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Elfteiroh wrote:

Viviolay wrote:

Zaister wrote:

Maya Coleman wrote:

Regrettably, the discount on FVTT modules for owning the PDF is gone, because our new store platform does not support gating product access or discounts behind ownership of a different product. The tradeoff is that the code-only modules, which used to require PDF ownership, are now available to everyone, as per the Foundry team!

How is this going to affect Fantasy Grounds?

This never got answered so I'm replying to signal boost it.

Aside, it's not clear to me if the discount for owning the pdf via paizo sync to all partners (FG, demiplane, etc) is working yet?

I skipped Black Friday due to some of the issues reported with storefront.

It doesn't affect Fantasy Ground, as Paizo Connect continue. Foundry have never used the Paizo Connect service.

Thanks for trying to answer re: FG.

I think the person and myself meant is the broken functionality fixed since I heard there was an API issue and people having been waiting on news about it?

It seems to be working again at the Fantasy Grounds website.

Regrettably, the discount on FVTT modules for owning the PDF is gone, because our new store platform does not support gating product access or discounts behind ownership of a different product. The tradeoff is that the code-only modules, which used to require PDF ownership, are now available to everyone, as per the Foundry team!

How is this going to affect Fantasy Grounds?

Zaister wrote:

So how is this supposed to work now with using Gold to pay for the society scenarios I used to get for free before? I have added the four November scenarios to my cart, for a total of $25 and cents after discounts. But it seems I can only add a single "$10 for 50 Gold" coupon. So it looks like I would have to order the scenarios individually, or two at a time, and still have to pay the amounts that are over $10 or lose the difference up to $10. Is that what is intended? It sounded differently when announced.

The store has a limit of one coupon per transaction. I've added an additional $20 off for 100 gold option to better address this.

-Jim

Thank you, Jim, although it's not in the system yet. I placed two separate orders slightly above $10 each. In the end, I had to pay a total of $6.48 (including the tax that is now applicable) to get the four scenarios.

So just to recapitulate, it is not possible to fully pay for the scenarios with Gold (well, unless you want to "waste" Gold by using a $10 value on a $5.99 scenario).

EDIT: I just went to download these scenarios from my Library, but only three of the four are listed, even though my order history shows I ordered all four of them. Even more weirdly, the Library now says "800 Downloads Found" when just before I ordered I was at "1059 Downloads Found". (I checked, there was no filter applied.) What is going on?

EDIT#2 There seem to be quite a lot of Pathfinder and Starfinder Scenarios missing from my library (I should actually have them all). And it seems, the more I download, the lower the amount of "Downloads Found"—now at 776 (although it looks like the ones I downloaded are still listed). Something seems buggy there.

So how is this supposed to work now with using Gold to pay for the society scenarios I used to get for free before? I have added the four November scenarios to my cart, for a total of $25 and cents after discounts. But it seems I can only add a single "$10 for 50 Gold" coupon. So it looks like I would have to order the scenarios individually, or two at a time, and still have to pay the amounts that are over $10 or lose the difference up to $10. Is that what is intended? It sounded differently when announced.

My order spawned, and I got a $9 discount on the AP volume, but nothing on Dracoic Codex. I have spent way over $750 over the last 12 months. But there is nothing listed at all on my Paizo Plus site, no gold, and no Legendary Status. I guess that's not really as it should be.

Also, are there really only these two products this month? No maps? Can we see that somewhere?

EDIT: Just like the post above me, not shipping cost information at all.

Is it just me, or Kyra's token too small compared to the other PC tokens?

Zaister wrote:

Could we please get a PDF with individual pages, similar to the Pathfinder Core GM Screen?

I have confirmed with the art team that this is indeed the plan!

Thank you, Maya!

Could we please get a PDF with individual pages, similar to the Pathfinder Core GM Screen?

Never forget that there is also some Runelord content in Wrath of the Righteous.

On the other hand, I've noticed that the change in adventure path releases is resulting in most months having just one or maybe two products in the upcoming months. And shipping just a single book for $115 (or two for $150) with UPS is unreasonable. I will have to think hard on this.

Our standard shipping methods are USPS, UPS, and DHL International. I suspect DHL will be the best shipping option for international orders but I can't guarantee that because it depends what's in the order and exactly where it's going. When the store goes live, you should login and go through Checkout to see what your options are. Here's an example of me shipping books to the UK using the least expensive option; the default is DHL.

UK Shipping Example

-Jim

Thank you for your response, but the problem is not the cost of shipping, but the hassle I will get with customs if the delivery is not by UPS. If it's DHL, it's very likely that the scenario I detailed will happen.

I take it this is not canon to the Starfinder Universe, right?

I'm currently using UPS for my shipments, which is decidedly not the cheapest shipping method. But it is the most effective way to get my books to Germany. The most valuable thing that UPS does is they take over all the customs business, let me pay the customs tax online, and deliver to my door.

