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Please cancel my AP subscription.

Thanks for your superb RPG production values and customer service.

Best to all of you at Paizo,

Lee

Your original post was on Wednesday, the day before a four day holiday in the USA, so they won't see it till tomorrow. Also, bumping a post pushes it to the bottom of the stack.

-- david

Why did you even bother posting that? I have an order overdue more than a month and am trying to get it resolved. Mind your own thread, thanks.

Bump

What is the status, please?

I've already gotten notice that at least a couple of items are unable to be filled in this order. I hope that is in error.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

So I've been rping for years with pretty much the same group, we've gained a few and lost a few players here and there. Adding new people has always been a bit of a chore with me the GM being the decider. Anyways, I've grown up and had a kid. My son is 12 and has enjoyed playing with me in our bi-weekly solo game for 2 years now. But every other Saturday he sits out while the adults play "Pretend" with out him. I want to included him in my long running group but half of my players are boycotting the decision by threatening to leave the game. Whats worse is my son already made a character and overheard some of the talk about others not wanting to play with him. I strongly feel as the kid should play but my friends are very dear to me as well. Any advice? Has anyone else gone through this? I'm pretty sure I'm adding him to the group and rebuilding as needed. I can't run multiple games with multiple groups at the moment.

You'll never regret spending MORE time with your son.

If you have "friends" that have the audacity to quit over something like that, show them the door. Quickly.

It's YOUR FAULT your son is into RPGs. =D You reap what you sow. Your own flesh and blood wants a seat at literally his table. How can you deny that, especially at 12? Six, of course, but not 12.

If you want to spend time with your "friends", have them invite you over to their house and play.

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I agree with your assessment, but disagree in some respects.

The Democrats are a "big tent" coalition that really should tear apart at the seams, but doesn't. It's because their leadership is ironclad in standing unified and speaking with one voice. The various factions of the Democrat party stay with it because they know eventually a piece of meat will be thrown their way.

Think about it: How many times have you heard the phrases "Let me be clear" and "double-down" in the last six years? Too numerous to count. Even when they promise the moon and everyone in the room knows they can't deliver, they promise it that more strongly - AND NO ONE CALLS THEM OUT ON IT! It works every time. It is amazing how they play the political game. They outfox Republicans before the Republicans have changed out their PJs each day.

As for Republicans, one must remember that a large portion of the population who vote Republican are voting against Democrats. They are *not* Republican loyalists. That's why you have the shaky alliance of "big money", "evangelicals", "2nd Ammendment supporters", and other "conservative" causes. Heck, a good chunk of Republican office holders are Republican only because there isn't another, viable choice.

The true Republicans (e.g House leadership, soon-to-be Senate leadership) don't know how to play politics. They put the jerseys on, show up on the court, and the Globetrotters (Democrats) wear them out. I always laugh when a liberal gets upset at a Republican - even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes. Trust me, any consternation a Republican causes a Democrat is a temporary thing.

The recent election probably scared Republicans more than it did the Democrats. The Republicans have the ball and they'll play defense again. When the Democrats have the ball, they play offense - no matter what.

One talk show host called the Congress that passed the Affordable Care Act the "Kamikaze Congress" and it was an apt description: "push, push, and when in doubt, push some more (but we never doubt because we're Democrats)." Victory, no matter the cost! It's awesome.

If the Republicans played the same way, we'd really have fun theater to watch. As it is now, well, we're suffering under the two-party system our Founding Fathers warned us about.

With the passing of the Seventeenth Ammendment, the two major political parties pretty much changed our government forever. The states have little true representation - only the parties are represented in Congress. Democrats and progressives have been systematically changing the discourse in the country towards their points of view for over 100 years. In effect, they wanted something, strove endlessly to achieve it, and are practically there. They are monolithic in their resolve to achieve and brush aside opposition. They have no shame, no mercy. They are the ultimate political predators. They are quite simply amazing to behold.

Samy wrote:

Give it a try. What do you have to lose? A little bit of time? A stamp and an envelope? Even if the chance is minuscule, isn't a shot at a dream job worth that much at least?

"A stamp and an envelope?" Save your $0.49—I don't think I've seen a resume arrive by mail in 20 years!

20 years? Since 1994? Really? =P

Much to be said for a paper resume. Much more likely to be seen.

At my company, we PRINT OUT electronic resumes. In electronic form, they all run together and no one stands out.

