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This looks so GREAT. I have so many tiles and mats yet I am really tempted to get this. Tell you what would put me over the edge...Marsh/Swamp tile set! I have nearly every type of terrain available for my players but no swamps. Please put out a comparable tile set with murky water, dead trees and stumps reeds and dangerous sink holes!

My daughter was building a Gnome character and liked the animal whisperer but found it confusing when she also took the Animal Whisperer background. I am wondering why there would be two different instances of character enhancements with the same name. Anyone else feel that is awkward?

sigh...alas, still no sandpoint box set. and now my son is about to start his career as a Game Master of Pathfinder and this would be so great for him to expand on the beginner box.

(sigh) someone find James Jacobs and give him whatever he wants to write this box set. I would pay in advance on a kickstarter or pre-order or whatever. love the idea. please Paizo...make it so. I ran RotRL as an original subscriber and I would love to introduce more new players to the game with a Sandpoint Box Set.

my players felt the earthquake that opened up the fallen fortress and fought the troglodytes, rescued the pathfinder and returned to Absalom,
Then I used the earthquake as an excuse to have other cracks opening beneath the city leading into the "dreaming halls of the duergar" adventure by goodman games, leaving some things out and adding in other Duergar evil from Thuderspire Labyrinth and slayers guide to Duergar.

I also made the wotc hook from underdark a part of the storyline:
"a slave revolt in the Middledark city of Undrek’Thoz, enabling fifteen
svirfneblin slaves to escape. They hurried to a cavern east of the
slave city, where a prime Underdark guide hired by the fellowship
was supposed to meet them and guide them to the surface. But no
guide was there.
The freed slaves are now debating what to do. An underground
river provides the cavern with plenty of fresh water, but the
svirfneblin have no food and only a few improvised weapons.
Some of the former slaves despair of ever getting away. They
favor giving themselves up and hoping for more clemency from
their overlords than they would receive if they were recaptured.
Others want to strike off through an upward-sloping passage to the
northeast, hoping that it leads to the surface."

They end up close to the surface under Absalom. And my heroes have a chance to help them fight the Duergar slavers...

Author question:
Why is this scenario called "Tide of Morning?"

I cant find anything in it to relate to this title.

just curious

Gut it. With prejudice and a sharp longsword.
Looking forward to whatever news is from the horses mouth.

Oh YES!
I have been asking for this!
Such a long wait...
guess my black dragon and his minions will be very hungry by march.

looking forward to seeing the actual art for this.

These are the normal (non-foil) heroes hoard cards I have for trade:
Chainmail 3/110
half-plate 4/110
platemail 7/110
splint mail 9/110
halberd 24/110
longsword 29/110
shortsword 34/110
potion 41/110
potion 48/110
potion 54/110
ring 58/110
ring 62/110
scroll 63/110
scroll 68/110
scroll 69/110
staff 76/110
wand 79/110
wand 83/110
wand 85/110
wand 86/110
wand 88/110
amulet 89/110
belt 92/110
boots 94/110
cloak 100/110
crystal ball 103/110
gemstone 105/110
gloves 106/110
periapt 109/110

all cards are unused in near mint condition
I am looking for normal versions of the following cards:

banded mail 1/110
steel shield 12/110
longbow 26/110
potion 30/110
spiked chain 38/110
longsword 50/110
cloak 101/110
robe 110/110

(sigh)
still no official word from Paizo?
c'mon guys, whats the deal?
Make a deal for another Zogonia book!
pleeeeeeeese.

we loves us some more Tony comics.

Played this at Paizo con on Saturday. The party had a cleric, wizard, rogue, fighter and monk. It was a slow grind. The swarms were hard to beat and the final villain battle took so long I was almost ready to fall on my sword. But I was playing the wizard so I had no sword.

You want a ranger or druid in your party for this one. And yes you want a healer or potions too. I will DM this for my home group and see how it plays with a different party.

I like the storyline and the encounters seem balanced. We did triumph in the end, but the players were exhausted from endless rounds of try and fail.

can a bard take 20 on perform?
is there a time frame for how long a bard can perform and hold the audiences attention? Will he need to make skill checks periodically?

