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I'm very, very glad that they are continuing to allow you to sell PDFs of older editions. I guess my corpse may have a shred of life still left in it after all.
Absolutely!!!
To anyone who has read the articles AND the novels: I got Perdido Station and The Scar for Xmas and am halfway thru Perdido. Will the articles ruin any of the plotlines or will it enhance the reading experience? I was planning to read Perdido then the articles and then the Scar because that takes place outside of the city, I believe. But I might read the articles if it makes the city that much cooler. Thanks for any input.
I am an Automation Engineer for a large steel company. We're the largest recycler(by tons) in the nation. We take your old cars, washing machines, etc from the trash, melt it down, and sell it back to bridge makers, ship builders, ATMs manufacturers, windmill manufacturers, etc. I like my job because if it has electricity in it, we own it. One day I'll dabble in Delphi code, the next day I could be working on a 134,000 Volt transformer. Everything from a millivolt to a lightning bolt(tm) is our geeky motto. We get paid weekly based on how much steel we produce so on good weeks on my last day I reward myself thru paizo.com, Amazon, miniaturemarket.com, or my FLGS. Good incentive to go to work, I say. BTW, Great thread!
You absolutely have a valid theory, R-type. There are days that I sometimes agree with you. I guess I just hope that it isn't the case and keep watching. Unfortunately, I think that no matter what the ending is, it won't provide the satisfaction/answers that people are hoping for. If the show drags out too long it will become convoluted and messy. If the show gets a short notice cancellation in a couple more seasons (budgets, people lose interest, actors move on) they won't be able to tie everything up in a believable and well written way. I guess I'm just preparing myself for disappointment, which is actually pretty crappy outlook if you think about.
Yeah. I totally agree with your opinions. I have not finished the magazine yet but this is the first issue in a while that I have total interest in every single article that I've laid my eyes on. Each article seems solidly written and researched. I love the Dagon article especially (although I haven't finished the web enhancement portion of The Horde article yet). Best issue in a while! Great job guys.
I'm in total agreement with you about your X-Files comment. Man, I didn't like how that whole thing turned out. BTW, what is Chris Carter up to nowadays? Regardless of what the plans are for Lost, I'm still going to watch it every week. I guess whatever they are doing, they are doing it right! I'm a late comer to BG (due to the fact that I'm old enough to have seen the original and didn't think it would be good) but, thanks to Netflix, I'll be caught up soon. I'm really looking forward to it.
I'm not sure either. I have recently began to think that they are making it up as they go. Not really episode to episode but more like season 1st half to season 2nd half. In season 2, it didn't seem that anything was really progressing but the second half really took off. I feel that they know what they want to happen by the end of the season, but not really how they want to get there. I also think that they intentionally throw in bizarre things that they don't really have an explanation for, and later on down the road, decide what the explanation is and do an episode about it. I feel this is the reason why the 'monster' is gone for long lengths of time (because they haven't really decided what they want it to be). I also think they they leave plots a little open ended intentionally so they can extrapolate(sp?), and build on it if need be. For instance, I am fairly sure that they didn't already have in their storyline that Mr. Ecko's brother was on the Nigerian drug smuggling plane back when they first introduced the plane plot device in order to play off Charlie's drug problem episode. BUT, they obviously knew that they had the tailsection people in mind because that was who they(Boone) talked to on the radio when he climbed up there. Or maybe they didn't. Who knows. I haven't really formed an opinion of this season yet. The 1st episode's first 5 minutes were awesome, but the rest didn't really do it for me. I'm pretty sure that they didn't have the 3rd season 3rd episode (Locke/Polar Bear) planned out when they put the polar bear into the episode waaay back in the 1st season. I think they changed their mind from Walt being some kind of supernatural/gifted kid (polar bear in his comic) to the whole Dharma Zoo escaped polar bears plot. I'm tending to agree with your wife. If you would have asked me back at the end of season 1 though, I would have said that they had everything planned out. I am still really digging the show though. How was tonight's episode? The preview really looked brutal (for Sawyer).
Hmmmm. Interesting. In my head I had some pros and cons. I am concerned about the lack of cohesive maps. I'll have a better opinion tomorrow night. I guess the true test is when we actually play it though. I hope it doesn't slow down my DM prep stuff. It(the product) sounds real good though based off the recent DnD podcast where they interviewed the authors (Wyatt and Cordell I believe...).
