Rob Rose's page

Wow! Not only tons of responses from the Pathfinder community, but several from the actual authors and publishers as well. I'm very happy to have discovered this little community and the wonderful realm that is known as 3pp. The endzeitgeist reviews are a big help (how do you find time to read all these and run them while still living a real life?) and the links provided are helpful, as well. I need a clone to help sort and run these all.

I've been summoned from the depths of real life???

Kidding aside, if you require specific guidance, don't hesitate to contact me via my site and thanks to everyone pointing out that both I and my reviewing exist. :)

a while back, I was recommended The Slumbering Tsar. It was actually your review that prompted me to check it out. Needless to say, I'll be reading more of your reviews.

Thanks to veryone for their suggestions. I've plenty of material to sort through, now.

My only problem now is that I need more personal time and an extended life-span to read and run all these! Better get started!

The Inner Sea Region is full of cool stuff, and I don't want to see it perma-abandoned or anything, but I'm quite interested in seeing (and having material set in) the more exotic / unusual places beyond it.

I agree 100%. I love what Paizo's done with this area, We've just got enough info now. It's time to flesh out the other areas.

If Paizo hadn't done such an excellent job with their campaign settings thus far, I wouldn't be so desirous for more.

We've got more than enough traits, feats, prestige classes, etc. We're in danger of 3.5 bloat. There's no need for that with such a large amount of material that's yet to be explored.

I am familiar with Shadowrun, it was not a game that was my taste. I am more the Star Wars, Star Trek, Eureka, Fringe, Doctor Who type of guy. With a wit like Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy at times.

I'm an all-encompassing guy. With the exception of Eureka, I'm into all of those, as well. Of course Douglas Adams actually scripted some Doctor Who so I'm not surprised you like both.

Rob Rose wrote:

I don't know your age, but the premise of magic in a high-tech society reminds me of the RPG "Shadowrun" (I think) which was in the 90's. It was set in a futuristic, somewhat cyber-tech society where magic and magical creatures, which had been non-existent for millenia, return to the world. It was a pretty cool setting.

Was?

I've been out of RPGs for almost twenty years and only recently returned to the fold. I hadn't seen anything about Shadowrun in the stores so I assumed it was gone. Apparently it ain't!

I am, however, done with creating medieval settings, I do high tech settings now, with wizards and magic. Magic and high tech does not need to be mutually exclusive. I been playing and working on a setting that takes place between 200,000 BC and 70,000 BC where humans built a giant galaxy spanning empire with colonies and high technology. It was eventually destroyed with the mass extinction event at 70,000 BC that put the whole galaxy in a great depression and people forgot about Earth's location. So I understand what you mean.

I don't know your age, but the premise of magic in a high-tech society reminds me of the RPG "Shadowrun" (I think) which was in the 90's. It was set in a futuristic, somewhat cyber-tech society where magic and magical creatures, which had been non-existent for millenia, return to the world. It was a pretty cool setting.

Maybe... The Slumbering Tsar Saga?

Wow! Thanks for this link! After reading the reviews, I just picked our groups next campaign. This looks absolutely bad-ass in an old school way!

I understand your point and can agree with it. But, I also feel there are numerous regions and even planets that Paizo has yet to exploit.

Perusing through their Inner-Sea Guide, I read about many settings that sound very fascinating but have little to no material beyond their mention in the book. As a 39 year-old, full-time worker and part-time student, I really heavily on setting material since I lack the spare time to create my own. Golarion's diverse settings provide me with almost everything I need depending on what mood I'm in.

As much as I enjoy places like Varisia with it's Middle-earth/ Forgotten Realms feel or Absalom as the world-capital, there is plenty of material by now to play those regions. Rather than continually adding more splatbooks for familiar regions, we should get some more Companion and Campaign Settings in the unfamiliar areas. The appeal of Golarion and the Pathfinder Universe to me is that it tends to encompass a variety of genres by giving each region it's own flavor. So, it seems there's much room for originality and creativity. Just give us more on that. Enough of Sandpoint already! Let's see more of the other hemisphere of Golarion, including Miang. Let's explore other worlds like Akiton. There's possibilities for Dark Dun style settings if Paizo would use the other planets.

In short, Paizo has a wealth of source material to give us, they just need to venture out more and stop fleshing out the same regions we're used to.