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I 100% agree. The original plot for the first 2nd edition AP, in fact, was "The PCs get a ship in the first adventure and it becomes their traveling home as they explore the Inner Sea region," but some folks worried that having a ship would be too much for newcomers to the game to keep track of or that it wasn't "classic fantasy" so we shifted that plot to a castle.

It would have been INCREDIBLY COOL, but I also understand the concerns.

But people wanted to go somewhere new. Which, ironically, only ended up teasing rather than satisfying. Ah well.

I hope I was not misunderstood: me and my players are really, really enjoying both the setting and the AP, but sometimes I have to have NPCs (like N'Ketiah or Belmazog*) remind them of the "you have the key to the next aiudara in the Ring", since they like spending time in Breachill hanging with the NPCs, enhancing the fortress, managing the adventurer's academy they're opening in Citadel Altarein and improving the community. Also, they really want to go to Elidir. :)

*Yes, they defeated Belmazog and brought her back to Breachill (it's winter now, so she practically lives under three layers of fur clothing). The cleric of Shelyn is using his downtime to help her cope with her lost faith by helping her channel her energy towards artistic pursuit. Having her play with his children also helps.

Have you checked out the Pathfinder Wiki?

Yes, and Elidir really has almost nothing on it. :/

We haven't done much on Isger, but the point of Age of Ashes was not to stay in Isger. The Adventure Path is no more set in Isger than it is set in the other 5 locations that adventures 2–5 are focused on.

Age of Ashes was and is intended to be a "world tour" of the Inner Sea region, since this was a huge opportunity for us to introduce the world to a lot of new players, thanks to it being the first Adventure Path in the edition.

I totally understand that!

Beside a future adventure in Elidir concerning Hedvend's Thrune Contract, I'd like to know more of Isger, so I can judge how the nation would react having seditious propaganda spread around. :D

Hi everybody!

I'm currently running Age of Ashes (the PCs just arrived in Cypress Hill and are enjoying themselves A LOT, they don't have much sympathy for slavers), and I'm having a lot of fun.

The only problem I have with it is... the adventure is set in Isger and yet we have nothing on Isger proper, and also nothing like a gazetteer of Elidir (the place where PCs are likely to go). I'm currently preparing for a side-quest concerning Hedvend VI's Throne Contract, and I really can't find anything useful on the capital of Isger anywhere (even the Inner Sea Guide has just a very small paragraph).

How can I find some more information on Elidir? Really, my only gripe with AoA is not having a guide to the nation where the AP is set. :D

Thank you. Kind as always. :)

Hello,

Unfortunately, I can't afford it anymore.
Could you cancel my Adventure Path Subscription as soon as the current AP (Skulls and Shackles) has ended? :(
Thank you in advance.
J

Thank you. Kind as always. :)
J

Hello,

I'm sorry, but for economic reasons I have to cancel my Pathfinder Campaign Setting and Pathfinder RPG subscription. :-/
J

jakoov wrote:

Hello,

I recently purchased the ToH bundle and I already downloaded the PDF. The problem is, I had an economic downfall and cannot afford to buy the hardcover. Would it be possible to convert my purchase in just the pdf? Would it be a problem?
Thank you in advance.

I have removed the print copy from your order and refunded the difference.

Thank you. Fast, reliable and kind as always. :)

Hello,

I recently purchased the ToH bundle and I already downloaded the PDF. The problem is, I had an economic downfall and cannot afford to buy the hardcover. Would it be possible to convert my purchase in just the pdf? Would it be a problem?
Thank you in advance.

jakoov wrote:

Hello,

unfortunately, economic issues force me to cut a bit my Paizo expenses. I have to cancel my Companion subscription.
J

i have canceled the companion subscription and sent you a confirmation email.

Thank you! :)

Hello,

unfortunately, economic issues force me to cut a bit my Paizo expenses. I have to cancel my Companion subscription.
J

Thanks for the advice, everyone. :-)

Totally just random curiosity, having briefly studied Italian: does it actually matter in the translation? I was not aware.

Actually it does. It's a bit like "Chelaxian" and "Chelish". :-)

Anyhow, I don't recall even reading Brevan, and have been using Brevic exclusively.

Hence my perplexity: I don't know if "Brevan" is just a typo, an error or another way to address Brevic people.

Hello!

I'm one of the translators for the Italian edition of Pathfinder.
While translating the Player's Guide, I found two adjectives concerning the people of Brevoy: one is "Brevan" (seldom used, only in the Player's Guide and the Brevoy primer), the other is "Brevic" (much more common, even in other works).
Which one's correct? Are they both referring to people and object coming from Brevoy?
I'd like to have an official answer, if possible... :-)
J

I think Massimo, Nadir_Sharpblade and all the others already said everithing that should be said.

6 months a translation of 340 pages (badly translated).

Some say it is a normal time.

That's all folks!!

