffer, sacrifice and otherwise act in a manner to ensure that others will benefit, while Evil characters will cause suffering, steal/take and act in a manner to ensure that they will benefit. [I also liked the idea of alignment scores as proposed in Green Ronin's Advanced Player's Guide (or maybe the Adv DM Guide) so that players can indicate how strongly they adhere to their ideals (Order/Chaos, Good/Evil)]
Personally I think the best d20-related superheroes system is Mutants and Masterminds aka M&M published by Green Ronin. It is based off of the d20 mechanic but is very streamlined and is not class-based, but point-based. I kinda think of it as a beautiful hybrid of d20 and Hero/Champions. Before M&M I liked Champions which uses the Hero system. It is very customizable but also very math intensive. I haven't used the new 5th edition Heroes rules, so I can't attest to if anything has changed since I played it with either 3rd of 4th edition. I also played in a very enjoyable DC Heroes games, but that was mostly the GM's doing, the system itself was OK but I had some minor problems with it.
In the Thieves' World Manual (by Green Ronin) there is a ranger variant that has 5 paths to follow(listed below along with associated feat paths). Archery:Rapid Shot, Manyshot, Improved Precise Shot Cavalry:Ride-By Attack, Trample, Spirited Charge Assault:Cleave, Great Cleave, Improved Critical (any non-light melee weapon) Skirmish:Mobility, Spring Attack, Whirlwind Attack 2-weapon:2-Weapon Fighting, Improved 2-weapon Fighting, Greater 2-weapon Fighting
Sounds like a cozy little con with lots of fun interaction between everybody! Wish I could attend the next one, but being on the completely opposite coast (NH) it is very unlikely unless I hit the Powerball.
OK, thanks.
I am looking mature(personality-wise, not necessarily age-wise) group to join for a semi-regular gaming. I'd like to play once or twice a month, maybe more often on occasion, but I don't want to tie up ALL my free time with gaming (I do have other interests, and I'm the wife does want me around sometimes). I'd prefer to stay within a half-hour or so driving distance from home. It has been years since I've been involved with a stable, long-running group and I am really missing being in a good, fun game. I am open to most systems but I enjoy 3.5, Mutants & Masterminds and Traveller (I have T20 avail, most of my other Traveller versions are packed away). I wouldn't mind World of Darkness (I have most of the nWoD core books avail) as long as it isn't too teenage-y angst-y. I currently am not able to host any game sessions (small house, with a bunch of repairs needed - making it effectively even smaller). Any interest, please post here and then we'll see if we want to set up a meeting.
I was excited for a minute...I thought maybe I had a chance to join a regular game again after several years...but unfortunately your group is a 2 hour drive from me. I tried that a few years back, but it didn't work out, and given the gas prices these days.... Good luck to you all anyway! Hope you find some good players!
It is a toss up as to whether it was the D&D basic box set or the Star Frontiers box set. Sometime in the mid 80s. Man, I had a ton o' fun with Star Frontiers!
Does the type of head matter? Should a mantis-headed rakshasa act any differently than an ape-headed or tiger-headed one?I think this is something we're still working out. After perusing the section on rakshasas in my PDF copy of PF#9, I didn't see anything about the head type affecting a rakshasa's behaviors/abilities. Is this an idea that didn't pan out, or is this something we will see expanded on in another product? Also, there is mention that multi-headed rakshasa gain additional heads by completely subjugating souls. Is there any more information on this process? Are these mortal souls? Other rakshasa? Do they have to be from creatures of a certain power level? Etc...
Slightly off topic... personally I'm hoping that there will be Paizo CharGen program (or maybe a program to help design/run a campaign) to support the PF RPG...preferably something with controls that make it easy to customize without having to get deep into programming.
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