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Thanks for deploying the prodding instruments.
Based on the confirmation email, it appears everything that could currently be dislodged from limbo has fallen through.

Woo-Hoo!

So for Order 3451276,
I thought that the items available would have shipped with the next subscription order, but it doesn't appear that the items indicated as available have been broken off and merged into March's subscription. Can you check if it is set up correctly?

Also,
The hardcover currently sitting in my sidecart has been there for two subscription cycles, is it still available? Is it pending a reprint?

Thanks for checking.

Will the last Chapter of the Big Finish RotR be in January or February's shipments?

I thought I had seen them listed under "Subscription Products by other Publishers" in previous months' threads, but I'm guessing they fell off since the subscription never manifested?

Seeing as how the Pathfinder Battles Subscription Management section is down at the moment, can you please slim down my subscription order to 1 Case and 1 Case Premium.

Thank you kindly.

WampaX wrote:

I see my auth came through last night, but the Pathfinder Legends #4 wasn't part of it.

Has that been delayed? Or did it not correctly slide from my side cart to the order?

It doesn't look like it made it from the order to the sidecart so it was just chilling by itself in an order. I've combined them and I will send a new confirmation email.

Thank you kindly, Sara.

I see my auth came through last night, but the Pathfinder Legends #4 wasn't part of it.
Has that been delayed? Or did it not correctly slide from my side cart to the order?

Order 3194066 is my August subscription order.

Oh benevolent Customer Service representatives.
On the eve of the September subscription orders being generated,
Can you please work your magic and ensure that anything preventing the order from shipping is side-carted and that the August items can ship with the September items.

Also,
what exactly is still pending for this order that is preventing it from shipping?

Thanks
- A patient wamapa

After talking with will and looking at some of the orders with pending Base Sets and it looks like we have shipped what we can ship and remaining orders have payment issues or are waiting for other items to come in.

So if this is the case, is it just more cost effective now to roll these types of orders over to the September shipments for one big mega shipment?

It looks like the payment method may need to be updated. Please send an email to customer.service@paizo.com for more information about how to do that if you are there is not currently a way to do it online. Or call us from Monday to Friday, between 10am and 5pm Pacific Standard Time, and we can get it updated over the phone.

Thanks!
Sharaya

Thanks,

Perhaps a better explination.

When Sara Marie mentioned that orders for the Big Finish production could still make the monthly subscription mailing, I quickly dropped it in the basket. In the interviening time, I needed to change the payment method for my subscriptions but this order still has the older payment method listed.

The order itself is currently still Pending. I don't see a way to change a payment method for a pending order. Will this be a problem?

Or is it pending for a more obsequeous reason?

Steve Geddes wrote:

Sara Marie wrote:

Yup, we are being very careful to try to test out and fix any orders that aren't quite right. No order left behind :)

I cant check my emails at the moment, but it looks to me that my subscription order has spawned (Order 3000939 is pending) but that the Big Finish CD didnt make it in.

As I say, I cant look at my emails, so maybe this is a premature error report. Congratulations on reaching the three millions, by the way (it doesnt look like it includes a checksum).

I found your CD off in its own order and I've put it into your subscription order so they all ship together.

thanks
sara marie

My CD order has wandered away, too, though I did not catch it before the final email was sent out for this month.

It still appears to be in a Pending status despite being ordered before the initial email was generated.

I did recently update my payment info, too.

What's the best bet to get it fixed and in the sidecart?

selunatic2397 wrote:

thejeff wrote:

coyote6 wrote:

Was the glue used to hold the poster map in stronger than normal? I ended up tearing the map trying to work it loose.

I had the same issue. Not too big a deal since it's less than a dime sized white spot, but annoying.

The glue definitely seemed stronger than usual.

Same for me as well.

Same here. Ripped mine.

After seeing all these, I hatched a cunning plan for my map extraction. The glue becomes much more pliable when warm, so I basically wrapped it up in a blanket with me while I watched some TV.

After a couple of hours, the glue was much more yielding, but I still had to patienly work the map free. Realizing there were TWO globs also helped, since lifting it from the spine side out freed it from one glob. Patience and a bit of scratching got the other one. The map was freed without a blemish.