If sent by the cheapest possible way, that will mean, that no carrier will do that for me, which will most likely result in the customs office storing my package until they feel it's time to inform me that they have it (which can take up to two weeks). Then I have to go to the customs office in person to declare the goods and then pay the tax in cash. Usually this involves waiting for at least one hour—which normally costs me at least half a workday due to their frugal opening hours and remote location.

If that is the only option going forward, that would be a huge inconvenience, especially if there is no tracking available. This might even result in me getting my books three to four weeks later than with UPS. Please reconsider offering UPS.

I've been a subscriber for 20 years, since the Dungeon era, but this might actually make it untenable to continue buying physical books from Paizo. A sad day.

fingerzz wrote:

skizzerz wrote:

Jim Butler wrote:

DemiurgeMCK wrote:

This all looks great! I do have a quick question: should we expect any changes to pre-orders done through third-party sites (like Demiplane, which offers a free Paizo PDF with purchases)?

There shouldn't be any changes through Paizo Connect.

-Jim

It’d be nice if the PDFs get normalized as part of this, so that having a special edition subscription doesn’t grant a PDF that partners don’t “see” under Paizo Connect because the product had special edition in the name.

Would that include already sidecarts in our order history? I just got yesterday charges for subscription.

Your order history will be visible from your new store account. Sidecarts that are pending for a future subscription shipment will be lost after the launch of the new store. So there's nothing to do right now for any sidecarts you have.

-Jim

Occasionally, I ask customer service to put my monthly subscription shipment products in the sidecart to ship with the next subscription shipment so I can save on shipping in months with only a few products, as shipping is rather exorbitant to Europe.

I did this with my last shipment, so my latest subscription products are currently waiting in my sidecart. Does this now mean that if the new store launches before the next subscription shipment, I will lose those products (and the complimentary PDFs) completely?

I have a question regarding the mythic rules from War of Immortals. When a character becomes mythic, they gain the ability Rewrite Fate (extract):

REWRITE FATE [free-action]

Trigger You roll a skill check or saving throw and don’t like the result.
You expend a Mythic Point and reroll the check or save with mythic proficiency, taking the new result.

Now, the various callings all have wordings like these:

ACROBAT’S CALLING

When you Balance, Maneuver in Flight, Tumble Through, or attempt a Long Jump, you can spend a Mythic Point to attempt the check at mythic proficiency.

DEMAGOGUE’S CALLING

When you attempt a check to Coerce or Make an Impression, you can spend a Mythic Point to attempt the check at mythic
proficiency.

Also, several mythic feats have a silimar kind of wording:

ARMS THAT CUT THE WAVES FEAT 2

When you attempt an Athletics check to Swim, you can spend a Mythic Point to attempt the check at mythic proficiency.

UNBELIEVABLY BELIEVABLE [one-action] FEAT 4

When you attempt a check to Gather Information, Make an Impression, make a Request, or Lie, you can spend a Mythic Point to attempt the check at mythic proficiency.

My question now is, why should you even use the option of these callings or the feats, and why even take the feats? Isn't Rewrite Fate just simply better in any case? What am I missing?

(And as an aside, why is Unbelievably Believable an action? Is that a misprint?)

Pleas help me understand these rules.

Zaister wrote:

Yet another question: Is it intended that Zungur's Destructive Croak ability does not allow for a saving throw? The default swampseer from Monster Core allows a DC 19 basic Fortitude save.

There should for sure be the basic DC 19 save for that ability.

Sorry about these minor errors!

Thank you, James, for taking the time for clearing things up!

Yet another question: Is it intended that Zungur's Destructive Croak ability does not allow for a saving throw? The default swampseer from Monster Core allows a DC 19 basic Fortitude save.

Another question: in area C5, the text talks about an everlight crystal:

As long as one of the PCs carries a torch or lantern (or the everlight crystal, if they found it earlier in the adventure), they can all see just fine, ...

However, there is no other mention of such an item anywhere in the adventure. Can I assume this is a relic of something being cut, or should there be such a crystal somewhere?

I'm wondering, in the "Timing the Approach" sidebar on page 27, it says,

... around sunset, it rains heavily, granting a +1 circumstance bonus to Perception checks.

That doesn't really make sense, does it? Shouldn't the rail rather impede Peception?

Maya Coleman wrote:

old Gil wrote:

Maybe you could add a hint somewhere, that you need the "file per chapter" download option? The "single file" is just the just the adventure without sheets or maps...

It should technically still have those! Let me update the team!

Turns out that if I add everything you need to play the adventure to the Single File download, it basically becomes the File Per Chapter download package. So, I've removed Single File as an option.

But that does not have the adventure in one piece, right? Contents and cover are separate files, if I recall correctly. Also, I think the adventure filename had a spelling error.

Zaister wrote:

Shouldn't there be 3 poster map PDF files? We have "Poster Map 2.pdf" (for Adventure 2) and "Poster Map 3.pdf" (for Adventure 3). In Adventure 1, the text says:

Page 4 wrote:

Unfold the Old Mill map, and place the Ground Floor side face up on the table

So I would expect "Poster Map 1". Is it missing, or is the text at fault here?