See the bard and the rogue devised a scheme where the bard shows up at Scarnetti manor and charms his way in and offers to perform in exchange for a meal. Then during his performance the rogue sneaks in the upper floor and attempts a burglary. But how difficult should the bards skill checks be?
btw
The rogue is after a mastercrafted composite longbow +1 in a fancy case along with silver tipped arrows for lycanthrope hunting.

I hope this will be out in time for the heroes visit to the grauls!
They are just now between RotRL 2&3 so its a close call.
Perhaps they will get lost on the road north, or be attacked on the river by gators, ambushed and taken captive by frogmen. I'm sure there is something I can do to delay the farm encounter.

thanks for the idea, I will review the naos district for temples.
I don't think all the possible gods are accounted for, so even if there weren't temples there, now there will be.

As someone else mentioned the battle map sized to 1"=5' is most important when using miniatures for an encounter guaranteed to have combat.

I like detailed maps of locations that players will explore, but often I would rather have 3d paintings of places where there are traps or interesting landmarks such as architecture that enhance the story.

Some of the encounters are optional and some can be fought on generic maps like those in the gamemastery product lines. But for the unique locations that have unusual dimensions or odd layouts that make combat more interesting I would pay a premium* price to get miniature scale battle ready maps. *(read $25-$45 depending on re-usability)

I just got the Second Darkness map folio and plan to pay whatever it takes to get the House Vonnarc and tower Solacas enlarged to miniature battle map scale. Cause no way am I gonna try drawing THOSE on my dry erase mat!

My group just finished the Skinsaw murders and are mucking about in Magnimar. I love this city for its role-play possibilities but as I prepare for more adventure in the Hook Mountain region I started looking at Kaer Maga as a stomping ground. I would love a chronicles guide to this city. Buy it "the second it came out" as others have said.

This is one place where I can see my players returning to at epic levels to sort out the deepest darkest places.

I may run 7sos at some point during hook mountain. Any suggestions to the best point for a side trek before the characters get too high a level for challenges? I've read that its a real meat grinder, so maybe it would still be interesting after they keep the keep?

I want to see Kaer Maga be revisited with multiple Gamemastery modules in the tradition of Maure Castle. A place of epic proportions where like Undermountain you can just keep on finding interesting creatures, kill them and take their stuff. Please James, give the other James the green light for 50k More words.

oh yeah one more thing... multiple level maps with cross section views, cause this thing screams "survival check" to keep from getting lost.

I imagine the great Paizo minds have this all planned out, but as far as this idea goes...
well I like it.

Thanks again, always good to hear it from the writer.

As a side note on Magnimar,
I am using people and places from Saltmarsh to fill any holes my players discover as they explore the city.
so far this has been an easy option and works nicely beside what is in Pathfinder 2.
(btw- DMG2 is my all time favorite D&D sourcebook.)

Thanks James
You always come through for the fans!

Perhaps you can field these two questions?

Two NPCs of Magnimar have the honorific Dr. before their names.
Where does one go to acquire a doctorate? and how recognizable is that throughout Golarion, particularly Varisia?

On a similar note, the Pathfinder Canayven Heidmarch of Magnimar has the honorific "Sir". Does that mean he was knighted? If so, by whom and why?
(these days pop stars get knighted so it doesn't really amount to anything, but presumably in a fantasy setting you must do something remarkable to be knighted)

My group is exploring Magnimar and I have come across a few items that puzzle me.

1. How do you pronounce Naos? Is nAose long A? or nOWse? perhaps na Ose long O?
also, what is the significance in being the only district without an obvious descriptive name?

2. What are the stats for Paralictor Darean Halst of the Hellknights?
also, where can I find stats for a typical hellknight?

3. Therhyn Raccas is a LE half-elf rogue 9, even-tempered, one armed leader of the Night Scales thieves guild. That's very descriptive and I feel sure there is a good story there...
but male or female?

thanks for any help you can offer

poor little wolfie doesn't stand a chance against those big bad PCs of the "Fangwatch"
Good thing they are pack animals! love your artistic style.

please explain the pony. Its quirky, but not so much funny to me. Is there an inside joke here that I am missing.