More enterprising individuals might try a hair dryer for faster results with a higher temperature.

I, too, am receiving this message on an order of FGG print/pdf bundles.
I'm guessing we will have to wait patiently until Monday for a response.

The packages arrived today and I was a bit surprised since there had been no email.
Everything is showing up on the site.
Thanks for the helpful tug!

For Order 2816267,
I see it partially shipped under My Account -> Orders,
But looking at the My Subscriptions page, it appears like none of the products were ordered through my ongoing subscriptions (e.g. it skips from AP 74 as the most recent to 76 as the next, bypassing 75)

Is the order just in the fulfillment area of the astral plane and a little patience will see it all sorted?
Or does it need a Customer Service tug on its silver thread to set it right?

Alright the Serpent Demon looks like a Marilith but are their stats for a specific "serpent demon" and what are the stats for the Death demon. I'm pretty up on my monsters but I'm at a loss for these two.

For those with a low Knowledge (planes) roll

I received 2 emails on Monday for this order number with the following copy right after the "if you would like to add more items" section.

"We are eager to ship your products, but we need your help. When we requested authorization for your order, we received a "transaction declined" message. Please go to your My Payment Methods page to review your billing information.

If we don't hear from you, or are unable to successfully process your card, by October 11, this order may be cancelled. "

It seemed a little odd that both sections would be on the email (add more and auth fail)

Hello,

In the process of shipping out my various orders this month, this selected portion seems to have been flagged as unable to be authorized. Per the email, I've changed the payment type to one that doesn't balk at rapid requests and should be able to handle this last part.

I have not see the successful authorization email for this part yet and just wanted to check in and make sure it is still good.

Thanks for your time.

Found some errata:

On page 72 the Shackles Random Weather descriptions provide modifiers that don't mesh with the Stormbound Hazards table (d20 modifier but the table uses d100).

I'm assuming multiplying the mods by 5 gets the appropriate result?

The chart's results come from a d% roll + storm severity modifier - ship's pilot's Profession (Sailor) check. That equation is laid out in the section right before the table. The larger the storm, the more difficult it is for the ship's pilot to mitigate the risk of sailing in the storm.

Love the content, but did I miss the discussion on the paper stock changing? The Kobold PG and this arrived at that same time, but the printing stock is completely different. I like the new stock and hope it helps keep the interior images from printing too darkly.

Let me guess, a PS3 exculsive? Hope it comes out for 360.

Yep.

If the 360 port did not drop with the PS3 release, it usually never happens. And from what I can tell, there are no plans for another platform release in NA. Even the DS port isn't being released here because of translation issues with the in-game wizard's companion.

I like that there are nods to Studio Ghibli's films within the game, though those could just be the common thread of Japanese folklore.
The fact that the entire affair looks and sounds (Tokyo Symphony Orchestra for the entire soundtrack) like it came right out of their animation house just makes it really easy to loose a few hours in it. I'm not even minding grinding out levels for my familiars.

Are the minis depicted proofs or the final product? I noticed that none of these images show figures on foot pads... so I am just wondering if the final product will be as depicted or on footpads? Can anyone with figures in their hands please confirm.

No foot pads in this set. The feet have drop pins into the base for the smaller figs and possibly also for the large ones too. Either way they are flush with the bases now.

Still no word on the potential of Paizo distribution?

oh we are half way through the encounter and they set off a quarter of the ships powder stores..... a quarter of the our boarding party is dead and half the ships crew is already gone. soo yeah this will be fun when we pick up next week.

So the Dominator is already on fire and sinking?

Whalebone Pilk's ship has a lot of plunder on it (16 points IIRC), but it sinks 10 rounds after the PCs defeat Pilk. How are they supposed to recover the plunder? Dredge it from the bottom of the Fever Sea?

The Deathknell has 4 points of plunder. And I just let my PCs choose the safe method and get 2 or they could have gone for broke and gotten the rest, but be in danger of being pulled down with the ship (basically they would have sacrificed some crew and might not have gotten the other 2 points).

