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Kelseus wrote:

are you writing the abomination AP for next year, or just developing it>

I wrote pretty much all of the first book (adventure, the Otari gazetteer, all of the toolbox and all of the new monsters), helped Ron come up with the overall plot, am writing a support article in book 3, and designed all of the maps for every level of the dungeon.

WOW! I really look forward to this, loved all your AP/modules contributions all the way back to Red Hand of Doom, which was my first intro to modules as I started looking at the stories so I could GM them.

So my question is, what does a typical work day/week look like for James Jacobs? As in how/where do you fit in and find the time to do Creative Director, editing, freelance and...you know...eat and breathe?

Hi James,

I am GMing Giantslayer and I wanted to develop a weather table for the PC's travels. I am not sure what the weather would be in Trunae and the Minderhal cathederal. Is there a real world region comparison I can look up eg. like you have with Sandpoint and your home town.

If not, Minderhal Cathederal is at the base of a mountain valley so would it be considered cold or temperate and Lowland (1000ft-5000ft) or highland (above 5000ft).

Thanks
Blackcat

Hi James,

I am DMing the Seprents Skull AP and we are currently running "Racing to Ruin". My players took on the Rival Faction Agents on p34 and it was a battle royale. At the end of the battle the PCs analysed the poison the Agents were using and realised it was Spider Vine Poison. The only description I can find about it is in "Heart of the Jungle" page 6. My PC's would like to try to harvest some of the poison from the plant to use (they have craft alchemy, survival and can use poisons so I do not have a problem with it).

My question is - how common is the Spider Vine in the Mwangi Jungle? For example, If they are travelling the Route to Tazion, would they easily come across it somewhere on the journey (if they were keeping an eye out for it) or would they need to take time out from their race to Tazion to specifically look for it? I would like to know if I need to make a side adventure about the hunt for the spider vine or they just come across it in their travels.

Also just wanted thank you or 10 years of awesome PF1, the innovation of the different APs and the stories you and your team have told have been nothing short of fantastic!

Thanks
Blackcat

We have discovered though that in some cases the email provider may break up the link because it is too long.

Thanks everyone, yes, it was the long broken link that made me suspicious. All updated now!

also dotting....

Hi Guys,

I have just recieved an email from customer.service@paizo.com with the subject heading:

Verify your updated privacy settings for your paizo.com Account

Then it has the following message (I have removed a large part of the link in case it is real):

Please use the following URL to verify your updated privacy settings:

Best regards,
Paizo Customer Service
customer.service@paizo.com

Just checking this is actually from you for me to action. It looks almost identical to several other scams/phishing emails I recieve on a regular basis at my workplace.

Thanks
Blackcat

Thanks Jeraa. The info in UC was useful!

Hi All,

I am looking for how much it costs to rent warehouses and other buildings in a small port city with about 1000 residents. I can't seem to find it in the CRB or the Gamemastery Guide (or a cursory search in the PRD). Can people point me to where I can find this info.

Thanks Blackcat

Aren't they always found in a rubbish dump/tip? So I would call them one of the following:

a refuse of goblins
A litter of goblins
A debris of goblins

Hi All,

Apologies if this is mentioned somewhere obvious, but I seem to have missed where it says how often we are expecting the new volumes to come out. Will this be a monthly or 6 weekly etc. timing between releases? I am trying to figure out if I can afford a subscription when it does come out.

Cheers
Blackcat

Hi Kyle,

First, I have to say: awesome, awesome, awesome. The first is for you creating this product, the second is for the actual product, and the third is for making it free.

I have two questions.

1. you do regular revisions/updates, if I have downloaded the program, do they automatically upload the updates or do I need to reinstall the new version from your website when you produce them?

2. Will you be putting in the Skull and Shackles AP NPCs/encounters in? If so do you have an approximate time frame (no pressure from me to put them in...I know real work/life needs to come first. Just wanting to know when I should check as I am currently running that AP).

Again thanks for making this. It makes my life so much easier!

Cheers

Blackcat

Dear Mr Jacobs,

What is the likelihood of including a pronunciation guide of people and places listed in the AP's and Modules in the Stat block next to the persons/towns actual name?

How to pronounce several of the names in APs often confuse the groups I play with and I as a GM would love the assistance. (I sometimes find I confuse the players by pronouncing the name differently in a different session and I know it has also happened to me when I am a player).

Several times as a Player I have I have thought there were two different people when they were the same NPC because the GM forgot how they said the name in the previous session.

Thanks
Blackcat

I’m looking for a couple of additional players for a Pathfinder campaign that will commence in the near future. The game will be run weekly via text-based chat on Tuesday or Wednesday nights between 8pm - 11pm AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time, which is GMT +10).