I'd like to see the novels as 'in-world' novels. Actual Pathfinder Chronicles if you get my meaning. So I could slip one into a treasure pile in a game and then hand the novel to the player and say "You find this"

This works for me as well.

beyond that...
bring it on.

Hear that sound? That's more of my 40th b-day money going to Paizo's coffers. :)

yes me too

houstonderek wrote:

Didn't you used to date Drew Barrymore?

sure. if you say so

hahahaha

Some part of me so wants this to be true.

truth is so subjective anymore

Pundoms and Paizards

Off the Path...Straying from the Path
The Golem and the Grogtards ** spoiler omitted **
Paidye...Paidie

These made me laugh.

The sorcerer in our group is still using a familiar and has the fey bloodline. I just referenced the familiar rules in the wizard section.

very good comic. Like the style. Please do more.

I ordered this from my FLGS so I could support both Paizo and the brick and mortar. It was worth it! Fantastic setting well depicted but leaves me wanting more. As someone else mentioned we need additional secrets on the wild lands of Golarion. Something with some crunch. Perhaps it will be included in the bestiary?

I think this product is a great way to sell newcomers on the Pathfinder world. If I had the money I would donate a copy to my local library.
Since money to invest in pushing Golarion isn't in my budget, I did the next best thing- i requested the library to buy a copy to put into circulation. The request is pending. I will post again if they do get one. Then next year I will request the hardcover rulebook for the reference section.

"Come one come all and join the Pathfinder revolution in role-play."

Adding an amen to some of what has already been said...

I haven't bought any map folios(yet)because what I want from such a product doesn't seem to be offered.
Larger maps for players to look at, and encounter area maps at miniature scale.

The generic flip-maps are good for many encounters, but when the encounter is combat oriented and in an a-typical location I would really like a 1" grid.
Exploration maps with limited combat potential would be nice in a scale where the players could place a token for representing the party as they move through. Something like half of miniature scale.

I don't think just having every map exactly as seen in the pathfinder journals is worth paying extra for. Not even if one of them IS a cool big poster. More bang for less buck or LOTS more bang for the same or even a bit more bucks.
Please think about it guys and gals at Paizo. We love so much of what is being offered, but this seems like the weakest offering in the whole line.

(this from a hard-core pathfinder fan)

the nature themes work well for Elf coins. Sun, and moon for gold and silver. Perhaps copper would be stamped with a leaf pattern like the copper color of autumn leaves.

I like the Korvosa/Magnimar mix of Dukes and Beauties. The Galleon on the obverse. Anyone have some pictures to share?

We probably won't be doing much more with Olfden either; developing this information is mostly left in the hands of GMs. I'd certainly love to see what some of the creative folks here on the messageboards could come up with for answers to these questions.

But with the constant needs of Pathfinder's monthly schedule, launching a new edition of the game, launching a massive Organized Play campaign, increasing the number of supplements we produce, and a few other things still coming soon that we can't really talk about yet, chances of anyone at Paizo being able to go back to Darkmoon Vale and provide more information beyond what's already in the book are, unfortunately, pretty slim.

I will take that as a green light to develop sites and npcs in Olfden.

I have been patiently watching this thread for the last lines about Karlae Siegfrost and where the Olfden map numbers were meant to go.
Is there an answer forthcoming Mr. Mike McArtor?

The fountain and town hall are easy to identify from the description, but the other listings could be in any number of locations.

I would love to see a web supplement or a full book treatment on Olfden to flesh out the bare bones framework we have so far.

Questions on my mind:
Why does a large walled town have such large gaps in the fortifications?
What is the significance of the largest buildings and the great deal of empty space around them? Manor houses? country estates inside the town?
temples? government buildings? farmland? pasture for siege times?

I am playing with the beta version softback now. So far it has been well received by my group and we plan to stay with Pathfinder when this hardcover is released. I do hope the cover art will be new and exciting stuff. The only other art I would like to see replaced is the racial comparison chart. Those low polygon count characters in their underwear make me think of Nintendo 64 graphics.