I don't see any balding, overweight, male 40-somethings who spend too much money on games they'll never play and like to watch Superfriends! cartoons at night while eating Jell-O on the staff either.

I cry foul, good sir/ma'am!

Where is *my* protected status!?

If Paizo were making bras, I'd venture to say it'd be a good idea to have a woman or two. If Paizo were making jock straps, maybe there would be more men. For an RPG, hire the best HUMAN*, regardless of skin color, gender, or any other "identifier".

Oh, you already do that, you say? Then carry on!

It would seem that the gaming community in particular would be able to embrace MLK's "Dream" speech whole-cloth by now - in all it's permutations (color, race, creed, disability, sex, etc.). Artifical appointments (yes, "affirmative action" for any reason) is an insult to all involved and perpetuates what we claim we're trying to overcome.

* Not withstanding any possible intelligent dolphins, whales, apes, monkeys, or extraterrestrial beings, etc.

Sorry if this isn't PC enough for some, but IMO that is at least 50% of what is wrong with the discourse in Western civilization at this time.

I'd like to have Order 3351083 combined with Order 3335517 if at all possible.

Thank you!

And please combine shipping as Sharaya graciously offered.

And please combine shipping as Sharaya graciously offered.

In no version of 3e did skills auto-fail on a 1. It's a commonly misunderstood rule though.

Critical fumbles mean a 20th level fighter hurts himself fighting a training dummy, and hurts himself more than a nonproficient 1st level commoner fighting the same training dummy for the same period of time. Heaven help the poor fighter if he tries TWF.

In fact here's my way of judging a critical fumble system: Imagine a squad of 10 guardsmen (1st level warriors) fighting straw sparring dummies for 10 minutes. Overall they make 1000 attack rolls, rolling 50 ones.

-If any of them are injured you have a problem.
-If any of them break or lose their weapons you have a problem.
-If any of them are dead or dying you have a big problem.

Auto fail on a 1 for skills means that 5% of the time, in a situation where someone-someone professionally trained to do well at complex tasks, who has no relevant disability- is really trying:
-They fail to remember basic information, like where they live or work
-They fail to hear a jackhammer being run 5 feet away
-A professional driver fails to move a car from their driveway to the street
-A veterinarian fails to remember how to feed their pets
-A professional handyman fails to perform a basic home repair task like replacing a single nail

Think of all the things that are effectively DC0-5 that people do everyday, and give them a 5% failure rate. I don't want to live in that world, and thankfully the real world is nothing like that.

Good to know. I never liked the way skills can sometimes "short circuit" roleplaying, and the auto fail made it even worse.

Solution derived from the old XXVc RPG (streamlined 2e rules by TSR):

Ditch skill DCs.

Task is either Easy, Moderate, Difficult, Heroic (or some such);

Easy - Skill rating x 2 (or Skill rating);

Moderate - Skill rating (or 3/4 Skill rating);

Difficult - 3/4 Skill rating (or 1/2 Skill rating);

Nearly Impossible - 1/2 Skill rating (or 1/4 Skill rating).

Use the value in parenthesis if you want a more challenging gradient.

Roll d20. If value is equal or less than modified skill rating based on difficulty, then you succeed.

So skill rating of 20 becomes 40 (auto success), 20 (another auto), 15 and 10 OR 20, 15, 10, and 5 in the "harder" system.

How do you guys handle this kind of issue? Or how would you see handling it?

I'm no sure if the book states it or not. But when it comes to knowledge of things; we usually state 15 gets you the base knowledge (A monsters name for instance), and for every 5 points or part of greater, you get another piece of knowledge (Like knowing a single category on a monsters stat block). This is getting frustrating to my Dm with my Bard because unless the DM creates a a monster whole cloth and has it be unique, my Bard generally points at it and goes "I know what that is. here;s how to bet it!"

As a player and GM, I see the problem and don't like it. I don't have a solution, though.

On a related note, I think a d20 roll adds a lot of randomness to something that you are supposed to be trained in. That is a lot of unpredictability. Glad to know I don't have have that much of a swing every time I use Computer Use or Driving on a daily basis!

Another thing: we use auto fail on a "1". Is that a hold over from 3e?

Wow... This thread is going to make me focus on collecting old Dungeon magazines. I've got all but about the first 47 or so of Dragon, and a fraction of Dungeon.

