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As we have done with the other two Remaster rulebooks, customers who own the original Dark Archive PDF will receive the Dark Archive Remaster PDF for free.

We plan to add this to your Library or Digital Content on February 4th (street date).

Thanks for supporting Paizo!

-Jim

Darn it. I'd been specifically keeping an eye out for things I didn't want to get a second copy of, but the notification email came came right before being charged.

I sent an email to customer service, but can we please bring back the monthly forum post? I'd love it if this was clear on the new website, but I literally never saw specifically what product would be skipped, so I've been hesitant about pressing "skip".

kcunning wrote:

Echoing this, especially since I'm considering skipping the remastered Guns N Gears (I don't really need two copies of very similar books), but I don't know if that'll be in the Jan 20th shipment or not.

Guns N Gears Remastered been available for almost a year now, it wouldn't be in the next shipment anyway.

Alright, I must be thinking of another remastered book, then, because I remember the warning coming down a while ago from other subscribers that something had been moved to the Rulebook subscribers list.

Are we no longer getting the monthly announcement for upcoming releases? January 20th is coming soon and my subscriptions on the store page are still generic place holders with no prices.

Echoing this, especially since I'm considering skipping the remastered Guns N Gears (I don't really need two copies of very similar books), but I don't know if that'll be in the Jan 20th shipment or not.

And my reading list grows once more!

DOT!

And finally, my wallet gets a brief reprieve.

DOT!

And man, I am SO behind on my reading...

My watch is done!

Is today the day?!!

Also relax on the PDF hold folks. God forbid you have to wait an extra week for something you get for free. They did the same thing for P2 when it came out and we all lived.

TBH, it just gives me time to read Battlecry before breaking into SF 2e Core.

This has been a heck of a release cycle. I'm SO behind on my reading!

Only thing on my subscriptions is the rerelease of Gatewalkers that I don't want.

I just emailed customer support, hoping I can skip it. I'm super stoked it's getting a re-release, but I'm literally one session away from finishing my Gatewalkers campaign.

The watch begins, and I rush to finish NPC Core before it ends!

Yay, Starfinder! Though I am a bit confused that the Galaxy Guide is coming out before the official SF2 release? Obviously, I missed a memo.

Weird question, but has anyone else received a dupe Paizo order this month?

I just got Monster Core and Seven Dooms delivered to me... but I got those way back when they first came out just fine. They're sitting on my shelf as I speak.

There's no packing slip, and the postage doesn't have anything I can get a date from. Even the tracking states that the label was created but not used yet...

I was right! I finished Divine Mysteries this morning, and just now the PDFs hit my inbox!

All hail Nethys!

My watch has not ended. I assume this is Nethys telling me to finish reading Divine Mysteries before he'll release any new knowledge to me.

Eeee! Rival Academies AND NPC Core! I'm going to have so much reading to do!

So, I'm not sure where the whole "Owlcat hates PF2" thing came from, but they just refuted that in their AMA:

https://owlcat.games/news/92

They have people on their team who actively play PF2e, and they'd be interested in exploring it as an option for their next game. They're hedging about what their next project is, but it's probably smart for them to manage the hype cycle carefully.

My wait is over! Also...

Welp. my subscriptions are now locked behind a backorder that isn't expected until mid december. Take this as a warning about using the sidecart, I don't think I will trust using it in the future, saving a couple bucks on combined shipping isn't worth losing out on a month of on time subscription material.

Yeah, this is why I almost put items in my sidecart. I've had my subs locked down as well.

One right on top of another! Man, my reading roster is going to be busting.

Soooo... I just noticed something. My package has shipped, but it's 'Not Trackable.' I know there were issues with UPS-MI links. Is this just removing them while they're getting fixed, or is everyone just giving up on tracking them?

My watch has ended!

Ken'Thras Sunspell wrote:

Also, there is no "When physical subscribers get the PDFs". Some people have had the War of Immortals one for days, if not over a week now, and I have not received mine yet. It's dependent on when yours get shipped, which as far as I can tell is the street date of the book -2d12 days, per person. Looks like I rolled low this time.

As much as I would love this, due to the way accounting and business stuff works, they really can't do this. The 'sale' is 'complete' when the book is sent, so they can't just release the PDF to everyone early.

I will say that even if it's annoying, the subscription is so very worth the money if you're someone who wants shiny pretty books, but still mostly uses PDFs in their day-to-day planning.

Continuing my watch! Gonna go do some arcane rituals in hopes of getting my PDF so I can start reading!

Once more on the watch!

Really hoping to get it today, since I just finished the Tian Xia World Guide, so my reading roster has a slot open.

Right there with you, Thrawn! I even have an open space on my reading roster for it!

My watch begins as my credit card braces for impact!

DOT!

Very much looking forward to War of the Immortals!

My watch is over!

Dot! And so much to read before I can get to the Tian guide.

I got mine yesterday! The tracking data never updated, and when I tried the tracking number on the box, it also didn't work. But hey, they USPS side of the equation worked!

Mine finally hit the USPS system and should be delivered today!

Note: Informed Delivery has been fairly reliable for the final mile tracking, even if it's missing everything before then.

Welcome to the pain of UPS-MI shipping.

The way it works is that UPS starts off by picking up palettes of packages and are scanned all at once. They then go on their journey together, only being broken up when they get close your location. At that point, they're broken apart and handed off to USPS for the 'final mile.'