Why? I see that the desert is coming out soon, and we have mountains and forests and darklands (oh my) But what I really want now is a flip mat Swamp. RotRL has the marsh south of Sandpoint where tales of a goblin canibal got my ranger interested in going boging. There is a really large section of swamp along the southern coast of Varisia. The CotCT has a swamp adventure. Please can we have a flip mat or at least some tiles for this terrain?

I have all the WotC dungeon tiles and maps and they haven't done swamp either. Why no love for the will-o-wisp's front yard?

Uzzy wrote:

Quick question. Given that there is just one item to be delivered this month, the Second Darkness AP Volume 2, would it be possible to push it's delivery back till next month, in order to save some money on shipping, which is international for me!

What I can do is temporarily suspend your subscription. Then, close to when Pathfinder 14 will ship, send us an email letting us know you want it reinstated and reminding us of why you had it suspended, and we'll take care of it.

Is this satisfactory?

I know I don't have the overseas shipping issue for reasoning, but could this be done for me as well? I would appreciate being able to save on shipping even if it isn't exorbitant. Also, my group is still working on RotRL so we aren't desperate for the next book in the new adventure path.

I envision a group of FBI agents sitting aound a packing crate;

"OK as you enter the 10 x 10 room, you see a Dark Elf standing in front of a Pie"

Having unpacked my share of shipping containers I assure you they are longer than 10 feet and not that wide or tall. But when you are working in the back of one you do have the feeling you are in a dungeon crawl.

No worries—we all know it needs an index!

Hooray they got it covered!

The design staff probably have a pretty solid agenda for the big book of everything, but I wonder if I am alone in wishing that some things from the Beta playtest be moved into a follow up book with the monsters.

I like having everything rules related in one book. (The 3.5 rules compendium is a fantastic resource.)
But for the final version of the Pathfinder RPG I would prefer that the magic items, specific traps and the monster stats be in a separate book.
Then players could be asked not to bring it to the table.
Yes I know they will probably buy it and read it, but at least an attempt at keeping the GM's resources separate from the main rule book would make me happy.

I don't like the ketchup. But the BBQ sauce is tasty.

I have increased my collection of item cards and begun to organize them in the standard nine pocket pages. Now how about selling a cool Pathfinder binder for me to put the pages into.

Please cancel all subscriptions except the Adventure Path for me.

This includes:
Pathfinder Modules
Pathfinder Chronicles
Pathfinder Companion
Planet Stories

This is primarily due to the fact that in discussion of the Beta Rules Jason has said that the number of skill points for fighters is fixed at 2. Skills are my primary concern with the move to Pathfinder RPG, and I was hoping to see all classes get at least 4. I was tempted to cancel at several times earlier, but I opted to wait until it was more definite.

After Pathfinder RPG is released I will evaluate it and may consider resubscribing.

kinda seems like you are reporting on "the straw that broke the camels back." or else you just have way too much emphasis on this one minor point.

I used to play fantasy battles during 5th and 6th edition. I had wood elves, Bretonians and orcs/goblins. I still have the greenskin army but dont play anymore. I loved Mordheim and still have all the terrain I built over a course of 4 years, and my warbands sit waiting in boxes to come looking for those cursed green rocks.
Now I play 40K and have about 2000pts of Ultramarines and 1500 points of Tyranids. All plastic armies are my favorite after years of cursing metal miniatures that break if dropped. (I am a bit clumsy)
Tom

Heathansson wrote:

I wonder if they're going to have the playtest opinions/gripes up on their forum and how they intend to listen to any legitemate critiques with the 4e Avengers there to come to the defense of their girl.

So, does that make you a 3tard?

Objectivity FAIL.

no such thing.

Yes, what exactly are you leaning away from? For the most part, I haven't seen anything that isn't "adult" really. Just violent and dark and a DM can tone that down.