I didn't focus on Dungeon when it was in print because I wasn't a DM.

Now that I want to run a game - and have become an armchair collector - I can't believe the value in those darn things! About five or so adventures in each issue? What an awesome product.

The pre-3e issues have a lot of nostalgia for me, too.

Ok, I've had a chance to cool off now.

** Please belay the cancelation request above for the four orders and process as normal. **

Sharaya responded to another post of mine and it made me think. Canceling the orders would cause more work at this point on everyone than just leaving it alone. This is not the fault of anyone at the warehouse, and certainly not anyone in customer service.

Best,

Tranquilis

Ok, I've cooled off now.

The more I think about it, this isn't the fault of the poor guys and gals at the warehouse, and as I've stated it certainly isn't customer service's fault.

I'm requesting to not have the orders canceled. It would cause more work at this point on everyone than just leaving it alone.

Best,

Tranquilis

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You are very, very kind and I appreciate your response. I am sure you and others are stressed because of this sale. I sincerely mean that. You can only do so much.

Unfortunately, I'm very disappointed in my experience with Paizo this time. Not angry, not mad - disappointed. I was really looking forward to these products, but I've requested all four orders (about $200, and a subscription) to be cancelled.

The powers that be need to address the hurdles encountered during this sale and take measures to avoid or mitigate them for next time. Temporary help, not closing for Columbus Day, something.

I might look around at the scraps toward the end of the sale and try again, but I am very reluctant to buy directly from Paizo any longer.

Bump

<Sigh> Just go ahead and cancel all four orders.

I'll do without.

3305969 - 10/2

3311190 - 10/3

3318997 - 10/8

3325221 - 10/10

Any updates on these orders? Just getting a bit anxious.

I guess I'd like to ask for combined shipping on any of the above orders if it'll save me money.

Thanks.

My favorite 2e adventures were in the pages of Dungeon magazine.

Bingo! Perfect for such a group - if you can find the magazines. Heck, you'd only need a couple and could net four or so adventures per magazine!

If you like 2nd edition and bits of the d20 System, I can't recommend Castles and Crusades enough. It's like 2nd edition, but with THACO and AC "corrected" to d20!

It's so modular, that you could use 2nd edition class kits on top of C&C classes. It's billed for that kind of play: like X from Y? Graft it on!

That would also open up 3rd edition adventures for you.

The Great Schism has finally, truly spawned two different games*. Pathfinder is a different game than Fifth Edition. As such, they are two different experiences, IMHO. Both have their merits and, alas, no game is perfect for everyone.

*Whoops...Can you tell I never played 4e!?

PATHFINDER:

I really like Pathfiner, but I have to take it in small doses. There's no way I could use EVERY rule - or even character class - in a game. It's just too much. Maybe if I didn't have a full-time job, and 3 year old, etc.

I've been buying Pathfinder stuff like crazy lately, but not to use necessarily in a Pathfinder System game. I use the bits I like, strip some (if not all) of the mechanics out of it, and use the flavor. The setting material is great.

Granted, this is all a mental exercise at the moment. I collect far more than I get to play.

FIFTH:

Fifth edition, to me, is a superb revision of 2nd edition AD&D.

Second edition was an ultimate sandbox. Yes, it had its quirks, but folks ironed those out with house rules as per the norm. Heck, it was expected back then. Rules and other parts (such as spell effects) were written kind of loosely (for better or worse) and accommodated narrative game play. This amplified the roleplaying experience, IMO.

I have high hopes for Fifth Edition. I'm so hopeful, in fact, that I've taken measures against getting let down: I've yet to finish reading the PHB because I can't believe what I'm reading (how "simple-yet-eloquent" the system really is). I'm waiting for the first supplement to rip all that apart, but I can always hope it won't happen...

I've been giving them time, considering the sheer volume of merchanise they are moving with the Great Golem Sale.

Still, I'm a bit nervous. My financials have changed like NOG said, and I'm afraid a snafu is going to leave me without one or more items. I've got four orders pending - one from October 2.

'Tis one of the reasons I try to avoid purchasing directly from Paizo. I hate to be that way, but their shipping costs are unusually high and the speed of shipping less than other retailers.

Financial reasons:
1) None of them offer the print and paper quality paizo requires (in one of the panels at Gencon, I think it was Wes who talks about this)

2) They use different formatting/layout than the printer in China, therefore graphic designers and editors would have to layout twice as many products a month plus do previous products that the majority of the audience has already and won't want.

