As I've reached the one-month anniversary of placing this order, and it is still listed as "pending", I thought I'd ask if there as anything I need to be informed of.
--VanDeBeast
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Without a doubt both settings are great pieces of work. The art and setting of Planescape is truly amazing. However, I prefer Spelljammer. Crazy swash-buckling fantasy in space with Neogi and Illithids hoping to find the illusive Spelljammer, and take a shot at controlling that amazing vessel. Maybe Spelljammer just fits my pizza and a beer tongue firmly lodged in cheek gameplay style.
I'd like to cancel the remaining products on backorder in order 1088153. Thank you,
Why is this order still pending? Has the warehouse been closed for the last week? (My curiosity is getting to me.) --Van
IF death is not around every corner at high levels why play Every so often it is nice to just be the biggest bad-ass on the block. But generally I'd agree you should be challenged.
I'm getting ready to start running RotRL in the next few weeks, and was wondering what optional rules other people were using/allowing. My first thought is that I want to use crafting points, reputation, and maybe contacts out of Unearthed Arcana. Anyone have any experience with these rule sets, or thoughts about their application to RotRL? Second, I'm intending to restrict access to the various Complete books, Races of Books and Compendiums. Right now I'm thinking permission on a spell-by-spell and feat-by-feat basis. I've just seen things go so far over the top in the past, and I'd like to avoid reworking each individual encounter to challenge the PCs. Any other suggestions are welcome.
That's cool, just wanted to make sure it wasn't slipping off of your radar. (Which proved quite unnecessary.) --VanDeBeast
Order #935440 didn't have my Gazetteer in it. Thanks in advance for your assistance. Feel free to bundle it with my next issue of Pathfinder if that is more convenient. --Van Butler PS: I'd mentioned this in the "GAZETTEER MISSING FROM ORDER 935588" thread, but you appear to have stopped responding to that thread.
Order #935440 didn't have my Gazetteer in it. Thanks in advance for your assistance. Feel free to bundle it with my next issue of Pathfinder if that is more convenient. --Van Butler
On the topic of people buying the book at their FLGS and not getting a PDF version; I'm pretty sure something like an insert with a serial number is a logistics nightmare. I say don't do anything about it. Nobody goes to a brick and mortar store to buy a PDF. People buying online are probably more inclined to use a PDF. Maybe I'm just weird, but I'd usually prefer to purchase RPG products at my FLGS. I'm not looking for the PDF version were I to purchase Pathfinder at my FLGS, just the supplemental material equivalent to what is already available for Dungeon, and I think that is the desire of earlier posters in this thread as well.
Sure, that is Paizo's prerogative, and I understand that decision. I'm going to subscribe through the first AP. However, I'd like the option of supporting my FLGS by purchasing Pathfinder there, but still be able to get a PDF with the maps and relevant illustrations for the module which I could print from to use as players' aids.
That's certainly something that we'll need to discuss here in the weeks/months to come. I don't have an answer right now. I'm glad to hear you are going to discuss this. I find the Dungeon supplements to be very helpful in the Age of Worms campaign I am running at the moment.
A full PDF of each volume of Pathfinder goes up for sale the same day that the volume in question releases. If you have a subscription to Pathfinder, the PDF is free for you. It is my understanding that there is no current way to provide this access to people who pick up the books at their FLGS. Is there a way the maps and art can be made available online like they were for Dungeon for those who do not subscribe, and would rather not buy the PDFs in addition to the books?
Bulmahn Question, the First: Who all here is going to GenCon or Origins? Nope. Bulmahn Question, the Second: Who here uses the Critical Hit Deck (or plans to)? Who here would use a Fumble Deck (if we made one)? I'm planning on trying the Critical Hit Deck out once it arrives (my account says it shipped Wednesday). But I'm not entirely sure about fumbles. I tried the 3.0 mechanic, but ultimately wasn't satisfied. I'll want to know if (a) it is equally punitive to creatures using natural weapons as it is to creatures using manufactured weapons, and (b) if there is a large or small chance of damaging PC equipment. I find some players deal better with PC loss the having the PC's best weapon broken. THE MOST IMPORTANT CHAT NEWS: It was announced that the only authorized tool for punishing players is the upcoming GameMastery Cattle Prod. I NEED one of these for when I DM at conventions...
