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Me and my gaming buddies, we call it Pathfinder. When our friends ask about what we're playing at any given time, we say "Pathfinder" and briefly explain what it is. In our hearts it's Dungeons & Dragons, the very first rpg we ever played. And of course we have DMs, not GMs.

wait, no one's asked for Kobolds of Golarion yet? I'll be first then!

The wizard in my game wants to animate the body of a dead demon. Is there any reason why animate dead wouldn't let him turn it into a zombie?

Thanks.

yup, it's the outsider type itself. From the PRD:

"Unlike most living creatures, an outsider does not have a dual nature—its soul and body form one unit. When an outsider is slain, no soul is set loose. Spells that restore souls to their bodies, such as raise dead, reincarnate, and resurrection, don't work on an outsider. It takes a different magical effect, such as limited wish, wish, miracle, or true resurrection to restore it to life. An outsider with the native subtype can be raised, reincarnated, or resurrected just as other living creatures can be."

Wow! It's just what I'm looking for! ^_^

And... how about the Adventure Path actually sold?

Well I've only run Rise of the Runelords, which is a blast but not really undead-heavy, and I'm currently running Curse of the Crimson Throne, which features undead here and there, especially in the 2nd and 5th chapters (if I remember correctly). I'm sure someone over these boards can give you more accurate info regarding the other APs.

Hello everyone!

I have never played any Pathfinder Adventure Path (I meet Pathfinder RPG a few weeks ago) and I want to buy one. But, I would love to know if any Adventure Path has undeads involved, or as a main theme.

Thanks for your answers and your time.

You need look no further than the Carrion Crown Adventure Path, starting in February.

http://paizo.com/pathfinder/adventurePath/carrionCrown

sad to see the wendigo isn't getting the ultra-awesome art from PF6...

Just read it and had a GM-gasm. I'm definitely throwing a couple magi at my CotCT group soon.

In my games, when someone's using weapons with a crit multiplier greater than x2 we apply the results of all cards drawn, in order to minimize damage output loss and optimize gory fun :)

Also, my players can always choose to draw from the deck, use a crit feat or multiply damage normally. To date, none of them have selected crit feats for their PCs or applied regular multiplied damage :)

Isn't that Jenny Poussin on the cover?

And Erastil is quite rural.

Almost as rural as the Rural Juror :)

The elves of the Mordant Spire speak Azlanti, right?

I can't wait for the pdf to go on sale, I'm eager to create an affiliation for the Acadamae of Korvosa. In our upcoming CotCT campaign one of my players will be a graduate conjurer, with dedicated feat to boot. Anyone already thought of that? :)

I'd like to second this request, mostly because my players whupped Viorian last night and I feel lazy :)

At the moment I'm thinking of giving it 15 Int, 13 Wis, 20 Cha, and a total Ego score of 29-30. I'm playing around with the rules in chapter 15 of the PFRPG CR, nothing set in stone as of now, so if anyone could submit their versions of Chellan before next Sunday I'll be a happy DM :)

IIRC you gain affinity with a region by either being a native or spending at least one year there and putting one or two ranks in Knowledge (local).

I have a new desktop wallpaper :)

But how would folks feel about something like "Crusaders of Golarion" or "Holy Warriors of Golarion" or "Knights of Golarion," that would focus not on one class but one GENRE of class, so that you'd be getting some info not just about paladins, but ALL classes who could, say, "count" as a crusader (such as paladins, fighters, clerics, and cavaliers)?

PLEASE start working on that NOW :) And do it Companion-style, a ton of fluff and the right dose of crunch. Can't wait!

No, I'm afraid RHoD contains no open content. The gist, however, is simple enough:

The battle is won when a certain number of victory points is gained. You gain victory points by achieving certain things: killing commanders/casters, stopping/repelling the bridge attack, forging/disrupting alliances, harvesting/disrupting supplies. The points gained for each task are usually low (1-5 pts), but can be higher for significant successes. The points must be accrued within a certain timeline to ensure victory.

Mmm looks simple enough, and quite interesting too. Unfortunately I don't think I could easily use those rules in Spires of Xin-Shalast, unless I stage a massive battle between my players plus the freed giants versus the rest of Karzoug's servants. It would be massively awesome, but I fear the amount of tweaking required would take a looooooong time to do.

The Ebidwar's description sure does suggest the book to be more useful in mass combat situations, and simply treating it as a standard hand-to-hand combat aid would be a somewhat poor choice... I think I'll change my players' reward to something more suited to help them in stopping Karzoug, but I think I will also store the Ebidwar and the above suggestions for use in our next campaign :)

Thank you all!

I'm using a facsimile of the battle rules from Red Hand of Doom to conduct my battles, along with my homebrewed Knowledge (warfare) skill. I plan to have the Ebidwar grant a +20 bonus to that skill as long as the book is available to consult.

This looks very interesting, are those rules available for consulting anywhere? I do not own Red Hand of Doom...

Ah right, maybe I should have been clearer about the Ebidwar. After all it's only briefly mentioned in Spires of Xin-Shalast, in a non-detailed building of the City of Greed. To quote the adventure's text:

"A mystical book called the Ebidwar is said to contain Turengate’s military strategies. Rumors state the Ebidwar can bestow Turengate’s insights and instincts upon a reader, making said reader a nearly undefeatable war leader. Legends of the Ebidwar continued through the many
intervening centuries and the book has now become mythical and synonymous with any general’s overall strategic philosophy. In truth, the Ebidwar does exist and remains hidden deep in the ruins of the Shahlaria. Anyone who finds and translates its Thassilonian script would surely become a mighty general among the modern nations of Golarion, commanding great respect and enabling him to raise loyal armies almost overnight."