However... there's been a problem in the system for a while now where the UPS side of the transaction just doesn't _work_. Maybe the tracking code being generated is wrong. Maybe they're being scanned wrong. I have no idea. But the tracking page doesn't update/

I also used Informed Delivery from USPS, which lets me know when packages have been made for me, and many times THAT one will show tracking once it's been handed over, and will at least show me that a label's been created. So I used that for a sanity check.

Oh, and UPS-MI is slow as snails.

My wait is over! They're sending out a batch now!

I wouldn’t be surprised if they delayed subs that include the Starfinder Playtest physical books to be the last batch to get sent out since the PDF access for that is August 1st for everyone, regardless of subscription status. Doing so would delay spoiler leaks getting out from those who get the physical copies early. I wouldn’t blame them, though. It will help to keep the hype and marketing spotlight on Pathfinder Core 2 and Prey for Death as much as possible before the Playtest hits.

If that was a concern, they wouldn't have sent out copies to various influencer types. There's been spoilers for over a week now.

NerdOver9000 wrote:

Jonathan Morgantini wrote:

What are people most excited to get? I know I know, favorite children and all that. But still. Pick one ;)

Most excited? Starfinder Playtest, hands down. One step closer to running a time-warping chrono trigger style campaign merging the two systems! PC2 comes close behind it, though, with the updates to Alchemist and Swashbuckler.

Lots of people are excited for this potential, but this is the first time someone has mentioned Chrono Trigger and... I wants it. I LOVE Chrono Trigger, so now I'm even more excited for something like this.

My group is toying with the idea of a West Marches style campaign, but using both SF2 and PF2, where it's basically the same characters, but on different sides of The Gap. There's SO much potential there!

My watch begins!

In the sub thread, the shipping is only delayed a day or two due to updates to how the subscription works, so the current dates for subs are:

•Authorization (Order Spawning) Date: 7/12/2024
•Begin Shipping Estimate: 7/15/2024
•End Shipping Estimate: 7/26/2024
•Street Date for Paizo Products: 8/1/2024

So looks like the street date is still the same!

https://paizo.com/threads/rzs4mcmx?New-Physical-Product-Releases-For-July-2 024

YESSSSS!!!! DOT DOT DOT!

I'm bringing this thread back from the dead to see if there's any update on this. I'm mostly concerned because next month will be a very expensive month for many subscribers, and I'd really hate not to know where over a hundred dollars worth of books are.

It's saddening that paizo is backing roll20 and not foundry, when I left roll20 for foundry specifically for the features and integration that foundry already has. I'm not going back to roll20.

Competition is always a good thing. You WANT more than one VTT out there, pushing each other forward. Having just one leads to one providing the bare minimum in improvements and customer service.

Tiny dot, in preparation for the HUGE DOT next month!

I'll be real: This is why I don't use Foundry.

I'm part of a Patreon where one of their tiers is to offer pretty basic scenes for Foundry. We're talking maps with some lighting and maybe some walls. Most don't even have things like windows or doors. Foundry has had releases that have completely wrecked their scenes, to the point where they gave up maintaining their backlog. Now, you get the current month, and the rest may or may not work going forward.

I get that software development is hard. I'm a dev with two decades under my wings, so I get it. But if you want to make a product where your big draw is "Hey, you can make stuff for us!" you HAVE to be extremely careful with updates to your API. You only remove features when deemed absolutely necessary. When you add features, you don't make them required. And when you know you have to make a huge update, you blast that out to everyone a good six months in advance of the release. Hell, add in a guide to how to update, or offer a script to do it, because let's be real: Many of your partners don't have a tech team on staff who could figure it out on their own.

My wait is over! Now to the battlements to watch my mailbox like a hawk...

...why not build in a quick track where you level faster and have less encounters? And then have the slow track for those that like a slower build up to the end?

Sooooo, I did this for my Frozen Flame group! The experiment isn't quite done yet, but so far, it's worked fairly well! For the long version, I blogged about it here: https://katieplaysgames.wordpress.com/2023/01/09/quest-for-the-frozen-flame -book-1/

The Method: For each book, the players are the max level for that book. So kicking off book 1, they're level 4, starting book 2 they're level 7, and they'll be level 11 at the start of book 3. The reason I did this was because this is a monthly game with a short session time, so I wanted to play through the content a bit more quickly.

The result has been that the players plow through early content fast, but by the end of the book, they're going at the right speed. I haven't had to cut anything for time, and for a few scenarios, they came up with novel solutions that could only happen because they were higher level. However, the level cap DOES keep them from skipping to the next book.

I don't think this would work for every AP. For example, AV works best with regular levels, and AoE would be a mess if players could figure out things sooner than they should. But I could see it working for any AP where the PCs are separated from the end goal in some way until it's time for them to encounter it.

FIRST DOT!

Got my pretties yesterday!

FYI to everyone dealing with UPS-MI headaches: If you sign up for USPS Informed Delivery, you'll at least get a tracking number once it gets handed over. It's not a complete solution, but at least it's something for those of us with spotty USPS service.

My wait is over!

For a while now, the UPS-MI tracking links haven't been working at all. Recently, someone at Paizo said they were working on this, and I was wondering if this is still the case.

The reason this is so important for me: If I try to get information about a package that's super late, the second UPS sees a blank tracking, they blame the shipper. I can't get my local USPS to so much as fart at me until I can prove it was put into their hot little hands.

Hey, is anyone still waiting for their package? My tracking (as expected) never updated, but normally I have it by now.