I'm all for adding having guns available. They shouldn't be too prevalent, but having them there gives me options. Also, don't make the rules too realistic or punitive, if firearms are an option it should be fun to use them. They don't need to be better than the longbow, but don't make a rifleman impossible to play either. I like fun and fantasy, not playing a historical simulation.
Don't forget the lesser sage Grog.
Not much of a planes guy, myself, but I have a suggestion. Keep it vague. One thing that gets to me about most D&D worlds is the unified pantheons and cosomlogies. Why? There are dozens of pantheons and associated cosmologies in the real world, why not in D&D? But, how to do that? Looking back to how I remember the planes from Basic D&D, the outer planes were not limited by a wheel, tree or anything else. They were infinite in number and variable in size. Why not have it this way for the new setting? Sure, specific schools of arcane or religious thought can describe the planes as a tree, wheel, or cosmic bagel, but would not be able to prove themselves right or others wrong because of the infinite nature of the planes. Two PCs may not even be able to agree to which plane they are on, even though they can agree on all of the properties of the plane. Ultimately, leave enough space for cultural disagreements, or for DMs to deifine their planar preferances.
The ship looks great, and I can't wait for a thin excuse to use it. The mast kit looks like it should be a great addition, however I am finding that the dowels (masts), both 6" and 8", are a little too think for both the holes in the masts and crows nests, as well as the metal mast anchors. Does anyone have a suggestion for narrowing the dowels?
What's the campaign setting? There might be other minion flavors for the 'flayer in various settings. I'm running this in Greyhawk. I'm partial to the view that Drow are rare and largely unknown in Greyhawk.
I'd prefer to keep drow rare and mysterious in my game, so I'm thinking about changing all of the drow except the cleric of Lloth into enthralled surface elves. Initially I was thinking that the lack of darkvision could be covered with permanent darkvisions, but I read the spell and found that darkvision cannot be made permanent on creatures other than the caster. Any idea on other ways to get around this?
My players haven't gotten very far yet, but one encounter stands out. In Drakthar's Way, the vampire discovered the party heading for his throne room. He created 5 swarms of bats and sent them ahead, while trying to sneak up to the party. If he had stayed out of the fight and let the bats have all the fun, he might've lived, but that wasn't in his tactics. Long story short, one lucky hit from the paladin's Smite made him go poof. This sounds like it is from a Shackled City adventure, rather than an Age of Worms adventure.
Hmm, as the SB is sort of a racial purity group wanting to bring back the Suel empire, perhaps the Eberron version could be a cult of goblinoids driven to bring back the Dhakaani empire? I'd probably play up the sneaky, foriegn expansionists angle and look at a Quori (the bad dream guys) conspiracy (sp?) from that other continent.
There was something like this in the Wheel of Time RPG, where humans had to spend thier bonus skill points and bonus feat on a short list of skills and feats dependant upon thier starting region.
I'm looking at the map with the planks over water, and unable to tell which ones are "shaded" and which ones aren't. Am I the only one with this problem, or am I "shade" blind?
Oh, and in answer to TK's original question, I don't think there are any game stat related racial traits listed anywhere for Greyhawk human races. The older edition gazetteers did have brief discussions of their dress, culture, appearance, etc.--a bit more extensive than the current LGG does. I'd need to check, but the Player's Guide to Greyhawk (or whatever it was called, a 2e piece) may have had minor differences in sub-races. That said, I wouldn't use them.
I once played an interesting Living Greyhawk module that took place on a voyage crossing the Nyr Dyv where one of the encounters was the Ship of Fools (iirc). An insane, highly-magical ship full of crazy people/things flying under the flag of Zagyg. I'm not sure if it is Greyhawk cannon, or just a neat nautical themed encounter with followers of Zagyg, but it was a wild experience in a trip otherwise harried by sea hags, scrags and orc pirates. We swam towards it, then quickly decided to retreat, but you might be able to have fun with something totally wild and non AoW.
Someone other than Alustan to act as a goad would be very helpful. Thanks, I think your ideas can help this build up nicely. Now I need to decide who besides Smenk and his Dire Apes the party will face off against.
my groups know that anyone with that profession HAS to be of evil alignment though, so he woud be attacked on principle by the good clerics.... That could make sailing anywhere difficult, needing the profession(sailor) skill to operate a boat.