Confirmed myself this has been fixed! Thanks for letting us know about it!

Thank you so much, Maya!

Zaister wrote:

Shouldn't there be 3 poster map PDF files? We have "Poster Map 2.pdf" (for Adventure 2) and "Poster Map 3.pdf" (for Adventure 3). In Adventure 1, the text says:

Page 4 wrote:

Unfold the Old Mill map, and place the Ground Floor side face up on the table

So I would expect "Poster Map 1". Is it missing, or is the text at fault here?

I'll bring this to the team, Zaister!

Thanks!

Shouldn't there be 3 poster map PDF files? We have "Poster Map 2.pdf" (for Adventure 2) and "Poster Map 3.pdf" (for Adventure 3). In Adventure 1, the text says:

Unfold the Old Mill map, and place the Ground Floor side face up on the table

So I would expect "Poster Map 1". Is it missing, or is the text at fault here?

Zaister wrote:

Unfortunately I am unable to download the single file version; I keep getting the placeholder file, no matter what I do. I've tried logging out, clearing the cache, using a different browser, or even a different computer, but nothing helps. I can download the split version withou problems, but I prefer the single-file version. Please help!

I am in exactly the same situation.

A few hours later I was actually able to download the PDF by clicking on the "Problems" link.

Unfortunately I am unable to download the single file version; I keep getting the placeholder file, no matter what I do. I've tried logging out, clearing the cache, using a different browser, or even a different computer, but nothing helps. I can download the split version withou problems, but I prefer the single-file version. Please help!

Auth mail is already here!

Why is this thread sticky?

Hey Zaister! Some of the older flip-maps had lower resolution images which were resolved, and also some of them had JPGs and no PDF files at all and vice versa. The team is just going in to make sure all the maps have both PDFs and JPGs associated with them, so nothing is changing as far as content!

Thank you for explaining, and for the updates!

I've noticed on my download page that quite a lot of older flip-map PDFs have recently gotten updated. What has changed?

I can confirm this file has been fixed to also include the poster map! To make sure you get the new file, just click "Problems downloading this file? Click here," under the download and then follow the steps as normal. Thanks all for your patience in this and for pointing it out to us!

Thank you!

New creatures:

I think the PDF download is missing the poster map. Or am I missing something?

Zaister wrote:

Will we be able to buy this year, or is it the kind of product that takes a year to become publicly available?

This will be released for public purchase on July 30, 2025 (so yes, this year).

Thanks, that is good to know!

Will we be able to buy this year, or is it the kind of product that takes a year to become publicly available?

CosmicIronyMagnet wrote:

Will Monster Core 2 also have a Pawn box?

No news on this yet! Is this something you'd look forward to?

Yes!

I'm sure this is precisely why we didn't get "War of the Crown" back then.

I've noticed that the bookmarks in the PDF for this book have a problem: all bookmarks for the NPC sections are folded in under the "Artisans" bookmark. Is it possible to get this fixed in a future update?

Love the Homeric title

Pawns are thick cardboard that are primarily meant for use as tokens on a physical table, Battle cards are large sized thin cardboard (think playing card) that have a picture of the monster on one side, and the statblock on the other.

They are, however, much bigger than standard playing cards.

Huh, authorization already. Just got my November shipment last week.

Wooh, authorized already!

File a ticket to Customer Service, like Mark and Katina said above.

Yup, I already did last week when I ordered it and followed up on that just now.

My order is still pending...

You can still download the original playtest PDF bundle from here:
https://paizo.com/download/surveys.

Shipment has started. Got my PDF for the AP volume, though it does zip up at 217 MB. A little large for the AP volume standards.

That just represents the incredible epicness of this adventure!

I haven't had a single package for which I didn't have to pay "Einfuhrumsatzsteuer", i.e. import VAT.

Will the print version get the new Remaster standard spine, like Howl of the Wild, or will it keep the yellow custom spine?

Zaister wrote:

I notice a distinct lack of spaceships.

This isn't news. Paizo has stated, a couple times by now if I'm not mistaken, that spaceship rules are still in the works and will not be ready for this playtest. Last I heard they're hoping they can fit it into a later playtest, but there's a chance it might not be ready even when the full system releases, in which case they're likely to be able to release it as part of an early supplement. I imagine something along the lines of the APG/PC2 if SF2e ever gets such a thing, though it could just as well be a dedicated spaceship rulebook. I think that's an understandable compromise, for something as important as spacefaring/combat rules I'd rather have good rules than have them early, and I trust Paizo to know when something isn't ready yet.

Ah, thank you. I hadn't picked up that this had already been communicated.

Gorgo Primus wrote:

Hopefully the Champion multiclass also has a smaller aura with a locked size to follow the pattern of changing to better protect class niches.

I don't see where either the remastered Champion dedication or the pre-remaster version grant an aura.

Which is weird, as the champion archetype can get access to the champion's reaction feats. Those, however, require the aura to actually work.

Love the galaxy map!