The campaign will start at Level 1 and use material from; Core, APG, UM and UC if desired. Expect a balanced mix of lethal combat and solid interaction across a variety of environments. Naturally, players with Pathfinder or 3.5 experience preferred but not essential.

I’m an experienced DM/player and have run many such games before via PBP, chat and tabletop. If you’re interested, available during the above times and willing to commit to a long-term campaign, please send me a PM/email or respond here.

Hi DeuxExMachina,

I am certainly interested. I live in Townsville so am also +10GST. I am keen to be a PC as I am a GM for two pathfinder games in real time. what would you like me to do. Feel free to respond here or email me at ando1000 at hotmail dot com.

Cheers

Blackcat

Townsville here.

Hi STR Ranger!

I am in Townsville as well! Great to see someone else here!

Thanks guys,

The ranger was very happy to hear it!!!

Cheers

Blackcat

Hi guys,

Simple question (I think.) If a ranger with 2 weapon fighting goes up to level 6 and now has a bab of +6/+1, does that mean he now has 3 attacks in a full round? Or just that his two normal attacks get +6 on the first attack and a +1 on the second attack in a full round?

Cheers

Blackcat

Hi DM Tanner,

As per my message above, meet Regnar Death-Walker

tis in rough format, I will tidy it up if you like him. Just check my 25 point buy, I have never done that before, we usually roll. he has +2 for being Half orc.

I have yet to add my traits or feats.

Hope you like him

Cheers

Black cat

Hi Guys,

Just reactivating the thread, still interested in anyone having converted "Coils of Set"

Hi DM Tanner,

I am definitely interested. I have a Half-Orc Ranger concept in mind I can do up.

I am new to PBP but have been following your Red hand campaign (gotta love the RSS feeds) so know I like your style and hope I can fit in well

Let me know if I should draw up the Half-orc

Cheers

Blackcat

Hi All

I'm in Townsville, Qld! I GM a game often for 2-3 and then an on-off game for 3!

blackcat wrote:

Yes please, if you could move the minis we are waiting for into the next shipment and ship the rest straight away that would be lovely! the confrontation Minis were just fillers anyway so I can wait for them.

Done! The Confrontation minis have been moved to your sidecart, and the rest of your order should ship out by the end of the week.

Thanks Liz!

Greatly appreciated!

Cheers

Stephen

It looks like your order is still within the four to nine business days to ship as stated in your confirmation email, and we are waiting for the Confrontation minis to ship in (hence the slight delay).

If you'd like I can move those minis to your sidecart so they can ship with your next subscription order. Let me know what you'd like to do!

Hi Liz,

Firstly, Welcome to the Paizo team, I hope someone there gave YOU a cookie! :-)

Ahhh missed the 4-9 business days...in the past, things I have ordered have been shipped in 4 days so was just checking.

Yes please, if you could move the minis we are waiting for into the next shipment and ship the rest straight away that would be lovely! the confrontation Minis were just fillers anyway so I can wait for them

Thanks

Stephen

Hi Guys,

Just checking, order 1510698 is still showing as Pending, is there something in it that is stopping it from being sent straight away or am I just too impatient and it hasn't had a chance to be sent yet :-) I created the order on the 15th of Oct :-)

just wondering cause I was going to use several of them in a game coming up in a couple of weeks. If there was one or two things stopping it from being sent, I would be happy to have the rest being sent straight away

Cheers

Stephen

How was it?- well I started reading it last night at 7.10pm and finished it at 1.30AM this morning, which believe me, was unintentional as I have work today. I just couldn't put it down.

The switching of main characters in each chapter was both annoying and riveting at the same time. You get to the end of a chapter, get to what is somewhat of a cliff hanger for that character then you get the continuation of the next characters story... it was driving me crazy cause I wanted to find out what had happened to the other character, but as I read on in the new chapter and got to the end it, I wanted to find out what was going to happen to that character and so it went on and on like a merry-go-round. Please be aware that that I say this not as a criticism of Dave's writing but as a huge compliment cause he kept me hooked and wanting more and kept providing it!

Actually, if you are aware of the old style Dr Who shows it was like that - a cliff hanger waiting to be picked up for the next exciting episode. Every chapter was like that, every single one…hence no sleep for me because I just had to know what was going to happen next.

The writing was very descriptive allowing for a rich tapestry of imagery in your mind while being very easy to read and not bogged down in detail (which is sometimes a problem when someone is describing a fantasy setting). The pace was good (well great - hence my inability to put the book down)

I particularly enjoyed the characters development and discovery, especially Azra and Radovan and really hope Dave gets to write more about them.