3) Because of number 2, you'd need to be guaranteed enough revenue to justify at least 3-4 more jobs. And since most of the product that would be POD is sold out, you cannot do that on the limited audience that is left.

Sorry, don't buy Number 1 at all. Elves of Golarian Pathfinder Companion is going for $105.00 used on Amazon. Do you think that me or any others who would love to have this book would mind that the quality is a little less than the original print? Come on! I doubt we'd notice.

I'm not purchasing 5 books in the Carrion Crown series because I can't get the first chapter for less than $45* (which, when I first posted, I couldn't get for less than $75).

* And which I guess I need to snag at that price...

We're not asking for the entire line to be printed this way; we're asking for OOP books.

I've bought RPG books done through Lulu, and they look exactly like what I'd pick off a shelf somewhere.

Number 2 and 3 posits are way overinflated.

I can't do pdfs. My eyesight won't let me, so that is not an option for many of Paizo's customers. I do appreciate them making the pdfs available, however, for their OOP works.

I entered the security code on my credit card incorrectly, and now I can't pay with it. I've deleted it, and added it as a payment method two or three times, and when I try to check out it is declined. I haven't been prompted to reenter the security code.

Any ideas?

Master of Shadows wrote:

I agree this is the PRD RAW, my point is, It's pretty darn stupid. Like abysmally so. Its so stupid that even the god of stupid winces.

Also, as an aside to my point, I think its something that often gets over looked unintentionally. For example there are several abilities that change an action's type from move to swift. Suddenly you can no longer perform this action twice? stupid.

Fix it Paizo!

It is only stupid to you if you don't give enough emphasis on the importance of balance.

This post thread is not FAQ-worthy as it is explained clearly in the book, although you are welcome to complain about it to your heart's desire. :)

Uh oh! We're in that shadowy area no one wants to acknowledge, where an RPG turns into a board game and real world minutia gets pigeon-holed into a simulistic rule.

RPG: of course you can!

Board game: of course you can't!

Decide what type of game you're in (or want to run), and make the appropriate call.

Comic book stores that sell RPG books? In rhode island? Preposterous! Thats what I thought untill I literally went to every last one of them.

Imma just start using my local library to see if they stock them. I may of accidentally found a loophole in PFS..... Well, Imma just tell my gran to go into game on with a list and tell them to order my books

Count to 10.

Reread what Haladir wrote.

Ordering off Amazon will make your money go farther anyway.

My entire library of Pathfinder material is PDFs. I extract the images, and import the maps into a virtual tabletop; drop pics of major NPCs and monsters into a folder so I can put them up on the big screen TV during the session; use the decorative page borders and fonts to create handouts; print out pages, chop them up, put them in a 3-ring-binder interleaved with my own notes and any relevant chapters from setting books.

When I want to read them, I load them onto a tablet.

Pretty much the best GMing setup I've had in 30 years of gaming.

Blasphemy!

This 30 year gamer has already succumbed to the "old fogey" bug, I guess. Nothing can replace a dead tree for me.

Please...

Thank you.

Seranov wrote:

Paizo probably didn't want to give too many specifics about covens, so that the DM can just make them as they please, instead of being like IT MUST BE LIKE THIS.

Not sure what I can say about most of the comments but I am totally with you what you are saying. We have tried to create decent witches and we just end up creating our own classes. We just hate to do that - I'd love to be part of a group that updated the witch - but based on comments - not sure that would ever happen.

Sounds like you and your friends have several developed ideas on what you would like to see in a Witch class. I bet with a little work, you could compile your ideas and even make a Pathfinder compatible alternate class book - and maybe even sell it on RPGNow or something!

I've never been happy myself with any Witch class I've ever run across, starting with third-party 2nd edition material, believe it or not.

Good luck!

It's now the beginning of fourth quarter 2014. It's time, Paizo. We need Print on Demand.

You are actually losing sales. I'm not purchasing several out of print APs because I can't get one or more of the chapters in print - unless I want to spend $75, $100+ for one book. Example: Carrion Crown Chapter 1.

Lulu's quality is just fine.

Please consider this. In an era of 3D printing for goodness sakes, I think that PoD is a pretty tried and true business option!

