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Hello, I am currently subscribed to the Paizo Adventure Path. After the current issue is paid for and shipped (Pathfinder Adventure Path #82: Secrets of the Sphinx), I would like to be unsubscribed from the service.

I will be resubscribing in the future, I just need to pull back a couple expenses for now to cover some investments in cost-reducing capital. (i.g. deposit and installation fees for cheaper & faster internet, purchase of a compatible modem/router to get rid of the lease fee, buying a magic-jack and compatible phone to reduce monthly phone expenses)

Hope to get back on the Path once everything is settled down :)

I like playing roleplaying games, like Pathfinder, 3rd to 4th edition DnD, or what have you. Usually because nobody else wants to, I end up being the GM for these games.

I have good story structure, plot development and hooks, but the one thing that makes all the others sort of fall short is that I completely suck when it comes to combat; the build-up of an evil plot and the threat of the Villains fall apart when the resulting combat is a piece of cake to the players despite the CR calculations, which means to me I'm not using the NPCs correctly or to their fullest potential.

Specifically for Pathfinder, what tips and tricks are there to providing challenge for the PC's? Links, Book recommendations, and personal advice completely welcome.

And doesn't Book 5 or 6 take place in another star system altogether? (*cough* Spoiler *cough*)

As long as Paizo received the money all is well. Thanks for the reassurance :)

Hello, it says the order shipped but according to the Online Statement of my bank, there has been no charge to my account yet.

Just need to double-check with you guys as to whether you were able to receive the money, or if my bank has decided to go behind my back and stop the payment.

He might be able to afford a Portable Hole; carries anything and you can fold it up into a little handkerchief stuck in a pocket. Very expensive, but he's 15th level so perhaps he can afford it.

I'd also like to know the weight of these vehicles sans-load.

It might be able to work. Probably easier than making a Wasp-swarm Mini.

You need at least enough levels in Witch to get the Cackle ability :P

Hmm, maybe I am looking at the wrong thing, but just in case here's what I'm looking at:

Photo of my Subscription page

This would be my subscriptions, and the Skeletal dragon seems to be shipping. Maybe I'm misunderstanding how the sidecart works though, and not everything in the sidecart will ship.

I am currently writing up a purchasing schedule and I have two questions about the Pathfinder Battles Subscription that would help my planning:

1. Do you receive coupons for 75% off of premiums when you purchase any case, or are these only obtainable from cases purchased automatically through the subscription?

Example: If I'm currently subscribed, and I decide to purchase a Heros and Monsters Case, would I get a 75% off premiums coupon?

(The next question can be disregarded if the previous question was "No")

2. When purchasing a ROTRL Case, would you need to buy the Case Bundle in order to obtain a 75% off premiums coupon?
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Thank you for your time, sorry I've been posting so many topics lately but I came into some loose change recently and wanted to buy a bunch of pathfinder stuff :)

Ah, according to my subscriptions this is being included in my sidecart to be shipped in May, is that correct?

If possible, please remove "Cheliax, Empire of Devils" and "Goblins of Golarion" from this order.

EDIT: I forgot to remove them from the cart after failing to cancel order #2568058 before it shipped >_<

Okay thanks anyways, and also I'll have to check that out next time.

Hello, I was taking advantage of the newly available non-mint selection as described on the Store Blog.

However, I realized that there were additional Non-Mints suddenly available in addition to those described.

In order to make a new order adding them all together to save on postage, I'd like to Cancel Order #2568058.

Thank you for your time :)

In general, who is this supposed to be cast on?

What situations would this spell be the most beneficial?

I ask because, reading the spell description, it seems to grant a couple stat bonuses, but the 50% miss chance goes both ways in terms of physical attacks.

The effective spell failure seems to be balanced a little more in favor of the blinker, but I'm not sure anybody would want me to cast it on them, given that you don't want to waste your spells like that.

Well there's always that "first to get it" thing, as well as collector value; I'm so lucky I managed to get my issue of Pathfinder AP #1 in a local gaming store for retail price, after looking up online a couple days later and seeing it selling on Amazon/Ebay for $100 or more.

There's also things like errata to consider in considering this argument; do Pathfinder customers wait to purchase a rulebook or splat-book, under the assumption that they won't buy it until the errata comes out online or through a new edition?

We can also look at this from a separate market of videogames; there are indeed people who wait for the price to go down, wait for used copies to come out, wait for the "Gold" edition with all the DLC included. But most don't, and the model seems to be working.