I'm fine with waiting if comments like this

The bulk of the art we have on hand begins in the early 2000s, and right now none of the pen and ink stuff is in there. That's something I'd like to see changed. I'm also going to try to get some early work in there for perspective.

lead to the inclusion of that earlier work. It won't quite be the same without the character descriptions, but even then, WARs attention to character details (look, equipment, personality) were present in just simple black ink. He did a good job managing negative space.

You already have your case? I live literally 20 minutes from Paizo and I have nothing. :( Hasn't even shipped yet (and yes, I have it set to ship separately).

Oh well, gives me more time to actually make some space for them.

I forgot to go back in and change the shipping for the Battles Subscription. Priority mail, though more expensive, got the minis here very quickly.

According to Google, I live 40 hours away from Paizo, so maybe you'd want to drop a line to Customer Service to check on it?

And @Kajehase, the handicapped minis can be repaired with a touch of glue, but I'd figure Paizo would like to know about the rampaging giants.

well wampa...My party is kinda rich now and with their 8 cannons they have theyre gonna want to prove theyre worth. i plan on makeing it a tough battle to begin with by adding ghouls ,making the captain a level 10 gunslinger, and killing off or heavily wounding a couple named npcs such as conchobar or rosie to show the importance of the battle. but i have no doubt they'll take it, they seem to smash things in there way with the rogue and the magus destroying hp of any monster in their way.

If this one ship with 8 cannons has been constantly raiding vessels in the Fever Sea, then the Dominator would be the response and should be an overwhelming challenge for the current level of the PCs. It should serve as a warning to the PCs that there are challenges out there that they will need allies to take on, and not just rely on their own crew and ship to get them through.

Take some ques from the Chelish ships in the last volume of the AP. Placing a high level spellcaster on board gives you alot of tactical options and makes sense for a pirate hunter to have, especially if they know the ship they are hunting is well armed. A large elemental or a significant devil or two should raise some warning flags that this is not a ship to tangle with now. If they do some recon, have them notice these things and give them time to react appropriately. If they charge in anyway, do not be afraid to bloody their noses.

You've already upped the campaign by making firearms more common. You'll need to put in the time to adjust the encounters accordingly to account for this. If nothing else, the PCs need something to fear while sailing around the Fever Sea. If Harrigan and the Wormwood are not in the PC's minds then the Dominator should take on that role. That fear of discovery should push them out of the open expanse of the Fever Sea and into the dangerous shelter of the Shackles proper. It makes a nice transition tool. Done right, the PCs won't feel like they are being railroaded as much and are instead making a tactical choice motivated by external forces.

I've said it before but it bears saying again: when you post these, can you please also explain them and post a link to the orginal poster/comic-cover/whatever.

Iconic 50s Sci-Fi B-movie.

My problem with the rock is that as the party sailed past it to check it out at a distance, I made the lookout tell the Lady what was happening so she would have used the farglass clairaudience to listen to their plans, and they were planning on how to attack and take the tower. What precautions would/could she take since she KNOWS what they are doing?

Tidewater Rock is another nice chance in the AP to solve a problem without combat. Lady Agasta isn't gunning for a fight and would generally rather ally with the PCs than kill them, especially if they present themselves well. She's only looking for a way to rebuild her holdings and the PCs really just want the bump in Infamy OR a base of operations to monitor the Fevered Sea with. If given the opportunity and foreknowledge, I think Lady Agasta would try and subvert the attack through diplomacy. But should negotiations break down, she would definitely work to lay a trap for the ship should it sail into her harbor with hostile intentions. Something kept her safe from the wrath of Harrigan so many years ago, perhaps it is still around.

My party took the marriage option as they didn't want to have to stock the fortress themselves or worry about its upkeep. Given their common enemy, Harrigan in this case, they thought this a wise course of action. They are also using it as a staging point to begin reclaiming Iron Bert's abandoned fortresses on the other local islands. Getting in good with the locals gave them the information on where those holdings used to be and a dedicated guard force for TR. They put their second captured ship to use clearing the other islands, making cargo runs, and generating plunder from clear cutting and resource gathering (and some pirating). All while their main vessel prepped for sailing into the Shackles proper to continue the main story.

so my party is probably going to wanna take the dominator when they face it....anybody have that happen in their game?