Please feel free to combine these orders - especially if it saves us both on shipping. =D

Hold on to something...

I hate that a dagger only does d4 damage. I think it should be just as deadly as a greatsword.

Or at least, I think it should have the potential to be in the right hands.

In other words, I want to see damage based on skill and technique rather than weapon selection. There are countless threads across hundreds of boards lamenting the fact that the best damage is done with this or that particular weapon, to heck with your character concept! Dare I bring up sword-and-board fighters from 3.X.

This is a major "problem area" unless you just accept it like the vast majority of us do. It's just the way D&D is built, better or worse. The other side of the coin is hit points, and we all know what an abstraction that is.

My beef has always been with arrows. As little as 1d6 damage (some 1d4). Really? I just shot 10 arrows at the baddie. All hit, and he's still coming? He's got 10 arrows sticking out of him, and he's still attacking three times this round. What the...!?

Then come the excuses: well, he still has xx hit points; well, not all of the hits were "hits"; and the rest of the abstraction of the hit point system. Problem is, I've spent ammunition to do that 10d6 damage. Melee characters don't spend anything to do the same amount of damage.

The combat abstraction falls apart for ranged weapons that use ammunition in my opinion. "Welcome to the D&D World."

Magic isn't everywhere because most players want a medieval world. You can try to justify it some way in-game, but it is really an out-of-game situation.

There really is no in-game reason for it. Most fantasy worlds are just stagnant.

The only real explanation I can see that would work in-game is that some over-deity (who views even the strongest of the normal gods as nothing more than little playthings) wants things to stay the way they are. How else can not only the material plane stay the same, but every other plane in existence?

This is about it. Nice try, everyone else, in trying to rationalize one of the major problems with any magic in any fantasy trope.

Magic users would either rule the world in a sort of "mageocracy", or be enslaved by rulers to do their bidding. It would totally redefine the world and make it very unlike what we see in most standard fantasy RPGs today.

Divine magic is as problematic as arcane, if not more so. Religious sects, orders, temples, what have you would be overrun by the general populance. The ruling class would outright demand it. It would set up the same scenario as above: practitioners would either rule or be servants.

Eberron addressed this in one way: the practical application of magic. Harnessing magic as a solution to everyday/every man's problems. Dragonlance, with its three arcane orders, also attempted to grapple with this issue in its own way.

Most settings tend to have an uncomfortable duality of type-cast medieval society on the one hand, and ubiquitous magic on the other hand (Forgotten Realms, anyone? Just read any Volo's Guides). They coexist and that's that: the reasons they do are ignored on purpose (kinda like the whole Aber/Toril backstory - ha!).

The color code is lesser to greater versions of tech items. Here is the Tech intro on the prd. it explains the color codes. If you need an example look at the e-picks.

Thanks a bundle! I was looking for actual color in the book, whether in the drawings, color background of the item entry (and all item entries share the same blue/gray color background), etc.

Color Codes?

On page 19 it talks about items and equipment being color coded with nine specific colors. What am I missing? Are they supposed to be color coded in the book? Are items found by PCs color coded (cheesy)? Are those tiny drawings of weapons and equipment supposed to be colored via the code?

This is driving me nuts.

I haven't picked up the PHB yet, but based on the Basic Rules and those bits of the playtest material I've been able to look at, it looks like WoTC is deliberately heading in the "rules lite" direction, where most of the options are in the character concept and in the role playing choices rather than in the game mechanics.

Bingo. As hard as it is for some to comprehend (and I don't mean that disparagingly at all - it does seem a bit illogical at first), more rules can result in fewer options in-game.

When some players see umpteen hundred feats in a game, they see straight jackets - not freedom and options.

Neither is right or wrong: obviously Pathfinder has embraced the player-focused, character-build philosophy. Other games like Castles and Crusades have harkened back to roleplaying choices versus mechanical choices. Who knows what the future holds for 5th, but it is apparent that with the PHB, WotC decided to go with "less is more" over Pathfinder's "Do you want that wrapped in bacon?" approach.

31 flavors and all that.

Is there anyone out there who just likes Pathfinder as it is, with what they've done so far?

FWIW...