Okay, so at the end of 3FoE my crew of five (at that point) came back to the surface with evidence Smenk and Rangolin (sp?) had been aiding an evil temple. Confronted with clear evidence the Mayor put the two in jail and called for a magistrate from the free city. The party, meanwhile, set about resting for a while before Alustan requested thier company on the way to EBK. Early on in the down-time Smenk used his connections to escape captivity. After that time the party "hired" on 3 more members (a merger of two AoW groups when the other one fell apart). So, I figure Smenk wants revenge against the nosy PCs who got him removed from such a nice perch atop Diamond Lake's mining community. I need to review some notes, but Kullen and at least one other member of his gang are dead, so I figure Smenk will need to call in some of his connections from Greyhawk. I'm thinking of a small probing attack with an assassin (ROG 5/ Assassin 3) hidden amongst the reinforcements from Diamond Lake headed to Blackwall Keep. He'll be employed to kill and return with the heads of the five PCs that foiled Smenk. During thier trip into the swamp the party had its first death. One of the five original PCs is dead and being carried out of the swamp. When the party arrives at Blackwall Keep I intend to have the reinforcements from Diamond Lake arrive with the assassin (disguised as a militia man) and the replacement PC, a paladin of Mayahien (sp?), just setting up camp and learning of the monster in the basement, having only arrived a short time earlier. Oh, and the replacement PC is the dead PC's half brother. Now, the assassin, wanting to get his money, will liekely try to steal the head of the dead PC at ther earliest opportunity, before it is burried. Hey, bounty on a guy he didn't have to kill, how much easier can this get? I also figure that the assassin will attempt to pick off one or two "easy" targets and leave when it looks like the going will be too tough. How does this sound as an early vengful Smenk encounter? Are there any glaring holes I'm overlooking?
I'm attempting to compile knowledge check charts for Age of Worms. There's one for lizardfolk in the ecology article in Dragon #335 or #337. It would be useful for EBK.
My PCs had an easy time with the swarm killing it in a single round. With the two rounds of warning while the swarm climbed the shaft they spread oil in two squares and then lit them with an alchemist fire that they had. The smell of charred acid beetles was pretty revolting though. My crew use oil ignited my a torch. Even when facing the second swarm after not choosing to buy/make alchemist's fire when they resed for a day.
Belfur is right about Ray of Frost not being effective against the beatles according to RAW. I must respectfully disagree. All the ray spells have no 'Target' entry, and the SRD also says "You aim a ray as if using a ranged weapon... You don’t have to see the creature you’re trying to hit, as you do with a targeted spell." I'm afraid you are misinterpreting the SRD. According to the SRD: "A swarm is immune to any spell or effect that targets a specific number of creatures (including single-target spells such as disintegrate), with the exception of mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects) if the swarm has an Intelligence score and a hive mind. A swarm takes half again as much damage (+50%) from spells or effects that affect an area, such as splash weapons and many evocation spells." While a ray isn't quite the same as a spell that has "Target: One Creature", it is still only able to effect one creature. In fact, disintegrate, specifically called out by the SRD, is a ray and thus unable to effect any swarm signifiacntly.
Of course, the player is already thinking about a portable hole full of water to allow long-distance trips... Small amounts of water, like small volumes of air, contain a limited quantity of oxygen. You may want to consider what size of a body of water a creature needs to "breathe" in. As a point of reference, a portable hole only holds enough air to keep a medium sized creature alive for 10 minutes.
Some evil dudes, on par level wise, with The Circle of Eight (there has to be some or good would always win the day), compete for control of the city. I don't disagree with most of your post, but I'd like address something here. The Circle of Eight is a neutral organization. It is led by a wizard who espoces a strict philosophy of balance. Now, there is enough evil in Greyhawk that the circle often works for the good, but this organization would never intentionally unbalance the world towards good. Individual members may not adhere to the same goals. The one additional effect I see happening in the Greyhawk campaign setting if the City of Greyhawk falls, is much of the Domain of Greyhawk falling to Turrosh Mak from the Promarj, possibly forces of Iuz, Rary the Traitor, or the lucky ones might be annexed by the Duchy of Urnst.
I'd say it isn't an illusion or disguise spell. It is the ability to physically change the doppleganger's shape, combined with its skill at disguise.
This information is covered in Weapons of Legacy. Basically, until your PC has completed the first (easiest) ritual the weapon is essentially whatever the basic form is (like a +1 scimitar). Each of the rituals grants a free feet (Least, Lesser and Greater Legacy Item, or whatever) and opens up additional levels of powers. The first ritual unlocks character levels 5-10 powers, the second character levels 11-16 powers, and the third character levels 17-20 powers. I believe these are correct.