/Spoiler/ [I can't believe I wrote the word 'Spoiler' for such a lame but awesome movie!] Is that where his friends go to visit him at the youth facility/asylum. I don't remember the coin but I also haven't seen it in years. I didn't even know it was on DVD. I wonder if Netflix has it...
I collect comic books and works from several authors. I have a bit of a thing for scorpions, so I have lots of scorpion bric-a-brac. scorpion bric-a-bric - Those two words just sound cool together. Besides books, comics, DnD stuff, Star Wars figs, etc... I tend to collect cheap beer coasters from bars around the world. It was always the last thing I did after I paid my tab. Pick it up and slap it in my back pocket.
Man, all that movie made me want to do is find that cavern they played in, and play more DnD. Oh, and that humanoid monster in the alley is classic. Who needs CGI...
I don't think it would be possible due to page count restrictions and the like, but I'm wondering if Paizo is going to adopt a similiar type of format for their encounters. Maybe just for the big, complicated, or final encounters. I should be receiving my copy tomorrow so I don't really have an opinion for the encounter format yet. I am a little dismayed by the lack of giant map (a disturbing trend in recent WOTC products IMHO) Thanks for your maps Erik, James, and Company.
For those interested, ASL is now liscensed by Multiman Publishing. It is financed by Curt Schilling who is an avid ASL player. They also bought out The Gamers game company a few years ago and publish their titles as well. Anyway, Multiman Publishing has a decent web presence and should be checked out. Yeah, Multiman has got a pretty good site (multimanpublishing.com I believe). More importantly, they are now releasing Advanced Squad Leader starter packs that slowly build the rules set as you play it, kind of like the Paratrooper box set that had the ASL bootcamp from waaaay back. Now seems like a good time to jump in without heavily investing in the mammoth (but cool as hell) 3 ring binder rules book which is fairly expensive if I recall. Oh, I also think the first 3 scenarios around the tractor factory in Stalingrad are the best too! Love them flamethrowers!
Mastodon's new one. Blood Mountain. Its crazy good. Perfect DnD mood metal. Also, kudos to the person who mentioned Peeping Tom. Considering how prolific he is, Mike Patton seldom puts out anything that's not good on the ears. Oh, and the new Maiden does, indeed, kick a$$.
Just wanted to say to anybody that is seriously thinking about investing in this product, it is beyond excellent. I thought I'd get burned out after a few hundred pages but I didn't. far from it actually. I would absolutely recommend it.
Oh, I'm sorry. I mean JAMES' 'From the Editor'. Take that, Mona!!!
First off, I'd like to say that I am in the same boat as Lisa and others. I read it every issue but never really got into it. I could take it or leave it. It changed one night way back when I was reading Erik's blog and stumbled onto Kyle's section of SuperUnicorn. He had a collection of 12 or so strips on there. I read the strips in order that way and essentially got hooked. When I went back home i read the strips that he didn't have online and now I really dig on Downer. Yeah, his artwork might not be for everyone but I love his use of colors and the little stuff going on in the panels. Plus, the writing cracks me up sometimes. It's now the second thing I read when I get a new issue (right after Erik's [now James'] 'From the Editor'). I think your best bet would be to publish a compilation kind of thing, with maybe some new filler strips, and see how that goes. I'd probably buy it, depending on the price, even though I have all the issues. Then, based off sales, go about commissioning something original. Of course, I'm an automation engineer and don't know a damn thing about the publishing business so take my opinion for what it is - fairly uneducated and worthless :D Hey, and tell Kyle to update his site already!
Thanks Vic. Keep up the good work.
Just checking in to ask about the status of wishlists being put on our account pages. Thanks ahead of time!
We can tell just by the way they take the time to post on these boards. Thanks guys and gals!
Got it. I live in eastern North Carolina. It looks really promising. I haven't got a chance to give it a thorough reading yet but the Sasserine map is REAL nice. Maure Castle:Greater Halls looks good as well. Nothing like a CR 20 very old elite Blue Dragon ('Gigantus') to make a party's day! Luckily, my issue 'accidentally' fell into my bag I bring to work and since I'm on a night shift right now I might have to read it. To keep alert and awake of course...