Like:

Core Rulebook

Bestiaries

GameMastery Guide

Select Adventure Paths (I'm sure all are awesome; just don't have the gaming dollars to pick up ones that don't grab me right off)

Most Campaign Setting books

Most adventure modules

Most flip-mats and map packs

Paizo as a company: seem like genuinely good folk

Dislike:

Ultimate books, save Ultimate Equipment

Advanced books, save Advanced Race Guide

Most Player's Companion books (not enough/too specialized content for the price - yes, even at $12.99. Plus, we're beginning to be spammed by them all)

System is slightly too far over the line towards complexity for my personal taste. I'm a more narrative guy in my old age (less is more)

Neutral:

The "If Forgotten Realms is Disney World, then Golarion is Epcot" paradigm. There's a lot going on on that world, don't ya think!? From Gothic Horror to Ancient Egypt and Sci-Fi!

Much agreed Captain ...

But picking and choosing what you want to incorporate in your homebrew of Pathfinder maybe the most expeditious way to reach your gaming nirvana.

By creating product, they pay their bills... So curbing their output is not going to happen. A "rules light" version is an interesting premise as well. Pathfinder is a fine system, and could very well benefit from such an iteration!

I love Pathfinder. I just bought the Numeria guide, People of the Stars, and the Technology Book. I own nine hardbacks and a slew of soft backs. That said, I don't play Pathfinder.

For my feeble mind and limited time, the fact that Pathfinder was *so* close to 3rd edition, but not quite the same, put me behind the eight-ball. The subtle, yet countless rule changes and tweaks for a "compatible" system were something I wanted to understand, but was told not to worry about. Ok, I tried.

Then came the Summoner, Alchemist, and Gunslinger. Wow. The thought of play groups using all the rules, bells, and whistles that come with those classes gives me an inferiority complex: I must not be that smart.

So, why do I keep buying books? Idea mines. The soft back books seem to offer more malleable material (although I loathe the fact that Paizo produces 6.3 million per year). Out of those millions produced each year, I pick up maybe two or three (this year being an exception due to Iron Gods).

So, yay Paizo! Keep them coming! I just don't have enough time and intellect to use your system.

I know I'm firmly in the minority here, but that doesn't mean we of similar mindset don't exist.

While I'm not Legendarius, I'm going to point out I get my own DWAITAS books from Cubicle 7's own webstore (http://shop.cubicle7store.com/) which has the advantage of also getting you a free PDF copy through DTRPG (note that the download codes are emailed manually so you often have to wait until the next weekday morning). The books are printed in the US, and should be shipped to you from the US warehouse so you shouldn't have to wait for them to come from their HQ in the UK. If it defaults to showing UK£ prices, you can toggle to US$ with an option on the right.

While the free PDFs are nice, the main reasons I get mine there is that I have trouble finding anyone else carrying the full range of books, plus if it's a preorder you do get the PDF copy in advance of the book being printed.

Wow!! Thanks a million!! The exact reason I've hesitated purchasing from their web store is because I thought the books would be printed and shipped from the UK. I was afraid of an increased chance of a book being lost or damaged in transit to the US.

Again, many thanks!!

I just ordered the print copy of Time Traveller's Companion which should be here tomorrow. Looking forward to the print edition of the 4th Doctor sourcebook and the Limited Edition core book when they hit the streets here in the US.

Where did you order your Time Traveller's Companion from? I'm afraid Im going to miss this one before I can find it.

I'm in the US.

There are a lot of factors that go into a shipping quote, but mostly it's a combination of weight, type of product, required packaging, and where it's going to. Media mail is restricted in the kinds of products that can be shipped (generally books without any advertisements, no board games, dice, etc.). Once you hit a certain shipping weight, only certain methods apply.

We've always supported customers shopping where it makes the most sense for them, whether it's direct from us, through their local gaming store, or via Amazon or other online sites. All sales channels are important to us—you won't hurt our feelings by shopping elsewhere!

I guess I've been spoiled by "artifically controlled" shipping costs on other websites. I won't pretend to understand that angle, but I appreciate your reply.

I can't buy some of what I wanted from other retailers, so I'm out of luck since I can't justify paying the quoted shipping.

I do recall Paizo's shipping materials and handling to be top-notch, so I know the company cares about their products reaching customers in good condition.

I haven't bought from Paizo in some time. The "new" checkout system is, well, new to me.

There doesn't seem to be a media mail option, or other cheaper shipping options. I'm in shock at the shipping quote I just got for US shipping.

I pared my order down from about 10 items to 1 to see if it made a difference. It did, but I was going to be charged almost $7 for standard shipping for a... magazine?