I hedged my bets against this course of action by the party. They had just come from raiding a plantation (beefed up village encouter which sapped some of their resources) up the river, when they spotted the Dominator anchored at its mouth. The Dominator would not be able to come up the river, but they did appear to be prepping for an upriver journey when the PCs arrived. This gave me a good excuse to have the high level NPCs off the ship, but threatening to find the PCs ship hidden behind a bend in the river soon.

Under time pressure and about 1/2 down on combat resources, they came up with the plan to disable the tiller all on their own and sneak past the ship before it could bring its guns (and high level NPCs) to bear. The cavalier, which would have been a cakewalk if the party was at full strength, posed a serious threat and made the encounter pretty tense.

If your party is more gunning for a fight, press upon them the ruthlessness of the Chelish captain as you may have done with Harrigan. Heck, even letting them know that pirate fleets are formed just to take down ONE of these ships and they may back down. If none of that works, there are a good number of marines on the ship. Pepper in some advanced or leveled ones to press the point that they are out of their league in this fight and need to find an alternative.

You guys are having way too much fun with these alternate covers.
Keep 'em coming.

A full set from the last booster in the case, whew.

The sculpts on the elemental series are phenomenal.
The Clockwork Reliquary is so intricately detailed, it boggles the mind how you didn't lose any detail when it was painted.

But my favorite mini of the set has to be the alchemical golem. The number of translucent colors on that model is ridiculous and when lit correctly (like from my laptops monitor), it appears to have a green glow coming from the solid colored tubes thanks to the entire model being a translucent base. Its so eerie and colorful . . . simply beautiful.

One complaint about the packaging. Alot (about 75%) of the large models were bouncing around the interior when I opened them up. This wouldn't be too bad, expect for the fact that in about one or two boosters a brick, the free roaming large had broken one of the smaller models. The hill giants and trolls were the main offenders, literally disarming their fellow packmates.

So, fair warning. Be sure to listen for the tell-tale sound of mite arms bouncing around when ripping open your boosters. Otherwise you'll have a nice double amputee spider-rider. I'm thinking of making mine a crippled master monk.

Mine arrived today.
Its a beautiful mini.
Big Blue is not as big as the previous big blue, but what it lacks in mass it makes up with personality and detail.

The plastic facing horn had popped off in shipping, but a touch of glue can fix that right up. But I'm thinking of keeping it off and using it as the coveted item the dragon possesses in the AP. A touch of tacky will keep it clutched in the dragon's claw.

its real value for us is as a document of Wayne's career and his relationship with Paizo.

This buoys my hope of seeing those interior inks be did for the turn of the century TSR products.

How far back are you going in his career prior to Paizo?

Is there still an issue with order 2404545?

I received an email, but then immediately thereafter, another email came across that this order was rolled up and ready to ship with some of the PBCS and the other #4 comics.

The consolidated order seems to have everything but one case of boosters.
And the charges seem to match up on my bank account so far with that invoice.

Is there anything else that was part of that order or the consolidated order that needs some attention?

Are you adverse to a left turn?
Then how about a sorcerer using various illusions as a scam tool?

If you want to give the sorcerer some more credibility, you may be looking for is the Razmiran Priest Sorcerer Archetype from Inner Sea Magic. Coupled with False Casting and False Focus from that book, you could create a very convincing divine charade. Could even roll into the Razmiran Priest Prestige class, too, depending on how you want to roll with it.

Sorry, but I also wish the ooze was colored different. It looks like something you really don't want it associated with.

Is that... is that hair gel?

I was down from Lisa's comments on the future of the Friday Minis Blog.

Then I clicked on the Paizo Blog and saw new minis today(night). Apparently the secret for Eric to be able to post a blog is for everyone to be on vacation but Eric.

Lisa didn't think you would have the time to write one up today.

Finally, I can run UK2/UK3 Sentinel/Gauntlet with an appropriate mini!
Huzzah!

Edit: Hmmmm . . . and the Mites would work well as the Xvarts. This is really coming together. I need to go back and check the encounters in those modules again.

Many cable channels are running away from their original premise. SciFi (now SyFy), MTV, Discovery, Cartoon Network, and, yes, the History channel.