I just stand behind Gary and point at his screen. He does all the work. Going up for your quarterly review Mr. Teter? Just Kidding!!! keep up the good work!Smilies = Type V Demon
Yup. I suck as well. Hope they get more. (hint, hint)
I just want to throw in that rednecks are by no means unique to Southern states. Here in New England, we have plenty of moonshine drinking, nascar watching, trucker hat wearing, shotgun-toting racists. They add local color and all, and I've met more than a few displaced rednecks, but I really don't understand what they're doing up here. I'm sure it isn't for the maple syrup, or the seafood or the delightful historical cemeteries and similar antiquarian pursuits. Wherever the trailer lands, I suppose. Well, I was born and raised in New Hampshire so I completely know what your talking about. I don't think NASCAR was that big up there when I was growing up, but that was before they built that race track in NH (Louden I think?). Otherwise all your other adjectives I definitely recall. Anyway, I referred to them as rednecks also. Now that I've lived in South Carolina and now currently in North Carolina, I would have to refer the New Hampshire rednecks more properly as a 'hillbilly'. I've learned that I knew nothing of rednecks until I lived down here. I didn't even think you could hunt legally with dogs but they LOVE that down here. I hear at least 3 dog hunting conversations a day down here. If the dog doesn't perform, well, the dog "has an unfortunate accident" during the hunt. Yeah, good people.
People who take FOREVER to turn right in their car. Put your directional on (or blinker if you're a New Englander!), press down on the brakes and turn the steering wheel all ready! I think its a southern country thing. They seem to start slowing down 1/4 mile from where they need to turn. Bless their heart. (Because that's what you say about someone in the south right before you talk crap about them.) Always preface an insult with 'Bless his/her heart'.
I always forget about that button. I'm more lurker than poster. Yeah, I tasted the sarcasm in your 4th edition comment and it tasted good... That's why I responded!
I thought about this comment too when I read it. The fact that he took the time to change the word 'tavern' to 'inn' is something I've been thinking about. Famous inns in Greyhawk to be more precise. The Inn between Worlds/Comeback Inn from the old Blackmoor modules (DA1-4 i think?). A certain inn in Hommlet where many a campaign has begun? I don't know...
I'm guessing Expedition to Castle Greyhawk. All right, I'm a dumb-a$$. I read 'Castle Greyhawk' as 'Castle Ravenloft' which is coming out in a month or two. My bad. I need to go home...
The "God, I hope not..." is referring to 4th edition comment, not the Ravenloft comment. Sorry, my network at work is real slow for some reason. Not that I'd be doing this while at work. Of course not. Who could even think about something as blasphemous as geekin' out at work.
God, I hope not... Unless it's Greyhawk of course! (Not like 3rd edition, but full blown support!)
Congratulations!!! Well deserved by everyone who had a part in the SCAP. That book and my shiny new Ptolus book are the first 2 things I'd save in a fire. Besides the wife and kids of course!
"I don't care for all the "cross-over" stuff where there are lots of evil dwarves, evil elves...everyone ends up being "human" after all." Couldn't have put it better!
Well, first I'll state that I have never played Iron Heroes so, unfortunately, I won't be able to answer any of your questions. I do have an opinion that I would like to share about it that pertains to your first question. My buddy picked up the first book based purely on the author and the fact that he prefers a low magic setting. We have yet to play using it but he let me borrow it to get my opinion. I actually like the fact that you can only be human. One of the things that I sometimes don't like with some worlds is that elves, gnomes, dwarves, etc.. are common everyday creatures that are just as normal to see as humans. Sometimes it kind of kills the fantasy side of things. Going into an elven city/dwarven hold is commonplace usually and it loses some of the wonder for me. I hope my rambling opinion makes sense and I was just curious if anybody had the same feeling. On the other hand I am interested in what other people who have used the system have to say. I usually DM and as I was reading through the book, some of your same questions came up in my mind also. PS - I'm not a 'nonhuman racist'!!! ;D
Great questions Hellfinger!