I can't justify purchasing from here if the quotes are accurate. That won't hurt Paizo, but it does hurt me! I wanted the stuff!

Their polearms are as much weapons as they are badges of office.

Furhtermore, I wanted the runelords to have several elements that tied them together that made them all feel of a kind, despite the fact that individually they're really pretty different. Making them all single-class wizards was one thing, but then giving them all long hafted weapons was another. In fact, a wizard with a pole arm is such an unusual choice that it really goes a LONG way to give them all some cool connected personalities and the like.

In a perfect world, in the future when someone sees a picture of a wizard dude in robes carrying a magic polearm, I'd like them to say "Oh! That's a runelord!" in the same way folks today see a wizard in robes and a pointy hat and a beard and a staff say "Oh! That's a Gandalf!"

Although you may have not been thinking along these lines, you didn't min/max the Runelord NPCs: you actually took something for "flavor"! That's much appreciated, and something from which we all can learn at some point during our gaming "careers".

My 17th level barbarian is a joke stacked up against a min/maxed one: Ability score increases in Charisma, several third-party diplomacy-boosting feats, etc. - but the "story" chose that route for him. It makes perfect sense within the context of our campaign.

Way to look like a bunch of homophobic, bigoted, regressives.

Link

Paizo,

You should seriously consider removing all off-topic posts from showing up in the Message Board box that is on the right of EVERY page I navigate to. I can't escape crap like this - politics, "civil religious discussions"... I don't come to Paizo for that. If you want an off-topic board, fine: just allow us who want to avoid such a thing be able.

Think about what a newcomer sees when going to the homepage for the first time: "Kingmaker, cool. Alliance sale...gotta check that out! Conservatives suck...whoa...".

It's gotten now to where when I see a Pathfinder product in my FLGS, my mind wanders back to some off-topic, hateful post I saw on Paizo.com. That's a crying shame.

I've got about $25 in my cart right now and I've lost interest in completing my order (this has been building over months) because of this crap.

Why would a company want to subject their customer base to controversial post headings on every single page? On-topic, ok, but not off topic.

Think about companies considering working with Paizo. Do you think they appreciate the potential lost customer base when Paizo allows any yahoo to insult said base and put it on every Paizo webpage?

Sincerely,

Lee

Tranquilis wrote:

You were just discriminatory against the entire populace of Kentucky. Congrats. In fact, what does that say about your opinion of the rest of the South? I'm suspecting you're a bigot. I hope I'm wrong.

Tranquilis, one thing that I've learned on this board is that people who throw the word "bigotry" around the most are usually the worst perpetrators of it themselves.

Wow, way to add to the discussion: a single, sanctimonious sentence that fails to address the issue.

Who "threw it around"?

I've never used that word here save now, yet when someone links to a national story "about" bigotry and discrimination (whether accurately reported or otherwise) and accuses an entire state of being in the same camp as the guy in the story, some "Mighter than Thou" and his allies come chasing me?

My beef is no longer with the OP; he explained himself in a later post. My beef is with your kind of asinine, righteous dismissiveness.

WTF? Seriously? You would think they would be a little more cognizant of what their candidates are saying on the public stage, especially after their first major primary win. I guess it just goes to show that the best way to deal with an opponent is to just give them enough rope to hang themselves with. OTOH, it is Kentucky, so hell, it might just help him in the polls...

You were just discriminatory against the entire populace of Kentucky. Congrats. In fact, what does that say about your opinion of the rest of the South? I'm suspecting you're a bigot. I hope I'm wrong.

Rand Paul is a LIBERTARIAN (regardless of current party affiliation). If you know anything about Libertarians, they believe in true freedom - not the government regulated freedom that we're all subjected to.

Understand the position and you'll understand his answer, although it was political suicide to answer it in the way he did because 99% of the folks hearing the sound bite or reading the headline won't go beyond it.

Why he even appeared on Rachel Maddow's show is beyond me.

Would I have said it? No.

Do I see the philosophy behind it? Yes.

Do I agree with the vast uninformed interpretation of it? Hell No.

Do I agree that the Act should be repealed? Double Hell No.

As a Tennessean, I'm ashamed Al Gore's daddy fought and voted against the Civil Rights Act.

I'm no d@mn Demoncrat. You can bet your arse on that.

My how history is forgotten.