Hope that helps some paizonian help me with this :)

Did someone cast Invisibility on this thread? :(

Or nobody actually used that element in their game?

Hi all, I was wondering if any of the GMs who ran/read (or is currently running/reading) Spires of Xin-Shalast has developed this book in any way. My players have just defeated Ghlorofaex and are now heading to the Shahlaria to butcher a few rune giants (in order to free other giants from their mind control and receive some help in liberating the city from the minions of Karzoug). If they manage to clean the fortress from the rune giants' presence, I think it would be fair to reward them with the Ebidwar, and here I am asking for some suggestions.

At the moment I have only decided that it is going to be a minor artifact that bestows some powers and benefits on those who read it. In order not to abuse it, only one reader can benefit from it at a time (just like the books that raise ability scores can be read by only one person). In order for anyone else to benefit from the book, the previuos reader must be either dead or willing to renounce the powers bestowed by the Ebidwar.

Some abilities that sprang to mind are bonuses to Leadership score, AC, saving throws, weapon attacks and damage, Knowledge checks regarding the identification of monsters' offensive and defensive abilities, permanent bonuses to Intelligence/Wisdom/Charisma, ranks in Knowledge (nobility) and (engineering), and maybe some spells and feats to be used while holding the book.

What I'm looking for are suggestions on how to further develop those ideas, quantify bonuses, select granted spells and feats, and of course setting the price to be paid for such powers. After all, as a minor artifact, I expect the Edibwar to have an Ego score :)

Let the suggestions flow!

Well, the low templar was written according to 3.5 rules, so it may need to be adjusted to the new favored enemy mechanics. In my homemade conversion I have simply changed the bonuses to match the PF rules for favored enemy, not modding anything else. If I am not mistaken, the low templar is a candidate for official conversion in the upcoming revised campaign setting (the inner sea world guide in the Chronicles line). Hope that helps.

IMHO the really ridiculous thing is people still complaining after the Paizo crew made the situation clear.

We have several options here: 1) be patient; 2) use our GM skills to adjudicate gaming situations; 3) use the tons of advice already given in various threads; 4) et cetera

Seriously though, stop whining and go game already :)

The Harrower, hands down. Nothing screams "Campaign Flavour" like them. Well, maybe the Hellknights do, but harrowers came first :)

Vic Wertz wrote:

We've fixed the PDF listing. Today is the retail release date, so that means the PDF is available for general sale today as well.

Awesome. Quick response as usual, thanks a lot.

+1

It's good to wake up and read good news :)

Is it just me or the pdf edition of this book is not shown anywhere in the webstore?

I ordered mine straight from Reaper. They arrived in about 2 and a half weeks and the postage wasnt too bad either.

sorry should have mentioned im in the UK

Thanks Rich, mine have arrived early and in good conditions too. My concern is about dirty money for customs :)

Minature Figurines, based in the UK, carries Reaper minis. It's in the UK, but since UK + ITA = EU, no customs or any weird takes.

Thanks Gorbacz! Come on Euro-Paizonians, keep 'em coming!

If you don't get any answers here, you might want to ask over at the Reaper forum.

Thanks Vic, I'll give it a shot

Hello everyone, I was wondering if any of you know of any reliable European webstores selling PF minis and shipping to Italy... I have ordered some from the Paizo webstore, but customs fees have been quite steep. Any help/advice will be most appreciated.

We've already sold most of the second print run, but we have not yet pulled the trigger on a third yet. We'll be looking at distributor reorders over the next couple of weeks to help us figure out the appropriate time.

Speaking of distributors, do you know wheter the folks Amazon UK have received their shipment of the second printing? I've been trying to contact them about it, but they're not replying to my queries, and that is really really annoying... any info you might have will be extremely appreciated!

Sooner or later I'll drop in my game an oracle based on the voodoo lady from monkey island :)

Tommaso Matteucci wrote:

forgive my linguistic ignorance, but what exactly is a "shiv"? can someone provide me with a meaning for that word, or some synonyms?

shiv

n. Slang
A knife, razor, or other sharp or pointed implement, especially one used as a weapon.

shiv
"a razor," 1915, variant of chive, thieves' cant word for "knife" (1673), of unknown origin.

nice, thanks a lot :)

forgive my linguistic ignorance, but what exactly is a "shiv"? can someone provide me with a meaning for that word, or some synonyms?

The release date had been set to July 2009. I don't have the product schedule handy at the moment but I'm guessing it oughta be 2010 instead, so I changed the date.

can't wait for next summer then, this looks like a stunning and very useful product for a very good price

I thought that was a different kind of release, poster maps made available for us to drool upon in anticipation of Kingmaker :)

Just out and already out of stock? :(

What buisness can you think of where you can redo your products to the point where they are unrecognizable and unappealing to your customers while insulting them at the same time and expect to keep your job?

The Italian government :)

Hi folks! I'm an italian guy who's gonna move to Amsterdam for work. I'd like to meet people to game with, either players or DMs, Italian- and/or English-speakers (I don't know a single word in Dutch...)

See ya there!