Speaking of Dungeon #130 but a little off topic, sometimes I don't read all the adventures in an issue right away due to not having a lot of free time. I'll read the AoW ones and get back to the others as time permits. Well, I finally got to read "Palace of Plenty" today and was sorry I hadn't read it earlier. Fantastic adventure Mr. Leati. The little 'extras' you have scattered about Amata Goten are what really made it for me, i.e. various illusions that added to the mood, unique room descriptions, etc... I also love Frostburn so that made me happy too. Anyway, I'm sure this has been brought up before, but I couldn't find it on the boards (probably because the issue is not very recent). It seems to be missing room descriptions for 9,10, and 11. Is there somewhere where I can find these? Thanks for any help and I apologize if this has already been addressed (which I'm sure it has!) Thanks again!
I must say I am incredibly dissapointed with the hardcover edition of SCAP. After running it for about 5 weeks the large flaws in it have become more and more apparent. The biggest being encounters that just plain suck to DM, and parts of the book aren't converted to 3.5. I'm just plain dissapointed with it now and I'm not going to continue running it. I'm going to second Sebastian. State your issues please.
Thanks Grodog. I'll take a look.
Thanks everyone. Heard nothing but great stuff about these things and am about to pick some up. Say good-bye to my Festivus bonus everyone!
Could someone please post me a link to the Tactiles website. For some reason I'm drawing a blank now. Amazingly, Google is not helping me. Websense is also killing me(workplace internet filtering software). Thanks ahead of time!!!
I can't wait for this to finally come out. I was curious what your opinion was on the Yggsburgh Campaign Setting, or anybody's opinion for that matter. I haven't seen any reviews here or have yet to hold this in my hands to look at. All opinions would be greatly appreciated. This has made it to my shortlist for Christmas gifts to myself and I was curious what other people have felt. Thanks!
If my Iron Chef memory serves me correct... I think your DM was using the rules from the earlier editions of the 1st edition Deities & Demigods that contained the Lovecraft Mythos. It think it stated in Hastur's description that if you spoke his name there was a 5% chance he heard you and would send his minions after you. I'm at work but I think they were call Byakshees and something spelled like that. I forgot what they were called but they have statistics in the same Lovecraft section of the book. The only reason I remember this is that when I was a kid DMing for my friends, if things weren't going right they would sit there and say, "Hastur, Hastur, Hastur" over and over again.
Funny this was asked as I have been wondering about something in the Giants module. I'm sure somebody on these boards can answer this question (if there is an actual answer). After the Istivin arc in Dungeon recently, I decided to go back and read the Queen of Spiders mega-module just because it had been years since I had. I know that Gygax was notorious for just throwing in encounters in modules he wrote that didn't really go with the theme(for lack of a better term) of the module. Just weird things that would kill you out right, change your gender, etc... So riddle me this: Steading of the Hill Giant Chief. Rooms 17A and 18. Weird Abandoned Temple and Vestry respectively. Glowing purplish green stone, disturbing shapes, nauseous causing walls, greasy yellow-grey translucent stone altar, insanity inducing walls, disgusting murals, downward slanting staircase blocked with rubble, etc... Was this ever embellished upon? It is kind of hinted in the lower level descriptions that the hill giants obviously didn't build this, just the fort atop it. The masonry/mining could be attributed to the stone giants down there but I was always curious about this Lovecraftian altar and why the orcs had it blocked off and where the staircase went. Any takers? Or was it not ever really explained. Talk amongst ya-selves...
Thanks for the info. I'm really looking forward to AP2 this summer. Seems like all I really need to pick up is the Draconomicon. Getting into epic stuff in the end would be real nice too. Thanks again.
All right. 3 core books required. Check. I'd like to have all the additional books that may be referenced in AP 2. Just to flesh out anything and get a good feel for the new monster behaviors, feats, magic items, etc...
In previous thread I've noticed:
I know they aren't required but if I have some cash I'd like to pick up material that will be used in AP 2. Any other recommendations? Please say Codex Anathema (or whatever WotC calls it now...[conflict with Warhammer 40k reason for name change? or assuming customers will be frightened by a 'big word' like anathema?] anyway, I loved the original name). I've been itching for a reason to get this in April. BTW, how far ahead do you guys get products prior to release?
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