Can't agree with the bolded one. Cartoon Network was established to air animated content 24/7. That original content was the animation libraries of Hanna-Barbera, MGM, Fleischer Studios, and Warner Brothers. Even with all of that content gone from the channel, it is still mostly 95% animated programming today. It has even become a producer of many original and acclaimed shows since its beginning. All that material from the original rotation has moved over to Boomerang, but the channel is still fairly well on its original track of 24/7 animation.

In terms of content and layout, I personally loved Blood of the Night.
Everything Ravenmantle said above, I agree with.

Since we don't have a half-lycanthrope (or a full-on lycanthrope)in the ARG, I think this would be a fine product to introduce them as a playable option in. To not dilute the product, focusing on a few of the prolific lycanthrope strains may be the best bet. Running the gambit of were-beasts should probably be devoted to another book, but generalizing some of the crunch to work across all lycanthropes would not isolate this first foray from any to follow.

Also, and this just may be me and my nostalgia, but if there could be journal entries from Ailson Kindler like there were for Van Richten in his guides, that would be enjoyable. I don't think you would want or need to write the entire product like that, however.

As far as layouts, spreads, and content are concerned . . . I'll need to go back and do some direct comparisons between BoN and BoA/BoF to see which one I think would work better in this case.

theres some pic here a demon of wrath and a mite riding a spider http://www.facebook.com/paizo?ref=sgm

The non-blog update post from Eric is HERE

I like that you have modeled the Troll Champion after Skanderbrog in Song of the Serpent (at least in terms of his choice of weapons). Will there be other Pathfinder Tales minis popping up in future sets?

Sad Minis Maniac, no blog post again :'(

Thats now 4 weeks of no minis *sobs*

Don't lose hope yet.

I've learned the hard way myself to pay attention to what is said in the product description for a book and not what is discussed in the product thread. I hope others don't make the same mistake...

But therein lies the problem. If the developers are going to come in and discuss the amount of and type of content within the book, like F. Wesley Schneider and Patrick Renie, you would expect that they know what they are describing. Even though Wesley's description is well before the product was finalized and was probably more of a rough guess, Patrick's description came at the end of October AND quoted a higher ration of content AND it was well after the Product description was put up.

I think this is where the consternation is coming from in the thread. The product description delivers as promised, true, but the responses to questions posed to the developers varied greatly from the finished product.

ciretose wrote:

What I am saying is I agree with you that the cost being gold is less than ideal, but removing cost entirely is equally a problem in the other direction.

I've still yet to hear any game mechanics justification for this cost, or why removing it is a "problem in the other direction." :)

Casting teleport helps you get from one place to another really quickly and eliminates the costs associated with overland travel, the time it takes to get from one place to another, the costs of the inns you stay at, the food you eat there, the ammunition you use to hunt game when not staying at the inn, etc.

Casting Raise Dead helps you get from one place to another more quickly than if you were dead and eliminates the costs associated with hiring people to cart your dead husk around, hiring people to adjudicate your last will and testament, someone to constantly cast speak with dead to get your opinions and thoughts across, etc.

I know I am very close to figuring out a justification here . . . other than the obvious that its arguably MORE expensive to try and adventure as a decaying husk and it should cost something to offset the removal of those expenses.

Curiosity question.
The Race + Class combo for Art Lover needs to be in the Core book,
but do the arms and armor also need to come from there?

OMG! I thought the same thing about Mark Rein-Hagen. Last I heard he and his family were in the country of Georgia.

Bring him back into the game world Lisa. He is missed! Terribly!

Reading articles about Mark is a little weird, since White Wolf is based in Georgia the state.

EDIT:
If only you could have enticed Rich Burlew to join the team.
Then the ultimate equation of confusion would be complete.
Rich Burlew + Keith Baker = Rich Baker (a name Mr. Burlew has been called many times by mistake)

Adding legends to maps is tricky, because I wouldn't want to do it only part of the time. If we did something like this, I'd like to do it ALL of the time.

. . .
Part of the reality of producing a monthly product is that you need to be able to choose your battles and make decisions on what is just too much to do. Or, as a friend of mine once said: "Don't make the perfect the enemy of the good."

Yeah. I could also see that space would be a consideration, too. Since not all maps take up the same space in the half-pages allocated, it would be impossible to add them for all.