All up I think this was an ideal novel to start the Pathfinder Tails. I really look forward to further novels by Dave and am now keen to see what the other authors are going to produce!
Cheers
Blackcat

honestly, with all the issues I see constantly in this section of the forums (damaged shipment, partial shipments, duplicate orders, etc) I have resolved to NEVER subscribe to any products or ORDER from the paizo store.

Not to say I dont LOVE pathfinder. I will just make my purchases at my LGS to ensure proper payment and physical quality.

I take that back...I'll still order pdf's.

HI Cardinal Malik,

There is nothing wrong with supporting your LGS and many people have chosen that over subs with Paizo for very good reasons! However, I think you should know that after being a subscriber to Paizo since 2007 and having over 78 sets of items (both subs and individual items for birthdays, Christmas etc.) sent to me over that 3 year period, I have only ever had one problem.

My postman left my (very large, several books including a few hard cover copies) packages out in the open and then we had a rain downpour all day. It ruined my packages. I contacted this forum to ask the customer service people what was the best way for me to re-order and pay for new copies for all the books that were now useless without mixing up my future subscriptions. I was very pleasantly surprised that Paizo said not to worry about payment and that they were sending replacement copies free of charge. Now I live in Australia and this was a big order and add together postage you were looking at about $US170-200. This was not Paizo's fault but my lazy local postman yet Paizo rose up and beyond expectations. This is not a stand alone case. Look deeper into this forum and you find there are many stories like this.

I say all because as I said originally there are very good reasons to support your LGS, however, concern about the quality of delivery and the service provided by Paizo is truly not one of them. I just thought you should know!

Cheers

Blackcat

Offhand, and I haven't searched yet, what is "Coils of Set"?

If you include a link or some information in the thread, you might get more folks posting/interested.

Hi Yasha,

"Coils of Set" is by Necromancer games which takes PCs from 1st to 13th level and beyond. The Author is Ryan Henry. It is for D&D 3.5. It was written in 2006

linky

I think I bought it from RPG games (but I'm not sure). It was part of a set of adventures from Necromancer. (I got several other Necromancer PDFs with it). However it is a stand alone adventure made up of three parts. Outside of Paizo products, it and "Red hand of Doom" are my favorite adventures so I am currently running it and would love to see if anyone else has converted it.

Cheers

Blackcat

I've seen that cover up close. It is beautiful.

That cover IS awesome, Is it a mock up? If so where is it from? and who was the artist?

Cheers

Blackcat

bump

Well talked with Priest and Woman politely on there views of the club and there main concern was like some one said Mazes and Monster the idea that in the dark days of D&D people commited suicide or so the media claims. But I did take the advice given and read my gamemastery guide at the public park today and a older man asked are you the young man that put up the gaming flyers and I told him yes he goes i think that was a good idea help keep kids off the street and cut down on vandilism he asked how it was going and I told him about the priest and mormon woman he said hed take my number to give to his sons cause hthey used to play d&d and they may be interrested in having there sons play.

Hi Ghandi92983, If you talk to the priest again, you can explain the misconceptions of the media (suicides etc.) and explain they are wrong in the same way that some media often portrays that every Catholic priest is a pedophile (a bit extreme I know but he should understand that people that have a "problem" with the church are really good at making a lot of noise about a bad minority in the church's history. Always dragging the churches name through the mud because of individuals that don't follow the teachings of the church in the first place). Obviously you would have to point this out in a delicate way.

It may also help to point out that D&D is a narrative in the same way a movie is. Its the telling of a story that people interact with and the content is within the same vein of CS Lewis's Narnia series (who is a strong christian writer).

Anyway just some quick thoughts from me on a difficult problem for you. Either way I hope you are able to get it up and running without attracting the wrong (and incorrect) attention.

Good luck!
Blackcat

Hi guys,

Subject line says it all!

Cheers

Blackcat

That just shows you how absolutely crazy the postal shipping system is. Especially when there is a really good chance that they went out in the same bin on the same day. And they could arrive at radically different times. Which is why we ask people to wait when they think a package is lost. :)

-Lisa

Perfect example of this is when I ordered a bunch of miniatures with my normal subscription packages. It was spread out over two boxes. The boxes left Paizo the same day but I got the first box on a Monday but didn't receive the second box until the following Tuesday, 8 days later. I was getting worried but Cosmo calmed me down until the second box arrived :-)

Thanks Guys,

I am actually the GM, I am just checking as I have NPC's that float in and out as required (I am running a campaign with just 2 players) and wanted to check what spells the NPC Sorcerer would have chosen as CG.