Trust me. We'd love to do a hardcover Age of Worms. But the simple fact is that we cant until Wizards of the Coast approves the project. Which, at this point, they have not. Once it's approved, it'll take close to a year to get it out on shelves (we might be able to pull it of in 9 months... MAYBE). Reading between the lines, it appears that Paizo has already requested approval for an Age of Worms hard cover. Am I "reading" this correctly?
I got mine yesterday in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
They have no more reason to be elves than dwarven defenders do to be dwarves. Basically, all I see is that it is an elven order and doesn't admit non-elves. It could just as easily be completely open, or an order of any other races you'd care to make it without having to change very much fluff.
Githyanki, githzerai, and githninja?
A dedicated group of good PCs could always research a manner in which to destroy this artifact. I don't have any solid information, but maybe make them find the Eye and then hunt down and destroy Vecna. Give them somethin to do after AWAP.
PC Name: Kai (Cillian), half-elf (high) ROG 3 / RNG 3
Long Description: Kai tempted fate first during negotiations with Hishka when he, not trusting the shaman, tried to sneak behind Hishka around another hallway. This led him within the reach of an assassin vine. Barely escaping this encounter with his life, by the luck of Rudd (and the grace of the DM), the party hid in a rope trick to prepare to confront Shukak. The next day, when trying to defeat Shukak, Kai tumbled into a flanking position. Shukak, seeing Kai as the weakest character in reach, attacked Kai with his flaming greatsword (I swapped weapons to something a PC could make use of) scoring a couple of hits, at least one critical, and sending Kai to his eternal reward.
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1 to Greyhawk, and 1 to Birthright (a long-time favorite)
Isn’t the Isle of Dread only in the AP 1/3 of the adventures. I know you shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover but I would have thought you would want to have a cover that would have encompassed the whole AP. It's got Danger, Exotic Locales, and a Homage to a classic adventure. What's missing? An explicit call-out of who the big badguy is? The Whispering Cairn cover works because it doesn't make the ultimate baddy that obvious. I'd rather not have the big D on the cover of the first adventure, let the PCs find out over time as they learn what their in for.
The side bar states that when drinking the potion, the PC's can make a Spot check (DC dependant on whether the liquid, or container is clear or not) to see if they notice they've swallowed something. How do I know what the potions look like to determine the DC? There's an article in Dungeon 125 (the one with three faces) that has random tables for what potions look like. I use this when generating what a particular spell's potion looks like. (I should note I intend to generate a different appearance for a significantly different type of magic.) As to the vials, I'd either make it random, or assume they are clay (cheap and hard to see through). Also, if infected the worms do some CON damage every day (If they fail their Fortitude save). How do I explain this to the PC affected? WOuld they have to make a check to notice they aren't as healthy (as their HP and Con decline, or would they know something was up the first time they fail their saves? They know they feel bad. I'd say, "Make a Fort. save. You feel sick, take 1d4 Con damage. Maybe it is food poisoning." Treat it like a disease, but no number of successful saves will make it go away. I'm planning to allow a Heal check at the save DC to determine there is some type of parasite, and a check at the save DC + 5 to know it is an infestation similar to Kyuss worms. So no check to know there's something wrong, but a check to know what is wrong.
In a home-game I play in teh Great Library is members-only. And membership is pricey. Furthermore, it should take some time, and a few exasperated librarians, to even begin to understand the layout of the library. There's nothing to say that the library is neatly catalogued and organised, after all the sages have to do something to protect thier income.
A warrior-type or cleric is my prefered fifth character. Now being unique, and not redundant as a fighter depends alot on what the other fighter is. If you have access to it look into the Tome of Battle: Book of Nine Swords, particularly a crusader or a warblade. I think these classes are interesting enough to be unique from a PHB fighter-type. Look them over, and see if your DM would allow them.
My question is this: Does anyone know of any Knowledge check tables for Greyhawk similar to the "What do you know?" sidebars in the Player's Guide to Eberron? Unfortunately, I don't know of them. One of the recent additions to WotC products (and to Dungeon and Dragon magazines) which I most appreciate is the tables to which you refer. However, WotC hasn't published anything for Greyhawk since they started including knowledge tables.
Grimlocks can't attack lights which they can't sense. Fix: Grimlocks won't attack continual flame, everburning torches, or light spells. All else should be fair game. If carried as a normal torch, it'd be fine for grimlocks to attack an everburning torch. |