Pad Shiro, it seems your're just being quite uncooperative: you never answered any of the subsequent posts, posts that were making good points. Bursting in a thread ignoring what everyone is saying is... I think the best word is "rude". :-/

Jakoov, I have canceled the Modules subscription and sent you a confirmation email with the details. Please let me know if there's anything else I can help you out with.

Thank you SO much. The fee on international shipping are becoming... problematic. :-(

Hello,

sorry, but I have to cut something from my subscription... :-(

I like to see players play characters not mathematical exercises. The game is fine. Stop poking it with sticks.

God yes. +1!

4E is not doing as well as 3.5, afaik.

No, no it isn't. Speaking with a few people at 25th (D&D publisher in Italy) about the sales, I gathered that 4E is indeed not very loved by Italian public. :-/

jakoov wrote:

Omega9999 wrote:

Asgetrion wrote:

Looks like Pathfinder is doing very well in Italy, too. :)

yeah! it is! but unfortunately the translator are a bit slow ^^ we just have the Core Rulebook and the Bestiary translated in italian, and Council of Thieves has just started being published

Actually... as translation supervisor, I can attest we are QUITE fast. ^_^

Council of Thieves translation is to be concluded this month, we have most of the Companions ready, the GMGuide is in its "trimming" phase (to avoid breaking the two-page format most of the articles have), tha APG is currently under revision.
The most time-consuming work is what follows the translation: editing and making up.

Anyway, I spent a whole day working at Wyrd Edizioni stand (on saturday) and meeting Sarah Robinson was quite a honor. :-)

The Italian Core Rulebook and the Bestiary sold very well. I think there were very few remaining, on the last day of the con. ;-)

when i said the traslators i meant the whole process of publishing a book, not just the translation itself, sorry for the mistake :)

(p.s. spero di poter comprare presto la GMG e l'APG in Italiano:D )

Don't worry, no offense taken. :-)

(Se tutto va bene, li avrai a dicembre e febbraio. ;-))

Asgetrion wrote:

Looks like Pathfinder is doing very well in Italy, too. :)

yeah! it is! but unfortunately the translator are a bit slow ^^ we just have the Core Rulebook and the Bestiary translated in italian, and Council of Thieves has just started being published

Actually... as translation supervisor, I can attest we are QUITE fast. ^_^

Anyway, I spent a whole day working at Wyrd Edizioni stand (on saturday) and meeting Sarah Robinson was quite a honor. :-)

The Italian Core Rulebook and the Bestiary sold very well. I think there were very few remaining, on the last day of the con. ;-)

My players do. 4d6, three series, keep the one you like most.

As a GM, I prefer using the basic scores presented in the Core Rulebook, tweaking them to create a slightly stronger or weaker opponent: much more fast.

I did it... but in Italian. ^_^
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In the case of a celestial/fiendish creature, you must speak Celestial or Abyssal/Infernal.
In case of creatures of the Animal subtype, you should cast speak with animals before summoning them.
In case of elementals, the appropriate elemental language.
And so on. :-)

Using Handle Animals to have your summon do what you want can be hard, especially at the first levels, since the DC to "push" an animal is 25...

So a cleric can actually benefit from this class?

Sorry, I forgot "necromancy ARCANE spells". ;-)

As much as I like the name Arcanisti Bianco (sounds like a dessert) I am not so educated as to speak\read Italian.

ArcanistA. ;-)

I'll try to summerize the class:

Prerequisites: good alignement, Knowledge (arcana) 9 ranks, Knowledge (religion) 4 ranks; Blessed and Spell Focus (necromancy) feats; know at least three necromancy spells, two or more of 3rd level or higher.

Slow BAB progression
Good Will saves
+1 CL every level

1st level - Major arcana (casts speak with dead 3/day, no Powers Check); necromantic focus (one more prohibited school if necromancer, choose, choose two if not a specialist); purity (make a Power Check, you lose all benefit of the PrC except spell-like abilities, but they require Power Checks again); arcane lore (like bardic knowledge).

2nd level - Gets darkvision.

3rd level - Major arcana (fear 3/day, no Powers Check)

4th level - Shielded mind (+4 agains mind affecting)

5th level - Major arcana (undeath to death 3/day, no Powers Check); 3+Int spells have Powers Check probability cut in half (no evil spells)

6th level - Slow metabolism (+4 against disease and poison)

7th level - Major arcana (aura of terror 3/day, no Powers Check)

8th level - Though body (25% of ignoring critical hits and sneak attacks)

9th level - Major arcana (wraithform 1/day, no Powers Check)

10th level - Pure spells (1+Int new spells have Powers Check probability cut in half, those chosen at 5th level require no more Powers Check)

Some time ago I rewrote in 3.5 the white arcanist PrC found in Heroes of Light to make it... well... playable.