Perhaps a difference between markets could be put forth in terms of consumer behavior and otherwise, but this is just what it seems like to me.
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Although, they could always try starting a kickstarter (or similar model) for a compilation, adding the cost of writing off "dead stock" to the required budget line. Perhaps even including that dead stock as a tier reward :O.

Wait, why is everybody responding to my quote with the $100 pledge thing?

The $100 dollar pledge level has a bunch of MMO rewards which I wouldn't be using (seriously, even if I wanted to play my computer can't handle the games). So it's not a "Steal" from that perspective.

It's like you didn't read the part where I said "separate from the tier options" or something and just assumed I didn't know how to find the pledge level with the miniatures.

As for PDFs, I like the books I own to take up space on my shelves. So on top of that, I'd still need to take the Print Pack Option.

I concur with the sentiment that it is annoying to have to change one's pledge after the fact; I like to only have to do something like that once, although not to say that I wouldn't, I just don't like doing it.

While I did support the Technology Demo, I personally have little to no interest or ability to get into an MMORPG at this time, so I've settled at this time for the Print Pack (the miniatures are tempting, but unless they come up as options separate from the Online Game rewards I will be passing on them during the kickstarter)

For that reason I'm hoping that the kickstarter passes, else I may not see the expanded edition of the Superdungeon published, if it is published at all.

So does this one still have the Freudian Analysis commentary track? :P

Oh and also the picture is very Rockwellian, and perhaps is an homage to A Christmas Story? :)

;( sorry Paizo, my Pathfinder Money for January is all going towards the Pathfinder Online MMO so I can get the Print Pack, so I won't be able to capitalize on your fabulous offer.

Wowza, every time I think I'm gonna have a free month to start saving for unexpected big purchases, another unexpected big purchase raises its head and mocks me :(, I already missed out on the Collector's Edition of the Warhammer 40k, I can't miss out on this! *breaks yet another piggy-bank*

Yeah I was meaning the limited Invites.

Maybe they're trying to pull a Willy Wonka/Cartman Land with it, where the limited supply makes it all the more valuable.

I do think it could risk irritating people and stunting the growth of the game, but I have a little faith that they know what they're doing.

Does this subscription model have precedent from another MMO or is this an original thing?

Farmer.

Each Reward Tier would have its own Clan <.<

The Demo Diabolists @ $5
The PDF Pirates @ $15
The Goblin Squad @ $30
The Print Paladins @ $50

The Signature Sorcerors @ $75
The T-Shirt Gang @ $100
The Founder's Guild @ $250
The Guild of the Granite Lithographs @ $500

The Order of the Alpha @ $1000

Those are both saying the same thing.

*Goblin Scratches your back with a Dog Cutter*

Lemme just mention that "Korean Animation" can hardly be parried down to Anime; before digital technologies came along they were responsible for animating The Simpsons.

Plus I can think of one Anime that is very...Fantasy Roleplay :)

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/images/bex/lodoss1_group.jpg

Record of the Lodoss War foreverrr

I'm sure there'll be leftover Flip-Mats to be had from the print run, same as with the Modules.

I plan to buy another one when they get put up on the Site, since I'd like to keep my autographed one in Pristine Condition :)

The tentacle is okay, but what I really want is that face-mask :O

...so does that mean no "Pathfinderised" Ogre-kind? <_<

I don't mind a profanity filter, but I prefer my Ogres dark and disturbing.

I'm a collector...so still coming to terms with the fact that I won't be able to get the entire set of certain adventure paths.

Something I really wanted to get but so far it's been out of my reach is a print copy of A Magical Medieval Society: Silk Road. I already have the World-Generation Book, the Country Generation Book, and if I get Silk Road, I'll finally have the Economy Generation Book.

Goblin is the Pathfinder Mascot, but even though Paizo is majorly focused on Pathfinder, that's not the only product they make or have made, so in general the Golem is still the Encompassing Mascot.

The Golem's got what the Goblin does not.

Dragon Issue #317

Exotic Heroes! Powering Magic with Monstrous Ingredients!

This is the one. I'm actually wondering if the Gnomish Construct Race actually predates the concept of the Warforged; my sense of chronology isn't the best, however.

On the flip side, "Ecology of the Kobold" in Dragon #332 couldn't hurt.

Maybe ask if they'd mind you giving them names? It's sorta like how in those old Clint Eastwood westerns, you never knew the hero's name; he was just "Stranger".

Maybe you can latch on to the fact that their characters don't use their names, so the people they help, their allies and enemies, start taking to calling them various names, some flattering...others not so much (Chicken Chaser!!!)