If you follow these forums you will have seen the word war over the sexual politics and the "abortion clinic" in the pathfinder series. I seem to recall reading something of an npc character in one adventure gets chopped into bits in something of a serial killer murder mystery. These adult themes are not appropriate for kids. It is quite different from the fantasy violence of monster slaying that usually forms the basis of typical adventures.

I have read hollows last hope and will be running it soon. My favorite adventure has been "the sunless citadel", as far as things for my kids to play in. I am also getting ready for running the shattered gates of slaughtergaurd. A fairly typical dungeon crawl with minor wilderness travel and some urban rpg elements.

I guess what my original question meant to ask was if the gamemastery modules were aimed at the same market as the pathfinder series or if they were a bit less intense in thematic elements. The title "seven swords of sin" makes me think my kids might not be mature enough to deal with the issues present in the themes. I like to keep the moral elements in my games black and white. Obvious good and bad characters so my kids know who to fight and who to talk to. When the line starts to blur the game can really go south and the kids end up disappointed and confused.

The point is to have a fun adventure without emotional content when dealing with under 15 year olds.

Thanks for the replies. I will check out the suggested modules, hollows last hope and crown of the kobold king.

I saw pathfinder 1 at my FLGS and was blown away! Awesome production
did I buy it? no, sorry.

you see I am running D&D games for my kids and their friends ages 8-14.
I really wish my adult friends who like RPGs had schedules that could mesh with mine...

anyway I quote Mr Jacobs here:
"... Pathfinder is not necessarily intended for young audiences. Our solicitations for the product to distributors suggest ages 16 and up. Our market research indicates that the average age of our customers is in the late 20s. Mature elements will continue to appear in Pathfinder now and then as a result. I suspect STRONGLY that sanitizing Pathfinder so as not to offend anyone would result, overall, in a loss of business for us, based on the fact that in Dungeon, the darker and grittier adventures routinely won us the most praise and support from our customers."

so what about the game mastery modules? same setting right? is the content aimed at the same maturity level? my son loves your goblin song and artwork. he came up with the idea that he wanted to play a goblin character who goes on adventures and his friends said cool lets do it.
I have never run monstrous pc's before but I am winging it.

I hope there will be some gamemastery products aimed at a slightly younger audience I do buy the item cards and map packs, the kids love that stuff.

tom

Will any of the pathfinder or game mastery modules have maps for miniatures or be based on the flip maps and/or map packs?

I love using miniatures in my games of D&D and like to have scale maps for the encounters. I would be most likely to buy a module that had miniature scale maps with it or built around existing map packs referenced in the adventure.

I have collected several of the map packs and item cards, it would be cool to have pre-built adventures to use them with.

The two of you who posted already... There is a whistle in Adventure Gear. I dont see us needing another in the hoped for set 2.

A drum is a good idea. I would like to see a harp and recorder as well. An alternate lantern and more torches is a good idea.
Another backpack and a more expensive looking lock would be nice additions to the gear. I just got this set and already I look forward to more adventure gear cards. Please make it non-random like this first set!

I lay out cards for items they see. But dont write on the back till they choose to keep something rather than sell it.
So potions in multiples of one type gets one card with doses on the back. But if two characters are carring around potions I give them each their own card. Same with armor and weapons.
I put the weight of the item and any bonuses or special qualities on the back but one card per player character. Loot for selling just stays penciled on the character sheet like the old days.

I just bought Adventure Gear. Its excellent. I will buy two or three more packs of this non-random set for my characters and to hand out to players in my campaign. But the cards stay with me in my players binders with their charater sheets. If they want their own, let them buy a pack. If they can "buy" an item from the players handbook then they can use the card. magic items have to come from me. and be earned/found/won while adventuring.
Please let there be a deck called Adventure Gear II.
This one needs a sequal!
Shovel? Fishing tackle? I was surprised not to see these two items in the first deck.
Now how about these as well:
small chest, small barrel, bucket, chain, ladder, canvas,
silk rope, climbers kit,harp, recorder, a newer looking lock, ?
Some alternate art would be good for more of what was in the first deck: waterskin, torch, spellbook, lantern, holy symbol, hammer and backpack. Thanks guys, I love this product line.
keep it coming.