From the above comments I will use and allow anything that doesn't have the evil descriptor. (I don't want the players to think he is evil and be confused as to whether he really is good, or evil pretending to be a friend etc.)

Cheers

Blackcat

Hi All,

Two Quick questions:

1. Can a Chaotic Good Sorcerer use necromancy spells that do not have the "Evil" descriptor? Examples include "Chill Touch", "Cause Fear", "Bleed", "False Life".

2. I assume the CG Sorcerer cant use necromancy spells like "Animate Dead" because of the "Evil" descriptor. Is this correct?

Thanks

Blackcat

James Jacobs wrote:

There's no such thing as a "Jason Jacobs" though... at least... not to my knowledge!

Maybe if you and Jason mated it would produce such a offspring?

I thought they had.....how else do you explain "Nicolas Logue"...oooh did I go too far??? ;-)

I've started a new list here:

New Sign up

Please keep an eye out for that thread. The difference is that you cannot put your name down in advance; you can sign up only when I announce that I've opened it for enrollment.

No Worries, Again thanks for doing this for us newbies. Looks like your two PBPs are full, I'll keep an eye out for the next round.

Cheers

Blackcat

Sorry, I've scrapped this list.

Hi DM JZ, sorry, I'm a little confused, when you say you have scrapped this list, do you mean you are starting again with a new list and if I am interested I need to put my name down again, or that you are no longer doing this (which is not a problem, I imagine it is very time consuming)

Just enquiring so I know if I should continue specifically watching this thread or not.

Either way thanks for introducing PBP to new players.

Cheers

Blackcat

I'm scrapping this list and starting a new first-come-first serve list for first time PBP'ers. I apologize for those who are losing their earlier positions in the queue. But I plan on running two games at a time, both of which are going to be short Pathfinder Society modules. So I'll be running games for about ten new people every two months, so the wait shouldn't be as long.

Hi DM JZ, I put my hand up earlier, I am still interested!

Thanks

Blackcat

This was posted over at Kobold Quarterly. It is from the Spell-less ranger. Download the tracking sheet and it should have what you need.

Ranger Tracking Sheet.

Thanks! That was exactly what I was looking for (plus the favoured enemy/terrain was an added bonus as both players are rangers!)

anyone?

Hi Guys,

Is there a Pathfinder animal companion/Familiar character sheet in a Paizo product? If not has anyone drawn any up they would like to share.

I am particularly interested in entering a riding dog and a giant Gekko on to a character sheet. (and yes I am aware I could use a "normal character sheet", just wondering if there were specific ones out there for animal companions)

Cheers

Blackcat

Thanks guys,

The new cleric lists as they arrive aren't a problem, I'm the GM :-). I am running a new game and we are all new at pathfinder but one of the players won't always be able to make it, so when he isn't there I will be running it as a NPC/GMPC, when he's there he is running the character.

Neither of us were sure how to interrupt how to do the spells. This has helped us immensely!

Cheers

Blackcat

Wow! thanks to all of you, that was fast! greatly appreciated!

Thanks Ogre, for some reason I missed that sentence despite reading the page both in the core book and online several times!

Cheers

Blackcat

Hi Guys,

Cleric spells are confusing me. I have two main questions.

I have a Level 2 cleric who has 19 Wisdom (+4).

As per the chart on the Pathfinder SRD I get one extra 1st, 2nd, 3rd and forth level spell due to high wisdom.

On the Cleric's table I am told I have four 0 -level spells, two 1st level spells as well as the 1 domain spell

So when I combine the two together I can see two possibilities

The first possibility:

At second level my cleric gets

four 0 level spells
three 1st level spells (2 from the cleric list and 1 from the high Wisdom)
one domain spell

The second possibility:
four 0 level spells
three 1st level spells (2 from the cleric list and 1 from the high wisdom)
one 2nd level spell (because of high wisdom)
one 3rd level spell (because of high wisdom)
one 4th level spell (because of high wisdom)
one domain spell

Which one can I currently do? If it is the first possibility I assume I am able to add the 2nd, 3rd & 4th extra level spells when I go up to the appropriate level?

My final questions is regarding the spells I can choose to cast. At the start of the day when I meditate to get my spells, am I able to choose from the entire list of spells that are available to me? E.g. If I have access to first level spells can I chose from ALL the 1st level cleric skills (barring alignment restrictions etc) OR am I limited to only certain level 1 cleric spells I may have chosen when I first was able to access level 1 spells. basically, I am asking if I can chop and change the spells every day depending on what I might think is coming up that day.

I hope all that makes sense!

Cheers

Blackcat