It's located here. It's in Italian, mind you. ^^

Quote:

Caliban Racial Traits

• +2 Str
• -2 Cha
• +2 to One Ability Score: Caliban characters get a +2 bonus to one ability score of their choice at creation to represent their varied nature.

Medium: Caliban are Medium creatures and have no bonuses or penalties due to their size.

Caliban have a base speed of 30 feet.

Darkvision: Caliban can see in the dark up to 60 feet.

Disturbing (Ex) Caliban receive a racial bonus equal to their Outcast Rating on Intimidate skill checks due to their tainted nature.

Tainted Blood [Ex] Caliban do not count as humans for any effect related to race. But are insted counted as humanoids.

Concealed [Ex] Caliban receive a +2 racial bonus to stealth and always consider stealth a class skill

Outcast Rating 5

I've been using for a while a variant rule for Calibans, with different ability score bonuses and penalties and deformities, presented in an old issue of QtR... I always found it much more fit for such a diverse race.

Wow, I'm sorry for you guys. Amazon.de is quite neat, though: Though they did not keep the Aug 19 date for my friend's PFRPG core book, he did get it a couple of weeks ago.

The same. I ordered it through amazon.de (and finally realized, browsing the all-German website, how the non-English speaking Italians feel on the web ^^) and received it around the same time as you.

I created the kaorti. :-P

I will sacrifice my first child on the blood-soaked altar I raised in your name.

I created the ethergaunts.

Oh, Mr Mona... how many more points of Awesomeness do you intend to score? ^^

I'm a freelancer, so yes: I'll be taking the day. :-D

PDFs here! Thanks! :-)

Pendingpendingpendingpendingpendingpendingpendingpendingpendingpendingpendi ngpendingpendingpendingpending!!!!
Me needs my Paizo stuff.

jakoov wrote:

Mairkurion {tm} wrote:

Any speculation on what it will be in the new bestiary? Goblinoid?

The mite (according to the BBestiary, it will be in the Bestiary), I guess.

It looks a bit... a bit... DULL to be a PFGoblin. And BLUE. ;-)

I suspect Maikurion was speculating on the mite's subtype. Thus, goblinoid instead of goblin. Just guessing though. :P

Jeremy Puckett

Uhhhhh... whooops. Sorry. My bad. ^_^

I agree with the Fey, then.

Any speculation on what it will be in the new bestiary? Goblinoid?

The mite (according to the BBestiary, it will be in the Bestiary), I guess.

That's how NASA works? No wonder you guys haven't made it past the moon yet (we have a regular connexion to mars, but don't tell anybody, we keep it from the Americans so they don't die of envy)

Dammit, KaeYoss... Great. Just great. Now THEY KNOW!

Ladies and gentlemen, as of about an hour ago, the Pathfinder RPG Bestiary is AT THE PRINTER!!!

Congrats to the entire Paizo staff for helping out with this mammoth project, and to all of the great writers and artists who helped to make what I truly believe is the best monster book ever published for a fantasy RPG.

It is really, really amazing.

Can't wait to translate it! :-D

Voted!

I'll jump around the courtyard just wearing my briefs shouting "PAAAAAAIZOOOOOOO!"
...
Seriously, I'll post a video.

That, AND I'll take the book (which I started to call in Italian messageboards "Il Malloppone") away with me during my vacation. I'll be camping, and moving around a lot in Italy.

Just thought about this: Can we assume that any critters that show up in the PFRPG rule book will be in the Bestiary? Because I do believe I saw that froghemoth pic...

The froghemoth will be in the Bestiary (according to the list in the Bonus Bestiary, at least).

jakoov wrote:

Italy LOVES flumph.

I hear Italy also loves women with hairy armpits.

Uhhh... do we? O_o

Just received... and it's awesome.
...
Too bad international shipping totally trashed it. -_-

Italy LOVES flumph.

Count me in! I always loved Nippon-esque adventures... and I'm always looking for ideas to steal for my upcoming Rokushima Taiyoo-based Ravenloft campaign. ;-)

Don't forget to re-subscribe after the Core rulebook has shipped! Future books in the subscription will not be so heavy and won't have such a crippling S&H fee. :)

thanks,
cos

Sure I will! Thanks a lot. :-)

Hello,

sorry to bother, but I have to cancel my fresh PFRPG subscription. The shipping costs are just too high. I'll buy the PDF and get the printed version at my local LGS.

Thanks for your time.
J

I used to have savings, before the Paizo age...

Subscribed! ;-)

As for Council of Thieves: the iconics are Lem, Seltyiel, Seelah, and Seoni. And yes, that means there's a paladin in the same party as an evil character. You can do that in PFRPG. (The paladin just has to be on her toes... as does the evil dude...).

That's great news! Thanks for the info! ;-)

So... My list! Seltiel, Lem, Seelah, and Sajan.

The problem is... unless they change the code of conduct of the paladin in the PFRPG final, Seelah and Seltyel cannot be in the same party. :-/